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Every three years there is some reenactment of medieval times (around 1600) near Nuremberg in Bavaria.
I found this a good opportunity to do some test-shots with the Sigma AF 85/1.4 EX DG HSM and its competitor from Nikon, the AF-S 85/1.4G.
The following is my favorite:


Redhead 54525 by Thomas, on Flickr

But there are other images that portrait people dressing up for these "Wallenstein Festspiele". Have a look here

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D800+assorted lenses

Here's another one of my favorites from that series. Called

The Beauties and the Beast:

by Thomas, on Flickr

Shot with Sigma AF 85/1.4 EX DG HSM at f4.0 on Nikon D800. Full resolution available, just click through the image.

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Thomas (beware: Nikon-fanboy and moderator!) My Lens Reviews, My Pictures, My Photography Blog
D800+assorted lenses

And these two are also esp. nice:


Singing 54572 by Thomas, on Flickr

Sigma AF 85/1.4 EX DG HSM shot on Nikon D800. Developed from RAW in Lightroom4 with Camera standard settings, no lens profiles, CA-red=ON, NRed=OFF, sharpening=70/0.5/36/10.

All images from this series are available in full resolution. Just click through the image(s) and chose the action "View all sizes".

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Thomas (beware: Nikon-fanboy and moderator!) My Lens Reviews, My Pictures, My Photography Blog
D800+assorted lenses

This one is from last night:


Fire Dance 55740 by Thomas, on Flickr

Nikon AF-S 85/1.4G shot on D800 at f1.4, 1/125 sec, ISO 640. Developed from RAW in Lightroom to Camera Standard settings apart from CA-red=ON, sharpening at 70/0.5/36/10, NR at 25 luminance / 50 color.

Had lots of trouble to find a position to shoot through the crowd in front of me although I'm quite tall. But in this case it concentrates the view quite favorably.

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Thomas (beware: Nikon-fanboy and moderator!) My Lens Reviews, My Pictures, My Photography Blog
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It's always going to be difficult with so many people, you have to take what you can get. I like it.


Cheers

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Nikon D7000, D40X, Nikkor 18- 200 VR II, f3.5-5.6, 70-300 AF non VR, Kit Lenses.

Great stuff. Looking forward to shoot the Sighisoara Festival in the summer...

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Nikon D300, Nikkor 85mm 1.4 AF-D, Giottos MT9371 & MH-5001
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Nice shots! The last one looks like a really interesting festival to go to, pretty cool

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Thanks for your kind words.
I'm not really a street/people-shooter so the experience was new to me.
But I learned a lot...

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Thomas (beware: Nikon-fanboy and moderator!) My Lens Reviews, My Pictures, My Photography Blog
D800+assorted lenses

Great pictures, very sensitive in a way. The only thing bothering me is the woman in the background in the pic with the two girls. If you had waited of course, you wouldn't have caught that great expression on the face of the girl on the left.

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Camera: Nikon D300s Lenses: NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8G; Nikkor 55-200 mm f/4-5.6 G; Nikkor 16-85 mm f/3.5-5.6G