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Equipment & Techniques => Digital Cameras & Shooting Techniques => Topic started by: Ray on April 03, 2008, 10:32:36 am
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I've noticed that this title in the MF section of the forum is hugely popular, breaking a record for all threads I would estimate.
That disturbs me. I don't think MFDB users should take over this forum.
So I'm going to kick off this thread with a recent shot of the Himalayas, taken shortly after dawn from a 3000m hill, with my Canon 5D.
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Okay! More down to earth. My local shopping centre at Booval, Queensland. By now, all you Americans should realise that Queensland, Australia is bigger than Texas. Our prime Minister recently informed Mr Bush of that fact.
I live in Queensland and I'm a proud Queenslander. Bigger than Texas .
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I've noticed that this title in the MF section of the forum is hugely popular, breaking a record for all threads I would estimate.
There's this thread (http://luminous-landscape.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=155)...
Anyway, here's a candid shot of my stepson:
(http://www.visual-vacations.com/images/2008/2008-02-16_0007.jpg)
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Great Sand Dunes, Colorado 2006. 160 megapixels (you can count needles of that far away tree:) )
Fuji S3
(http://www.michaelezra.com/TEMP/Postings/LL/CO.2006.D4.749.jpg)
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Nice to show that we not only like camera sensors, RAW files and histograms.
Last holidays in Namibia and Botswana: Dune 45 in the Namib desert, Giraffe in the Etosha pan and students in Victoria Falls.
(http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/4613/namib1op5.jpg)
(http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/7092/jirafa2nc5.jpg)
(http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/7310/estudiantesvt6.jpg)
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I don't care the format, I'm just looking at images and I have to say that those images are splendid GLuijk.
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I've noticed that this title in the MF section of the forum is hugely popular, breaking a record for all threads I would estimate.
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My bairns - 1Ds3, zf35, iso1600 plus 1 stop in (very quick!) processing
Mike
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Great shots! I wish I had a website so I could present images without having to click on 'enlarge'.
Guillermo's images are quite superb, and I bet he didn't even have to use any serious noise reduction.
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Guillermo's images are quite superb, and I bet he didn't even have to use any serious noise reduction.
I agree. It just goes to show the stupidity of the argument that people who obsess over technical stuff must be artistically inferior to those who do not.
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I agree. It just goes to show the stupidity of the argument that people who obsess over technical stuff must be artistically inferior to those who do not.
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When I was designing speakers for a living one person commented that I must only own 10 CD's, implying if you are a technical "nerd" you mustn't listen to much music....funny......how can someone design something world class without enjoying the Art that it is associated with? Well I'm in NH visiting with my G9 so I'll post a shot to see if it gets thrown off the 35mm recent works thread onto the P&S recent works thread!
Marc
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Wow Michael, wow!
Wow!
*steve
ps WOW!
Great Sand Dunes, Colorado 2006. 160 megapixels (you can count needles of that far away tree:) )
Fuji S3
(http://www.michaelezra.com/TEMP/Postings/LL/CO.2006.D4.749.jpg)
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Guillermo and Michael
Lovely images.
Guillermo, I love Namibia, though we've not been for nearly 10 years (children!!). The Namib is one of my favourite places and Etosha is outstanding. Somewhere, I have a slide of a line of Zebra crossing the pan in the midday sun with nothing else in sight. Even though I haven't looked at the slides for some years the memories stick.
Mike
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Birmingham Symphony Hall. One of the very few attractive venues in the dump known as Birmingham.[attachment=5906:attachment]
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sign of the times, don't we wish
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Great Sand Dunes, Colorado 2006. 160 megapixels (you can count needles of that far away tree:) )
Fuji S3
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Not as impressive, but makes a nice print - only 68 megapixels from some stitched 5D frames
Mike
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some out takes from a shoot last summer....
5d 17-40
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Where is the APS-C Recent Works thread?
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(http://www.rodex.com/images/5D/Christopher.jpg)
My nephew as captured by 5D + 70-200mm f/4 L USM
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Guillermo's images are quite superb, and I bet he didn't even have to use any serious noise reduction.
Thank you very much Ray and the others. I never apply any noise reduction but a slight colour noise reduction when coloured noise is present (not here obviously).
I love to minimise captured noise playing with ETTR and ISO, or eliminate noise improving textures with techniques like overexposure blending.
But if noise reduction is to be achieved at the cost of losing any texture, I will never apply it. That's why noise elimination plugins simply aren't for me.
Nice pictures here, and nice to see a different thread like this in this section.
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Where is the APS-C Recent Works thread?
You can post them here; my first posting was from a 1D-MkII. Here's a 1Ds image:
(http://www.visual-vacations.com/images/2008/2008-01-11_0021.jpg)
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... the stupidity of the argument that people who obsess over technical stuff must be artistically inferior to those who do not.
Isn't there a saying that 'exception proves the rule'?
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A few from Japan:
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2016/2357293441_12519715f4_o.jpg)
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2415/2358575203_4a4cc83943_o.jpg)
Cheers,
Bernard
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A few from Japan:
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2016/2357293441_12519715f4_o.jpg)
Cheers,
Bernard
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I really connect with this shot, B&W or just a B&W day?
Did you give up the 4x5?? I'm still working with the Linhof.
I notice your doing more stitching. I've played with it a bit, but I'm waiting for 2 camera, the rumored D3x and the small body D3. The D2x is still holding me over (for the moment).
Take care,
Bob
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I really connect with this shot, B&W or just a B&W day?
Did you give up the 4x5?? I'm still working with the Linhof.
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Hi Bob,
Thanks for the kind words.
It is indeed a conversion to B&W, but there were very colors to start with, except for a pretty intense dusk blue hue.
I still have the 4x5 gear, but I use it a lot less these days. The main reason is the cost of film processing. In the case of this particular trip, 4x5 was also not really an option because there was a lot of walking to do with food etc...
I notice your doing more stitching. I've played with it a bit, but I'm waiting for 2 camera, the rumored D3x and the small body D3. The D2x is still holding me over (for the moment).
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Indeed. I am getting excellent results with stitching. It has become a second nature, and doesn't take me that much time anymore nowadays. Compared to the time it takes to take the tripod out etc... stitching only adds 30 or 40% more time once you get used to the gear and procedure.
I still have my D2x as a back up for the D3, but will probably sell it in May time frame.
The D3x will definitely be my next DSLR, but the D3 will remain an excellent back up for it, and will probably stay the main camera for everything but landscape images.
Cheers,
Bernard
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Shanghai Pu Dong
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1Ds III
don
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Three of my recent shots here:
You Yangs Dawn Shoot (http://luminous-landscape.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=24461)
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My best one from this winter.
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A few from Japan:
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2016/2357293441_12519715f4_o.jpg)
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2415/2358575203_4a4cc83943_o.jpg)
Cheers,
Bernard
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I really like your images. Very nice work indeed. If you don't mind, what do you use for stitching i.e.
software & hardware. Or is it just Photoshop aligning?
George
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(http://photos.vivir-con-arte.com/photos/184117408_hW4Qz-M.jpg)
No prizes for guessing where.
August 2007, hand-held, about 10 shots on my 5D with 28-105 mm. Stitched in PS2
Bigger / other views here. (http://photos.vivir-con-arte.com/gallery/3285436_hP8Ku#184117408)
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Stitch with Canon 5D and TS-E 90mm 2.8.
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Another one from White Sands, 5D with 70-200 2.8 L IS.
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and Bosque
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Recent shot from Morro Bay, breaking in the sensor on the new 1Ds III.
(http://blloyd.smugmug.com/photos/261479861_FdVow-L-4.jpg)
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Reverting to the kiddie shots, my youngest daughter on her third birthday...
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Jeremy
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People:
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2054/2200531748_4b288c684d_o.jpg)
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2179/2146756320_3b29172a48_o.jpg)
'Things':
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2291/2181575976_1b440b64f6_o.jpg)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3196/2360835266_5f3762bff5_o.jpg)
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(http://www.ronpurdy.com/folio6/IMG_1314.jpg)
(http://www.ronpurdy.com/folio6/IMG_1384.jpg)
(http://www.ronpurdy.com/polaroids2/IMG_3299.JPG)
(http://www.ronpurdy.com/folio4/IMG_6321.JPG)
(http://www.ronpurdy.com/folio5/20070801__9999_297.JPG)
(http://www.ronpurdy.com/folio3/20060712_999_260_retouched.jpg)
(http://www.ronpurdy.com/accessories1/02.09_Hermes_Email.jpg)
(http://www.ronpurdy.com/accessories1/0420_Email_Hermes.jpg)
(http://www.ronpurdy.com/accessories1/0913_EMAIL_JEWELRY.jpg)
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I'm afraid these are none too recent (been slammed with running my computer repair biz), but these are some 5D shots from last fall that I'm happy to show off.
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I agree. It just goes to show the stupidity of the argument that people who obsess over technical stuff must be artistically inferior to those who do not.
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The point here, in relation to Ken's article, is that Guillermo has been able to take these fine shots with a very modest camera (the Canon 350D, I think, but I could be wrong). Would these shots have been more artistic if he had used a 1Ds3 or a DB? That's the question?
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(http://www.ronpurdy.com/folio6/IMG_1314.jpg)
(http://www.ronpurdy.com/folio6/IMG_1384.jpg)
(http://www.ronpurdy.com/polaroids2/IMG_3299.JPG)
(http://www.ronpurdy.com/folio4/IMG_6321.JPG)
(http://www.ronpurdy.com/folio5/20070801__9999_297.JPG)
(http://www.ronpurdy.com/folio3/20060712_999_260_retouched.jpg)
(http://www.ronpurdy.com/accessories1/02.09_Hermes_Email.jpg)
(http://www.ronpurdy.com/accessories1/0420_Email_Hermes.jpg)
(http://www.ronpurdy.com/accessories1/0913_EMAIL_JEWELRY.jpg)
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nice ron
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thanks man
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I live in Queensland and I'm a proud Queenslander. Bigger than Texas .
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Alaska is also bigger than Texas. (Louisiana is smaller but originally the Louisiana Purchase was much, much larger.)
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Earlier this morning, a view out of my window
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My favorites from a recent trip to Patagonia:
(http://www.stanford.edu/~melkor/lisa_pictures/misc2/Patagonia1107_IR10022_900.jpg)
(http://www.stanford.edu/~melkor/lisa_pictures/misc2/Patagonia1107_60057_900.jpg)
(http://www.stanford.edu/~melkor/lisa_pictures/misc2/Patagonia1107_30039BW_900.jpg)
(http://www.stanford.edu/~melkor/lisa_pictures/misc2/Patagonia1107_60044_900.jpg)
Lisa
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Better Days
(http://richowens.smugmug.com/photos/212492695_Se6HA-X2.jpg)
Rich
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And a snapshot of mine from Easter - my brother-in-law's grandson - taken with a Canon G9.
(http://home.alltel.net/jjohnso4/G9%2020080323-0021.jpg)
Later,
Johnny
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The point here, in relation to Ken's article, is that Guillermo has been able to take these fine shots with a very modest camera (the Canon 350D, I think, but I could be wrong). Would these shots have been more artistic if he had used a 1Ds3 or a DB? That's the question?
Perhaps, perhaps not. A much more pertinent question is "would having a better camera have detracted from the artistic merit of the image", and the answer to that is most likely no. There is no evidence to suggest that switching to a technically superior camera will negatively affect the artistic merit of the resulting images. The fact that a fancier camera doesn't automatically improve a photographer's work does not prove that it will degrade it. And face it, there are times when improving the technical quality of an image improves its artistic merits to some degree as well. If the camera doesn't matter, then focus shouldn't, either:
(http://visual-vacations.com/images/2008/2008-01-11_0021b.jpg)
(http://visual-vacations.com/images/2008/2008-01-11_0021.jpg)
Which of these images do you prefer? Why?
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Well this came out this month from National Geographic Books with an image of mine from Antelope Canyon on the cover:
(http://i.pbase.com/g3/10/364410/2/94382613.efpwLoa9.jpg)
The book is an excellent natural history of the various physical forces that have forged our planet. Watch for the serial documentary of the same name in the next couple of months on NG cable. I haven't seen the documentary but it's BBC-produced and considered their follow-up to Planet Earth seen last year on Discovery. If it's as high quality as the book, it will be a good one.
And here's a few more from a fruitful trip to California over a wet week in February:
(http://i.pbase.com/o6/10/364410/1/94032373.6vDk3Nyk.005_Q8V0869copy.jpg)
(http://k43.pbase.com/o6/10/364410/1/94032382.imFMiT0j.009_MG_9831copy.jpg)
(http://k53.pbase.com/o6/10/364410/1/94395130.hu3uwiae._Q8V0017copy.jpg)
Derek von Briesen
www.dvbphotography.com (http://www.dvbphotogaphy.com)
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Death Valley
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Some very nice work in here.
Here are two images from the winter in Austria.
1DsMk2 each around 100Mp.
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Perhaps, perhaps not. A much more pertinent question is "would having a better camera have detracted from the artistic merit of the image", and the answer to that is most likely no. There is no evidence to suggest that switching to a technically superior camera will negatively affect the artistic merit of the resulting images. The fact that a fancier camera doesn't automatically improve a photographer's work does not prove that it will degrade it. And face it, there are times when improving the technical quality of an image improves its artistic merits to some degree as well. If the camera doesn't matter, then focus shouldn't, either:
(http://visual-vacations.com/images/2008/2008-01-11_0021b.jpg)
(http://visual-vacations.com/images/2008/2008-01-11_0021.jpg)
Which of these images do you prefer? Why?
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Actually, the first could be seen through tears?
I am not going to get involved any deeper in this separate debate...
Mike
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My favorites from a recent trip to Patagonia:
(http://www.stanford.edu/~melkor/lisa_pictures/misc2/Patagonia1107_30039BW_900.jpg)
Lisa
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I love the third (this one), especially.
Jeremy
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Both taken last year, but only processed recently:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3019/2291570819_dde184d033.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/larkvi/2291570819/)
Dawn Fog in the Hayden Valley on the Yellowstone River
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3124/2368194963_be30c20b00.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/larkvi/2368194963/)
Portrait of a Priest in Lalibela, Ethiopia
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Actually, the first could be seen through tears?
I am not going to get involved any deeper in this separate debate...
Mike
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Good point. There's another thread, "Abstraction in Landscape Photography". Jonathan's blurred image would not be out of place there.
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Perhaps, perhaps not. A much more pertinent question is "would having a better camera have detracted from the artistic merit of the image", and the answer to that is most likely no. There is no evidence to suggest that switching to a technically superior camera will negatively affect the artistic merit of the resulting images. The fact that a fancier camera doesn't automatically improve a photographer's work does not prove that it will degrade it. And face it, there are times when improving the technical quality of an image improves its artistic merits to some degree as well. If the camera doesn't matter, then focus shouldn't, either:
If you could buy cameras that took photos that much out of focus, I'm sure Ken would never have written that article. The fact is, you can't buy cameras that bad. They don't exist. The only way you can get a result like that is to blur it in Photoshop, deliberately misfocus or be a complete incompetent behing the camera; hence another fine example of the Straw Man argument. You're getting good at this .
I've got a postcard size print somewhere of one of the first shots I took with my first camera, the Kodak Brownie 127, around 1955. It's a close-up of a gladiolus and was entered by my father in the local camera club for criticism.
It's much, much sharper than your top image. Would you like to see it? I could dig out the negative and scan it, just so we can see what a sharp result the old Brownie was capable of .
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Jonathan,
Thanks for providing another fine example of the 'straw man' argument. But this time, you've been a bit creative and have extended the conept to "straw image' argument.
On the contrary, I have just proved that sharpness does to some degree affect the artistic merits of an image. Sharpness may enhance or detract from the artistic merits of a given image, and it is not the most significant factor involved, but in no case is it irrelevant. You have to have some sharpness to have a meaningful image, even one as blurred as my example. If there is no sharpness at all, the image can only be a single solid colored shape.
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Can we go back to showing our work ?
Thanks.
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On the contrary, I have just proved that sharpness does to some degree affect the artistic merits of an image. Sharpness may enhance or detract from the artistic merits of a given image, and it is not the most significant factor involved, but in no case is it irrelevant. You have to have some sharpness to have a meaningful image, even one as blurred as my example. If there is no sharpness at all, the image can only be a single solid colored shape.
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As I've already mentioned, nobody has ever marketed a camera that takes photos as blurred as your example. At least not in my lifetime, and I doubt even in the 19th century when the technology was in its infancy. Even an impressionistic painter would produce a sharper image than that.
I don't generally find images that are totally blurred interesting, although blurring to indicate movement can be interesting and blurring of distracting elements in the composition is a good technique.
All cameras are capable of producing sufficient sharpness to create a meaningful image.
I've found the B&W negative of one of my first photographic attempts with my Brownie box camera taken around the age of 12-14. I'm away from my Nikon 8000ED MF scanner at the moment (the film is larger than 35mm) so I'm unable to scan it, but the flower looks quite sharp and the background is suitably out of focus.
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Please give it a rest Jonathan!!!
There are plenty of threads here full of techno-nonsense. You can continue your sharpness sermon in one of those.
Let's pay heed to the original purpose of this thread.
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Please give it a rest Jonathan!!!
The point here, in relation to Ken's article, is that Guillermo has been able to take these fine shots with a very modest camera (the Canon 350D, I think, but I could be wrong). Would these shots have been more artistic if he had used a 1Ds3 or a DB? That's the question?
I think it's fair to point out that Ray is the one who went off-topic and brought a debate going on in another thread here. Now back to the original topic:
(http://visual-vacations.com/images/2006-09-28_0013.jpg)
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Canary Wharf, London
(http://www.pbase.com/mexmoon/image/95227080/large.jpg)
O2 Arena, London
(http://www.pbase.com/mexmoon/image/95227081.jpg)
Rouen Cathedral, France
(http://www.pbase.com/mexmoon/image/95227082.jpg)
I remember when...
(http://www.pbase.com/mexmoon/image/95227084.jpg)
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From a recent trip to the Eastern Sierras.
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I think it's fair to point out that Ray is the one who went off-topic and brought a debate going on in another thread here.
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Not correct, Jonathan. We're both at fault, but it was you who started the off-topc discussion with the following remark.
I agree. It just goes to show the stupidity of the argument that people who obsess over technical stuff must be artistically inferior to those who do not.
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Just for the record .
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Not correct, Jonathan. We're both at fault, but it was you who started the off-topc discussion with the following remark.
Just for the record .
Please note that I was replying to another post. And you are the one who decided to make a big deal out of it. Just for the record. Now back to the images:
(http://visual-vacations.com/images/2006-09-02_0018.jpg)
This is a building I worked in while stationed in Baumholder, Germany. It was built during World War II by the Germans, and shows it.
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This is from La Gomera, in the Canary Islands:
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And this one is Navarra, Selva de Irati
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A few recent pics.
(http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee47/FineArt_photo/Winter/WildMountains.jpg)
(http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee47/FineArt_photo/Winter/TreeinLight.jpg)
(http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee47/FineArt_photo/Winter/2Peaks.jpg)
(http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee47/FineArt_photo/People/WinterSundown.jpg)
Cropped to protect the person
(http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee47/FineArt_photo/Birds/Birdinthehand2.jpg)
(http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee47/FineArt_photo/Sunsets%20and%20Sunrises/DSC02221.jpg)
(http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee47/FineArt_photo/Sunsets%20and%20Sunrises/DSC02222.jpg)
(http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee47/FineArt_photo/Sunsets%20and%20Sunrises/DSC00574.jpg)
(http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee47/FineArt_photo/Beach/_DSC6798.jpg)
(http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee47/FineArt_photo/Beach/DSC00229.jpg)
http://s232.photobucket.com/albums/ee47/FineArt_photo/ (http://s232.photobucket.com/albums/ee47/FineArt_photo/)
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Two pictures from my last trip in Puerto Rico.
Two points of view of the same Island.
B&W :
(http://www.juliengille.com/forums/Island-Puerto-Rico-BW.jpg)
HDR :
(http://www.juliengille.com/forums/Porto-Rico-Port-HDR.jpg)
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We should not forget to look up! This was taken on a walk that was interupted by hail, sleet and rain showers. The smallest branches are nice and sharp.
This looks great printed on Hanemhule Baryta paper.
(http://www.vanruitenbeek.com/Photos/FineArt/slides/PlasBodegroesTrees1.jpg)
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(http://visual-vacations.com/images/2008/Five-O.jpg)
I guess da copz wants the gangstas to know where they crib iz...
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(http://richowens.smugmug.com/photos/276698693_GqqHb-X2.jpg)
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Reminds me of a small town in Ontario that has an 'Easy Street'. No photo of it though...
Mike.
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Edina has a Lois Lane. (I think it is near Penny Lane.)
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A quickie from today
Mike
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From a corporate shoot yesterday in Eskilstuna .
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a3/Jann_Lipka/XIMG_6011_600x900.jpg)
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Chesterman Beach at Tofino, Vancouver Island
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The view from Poon Hill, Ghorepani, Nepal, just after dawn. For those interested in the mountain names, from right to left you see:
Machupichre 6993M, Hiunchuli 6441M, Annapurna South 7219M (the tallest looking in the photo due to perspective), The Fang (Bara Shikhar) 7647M, then near to the left but not far left, is a group which I guess is Nilgiri North, Central and South, ranging in height from 6839 -7061M.
If anone wants to dispute these names, let me know.
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Not taken recently, but recently processed. 2 stitched 5D shots with Sigma 15-30 zoom at 30mm.
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Nice. Is that the one you were playing with (read: testing stitching software with) a while ago?
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Nice. Is that the one you were playing with (read: testing stitching software with) a while ago?
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Thanks! It's from the same batch, some of which I've shown before, but a different perspective and composition. I see these as problem images that don't quite work, but I think maybe I can get them to work with the right processing in PS.
If I'd known at the time that Autopano Pro would soon have been available in its current form, I would not have bothered stuffing around with my ultra-lightweight, ball-head tripod that is really not stable enough for the 5D with rather heavy and bulky Sigma 15-30 zoom, and definitely not suitable for panorama stitching purposes because of the ball-head.
It's the sort of place I'd like to revisit and do a better job, but it takes an awful lot of walking to get there .
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Many excellent contributions so far. Here's my modest contributions:
Windsurfer (http://photos.imageevent.com/tonybeach/mypicturesfolder/april2008/huge/_AB11558_1%20copy.jpg)
Country Road Cyclist (http://photos.imageevent.com/tonybeach/mypicturesfolder/april2008/huge/2008-04-06_1%20_web.jpg)
Golden Gate Bridge (http://photos.imageevent.com/tonybeach/mypicturesfolder/march2008/large/C1_AB19539_1.jpg)
and a Tulip (http://photos.imageevent.com/tonybeach/mypicturesfolder/march2008/C1_AB18845.jpg)
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Many excellent contributions so far. Here's my modest contributions:
Windsurfer (http://photos.imageevent.com/tonybeach/mypicturesfolder/april2008/huge/_AB11558_1%20copy.jpg)
Country Road Cyclist (http://photos.imageevent.com/tonybeach/mypicturesfolder/april2008/huge/2008-04-06_1%20_web.jpg)
Golden Gate Bridge (http://photos.imageevent.com/tonybeach/mypicturesfolder/march2008/large/C1_AB19539_1.jpg)
and a Tulip (http://photos.imageevent.com/tonybeach/mypicturesfolder/march2008/C1_AB18845.jpg)
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Interesting compositions, Tony. I particularly like the Coutry Road Cyclist because we have in fact two photos for the price of one, yet both photos would be diminished if they were separate. This is a case of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts.
The Windsurfer is a good example of relevance to the recent discussion on Michael's DoF article. If you'd used a longer telephoto lens from a greater distance, the paragliders would have appeared bigger and fuzzier in the scene.
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The Windsurfer is a good example of relevance to the recent discussion on Michael's DoF article. If you'd used a longer telephoto lens from a greater distance, the paragliders would have appeared bigger and fuzzier in the scene.
