So, the premise of this side challenge is shooting at the same focal length throughout the entire duration. If you have a prime, GREAT! If you don't, that's still great. Just put a piece of tape over the zoom barrel so you can't adjust it, or use the widest or most tele settings on your zoom for all your shots.
The idea is to both improve your sense/feel of a given focal length, as well as to further acclimate yourself to a given piece of equipment. If you've got a dusty lens, now is the time to bust it out.
Rules- You will choose your focal length at the beginning of the challenge and stick to it throughout. To make this rule hold fast, there should be no cropping in this challenge either. Beyond that, all editing is fine, unless you wanted to further limit yourself, which is up to you (just tell us what your self-imposed limitations are).
I'm aiming to have this take place from May 5th until June 5th, as I'll be gone on vacation for a bit here. I'll begin the posting thread as the start grows close, and add participants here as I see you join (though I'll be gone for a bit and will update once I get back, so if you're not on there, it's just me being on vacation!).
Any takers?
Just go ahead and post here with your focal length and anything else and I'll consider you signed up.
Why not also limit it to being shot wide open? I have several primes. I'll figure out whether I want to use the 85MM, 200MM, or 400MM but I'll throw some in.
Edit to add, that double fisting just seems wrong to put in this thread....
Why not also limit it to being shot wide open? I have several primes. I'll figure out whether I want to use the 85MM, 200MM, or 400MM but I'll throw some in.
Edit to add, that double fisting just seems wrong to put in this thread....
I always used the double fisting to refer to having two drinks, one in each hand, too much perhaps of a good thing ;0
I'll update as you decide. Glad to have you, Matt!
Moi. Don't know what lens yet since I don't know what camera I am using. So I am going to cheat - just telling you now. I'll use the 50mm with one camera and the 45 if I ever get the other camera :/
colorcarnival- Still waiting on the delivery of that body!? What a bummer :( definitely feel for you on that.
Also, Matto, that 85 is a fun lens to play with. I love it on my dx, but also on my F100. The AF is practically as fast as the AFS, I think, but you can't toggle the two as fast.
Glad to have you aboard Christopher! Nice to see another tele participant!
My first thought was this is a perfect chance to get some use out of my 135. Then I remembered I am currently without a camera body. :(
Then I remembered my point and shoot backup with it's fixed 20mm (2x crop factor) lens, so I'll use that one.
These will be straight from the camera due to the fact that I am in between residences and so I don't have access
to my photo editing computer, and at the beginning at least I will shoot b/w.
