National Gallery

dkoyanagi

Just got back from a trip to Ontario (Ottawa and Toronto) where my new 16-35 f/2.8 got a real workout. I love this lens.

Haven't had time to process many photos. Here's one from the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. Comments and critiques welcome as always.

Skippy

dkoyanagi wrote:

Just got back from a trip to Ontario (Ottawa and Toronto) where my new 16-35 f/2.8 got a real workout. I love this lens.

Haven't had time to process many photos. Here's one from the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. Comments and critiques welcome as always.

Would like to have seen a larger image if possible
The smaller one you've posted looks good, but hard to tell.
You hand holding or using a tripod ??
Glad to hear you love the lens, please post a bigger picture for us
...... Skippy (Australia)

Awais Yaqub

very cool i will love to see that guy and poster from close

dkoyanagi

Skippy wrote:

Would like to have seen a larger image if possible
The smaller one you've posted looks good, but hard to tell.
You hand holding or using a tripod ??
Glad to hear you love the lens, please post a bigger picture for us
...... Skippy (Australia)

Hi Skippy
Here's the enlarged photo


This was shot handheld. Click on the first photo for the exif.

dkoyanagi

Awais Yaqub wrote:

very cool i will love to see that guy and poster from close

Hi Awais
Your wish is my command...


The painting he's looking at is called "Voice of Fire" by American artist Barrett Newman. The gallery paid $1.8 million dollars in 1989 for this painting. Yes, the gallery paid $1.8 million dollars for a painting of three vertical lines of blue, red, blue.

gluwater

Couple of questions. First off, for a shot like this where you would want max DOF, you used f/3.2? I'm assuming you used f/3.2 because your ISO was set to 100 so you had a slow shutter speed of 1/15th. Because you used such a large aperture there is visable vignetting, which is a known problem with this lens when wide open or close to it, especially on full frame cameras. Is there any reason you used ISO 100 when the 5D handles higher ISO so well? The vignetting isn't a big deal because you can get rid of that pretty easily in post.

I really like the new crop better, it gives the image more focus and the scale comes across better. Personally I like the painting, GO BEARS!

dkoyanagi

gluwater wrote:

Couple of questions. First off, for a shot like this where you would want max DOF, you used f/3.2? I'm assuming you used f/3.2 because your ISO was set to 100 so you had a slow shutter speed of 1/15th. Because you used such a large aperture there is visable vignetting, which is a known problem with this lens when wide open or close to it, especially on full frame cameras. Is there any reason you used ISO 100 when the 5D handles higher ISO so well? The vignetting isn't a big deal because you can get rid of that pretty easily in post.

I really like the new crop better, it gives the image more focus and the scale comes across better. Personally I like the painting, GO BEARS!

Hi Glu
Normally I would crank up the ISO when I'm shooting indoors, but I was shooting outside before I went into the gallery so I was shooing at 100. I forgot to reset the ISO after I went in, I was too busy looking at the artwork. Anyway, that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.
I remember this was a bit of a rushed photo. I turned around and saw the guy standing in front of the painting, so I pointed the camera, got the best exposure I could and took a shot. He stepped away moments later.
You're right about the vignetting. Thanks for the feedback!

gluwater

Well good eye for seeing that and taking the shot. For a quick grab you did great. If you need or want help getting rid of the vignetting just holler. Got any other cool shots from the gallery?

DJ-S1

Dan - I prefer the original even with the vignetting. I don't think it detracts in this case, just my opinion.

I thought you had posed this shot - I don't think it would be nearly as good if the man were not completely contained in the red stripe, and also if he did not have his hands clasped behind his back to break up his dark jacket a bit.

Nice to be able to see your work again -

dkoyanagi

Thanks DJ. I think I got lucky on this shot. I'll be posting more later.