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Perhaps I should have just zoomed in on his head and foregone the rest of the scene in pursuit of some idealized DOF; or I could have gone back to the parking lot and shot from above instead of at the water's edge and there would have been only green water in the background and no sky at all. Anyway, I have better Windsurfer and Kiteboarder shots and the distractions are just the way the chips fall sometimes, but since this was supposed to be a thread about "Recent Works" with a smaller format I thought the sequence was apt because it was recent and the first 3 frames occurred in 6/10 of a second -- if I had known it was going to be a continuation of a discussion I explicitly wrote I would have nothing more to contribute to, then I would not have replied here.
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Here's a close-up of the peak on the far right in my previous panorama, Machupichre (Machupuchare, Machapuchare, whatever), taken with my 100-400 IS zoom at 200mm, a little after dawn.
This peak, 6993M, looks very difficult to climb. As far as I understand, it's one of the few unconquered mountains. At least, if someone has climbed it, they are not boasting about it. It's a scared mountain and according to Nepalese law, it's illegal to climb it.
I came across the following background information doing a Google search.
Machapuchare's delicate summit will sometimes materialize out of the mist at sunset, to appear suspended in a golden haze almost 15,000 feet directly overhead at an altitude of 22,943 feet above sea level. The mountain is so imposing that for the people living near Annapurna, it acts like a magnet, drawing to itself whatever deity they regard as the highest and most powerful. Villagers with whom I spoke referred to it variously as the abode of the Hindu Gods Vishnu and Siva, a local deity named Pujinim Barahar, and Tara, "the Savioress of Tibetan Buddhism," as well as Amitabha, "the Buddha of Boundless Light."
A small expedition led by Wilfred Noyce, a British climber of Everest fame, nearly reached the summit in 1957. Grooves of slick blue ice stopped them only 150 feet from the top. Realizing that the Deity of the mountain had defeated them, they turned back and descended without regrets, content with what they had achieved. After their attempt, the government of Nepal declared Machapuchare a sacred peak, off-limits to all climbers. And it remains to this day unclimbed, one of the few places left on Earth reserved for the Gods.
Here's my glimse of it from a height of 3,000M at Poon Hill.
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It's a scared mountain and according to Nepalese law, it's illegal to climb it.
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To get one back at you, on behalf of Tony,.... How are we supposed to interpret that one?!?
Regardless, an impressive image anyway. Now don't be telling me you took that with a point and shoot!
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To get one back at you, on behalf of Tony,.... How are we supposed to interpret that one?!?
Regardless, an impressive image anyway. Now don't be telling me you took that with a point and shoot!
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A good P&S like the Canon G9 would have been just fine in the circumstances, considering I had to get up at 4 am for a 2 hour hike up an 800 metre hill in the dark to catch the rising sun .
As it was, all the camera gear I was carrying slowed me down. I got to the summit a bit late. The sun was already rising. My lens kept misting over due to the cold air. Setting up my flimsy tripod which is not high enough and trying to find a firm footing for it caused me to miss a few good shots.
The G9 at f2.8 has about the same DoF as the 5D at f13 and a shutter speed at ISO 100 about the same as what I would get at ISO 1600 with the 5D at f13.
Autopano Pro can stitch and merge to HDR in the one process. If I'd been carrying a G9, the basic technical quality of the images might have suffered slightly, but the shots might have been more interesting.
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If I'd been carrying a G9, the basic technical quality of the images might have suffered slightly, but the shots might have been more interesting.
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Or maybe you should just get up earlier, or get a bit fitter...
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Or maybe you should just get up earlier, or get a bit fitter...
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There are lots of options. It's the result that counts.
Maybe this shot is more interesting; street photography with flash.
Canon 5D, 24-105 zoom at 45mm; ISO 100, F5.6 1/200th .
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A recent favourite of mine and unusually [for me] in a studio.
5D, processed in LR and sharpened in PS.
No Exif data to hand, but I think it was 50mm @ F2 with Elinchroms 100 ISO.
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2097/2410388614_f90be85576_o.jpg)
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A recent favourite of mine and unusually [for me] in a studio.
5D, processed in LR and sharpened in PS.
No Exif data to hand, but I think it was 50mm @ F2 with Elinchroms 100 ISO.
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Now that's what I call a shallow DoF.
This guy looks extremely 'fed up', angry and disillusioned. Good shot!
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But here, perhaps, is a nicer, more appealing shot, to soothe the soul.
Another street photo. Notice the Adam's Apple?
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Now that's what I call a shallow DoF.
This guy looks extremely 'fed up', angry and disillusioned. Good shot!
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I also needed a couple of smiling shots of some people from this shoot and his 'laughs' were very, very peculiar/bizarre/freaky. Just as well some others could do happy. Though this was my joint favourite shot.
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But here, perhaps, is a nicer, more appealing shot, to soothe the soul.
Another street photo. Notice the Adam's Apple?
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I though the chap in the previous shot had big balls, that hadn't dropped! So to speak.
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I though the chap in the previous shot had big balls, that hadn't dropped! So to speak.
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There were several chaps in the previous shot. Which one are you referring to?
No need to answer that .
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Well, I hope these glimses of transvestites' boob jobs have not put anyone off this thread. We get a few nudes in the MFDB section, ya know!
Here's a recent reworking of a scene from Poon Hill showing what was considered once to be the highest mountain in the world, at the beginning of the 19th century. A whole generation of Westerners, including Americans, were under this delusion for about 30 years.
The mountain, Dhaulagiri, in the centre of the left half of the picture is actually the highest mountain in Nepal at 8,167M. Everest straggles Tibet and Nepal.
Mt Everest was first surveyed by the British (of course) in 1865. The local Nepalese name, Sagarmartha, actually means "Godess of the Sky", a slightly more alluring name than Everest, wouldn't you say?
The guy who surveyed the "Godess of the Sky", ex army officer Andrew Waugh who was Surveyor General of India at the time, with typical British modesty named the mountain after his predecessor, George Everest.
Dhaulaigiri, actually the 7th highest mountain in the world, simply means White Mountain, although there is some other Sanskrit derivation of 'mountain' that means 'girl'. Is there some sexual symbolism going on here? .
Generally, I find it difficult to portray the emotion of such scenes in a mere photograph. I keep reworking it in Photoshop, hoping some day I shall get closer to the experience.
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Well, I hope these glimses of transvestites' boob jobs have not put anyone off this thread. We get a few nudes in the MFDB section, ya know![a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=189865\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
There were some nice pussies in that section too!
Here's one I took today of Loki
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2043/2418534435_36a5f4a2ee_o.jpg)
1/200th@f3.2 1600ISO, 70mm
And this is Ianto
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2009/2419350022_d5ed880192_o.jpg)
1/320th@f3.2 1600ISO, 32mm
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2278/2418534289_7425d63a74_o.jpg)
1/160th@f3.2 1600ISO, 50mm
Both new arrivals and I think we will delay replacing the carpets until they've calmed down a bit.
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But here, perhaps, is a nicer, more appealing shot, to soothe the soul.
Another street photo. Notice the Adam's Apple?
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Street photo you say. What street do you live on, Pat Pong Avenue?
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Street photo you say. What street do you live on, Pat Pong Avenue?
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I didn't say I lived in this street. The last time I was in the vicinity of Pat Pong Rd I saw mums & dads with their toddlers ambling down the road, just looking and occasionally buying from the market stalls that basically fill the whole street and get in your way.
The above street shot you refer to was actually taken in Bangla Rd, Phuket. I don't live there either, but I guess I could if I wanted to .
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Recent studio session with my friend Ethan:
Canon 1DMarkIII - 50mm macro
(http://semillerimages.com/personalwork/0_Newest/mk3-47092-080412-ethan.jpg)
*steve
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A couple more:
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2144/2110215548_7f96db794c_m.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/larkvi/2110215548/)
Light and Stone, Christ Church, Mainz
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2223/2110212234_db91fbf920_m.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/larkvi/2110212234/)
Late Afternoon Reflections, Yellowstone River
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3111/2313379894_23b835fba0_o.jpg)
5d + 55mm 1.8 smc supertakumar
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2144/2228439634_0436b978f0_b.jpg)
and a landscape in andalucia...on the right is a shepherd and his sheep. To see all the details, I´d have to post this way bigger than this. Oh well. Shot on a 5d with 24-70 f2.8 L
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Lichen, test shot really with the 1Ds3 and zf35. Stil thinking about the tonalities.
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Recent snap. D200 Super Takumar 50mm 1.4
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One from last summer that I've only just looked at - LR2 beta processing
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and a couple from my birthday day out
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Lichen, test shot really with the 1Ds3 and zf35. Stil thinking about the tonalities.
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Hi!
Nice "Mandelbrot's lichen".
How do you like the ZF35 with Ds3? Is it ok @f/2 or 2.8? Have you compared it to 35 L?
Cheers,
J
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Big Iron in Chicago
(http://photos-h.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v232/84/74/12801603/n12801603_33682071_6806.jpg)
40D 24MM f/1.4 @ f/1.8, 1/50 sec, ISO-100
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Hi!
Nice "Mandelbrot's lichen".
How do you like the ZF35 with Ds3? Is it ok @f/2 or 2.8? Have you compared it to 35 L?
Cheers,
J
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Hi
I really like the zf35, though it would be nice to have auto aperture... I've not compared it to the 35L, though digilloyd has a comparison that suggests that the zeiss has an edge at wide apertures and certainly I think it's superb shooting between f2 and f4.
The lichen shot was at f5.6 and was taken precariously balanced on a slippery rock - so despite the tripod it was hard to focus (even with live view) and keep everything still - but here is a centre crop at 100% before black and white conversion (processed in LR with 50, 0.5, 50, 5 sharpening). Becuase I was struggling with not falling the corners weren't in the focus plane, but if I get chance I'll shoot something similar to give an idea of corner sharpness.
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Here is a shot of my older daughter with a 100% crop. This is at f2 or 2.8 and shot at 1600iso, then pushed 1.1 stop in LR with nr at 33, 31 and sharpening 50, 1.2, 48, 55.
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Hope that's of interest, and if I get chance to compare to the canon I will!
Mike
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At a recent Andy Warhol exhibition in Brisbane. Canon 40D & 17-55 lens.
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A hungry tree.
100mm @ f/4.0
Cheers,
J
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Nicely observed, juicy.
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Last week in Shibuya .
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Sadly I haven't had the opportunity to climb the Himalayas or gawk at Tranny's boobs the last few months so my recent efforts have all been taken close to home.
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2232/2325263919_e9ca4746e7_o.jpg)
Somewhere in there is a big dog trapped in a small dog's body.
EDIT: HMMM, maybe I should have done something to make the shot appear smaller. What exactly? FYI - it's hosted on Flickr.
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Nicely observed, juicy.
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Thank you!
J
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EDIT: HMMM, maybe I should have done something to make the shot appear smaller. What exactly? FYI - it's hosted on Flickr.
You mean like sizing it appropriately for web display BEFORE posting it?
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EDIT: HMMM, maybe I should have done something to make the shot appear smaller. What exactly? FYI - it's hosted on Flickr.
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Flickr will have also resized your image to several other smaller sized copies when you uploaded. Just click on all sizes and choose an appropriate one for the use.
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Nubble Light in York, Maine, probably America's most photographed lighthouse. Mostly a cliche, but the gulls helped![attachment=6241:attachment]
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Here is one of my honeymoon in Mykonos and ok, the res is not that great but still shot it on a canon A420 4 mp camera...Editing done in lightroom.
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Wild Turkey @ San Angelo State Park.
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A few snap shots from a very recent trip to the Gold Coast.
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Canon 40D and 100-400 F5.6 IS zoom.
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Flawed perhaps due to a lack of sharpness (ISO too low), but I like it. Will I get into trouble if I say there's a gracefulness in this kangaroo's hop (on a local golf course) which is comparable to the gracefulness of a ballerina!!
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This is a time exposure at night; no flash, just the illumination of nearby street lighting: Wat Maha Wan, Chiang Mai, Thailand, taken with the 5D, on tripod of course.
I had to fend off the barking dogs and explain to the monks that I just couldn't resist photographing their beautiful temple by night.
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I'd be a bit concerned if this lovely lady bearer were carrying my P45. I wouldn't be able to take this shot of her.... with my P45.
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ps: sorry about the poor bokeh, but in the circumstances, perhaps not such a big deal.
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How many times her body weight was she carrying?
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Canon 1DS MK2
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Canon 1ds MK 2 85l 1.2
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Two images taken on a recent trip to Edinburgh. Both taken with a Canon 1D mk3
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Not an exotic location, but soft light from an overcast.
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(http://richowens.smugmug.com/photos/285387781_AjL9T-L.jpg)
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Very nice, Rich.
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Thank you.
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A recent vacation to Italy... two shots that have just come out of post.
Velvia 100, 85mm f/1.8, 1600
(http://portfolio.arsenaleartisans.com/photos/284274205_fdcDk-M.jpg)
Astia 100F, 85mm, f/9, 1/2"
(http://portfolio.arsenaleartisans.com/photos/284274621_avecm-M.jpg)
Cheers,
-Andrew
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I've noticed that this title in the MF section of the forum is hugely popular, breaking a record for all threads I would estimate.
That disturbs me. I don't think MFDB users should take over this forum.
So I'm going to kick off this thread with a recent shot of the Himalayas, taken shortly after dawn from a 3000m hill, with my Canon 5D.
I have been experimenting around with stitching with my 1Ds Mk II. By the way, you guys do some awesome work. These are 5 and 7 images stitched.
drgary
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It didn't take my 7 stitch image. Here are a few recent shots. Not as aesthetic, but artistic in their own right. By the way, you guys inspire me.
drgary
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abstract of aircraft engine
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From this weekend, D300 and 28-70mm.
partially desaturated:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3244/2446909006_080afd0a6b.jpg)
B/W processed in Lightroom:
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2084/2444439874_ecbbca9434.jpg)
See My Flickr Photostream (http://www.flickr.com/photos/markhout) for details and more info.
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On the contrary, I have just proved that sharpness does to some degree affect the artistic merits of an image. Sharpness may enhance or detract from the artistic merits of a given image, and it is not the most significant factor involved, but in no case is it irrelevant. You have to have some sharpness to have a meaningful image, even one as blurred as my example. If there is no sharpness at all, the image can only be a single solid colored shape.
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I agree with this and I thought the example was a good one. I actually like the top blurry image better, but that does not mean it is more worthy. However, if I were to submit either one or the other to a fine art magazine, it would be the top one. That said, it seems like all fine art mags have blurry images in them, which I find after a while quite trite because they seem to be blurry for no other reason than to be blurry, or that the only way the image would have any merit is that it is blurred and does then and only then have some interesting aspects about it. So my point is I'll always go with whatever seems to pull more out of me emotionally than not, unless were talking commercial photography, and then, again, choice for different reasons.
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Flawed perhaps due to a lack of sharpness (ISO too low), but I like it. Will I get into trouble if I say there's a gracefulness in this kangaroo's hop (on a local golf course) which is comparable to the gracefulness of a ballerina!!
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I like it too.
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abstract of aircraft engine
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NICE!. I'm gravitating to more photography like this myself. I find it very challenging and when you get a shot likie this, rewarding.
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OK I'll submit to tech thread. Let me also say that here is a blanket response for all those who submitted such professional and interesting images, not to mention technically nice and inspirational.
Today when UPS arrives, I'll be the proud and broke owner of a 1DS MKIII. I won't be able to shoot with it on my tripod until RRS ships me the L bracket, however.
Below shots taken with a Canon 5D using either a 24-70 or 70-200 lens.
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OK I'll submit to tech thread. Let me also say that here is a blanket response for all those who submitted such professional and interesting images, not to mention technically nice and inspirational.
Today when UPS arrives, I'll be the proud and broke owner of a 1DS MKIII. I won't be able to shoot with it on my tripod until RRS ships me the L bracket, however.
Below shots taken with a Canon 5D using either a 24-70 or 70-200 lens.
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I like the 2nd and 4th in particular.
Hope you like the 1Ds3 - my l plate only took 3 or 4 days to arive in teh UK.
Mike
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All natural light, Leica M8 with Leica 35/1.4 ASPH, except the product shot which was taken with strobes in the studio M8 + collapsible Leica 90/4 macro:
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I didn't make this image so I won't claim it. (I did run it through Lightroom though). It is however a shot of our new grandson, so I'm justifiably proud!
Mike.
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Cheers
Boris
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I like the 2nd and 4th in particular.
Hope you like the 1Ds3 - my l plate only took 3 or 4 days to arive in teh UK.
Mike
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Thanks. Well, RRS was back ordered on the MKIII L plates when I called them. They said they wouldn't be in till May 1st.
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I agree. It just goes to show the stupidity of the argument that people who obsess over technical stuff must be artistically inferior to those who do not.
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Sometimes a persons passion sees no boundaries. Technique is a protagonist of emotion. Certainly, the image is most important, but try tell the greats that obsessing over technical means they're inferior.
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Sometimes a persons passion sees no boundaries. Technique is a protagonist of emotion. Certainly, the image is most important, but try tell the greats that obsessing over technical means they're inferior.
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What the quote
"I agree. It just goes to show the stupidity of the argument that people who obsess over technical stuff must be artistically inferior to those who do not"
means is that those who "obsess over technical stuff" are not necessarily inferior to those who do not, which is obviously true at least in some situations--namely Ansel Adams. He was a great photographer, and he did obsess over technique, especially in the dark room and with printing.
What is also be true is:
(1) "Those who obsess too much over technical matters may miss diminish developing their creative ability."
(2) "Those who do not obsess enough over technical matters may diminish developing their creativity ability."
Does anyone--or can anyone--reasonably disagree with those two statements?
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Cheers
Boris
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These are lovely. Beautiful work [subject isnt to shabby either ]
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Sometimes a persons passion sees no boundaries. Technique is a protagonist of emotion. Certainly, the image is most important, but try tell the greats that obsessing over technical means they're inferior.
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I never got any impression from these 'camera doesn't matter' debates that obsessing over technical issues is an inferior activity. I think Jonathan might have drawn that inference for himself.
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These are lovely. Beautiful work [subject isnt to shabby either ]
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I agree. One might almost think they were taken with a DB .
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I thought I would share some of my fun stuff.
Though I shoot for a living this is the kind of imagery that makes me feel free. Nothing happens if you get home with no picks.
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I thought I would share some of my fun stuff.
Though I shoot for a living this is the kind of imagery that makes me feel free. Nothing happens if you get home with no picks.
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Wonderful stuff.
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I'm really have very little portraiture experience, but I grabbed this candid shot the other week and I really like it, so I thought I'd share (criticism and comments welcome!).
I figure it's also better to get back to posting images to this thread :-)
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a few recent ones from the 1Ds3:
http://www.pbase.com/r_p/image/96441312/original (http://www.pbase.com/r_p/image/96441312/original)
http://www.pbase.com/r_p/image/96441257/original (http://www.pbase.com/r_p/image/96441257/original)
http://www.pbase.com/r_p/image/96441258/original (http://www.pbase.com/r_p/image/96441258/original)
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D200, hand-built lens (element from an old zoom reassembled into a body cap and some scrap plastic tubing):
(http://photi.ca/photos/279898811_LEn7F-L.jpg)
G9:
(http://photi.ca/photos/283928115_UQodh-L.jpg)
D200, 10.5 fish defished:
(http://photi.ca/photos/264972407_ngNqs-L.jpg)
D200, 85/1.4:
(http://photi.ca/photos/287007196_bmKZ3-L.jpg)
All post-processing in Bibble with my own plug-ins.
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A few birds.
Heron
(http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee47/FineArt_photo/Birds/Scan-080505-001.jpg)
Lunch
(http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee47/FineArt_photo/Birds/CV_RZ_DSC00688.jpg)
A basic Sony Alpha for those wondering.
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Volcano National Park a few weeks ago. (moon was a second exposure)
Marc
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Volcano National Park a few weeks ago. (moon was a second exposure)
Marc
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Marc,
It's certainly spectacular, but it doesn't seem to quite gel together as a single composition. The right side 2/3rds might be better by itself.
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Marc,
It's certainly spectacular, but it doesn't seem to quite gel together as a single composition. The right side 2/3rds might be better by itself.
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I agree it is still work in progress. An example of being awesome in person and not quite able to capture the moment with a camera. I thought it was worth sharing just because it is so rare, a moonbow, full moon and lava in one scene. I actually prefer just the right frame with the moon.
Marc
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One from about a month ago.
Graeme
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One from about a month ago.
Graeme
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As contrapoint to Michael's home page photography, this is 'spring colours in spring' in the Madrid's Sierra. Taken the 3rd of May.
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Manuel
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A few birds.
Liked the heron
Here is one I took the other day using a G9:
Jack
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here is one from a recent trip to Mexico
Tom
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From Saturday
(http://richowens.smugmug.com/photos/293994447_vcqaL-L.jpg)
Cowboy Style
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another vacation snap from Mexico
Tom
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Hi Tom,
I dig these two images from Mexico Out of the ordinary...
*steve
another vacation snap from Mexico
Tom
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another vacation snap from Mexico
Tom
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I think, Tom, I would like to see more detail in that shadowy thing, bottom left hand corner. Not that I'm saying the photo would be more interesting if we did see more detail there. I'd just like to see the detail before a final assessment.
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From a recent trip to Portugal. These shots were from Sintra -- where there are a LOT of stairs.
Canon 350D, 17-40L
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Hi Tom,
I dig these two images from Mexico Out of the ordinary...
*steve
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thanx for the kind words
t
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I think, Tom, I would like to see more detail in that shadowy thing, bottom left hand corner. Not that I'm saying the photo would be more interesting if we did see more detail there. I'd just like to see the detail before a final assessment.
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interesting.........
I have processed out a couple of versions - I am going with the "What might be there" thing..... Kinda like a Brett Weston / Andre Kertesz rip off kinda thing - but it is fun.
Tom
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My grandson was born in April, and my great nephew (a second grandon, really) was born a couple of days ago. Hence...
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Mike.
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Here is one I took today with my G9, a pair of two bee-colored robber flies mating. I thought it was awfully rude of the female to be killing and eating something at the same time her beau was trying his best to please her
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porthole - third one from Mexico trip
slowly working on the pix
Tom
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Here is another image from Portugal, just returned from Algarve area a few weeks ago....comments please, it is even a landscape....almost forgot, taken with a 5d and 24-105 IS....fwiw...
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Here is another image from Portugal, just returned from Algarve area a few weeks ago....comments please, it is even a landscape....almost forgot, taken with a 5d and 24-105 IS....fwiw...
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I'm not sure of the crop. Still mulling that. I would level the sea, however.
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DP - do you think it too tight the crop??? I tried it with a level ocean and didn't really like it, made the rock formations look like they were falling into the water more, but maybe it is just my "slant" on things....
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DP - do you think it too tight the crop??? I tried it with a level ocean and didn't really like it, made the rock formations look like they were falling into the water more, but maybe it is just my "slant" on things....
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To get the level ocean, try 'free transform/warp', Nice shot, but the deep shadows seem a little too dense.
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TWO PHOTOS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE.
Composition is split in half, but I like it. This is a snapshot of a mule train coming from Kagbeni to Jomsom, about 3000m elevation, somewhere in the middle of Nepal.
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To get the level ocean, try 'free transform/warp', Nice shot, but the deep shadows seem a little too dense.
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Good idea Ray, about the transform, do you think you can do that and NOT distort the rainbow??? May have to try that, think I like the shadows as they are, brings a little more drama, I like drama in images....jmho. thanks.....
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Good idea Ray, about the transform, do you think you can do that and NOT distort the rainbow??? May have to try that, think I like the shadows as they are, brings a little more drama, I like drama in images....jmho. thanks.....
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Try transform on a feathered or gradient selection.
Will preserve part of picture and gradually go into distorted area...
Allan
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Good idea Ray, about the transform, do you think you can do that and NOT distort the rainbow??? May have to try that, think I like the shadows as they are, brings a little more drama, I like drama in images....jmho. thanks.....
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No problem. The bottom left corner just needs to be pulled down slightly. You lose a bit of sand though.
