sigma 35mm or 50mm Art?

[iphonemaster93]

Hi all,

  I've been silent for almost an entire year. Thanks to ebiggs for recommending me the sigma 35mm, it's still my go to lens for sharp photos (though I did make some in camera adjustments as well in terms of picture style). Just recently, a lot of photographers just coincidentally happened to get the sigma lens as well. Another person got the 35mm, one got an 18-35mm for his nikon, but the best photographer out of all of us got the 50mm on the 6d. For the same price as the 35mm, is there any real difference between the 35mm and the 50mm other than the having more bokeh with the 50mm? I know it gives more of a blur as you're standing further away from the subject with the 50 but is that really the only difference? Is there a benefit of having both lenses? Or does it just depend on the situatoin you want to put yourself in? Thanks! P.S. Only reason why I'm asking is because I watched Digital Rev's review on the 50mm and that's how I came to that conclusion.

[RobertTheFat]

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@Waddizzle wrote:

Nice shot.  I like to see waterfalls captured like that.  You didn't over do it with the ND filtering.  That waterfall is what is known as "The American Falls", and was shot from Canada looking across the Niagara River towards America.

There is a lot of stuff to photograph from that vantage point, just by simply turning around.  I hope you also took shots of the "The Canadian Falls", which is the  great horsehoe shaped waterfall just to the right of this one. It's the one that everyone thinks of when they imagine Niagara Falls.  And just to the left, there is the Rainbow Bridge, which spans the Niagara River.  Further to right is the Seagram Tower, for viewing all of the above from the air.

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And those piles of rock are there because the river is rapidly (at least in geological terms) eating away the cliff that supports the falls. 

[kvbarkley]

As someone said, can you imagine what is going to happen when the falls reach the lake? Man, what a flood!

[Waddizzle]

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@RobertTheFat wrote:

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@Waddizzle wrote:

Nice shot.  I like to see waterfalls captured like that.  You didn't over do it with the ND filtering.  That waterfall is what is known as "The American Falls", and was shot from Canada looking across the Niagara River towards America.

There is a lot of stuff to photograph from that vantage point, just by simply turning around.  I hope you also took shots of the "The Canadian Falls", which is the  great horsehoe shaped waterfall just to the right of this one. It's the one that everyone thinks of when they imagine Niagara Falls.  And just to the left, there is the Rainbow Bridge, which spans the Niagara River.  Further to right is the Seagram Tower, for viewing all of the above from the air.

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And those piles of rock are there because the river is rapidly (at least in geological terms) eating away the cliff that supports the falls. 

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If memory still serves, that red stuff to the right of the falls are viewing platforms.  That blue stuff just to the left looks like tourists wearing their rented blue raincoats so that they can get close enough to get all wet behind their ears. 

They used to have a tour boat, "The Maid of the Mist", that would cruise through the mists of the main Canadian Falls, and get totally lost from sight in them.  Needless to say, the tourists wore rented raincoats, and all would get soaked to the bone.

[RobertTheFat]

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Waddizzle wrote:

They used to have a tour boat, "The Maid of the Mist", that would cuise through the mists of the main Canadian Falls, and get totally lost form sight in them.  Needless to say, the tourists wore rented raincoats, and all would get soaked to the bone.

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I'm pretty sure I was once on that boat, about 40 years ago. I don't recall that we got soaked, however. I think it had a canvas top or something.

[Waddizzle]

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@RobertTheFat wrote:

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@Waddizzle wrote:

They used to have a tour boat, "The Maid of the Mist", that would cuise through the mists of the main Canadian Falls, and get totally lost form sight in them.  Needless to say, the tourists wore rented raincoats, and all would get soaked to the bone.

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I'm pretty sure I was once on that boat, about 40 years ago. I don't recall that we got soaked, however. I think it had a canvas top or something.

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Yes, my memories date back that far, too.  I recall that "The Maid" did have an enclosed space.  However, if one wanted to stand outside on the deck for the full effect, then there was plenty of rail space for everyone.

[iphonemaster93]

I did shoot the canadian falls but it was all covered in mist that day so that's why I didn't post it XDD No matter how I shot it, it didn't feel right haha. Didn't come out as clean as this one did 😕

[RobertTheFat]

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@iphonemaster93 wrote:

I did shoot the canadian falls but it was all covered in mist that day so that's why I didn't post it XDD No matter how I shot it, it didn't feel right haha. Didn't come out as clean as this one did 😕

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There was once (and may still be?) a liqueur called "Canadian Mist". IIRC, it was a mixture of Canadian whiskey and vodka. Now I wonder if the mist at the Falls was the origin of the name.

The stuff was lethal, BTW, because it had almost no flavor. I was once at a cocktail party where someone accidentally poured a double ration into the punch, and the results were not pretty.