LincolnB

The key to successful photography is … sunflowers and puppies.

See my post below on field curvature. Focus on the area that is currently soft (the left side you complain about) and see if that sharpens the left while making the center soft. If it does then the ...

I bought the manual focus Rokinon 35mm 1.4 quite some time ago for a little over $300. I've been happy with it and it paid for itself quickly.

In addition to a paper-thin depth of field, which is to be expected, there could be issues of field curvature. Field curvature is usually only problematic when photographing flat objects at narrow ...

Sounds like the camera couldn't find focus when it was still. Did you try manual focusing?

Impromptu rooftop photo challenge when a couple of friends said, "hey, we bet you could do a better shot than those guys." Rokinon 85mm 1.4 @ f/2.8 with Fotodiox Stretch adapter Two cellphones for ...

DPR fixed it. Thank you.

Loose????

"When loosing a stop of light, I expected to loose focus speed as well"

One does not "loose" focus speed.

Yes, I considered that. I go back and forth on content-aware fill. Sometimes I just leave things in the photo as they are because that's how it was.

This year's World Masters Weightlifting Championships was in Barcelona, for me a good excuse to take a 10-day trip.

Black Poodle Sigma 135mm 1.8 Dark dive bar, window light from a street lamp. Sigma 135mm

Samyang 85mm 1.4

Canon 40mm 2.8 STM

So what if the purpose was different? What if the photographer didn't WANT the photo be used for other purposes?

Canon FD 50mm 1.2L

I don't consider myself a fashion/portrait photographer but I do some portrait work. I don't own any zoom lenses. I'm inclined to use either a 50mm, 85mm, or sometimes my 135mm. I use wider lenses ...

Sigma 135mm 1.8

The primary function of a bag is to hold the gear you like, not the other way around.

Ambient light plus a touch of bounce flash AD600 strobe bounced off the ceiling, Canon FD 28mm 2.8