Oly EP-2 ART filters

Top shit!

Grainy BW:

Pin Hole:

Pin Hole and added contrast:

You’re going to be able to read all bout the camera in the full review, that’s going to be posted on slo-foto next week.

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Sigma 10-20 f3.5 extra shots

Some of you may have read the Sigma 10-20 f3.5 review that I wrote and was published on slo-foto.net . What you couldn’t have seen is these extra photos that I’ve made with it a few weeks before I went to Barcelona to test it (not really to test it, this sounds more than just a bit weird, but I did also test it while exploring this exciting city). So here’s some eye pleasing shots that I’m posting for those few readers that still follow my blog (I know it’s totally my fault for loosing readers due to my neglection of blog).

A few of lens flare resistance test shots :P . I had so much focusing problems during this carwash that I wanted to slam the lens to the ground. I missed so many great moments, girls were really posing to me a few times. And I really don’t know why since it never happened before that nor after that. Focusing was actually pretty fast and accurate at all times and in all lighting conditions. I guess this lens can have big problems focusing against harsh backlight. Though the contrast at given AF point could have never been that low to cause so many problems. It seemed, at times, like I was trying to focus on a completely white wall.

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I really don’t know how I could have miscomposed and cut a part of such a perfectly round ass (well probably just because of that and lack of professionalism :D ). Such a shame!

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My first real attempt of panning. Not a great one, but I kind of like it.

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Something a bit different (from me)

Please ENLARGE, because the thumbnail is really pale and lifeless .

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Passion

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Venice through standard zoom

It’s really just an add-on of the previous post – as I already mentioned I didn’t take many shots with this lens. So I’m posting just a few Burano photos.

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Cats were really cool, without a worry in the world just lying across the path. The owner had to literally drag it off the street (unfortunately too soon for me to make a good shot).

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Venice through 85 1.8

Many of you may wonder why in the world would someone torture himself by taking shots of Venice almost exclusively with the good ol’ 85 1.8 which is a portrait lens. 85 mm in those crowded narrow streets. Hell yeah ;) . It was mounted on Canon 1 Ds mkIII.

I also had a second cam, Canon 30D, which I used with my Sigma 18-50 2.8 Macro. The original plan was to use the new Sigma 12-24, but something came up and I had to use 18-50 2.8. That was a real shame, because I’m sure 12-24+85 1.8 would be a perfect combo on a FF camera. I wouldn’t miss the 24-85 mm range, since I’d either shoot with a really wide angle to get crazy perspectives (as in geometric distortions) or in some cases to get everything in the frame in those narrow streets of Venice or I’d use the 85 1.8 for details as well as for general architecture shots.

I’m really sorry thumbnails can’t be enlarged. Almost every time WP gets updated, something doesn’t work anymore. I hate it and I’ll try to fix it. So try to enjoy this small sized images (some of you may have already seen it on facebook). EDIT: My mean man Luc fixed it. Thanx Luc, you’re the shit!

Many restaurants offer fresh sea food

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I was fascinated with doorbells

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“Mailboxes”

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Door handles. Well not really…

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And again a typical venetian doorbell

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One of the alleys

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Colors…

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Burano!!!! My (by far) favourite part of Venice. All those colours, less tourists…It’s really gorgeus.

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A typical Burano alley. So colorful.

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Even cats are cooler on Burano. So relaxed, mediterranean slow paced :D

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Colors, colors!!!

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Some manage to ruin the overall awesome impression of Burano, with kitchy add-ons like this

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Did I add too much contrast?

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Well what do you say about this one ? :D

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Colors again

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And for the last finally a gondola. I just couldn’t catch one from the front (under the right light conditions), there were really few tourists in Venice that day (thankfully),  so I guess that reflected on the number of gondola’s.

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I’m going to publish the 18-50 2.8 shots in a separate post. That’s it for now, see you in a week or so ;) .

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Jelena

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Maja

It’s been a while…

Today’s shoot with Maja. We had soooooo much fun :D .

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Stendap

Well this was fun! Valič hired me to make a coverage of the show. Photographically I couldn’t do wonders since I couldn’t move around like on concerts and some other events, where you can move around the stage and try various angles etc. My position was static, I took all the shots from the same seat. But on the other hand it was much more comfortable and I could really relax, seat back and enjoy the show. Me and Vid (Valič) go way back, but he still cracks me up, I almost laughed my ass off a few times. I really recommend their show for everyone who likes (stand up) comedy and especially to those that aren’t familiar with it. There were also other comedians, but I’m going to post just Vid’s photos, since his gesturing and mimics were by far the best, as was his performance overall (though I liked the others as well, especially Ivan Šarič).

EDIT: I wondered why noone commented. I bunch-posted the photos with the new WP feature called gallery. And every photo had a comment section of its own…I’ve reposted the photos the old fashioned way, but now you cant enlarge them. Well it’ll have to do until I figure it out.

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These two really remind me of Alan Ford :D .

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New cover girl

Simona.

And a new cover :D

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