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PostPosted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 5:10 pm    Post subject: More dances Reply with quote

Photos (most of them) were taken in a very difficult lighting condition, near to undoable. That was challenging.
All photos taken with Contax Planar 1.2/85 mounted on 5D Mark II.
Thanks for viewing.

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PostPosted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 5:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 5:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Stunning Orio. Can you add the scent of the evening so I can really feel I was there Very Happy ?



patrickh


PostPosted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 6:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

wow! stunning! great atmosphere, it is near the undoable that good lenses make the difference
my favorites are the series with the candle lights


PostPosted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 6:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Brilliant!

Perhaps only the last few would be better if shot from the reflector side, but they're great like this too, nice contrast!


PostPosted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 8:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Orio-- this definitely is your style ... action is your way.

There is no favorite in this set -- all are great ..

OK -- the number one is a real SHOT in my view

great photos! - and great Zeiss performance ..

tf


PostPosted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 11:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

patrickh wrote:
Can you add the scent of the evening so I can really feel I was there Very Happy ?
patrickh


I can not add the scent, but I can add the menu of the delicious Roman-Celtic banquet that I did enjoy (and in the middle of which the dancers show took place) Smile



For those who don't understand Latin or Italian, here's the translation of the entries:

Starters:

- Mulsum (wine with spices and honey)
- Cheese with herbs and stinging nettles
- Black olives
- Hard-boiled eggs with sauce of pine kernels and honey
- Filled Apricots (delicious - inside there was some kind of cheese)
- Pâté of olives

First Dishes:

- Legionary soup (there was spelt and some other cereals and legumes)
- Roasted pork with sauce of wine (the best!)
- Apple sauce
- Peas with leeks

Second Dishes

- Terrine with fruits and cheese
- Mulsum (see above)

Wine

- Gutturnium of the hills of Placentia

P.S. "Ab ovo usque ad mala" is a sentence by poet Horatius that he used to describe a thing that goes from beginning to end. This because Latin dinners started with hard-boiled eggs and ended with fruits (Malum=Apple).

P.P.S. thanks everyone for the comments.


PostPosted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 11:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

And here's a picture of the pueri ministratores (the serving children):



(also Planar 1.2/85)


PostPosted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 1:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Preparation of the dinner:

Contax Distagon 2/28 "Hollywood"


Contax Distagon 2/28 "Hollywood"


Contax Distagon 2/28 "Hollywood"


Contax Planar 1.2/85


Contax Planar 1.2/85


Contax Distagon 2/28 "Hollywood"


During the dinner:

Contax Distagon 1.4/35


Contax Planar 1.2/85


Contax Planar 1.2/85


Ludi gladiatorii (Gladiator games):

Contax Distagon 1.4/35


Contax Planar 2/135


Contax Planar 2/135


The remains of the pork:

Contax Planar 1.2/85


PostPosted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 6:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

WOW, just INCREDIBLE pictures Shocked .......and also incredible fine Zeiss lenses, perfect sharpness and so much details at this opening ........
Especially the first serie with the 1,2/85mm, the light condition seems to be almost impossible and only a very good fast lens (in good hands of course!) can do that I guess......


PostPosted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 8:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Excellent shots and as a matter of interest:- there was a Channel four programme on the supposedly world's best preserved 80 Gladiator skeletons found in a cemetery at York (North England), with horrific injuries inc bite marks on the skull from a lion or bear.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1284496/Skeletons-80-gladiators-slaughtered-crowds-unearthed-York.html


PostPosted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 9:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Of the first set, what a feast of light and colors! Shocked Cool From somewhere
at #10-on, to admire, but too hubristic to aspire. Masterfully done, Orio!


PostPosted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 9:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Masterful set, what a ceremonial event, beautiful.

Very difficult lighting conditions, reminds me on my after midnight easter procession shoot, I was the only photographer shooting without flash.
Well done Orio, and yes, it's a wonderful lens. Smile


PostPosted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 9:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Katastrofo wrote:
Of the first set, what a feast of light and colors! Shocked Cool From somewhere
at #10-on, to admire, but too hubristic to aspire. Masterfully done, Orio!