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Thanks guys will have to do that, I am all for being on the level.........
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I like that better. Crooked water drives me insane. (As evidenced by my screaming "Tsunami!" whenever I see an image with a titled aquatic horizon.)
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Power lines that actually add to the composition. Jomsom, Nepal.
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Just walking along the mountain track.
Nepal 2006 and coincidentally the 9999 shot on my 5D.
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Number 9999 reverts to 0001 on the next shot. Here's the number 0001 shot, for the curious. I'm just working on the huge backlog .
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And here's #0028. Sorry for the invasion of privacy. I was just walking by. But I like this shot. There's a nice balance to it.
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Well, it looks as though my passing by did not go unnoticed. Image #0029.
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Canon 1Ds MK3, 70-200 2.8L IS USM
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Canon 1Ds MK3, 70-200 2.8L IS USM
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Very nice. I like the first and last the best, which I will not argue. What is teh story behind this shot?
The 70-200 is an almost perfect portrait lens, no? Have you tried it with the 1.4 tele-extender?
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On route from Jomsom to Kagbeni in Nepal.
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A shot of the people. An attractive young lady scooping up Buffalo dung in Kagbeni, Nepal.
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Heck! How did that happen? Sorry! Waste of bandwidth.
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Some landscapes:
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The most striking shot is the one of the moon through the branches. The moon is always great, but it presents an enormous dynamic range problem if you want the foreground recognisable as well as the moon features.
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Some landscapes:
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Love the first and last.
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M8
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Some landscapes:
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Niiiiiiice!
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Canon 1Ds MK3 with 70-200 2.8 L IS USM
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Some landscapes:
Those are wonderful!
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Canon 1Ds MK3 with 70-200 2.8 L IS USM
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I love this one.
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Peace.
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Peace.
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Interesting choice of title. To me she seems pensive, as if waiting for someone to come home...
Mike.
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Just shot it today.
Canon 1Dsmk3
35-70 Leica lens
(http://4hq.org/image/fbi1211905134q.jpg)
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God, I miss smoking.
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God, I miss smoking.
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Maybe this'll help:
I'm a family doctor in a small town. In my little practice in the last two months I've diagnosed four more patients with advanced lung cancer. Every single one of them is going to die from their disease. Think chest pain, coughing up blood, and slowly suffocating to death. I know, the whole lung cancer/heart attack thing is abstract while that cigarette is concrete and right here & now. But miserable death from cigarettes is a concrete, here & now reality for me every freakin' day.
Heroin is safer. Seriously.
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Maybe this'll help:
I'm a family doctor in a small town. In my little practice in the last two months I've diagnosed four more patients with advanced lung cancer. Every single one of them is going to die from their disease. Think chest pain, coughing up blood, and slowly suffocating to death. I know, the whole lung cancer/heart attack thing is abstract while that cigarettet is concrete and right here & now. But miserable death from cigarettes is a concrete, here & now reality for me every freakin' day.
Heroin is safer. Seriously.
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My father in law died of ung cancer...terrible disease! Never smoked a cigarette in his life though....
You could die tomorrow in agonising pain a million different ways and those car keys in your hand are probably worse than your pack a day monkey.
Smoke ,drink and live it up..just keep shooting!
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Heroin is safer. Seriously.
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Vicoden is a really good thing right before really stressful shoot, like the one I did yesterday. It allows you to think without that nagging freak-out feeling flowing through your veins, preventing you from thinking slowly, methodically, without going into instinct mode. I hate that.
So anyway I got a call from a group of Fire Dancers that needed some promotional shots. They live in my area and I shot them once before, but as an event photographer. They liked the images, and decided to call me--three hours before they wanted to shoot!
I shot three people each in as much as ten different poses using all the light angles I had. It was way, way too much for one shoot, but I think I got a few keepers. Next time it's going to be a much more planned operation.
here are some quick grabs from the camera with some fast cropping on a couple of the images. And now I have to get to work processing.
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Interesting choice of title. To me she seems pensive, as if waiting for someone to come home...
Mike.
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Hi!
The image is a snapshot taken late in the evening (1/6s, f2.8 iso 1250). For myself it communicates the feeling of totally relaxed atmosphere with the only sound being a nightingale (and unfortunately the shutter). However, people who were not present at the time of the shot will most probably see the image differently.
But to be accurate I must say that the word "peace" was not meant as the title of the shot but more of a greeting to the forum while at the same time trying to communicate my own emotion associated with the image. Thanks for your thought provoking comment.
Cheers,
J
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Beware of river banks when you visit Australia.
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Tread carefully!
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Three images from my rooftop stitched together.
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Tread carefully!
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It's the smile that'll kill me.
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Nice shot (as he sits smoking a cigar with his 2nd coffee of morning). How do you like the 35-70 - am seriously considering it for my 1Ds2 (long time Leica/CZ shooter on EoS)?
Just shot it today.
Canon 1Dsmk3
35-70 Leica lens
(http://4hq.org/image/fbi1211905134q.jpg)
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Nice shot (as he sits smoking a cigar with his 2nd coffee of morning). How do you like the 35-70 - am seriously considering it for my 1Ds2 (long time Leica/CZ shooter on EoS)?
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Just want to give you a short answer here. I have owned a Canon 24-70, 24-105, leica 35-70 and Zeiss 35-70.
Let me say the following: The Canon has autofocus, which is not bad, if you need it. The IS of the 24-105 is amazing and I sometimes still use it. On my 1DsMk2 I went with the 24-10, why ? Because the IS is really good and the image quality was quite, good. The 24-70, is in my eyes not really better and is lacking the IS.
I started with the Canon on my 1DsMk3 and I have to admit I was shocked. It looked like crap. So I got my old 24-70 out and tried it again, well a littlbe better, but still looked ugly especially the edges are horrible.
I than bought the Leica and Zeiss. Both are really amazing, I mean there is a world of differences between these two lenses and the Canon crap. (sry ^^ but it is as it is)
Just for pure Image quality, the Zeiss has the edge, it is a little sharper. But there is a big BUT, when it comes to handling the Leica wins hands down. The main let down on the Zeiss is that it still is a push and pull zoom. To sum it up both the Leica and the zeiss are much better than anything Canon produces right now.
One final word. I know some people will start screaming, how I can test a 24-70 to a 35-70 lens. Well I did not. I tested both zoom lenses against Canon primes I used before I switched to the Leica zoom. (35 f1.4L;50 macro;85 f1.8) Sorry but after doing a lot of testing I have to say, there is no need for Canon primes. Isn't it sad that they are not better than a Leica zoom ? Well that's how it is. I don't think we have to argue on how much the Canon primes are compared to Canon zooms ^^
if you have further questions you can write me a mail or PM.
EDIT: I hope it's readable ^^ was too late when I wrote this stuff.
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Excellent. Thanks for the candor. I'm sure they'll be some forthcoming flack
I almost exclusively use Leica and to a slightly less degree CZ/Hassy on my 1Ds2 and while I own/have owned & used a LOT of Leica primes, I've never used a 35-70/4 and am interested in one.
As you know, once you've used Leica or CZ or some Hassy/Zeiss (110/2 F) on a FF Canon, going back to EF glass (with some exceptions - e.g. 35/1.4, 85/1.2 V2, 135/2) feels like a BIG downgrade. Canon's long & fast sports glass (300/2.8 IS and up) is a different matter - much closer (with the exception of APO glass) contest.
The CZ and Leica draw differently, but vs. EF "L" (what a farce) glass, they are sharper, deliver better color, are MUCH better built, have no QC issues (other than odd stiff focus ring in neglected glass), were designed for manual focus -- and they feel like they're worth the $$ you paid.
Leica have their issues, but damn, they know how to make and test (PRIOR to shipment) lenses. CZ glass is no slouch and are some of the best bargains in glass these days, but you have to be a bit pickier on what lenses.
Thanks again.
BTW - saw your web site, nice work.
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recent work?
Canon 5d, 50mm f1.4 prime at f22 1/400 sec, ISO 200.
This is a photograph in the late afternoon looking towards the (unseen) Black Sea, north of Batumi, Republic of Georgia.
I am finding the for the most part, my non-"L" primes are sharper than the 5d can capture so I'm not yet tempted to get a Lieca or Ziess lens yet...
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One more from Batumi, Georgia....
50mm lens, f4.5
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and one more from Tbilisi with the 24mm 2.8 lens....and Canon 5D
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Bruce - very nice.
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My latest Promo Piece.
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My latest Promo Piece.
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Nice, but watch the shadow on the left, inside of the plate. I found those finger looking shadows a little distracting.
Also, I may be mistaken, but I think I see two light sources: The shadows on the left inside of the plate and a very light shadow on the right inside of the plate. That makes it look like light is coming from two directions. Am I right?
If we had two suns each casting its own shadow, lighting with only one shadow direction (from one source) would look strange to us? That's always been a very interesting philosophical concept for me.
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Nice, but watch the shadow on the left, inside of the plate. I found those finger looking shadows a little distracting.
Also, I may be mistaken, but I think I see two light sources: The shadows on the left inside of the plate and a very light shadow on the right inside of the plate. That makes it look like light is coming from two directions. Am I right?
If we had two suns each casting its own shadow, lighting with only one shadow direction (from one source) would look strange to us? That's always been a very interesting philosophical concept for me.
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It was open shade and a piece of foamcore for fill.
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20D, 300 mm f2.8 & 1.4 TC. Location: Hidden Valley, Serengeti, Tanzania
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20D, 300 mm f2.8 & 1.4 TC. Location: Hidden Valley, Serengeti, Tanzania
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Lovely.
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(http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/acwo02.jpg)
Acorn Woodpecker
Leica R8/DMR, 560mm f/6.8 Telyt-R, shoulder stock & monopod
Sacramento County California
Doug Herr
Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com (http://www.wildlightphoto.com)
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It was open shade and a piece of foamcore for fill.
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Hmmm. Strange you got those shadows then. It should have been virtually a flat light, like you want for that sort of subject. But there had to be direction or you would not have needed a fill, right? You didn't use any artificial lighting?
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Yeah this is quite nice.
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Acorn Woodpecker
Leica R8/DMR, 560mm f/6.8 Telyt-R, shoulder stock & monopod
Sacramento County California
Doug Herr
Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com (http://www.wildlightphoto.com)
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Yep, very nice.
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here is one from a few days ago
cheers
tom
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here is one from a few days ago
cheers
tom
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Beautiful work Doug and Tom, love the color and contrast in the woodpecker shot and the sepia tonality of the watering can, really well done. Here is one of mine shot last weekend with my new toy D60 and 55-200mmVR
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Beautiful work Doug and Tom, love the color and contrast in the woodpecker shot and the sepia tonality of the watering can, really well done. Here is one of mine shot last weekend with my new toy D60 and 55-200mmVR
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Don
Thanx for the kind words...
you got yourself some nice light in yours
t
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Don
Thanx for the kind words...
you got yourself some nice light in yours
t
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Tom - and thanks back at you, I love to go out and shoot flowers after a rain or just in overcast weather while most everyone goes on to other things....
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Tom - and thanks back at you, I love to go out and shoot flowers after a rain or just in overcast weather while most everyone goes on to other things....
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Not shure a Sony Erikson comes under 35mm, but oh well.
As science marches on and the male roll becomes less defined and some would say redundant. There is evidence of a back lash to this developing situation, no more will the male of the species be the robotic obedient servant, seduced by the carrot on the stick of clean shirts food and sex.
The writing is on the wall.
[a href=\"http://homepage.mac.com/kevin_allen/Future/PhotoAlbum16.html]http://homepage.mac.com/kevin_allen/Future/PhotoAlbum16.html[/url]
Kevin.
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another new one from last tuesday
cheers
tom
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Conner,
What adapter are you using for the hassy glass on the canon and where did you get it?
Thank you,
*steve
Excellent. Thanks for the candor. I'm sure they'll be some forthcoming flack
I almost exclusively use Leica and to a slightly less degree CZ/Hassy on my 1Ds2 and while I own/have owned & used a LOT of Leica primes, I've never used a 35-70/4 and am interested in one.
As you know, once you've used Leica or CZ or some Hassy/Zeiss (110/2 F) on a FF Canon, going back to EF glass (with some exceptions - e.g. 35/1.4, 85/1.2 V2, 135/2) feels like a BIG downgrade. Canon's long & fast sports glass (300/2.8 IS and up) is a different matter - much closer (with the exception of APO glass) contest.
The CZ and Leica draw differently, but vs. EF "L" (what a farce) glass, they are sharper, deliver better color, are MUCH better built, have no QC issues (other than odd stiff focus ring in neglected glass), were designed for manual focus -- and they feel like they're worth the $$ you paid.
Leica have their issues, but damn, they know how to make and test (PRIOR to shipment) lenses. CZ glass is no slouch and are some of the best bargains in glass these days, but you have to be a bit pickier on what lenses.
Thanks again.
BTW - saw your web site, nice work.
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I wouldn't mind some nice photogenic storms like those. Nice images!
-Eric
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this is really nice, all the background animals in the different levels of clarity
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Didn't have much of a background to work with at the Beijing Race Track but I think that the sun reflecting off the surface of the road helped as well as a little burning in at the top of the frame. 5D with 24-70.
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A gloomy day on the beach:
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3043/2594159334_1e3a5dbed3.jpg)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3095/2594159344_49ac4fa1dd.jpg)
Olympus E-330, 14-45mm kit lens, really hoping to upgrade that lens soon...
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Its been a pretty wet start to winter in New Zealand, two heavy storms passed recently -
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That image on the left is wonderful.
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Great Sand Dunes, Colorado 2006. 160 megapixels (you can count needles of that far away tree:) )
Fuji S3
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I may have commented on this before, but I was looking through this thread again, and just wanted to say that this images keeps me looking at it uh, forever. Great job.
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I was in San Francisco last week. I don't think I got anything landscape worthy, and once again, I fell into shooting people.
I'll post more when I get time.
This particular image is of a young friend who is attending an art school in Sacramento for movie production. She agreed to be my grip and do all the navigating around San Francisco--which I was completely clueless about--as long as I paid for everything. Deal!
She was a great grip and even greater navigator and tour guide.
Anyway, I was waiting for a cable car to get back to it's turnabout around 12PM and got bored, so I shot Dottie under a street lamp as we waited, left image. Fisherman's Wharf.
f2.8 @ 1/20th, ISO 1600: 70mm hand held with a 24-70L.
This second shot was done with one Alien Bees 800 and a Photoflex Qsoftbox for a portfolio. Kirsten.
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Montalbetti+Campbell using CANON EOS-1 Ds MkIII
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Just had enough time to do a quick resize and some fast ACR on this file from my trip to San Francisco. It was a one shot no repeat, and it may be the best of this view I got, which isn't saying much, however. After all, when you shoot the Golden Gate, you better have a REALLY good shot, since every photographer out there has shot it.
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That's pretty nice, IMHO, dwdallam.
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Hi Denis, the first one is my favorite, I like it very much!
Montalbetti+Campbell using CANON EOS-1 Ds MkIII
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That's pretty nice, IMHO, dwdallam.
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Thanks, which one?
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Thanks, which one?
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I was referring to the bridge shot, which is quite different from the usual cliche of the GG bridge.
Of course, my alltime favorite GG photo is Ansel's one of the "Golden Gate Before the Bridge."
-Eric
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I was referring to the bridge shot, which is quite different from the usual cliche of the GG bridge.
Of course, my alltime favorite GG photo is Ansel's one of the "Golden Gate Before the Bridge."
-Eric
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That's a good point. Too much sky for my taste, w/o better cloud cover, but now that you have mentioned the perspective, as did one of my friends, I think I'll try to perfect it next time I go. Thanks for the comment.
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Shot a couple of days ago in the studio. To advertise chocolate mooncakes for a local restaurant. 1Ds III with 90mm TS lit with single Profoto head through a roll of 216 Lee diffusion.
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Ripley Castle, Yorkshire, UK, 2 May 2008.
Graeme
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Shot a couple of days ago in the studio. To advertise chocolate mooncakes for a local restaurant. 1Ds III with 90mm TS lit with single Profoto head through a roll of 216 Lee diffusion.
Cool shot!
Here's one from yesterday, just before the last flowers drop (Phalaenopsis).
Cheers,
J
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Ripley Castle, Yorkshire, UK, 2 May 2008.
Graeme
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Very nice. I'd like to see it from a lower perspective also, just above the water line. Did you shoot it like that by chance? I think I could shoot that very location for a few days several hours each. That scene has a lot of ways in which it could be shot.
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Taken on the muslim fisherman island of Ko Panyi
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This was 1Ds MK2, shot briefly after sunset. Location was Rajaprapha Dam in southern Thailand, model was posing on the tree protruding above water, I was on a raft to take this picture, using EX550 to fill the light.
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Some Canon 1Ds MK3 pics with 70-200 2.8L IS and some Canon 5D with 24-70 2.8L pics.
You guess which is which :-)
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here is one from a few weeks ago
cheers
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Shot this yesterday in Bangkok. 1Ds MKIII with 14mm f/2.8 lens
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Boris, I love the blurred kicking one. (5D I guess, since it's a wide angle.)
For the grainy ones, did you shoot at high ISO or add grain later?
-ron
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Not that recent but it'll do for now.
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Coffee shop at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport this morning. 1Ds MKIII with 14mm f/2.8 lens
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Bird and Sacred Mountain.
The mountain peak is Machapuchare, 6,993M or 22,943 ft. It's supposedly unclimbed.
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Hhmm! I wonder if I should add this to my Phallic Symbolism series.
20D, 40mm, F8.
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From this past week.
1Ds3, 45mm TS-E @ f2.8
Minimal white balance adjustment, no retouching.
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From this past week.
1Ds3, 45mm TS-E @ f2.8
Minimal white balance adjustment, no retouching.
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I can understand, Chris, that you might be trying to portray a quiet scene of eerie calm in the mist, here. But I find the OoF foreground a bit disturbing, and the general composition seems to have too much blank sky area.
The scene needs a bit of drama. Can I suggest a nice dancing girl on the float, like the one below.
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From this past week.
1Ds3, 45mm TS-E @ f2.8
Minimal white balance adjustment, no retouching.
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That's quite good.
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I can understand, Chris, that you might be trying to portray a quiet scene of eerie calm in the mist, here. But I find the OoF foreground a bit disturbing, and the general composition seems to have too much blank sky area.
The scene needs a bit of drama. Can I suggest a nice dancing girl on the float, like the one below.
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I completely disagree. The OOF foreground is quite good for this type of "fine art" photograph. My only complaint would be that there needs to be more foreground to anchor solidly the image to the bottom. That would also balance the upper space.
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I completely disagree. The OOF foreground is quite good for this type of "fine art" photograph. My only complaint would be that there needs to be more foreground to anchor solidly the image to the bottom. That would also balance the upper space.
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If you have more foreground in the shot, then the out-of-focus nature of the foreground would distract the eye even more.
I don't see anything necessarily arty about OoF areas in the foreground. It just looks like bad technique to me.
On the other hand, some folks think that an entire image that is seriously and deliberately OoF can be artistic. Everyone's entitled to an opinion.
My own view is that OoF areas in the image should not attract the eye. If the OoF area is in the foreground, it tends to attracts the eye more readily, especially if there's nothing else in the image which has a strong draw to compete with it.
However, there are no sacrosanct rules regarding composition. If you like the shot, that's fine with me.
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I can understand, Chris, that you might be trying to portray a quiet scene of eerie calm in the mist, here. But I find the OoF foreground a bit disturbing, and the general composition seems to have too much blank sky area.
The scene needs a bit of drama. Can I suggest a nice dancing girl on the float, like the one below.
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I asked dozens of dancing women to be in the shot but as soon as I whipped out my model release forms they fled back to the disco.
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I asked dozens of dancing women to be in the shot but as soon as I whipped out my model release forms they fled back to the disco.
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It looks as though I probably have lots of images that are really only suitable for editorial purposes .
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From this past week.
1Ds3, 45mm TS-E @ f2.8
Minimal white balance adjustment, no retouching.
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Gidday Chris,
Had a look at your website.
Lovely work, lots of colour great lighting and composition.
Cheers
Simon
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Gidday Chris,
Had a look at your website.
Lovely work, lots of colour great lighting and composition.
Cheers
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Thanks, Simon, and likewise on your work. I covet your "eggshell cyc", too!
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If you have more foreground in the shot, then the out-of-focus nature of the foreground would distract the eye even more.
I don't see anything necessarily arty about OoF areas in the foreground. It just looks like bad technique to me.
On the other hand, some folks think that an entire image that is seriously and deliberately OoF can be artistic. Everyone's entitled to an opinion.
My own view is that OoF areas in the image should not attract the eye. If the OoF area is in the foreground, it tends to attracts the eye more readily, especially if there's nothing else in the image which has a strong draw to compete with it.
However, there are no sacrosanct rules regarding composition. If you like the shot, that's fine with me.
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I know. But go look at fine art type magazines and you will see all sorts of things that distract you, but they are in good magazines. Try "Shots" as an example. Of course "fine art" doesn't just mean OOF or vignetting. It's so, so, uh, vague. A lot of the style of some FA I am ambivalent about. However, OOF foreground is not an automatic show stopper when you are producing FA images.
As an alternative to what you see as distracting the eye further with more foreground OOF, I see it as directing the eye to the real subject, which is the solitary structure. I say this because our eyes look for the focus. If the entire image is OOF except the main focus point, your eye goes directly to it. The OOF area leads the eye in.
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I know. But go look at fine art type magazines and you will see all sorts of things that distract you, but they are in good magazines. Try "Shots" as an example. Of course "fine art" doesn't just mean OOF or vignetting. It's so, so, uh, vague. A lot of the style of some FA I am ambivalent about. However, OOF foreground is not an automatic show stopper when you are producing FA images.
As an alternative to what you see as distracting the eye further with more foreground OOF, I see it as directing the eye to the real subject, which is the solitary structure. I say this because our eyes look for the focus. If the entire image is OOF except the main focus point, your eye goes directly to it. The OOF area leads the eye in.
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Yes. I know. Art is about experimenting with what works. OoF foregrounds generally don't work for me, but there are exceptions. When I see a close-up portrait of someone with sharp eyes but a fuzzy nose, I think the person looks a bit odd. I wonder if the photographer really wanted the shot to turn out like that, or whether it was just a mistake or a limitation of the equipment; ie. light poor and aperture wide using a telephoto lens with a camera that didin't have low noise at high ISO, like some of the early Nikons.
Your point about the OoF foreground leading the eye to the main subject of interest is not convincing. Generally, it's lines in the composition that lead the eye to another part of the image. In this composition from Chris, there's not much there of interest in the solitary structure on the water, so the eye is likely to start wandering and return to the grassy edge of the lake (or river), searching for meaning. That's when the OoF foreground becomes distracting for me and why I suggested (tongue in cheek, of course) a dancing girl on that solitary structure. I would then not give a toss about the OoF foreground.
Of course, there could be other reasons why one sometimes sees these portraits of personalities with fuzzy noses in weekend glossy magazines. Perhaps the interviewee has a pimple on his/her nose, or is just embarrassed about the state of his/her nose; it's too big, or too squat or too small, whatever. The photographer obliges and as a true professional says, 'Don't worry. I'll make it out-of-focus'.
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I like the photograph. To me, it's kind of a spooky shot. The first thing I look at is the dock. Then I look down at the foreground, then I look up at the eerie nothing space. Then back down, and then it feels spooky to me. In this case, my perception is aided by the oof foreground. If the foreground was in focus, then it's possible I might have a different perception of the image. Whether my perception was the intent of the photograph or not, the oof foreground provides an interesting experience of the photograph. With the foreground in focus, a different perception may have occurred - no more or less correct, just different.
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I like the photograph. To me, it's kind of a spooky shot. The first thing I look at is the dock. Then I look down at the foreground, then I look up at the eerie nothing space. Then back down, and then it feels spooky to me. In this case, my perception is aided by the oof foreground. If the foreground was in focus, then it's possible I might have a different perception of the image. Whether my perception was the intent of the photograph or not, the oof foreground provides an interesting experience of the photograph. With the foreground in focus, a different perception may have occurred - no more or less correct, just different.
