Another Asiatic lily here, though I don't remember the cultivar. This
was taken 3-stops down at f4, and at about the minimum focus distance
of the 50mm f1.4 lens.

One of the things that reviewers often comment on in lenses, which can
be seen in this image, is the quality of the out-of-focus highlights.
You can see those as the bright spots in the upper right of this
picture, and they were caused by the sun reflecting from rain
droplets.

One of the things you pay for in an expensive lens is perfectly smooth
and round OOF highlights, while inexpensive lenses will often have
lopsided or obviously geometric-shaped highlights. Here the highlights
are not perfectly round, but they are "not bad" either.

JD
Canon 1D-mkIII
EXIF Data Included
e-mail: blissful-wind(at)usa.net

Additional images at;
http://www.flickr.com/photos/john-pa/

Smashing series, John. I especially like this. Pam

John - Pa. wrote in message
...
Another Asiatic lily here, though I don't remember the cultivar. This
was taken 3-stops down at f4, and at about the minimum focus distance
of the 50mm f1.4 lens.

One of the things that reviewers often comment on in lenses, which can
be seen in this image, is the quality of the out-of-focus highlights.
You can see those as the bright spots in the upper right of this
picture, and they were caused by the sun reflecting from rain
droplets.

One of the things you pay for in an expensive lens is perfectly smooth
and round OOF highlights, while inexpensive lenses will often have
lopsided or obviously geometric-shaped highlights. Here the highlights
are not perfectly round, but they are "not bad" either.

JD
Canon 1D-mkIII
EXIF Data Included
e-mail: blissful-wind(at)usa.net

Additional images at;
http://www.flickr.com/photos/john-pa/

John - Pa. wrote:
Another Asiatic lily here, though I don't remember the cultivar. This
was taken 3-stops down at f4, and at about the minimum focus distance
of the 50mm f1.4 lens.

One of the things that reviewers often comment on in lenses, which can
be seen in this image, is the quality of the out-of-focus highlights.
You can see those as the bright spots in the upper right of this
picture, and they were caused by the sun reflecting from rain
droplets.

One of the things you pay for in an expensive lens is perfectly smooth
and round OOF highlights, while inexpensive lenses will often have
lopsided or obviously geometric-shaped highlights. Here the highlights
are not perfectly round, but they are "not bad" either.

JD
Canon 1D-mkIII
EXIF Data Included
e-mail: blissful-wind(at)usa.net

Additional images at;
http://www.flickr.com/photos/john-pa/


Very nice

Very nice.

John - Pa. wrote in message
...
Another Asiatic lily here, though I don't remember the cultivar. This
was taken 3-stops down at f4, and at about the minimum focus distance
of the 50mm f1.4 lens.

One of the things that reviewers often comment on in lenses, which can
be seen in this image, is the quality of the out-of-focus highlights.
You can see those as the bright spots in the upper right of this
picture, and they were caused by the sun reflecting from rain
droplets.

One of the things you pay for in an expensive lens is perfectly smooth
and round OOF highlights, while inexpensive lenses will often have
lopsided or obviously geometric-shaped highlights. Here the highlights
are not perfectly round, but they are "not bad" either.

JD
Canon 1D-mkIII
EXIF Data Included
e-mail: blissful-wind(at)usa.net

Additional images at;
http://www.flickr.com/photos/john-pa/