Azuremen's photos - Spring and Summer vibes

[Mike Rotch]

The 'untitled' shot is great - really lets the viewer infer a story and DOF is just right to draw attention to the dude (I would personally have cropped out the parking meter but that just me). 'Art' leaves me a bit cold - not much connection between the wall lettering and the woman, and the brickwork dominates the image.

/2c

 

[Shaun]

My thinking that cropping out the parking meter would draw the main subject too close to the edge of frame.
I like it as is. 👍

 

[Azuremen]

On cropping the meter out, I felt leaving it in (add the headlights in the upper corner) added quite a bit of context.

On "Art," I just liked the indifferent aspect of the building to the girl, with the regular structure of the bricks feeling rather contradictory to art.

 

[Azuremen]

Untitled
Sony A7 ~ Vivitar 75-205mm F/3.8 Macro​

 

[Azuremen]

Glimpse
Canon 5D Mark II ~ Canon 135mm F/2L
Best viewed large​

 

[Azuremen]

Orange and Blue
Canon 5D Mark II ~ Canon 17-40mm F/4L​

 

[Azuremen]

Ascent
Canon EOS M ~ Rokinon 12mm F/2 NCS​

 

[Hollow]

Details are amazing in all of these pictures, great job 👍

 

[Azuremen]

The Eye
Canon 5D Mark II ~ Canon 135mm F/2L​

 

[Azuremen]

Clean
Sony A7 ~ Vivitar 75-205mm F/3.8 Macro​

 

[Azuremen]

Points
Canon 5D Mark II ~ Nikkor-SC 55mm F/1.2


Lines
Sony A7 ~ Vivitar 75-205mm F/3.8 Macro​

 

[Azuremen]

West
Canon EOS M ~ Rokinon 12mm F/2 NCS​

 

[Azuremen]

In and Out
Sony A7 ~ Nikon 50mm F/1.8 Series E​

 

[Azuremen]

Type
Canon EOS M ~ Rokinon 12mm F/2 NCS​

 

[Boffin]

I'm all about that 'In and Out' shot. Would also like to see how it responds to a square crop 👍

 

[Azuremen]

I'm all about that 'In and Out' shot. Would also like to see how it responds to a square crop 👍

I'll have to go back to it and try it out now that you've mentioned it.

And another from India...

The Edge by Cody R S
Canon EOS M ~ Rokinon 12mm F/2 NCS​

 

[Azuremen]

Developments
Canon 5D Mark II ~ Canon 50mm F/1.4​

 

[35mm]

Brilliant. 👍

 

[Azuremen]

Yard
Canon EOS M ~ Rokinon 12mm F/2 NCS​

 

[Mike Rotch]

Some C&C if you don't mind:

Both "Developments" and "Yards" are technically faultless, but the composition isn't working for me on the former (trees need trunks to add perspective maybe) and the latter my eye doesn't know where to go although as I mentioned, the exposure is spot on.

I have to admit, I'm not a big fan of the 12mm's distortion's in this image (which seem absent from "The Edge".

 

[Boffin]

I actually love the balance in Yard and I think it has a great flow from the front to the back and the lighting is really well balanced, but the Andreas Gursky fanboy in me is crying out for a landscape crop of Developments above the palm trees.

I get the inclusion of them and no doubt it works as a photo, but I'm all about them repetitive strong textures and lines

 

[Azuremen]

Some C&C if you don't mind:

Both "Developments" and "Yards" are technically faultless, but the composition isn't working for me on the former (trees need trunks to add perspective maybe) and the latter my eye doesn't know where to go although as I mentioned, the exposure is spot on.

The crop felt awkward with the bottoms of the trees and other structures in Developments. I wouldn't have minded having a touch more negative space on the left of Yard but in general it was the best composition I could arrange given the restraints at hand.

I actually love the balance in Yard and I think it has a great flow from the front to the back and the lighting is really well balanced, but the Andreas Gursky fanboy in me is crying out for a landscape crop of Developments above the palm trees.

I get the inclusion of them and no doubt it works as a photo, but I'm all about them repetitive strong textures and lines

If I had more resolution, I'd consider the crop. But part of me is partial to the portrait crop for that one and the swoop made by the treeline.

Thanks for the input, gents.

Another from Berlin...

Green Light
Canon EOS M ~ Rokinon 12mm F/2 NCS​

 

[Azuremen]

Red Light
Canon EOS M ~ Rokinon 12mm F/2 NCS​

 

[Cano]

Old I know, but

Ascent
Canon EOS M ~ Rokinon 12mm F/2 NCS​

This is all kinds of awesomne 👍

 

[Azuremen]

Wait
Canon EOS M ~ Rokinon 12mm F/2 NCS​

 

[Cale]

Every time I look at that I think it's crooked and I'm like wtf Cody. Then I stare and it's perfect.

 

[Azuremen]

Every time I look at that I think it's crooked and I'm like wtf Cody. Then I stare and it's perfect.

Probably from being off vertical plane by 1 degree between the XY axes, slightly to my left. Ultra-wides are really touchy about being off-axis, makes geometric photos a bit tricky at times.

 

[Cale]

How are you liking the A7? Now that I've been without a camera for half a year I'm considering just adding to my student loans and buying one.

 

[Azuremen]

How are you liking the A7? Now that I've been without a camera for half a year I'm considering just adding to my student loans and buying one.

I love it and it just is always fun to pick it up and use it with the variety of legacy lenses I own. I'm not sure how it feels with E mount lenses beyond the brief stint at a Sony store in Berlin, but the zooms I got to fiddle with seemed alright. Ergonomics aren't bad but could be better... though not too different than a variety of film bodies I've worked with. Which is probably why many people assume I'm shooting film when I have one of my many normal lenses on. My biggest gripes are the awkward menus and the sensor reflection when having point light sources near the edge of the frame. The latter isn't an issue outside of certain night shooting situations, but still can be distracting.

But I like it enough that I'm selling some of my Canon gear (holding onto the 17-40L, 135L and speedlite as workhorses) and planning to stay in the Sony FE system now that the a7Rii has fast AF for third party lenses. I could see myself getting an a7S down the road seeing that I have 500 photos at ISO 1600 and beyond from a single event weekend

Though, if I was buying in a vacuum and wanted native lenses, some of the Fuji and M4/3 offerings are appealing, though they still struggle in low light/high ISO situations.

Somewhat relevant photo...


Five Fifties
Sony a7 ~ CPC Phase 2 28mm F/2.8​

 

[Azuremen]

Passing Reflection
Canon 5D Mark II ~ Canon 17-40mm F/4L​