Ellicott City - today

[thetraveler]

I was out testing a new 55 prime and got stuck not being able to quietly get all them in one shot without the bollard in the middle.

Nicely clean, sharp lens

[Sergio M.]

Nice moment, Lew, and I agree it does seem like a very nice clean, sharp lens. I think you're going to have fun with this.
What camera is this on?

Sergio

[thetraveler]

This is the A7II and 55 1.8, nicer light, fast combination.
It is sharper than looks here, this is at about 1:4 in deep shadow and not sharpened, except in LR.

[Shadowman]

Nice series.

[thetraveler]

Nice series.

Can one be called a series?

[just me]

Can one be called a series?

Hi Lew.....don't be a " stickler " .....apart from this, I like your photo.......

Griddi.......

[rtbaum]

Can one be called a series?

No!!!!........Now get busy!

I don't care what others may say, I love my primes

[FootLoose]

Interesting street scene. Why do young people find it necessary to put their feet on the seat? Good contrast with the woman adjacent to them.

[thetraveler]

Interesting street scene. Why do young people find it necessary to put their feet on the seat? Good contrast with the woman adjacent to them.

They're young and flexible, she's 7 or 8 months pregnant.

[Mike Buckley]

Why do young people find it necessary to put their feet on the seat?

Because they can comfortably do so. I envy those younger years.

[bnnrcn]

Nice image Lew The foliage seems kind of soft and I like it. Did you use orton effect or something like that to create that look on the foliage?

[rpcrowe]

I have both primes and zooms and for most shooting, I prefer to crop in camera using my zooms.

Zooming with one's feet is not always an option and today's top-line zoom lenses have excellent image quality...

I most often do not need or use much wider aperture than f/2.8 which is available on my EFS 17-55mm f/2.8 IS lens. Although I do own a 5D Mark-2, I do most of my shooting with my crop Canon 7D cameras...

I have been shooting with this lens for many years now and almost never revert to my EF 50mm f/1.8 Mark I lens which was a go-to glass before I acquired the 17-55mm f/2.8 IS lens...

[thetraveler]

I didn't do it.
It was taken at 1/60th with a 55 mm lens.
Perhaps there was a small breeze not appearant where I was standing.
This is where they were sitting, at the end of an 'alleyway' that runs over a small local river and there seems to be always a changeable breeze down that alley. It may have been that breeze that moved the foliage and I didn't notice.