One Lens Challenge at the V & A

LennyBloke
I have spent a day in Dublin with a 135mm as my only lens for the day, and I found it refreshing.
I think it's a great focal length for walk about.
Makes you think about the shot more.
Good shooting sir. 👏👏👏
I know what i like, If not always why.

..... don’t know about no. 8 though, what is a xatnep camera? .....
Don't know, must be a really ancient one, like from around 2009! Lucky for me guys, the K7 is holding up....
Thanks Rob, glad you liked them.
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Well done Its nice of you to show us northeners "Darn sarf"...
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Stuart..
..... don’t know about no. 8 though, what is a xatnep camera? .....
Don't know, must be a really ancient one, like from around 2009! Lucky for me guys, the K7 is holding up....
Thanks Rob, glad you liked them.
Oh... I thought it was a Russian copy of a Pentax...

SteveH!
Some people call me 'strange'.
I prefer 'unconventional'.
But I'm willing to compromise and accept 'eccentric'.
Cheers.
Philip
That's a super set Nigel - and a great example of the single lens challenge - you've shown how to use the 135 really well, flattened perspective, oof backgrounds, thin focus plane, and even an imaginative self portrait

Thanks, it's a good way to force some thinking when framing and positioning, that's for sure. That old 135mm has been one of my best finds, in a scondhand shop complete with the adaptor. Because it has the manual/aito aperture switch, it gets more use with basic manual extension tubes for macro things.... Very versatile!
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I notice that your dominant eye is your left, just like me.

Nope,
that's a reflection
I know what i like, If not always why.

Looking again, if I'm going to keep doing this sort of self portrait with such a sharp lens I think I will need to search for a new tool in PhotoShop ....."Wrinkle Blur" !!
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Andy
it's a good way to force some thinking when framing and positioning, that's for sure.
For sure indeed. I have an M135 and I just don't know what to do with it. I simply makes me quite uncomfortable (which can be a good thing, if one can harness that discomfort in some way - I haven't yet).
#1 and #4 work for me here (#1 for the composition and the bird/underground story, #4 for the dynamic abstraction). I'll try to keep these in mind for inspiration if/when I put that lens back on my camera...
Love the V&A. Used to visit a lot but have not been for years
Peter
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Last week it was the Tamron Adaptall 135mm F2.8 (the version from around 1974) that I put up to the challenge, at the V & A Museum (mainly around the new Exhibition Road entrance). This lens is always fun to work with, as when set to its auto-aperture setting it functions as a K or M type, so green button metering all the way ......
The Exhibition Road entrance is a extreme mixture of old and new, modern and classic in design styles .... so much variety in such a small area....
All with the Pentax K7, gripped, most at f2.8 or F5.6, ISO 200-800 .....
1. On the way along Exhibition Road
2. The entrance to the museum, Sackler Courtyard (the modern)
3. The Classic
4. The Modern again
5. A Mixture ....
6. One for the Visitors
7. The Visitor
8. A Portrait .... or is it a selfie? Who's the subject ...
Thanks for your interest and any reponses that come to mind
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