rkeller

Congrats! That first shot really works! The second one, unfortunately, is a good demonstration of the limitations of  on-camera flash.

good quote. But of course, HCB's statement is as much dogma as anything else. Maybe even more so. And the flashes of his day were clunky beasts, incapable of being wielded with precision and grace.

Eh. Show me a well-rounded professional photographer who never has to use flash.

Everybody seems to be forgetting that the SEMA-1 slides into the hotshoe and plugs into the accessory port. Therefore, for cameras that don't have an integrated flash such as the E-M5, there is not...

But why would one feel the need to post ion a discussion forum in the first place if ome can't handle discussion?Yes, you would think. But some people need reminders.On the contrary. It's the...

And what is going to trigger the remote flash?

And he followed up with, in effect, "I don't care what anybody else thinks." Which begs the question: why is he posting them on a public discussion forum? Posting on a discussion forum in the first...

You are posting images on a public forum "for your own pleasure" only? Next time, don't bother. Your images do not look like you think they do.

Give me a break. If someone posts photos on a public discussion forum, they had better be prepared for comments.

In this case, it makes the corners (and parts of the subject) look like gray mud. And it distracts greatly from the s subject.

That's a misunderstanding of what high key actually is.

For the most part, the use of vignetting like that is a sure-fire way of making a very good lens look like a piece of cheap junk. IMO, of course. I'd much rather have a bright wall in the...

Mmmmm.  Sour grapes. One can only imagine how much you must like them given the amount of time you spent compiling a list of offending posts. Yeah, polls are silly - get over it. Sheesh.

Good points. Depends what sort of effect you are going for. It's an interesting test in any case to determine the characteristics of  lenses.

Yeah, I liked the 20mm shot until I put on the 45mm too. Some of the compromises of the pancake design are really apparent. They're still both great lenses though.

Thanks Tedolph!It's pretty clear on this forum that, for the most part, folks are not too interested in discussing images. It's all about the shiny new things, eh?

Yes, the 20mm takes on "interesting" oblong shapes toward the frame edges.

Christmas lights shot with the the Panny 20mm at f/1.7 and the 45mm at f/1.8 set to their respective closest focusing distances and at about the same distance from the lights.discuss ... enjoy......

Thanks! That equipment (including the Strobist-standard compact lightstand staple, the Manfrotto 5001B, still fits into a camera messenger bag (seen on table below). The softbox is one of the...

She's not Photoshopped in. But I was going for an "un-real" look. With accent/rimlighting on both sides of the subject, you are going to see a lot of separation and non-blending, lending an an...