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Okay! That's an interesting perspective. The OoF foreground contributes to a sense of 'spookiness'. I can appreciate that concept. Perhaps my problen is, I have a natural resistance to 'spooky' ideas. It has to be really spooky to affect me.
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"Spooky" wasn't intended. I just liked the lack of horizon and the glow of warm light. To some of the guys who fish the river, they saw the perfect fishing opportunity.
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Thought I'd add another...
Canon 5d, 50mm 1.4 prime at f5.6, 1/200th sec, ISO 400 - for those interested in these things:)
This photograph is of a restaurant in Batumi, Republic of Georgia. The water in the background is the Black Sea. Though the restaurant is called "san remo", there's no Italian food, just Georgian.
I guess I like "almost symmetrical" stuff.
-bruce
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Thought I'd add another...
Canon 5d, 50mm 1.4 prime at f5.6, 1/200th sec, ISO 400 - for those interested in these things:)
This photograph is of a restaurant in Batumi, Republic of Georgia. The water in the background is the Black Sea. Though the restaurant is called "san remo", there's no Italian food, just Georgian.
I guess I like "almost symmetrical" stuff.
-bruce
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Now this is the sort of image where an OoF foreground might not matter much, one way or the other. The compositional lines leading the eye to the centre of interest are strong, irrespective of the focussing of the foreground. Perhaps an OoF foreground would even help this image; perhaps provide a sort of symmetrical counterpoint to the tack sharp restaurant, without competing with the centre of interest.
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Just for fun, I thought I would add a bit of interest to Chris Brown's image of that solitary deck on the river. I hope he doesn't mind, and if he does, then apologies beforehand. I considered a dancing girl, but thought it slightly inappropriate to the mood of the scene.
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Thought I'd add another...
Canon 5d, 50mm 1.4 prime at f5.6, 1/200th sec, ISO 400 - for those interested in these things:)
This photograph is of a restaurant in Batumi, Republic of Georgia. The water in the background is the Black Sea. Though the restaurant is called "san remo", there's no Italian food, just Georgian.
I guess I like "almost symmetrical" stuff.
-bruce
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I can really relate to that. Thanks for the tech info also. I'm a strong believer in knowing tech because it is an essential in photography, much like understanding what different brushes do and the knowledge of color mixtures are in painting.
I'm beginning to wonder about that 50MM 1.4 lens. Everytime I see an image from it, it looks different from anything I can shoot with my 24-70 at 50mm. Maybe it's just me. In other words, does the 50mm 1.4 have a "look" all of it's own, especially when used at f4+ (Since of course it would at 1.4 in specific situations)?
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Now this is the sort of image where an OoF foreground might not matter much, one way or the other. The compositional lines leading the eye to the centre of interest are strong, irrespective of the focussing of the foreground. Perhaps an OoF foreground would even help this image; perhaps provide a sort of symmetrical counterpoint to the tack sharp restaurant, without competing with the centre of interest.
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LOL. I would hate a OOF on this particular image simply because I see it as a landscape, where you want as much DoF as you can get. But that's my perspective.
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Just for fun, I thought I would add a bit of interest to Chris Brown's image of that solitary deck on the river. I hope he doesn't mind, and if he does, then apologies beforehand. I considered a dancing girl, but thought it slightly inappropriate to the mood of the scene.
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Fine photoshop work too.
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Just for fun, I thought I would add a bit of interest to Chris Brown's image of that solitary deck on the river. I hope he doesn't mind, and if he does, then apologies beforehand. I considered a dancing girl, but thought it slightly inappropriate to the mood of the scene.
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Who is that? A Buddhist Goliath?
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Just for fun, I thought I would add a bit of interest to Chris Brown's image of that solitary deck on the river. I hope he doesn't mind, and if he does, then apologies beforehand. I considered a dancing girl, but thought it slightly inappropriate to the mood of the scene.
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That is one gigantic monk.
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That is one gigantic monk.
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They can increase their size and levitate. You didn't know that? Geeze.
I think you should find a decapitated head image and then float it about 3 feet above teh dock. That should be spooky enough for Ray
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Recent car show.
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I can really relate to that. Thanks for the tech info also. I'm a strong believer in knowing tech because it is an essential in photography, much like understanding what different brushes do and the knowledge of color mixtures are in painting.
I'm beginning to wonder about that 50MM 1.4 lens. Everytime I see an image from it, it looks different from anything I can shoot with my 24-70 at 50mm. Maybe it's just me. In other words, does the 50mm 1.4 have a "look" all of it's own, especially when used at f4+ (Since of course it would at 1.4 in specific situations)?
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Doug
the 50 1.4 is one of my favourites. It has it's own look, which includes a bit of barrel distortion. It sits on whatever I'm using most of the time nowadays.
And you can afford it after buying a 1Ds3:)
Mike
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Who is that? A Buddhist Goliath?
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He's in the tradition of this guy below with huge toes.
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Those toes are attached to huge feet. Is this a better shot?
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Recent car show.
Nice!
There are some more here: http://www.revellphotography.com/blog/?p=902 (http://www.revellphotography.com/blog/?p=902)
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I can really relate to that. Thanks for the tech info also. I'm a strong believer in knowing tech because it is an essential in photography, much like understanding what different brushes do and the knowledge of color mixtures are in painting.
I'm beginning to wonder about that 50MM 1.4 lens. Everytime I see an image from it, it looks different from anything I can shoot with my 24-70 at 50mm. Maybe it's just me. In other words, does the 50mm 1.4 have a "look" all of it's own, especially when used at f4+ (Since of course it would at 1.4 in specific situations)?
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Hi Doug,
The 50mm 1.4 is a nice lens but I'm not sure it's "look" is evident in my photograph as everything is pretty much in focus. There is a bit of fancy photoshop work that produced the "look" though, I think. I do know that if I had that 24-70L lens, I would never had taken the camera as it would have been too much to lug around that day
I do know that when I bought the camera, I looked at the "L" zooms and didn't really like the "look" in the viewfinder. Maybe it was the distortion, maybe just the small maximum iris. I sure didn't like the weight and bought all non-"L" primes instead and have been really happy that I did. The 100 f2.0 lens is spectacular. The 24 2.8 is ok...
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Nice!
There are some more here: http://www.revellphotography.com/blog/?p=902 (http://www.revellphotography.com/blog/?p=902)
Mike.
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It's good that we should be capturing images of these gas guzzling machines that have contributed significantly to our current predicament of climate change with its devastating consequences.
Hopefully, in 10 years time such machines will be as obsolete as the LP vinyl record.
If they are not, we're in deep strife.
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I think you should find a decapitated head image and then float it about 3 feet above teh dock. That should be spooky enough for Ray
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I think you'd find a decapitated head rather difficult to see at all.
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Dear me! This overweight problem is serious!
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Doug
the 50 1.4 is one of my favourites. It has it's own look, which includes a bit of barrel distortion. It sits on whatever I'm using most of the time nowadays.
And you can afford it after buying a 1Ds3:)
Mike
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I can't even afford to eat after the 1DS3. But if the Sony A900 24MP back comes out at a leaked price of 3300US, I may soon eat again. I might sell all my Canon gear and go Sony (and Zeiss) for less than half the cost of the back!
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Hi Doug,
do know that if I had that 24-70L lens, I would never had taken the camera as it would have been too much to lug around that day
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Try slinging a 1DS3 with a 70-200L all day. My elbow and wrist were sore the next day.
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Ray, is that line/streak down the center of the image a camera problem? What is that?
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They can increase their size and levitate. You didn't know that? Geeze.
I should have suspected that. They are crafty.
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Ray, is that line/streak down the center of the image a camera problem? What is that?
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You have got a keen eye. Thanks for pointing that out.
That was me being sloppy with my editing. I think that's a free transform selection line left over from a clumsy attempt to straighten a pillar. I should have just rotated a crop of the image, as below.
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You have got a keen eye. Thanks for pointing that out.
That was me being sloppy with my editing. I think that's a free transform selection line left over from a clumsy attempt to straighten a pillar. I should have just rotated a crop of the image, as below.
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Glad it's not a crack in your sensor.
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Here is the original scene from which I transposed the monk to your more appropriate environment on the jetty by the river.
As he gazes upon those tourists he's probably thinking, how foolish they are. In a few years time, they'll start suffering from ill-health and the consequences of obesity, lack of exercise and overindulgence. They'll be worried about the size of their pensions, the loss of their possessions, the future of their grandchildren, the ravages of climate change plus a whole raft of concerns they can do nothing about.
On the other hand, he could be thinking, "What am I doing here, watching the world pass by. I could be driving these tourists around in a Tuk Tuk, making lots of money and having a good time."
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Don't ask me what that foot is doing in the bottom right corner.
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On the other hand, he could be thinking, "What am I doing here, watching the world pass by. I could be driving these tourists around in a Tuk Tuk, making lots of money and having a good time."
Don't ask me what that foot is doing in the bottom right corner.
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Nah. He's thinking, "Last time I tried to levitate across the pool to the MacDonalds over there, I fell in half way. Will leaving one foot behind lighten the load so I can get all the way across? Or should I leave both feet here?"
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Nah. He's thinking, "Last time I tried to levitate across the pool to the MacDonalds over there, I fell in half way. Will leaving one foot behind lighten the load so I can get all the way across? Or should I leave both feet here?"
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Joke aside, I think you might be confusing Indian Yogi Fakirs with Buddhist monks, Eric. Also, there's no McDonald's across the pool (yet ), just 1,000 year old ruins. The pool is actually part of a moat approximately 1 mile on each side, which surrounds the temple.
I mention it just for the record, although I know you are attempting humour .
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Joke aside, I think you might be confusing Indian Yogi Fakirs with Buddhist monks, Eric. Also, there's no McDonald's across the pool (yet ), just 1,000 year old ruins. The pool is actually part of a moat approximately 1 mile on each side, which surrounds the temple.
I mention it just for the record, although I know you are attempting humour .
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What? Not even a Starbucks? I'm shocked!
From the back I couldn't tell whether he (she?) was a Fakir or a Monk. In any case, that foot removal trick is pretty clever.
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What? Not even a Starbucks? I'm shocked!
From the back I couldn't tell whether he (she?) was a Fakir or a Monk. In any case, that foot removal trick is pretty clever.
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I haven't removed the foot, yet. The imnage is uncropped and uncloned.
I'm not sure if this shot is worth printing. It's a real problem sorting through the thousands of images one has.
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Nice!
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Good, straight edges. I wonder if Autopano Pro could do that automatically. Did it require a lot of work in PT Gui?
I suppose one is slightly disappointed there is no audience and performers, but that would have probably made a good stitch impossible.
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Nice!
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Thanks
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Good, straight edges. I wonder if Autopano Pro could do that automatically. Did it require a lot of work in PT Gui?
I suppose one is slightly disappointed there is no audience and performers, but that would have probably made a good stitch impossible.
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Indeed it would have looked interesting with an audience but unfortunately this venue won't allow photography when there are performers.
After processing the images in PTGui I did have to straighten the edges slightly in PS using the Warp feature but I've just tried stitching it in Autopano Pro and it came out automatically with perfectly straight edges.
I really like the interface in PTGui but the more I use Autopano Pro the more I'm impressed with it. Many panos that won't stitch together in PTGui turn out beautifully with Autopano.
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A recent photo I took at a friends wedding. The little girl kept hiding when she seen the camera
Taken with a 1Ds III with a 50mm 1.2L.
(http://www.radiccio-images.com/ryan/content/bin/images/large/_E6D1564.jpg)
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From a wedding I did last Saturday.
(http://richowens.smugmug.com/photos/346441660_LB6s9-L.jpg)
My son and new daughter-in-law.
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Recent shot from Venice trip with Canon 1DS3 & Zeiss 50f1.4ZF.
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Neat.
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Recent shot from Venice trip with Canon 1DS3 & Zeiss 50f1.4ZF.
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Spectacular!
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When I look at this image, taken a few weeks ago on the Daintree, North Queensland, the Hunchback of Notre Dam sprang to mind.
I'm not sure what the species is (I'm not a twitcher ), but friends have suggested it's a Rufus Night Heron, but it sure wasn't night when I took the shot, although the lighting wasn't good and ISO 1600 was required.
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Cool shot, but where are the dancing ladies?
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Last weekend at Shuswap Lake, near Mara, BC
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Cool shot, but where are the dancing ladies?
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Here's one. That's some giant bird, eh? And those Buddhist ghosts can be quite attractive, as well as diminuitive .
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Wouldn't you feel sad if you had to permanently wear a stack of bangles around your neck in order to stretch it to make yourself beautiful?
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Recent trip to Washington--before my 1DS3 broke down.
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Italian navy amphibious transport dock "San Marco".
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Britain, last month:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3196/2718154666_1fec72f372_m.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/larkvi/2718154666/)
Ithaca, New York, June:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3191/2705393611_a24954c93b_m.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/larkvi/2705393611/)
Just processed from last November in Morocco:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3193/2779106263_45515ac6c9_m.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/larkvi/2779106263/)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3195/2774188514_0098c023cd_m.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/larkvi/2774188514/)
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Canon 1Ds Mk III, 24mm TS-E L lens
Downtown LA, Sixth Street Bridge
(http://my-expressions.com/up_media/4445/pblog/5901/1219766106.jpg)
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My wife last weekend.
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Canon 1Ds Mk III, 24mm TS-E L lens
Downtown LA, Sixth Street Bridge
(http://my-expressions.com/up_media/4445/pblog/5901/1219766106.jpg)
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I didn't like this shot at first, but then I started to like it. I did some adjustments on it, and I hope you don't mind. I didn't change the composition at all. Let me know if you like the change.
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I like the shot (probably 'cuz I'm a troll).
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I didn't like this shot at first, but then I started to like it. I did some adjustments on it, and I hope you don't mind. I didn't change the composition at all. Let me know if you like the change.
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Hi dwdallam.
Thanks for taking the time to think about my image. I have no beef with people playing with my pictures on this forum.
However, what I did NOT take the time to explain is that I'm going for the exact opposite look of what you did.
In fact, I want the image to be relatively dark, and especially the bridge I want to (almost) completely disappear into the darkness. I like the 1Ds, because the sensor is sufficiently good to capture such detail. And with 14-bit color, I can get a subtle print.
On the web I'm forced to use highly compressed 8-bit jpgs rendered at 72 dpi, however. And there is no subtlety. So I lightened everything a little bit so that I could at least show the composition. Not great, but the only way I can contribute to this thread...
Your changes took the image in the opposite direction of my creative direction. You made it very light, and you added considerable saturation - either by lightening it everywhere, and or by tweaking the curves. That's fine, and I'm pleased you were able to get something out of it that you like, but it is not what I was going for.
Be well!
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I didn't like this shot at first, but then I started to like it. I did some adjustments on it, and I hope you don't mind. I didn't change the composition at all. Let me know if you like the change.
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Sorry, but I prefer the moodiness of the original. Your sky looks to overcooked and unreal to me.
I like the picture.
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Oh, and thank you to Chris_Brown and EricM for taking the time to tell me they like my shot
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Hi dwdallam.
Thanks for taking the time to think about my image. I have no beef with people playing with my pictures on this forum.
However, what I did NOT take the time to explain is that I'm going for the exact opposite look of what you did.
In fact, I want the image to be relatively dark, and especially the bridge I want to (almost) completely disappear into the darkness. I like the 1Ds, because the sensor is sufficiently good to capture such detail. And with 14-bit color, I can get a subtle print.
On the web I'm forced to use highly compressed 8-bit jpgs rendered at 72 dpi, however. And there is no subtlety. So I lightened everything a little bit so that I could at least show the composition. Not great, but the only way I can contribute to this thread...
Your changes took the image in the opposite direction of my creative direction. You made it very light, and you added considerable saturation - either by lightening it everywhere, and or by tweaking the curves. That's fine, and I'm pleased you were able to get something out of it that you like, but it is not what I was going for.
Be well!
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I agree. I didn't necessarily like what I did either. I was just experimenting. So yeah, thanks for the insight and explanation of what you were doing there. Mainly I use white balance and black points. That was about it. Now that you have explained it, I like what you were doing much more.
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Recent outake from a location shoot with 1ds3.... 85mm @ f1.2
(http://www.witzke-studio.com/witzke_images/0009.jpg)
www.chriswitzke.com
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D3 & Zeiss 100/2 MakroPlanar
(http://www.jcollum.com/m/_DSC1624.jpg)
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A few archived nature panoramics
drgary
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A few misc. nature photos
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A few PR photos and misc.
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Sorry, but I prefer the moodiness of the original. Your sky looks to overcooked and unreal to me.
I like the picture.
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Why would you be sorry? You're just offering a critique. No need to be sorry at all.
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Recent outake from a location shoot with 1ds3.... 85mm @ f1.2
(http://www.witzke-studio.com/witzke_images/0009.jpg)
www.chriswitzke.com
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Nice commercial work!
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These are from an impromptu shoot of my new car:
Canon 1Ds mk III & assorted lenses.
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These are from an impromptu shoot of my new car:
Apologies for the sloppy post processing, and the more eagle-eyed of you will note that the car is dirty
Canon 1Ds mk III & assorted lenses.
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I think that first shot of the refinery would make a great shot by itself. Very captivating and interesting.
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Wow,very nice. Whatever it is, I bet it's an interesting print...
D3 & Zeiss 100/2 MakroPlanar
(http://www.jcollum.com/m/_DSC1624.jpg)
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Wow,very nice. Whatever it is, I bet it's an interesting print...
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hi.
It's a badger skull, shot with the Zeiss 100/2 wide open
thanks! (and yes.. a very interesting print)
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We should not forget to look up! This was taken on a walk that was interupted by hail, sleet and rain showers. The smallest branches are nice and sharp.
This looks great printed on Hanemhule Baryta paper.
(http://www.vanruitenbeek.com/Photos/FineArt/slides/PlasBodegroesTrees1.jpg)
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Really nice.
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If you don't have a wide-format printer, you could always try this technique.... if you have the skill
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These guys are amazing! Who is more real?
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Panorama from 11 shots with D700 (85 megapixels)
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a few pics from a hospital shoot in nashville yesterday.
1ds3 with 35mm f1.4, 85 1.2II...
(http://www.witzke-studio.com/hd/chs.jpg)
chriswitzke.com
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Great work... makes me want to be in a hospital!
...Oh, wait...
Nevermind...
Good stuff, nonetheless!
On a more serious note, I really think you did a good job. The tonality is quite unique. Well processed - and of course, well shot.
Good models, too... unless you're going to tell me that's what people look like where you live. Because in that case, I'm moving there
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Panorama from 11 shots with D700 (85 megapixels)
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Nice work with stitching the clouds!
Mike.
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Robin Hood's Bay on the Yorkshire coast. I very rarely get a chance to get out of the city but when I do I usually head up to this part of the country.
360-degree panoramic taken with far too many images but prints huge.
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Great work... makes me want to be in a hospital!
...Oh, wait...
Nevermind...
Good stuff, nonetheless!
On a more serious note, I really think you did a good job. The tonality is quite unique. Well processed - and of course, well shot.
Good models, too... unless you're going to tell me that's what people look like where you live. Because in that case, I'm moving there
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yep.... $140k in talent fees for this project..... 37 layouts and 92GB of images shot. My feet are still aching from those cold hard floors though.
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Hi
http://au.tv.yahoo.com/b/make-me-a-supermodel/961/episode-5 (http://au.tv.yahoo.com/b/make-me-a-supermodel/961/episode-5)
Make Me A Super Model (Australia) Episode 5 (http://au.video.yahoo.com/watch/3484983/9693550)
This is the project Gay & I have been working on for "Make Me A Super Model" for Australia. We shot with the 1DsMKIII into DPP on a Power Mac 2.3 Dual. The 5 m USB repeater worked without a problem.The shots are up (4) on our web site gallery one. Very happy! Video link only viewable in Australia.
Thanks Denis
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Hi
http://au.tv.yahoo.com/b/make-me-a-supermodel/961/episode-5 (http://au.tv.yahoo.com/b/make-me-a-supermodel/961/episode-5)
This is the project Gay & I have been working on for "Make Me A Super Model" for Australia. We shot with the 1DsMKIII into DPP on a Power Mac 2.3 Dual. The 5 m USB repeater worked without a problem.The shots are up (4) on our web site gallery one. Very happy!
Thanks Denis
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Your links don't seem to provide any images, just advertising hype. What are you doing on this forum?
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A very brave Chinese lady.
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She's not brave at all, look her eyes are closed ;-)
A very brave Chinese lady.
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She's not brave at all, look her eyes are closed ;-)
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Would you have the bravery to do this with your eyes closed?
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Your links don't seem to provide any images, just advertising hype. What are you doing on this forum?
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I think he means the link in his sig file - though a more direct link or an image would make it easier for us to see the Recent Work.
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Would you have the bravery to do this with your eyes closed?
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She's using the ancient Chinese meditative technique known as Feng Dup Homerick Simp San ("mind over crocodile") to control the beast. It requires closed eyes for perfect execution.
By the way, Ray: Very neat work cloning out the bars between you and the croc.
-Eric
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3255/2845147470_75f76a378e_b.jpg)
Mount Robson, British Columbia, on August 25 of this year.
A HDR blend - 5 vertical shots, but these are 5 HDR shots, of 5 differently exposed images each. 25 total. My photostream has more samples of verticals merged into a horizontal panorama.
I did not add, move/replace or delete anything that wasn't there when I shot this scene; I just waited for the mountain to clear. 24-70mm lens @ 50mm on D300; tripod. I did not use a real or software grad filter, but the HDR processing in Photomatix did help a lot in compressing the dynamic range into something that is palatable.
I used Lightroom 2 for the initial processing and final conversion to B&W. Photoshop CS3 took care of merging the 5 vertical Photomatix-processed HDR tiffs into one panorama.
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Obviously a lot of work, but an amazing result...
Mike.
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Obviously a lot work, but an amazing result...
Mike.
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Thanks Mike - yes, but waiting for this particular mountain to ever so slightly clear took a lot longer than the actual work done on the pic! (the 25 images to make the HDR were batch processed overnight on my now-slowish Mac G4).
Best,
Mark
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Portrait for a senior telco executive.
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Your links don't seem to provide any images, just advertising hype. What are you doing on this forum?
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Hi Ray
On the right hand side of the page is episode 5. Or here are the images
[a href=\"http://www.montalbetticampbell.com/#a=0&at=0&mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=1&p=0]http://www.montalbetticampbell.com/#a=0&at...i=10000&s=1&p=0[/url]
http://www.montalbetticampbell.com/#a=0&at...i=10000&s=2&p=0 (http://www.montalbetticampbell.com/#a=0&at=0&mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=2&p=0)
http://www.montalbetticampbell.com/#a=0&at...i=10000&s=3&p=0 (http://www.montalbetticampbell.com/#a=0&at=0&mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=3&p=0)
http://www.montalbetticampbell.com/#a=0&at...i=10000&s=4&p=0 (http://www.montalbetticampbell.com/#a=0&at=0&mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=4&p=0)
Denis
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Markhout, I very rarely comment on photos, but your photo of Mount Robson is terrific. I’ve been to Mount Robson many times. It is one of my favorite places. I’d be interested in why you chose black & white versus color for the photo. One of the things I like about the Mount Robson area is the beautiful colors and contrasts.
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Markhout, I very rarely comment on photos, but your photo of Mount Robson is terrific. I’ve been to Mount Robson many times. It is one of my favorite places. I’d be interested in why you chose black & white versus color for the photo. One of the things I like about the Mount Robson area is the beautiful colors and contrasts.
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Thanks very much indeed - appreciate the comment!
You are absolutely right - normally the colors of Mt Robson are amazing, both from this view (the parking lot next to the visitor center along the highway) as well as from views higher up. The 'unfortunate' thing here is that I visited in August (the 25th), where there is color, but mostly green. Also if I recall correctly this one was shot around 3pm, so a bit early in the day to get nice tints in the air and colorful reflections.
