Originally Posted by
noglider
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KAH, nice pictures. What camera/settings do you use?
For that kind of shooting I like the subject isolation I can get with wide apertures and short telephoto lenses.
Those were shot on aperture priority whit an 85mm lens set to f/1.4 on a full frame DSLR with exposure compensation set to -1 stop for the dark background.
The price of that lens even used and a few generations old would buy a nice bike but it can excel at subject isolation.
For much less money a lens like a late 70s or 80s manual focus Nikon 105mm f/2.5 Ai could do a nice job for for around $150 or less
shot with the 105mm @ f/2.5
Actually for the closeup detail shots a almost any 50mm lens wide open will do a good job if you get in close.