85 1.4 AIS

BE0_2532, originally uploaded by gugs.

Amazing what you can still do with a very old lens, the 85mm 1.4 AIS Nikkor, a manual portrait lens. A wonderful choice on a full frame camera body, to play with very thin depth of focus. Here shot fully open on the Nikon D3. Center weighted metering on the face, playing with the harsh contrasts. Focus on the eye.

Overprocessed

BE0_1728, originally uploaded by gugs.

Extreme processing on a normal picture. Increased shadows and highlights in Photoshop and added a lot of contrast, resulting in this kind of "painting" effect. Some people like this, some hate it...
Shot with the Nikkor 85PC (tilt-shift) used as a "normal" lens on a Nikon D3.

Tilt photography

CA2_8816, originally uploaded by gugs.

A funny perspective in the "Midi" railway station in Brussels using the 85PC tilt shift lens on a D200 body. The lens has been used fully open (f2.8)

Slideshow

A simple slideshow to show a few pictures I took, stored on flickr. I used a simple tool, found here: http://www.db798.com/pictobrowser/builder.php

Get the flash player here: http://www.adobe.com/flashplayer

Conference

D2X_8840, originally uploaded by gugs.

Nice light in a conference room before the conference starts. Shot with a (now old) Nikon D2x.

An old funny one

test 70-200vr2, originally uploaded by gugs.

This picture has been taken during a test of the 70-200VR lens. I like the effect... the duck playing with the water. A very simple shot but funny.

85 PC lens

VA3_1217, originally uploaded by gugs.

One of the best lenses ever in the Nikon lineup: the 85mm f2.8 PC (perspective control) lens. This one is the "old" design, it has been recently replaced by a new version, with electric diaphragm control and nano-coating to improve picture quality. Those differences are not enough to select the new design over the old one. The lens can be tilted to increase, reduce or select depth of focus and of the focus area. It can also be shifted to correct perspective. The magnification factor is maximum 2:1. This lens is ideal for product photography.

More details available on the photography wiki: http://www.techniphoto.com/wiki/index.php?title=85mm_2.8_PC_Nikkor

The girl with the pearl earring

Jeune Senegalaise, originally uploaded by gugs.

This is painting by a friend of mine, Pilou Depris, inspired by a picture I took in a school in Casamance, Sénégal, Africa.


The original picture is:

Canon S90

VA3_0532, originally uploaded by gugs.

The best P&S on the market... excellent low light capabilities, usable ISO1600 pictures, very nice user interface and personalization possibilities... highly recommended. A 10MP small P&S with image quality comparable to the best DSLRs just a few years ago.

For more information, have a look at my wiki http://www.techniphoto.com/wiki/index.php?title=S90

Seasonal greetings

VA3_0389, originally uploaded by gugs.

The winter is approaching... so here is a pic shot in Aachen, Christmas market. Tamron 28-300VC on the Nikon D3.