The piano

This picture was shot with the Sigma 50mm 2.8 Ex Macro lens in 2005, I think. I am in the process of adding more muscial photographs to my portfolio and already have numerous piano type shots. This one is my favourite however. I don’t quite know why.

The Sigma 50mm is a very good lens particularly for macro work. Of all the Sigma lenses I own, this must rank as one of the sharpest. Even wide open at 2.8, this lens is sharp from corner to corner. In many ways, I don’t think you can beat prime lenses. I am currently experimenting with the Sigma 30mm 1.4 prime. This gives roughly a 50mm field of view because of the DX sized sensor on most modern DSLRs and the crop factor. Most of the photography greats such as Robert Capa, Doisneau etc, shot with a similar set up.

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Spent some time on Saturday at Jodrell Bank, which boasts the largest radio telescope in England. This huge dish is 76m in diameter. The observatory was established in 1945 by Sir Bernard Lovell, who wanted to investigate cosmic rays after his work on radar in the Second World War. It has since played an important role in the research of meteors, quasars, pulsars, masers and gravitational lenses, and was heavily involved with the tracking of space probes at the start of the Space Age.