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Images => People, Portraits, Street, PJ & Cityscapes => Topic started by: Airy on September 06, 2018, 01:14:09

Title: Wien, Österreich
Post by: Airy on September 06, 2018, 01:14:09

so at least I'm sure nobody will confuse Austria and Australia. Df + Voigtländer 58/1.4
Vienna by night.

Title: Re: Wien, Österreich
Post by: Fons Baerken on September 06, 2018, 07:33:17

Nice series, what's the wine Airy, Blauer Zweigelt!?

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Post by: MILLIREHM on September 06, 2018, 14:05:15

Nice place
I think i know it ;-)

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Post by: John Geerts on September 06, 2018, 15:25:27

Lovely atmosphere !

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Post by: armando_m on September 06, 2018, 15:27:21

Very pleasant images, I assume with the lens wide open ?

Title: Re: Wien, Österreich
Post by: Airy on September 07, 2018, 00:06:14

@Fons : Zweigelt and some Blaufränkisch. No doubt the Df yields true colors and your screen is extremely well calibrated.
@Wolfgang: on the first shot, you'll recognize the Steffl in the background. The colorful shop windows are Swarowski's, Neuer Markt.
@John: lovely city, in a nutshell. I'm partial though, having lived there from 0 to 7 years of age.
@Armando: f/2, f/1.4, f/2, f/4, f/2.8

Title: Re: Wien, Österreich
Post by: Airy on September 07, 2018, 00:21:36

one more ; f/4 ; finally with some people

Title: Re: Wien, Österreich
Post by: Mikes on September 07, 2018, 02:54:25

Beautiful, intimate night time images! That lens seems to excel in such settings, with its soft interpretation of out of focus areas.

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Post by: Akira on September 07, 2018, 03:35:42

Nice series of the still footages from your short trip.

I like #2 as a pleasantly minimalist rendition of the comfort you enjoy.

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Post by: Erik Lund on September 07, 2018, 08:21:34

Very nice atmosphere, cosy relaxed ;) Funky Bokeh on some of the highlights

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Post by: Frank Fremerey on September 07, 2018, 09:09:08

I love the first an the last best, the first is quite hopperesque melancholic, the last has some hope and friendlyness

Title: Re: Wien, Österreich
Post by: Bill Mellen on September 07, 2018, 12:28:09

Beautiful set Airy!

Colors are great and the last one of the couple is my favorite.

Title: Re: Wien, Österreich
Post by: Airy on September 07, 2018, 15:57:08

Thanks all. Some expressed opinions well reflect the circumstances : when taking all these pics but the last one, I was bored / frustrated. Photography as a bad habit.

The last one, taken one evening later, is much more of a lovely scene, and I did not have to force myself in making something out of it.
Straight out of camera, with the usual settings (-1 EV under such circumstances) ; the only PP consisted in re-framing into 5*4 vertical format. The lens does not require distortion correction, and the camera makes noise reduction superfluous in most cases.

Those two are definitely my travel gear (and I can recommend, out of experience, the 28+58 combination).

@Erik, about the "funky bokeh" : yes - in that compartment, the Voigt 58/1.4 is only average. In a direct comparison with the 58/1.2 Noct, latter would win. However the Voigt flares less, which is important when it comes to street shooting with uncontrollable lighting conditions.

Besides, I hesitate to take the Noct with me on biz trips where photography is not the main aim. Such an item is nearly impossible to get replaced, while the Voigtländer is at least ten times cheaper. I handle my gear with utmost care, but...

Title: Re: Wien, Österreich
Post by: Nikkor Shooter on September 07, 2018, 23:40:53

Quote from: Airy on September 07, 2018, 00:21:36

one more ; f/4 ; finally with some people

Yup! This is very convincing in every ways. Cooooool!