Still-life attempts

Gurdie · Expire: 2013-02-20

All taken with Nikon D700 and Nikkor 85 mm f/1.4 AIS lens.

#1 At f/2

#2 At f/2. My daughter�s cat is attending the proceedings

#3 At f/2

#4 At f/4

#5 I tried a version of a Josef Sudek pic with a bottle and a slice of melon, but then the cat jumped on the table. Actually, I like this version more. At f/5.6. The background is blurred in PP.

hemmo · Expire: 2016-12-17

Beautiful still-lifes! All great, but my faves #,2 and #3.
#2 the cat at the backround really makes the picture and #3 is just so beautiful and harmonic minimalistic composition with that backrounds painting like blur..
Great work, so please keep on going also with these kinds Markku!

Gurdie · Expire: 2013-02-20

Thank You Hemmo,

in the first three, I was experimenting, is it possible to use a fast lens to blur the background enough. With my 85 mm lens, only at f/2 the background was satisfactory, but then the DOF is also very thin. A balancing act, really.