Imperfect Light http://www.imperfectlight.com My Love Affair With The Canon EF 85mm f/1.2 L II USM Lens Mon, 17 Mar 2014 14:41:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 Vive La Mariée! http://www.imperfectlight.com/?p=154 http://www.imperfectlight.com/?p=154#comments Mon, 08 Jul 2013 10:00:18 +0000 http://www.imperfectlight.com/?p=154 Plouf plouf! A miracle has occurred!

La Mariée

I’ve found something I love more than my 85 millimeter companion!

Île Saint-Louis , Paris

]]> http://www.imperfectlight.com/?feed=rss2&p=154 0 Ganges Style http://www.imperfectlight.com/?p=129 http://www.imperfectlight.com/?p=129#comments Thu, 06 Dec 2012 21:36:34 +0000 http://www.imperfectlight.com/?p=129 Photons flow through this lens…

Like water down the Ganges.

Varanasi, India

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For some.

Woodstock, Connecticut

]]> http://www.imperfectlight.com/?feed=rss2&p=116 0 Fly Vs. Fly http://www.imperfectlight.com/?p=123 http://www.imperfectlight.com/?p=123#comments Thu, 26 Jul 2012 00:00:44 +0000 http://www.imperfectlight.com/?p=123 Today’s guest lens is the new Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM Pancake Lens. This lively Lilliput is a fun walk-around lens, but matched with the Canon 12mm Extension Tube II, they make a killer macro.

And speaking of killers, this robber fly didn’t seem to mind me spying on him while he dined on his own fresh kill, a shiny, green, house fly.

Cranston, Rhode Island

]]> http://www.imperfectlight.com/?feed=rss2&p=123 0 Spanish Moss http://www.imperfectlight.com/?p=145 http://www.imperfectlight.com/?p=145#comments Sat, 12 May 2012 13:50:07 +0000 http://www.imperfectlight.com/?p=145 Through Japanese glass.

Spanish Moss

Savannah, Georgia

]]> http://www.imperfectlight.com/?feed=rss2&p=145 0 Pink Waves http://www.imperfectlight.com/?p=106 http://www.imperfectlight.com/?p=106#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:21:37 +0000 http://www.imperfectlight.com/?p=106 Pink waves of grain!

The unexpected hue left me tickled.

San Martin Tilcajete, Oaxaca, Mexico

]]> http://www.imperfectlight.com/?feed=rss2&p=106 0 Eye Of The Forest http://www.imperfectlight.com/?p=101 http://www.imperfectlight.com/?p=101#comments Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:00:56 +0000 http://www.imperfectlight.com/?p=101 Look at the trees, all around us. It’s almost as if they are looking back.

Brought to you by today’s special guest, the Canon EF 8-15mm f/4L Fisheye USM Ultra-Wide Zoom Lens, plus a little extra post-processing to bring out the magic.

Cranston, Rhode Island

]]> http://www.imperfectlight.com/?feed=rss2&p=101 0 Shiva http://www.imperfectlight.com/?p=81 http://www.imperfectlight.com/?p=81#comments Wed, 11 May 2011 19:53:12 +0000 http://www.imperfectlight.com/?p=81 This mystical lens…

…is my third eye.

Varanasi, India

]]> http://www.imperfectlight.com/?feed=rss2&p=81 0 Golden Hour http://www.imperfectlight.com/?p=79 http://www.imperfectlight.com/?p=79#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2011 19:31:58 +0000 http://www.imperfectlight.com/?p=79 I really could have taken this picture with almost any lens.

But I feel better knowing that the photons passed through two pounds of glass.

San Francisco, California

]]> http://www.imperfectlight.com/?feed=rss2&p=79 0 Buttery Goodness http://www.imperfectlight.com/?p=74 http://www.imperfectlight.com/?p=74#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 22:35:33 +0000 http://www.imperfectlight.com/?p=74 A butterfly waited patiently for me to attach the Canon EF 12 II Extension Tube to Fat Boy.

Thanks, little guy!

South Deerfield, Massachusetts

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