The weather wasn't very good that day. Very low-hanging cloud ceilings with a drizzle on and off. The two weeks I spent along the Columbia Icefield Parkway in August were quite wet and these low hanging clouds were pretty persistent, particularly after a rainy patch. My wife commented that it would be really nice if at least part of the top would peek through the clouds for once (as you are probably keenly aware, Mt R is not known for its exhibitionism). Arriving in the foggy rain (and no mountain in sight), we went for a hike for a couple of hours and I shot this when we returned to the car.
There were no shadows in the foreground and I was waiting for the sun to peek through on the mountain. When that occured, I realized the challenge I would have in terms of dynamic range (my nd grad filter had been scratched earlier during the vacation). So I bracketed, but I also wanted to have a really sharp image of the mountain and the aspen. To get that done, I mounted the camera vertically on the tripod and shot vertical brackets with the purpose to stitch these into a panorama.
That's basically it. If I would ever get the opportunity to visit during the fall color season, I wouldn't hesitate a second to spend a couple of days in the area and get a pic with a broad color palette. "Be there and bracket!"
Thanks again,
Mark
EDIT:
Here is the color version:
(http://www.markhout.com/robsoncolor.jpg)
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Hi Ray
On the right hand side of the page is episode 5. Or here are the images
http://www.montalbetticampbell.com/#a=0&at...i=10000&s=1&p=0 (http://www.montalbetticampbell.com/#a=0&at=0&mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=1&p=0)
http://www.montalbetticampbell.com/#a=0&at...i=10000&s=2&p=0 (http://www.montalbetticampbell.com/#a=0&at=0&mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=2&p=0)
http://www.montalbetticampbell.com/#a=0&at...i=10000&s=3&p=0 (http://www.montalbetticampbell.com/#a=0&at=0&mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=3&p=0)
http://www.montalbetticampbell.com/#a=0&at...i=10000&s=4&p=0 (http://www.montalbetticampbell.com/#a=0&at=0&mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=4&p=0)
Denis
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Okay! That makes it easier. I don't watch much TV and when I do, it's usually the ABC. Can't stand the silly advertisements with the sudden jump in volume.
However, now that you've brought this program to my attention, I just might switch on to Channel 7 next Thursday, if I remember .
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3255/2845147470_75f76a378e_b.jpg)
Mount Robson, British Columbia, on August 25 of this year.
A HDR blend - 5 vertical shots, but these are 5 HDR shots, of 5 differently exposed images each. 25 total. My photostream has more samples of verticals merged into a horizontal panorama.
I did not add, move/replace or delete anything that wasn't there when I shot this scene; I just waited for the mountain to clear. 24-70mm lens @ 50mm on D300; tripod. I did not use a real or software grad filter, but the HDR processing in Photomatix did help a lot in compressing the dynamic range into something that is palatable.
I used Lightroom 2 for the initial processing and final conversion to B&W. Photoshop CS3 took care of merging the 5 vertical Photomatix-processed HDR tiffs into one panorama.
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Mark,
I also find this shot impressive and inspiring. Sometimes inclement weather can make a shot more interesting. I imagine this is a location that would appear on many picture postcards on a sunny day.
Are you aware that Autopano Pro can stitch and merge to HDR in the one process. You just load the RAW images and do something else. Half an hour later, you just might get a perfect result.
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Are you aware that Autopano Pro can stitch and merge to HDR in the one process. You just load the RAW images and do something else. Half an hour later, you just might get a perfect result.
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Hi Ray - thanks for the kind words. No, I'm not aware of Autopano pro, will make sure to check it out soon.
M
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Mark,
I also find this shot impressive and inspiring. Sometimes inclement weather can make a shot more interesting. I imagine this is a location that would appear on many picture postcards on a sunny day.
Are you aware that Autopano Pro can stitch and merge to HDR in the one process. You just load the RAW images and do something else. Half an hour later, you just might get a perfect result.
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The results from autopano hdr's aren't as nice as from PTGui though. But less work is needed with autopano.
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She's using the ancient Chinese meditative technique known as Feng Dup Homerick Simp San ("mind over crocodile") to control the beast. It requires closed eyes for perfect execution.
By the way, Ray: Very neat work cloning out the bars between you and the croc.
-Eric
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Eric,
Just for the record, these crocs are not in a zoo or a crocodile farm, but in the wild outback of Australia. This is the location below where I took these shots, Adelaide River, which incidentally is nowhere near Adelaide.
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Daisy would like to say Hi! to you all and show off her lovely teeth.
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She sometimes finds you all terribly amusing.
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That would make a lovely suitcase.
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That would make a lovely suitcase.
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That would make a lovely suitcase.
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It would be illegal to turn Daisy into a suitcase. Crocodiles in the wild are a protected species, in Australia.
However, if you were foolish enough to go swimming in Adelaide River, and Daisy were to make a snack of you, an attempt would be made to track her down and either kill or capture her, if that's any consolation to you .
She might then be handed over to a crocodile farm and eventually made into a suitcase .
So, do Daisy a favour and make sure she doesn't get the opportunity to eat you.
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So, do Daisy a favour and make sure she doesn't get the opportunity to eat you.
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If I stay near Boston, or pretty much anywhere in the U.S. of A., Daisy is probably pretty safe from me.
I must say, Ray, that yours are the most delightful croc pix I have seen. Congratulations to you and Daisy.
-Eric
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If I stay near Boston, or pretty much anywhere in the U.S. of A., Daisy is probably pretty safe from me.
I must say, Ray, that yours are the most delightful croc pix I have seen. Congratulations to you and Daisy.
-Eric
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Thank you, Eric. I hope I haven't discouraged any tourists from visiting outback Australia. It's very rare that one of them becomes a meal for a croc, but you do have to be careful where you swim, camp or fish.
By the way, anyone who enjoys the occasional horror story might find the following read interesting, purporting to be a true account of David Ireland's attempt to photograph a very large man-eating crocodile. No doubt the story has been embellished somewhat.
[a href=\"http://www.davidireland.com/truestory2.htm]http://www.davidireland.com/truestory2.htm[/url]
Having read this story, some of you might think this is the ultimate in dedicated professionalism in photography, far exceeding the efforts of MFDB shooters with their obsession with the smoothest skin tones. On the other hand, you might consider this guy is just plain stupid.
I haven't seen the footage of the man-eating croc. The resolution is probably lousy. Perhaps David would have done a better job with a modern MFDB .
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Gidday,
A few years old but I still like it
Stats:
Nikon D100
Nikon AF60mm Lens
Bowens ring flash
Cheers
Simon
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Not shooting much 35mm lately here is an older one..
1DsMII
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Snook
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Not shooting much 35mm lately here is an older one..
1DsMII
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Snook
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Nice one! Very atmospheric! Can I just say though, that the slight tilt of the band of blue sky (tilting up from right to left) is a bit disturbing.
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Nice one! Very atmospheric! Can I just say though, that the slight tilt of the band of blue sky (tilting up from right to left) is a bit disturbing.
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Tilting up? Not sure I follow you, and disturbing is a strong phrase...?
Snook
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Tilting up? Not sure I follow you, and disturbing is a strong phrase...?
Snook
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You've got a mixture of natural elements and man-made elements. Roads may follow the line of least resistance. Powerline poles are characteristically vertical.
You've got a perceptibly slanting horizontal in a prominent aspect of the sky which conflicts slightly with the man-made aspects of the scene, as well as tending to confirm a well advertised fact that the 1Ds3 has a probelem in correctly aligning horizons.
This all contributes to a slight esthetic disturbance in my mind. It's a bit like walking down the street and noticing that a lamp-post is not perfectly vertical.
If it's not perfectly vertical, perhaps most folks would not notice the fact. I do, perhaps because my grandfather was a carpenter.
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An image from Peggy's Cove, NS from a long time ago, simply mirrored and matched. I think it works out alright.
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Disused limestone mine in North Yorkshire. Creepy as hell to walk around but has a lot of character.
The attached were all taken with a Canon but also had a chance to take some shots with my old Hasselblad 503CW. Very different results.
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Jenna, a Canadian model, 1Ds MK3 and EF 85/1.2L, ISO 50, 1/200 at f/11
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Khun - lovely model and lovely image. Just as an FYI - there's a blue cast on the right side of the image on the backdrop - different brand background lights maybe?
There's a noticeable "line" in the blue cast which leads me to think you were firing some heads into V-flats.
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Khun - lovely model and lovely image. Just as an FYI - there's a blue cast on the right side of the image on the backdrop - different brand background lights maybe?
There's a noticeable "line" in the blue cast which leads me to think you were firing some heads into V-flats.
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No, just one background light, I shape the volume so the background does not look too flat. Some may not like it.
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Taken in fog near Pontoon, Co. Mayo in Ireland. Canon 5D and 24-70mm f/2.8L.
(http://www.petercox.ie/images/pontoon_fog-med.jpg) (http://www.petercox.ie/gallery/206)
Cheers,
Peter
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Canon 1Ds MK3 with 70-200 2.8 L IS
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D3 & Zeiss 100/2 MakroPlanar
(http://www.jcollum.com/m/_DSC1624.jpg)
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Badly exposed, the grain obscures the detail and it's not that sharp.
But it is absolutely beautiful.
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(http://visual-vacations.com/images/2008/2008-01-11_0021b.jpg)
(http://visual-vacations.com/images/2008/2008-01-11_0021.jpg)
Which of these images do you prefer? Why?
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Well as you asked.
The top one, as at least it's vaguely interesting as opposed to simply boring.
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Couple of pics.
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2 days ago, running away from the storm (that actually never hit land)
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Moraine Lake, Alberta, Canada.
1Ds Mark III + 17-40L
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3233/2887167487_5499ff2ec1_o.jpg)
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Moraine Lake, Alberta, Canada.
Beautiful work, Andy. I love the contrast between the sharply defined mountains in the mid-section and the way they fade into mist in the distance.
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Autumn Arts Portfolio 2008
The Poet - Image 1 of 9
Shot for the New Times, San Luis Obispo CA - All shot with Canon 1dsmark2 with 70-200 for the first image, and the 24-70 for the rest.
This creation was a long journey over the course of several months with a multitude of locations, people and props. My arts editor Ashley Schwellenbach first brought up the idea of the portfolio back in May this year and I was reticent initially, but fell into the project quickly seeing as it would be a tremendous gift to my own portfolio.
The theme of this set of images is the immortality of art. You can read the entire story at Story page (http://newtimesslo.com/cover/1026/a-palette-full-of-color-and-a-pocketful-of-stones/)
Each artist picked would be represented deceased in one fashion or another. We started with LINDA CAMPLESE, a poet from Grover Beach, CA.
We trekked out to California Valley one nice June afternoon, had the makeup and hair done by Kristina Kolkowski and had tremendous assistance from her boyfriend Patrick Leonard. Lugging the bathtub out on to the soda lake was something that I shall not want to do again, but lug it we did - there and back.
I brought out a ton of lighting equipment, but ended up only using a single strobe (An Alien Bee 1600 with powerpack) with a grid to give a little fill on the side of Linda's face and the bathtub.
This was the first image shot, and although I do love it, I realized almost immediately on the trip back to San Luis Obispo that it could have been better... I learned my lesson and applied it well to the upcoming eight more shoots.
Hair and Makeup: Kristina Kolkowski
Assistant: Patrick Leonard
Art Director: Ashley Schwellenbach
Photographer: Steve E. Miller
See the silly timelapse making of video on youtube here:
video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtdidRofVJI)
Hair and Makeup: Kristina Kolkowski
Assistant: Patrick Leonard
Art Director: Ashley Schwellenbach
Photographer: Steve E. Miller
See the silly timelapse making of video on youtube here:
Video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImZSNWd3Lb0)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3195/2887813753_9e72768a6b_o.jpg)
Third up up is MARNI MUTRUX, a local painter.
July 13th, Paso Robles. Marni has a rooftop apartment and studio with a tremendous steep and long staircase leading up to it. The space was at a premium and the lighting was a little tricky with this one because of the ambient coming through the door and the lack of light on the upper part of the staircase. I stuck a stobe (AB1600 with bare reflector) through a window that looks onto the upper part of the staircase and I ran a remote cable down to the AB remote control on the front side of the building. The second strobe (AB1600 with bare reflector + trash can modifier), I taped a plastic Target trash can on the end of the reflector in order to make some bare bulbish light above Marni. I had my assistants (woohoo love having assistants!) hold my large white shoot-through umbrella over the camera/door area to shade in where Marni would have her face and hands. The set up and make up took quite awhile, the shooting was a matter of minutes really - with the minor modification of taking the door off it's hinges.
A fair amount of modification was done in photoshop, but it really boils down to dodging out a lot of the scene to make it darker. If the light is flat enough, I have found that you should more or less expose the image to collect the most information possible as it is much much easier to darken up an image and make it look good vs the vice-versa.
See the silly timelapse making of video on youtube here:
video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXovJZ1krOM)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3105/2887908113_1313e15b7f_o.jpg)
If you would like to see the six other images, please check out my flickr page at
flickr.com/semillerimages (http://flickr.com/semillerimages)
Comments are welcome,
Thanks!
*steve
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A quick one taken from the slopes of Mt Fuji at night earlier this week.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3203/2881435463_a1647e6efe_o.jpg)
Pano made up of 5 Nikon D3 images.
Cheers,
Bernard
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3205/2754898931_e95d2f6d52_o.jpg)
Women Of Climbing
Shot as a personal project. Lighting: 2 Dynalite 1000WS packs with three 4040 heads with 20degree grids, one head for each climber. Another 2000WS ring flash on-camera for low level fill. This is why the center climber's shadow is softer than the outer climbers' shadows.
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A quick one taken from the slopes of Mt Fuji at night earlier this week.
Pano made up of 5 Nikon D3 images.
Cheers,
Bernard
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Now that is nice!
thanks for sharing.
martin
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A quick one taken from the slopes of Mt Fuji at night earlier this week.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3203/2881435463_a1647e6efe_o.jpg)
Pano made up of 5 Nikon D3 images.
Cheers,
Bernard
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Could you post a 100% crop of that image? I am curios what it would look like..
Thanks
Snook
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Bernard - one of the most interesting shots I've seen in quite awhile.
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A quick one taken from the slopes of Mt Fuji at night earlier this week.
Beautiful shot, Bernard. It looks like the glowing center of a nebula, and the glowing colors are surreal.
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O-la-la!
A quick one taken from the slopes of Mt Fuji at night earlier this week.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3203/2881435463_a1647e6efe_o.jpg)
Pano made up of 5 Nikon D3 images.
Cheers,
Bernard
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Seattle WA.
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Love the colours...
Mike.
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O-la-la!
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This shot is just so cool, for lack of other words.
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Experimental Athens by night (1ds MkIII)
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last night
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Moraine Lake (revisited):
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3080/2906768927_ca4148b649_o.jpg)
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Moraine Lake (revisited):
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3080/2906768927_ca4148b649_o.jpg)
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Did the water actually have that color to it? Amazing. Nice shot too.
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(http://www.deviantart.com/download/94554896/Bryce_Canyon_Evening_by_hoangxuanpham.jpg)
Bryce Canyon
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[size="2"][/size]Teton Sunset-and Sharing the Pond- Jerry
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I've noticed that this title in the MF section of the forum is hugely popular, breaking a record for all threads I would estimate.
That disturbs me. I don't think MFDB users should take over this forum.
So I'm going to kick off this thread with a recent shot of the Himalayas, taken shortly after dawn from a 3000m hill, with my Canon 5D.
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Waves at sunset.
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Did the water actually have that color to it? Amazing. Nice shot too.
It did
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moraine_lake (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moraine_lake)
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My first picture posted here. One from the weekend. Spend 2 days there for refreshing my mind...
Stormy weather with a lot of clouds and a brilliant sun behind them.
Hope you will like it.
Northern Sea / Netherlands / Nikon D3 / 14-24 @ 24mm / Raw Developer / NIK Silverefex Pro
(http://www.atelier-kiel.de/down/NORTHSEA_15.jpg)
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(http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/2513/img003800390040croppedzf9.jpg)
This one is at UCI. There is always construction going on!
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3116/2925266918_d4c17497b6_o.jpg)
Taken earlier this year, postprocessed and printed tonight.
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A couple from last week when I stayed at Moganshan about 1.5hrs south of Shanghai where the mountains are covered in bamboo. First image 1Ds III w. 50mm 1.2 the second image with 16-35mm and lit with a torch.
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[attachment=8810:Chesterm...h_Tofino.jpg]Chesterman Beach in Tofino, Vancuver Island.......... Canon 5D / 24-105 zoom
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how bout some more of that nude street fotography from about 10 pages back
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[attachment=8810:Chesterm...h_Tofino.jpg]Chesterman Beach in Tofino, Vancuver Island.......... Canon 5D / 24-105 zoom
It's a great place to be... Nice shot too!
Mike.
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfnowl/sets/72157607348433688/)
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It's a great place to be... Nice shot too!
Mike.
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfnowl/sets/72157607348433688/)
Agree Mike..... a real gem of an area if you want fairly raw, not overly developed natural beauty.
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3033/2931768791_d5795e5b92_o.jpg)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3202/2932626740_63473af1bb_o.jpg)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3196/2931768633_23765a132d_o.jpg)
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A couple from last week when I stayed at Moganshan about 1.5hrs south of Shanghai where the mountains are covered in bamboo. First image 1Ds III w. 50mm 1.2 the second image with 16-35mm and lit with a torch.
I like the second one!
Mike.
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I thought I'd share some shots from a models portfolio shoot yesterday....
1ds3, 85 1.2 II, 70-200 f4, 35mm 1.4
(http://www.witzke-studio.com/witzke.jpg)
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(http://fc72.deviantart.com/fs36/f/2008/286/b/9/UCI_Natural_Sciences_II_by_hoangxuanpham.jpg)
canon 20d . tokina 12-24 f/4 . 24mm
f/11 . 4.0s . iso 100
3 horizontal shots stitched vertically
Perhaps I should have made another 3 with a longer shutter speed to blend to brighten the exterior of the building a bit. and perhaps maybe an additional 3 with a faster shutter speed to save the highlights of the interior (the lights).
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Hi Witz,
may I ask which one/s is/are made with the 35 and at what f-stop.
Thank you,
Johannes
sure.... my meta info says the image with the hedgerow was the 35mm L shot ... f1.8 @ 1/200th sec, iso 100.
The 35mm L 1.4 is a fantastic lens....
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#1 and #3 are with a Nikon D80 and either a Sigma 150mm 2.8 macro or a Nikon 28-70mm 2.8 at White Sands NM. #2 is with a 40D and 17-40mm 4.0 on the Montana range.
To view the images that were here visit my website at:
http://www.photosforfreedom.com (http://www.photosforfreedom.com)
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#1 and #3 are with a Nikon D80 and either a Sigma 150mm 2.8 macro or a Nikon 28-70mm 2.8 at White Sands NM. #2 is with a 40D and 17-40mm 4.0 on the Montana range.
The middle one doesn't do much for me, but I like the other two, particularly the textures in the last one. Lends a slightly abstract feel to the image.
Mike.
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It's spring time in Australia, folks.
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A couple of shots taken with my new Canon 50D with 100-400 zoom. First one at ISO 400; second one at ISO 1600. Both at F8 around 350mm.
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I thought I'd share some shots from a models portfolio shoot yesterday....
1ds3, 85 1.2 II, 70-200 f4, 35mm 1.4
Hi witz,
great shots. #1 and #6 look very much like MFDB for my taste. Impressive colours, too.
What Raw converter did you use?
jørn
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The middle one doesn't do much for me, but I like the other two, particularly the textures in the last one. Lends a slightly abstract feel to the image.
Mike.
hmmm.... I'm a sucker for that grapes of wrath look... so the middle is my fav. Throw a naked nichole kidman with a pitch fork up there and you'd have a winner!
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Hi witz,
great shots. #1 and #6 look very much like MFDB for my taste. Impressive colours, too.
What Raw converter did you use?
jørn
danka...
I used to use captureone pro... but in the last few months have found that adobe camera raw produces the best images for me....
as for the MFDB look..... the 85mm L f1.2 wide open gets that look..... must be the big chunk of glass looking around things.
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hmmm.... I'm a sucker for that grapes of wrath look... so the middle is my fav. Throw a naked nichole kidman with a pitch fork up there and you'd have a winner!
+1 (she was busy that day)
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5D, 24-70.
Under lights, MFDB is about, maybe, 5% - 10% better than this file.
Edited: Sorry, image is quarantined.
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Last night at I think ISO 800 and about 2 minutes. Full moon.
(http://dwdallam.com/shared/OUG3493.jpg)
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#1 and #3 are with a Nikon D80 and either a Sigma 150mm 2.8 macro or a Nikon 28-70mm 2.8 at White Sands NM. #2 is with a 40D and 17-40mm 4.0 on the Montana range.
Excellent! I loved them.
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Is there something special I need to do to get the images to display inline full size like the architecture post above?
yes.... upload the jpeg to an ftp server and then insert the link in the "insert image" button.
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Taken with Canon 1Ds MK3 and EF 85/1.2 L.
Regards, K
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Hi all, I thought this threat would be a great place to be my 1st post,... so here are a couple of images.... from my 30D...enjoy
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Adrian
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Taken with Canon 1Ds MK3 and EF 85/1.2 L.
Regards, K
Very nice. Good work.
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yes.... upload the jpeg to an ftp server and then insert the link in the "insert image" button.
I looked for the insert image but could not find it. I jsut found it though. I knew it was there. I guess I was just tired. Thanks.
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Taken with Canon 1Ds MK3 and EF 85/1.2 L.
Regards, K
any shoots without the bag?
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any shoots without the bag?
Sorry, that's for my eyes only. There are some.
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Another try at night in a waning moon. This time there is fog in the background covering the horizon. I may try one more time, but if not, I'll have to wait another month.
ISO 200 at about 7 minutes. 24-70L
(http://dwdallam.com/shared/_OUG3639.jpg)
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First Snow
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3193/2929183245_b76cddd9d8.jpg)
Link to larger image (click "All sizes") and metadata (http://www.flickr.com/photos/markhout/2929183245/)
Near Sunshine Ski Area, Banff National Park, straight shot - no HDR or stitching. Tripod. Really cold for 31 August!
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Shot last year, but just made it to processing this week:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3286/2947230046_cbae8f392a.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/larkvi/2947230046/"%20title="Gourd-Carrier,%20Omorate,%20Southern%20Ethiopia,%20November%202007%20by%20larkvi,%20on%20Flickr)
Gourd-Carrier, Omorate, Southern Ethiopia, November 2007
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3282/2948555867_1253ed6f60.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/larkvi/2948555867/"%20title="Yard,%20Konso%20Village,%20Southern%20Ethiopia,%20November%202007%20by%20larkvi,%20on%20Flickr)
Yard, Konso Village, Southern Ethiopia, November 2007
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(http://fc10.deviantart.com/fs35/f/2008/291/6/5/Lost_IMG_0031_0032_by_hoangxuanpham.jpg)
canon 20d . sigma 70-200 f/2.8 . 70mm
f/11 . 0.3s . iso 100
(http://www.deviantart.com/download/100992831/Lost_IMG_0041_by_hoangxuanpham.jpg)
canon 5d . tokina 12-24 f/4 . 18mm
f/11 . 1/50s . iso 320
This place just reminded me of Lost and Jurassic Park/The Lost World so I did my best to get that sort of abandoned, overgrown architecture feel to it through editing.
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A Fly Agaric Button (Amanita Muscaria), taken on Oct.15th at Burnaby Mountain Park (BC, Canada).
Canon G9, ISO 80, f/4, 1/4sec.
Processed with Lightroom 2.
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My post is a very sensitive matter here in China, had to take the photos down and change this post. The internet connection I uploaded the pics from was closed shortly after. To prevent further problems for my friends (who I up loaded the photos from) I feel I have to do this. Hope you understand...
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I love the soldier shot Egill. Very nice.
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Made these in september 2008 in Tibet. I have a LOT of photos to look over, I liked these very much at first pass.
I think they are both great, although I am leaning towards liking the Tibetan native (I assume) more.
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Beauty shot this week.
