18-55mmG VR-II
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According to this site, the flowers are either male or male AND female. Not sure if there is a visual difference or not.
https://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2012/ruda_chel/reproduction.htm
Interesting. I checked again and only the red striped flowers are bearing fruit. None of the yellow are.
Till date when ever I shoot, there is plenty of space to zoom with my feet, so I have been using primes - 35mm and 50mm for most of my shots. Today I visited our neighborhood temple and decided to use the zoom as zoom should be - frame the shots to fill the view. So here are the shots in four parts.
1. Overview
The main temple - Kali Mandir
The left hand side pillar
The right hand side pillar
The temple on the left of the main temple - Radha - Krishna Mandir
1. Overview
The main temple - Kali Mandir
The left hand side pillar
The right hand side pillar
The temple on the left of the main temple - Radha - Krishna Mandir
Continuing the temple visit.
The images shown here are details of terracotta panels. These were commissioned recently to give the temple a different look (compared to most modern temples)
Mural at the left of Kali Mandir
Details
Mural at the left of Kali Mandir
Front side : Radha - Krishna temple
Rear side : Radha - Krishna temple
Rear side : Radha - Krishna temple
The images shown here are details of terracotta panels. These were commissioned recently to give the temple a different look (compared to most modern temples)
Mural at the left of Kali Mandir
Details
Mural at the left of Kali Mandir
Front side : Radha - Krishna temple
Rear side : Radha - Krishna temple
Rear side : Radha - Krishna temple
Continuing the Temple visit. These are the details of sculptures of each pillar
In spite of tight framing with zoom, most of the images had to be cropped to accommodate their varying aspect ratios. One thing that I have noticed is that most of the shots require perspective correction. So next time I will do either of the following
. Shoot the images head on, so that there is no trapezoidal perspective distortion
. Try and correct the perspective in software
Of course nothing beats the Perspective Correction lenses, but that acquisition can only be justified if I do a lot of Architecture/Temple shots (and get paid for it!), till then Software is sufficient.
In spite of tight framing with zoom, most of the images had to be cropped to accommodate their varying aspect ratios. One thing that I have noticed is that most of the shots require perspective correction. So next time I will do either of the following
. Shoot the images head on, so that there is no trapezoidal perspective distortion
. Try and correct the perspective in software
Of course nothing beats the Perspective Correction lenses, but that acquisition can only be justified if I do a lot of Architecture/Temple shots (and get paid for it!), till then Software is sufficient.
No temple visit is complete without the idols.
Kali.
Krishna and Radha.
Shiv.
Shiv and Parvati.
Shiv is represented by the Shiv Linga and rarely by an Idol. Women worship the Linga and pour milk, water and coconut milk on the Linga.
Close up of the Shiv Linga. Notice offerings on top of the Linga.
The priest conducting the Puja.
Kali.
Krishna and Radha.
Shiv.
Shiv and Parvati.
Shiv is represented by the Shiv Linga and rarely by an Idol. Women worship the Linga and pour milk, water and coconut milk on the Linga.
Close up of the Shiv Linga. Notice offerings on top of the Linga.
The priest conducting the Puja.
I have been thinking of whether it is worth while shooting with the primes, when I do not need the extreme DOF or low light capability. On the screen the images from the primes look definitely better, but I just could not put what was better. So I decided to first test the sharpness at the 55mm end with the 50mm prime.
18-55, cropped
50mm, cropped
18-55, 100%
50mm 100%.
Definitely the prime is sharper and has better micro contrast.
Note. The 18-55 has lesser minimum focussing distance and is marginally longer than 50mm prime. Hence for same object size it has a larger image size.
18-55, cropped
50mm, cropped
18-55, 100%
50mm 100%.
Definitely the prime is sharper and has better micro contrast.
Note. The 18-55 has lesser minimum focussing distance and is marginally longer than 50mm prime. Hence for same object size it has a larger image size.
After taking a lot of images of flowers at minimum distance, I perceived that the images at 55mm are much bigger that with the 50mm prime. A quick check and I learnt that the zoom has a closest focusing distance of 0.28m while the prime 0.45m. That results in a much larger image with the zoom.
55mm with 18-55
50mm prime
The zoom is giving me an image of around twice the size of the prime.
55mm with 18-55
50mm prime
The zoom is giving me an image of around twice the size of the prime.
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You will not regret buying it.
As far as IQ goes, given the right conditions it is difficult to differentiate the images taken with this lense from those of a medium cost prime. This lense is best in FAT light where you can shoot F8 at 1/1000 or faster. It is suprisingly quite a good macro lense (though more like 1:3 rather than 1:1).
