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Auto Takumar f1.8/85mm in Bali (10 pcs)
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 4:59 am    Post subject: Auto Takumar f1.8/85mm in Bali (10 pcs) Reply with quote
on NEX5N at a temple festival in Ubud,
to be precise the first two and last at a cremation in "Ubud" proper, the others at the yearly temple festival in the small village "Payogan" nearby

#1

#2

#3

#4

#5


#6

#7

#8

#9


#10


hope you enjoy,
CC always most welcome,
andreas


PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 6:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Beautiful.
#2 has some harsh bokeh, but #1 (I assume almost same distances) is beautiful.
#7 and #8 are my choices: expression and framing.


PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 10:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thank you for taking us to there! Nice series as well!


PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 1:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
hoanpham wrote:
Beautiful.
#2 has some harsh bokeh, but #1 (I assume almost same distances) is beautiful.
#7 and #8 are my choices: expression and framing.


thank you Hoan for looking and commenting.
the bokeh of #2 isn't really surprising, that background literally has hundreds of small reflecting surfaces


PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 1:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Attila wrote:
Thank you for taking us to there! Nice series as well!


thank you Attila, it is my pleasure, so happy someone appreciates it Smile


PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 7:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Very nice colours such beautiful scenary and ambient, i wish i could one day visit before its americanized and all this lovely culture is lost
Would you mind posting a pic of the lens?


PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 3:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
eddieitman wrote:
Very nice colours such beautiful scenary and ambient, i wish i could one day visit before its americanized and all this lovely culture is lost
Would you mind posting a pic of the lens?


thank you eddieitman for looking and commenting!

allow me a note :
I cannot imagine Balinese stopping doing their festivals. They include very elaborate and labor intensive temporary structures, decorations, offerings asf. which need up to several months to prepare and which cost a lot of money. So far money pouring into the island because of, yes, mass tourism, makes Balinese festivals even more elaborate, colorful and "rich". Once there will too small a number of people who have time to do all these preparations festivals would suffer, but I don't see that from becoming reality in the foreseeable future yet.

Generally, from my experience, also in the case of Bali, my views regarding traditional cultures are rather critical. Often they look very attractive from the outside but from the "inside" are rather defined by restrictions, inhibitions, strict social and gender rules asf. "Internationalization" or "americanization", even money and consumerism by most individuals imo rightfully are viewed as very welcome changes giving more freedom, chances and choices. This is specially true for an aristocratic society with a caste system like Bali. Of course the very fast pace of changes in the case of Bali has many critical aspects, but generally I'd think that the "Internationalized" and much better educated youth stands for changes for the better and a lot of hope.

here photos of the lens:
( every lens I use has a dedicated set at my flickr including photos of the lens, the photos below: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kuuan/sets/72157628927335053/ )







a quite beaten up copy Wink
it is said to have the same optical design as the Super Takumar f1.9/85mm which I like dearly. I took along the Auto Tak for my travels because of it's smaller body ( I believe it is smaller than my early copies of a f1.4/50 Rokkor and Nikkor ) and having 8 aperture blades instead of 6. It looks as if the aperture blades of my copy sometimes don't open fully until round but I sure prefer the "rounder" oof highlights when stopped down a bit.

cheers,
andreas


PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 6:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Excellent, they are all amazing. Especially like the framing on #1 and the way you captured and isolated the girl in #3. Bravo


PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 6:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nisseliten wrote:
Excellent, they are all amazing. Especially like the framing on #1 and the way you captured and isolated the girl in #3. Bravo


thank you very much Nisseliten for your very kind comment!
I am also pleased how the "isolated" girl and the first one, which meant shooting from very close to the ground, turned out.

Obviously I used the f1.8/85 specifically to isolate. There are other photos I took during these festival with wider lenses and deeper dof too. Still I start to think that, succumbing to the lure of a rel. fast MF lens, I sometimes overuse shallow dof

best greetings,
andreas
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