So it's been awhile since I have had the opportunity to just get out and shoot with no real topic/subject in mind. I decided to force myself to use my 50mm fixed focus lens - yep, no zoom. Not only that, but it's manual focus only - talk about a lens to put "hair on your chest" when it comes to photography. I have to use my feet to zoom and my eye and creative influence to focus. I don't often get the opportunity to use this lens, despite the fact that it is my best low-light lens as it goes all the way down to a F1.4 - it's just hard to use it because most of the time when I'm in those low-light situations, there is also action - and because it's manual focus, it's pretty useless for low light action.
I sure don't give this little lens enough credit, everyone.
It really is a great lens - it was getting dark even as I got to the forest preserve, but with a little tweaking I was able to keep shooting for the entire hour as the sun set. Many photographers have a favorite lens, and know exactly where the "sweet spot" is. The sweet spot is the aperture range where the lens works best and produces the sharpest images. I have to tell you - this lens has several sweet spots, I swear - I almost can't screw up shots w/this lens as long as I have focused properly.
Here are a few from my work with this lens!
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