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From yesterday's walk. Colors pushed in LR
(http://ihvweb.net/blog/images/20081018205418_img_7093.jpg)
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Some shots from yesterday's F1 race.
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Some shots from yesterday's F1 race.
Third one's the best!
Mike.
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Part of a new Tokyo project.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3045/2951629020_fde66b542e_o.jpg)
Cheers,
Bernard
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Very nice, Bernard.
In the context of your other work (mostly wilderness and mostly color), I find this one especially compelling. The lively poses of all the people and the wall sculptures give it a jazz-like feeling, and find myself imaging lots of vivid colors where you have shades of grey. I wonder if the actual scene may have had less color than my imagination imposes on it.
Thanks for sharing.
-Eric
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Very nice, Bernard.
In the context of your other work (mostly wilderness and mostly color), I find this one especially compelling. The lively poses of all the people and the wall sculptures give it a jazz-like feeling, and find myself imaging lots of vivid colors where you have shades of grey. I wonder if the actual scene may have had less color than my imagination imposes on it.
Thanks for the kind words Eric. The scene was indeed very colorful, but my eye got attracted by the attitudes of those people, all waiting for someone or something, and who will never talk to each other.
This is part of a small project I am starting, and the whole thing is going to be shot with a 50 mm in B&W, for a change and for the sake of look and consistency. It might change from the current 50 mm f1.8 to the new Nikkor 50 f1.4, but that shouldn't make such a big difference.
Cheers,
Bernard
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Great image! Couldn't help but wonder what would happen if they started peeing on the people leaning on the wall though...
Warped mind, I know.
Mike.
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Great image! Couldn't help but wonder what would happen if they started peeing on the people leaning on the wall though...
Warped mind, I know.
Mike.
Oh dear.
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Great image! Couldn't help but wonder what would happen if they started peeing on the people leaning on the wall though...
Good question,... I won't be the one trying it out though.
Cheers,
Bernard
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My first post here at LL
A few from up at Mt. Rainier yesterday... Please let me know if this post breaks any rules
1.) Carter Creek (Too much saturation on this one?):
(http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/2844/cartercreek1ml2.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
2.) Summit:
(http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/9458/rainiersummitresizemk7.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
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My first post here at LL
A few from up at Mt. Rainier yesterday... Please let me know if this post breaks any rules
Welcome to LL. I like the 2nd one a lot. Nice light and tones.
Cheers,
Bernard
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Welcome to LL. I like the 2nd one a lot. Nice light and tones.
Agreed! Welcome to the list...
Mike.
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Thank you for the kind remarks! The color does seem a bit flat on the first. I'm struggling with the classic debate of detail vs contrast... anyone have any ideas?
Here is another from today (Better, or worse?)
(http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/3743/onfireresizemq7.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
Thanks!
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[attachment=9122:Waterfall.jpg]
Part of a new Tokyo project.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3045/2951629020_fde66b542e_o.jpg)
Cheers,
Bernard
Bernard, I love the image. It was shot in Shibuya wasn't it? I spent seven months between Tokyo and Osaka many years ago and I loved it. I was not a photographer back then but I'll attach an image I shot from the Mt. Fuji area which was shot with one of those disposable cameras.
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(http://fc93.deviantart.com/fs35/f/2008/297/f/c/uci_aldrich_hall_by_hoangxuanpham.jpg)
canon 20d . tokina 12-24 f/4 . 12mm
f/11 . 0.5s + 4.0s . iso 100
I wish I had a 5D2 + 24 TS-E. I lost so much resolution correcting the perspective distortion + cropping it afterwards so it wouldn't show white borders.
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Thank you for the kind remarks! The color does seem a bit flat on the first. I'm struggling with the classic debate of detail vs contrast... anyone have any ideas?
Here is another from today (Better, or worse?)
(http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/3743/onfireresizemq7.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
Thanks!
Too many trees! I think it would be better cropped at the bottom.
Jeremy
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Thanks Jeremy! Will do! Never thought 24mm was too wide until now
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[attachment=9251:howden_avedoere.jpg] Full size (http://www.iversenfoto.dk/z/howden_avedoere.jpg)
Denmark. Nikon D2x 12-24 SU-800 3 SB-800
[attachment=9252:hzsp_162.jpg] Full size (http://www.iversenfoto.dk/z/hzsp_162.jpg)
Spain. Nikon D2x 12-24 SU-800 3 SB-800 4 SB-600
[attachment=9253:hlusp_258.jpg] Full size (http://www.iversenfoto.dk/z/hlusp_258.jpg)
Spain. Nikon D2x 12-24 SU-800 3 SB-800 4 SB-600
[attachment=9254:hlusp_522.jpg] Full size (http://www.iversenfoto.dk/z/hlusp_522.jpg)
Spain. Nikon D2x 70-200
[attachment=9255:hwch_fab_401.jpg] Full size (http://www.iversenfoto.dk/z/hwch_fab_401.jpg)
China. Nikon D2x 12-24
[attachment=9256:hza_lethabo_010.jpg] Full size (http://www.iversenfoto.dk/z/hza_lethabo_010.jpg)
South Africa. Nikon D2x 12-24
Iversen
Denmark
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A couple of mine from the past month or so... MKIII with various lenses (400 5.6, 50 1.4, 70-200 2.8IS, & 200 1.8)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3054/2929733184_11af743c5d.jpg)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3042/2929690577_aa37a70a79.jpg)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3206/2932171827_0ca1803e7d.jpg)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3294/2913536119_72fa8a31f2.jpg)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3139/2854581001_9362a58667.jpg)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3248/2854587961_81afeeee14.jpg)
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...from last week....quick'n rough retouch versions...1dsII
(http://www.sanjaynarayan.com/ruchiweb/r1.jpg),
(http://www.sanjaynarayan.com/ruchiweb/r2.jpg)
(http://www.sanjaynarayan.com/ruchiweb/r3.jpg)
sanjay narayan
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A couple of images from different series.
Canon 5D - Process ACR & CS3
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Part of a new Tokyo project.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3045/2951629020_fde66b542e_o.jpg)
Cheers,
Bernard
I like the graphic quality of your work!
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Shot yesterday.
Queen's Golden Gaels vs. Ottawa Gee Gee's.
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Inevitable Defeat.
Canon 30D. 70-200(f/2.8) w/ TC1.4
1/400sec, f/8, 250mm, ISO 400
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Taken over the weekend while covering the launch of Porsche's new 911 series. I got to drive this car, a Carrera 4s which has launch control and the new double clutch gearbox from 0-130kms in about 6 sec, and then back to a complete stop after just 25m.
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3276/3007625830_d19d5df5a3.jpg)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3157/3007625944_e054f9d060.jpg)
both shot yesterday on my 1dsmkII for a musician, Marshall Hanbury Jr.
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[attachment=9498:Angel.jpg]An image from a personal project.
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Some stuff from october in Tibet. I'm working on the photos as we speak, all comments welcome.
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3276/3007625830_d19d5df5a3.jpg)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3157/3007625944_e054f9d060.jpg)
both shot yesterday on my 1dsmkII for a musician, Marshall Hanbury Jr.
great look. like the angle of #2.
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Some stuff from october in Tibet. I'm working on the photos as we speak, all comments welcome.
Egill,
wonderful picts - they made my day, thanks for sharing.
Great b/w conversion, too. May you share your workflow / camera combo?
Cheers
jørn
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[attachment=9251:howden_avedoere.jpg] Full size (http://www.iversenfoto.dk/z/howden_avedoere.jpg)
Denmark. Nikon D2x 12-24 SU-800 3 SB-800
[attachment=9252:hzsp_162.jpg] Full size (http://www.iversenfoto.dk/z/hzsp_162.jpg)
Spain. Nikon D2x 12-24 SU-800 3 SB-800 4 SB-600
[attachment=9253:hlusp_258.jpg] Full size (http://www.iversenfoto.dk/z/hlusp_258.jpg)
Spain. Nikon D2x 12-24 SU-800 3 SB-800 4 SB-600
[attachment=9254:hlusp_522.jpg] Full size (http://www.iversenfoto.dk/z/hlusp_522.jpg)
Spain. Nikon D2x 70-200
[attachment=9255:hwch_fab_401.jpg] Full size (http://www.iversenfoto.dk/z/hwch_fab_401.jpg)
China. Nikon D2x 12-24
[attachment=9256:hza_lethabo_010.jpg] Full size (http://www.iversenfoto.dk/z/hza_lethabo_010.jpg)
South Africa. Nikon D2x 12-24
Iversen
Denmark
Love the images. Perfect lighting. Did you gang the flashes behind the softboxes or were they just pointed at different angles. Also what speed did you use? Love to see more & thanks for posting.
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Catalogue shoot: Canon 1Ds MK III & 70-200mm f/2.8L USM
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Egill,
wonderful picts - they made my day, thanks for sharing.
Great b/w conversion, too. May you share your workflow / camera combo?
Cheers
jørn
Thank you Jørn,
These were all made with my Nikon D700, grate camera! My first Nikon, and not my last, I used to be a hardcore Canon man. I only have two lenses for it now, the 50 mm 1.4 and the 85 mm 1.8. I had to make nearly all the shots from my hip or mid section, the people there on the streets were not to keep on being photographed...
Regarding workflow, since this is a high contrast sunny scene, I developed the photos two times, one for shadow detail and one for highlight, then blend them manually with layer masks. Then its basically just dodge and burn with as few curves layers and as smooth mask's as possible.
Regards,
Egill Bjarki
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Thank you Jørn,
These were all made with my Nikon D700, grate camera! My first Nikon, and not my last, I used to be a hardcore Canon man. I only have two lenses for it now, the 50 mm 1.4 and the 85 mm 1.8. I had to make nearly all the shots from my hip or mid section, the people there on the streets were not to keep on being photographed...
Regarding workflow, since this is a high contrast sunny scene, I developed the photos two times, one for shadow detail and one for highlight, then blend them manually with layer masks. Then its basically just dodge and burn with as few curves layers and as smooth mask's as possible.
Regards,
Egill Bjarki
Thank you Egill ;-)
I switched to D3 from Canon in March and i am a happy "Nikonian", too.
Great technique on blending the images, they look very natural.
BTW, if you will add a lens to your D700 than you may have a closer look to one lens i favour, the Nikkor 2.0/105 DC. I think you will like it, too.
Cheers
jørn
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Catalogue shoot: Canon 1Ds MK III & 70-200mm f/2.8L USM
(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c213/poata/_66V9634.jpg)
(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c213/poata/_66V9593.jpg)
Nice commercial work man. How do you like that combination: 1DS3 70-200IS L? That's my favorite combination for shooting people.
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WOW! I haven't logged into this thread for a while and I was amazed by the work posted here recently! Very nice and inspiring!
(http://dwdallam.com/shared/2008_09.23_Seattle113-2.jpg)
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Photos from the space shuttle launch last night at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The launch occurred at 7:55PM. Canon 5D 24-105 L
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Canon EOS 1DSMK3 w/ 300mm F2.8L IS ISO100 @ F2.8 RAW - PP in Lightroom 2.1 & CS3
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Canon EOS 1DSMK3 w/ 300mm F2.8L IS ISO100 @ F2.8 RAW - PP in Lightroom 2.1 & CS3
Those cats are incredible animals. King of the Savannah and Jungle for sure. Nice picture.
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Gidday,
Taken at Te Aroha last week.
Stats:
Nikon D2X
Tokina ATX 12-24mm lens (12mm)
F11.0 125th Sec, 100ISO
3 shots processed and stitched in CS4
Cheers
Simon
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Here's one I took a while back in Death Valley after the record rainfall. I was reorganizing my photos and decided to re-edit it.
(http://fc74.deviantart.com/fs38/f/2008/322/d/7/d7050f29cecad9df2a04480807cde948.jpg)
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Some thing I did yesterday for a friend...
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Canon 1Ds Mk III, 24mm T-SE Lens
5-shot composite HDR, lots of fine-tuning, followed by the Nik Solarized treatment.
All these work better in a very large format. The two from L.A. were printed at 120x120cm here in Berlin.
Berlin, last week:
(http://lettersfromberlin.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/_u1j0353_49_50_51_52-solarized-1.jpg)
Los Angeles, in August. These are straight exposures, not HDRs:
(http://lettersfromberlin.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/la-710-105-overpass-1-small-psd.jpg)
(http://lettersfromberlin.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/la-710-105-overpass-2-small-psd.jpg)
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Some pics from Remembrance Day in Vancouver. Color space is AdobeRGB.
(http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee47/FineArt_photo/Remembrance%20Day%202008/f524d607.jpg)
(http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee47/FineArt_photo/Remembrance%20Day%202008/471bf937.jpg)
(http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee47/FineArt_photo/Remembrance%20Day%202008/cbb92a15.jpg)
(http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee47/FineArt_photo/Remembrance%20Day%202008/50814e09.jpg)
(http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee47/FineArt_photo/Remembrance%20Day%202008/397d89d5.jpg)
(http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee47/FineArt_photo/Remembrance%20Day%202008/f8c7d800.jpg)
(http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee47/FineArt_photo/Remembrance%20Day%202008/a0d9b3c8.jpg)
(http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee47/FineArt_photo/Remembrance%20Day%202008/d2c8bf2e.jpg)
(http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee47/FineArt_photo/Remembrance%20Day%202008/1ac1f01b.jpg)
(http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee47/FineArt_photo/Remembrance%20Day%202008/30886f46.jpg)
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Couple of shots taken some hours ago. Despite the colder weather some people were wondering around
(http://ihvweb.net/tmp/refs/IMG_7333.jpg)
(http://ihvweb.net/tmp/refs/IMG_7316.jpg)
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Couple of shots taken some hours ago. Despite the colder weather some people were wondering around
(http://ihvweb.net/tmp/refs/IMG_7316.jpg)
I like this one. How have you toned it?
Jeremy
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I like this one. How have you toned it?
Jeremy
Thanks!
I used LR standard preset - B&W High Contrast plus added some more black.
So it isn't much processed, rather the weather was creating that mood seen
on the photo (it was snowing).
5D + 100-400L@400, ISO 400 and 1/60 at 5.6
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Couple of shots taken some hours ago. Despite the colder weather some people were wondering around
(http://ihvweb.net/tmp/refs/IMG_7316.jpg)
Very nice!!!
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Some pics from Remembrance Day in Vancouver. Color space is AdobeRGB.
Not much point using Adobe RGB for web as Browsers do not tend to be colour aware.
So most people will see your images looking somewhat flat and colourless. sRGB is much better for web work.
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Very nice!!!
Agree. It would have been good w/o the human interface too.
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Agree. It would have been good w/o the human interface too.
Me too! Really good image, with or without the couple.
Mike.
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Thank you all!
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Nice commercial work man. How do you like that combination: 1DS3 70-200IS L? That's my favorite combination for shooting people.
Thanks mate, I use the NON IS version of the 70-200mm f/2.8L USM I love it as a standard, versatile lens
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Couple of shots taken some hours ago. Despite the colder weather some people were wondering around
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Shot on a roll of Fuji Sensia slide film with a Minolta 700si and a Tamron 28-200 kit lens.
ISO 100, f/4.5 @ 1/1000th of a second
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[attachment=10079:2b.jpg][attachment=10081:1a.jpg][attachment=10080:1b.jpg]last pics with the trusty( now sold) 1ds markII, getting used to tethering with markIII now
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[attachment=10079:2b.jpg][attachment=10081:1a.jpg][attachment=10080:1b.jpg]last pics with the trusty( now sold) 1ds markII, getting used to tethering with markIII now
I like the lighting and the colors
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Thanks mate, I use the NON IS version of the 70-200mm f/2.8L USM I love it as a standard, versatile lens
Do you use the non IS version to reduce weight? I know my arm starts hurting after about 2 hours with the 1DS3 and the 70-200IS. Heavy as hell. I wish canon would come out with a carbon fiber DS model, or titanium.
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I really like this as well, nice work
I know I wish I would have bagged that one
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I hope this thread stays active. I love seeing everyone's work. These are a couple of images I photographed this Fall.
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(http://fc25.deviantart.com/fs38/f/2008/339/a/a/aa569db00f4c993772162160afcabdc3.jpg)
I shot this one last night and just finished working on it.
canon 20d . tokina 12-24 f/4 . 12mm
iso 100 . f/11.0 . 8.0s
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one of a serie I am working on for editorial.
Canon 5D 24-85mm
can't upload for now!!
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nice composite. the two subjects come together well. what did you use for cutting out the model? also was the puprle-ish fade on the left side of the model done with a gel, or done in post?
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Hi!
Long time lurker, first time poster. I'm an new/emerging Australian-based photographer focusing on cars.
There are a lot of big names on this forum who I greatly admire.
My recently purchased Mamiya AFDIII/ZD system has been way too unreliable to use so unfortunately i've resorted going back to my Canon. Looking forward to the 5D2
(http://www.eastonchang.com/koeng.jpg)
Canon 1Ds Mark II with 24-70mm
(http://www.eastonchang.com/mustang_nowater.jpg)
Canon 1Ds Mark II with 17-40mm
(http://www.eastonchang.com/eleanor.jpg)
Canon 1Ds Mark II with 17-40mm
(http://www.eastonchang.com/hotrod.jpg)
Canon 1Ds Mark II with 17-40mm
How do I reduce images to thumbnail links?
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Hi!
Long time lurker, first time poster. I'm an new/emerging Australian-based photographer focusing on cars.
There are a lot of big names on this forum who I greatly admire.
My recently purchased Mamiya AFDIII/ZD system has been way too unreliable to use so unfortunately i've resorted going back to my Canon. Looking forward to the 5D2
(http://www.eastonchang.com/koeng.jpg)
Canon 1Ds Mark II with 24-70mm
(http://www.eastonchang.com/mustang_nowater.jpg)
Canon 1Ds Mark II with 17-40mm
Canon 1Ds Mark II with 17-40mm
How do I reduce images to thumbnail links?
I like the images better inline, so I wouldn't worry about it. You can upload the files using the upload box, and then the board does the rest, as in making a thumbnail.
I have two questions for the above shots, which inspire me to do some car shots again. I really like them.
The first image: Why am I not seeing any reflections from the surrounding equipment in the car?
Second image: Why are there three shadows under the car?
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Few weeks ago. Still in my temp folder
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Hi dwdallam,
The first image has direct light on a bright coloured car, so reflections will always be kept at a minimum. I didn't paste the car into that background from a seperate shot. The white highlights would drown out any of the dark reflections, especially since the rest of the workshop wasn't lit at all.
If the car was dark and reflective, it would probably show some slight reflections.
The second image is composed of 3 shots, which is probably why there are 3 sets of shadows.
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It's been a while since I've posted here. With three kids, it's been almost all people shots for me. For a break, I pulled out my 20D and 17-40L and took some shots around town and in NYC yesterday. Any thoughts on these are appreciated:
[attachment=10121:SJM_2008...20D_5032.jpg]
[attachment=10122:SJM_2008...20D_4989.jpg]
[attachment=10123:SJM_2008...20D_4958.jpg]
Thanks,
Steve
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Hi dwdallam,
The first image has direct light on a bright coloured car, so reflections will always be kept at a minimum. I didn't paste the car into that background from a seperate shot. The white highlights would drown out any of the dark reflections, especially since the rest of the workshop wasn't lit at all.
If the car was dark and reflective, it would probably show some slight reflections.
The second image is composed of 3 shots, which is probably why there are 3 sets of shadows.
Thanks for the reply. Yeah I see what you mean by bright color and direct light now. I really like those shots. Makes me want to try shooting cars again. It's very technical and challenging too.
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It's been a while since I've posted here. With three kids, it's been almost all people shots for me. For a break, I pulled out my 20D and 17-40L and took some shots around town and in NYC yesterday. Any thoughts on these are appreciated:
[attachment=10121:SJM_2008...20D_5032.jpg]
[attachment=10122:SJM_2008...20D_4989.jpg]
[attachment=10123:SJM_2008...20D_4958.jpg]
Thanks,
Steve
I think these are very interesting shots.
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A parking garage that caught my interest.
5d2, 50L.
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Thanks for starting this thread--a super inspiration. My first image post here, a Craftsman style home in Cape Elizabeth, Maine.
Gary
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I've got this "thing." about the intersection of tree bases and the earth. What's up with that? Matt
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I think these are very interesting shots.
Thanks. Like I said, it's been a while since I've taken shots of inanimate objects. Nice to change things up.
Steve
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Hi!
Long time lurker, first time poster. I'm an new/emerging Australian-based photographer focusing on cars.
There are a lot of big names on this forum who I greatly admire.
My recently purchased Mamiya AFDIII/ZD system has been way too unreliable to use so unfortunately i've resorted going back to my Canon. Looking forward to the 5D2
(http://www.eastonchang.com/koeng.jpg)
Canon 1Ds Mark II with 24-70mm
(http://www.eastonchang.com/mustang_nowater.jpg)
Canon 1Ds Mark II with 17-40mm
(http://www.eastonchang.com/eleanor.jpg)
Canon 1Ds Mark II with 17-40mm
(http://www.eastonchang.com/hotrod.jpg)
Canon 1Ds Mark II with 17-40mm
How do I reduce images to thumbnail links?
Easton, Nice job on all four images!! I've shot a car or two and think you're definitely on the right track. The automotive advertising business is pretty challenging due to the economy and cgi, you might think about another area of specialty in addition to cars. By the way I've had no problem at all with my Mamiya 645's and P45, you should be able to find a reconditioned P45 at a somewhat reasonable price. Good luck!! Jim
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Hi dwdallam,
Nice shot. I'm surprised there isn't much visible flare since you shot right into the sun. Which lens did you use?
Few weeks ago. Still in my temp folder
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Hi dwdallam,
Nice shot. I'm surprised there isn't much visible flare since you shot right into the sun. Which lens did you use?
Thanks. I shot it with a 24-70L. I think the reason flare was controlled is because that day the sun was behind low fog, not enough to block it, but enough to "softbox" it. either that or it may have been a f22 aperture setting.
I wanted to get a better base lower in the tree, which is the ocean, so I went back a few days ago. Too late. The sun is setting in a totally different location now.
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(http://fc25.deviantart.com/fs38/f/2008/339/a/a/aa569db00f4c993772162160afcabdc3.jpg)
I shot this one last night and just finished working on it.
canon 20d . tokina 12-24 f/4 . 12mm
iso 100 . f/11.0 . 8.0s
No one has yet replied to this image, but I think it's fantastic. Good work.
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Hi dwdallam,
The first image has direct light on a bright coloured car, so reflections will always be kept at a minimum. I didn't paste the car into that background from a seperate shot. The white highlights would drown out any of the dark reflections, especially since the rest of the workshop wasn't lit at all.
If the car was dark and reflective, it would probably show some slight reflections.
The second image is composed of 3 shots, which is probably why there are 3 sets of shadows.
hi Easton.
How did you light that yellow car? I'm really curious. Of course you could have used an elaborate lighting system, but I'm guessing from the front right and high (as you sit in the car) and from the side controleld with some sort of strip lighting and flags, with a spot on the tail from overhead? Sorry for all the questions, but this image just does something for me.
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Took this while out walking the dog this morning:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3207/3088339037_88a2714260_o.jpg)
Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III
Exposure: 2 sec (2)
Aperture: f/22
Focal Length: 17 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 2 EV
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Took this while out walking the dog this morning:
Very nice! That's my kind of shot.
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Easton,
That's really nice work, and excellent post-pro. The look works very nicely for the subject, and I like how you left a little colour in the stickers on the cabinets in the top frame.
Cheers,
- N.
ps. Haefner's one of the finest car shooters around -- consider that high praise indeed!
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Very nice! That's my kind of shot.
Much appreciated
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Took this while out walking the dog this morning:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3207/3088339037_88a2714260_o.jpg)
Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III
Exposure: 2 sec (2)
Aperture: f/22
Focal Length: 17 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 2 EV
I like it too. I rolled up my browser screen and cropped the blue sky out and liked it even better. I cropped it down to about an inch off the horizon line, since the sky is definitely not the subject here.
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A parking garage that caught my interest.
5d2, 50L.
