Ken Tanaka
pro member
Jeanne Gang's towering Aqua project nearing top-off here in Chicago. This is actually a fascinating and enormous condo project, particularly for such a relatively small and young architectural firm. (The famed Trump Tower Chicago, topped but still under construction, stands in the background.)
More interesting, at least to me, is that this was one of my first shots with the new Canon 5D Mark II, and not even terribly carefully captured. This was handheld at 1/8 sec (!) with the EF 35mm f/1.4L lens at f/2.8, ISO 4000! (I don't recall ever using an ISO higher than 1500.) I performed no noise reduction on this image whatsoever, and very moderate tonality adjustments and just slight sharpening (for this tiny image).
Honestly, the 5D Mark II is really knocking my socks off.
More interesting, at least to me, is that this was one of my first shots with the new Canon 5D Mark II, and not even terribly carefully captured. This was handheld at 1/8 sec (!) with the EF 35mm f/1.4L lens at f/2.8, ISO 4000! (I don't recall ever using an ISO higher than 1500.) I performed no noise reduction on this image whatsoever, and very moderate tonality adjustments and just slight sharpening (for this tiny image).
Honestly, the 5D Mark II is really knocking my socks off.