Originally posted by ivanvernon --------------
Please share with me your thinking, strategy, or photographic philosophy behind all these dark, unfocussed Porst f 1.2 photos you are posting. I am not being nasty, just curious, so maybe I can start making that kind of photo with my f 1.2 lenses. :>)
my goal with this type of photo is to capture the sunset, from a lower perspective, but focusing on the grass itself...
there is a challenge, for me, in this type of shot in that I have to get low enough for the perspective (no tiltscreen) and still be able to see/focus, especially since this is a manual lens, while also keeping exposure in mind (green button metering, wide open aperture)...
it's easy to get a completely blown-out shot with this, so there is some experimenting, re-shooting, etc - so the trick is to get low enough for enough grass to shadow the sun, while still maintaining some focus on the grass to give the shot some atmosphere and something for the eye to grab onto...
for me, this is as emotive as a full-on sunset over a field, lake, city-scape, etc.... and with the right lens, the bokeh becomes almost wet, as if the light were running down the shot...