Brenizer Shed Recrop

Brenizer Shed Recrop
Originally uploaded by jezza323

This shows how cropping can really change an image (well I think so).

Compare to the original which I blogged a while back. It was just bland shot, with a distracting shed on the left of frame, and you couldnt really see the narrow depth of field, except that the foreground was out of focus.

In this tighter crop, you no longer have the distraction on left of frame, and you can see the sharp outline of the shed and tree as compared to the background.

Bird and Stair Testing the Tair-11a

Bird and Stair Testing the Tair-11a

Originally uploaded by jezza323

I have already used this one in my Tair-11a review, but I just have to share again. This shot really works for me.

Taken with the Tair-11a at f2.8 (wide open), ISO 100, 1/640.

Post Processing as follows:-

• Shot in Pentax RAW (PEF)
• Imported in Lightroom 2.5
• Exported to JPG for Web

No editing at all!

A Backlit Brenizer Angel

A Backlit Brenizer Angel
Originally uploaded by jezza323

Another Brenizer Panorama from the Toowong Cemetary taken yesterday. This one is again with the Tair-11a on K200D. Its 58 images stitched with Autopano Giga 2 and edited (cropped, curves, colours, exposure brush) in Lightroom 2.5.

Processing :-

• Shot in Manual Mode, ISO 200, f2.8, 1/320 sec shutter - Pentax RAW (PEF), custom white balance.
• Imported into Lightroom 2.5
• All shots in pano exported to subfolder "Pano-5" as 16 bit TIFFs
• Stitched using Autopano Giga 2
• Saved-as 16 bit TIFF
• Imported result back into Lightroom 2.5 library
• Edited in Lightroom as show below (click pics for more detail). I did use a preset for most settings. Also cropped but not shown.

Exposure Brush to show more detail in the Angel

Develop settings

Tair-11A 135mm f2.8

As I mentioned in an earlier post. I bought a Tair-11A M42 mount lens on Ebay. I have seen great shots from this lens on flickr, and read plenty of great reports on it. This lens is 135mm prime, aperture is a preset adjustment and ranges from f2.8 to f22. It focuses from 1.2m to infinity and has a small built in hood.

It truely is an amazing lens. Incredibly sharp, very smooth bokeh (out of focus highlights) and is a joy to use with a lovely smooth focusing ring. Here are some shots I've taken with it since it arrived.

First a bokeh test

Then this little bird came along

And to prove how sharp this lens is - this is a 100% crop of the bird from another shot

And a technique tester shot. A panorama to get the narrow DOF effect. I'll explain this technique in a later post

Oops

Well I have unexpectantly won an Ebay auction for a Tair-11a. I'm really looking forward to playing with this lens. Will post some shots as soon as I a hold of it.

UPDATE: A review of my first day's use of this lens is - Tair-11A 135mm f2.8