“Winter at f/1.4”

© 2014 Thousand Word Images by Dustin Abbott

What an amazing experience to be out in a snowstorm with a beautiful precision instrument like the Otus 85mm. I don’t know that I’ve ever shot landscapes at f/1.4 before, and certainly not with results like this. I wish you could see how sharply rendered the tamaracks are in the distance, and the beautiful foreground blur really allows the eye to dwell where it should without distraction. It’s going to be a sad day when I have to return this one back to Zeiss!

Technical information Canon EOS 6D, Zeiss Otus 85mm f/1.4 Planar T* ZE, Processed in Adobe Lightroom 5, Photoshop CC, and Alien Skin Exposure 7

Gear Used:

Canon EOS 6D DSLR Camera (Body Only)
Otus 85mm f/1.4 Apo Planar T* ZE Lens for Canon EF Mount
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5 Software for Mac and Windows (Boxed Version)
Adobe Photoshop Creative Cloud 1-Year Subscription
Alien Skin Exposure 6

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