[attachment=10141:parking_01.jpg]
Damn I like that shot and perspective plus the use of Shallow DOF. Very much appeals to me.
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Damn I like that shot and perspective plus the use of Shallow DOF. Very much appeals to me.
Thanks man! There's so much good stuff in this thread.
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Hi!
Long time lurker, first time poster. I'm an new/emerging Australian-based photographer focusing on cars.
There are a lot of big names on this forum who I greatly admire.
My recently purchased Mamiya AFDIII/ZD system has been way too unreliable to use so unfortunately i've resorted going back to my Canon. Looking forward to the 5D2
Great work, I like your style
I'm also an emerging photographer based in Perth but moving to Sydney soon.
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Our plane leaving us on Little Switzerland, in the Alaska Range. Mt Foraker is just out of the frame on the right, and Denali a few kilometers up glacier.
(http://images.aperturefirst.org/20081208195654_20080808-hopes.jpg) (http://www.aperturefirst.org/index.php?showimage=629)
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I agree, it's even better with the sky cropped. Anywhere from an inch to two inches above the horizon but I think that about an inch is best.
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I like it too. I rolled up my browser screen and cropped the blue sky out and liked it even better. I cropped it down to about an inch off the horizon line, since the sky is definitely not the subject here.
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No one has yet replied to this image, but I think it's fantastic. Good work.
Thank you, dwadallam. I really like the location, I hope to be able to visit it more, after finals week .
Here's a photo I just re-edited. I'm looking through and editing a few old photos before I get back to studying, lol
(http://fc90.deviantart.com/fs39/f/2008/343/7/2/72dff34dfbfe1eb8a32ad344ee69235f.jpg)
canon 20d . tokina 12-24 f/4 . 12mm
iso 400 . f/9.0 . 1/125s
It's my attempt at emulating the high key futuristic looking architectural photographs.
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Our plane leaving us on Little Switzerland, in the Alaska Range. Mt Foraker is just out of the frame on the right, and Denali a few kilometers up glacier.
It's be nice if there was a little more detail in the bottom, especially on the right, but all in all that's a great image. Bet you felt rather 'alone' after you saw the end of the tail flying away!
Mike.
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I like it too. I rolled up my browser screen and cropped the blue sky out and liked it even better. I cropped it down to about an inch off the horizon line, since the sky is definitely not the subject here.
I agree, it's even better with the sky cropped. Anywhere from an inch to two inches above the horizon but I think that about an inch is best.
Food for thought, thanks!
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Our plane leaving us on Little Switzerland, in the Alaska Range. Mt Foraker is just out of the frame on the right, and Denali a few kilometers up glacier.
Really lovely atmosphere, great shot, but plane is a little too central and small to make image perfect.
That's a heck of a walk home!
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@wolfnowl: alone for a little while, but enthusiasm at the prospect of spending two weeks in this amazing place quickly kicked in!
@jjj: size is on purpose, I wanted to emphasize the difference between the tiny man-made thing and the huge mountain environment. But you're right for the centred composition, with fast moving subjects my Nikon D50 AF tracking just isn't reliable enough so I leave on the central zone. And with 6MP, I can't really make significant crops...
And if you want to walk home, Talkeetna is the closest town and only 70 miles away or so. And everyone has about 80lbs of gear to haul. Somehow, I prefer the plane solution
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Walking Tokyo.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3296/3089564934_c16c3b46fe_o.jpg)
Cheers,
Bernard
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@jjj: size is on purpose, I wanted to emphasize the difference between the tiny man-made thing and the huge mountain environment. But you're right for the centred composition, with fast moving subjects my Nikon D50 AF tracking just isn't reliable enough so I leave on the central zone. And with 6MP, I can't really make significant crops...
I think if plane had been a little higher [not that you could have affected that] and against the clouds it's small size would have mattered less as it would have stood out more.
Also AF is overrated. You don't need really it at that distance as everything is at infinity, plus as you said there's that danger of centering everything.
And if you want to walk home, Talkeetna is the closest town and only 70 miles away or so. And everyone has about 80lbs of gear to haul. Somehow, I prefer the plane solution
How do you charge batteries, store data in those circumstances. I used to be able to travel fairly light in the days of film, but now with digital.... No chance. I remember spending two weeks photographing China and Hong Kong and used only 1 spare battery. Batteries lasted almost exactly 40 rolls of film in those days. Didn't need a wretched laptop to stote data and I could enjoy also my evenings, rather than have to download and organize images.
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How do you charge batteries, store data in those circumstances. I used to be able to travel fairly light in the days of film, but now with digital.... No chance. I remember spending two weeks photographing China and Hong Kong and used only 1 spare battery. Batteries lasted almost exactly 40 rolls of film in those days. Didn't need a wretched laptop to stote data and I could enjoy also my evenings, rather than have to download and organize images.
My solution is an iGo adapter for electricity and 2 HyperDrive SPACEs for storage.
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I shot on film (a Nikon FA with a 24 f/2.8) most of the time, and that's what I took out of camp, I actually attached it to my climbing harness. I used digital only in camp, and the two batteries lasted for two weeks and ~600 shots (I slept with them in the sleeping bag, and tried to keep them out of the cold as much as possible). For memory, I'm using a hyperdrive space portable hard drive, which has roughly 20GB of storage capacity on one charge. On a 6MP camera, it's more than ok for backpacking.
I know some people who use solar panels for ipods and the such, I don't know how well they would charge a DSLR battery. But really, film is way more convenient in this kind of environment. Maybe next time, I'll take my 4x5.
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Bay fog.
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<Snip> But really, film is way more convenient in this kind of environment.
That's what I've often thought.
Always wondered how filmmakers shooting video in supposedly remote locations managed as that really sucks batteries.
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I shot on film (a Nikon FA with a 24 f/2.8) most of the time, and that's what I took out of camp, I actually attached it to my climbing harness. I used digital only in camp, and the two batteries lasted for two weeks and ~600 shots (I slept with them in the sleeping bag, and tried to keep them out of the cold as much as possible). For memory, I'm using a hyperdrive space portable hard drive, which has roughly 20GB of storage capacity on one charge. On a 6MP camera, it's more than ok for backpacking.
I know some people who use solar panels for ipods and the such, I don't know how well they would charge a DSLR battery. But really, film is way more convenient in this kind of environment. Maybe next time, I'll take my 4x5.
Those solar panels are getting better and better all of the time, and cheaper. They now have roll up film types that weight almost nothing. You can charge anything with them, but it takes longer than a wall socket. I just saw one that puts out 45watts. If you were in the wild more than a few days, that would be a necessity to save weight for sure. They also have hand crank generators now. You crank on them for a minute, then plug in you cell, battery, etc. When the power gets low, you just crank it again. I don't want to be carrying more than two 1DS3 batteries on a back packing trip, that's for sure, or even more than one. Those things feel like car batteries.
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nice composite. the two subjects come together well. what did you use for cutting out the model? also was the puprle-ish fade on the left side of the model done with a gel, or done in post?
Hey, thanks. I used the lasso for cutting out the model, blurring the edges by a small percentage to keep with the sharpness of the overall image. The purple gradient (and less vibrant orange gradient) was done in post.
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I like this picture and keep coming back to it, although I do wonder what it would look like not quite so high key. Also, was it cropped? The lines are very straight for a 12mm.
(http://fc90.deviantart.com/fs39/f/2008/343/7/2/72dff34dfbfe1eb8a32ad344ee69235f.jpg)
canon 20d . tokina 12-24 f/4 . 12mm
iso 400 . f/9.0 . 1/125s
It's my attempt at emulating the high key futuristic looking architectural photographs.
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3091/3105324849_d0aaabd558_o.jpg)
Shot with a P6000 in downtown Tokyo.
Cheers,
Bernard
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Nice job.
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Madison River, Yellowstone
D1s3, 70-200
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Madison River, Yellowstone
D1s3, 70-200
Wonderful capture of the mist!
Mike.
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Madison River, Yellowstone
D1s3, 70-200
What shutter speed did you use? Nice image.
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hi Easton.
How did you light that yellow car? I'm really curious. Of course you could have used an elaborate lighting system, but I'm guessing from the front right and high (as you sit in the car) and from the side controleld with some sort of strip lighting and flags, with a spot on the tail from overhead? Sorry for all the questions, but this image just does something for me.
nothing elaborate, just patient light painting
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Easton, Nice job on all four images!! I've shot a car or two and think you're definitely on the right track. The automotive advertising business is pretty challenging due to the economy and cgi, you might think about another area of specialty in addition to cars. By the way I've had no problem at all with my Mamiya 645's and P45, you should be able to find a reconditioned P45 at a somewhat reasonable price. Good luck!! Jim
Thanks Jim!
You're one of those big names who I admire
What other speciality do you think I could concentrate in other than cars? Anyone?
Ideally it'd be something which I could best make use of my car photography knowledge. i.e grungy post production, commercial feel and moody lighting.
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NIKON D300 TOKINA 12mm Bolivia Chiquitania -close to border with Brazil/2008/
(http://anacoreta.topcities.com/images/ZBLOG_IMAGES/chiquistan.jpg)
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Thanks Jim!
You're one of those big names who I admire
What other speciality do you think I could concentrate in other than cars? Anyone?
Ideally it'd be something which I could best make use of my car photography knowledge. i.e grungy post production, commercial feel and moody lighting.
Easton, Good question! I happened to choose architecture which amounts to around 10% of my business. I chose it because I love the subject matter and because many of the same skills I've developed in the automotive photography world I can apply to shooting architecture. The decision should be based on what you like to do or else your chance of success will diminish. If you've staying busy shooting cars perhaps it's not an issue but some diversity can't hurt. Jim
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What shutter speed did you use? Nice image.
1.3sec @ f16 & 120mm with a light Lee ND grad
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I like this picture and keep coming back to it, although I do wonder what it would look like not quite so high key. Also, was it cropped? The lines are very straight for a 12mm.
Thank you, Mark F.
Yeah, the 12mm "raw" is much more distorted. I used PTLens to correct the distortion and then cropped it. Here is the shot, before any editing at all.
(http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/3350/temphj0.jpg)
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What a difference. If you hadn't told me I would have thought they were two shots of the same location.
I was hoping that you had found that magic inexpensive 12mm non-distorting lens
Still wonder what the original post would look like not so high key, but I like the shot.
Thank you, Mark F.
Yeah, the 12mm "raw" is much more distorted. I used PTLens to correct the distortion and then cropped it. Here is the shot, before any editing at all.
(http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/3350/temphj0.jpg)
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Scorhill stone circle, Dartmoor, Devon, UK. D200, 12-24mm Nikon DX, ISO 100 at 17mm, 1/320 @ f5.6, cropped.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3287/2939931818_35b1c56ac0_b.jpg)
Beech trees, Exmoor, Somerset, UK. D200, 12-24mm Nikon DX, ISO 100 at 12mm, 1/60 @ f11.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3149/2909909433_97ce23737c_o.jpg)
Dunkery Beacon from Rowbarrow (Bronze Age burial cairn), Exmoor, Somerset, UK. D200, 12-24mm DX, ISO 100 at 12mm, 1/200 @ f7.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3108/2914719933_d5fd969ab1_b.jpg)
Kilve beach, Kilve, Somerset, UK. D200, 12-24mm Nikon DX, ISO 100 at 12mm, 1/80 @ f14.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3143/2869607635_4732e0263d_b.jpg)
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There are some great images presented above, I thought I would add a few of my own, for comment or not..these are from a recent trip in Nov to the SW USA...they were taken with a D300, and either a 12-24mm Tokina or 28 mm Nikon ais...
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Taken on the 5D with the Helios 44-2. A fun lens with some crazy bokeh!
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Abstracts from Seattle, WA
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Taken on the 5D with the Helios 44-2. A fun lens with some crazy bokeh!
I just did some reading on that lens and I really like it. What an interesting lens with interesting history, comrade. I guess these are some super cheap lenses? If so, I'd love to have one for my 1DS3, which I suppose needs a converter ring, since the 44-2 is a 58mm lens, correct? Any more information on those is appreciated. I saw where one was made with the option of manual or auto aperture. So which one do I want? This guy has a entire portfolio with the 44-2:
http://www.trekearth.com/photos.php?cat=lens&id=5434 (http://www.trekearth.com/photos.php?cat=lens&id=5434)
Thanks for posting that. I like the images too. That lens has a look all its own.
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Slightly off topic, but how do you get your photos reduced by so much in a post?
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Slightly off topic, but how do you get your photos reduced by so much in a post?
If you upload them using the forum "browse" and "upload" option at lower right on reply, it does it for you.
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What a difference. If you hadn't told me I would have thought they were two shots of the same location.
I was hoping that you had found that magic inexpensive 12mm non-distorting lens
Still wonder what the original post would look like not so high key, but I like the shot.
Haha, Yeah.. Maybe one day there will be a magic 12mm non-distorting lens but for now, PTLens helps a lot!
Thank you, Mark.
Taken on the 5D with the Helios 44-2. A fun lens with some crazy bokeh!
I really like the third shot, maxima302. The bokeh is really surreal. How it's distorted and sort of curving around the middle of the image. I like the old film-look processing too.
Here's a photo I took while exploring some hills in Irvine. It's sadly not a pano but a cropped shot. I don't think I could have done a pano without the clouds moving, since I had to have a 25 second exposure.
(http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs39/f/2008/352/a/5/a5a3302729469f11d8b9104fc2d385f9.jpg)
canon 20d . tokina 12-24 f/4 . 24mm
iso 100 . f/11.0 . 25.0s
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shot of Charles deGaul airport, where I spent far too much time waiting on a flight. 5D, 24 - 105 4.0L, 100iso
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Nice, I like the "mirrored" look. Hand held?
shot of Charles deGaul airport, where I spent far too much time waiting on a flight. 5D, 24 - 105 4.0L, 100iso
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Nice, I like the "mirrored" look. Hand held?
Yea, hand held. As an architectural photographer, I could have a field day in that airport. Some really cool angles there.
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Pier Lights. ISO 100 @ 66 seconds.
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Scotland, seen from the way up Ben Nevis (the highest mountain of the UK), last spring :
(http://images.aperturefirst.org/20081219202737_20080411-gods_playground.jpg)
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Scotland, seen from the way up Ben Nevis (the highest mountain of the UK), last spring :
(http://images.aperturefirst.org/20081219202737_20080411-gods_playground.jpg)
Really nice. The work on your site is great too.
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Trees
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Hannah@Chadwicks
Canon 1Ds MK II, 70-200mm f/2.8L USM ISO 100, f/8 @1/160th
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Hannah@Chadwicks
Canon 1Ds MK II, 70-200mm f/2.8L USM ISO 100, f/8 @1/160th
Very good.
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Hannah@Chadwicks
Canon 1Ds MK II, 70-200mm f/2.8L USM ISO 100, f/8 @1/160th
David nice shots. I see two lights in the first model's eyes, one large and one smaller. Although this is definitely frontal lighting, I'm wondering what the secondary smaller light is to the left, or right as you sit on the model's side. I assume you wanted a little modeling on the other side of the face to offset the frontal lighting?
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Scotland, seen from the way up Ben Nevis (the highest mountain of the UK), last spring :
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Evocative and powerful shot. My father was from Scotland. The weather there is lousy and I've never had the opportunity to climb Ben Nevis.
One small point; the shadows seem too black. You have a lot of zero values in them thar shadows. I think just a hint more detail would be appropriate.
That's a really good call. I was thinking "something" wasn't right with this image, although it is quite good, and you nailed it.
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Thanks to both of you, I appreciate it.
@Ray: I actually didn't get to the top of Ben Nevis, unfortunately (a combination of bad weather forecast, lots of snow and too few other people on the mountain in case something went wrong), but the views on the way up are worth the hike anyway.
As for black shadows, I take it you are referring to the lower right corner and not to small rock shadows? The trouble with trying to pull this area is that there isn't a lot of detail in it in the first place, and as soon as there is no (0,0,0) pixel in it anymore, it feels quite wrong and the whole image lacks in contrast. But I'll give it another try, I think this image is worth spending time on.
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As for black shadows, I take it you are referring to the lower right corner and not to small rock shadows?
I'm referring to a diagonal band across the whole image, from about 1/3rd up on the left, to the bottom right corner. It seems unnaturally dark on my monitor, as though one were looking into a bottomless abyss. However, if that's the effect you want, then who am I to criticise .
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I'm referring to a diagonal band across the whole image, from about 1/3rd up on the left, to the bottom right corner. It seems unnaturally dark on my monitor, as though one were looking into a bottomless abyss. However, if that's the effect you want, then who am I to criticise .
Your critic is very welcome, don't worry
On my (uncalibrated laptop) screen, I see details in this band up until the bottom 15% or so where it turns to bottomless black. But as I said, I'll see about trying to pull some more details from the abyss.
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Very good.
Thanks Wilbur
David nice shots. I see two lights in the first model's eyes, one large and one smaller. Although this is definitely frontal lighting, I'm wondering what the secondary smaller light is to the left, or right as you sit on the model's side. I assume you wanted a little modeling on the other side of the face to offset the frontal lighting?
Doug You are correct, a smaller secondary head at 1 stop under the Key for subtle modeling and catchlight effect
key @ f/8
fill @ f/5.6
P.S.
Dear Santa,
I have been very good all year and would humbly appreciate a Hasselblad H2, HC 35mm, HC 100mm, HC 210mm, HC 50-110mm, Leaf Aptus-II 7 Digital Module and a Leica S2 as a back up body. In return I promise to use these tools to defend the cause of the weak and the helpless.
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Your critic is very welcome, don't worry
On my (uncalibrated laptop) screen, I see details in this band up until the bottom 15% or so where it turns to bottomless black. But as I said, I'll see about trying to pull some more details from the abyss.
You are absolutely right. There is detail there, except for the bottom right corner. I was persuaded to save your image and open in photoshop. Moving the middle slider in 'levels' to the extreme left, produced the following result. My monitor calibration works fine with my printer, so I guess it's your laptop that is giving a false impression .
[attachment=10453:Ben_Nevis.jpg]
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Web is ubiquous. This is an oak web.
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Taken last week with my old but nice KM Dimage A1.
Manuel
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I just did some reading on that lens and I really like it. What an interesting lens with interesting history, comrade. I guess these are some super cheap lenses? If so, I'd love to have one for my 1DS3, which I suppose needs a converter ring, since the 44-2 is a 58mm lens, correct? Any more information on those is appreciated. I saw where one was made with the option of manual or auto aperture. So which one do I want? This guy has a entire portfolio with the 44-2:
http://www.trekearth.com/photos.php?cat=lens&id=5434 (http://www.trekearth.com/photos.php?cat=lens&id=5434)
Thanks for posting that. I like the images too. That lens has a look all its own.
Yes, a very interesting and cheap lens. Because of stop down metering with an adaptor, this lens is really only a good tool for wide open shots, where you enjoy the swirly bokeh...although stopped down it can be pretty sharp. Some hate the bokeh, very destracting, I particularly enjoy it. There were many variations of the Helios 44 (I think there are 4), mine is an older one with the manul aperature. From my understanding, all 44s will produce this type of bokeh though. They are also very cheap. I paid $12.00 for one, and $16.00 for shipping from Moscow. The worst part about these lenses is that you have to wait 2 weeks for them to arrive from Moscow
PS- The lens is M42 mount, which simply requires an adaptor with no clearance issues and infinity focus. Some of the 44s are different mounts though, so for mounting ease, stick to the M42 mount ones.
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Haha, Yeah.. Maybe one day there will be a magic 12mm non-distorting lens but for now, PTLens helps a lot!
Thank you, Mark.
I really like the third shot, maxima302. The bokeh is really surreal. How it's distorted and sort of curving around the middle of the image. I like the old film-look processing too.
Thank you! The third shot is an example of typical Helios 44 Bokeh, which I really enjoy. The film processing look was to bring out the "old" character of this Soviet lens!
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Test to see if this automatic reduction thingy works!
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Test to see if this automatic reduction thingy works!
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Neat picture.
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Early morning light is wonderful. Stick a landscape like that in front of a camera & the rest is easy!
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Early morning light is wonderful. Stick a landscape like that in front of a camera & the rest is easy!
There is definitely something to be said about f8 and be there for sure. Landscape takes a lot of patience and perseverance, not to mention time, did I mention patience?. It also requires a lot of patience.
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Fog
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Fog
I love the atmosphere
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Prince Edward Island - Canada
After overnight snowstorm - Calm for few hours - Then wind storm up to 120 km/h
5D - 24-85mm
(http://www.davidolivier.net/files/_MG_1934.jpg)
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The Alabama Hills at Lone Pine, Ca. in the Eastern Sierras yesterday.
5D2. 24-105 @ 28mm, f.11
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oops
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The Alabama Hills at Lone Pine, Ca. in the Eastern Sierras yesterday.
5D2. 24-105 @ 28mm, f.11
Nice shot. I like the way the line of the rocks leads the eye into the picture.
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CATALOGUE
Fabienne@Chadwicks
Canon 1Ds MK III, 70-200mm f/2.8L USM, ISO 100, f/8 @ 1/160th
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1ds Mark III, C-1, 4.5.2 processing.
Happy Holidays.
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1ds Mark III, C-1, 4.5.2 processing.
Happy Holidays.
happy holidays!
for some reason that b&w version from the leica is still stuck in my head......either way, great stuff....
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(http://anacoreta.topcities.com/images/ZBLOG_IMAGES/chiquistan.jpg)
IMO that image would be much stronger if you cropped off the woman holding the child; everything to the right of the edge of the child's sleeve.
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1ds Mark III, C-1, 4.5.2 processing.
Happy Holidays.
I like the whole body of work from this series, nice work
Какой красивый преподаватель балета
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I like the whole body of work from this series, nice work
Какой красивый преподаватель балета
Thank You.
Yes she is beautiful. She was a model we cast in Moscow and also a ballerina. Perfect choice and I loved the models in Moscow. All were beautiful beyond belief. Actually the women in Russia are gorgeous and you could cast a project in a cafe.
This room was an old mansion that was the Ukranian Cultural center and had to be stripped and reconfigured.
Lighting was with window light and HMI's for very slight fill.
I loved working in Moscow, though harsh, cold and very challanging, it was a great experience.
This select is one of the more commercial selections for the campaign, the earlier were my quick picks.
There is much more to come from this and thank you for your kind reply.
(http://ishotit.com/moscow_ballet.jpg)
(http://ishotit.com/moscow_2008.jpg)
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The four stages of slumber, from left to right.
(1) Deep sleep
(2) Dreaming or partial awakening.
(3) Just awake, but not quite with it.
(4) Totally awake and alert.
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Happy Holidays
Marc
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windmill farm. For next editorial... suppose to anyhow.
5D - ACR
(http://www.davidolivier.net/files/Quadtone_MG_1016.jpg)
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A marked departure from my commercial works. I'm having a great time shooting things of a personal nature again, kind of like finding a lost lover thirty years later. I'm into textures and light at the moment. Canon 1DsmkIII, 24-105, C1 4
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CATALOGUE
Fabienne@Chadwicks
Canon 1Ds MK III, 70-200mm f/2.8L USM, ISO 100, f/8 @ 1/160th
There's that combination again It's rather superb, given you have room for it, isn't it?
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IMO that image would be much stronger if you cropped off the woman holding the child; everything to the right of the edge of the child's sleeve.
I don't completely agree with you on that one Jon. I thought the same thing, but redacted my thought after I looked looked enough. That doesn't mean I'm right, but consider the woman holding the child looks like any woman anywhere. Then look at the contrast of that everyday look to the left. Startling, isn't it--the contrast between the everyday and something you never see in our part of the world.
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windmill farm. For next editorial... suppose to anyhow.
5D - ACR
(http://www.davidolivier.net/files/Quadtone_MG_1016.jpg)
That's compelling.
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started testing my new 5dII on a catalogue shoot...the 1dsIII stayed in the bag the whole day!
find the lcd a tad sharper...body a bit flimsy but better for my small hands...two random shots-
one tungsten, the other with flash
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Thank You.
