My foray into UWA lenses. Sigma 17-35 2.8-4

[sury]

I had been wanting a WA (<24mm that I have had for so long) for sometime and in December Valery posted few holiday shots with Minolta 17-35D. Since then I have been chasing that lens and instead ended up a 17-35 2.8-4 from Sigma. I am still struggling with soft images with people images, had success and failures, but having a grand old time with landscapes, especially with HDR bracketing. Any pointers on people photos with this (type of) lens is appreciated. For about US $90 including shipping, I got a very good copy on eBay.

It certainly has been a challenge in a fun way, to (re) think in UWA. My previous widest was 24mm and I admit it is a quite a different thought process in terms of composing using UWA. I am having a lot of fun though.

Sury

Single shots at a local park.

[sury]

Then I found that the lens did wonderfully when I did bracketing. The 9 image 0.3eV bracketing has produced quite a beautiful result, IMHO.

[jbtaylor]

I have found that the wider the lens, the closer the subject. But if you can't get close to the main subject, then you must have something interesting in the foreground. The last image gets pretty darn close to my way of seeing the world. This, of course, begs the question of whether my way of seeing the world means anything.
Keep working and sharing.
Not stealing your thread but here is an example of what I mean. I should have bracketed. Tough to do handheld though. Probably should have worked the tone curve.
BTW, 15mm.

[sury]

JT,
Thank you for your feedback and an example to illustrate your point of view. Curious to know why the second one
would not qualify for your definition. I am asking by the way of seeking clarification and not critiquing your input.

More HDR examples. All are handheld.



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[jbtaylor]

They all qualify but some are better than others. I think you are on the right path. It's just my taste that #6 gets it right.

[sury]

JT, thank you. I respect your opinion and respect that it is your opinion.

Sury





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[aster]

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I think you're doing just great with your UWA endeavours, Sury.
Your compositions are excellent. Your choice of location and selection of the elements that utilized the photo-frame estate are remarkable. I think these are your best to date and the proportions of how you included each natural entity is very pleasant. Also the scenery and the skies are enhanced by converging lines.
I enjoyed this series very much. You're shooting very differently from your previous photos, that's for sure.

Thanks for sharing with us,
Yildiz

[sury]

Yildiz,
Thank you for your kind words. Much appreciated. I certainly am having a blast with the lens.



My obligatory HDR Panoramas.

Six image Pano with each image a 9image HDR for a total of 54 images.



Another set with slightly different perspective. Same as before.

[aster]

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Sury;

Your latest photos are proof -yet again- that it's the eye of the photographer and not the fancy, expensive equipment that makes the perfect photo. Your 90$ Sigma UWA sounds modest but these photos are telling beautiful stories.
Happy that you're having a blast!

Thanks for sharing,
Yildiz

[sury]

Yildiz,
Thank you so very much. I am flattered. As I mentioned earlier, this lens and type of photography is forcing me to think differently.

This one is from a friend's home in Los Altos Hills, California. A town with very well to do people with homes nestled in the woods.
We were there for a dinner one evening recently and I had my camera with me. My friend and I go back to 45 years of friendship.
It was dusk time and light was fading. All shots are handheld. This lens seem to give me very dynamic images when I bracket it. Can't explain why that is the case.

[aster]

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Hi, Sury;

The sunset skylines are truly vivid with colours and I like the tree behind the vineyard in the third photo. The dynamic as you say is impressive.

Thanks for sharing,
Yildiz

[sury]

Yildiz,
Thank you.

Sury

[ValeryD]

I can say:
Sury! You did good shots.
Super color on Sigma as it should be, but...
A lot of chromatic aberrations, with Sony cameras you should use RAW format files in a good editor to get reed off CA and make sure you don't use 2.8F make a step down to fix soft corners.

[sury]

Valery,
Thank you. Let me try using RAW in future and try it out.

Sury