A few more soft shots

[vilva]

Yesterday I made a short trip to Tallinn, Estonia, in order to relax after a somewhat exhausting year, to walk around, aimlessly, to have a beer or two. I almost didn't take a camera with me but at the last moment grabbed my 350D and the Radionar, just in case. I took about a dozen photos, half of them snapshots to show at home only, the rest a little bit more serious shots to test the possibilities and the limitations of a soft lens under the assumption that one doesn't strive for sharpness and pop.

The first shot is of the kind which doesn't much profit from extreme sharpness and contrast, perhaps on the contrary, at least in my opinion.



The second shot tests the behaviour of the lens when focused rather far away, in this case at the nearest roof. The day wasn't very bright, and there was a slight mist, which was further accentuated by the SA.



The next three shots were focused rather near, on objects which were the subject but not in unnecessary detail and not completely abstracted from their context.







The last shot was focused on the bench from a position which was about as far from it as I could get on the terrace. Here the photo doesn't aim to exhibit any details, not of the bench nor of the scenery, but the relationship between the bench and the scenery, the situation experienced, a reminder.



Veijo

[greg]

Glad to see you back, I always enjoy your images from old lenses.

[Orio]

I think shot #3 proves the "reason to be" of this lens.

I think I like the character more when focused near.
Then you can really play with the lens' character, and find spots whene magical can happen.
The infinity-focused image instead looks more like what a today's lens + heavy softar could look like. In other words: more " normal", less unique.
My 2 cents of course.

[kds315*]

#1 for sure Vilva!

[vilva]

[patrickh]

What a fascinating lens - the results are intriguing. Love #1


patrickh