My attempt at being "artistic"

its pretty good. dont have complains but im not a pro, does have some focusing problems but im sure its not the lens problem

 

Sick, what was used to edit this photo? It looks pretty good.

 

more sick photo's.

WHat kind of gear is being used to capture these pics?

 

Adobe Lightroom

 

Thanks.
Nikon D7000 was used with Tokina 16-50mm f/2.8 lens.
Some of them were also taken with Nikon 35mm f/1.8

 

Pretty good I would also recommend you to get the 50mm 1.4G - a friend of mine has it and is also shooting a crop Nikon, I've borrowed it a few times and it's very good on his D90.


Kind regards,

Ebbe

 

I was going to, but a friend who's a pro recommended 85mm 1.8 instead.
He said the 50 is kind of redundant since I already have a 35 and don't have a mid-telephoto prime/zoom.
So now I have Tokina 16-50 2.8, Nikon 35 1.8G, and Nikon 85 1.8D
I'm looking to sell the 16-50 for a tokina 28-70 2.8 with the Angenieux optical formula (Pro V.1 basically.)

 

- Okay, the 50 1.4G which - as you probably know already - has a 75mm field of view on your crop censor, would give you a 'classic portrait lens'.
The 85 1.8 is getting good reviews too and it gives a good range, haven't tried it though - but I've actually just ordered the "new" AF-S 85 1.4G.

After trying a few Tokinas I really can't recommend them. When I used Canon I had a 17-55mm 2.8IS, a very useful lens on a crop. I think Nikon make one too.


Kind regards,

Ebbe

 

Oh I know, crop body = 1.5x crop factor.
I'd have to say, the 85 1.8 produced a much more beautiful bokeh than the 50 1.8 I tried out in store.
Besides, fiancee paid (as my birthday gift).
Here's the test shot from camera store (85mm 1.8)

 

And The Tokina 50-135 (I think) has been getting great reviews, same with tokina 11-16.
I can't exactly say the same for my 16-50, it is a bit soft wide open in the center for me, which is why I want to get the tokina 28-70 with the Angenieux optical formula. Supposedly that specific version produced images that rival Nikon's own 28-70. I found one for sale in Austria for 500 shipped.
There's a short review here:
NIKON GLASS: Tokina AT-X Pro 28-70mm f/2.6-2.8
The one I'm looking at is the Pro.I version

 

Looks good, lovely OOF rendering, the extra range over the 50 is also - ofcourse - contributing to this. It's a great birthday gift

I've used the 11-16 on a Canon 7D, found it too soft, corners were really bad.


Kind regards,

Ebbe

 

Really? I'm surprised to hear that, haven't heard of any complains about Tokina 11-16 on Nikon.
Could have been a bad copy, Tokina's QC isn't on par with oem manufacturers.

Either way, I took these this past weekend with my Tokina 16-50 2.8

 

Great photos, reminds me that I need to start uploading photos to Flickr again.. I've had my D700 for some time now and I've only managed to upload 1 random test shot so far. That's not very good.


Kind regards,

Ebbe

 

Out of 33 photos today, this turned out to be my favorite.



Sigh, I could really use a macro lens.

 

And in B&W: