I just bought a new lens for my camera today. I'd been looking for a macro lens and after looking at prices and reviews I decided to get the Sigma 70mm F2.8 macro. This lets me take really close up photos as well as portraits (it fuzzes the background nicely).
I haven't had much time to play with it, but I took a few shots in the park near the SAKK office. Here's a shot of a statue I took with my old lens next to the same statue with the new lens:
They're different angles and different times of day but you can see how the new lens is able to blur the background a bit more and bring attention to the subject. Here's another shot showing this effect:
This is really more due to this lens going to F2.8 than it being a macro, but it shows that it does well as a portrait lens. Here's a shot at nearly 1:1 of a flower:
Finally, here's a shot that doesn't really display anything specific to my new lens, but it was one of the first shots I took with it and I think its pretty nice:
That is a great picture of the bonsai looking tree. The background almost looks like a minature model :)
Posted by: Jordan | 01/21/2007 at 01:55 PM
Thanks! Its been fun finding out how different things can look with a bright macro.
Posted by: Garth | 01/21/2007 at 03:13 PM
Nice fuzz on bonsai pitures. The word "Bokeh" is common in english ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokeh
Posted by: Jun | 01/21/2007 at 08:56 PM
No, I've never heard it before! Maybe real photographers are more familiar with it ;). Its definitely a nice effect.
Posted by: Garth | 01/22/2007 at 07:37 AM
G - Welcome home, and congratulations on the new lens! I really love the knobby tree! I'm looking forward to more of your beautiful pictures.
Posted by: Camille | 01/23/2007 at 08:48 AM