Thanks Bill. I can say, that was the most difficult set I did ever shoot. Most of the night time I had to shoot against the light - and I mean, what light! A quasi stadium set of super powerful lights pointing right to my eyes!
I have to say, the T* coating of my Zeiss lenses really paid for their price. I do not dare to think what could have happened with any other f/1.2 85mm lens without the T* on. Especially considering that most shots were taken at f/1.2! I think I would have had to thrown 50% of the shots in the bin. Instead, flare ranged from non-existent to very-well-controlled.
Given the position I was locked in, I did what any good photographer manual instructs you to do - that is, I tried to turn the weaknesses into strenghts. In this specific case, I focused my mind on the backlight effects. So I did voluntarily underexpose my shots and searched for the backlight effects in the fabrics, the semitransparencies, the glares and the shadows, instead of doing what I would normally do when the lighting is favorable (that is, placing attention on the faces and expressions).
I think I did not bad - I'm very happy with the outcome Very Happy and a bit proud also.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 9:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Carlsson wrote:
Masterful set, what a ceremonial event, beautiful.

Very difficult lighting conditions, reminds me on my after midnight easter procession shoot, I was the only photographer shooting without flash.
Well done Orio, and yes, it's a wonderful lens. Smile


Thanks Sandy! The lens is nothing short of terrific. Althought it is mind blowing sharp stopped down, it was really designed to work in the night time wide open - where the sharpness is still good, but what kicks your socks off is the flare control. You can really shoot this lens in almost every most despiseable conditions. Chances are you'll always take home a decent photo.
Then you understand that the money you paid for it was not a madness.


PostPosted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 10:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

all lenses show great 3D, but the 85 seems to produce it even more effortless


PostPosted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 10:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Orio wrote:
I think I did not bad - I'm very happy with the outcome Very Happy and a bit proud also.
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I love your modesty, Orio! If I made shots like these I'd be walking on
clouds! It'd be a crime if some(most) of these aren't being pub'd by
someone? (!) Congrats, on such fantastic work, you should be a poster
child for Zeiss! Wink Very Happy


PostPosted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 10:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

poilu wrote:
all lenses show great 3D, but the 85 seems to produce it even more effortless


Yes, it produces images that feel very natural and still with that 3D zeissy feel. It is great for subjects like children.
It is quite different from the 1.4 - which I still love. The 1.4 gives a roaring character to the images, I think it is great for fashion and glamour, the set I shoot with Anna in the villa pleased me totally. The 1.2 makes images that feel more natural and brings out more delicacy in the skin tones.


PostPosted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 10:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Katastrofo wrote:
Orio wrote:
I think I did not bad - I'm very happy with the outcome Very Happy and a bit proud also.
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I love your modesty, Orio! If I made shots like these I'd be walking on
clouds! It'd be a crime if some(most) of these aren't being pub'd by
someone? (!) Congrats, on such fantastic work, you should be a poster
child for Zeiss! Wink Very Happy


Let's hope Zeiss reads your comment, maybe they can buy some of my photos ! Laughing


PostPosted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 11:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Orio wrote:
Let's hope Zeiss reads your comment, maybe they can buy some of my photos ! Laughing


Yeah, right, a relatively gushing neophyte like myself would loosen their
purse strings...but they SHOULD! Quoting a patch of lyrics from Bob Dylan:
"I may be a monkey, but I know what I like."


PostPosted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 12:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I really like #24 from the first set of images.


PostPosted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 12:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Many beautiful photos! Congrats - great work good use of this lowlight monster.


PostPosted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 9:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Very good work. I love them all, except the last one perhaps Cool


PostPosted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 2:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Orio

Zeiss and Canon should be paying you for this advertising. Compelling work


patrickh


PostPosted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 6:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

incredible work with amazing glass...
no. 24 is my favourite!