Yes she is beautiful. She was a model we cast in Moscow and also a ballerina. Perfect choice and I loved the models in Moscow. All were beautiful beyond belief. Actually the women in Russia are gorgeous and you could cast a project in a cafe.
This room was an old mansion that was the Ukranian Cultural center and had to be stripped and reconfigured.
Lighting was with window light and HMI's for very slight fill.
I loved working in Moscow, though harsh, cold and very challanging, it was a great experience.
This select is one of the more commercial selections for the campaign, the earlier were my quick picks.
There is much more to come from this and thank you for your kind reply.
What a wonderful series Jim, I'm glad that I stopped by here!
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started testing my new 5dII on a catalogue shoot...the 1dsIII stayed in the bag the whole day!
find the lcd a tad sharper...body a bit flimsy but better for my small hands...two random shots-
one tungsten, the other with flash
[attachment=10521:_MG_0007.jpg]
[attachment=10522:_MG_0069.jpg]
Really nice, but I have a question. On the first image the highlight on her nose. Is that acceptable to you as a photographer or your clients? If so, please say why. I would be horrified if I saw that highlight on her nose after such a beautiful shot in all other ways.
Also, how did you like using the 5DII compared to the 1DS MKIII?
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Really nice, but I have a question. On the first image the highlight on her nose. Is that acceptable to you as a photographer or your clients? If so, please say why. I would be horrified if I saw that highlight on her nose after such a beautiful shot in all other ways.
Also, how did you like using the 5DII compared to the 1DS MKIII?
ah but the art director will have 43 images from that sequence ( here are 4 ) to choose where he liked the highlight! or did'nt. I did use the word 'random' in my post.Also the tungsten images are meant to be used just to establish the mood while the more detailed 'flash' pictures will be used to 'sell' the product.
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the 5dII is a blessing for my bad back and neck! feels a bit front heavy with the zooms and the 85/1.2 but with the 85/1.8 and 50/1.4 a great combo for a days shoot, as i mentioned the lcd seems a bit sharper., the lesser af points are'nt a problem atleast in the kind of work i do- did'nt need to microadjust any of the lenses for af. the images
seem identical to the markIII on the lower iso's
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ah but the art director will have 43 images from that sequence ( here are 4 ) to choose where he liked the highlight! or did'nt. I did use the word 'random' in my post.Also the tungsten images are meant to be used just to establish the mood while the more detailed 'flash' pictures will be used to 'sell' the product.
[attachment=10535:contact.jpg]
the 5dII is a blessing for my bad back and neck! feels a bit front heavy with the zooms and the 85/1.2 but with the 85/1.8 and 50/1.4 a great combo for a days shoot, as i mentioned the lcd seems a bit sharper., the lesser af points are'nt a problem atleast in the kind of work i do- did'nt need to microadjust any of the lenses for af. the images
seem identical to the markIII on the lower iso's
OK thanks for that explanation. I tend to really stress over things like that, but maybe now I can take the same approach you do which would really reduce my stress. I know what you mean about weight when it comes to the 1DS3 and a long lens, or even the 24-70L. My arm starts hurting after bout 2 hours or less. Yes the tungsten mood looks nice to me. Thanks again for the explanation and good job.
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Taken up at Paradise with the 5D and Olympus Zuiko MC 28mm f/2.8 on one of the last nice days of the season.
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OK thanks for that explanation. I tend to really stress over things like that, but maybe now I can take the same approach you do which would really reduce my stress. I know what you mean about weight when it comes to the 1DS3 and a long lens, or even the 24-70L. My arm starts hurting after bout 2 hours or less. Yes the tungsten mood looks nice to me. Thanks again for the explanation and good job.
The weight of cameras like the 1Ds3, D3 and D3X are a big negative for me. That weight disadvantage combined with the high price, excludes me from even contemplating a purchase, and the same applies to DBs even though I already have a Mamiya RB67 and a few lenses sitting on my shelf.
The last time I went trekking in Nepal, I carried around my neck both a 5D with Sigma 15-30 and a 20D with 24-105. I suffered just a bit from back strain. When I next go trekking, it'll probably be a D700 with 14-24 and a 50D with possibly the new EF-S 18-200 which seems remarkably sharp in the centre although disappointing at the edges. However, for candid, spur of the moment shots, the corners are often not important.
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Near, Sedona, AZ this month. Canon EOS 1Ds3, 16-35L II
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Near, Sedona, AZ this month. Canon EOS 1Ds3, 16-35L II
Love the lighting in this image...
Mike.
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Taken up at Paradise with the 5D and Olympus Zuiko MC 28mm f/2.8 on one of the last nice days of the season.
Well done!
Mike.
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Near, Sedona, AZ this month. Canon EOS 1Ds3, 16-35L II
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I think the light is lovely and the colours suggest a warmth nicely undermined by the dark sky. However, I don't like the tree on the left: its branches look chaotic and don't stand out well (at least on my monitor) from the rocks behind. It undermines the simplicity of the image which to me looks stronger with the leftmost 20% or so cropped out.
FWIW.
Jeremy
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I was returning to my car after a rainy day of shooting in Yosemite this past fall, looked down and saw this.
Thanks for looking.
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Well done!
Mike.
Thank you!
Another... from outside of Levenworth, WA
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3095/3146762533_48ebb8edcc_o.jpg)
Belgium.
Cheers,
Bernard
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Dartmoor, yesterday. Sub-zero, with significant windchill dropping the temp. to minus 20C at one point. B&W shot at Wild Tor, a west side of one of the rock outcrops, colour one taken late afternoon from Higher Tor.
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Here's a couple that I took near Westport, Ireland last year.
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Wow - I just found this thread for the first time. I have to say - the shots in this thread blow me away. I am fairly new, and shoot mostly beauty portraits, but absolutely love landscape and wildlife images. Anyway, I'm trying to learn, and am really fortunate to be going on Michael's Antarctic expedition next month (as late addition).
Anyway, in the spirit of this thread, I'll add a few of my most recent shots.
One is of a local actress/circus performer who played 'The Ghost of Christmas Past' in this season's production of A Christmas Carol at our city's main theatre. She floats above the stage on a sling/hammock aperatus hung from the ceiling. Quite amazing to see her do this, and she had me in to shoot a rehersal for her book.
Another is a black and white image of a new model for a local agency.
The last is a beauty shot taken during a series for a local hair stylist. The model happens to be with another agency in town, but they have told her she can't do commercial beauty, even locally, and just runway. My stylist and I both thought she might be able to do beauty, so we tried out a shot at the end of the set.
Brent
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Great work, Brent!
Mike.
P.S. My niece lives in Halifax, and no, I won't ask if you know her. Nice city, though.
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Belgium.
Cheers,
Bernard
Good one, Bernard!
Mike.
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Taken yesterday afternoon, processed in Lightroom. Ghosting images removed in Photoshop.
Best regards
Erik
Ps. Sony Alpha 900, 1/200 s, f/8. SAL 24-70/2.8 ZA at 28 mm.
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I've noticed that this title in the MF section of the forum is hugely popular, breaking a record for all threads I would estimate.
That disturbs me. I don't think MFDB users should take over this forum.
So I'm going to kick off this thread with a recent shot of the Himalayas, taken shortly after dawn from a 3000m hill, with my Canon 5D.
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Brian - a true artist will suffer for his art. Van Gogh cut off his ear, I braved sub-zero temperatures, you need to go back & get your feet wet removing those ugly tyres & re-shooting that one.
'Tis very nice BTW
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Fog
Just a minor observation. If you place an image in centre of a frame, it 'appears' like it is below centre, more so with text underneath. Images tend to look more centred and balanced if there is more space beneath image that above image.
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ah but the art director will have 43 images from that sequence ( here are 4 ) to choose where he liked the highlight! or did'nt. I did use the word 'random' in my post.Also the tungsten images are meant to be used just to establish the mood while the more detailed 'flash' pictures will be used to 'sell' the product.
I think the tungsten image is nicer. The 'correct' light is a bit flat in comparison. The warmth suits the image.
the 5dII is a blessing for my bad back and neck! feels a bit front heavy with the zooms and the 85/1.2 but with the 85/1.8 and 50/1.4 a great combo for a days shoot
Are you using the vertical grip on bottom? Camera balances big lenses much better when attached and you have the extra shutter/controls for vertical shooting.
The 5D is nice and compact when paired with a small lens like the 35mm f2 and no vert grip.
Though I still miss my OM4/OM2s and their amazing compactness [and very, very good metering]. Not only that they had a bigger viewfinder, despite being so very small.
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Are you using the vertical grip on bottom? Camera balances big lenses much better when attached and you have the extra shutter/controls for vertical shooting.
The 5D is nice and compact when paired with a small lens like the 35mm f2 and no vert grip.
Though I still miss my OM4/OM2s and their amazing compactness [and very, very good metering]. Not only that they had a bigger viewfinder, despite being so very small.
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the grip arrived today, yes it balances the bigger lenses better...i prefer this 'with/without' option one has with 5DII than the 1 series
sanjaynarayan
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(http://fc78.deviantart.com/fs38/f/2008/365/8/4/84b74009d28bcc17cfa6b5c43822b3a7.jpg)
canon 20d . tokina 12-24 f/4 . 12mm
iso 100 . f/4.0 . 1/50s
Something I found interesting, while I was revisiting 'the sunken city'(A portion of San Pedro that was destroyed by a landslide) http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/program...e/15.01.08.html (http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/programs/html/school/moviepage/15.01.08.html)
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Hello and a Happy New Year to you all!
Here are two shots taken about a week ago in South Sudan, a place called Juba.
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Cheers.
Mat.
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Great work, Brent!
Mike.
P.S. My niece lives in Halifax, and no, I won't ask if you know her. Nice city, though.
You never know - it's a small town in some ways. =)
B
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I did a quick edit, one image with the concrete frame in the top left hand corner removed and one untouched. What do you guys think? does it look to distracting with the beam in the frame or am I just being pedantic? also it's to difficult to edit out the small concrete corner under her armpit because wisps of hair are also in the frame.
I couldn't avoid the overhead structure and the client/stylist insisted on this angle
I'm thinking just leave the horizontal beam in the shot? much easier & save me a lot of trouble, what do you guys think?
Emily@Chadwicks
Canon 1Ds MK III, 70-200mm f/2.8L USM, ISO 100, f5.6 @ 1/200th - Elinchrom Ranger RX AS, 27" silver BD w/sock diffuser (Processed in Canon DPP & Photoshop CS III)
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I did a quick edit, one image with the concrete frame in the top left hand corner removed and one untouched. What do you guys think? does it look to distracting with the beam in the frame or am I just being pedantic? also it's to difficult to edit out the small concrete corner under her armpit because wisps of hair are also in the frame.
I couldn't avoid the overhead structure and the client/stylist insisted on this angle
I'm thinking just leave the horizontal beam in the shot? much easier & save me a lot of trouble, what do you guys think?
Emily@Chadwicks
Canon 1Ds MK III, 70-200mm f/2.8L USM, ISO 100, f5.6 @ 1/200th - Elinchrom Ranger RX AS, 27" silver BD w/sock diffuser (Processed in Canon DPP & Photoshop CS III)
I like it without the beam. I know it is more work but can you also remove the remaing beam under her triceps.
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I like it without the beam. I know it is more work but can you also remove the remaing beam under her triceps.
I like the one with beam better, because it gives a more intimate feeling, which adds to the concentration on the model. The image with beam removed looks unbalanced. Save yourself the trouble of removing something that needs to be there for good balance.
Thanks for the replies 'SeanBK' & 'EPd', it's appreciated.
I think I'll just leave the image as is, the amount of work needed to fix it just doesn't factor into the time frame or budget.
Cheers
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canon 20d . tokina 12-24 f/4 . 12mm
iso 100 . f/4.0 . 1/50s
Something I found interesting, while I was revisiting 'the sunken city'(A portion of San Pedro that was destroyed by a landslide) http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/program...e/15.01.08.html (http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/programs/html/school/moviepage/15.01.08.html)
I like this shot.
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A pretty hard hoar frost on the local hills today
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3133/3160243723_747546bd72_b.jpg)
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Very Nice - I like it a lot.
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Me too!
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me 3
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Something different - shot for an osteopath friend of mine with his skull model. His initial thought was a large, clinical photo for reference use when treating, but we ended up doing a series that were a little more creative. 5D2 - 24-70 f2.8L
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Alas poor Yorick
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Its been fairly cold around here in Nashville, TN. Here is a classic sight...
Canon 5D + Contax/Zeiss 50 f1.4
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Some model shots I did for an agency here in Denmark along with some studio portraits of a friend and a Trip to Tibet last september :
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Something different - shot for an osteopath friend of mine with his skull model. His initial thought was a large, clinical photo for reference use when treating, but we ended up doing a series that were a little more creative. 5D2 - 24-70 f2.8L
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Very nice - difficult to tell if it's a real one or a model. You could perhaps clone out the hooks and posts on either side which held the vault in place.
Jeremy
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Happy New Year,
Just got back from 12 days in Rarotonga.
The only camera I took was my Olympus u770SW
6 shots stitched in CS4
Cheers
Simon
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i find myself reaching more and more for the 5DII with 50/1.8, 50/1.4, 85/1.2 rather than my 1DsIII with 24-105
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Mayara, shot with Canon 1Ds MK3 + 50/1.2L, Bro-color Para 220FB
Regards, K
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Mayara, shot with Canon 1Ds MK3 + 50/1.2L, Bro-color Para 220FB
Regards, K
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My worksite for the upcoming month -
(http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/1128/jaggededgebwnm3.jpg)
5D/50mm 1.4
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Yellowstone images with a 1DsIII and various lenses.
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Nice abstracts.
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(http://fc39.deviantart.com/fs40/f/2009/023/3/f/3f48fb8e243d0927f0c8a8bd950dd135.jpg)
canon 20d . tokina 12-24 f/4 . 12mm
iso 100 . f/8.0
uci humanities hall
interesting 'interior' scene at uci, my school =]
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canon 20d . tokina 12-24 f/4 . 12mm
iso 100 . f/8.0
uci humanities hall
interesting 'interior' scene at uci, my school =]
Very good.
Jeremy
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sony900/24-70@70/iso200/f16
cropped forground
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Very good.
Jeremy
Thank you, Jeremy! I just started to do architectural work and I really, really enjoy it. It's so slow and methodical, i just love it! Well other than when its stormy, rainy weather and you're rushing to get the shot before the amazing lighting disappears, ;]
Here is another photo from my school
(http://fc54.deviantart.com/fs40/f/2009/025/4/e/4edb31ffceb77c900c72c3ee9c5fa7f4.jpg)
canon 20d . tokina 12-24 f/4 . 12mm
iso 100 . f/8.0
the top floor of john v. croul hall
it's a very beautiful building
oh and by the way, these are both HDRs. I have been working to incorporate HDR into my shooting, without the badly tonemappped halo-y look. Right now, my workflow is to adjust white balance, enable all edge defringe, and slightly sharpen in ACR -> batch process to TIF with action for PTlens lens correction -> merge to hdr + tonemap in picturenaut -> Photoshop - a bit more capture sharpening, perspective correction and/or cropping, miscellaneous finishing touches (toning/film look, levels, dodge/burn, cloning)
If anyone has some tips or advice, i'd greatly appreciate it =]
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Thank you, Jeremy! I just started to do architectural work and I really, really enjoy it. It's so slow and methodical, i just love it! Well other than when its stormy, rainy weather and you're rushing to get the shot before the amazing lighting disappears, ;]
Here is another photo from my school
(http://fc54.deviantart.com/fs40/f/2009/025/4/e/4edb31ffceb77c900c72c3ee9c5fa7f4.jpg)
To me, that one is just a picture of a room. I can understand from your explanation (and just by looking) that it wasn't easy to make, but the result doesn't justify the effort, IMHO. Sorry!
What I particularly liked about your first was the high-key effect and the feeling of space and light it imparted.
Jeremy
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Brent,
RobMac here (Truro) - Nice shots, especially the last one - think it's time for her to switch agencies. I may not be explaining this well, but while I find she's very attractive, it's in a "neutral" manner for lack of a better term. She doesn't jump out at you, what what she's modeling re: makeup, hair, etc does.
Cheers
R
Wow - I just found this thread for the first time. I have to say - the shots in this thread blow me away. I am fairly new, and shoot mostly beauty portraits, but absolutely love landscape and wildlife images. Anyway, I'm trying to learn, and am really fortunate to be going on Michael's Antarctic expedition next month (as late addition).
Anyway, in the spirit of this thread, I'll add a few of my most recent shots.
One is of a local actress/circus performer who played 'The Ghost of Christmas Past' in this season's production of A Christmas Carol at our city's main theatre. She floats above the stage on a sling/hammock aperatus hung from the ceiling. Quite amazing to see her do this, and she had me in to shoot a rehersal for her book.
Another is a black and white image of a new model for a local agency.
The last is a beauty shot taken during a series for a local hair stylist. The model happens to be with another agency in town, but they have told her she can't do commercial beauty, even locally, and just runway. My stylist and I both thought she might be able to do beauty, so we tried out a shot at the end of the set.
Brent
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Tokyo seen through the eye of a 50 mm lens.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3078/3230755907_4a43524f61_o.jpg)
Cheers,
Bernard
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Tokyo seen through the eye of a 50 mm lens.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3078/3230755907_4a43524f61_o.jpg)
Cheers,
Bernard
Love the image, everything @ it. I pressume D3X & is that Nikon or ?? lens.
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Bernard,
I really like this shot. How it looks and how it makes me think about the guy, and entry or holding back. I think I'd like it even better if some of the right side was cropped. But, maybe it's just me.
Great shot!
Best,
Mitchell
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Very nice.
I think I would be tempted to clone out the two white spots near the left edge, as I find them a bit distracting. That aside, I find it very evocative.
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Very nice.
I think I would be tempted to clone out the two white spots near the left edge, as I find them a bit distracting. That aside, I find it very evocative.
Thanks for the advice, it would indeed be better without these 2 white spots.
Cheers,
Bernard
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Love the image, everything @ it. I pressume D3X & is that Nikon or ?? lens.
Hello Sean,
Thanks. Yes, D3x and 50mm f1.8.
Not the greatest bokeh, but this belongs to a series I promised myself would be shot entirely with this lens...
Cheers,
Bernard
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Bernard,
I really like this shot. How it looks and how it makes me think about the guy, and entry or holding back. I think I'd like it even better if some of the right side was cropped. But, maybe it's just me.
Great shot!
Hello Mitchell,
Thanks a lot for the kind words and advice. I'll consider your cropping suggestion.
Cheers,
Bernard
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Nice work. I especially like #3
Yellowstone images with a 1DsIII and various lenses.
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I was returning to my car after a rainy day of shooting in Yosemite this past fall, looked down and saw this.
Thanks for looking.
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Wow what a find. I like those.
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Thanks.
Wow what a find. I like those.
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As recent as I can process. Been really busy, and behind.
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Clouds pass under the stars. Taken during one evening last week whilst in the Blue Mountains, Australia. It's good to be able to see stars again after the haze of Shanghai.
5DII with 50mm 1.2 lens. Exposure f1.4 @ 10secs and 1250iso. It was amazing how the camera could capture about 3x more stars than my eyes could see.
Now in Melbourne where we are heading for our third straight day over 43 degrees.
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To me, that one is just a picture of a room. I can understand from your explanation (and just by looking) that it wasn't easy to make, but the result doesn't justify the effort, IMHO. Sorry!
What I particularly liked about your first was the high-key effect and the feeling of space and light it imparted.
Jeremy
Ah, no problem. Thank you for the comment, I'll keep note of it. I'm just starting out (in architectural photography) and I appreciate any feedback =]
and here's another photograph from my school.
(http://fc86.deviantart.com/fs41/f/2009/028/c/8/c888a0e99eb62891054d4587a5b39fd7.jpg)
canon 20d . tokina 12-24 f/4 . 12mm
iso 100 . f/8.0
uci courtyard study lounge
This photograph was taken in the UC Irvine Student Center's Courtyard Study Lounge. It's a pretty cool place, with some cool colored tarps providing nice shade.
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1 from a day out and two from a recent car club meeting.
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One of my Last crop sensor captures. A900 will be here in a few days.
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I was returning to my car after a rainy day of shooting in Yosemite this past fall, looked down and saw this.
Thanks for looking.
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I will be in the Yosemite area starting in late March for a couple of months. Looking forward to it.
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Clouds pass under the stars. Taken during one evening last week whilst in the Blue Mountains, Australia. It's good to be able to see stars again after the haze of Shanghai.
5DII with 50mm 1.2 lens. Exposure f1.4 @ 10secs and 1250iso. It was amazing how the camera could capture about 3x more stars than my eyes could see.
Now in Melbourne where we are heading for our third straight day over 43 degrees.
A pleasantly unusual capture. Good take.
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I shot this one day while out location scouting with my assistant. Drove like hell to get ahead of the storm and set up on the edge of a farmers field. Shot in the ROI close to Largy.
(http://www.durstonphoto.com/photos/largy.jpg)
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3223/3120233488_e3177a3239.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/larkvi/3120233488/"%20title="Child,%20Gojam,%20Ethiopia,%20November%202008%20by%20larkvi,%20on%20Flickr)
Child, Gojam, Ethiopia, November 2008
Something from my (now not-so) recent trip out of Addis.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3163/3106496951_cb4c6eb19d.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/larkvi/3106496951/"%20title="House%20#2,%20Piazza,%20Addis%20Ababa,%20Ethiopia,%20November%202008%20by%20larkvi,%20on%20Flickr)
House #2, Piazza, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, November 2008
Daily life in Addis.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3460/3212596574_4cd97f18df.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/larkvi/3212596574/"%20title="Racing,%20Leddet%20(Ethiopian%20Christmas),%20Addis%20Ababa,%20Ethiopia,%20January%202009%20by%20larkvi,%20on%20Flickr)
Racing, Leddet (Ethiopian Christmas), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, January 2009
Traditional Christmas games in Addis.
Clicking on any should take you through to larger photos on the flickr page.
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Hi,
FILM.
Original sensor was Fuji Velvia 50 (film scanned), then played with in PhotoShop... Nikon F100 + 28-70 AF-S .
Sometimes this world come across as too digital to me. Film still capture beauty. More so it was anticipating, waking up early, hitching a ride on the bus that took workers to the hotel at Machu Picchu, setting camera up in pre-visualized spot, anticipating sunrise ... + luck .
Actually this is also my notebook desktop . Now I shoot medium format (digital + film), yet... any photo is capture of a moment , also 35mm. Shot in 2003, but I hope recent enough...
Anders
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Park bench down in Port Fairy, Victoria.
5DII with 16-35mm, f8 & 15sec 400iso.
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Here are a few efforts from the past year.....
A composition I discovered this spring and waited till fall to get maximum color.
(http://www.pbase.com/romansphotos/image/106670664/original.jpg)
This was a downtown shot I have been contemplating for quite some time....finally got it. Yes, the moon is pasted in, but it was just shot seperatly with longer lens as it was so small with wide angle to shoot the rest. So it was the actual moon...and at the size my eye saw it when taking the pictures...
(http://www.pbase.com/romansphotos/image/105953820/original.jpg)
I was just going to shoot the fall colors downtown on the waterfront and never expected a sunset like this to happen.
(http://www.pbase.com/romansphotos/image/105467156/original.jpg)
These two last shots were captured Christmas Day...during an unusual snow here in the Columbia Gorge...
(http://www.pbase.com/romansphotos/image/108492259/original.jpg)
(http://www.pbase.com/romansphotos/image/107448010/original.jpg)
Roman
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Very nicely done Roman, particularly the japanese garden - I admire your style and envy your patience.
I'm on the fence though re: the text in the images; I understand the added value but it doesn't seem to work well here on LL and might be more appropriate for the hardcopy print versions...
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Here are a few efforts from the past year.....
Roman
Nice work, especially the Japanese Garden image. I had the chance to visit this place once but it was in the summer and the colors were not nearly as profound, still a great place though.
Rob
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Very nicely done Roman, particularly the japanese garden - I admire your style and envy your patience.
Thank you kindly.
I'm on the fence though re: the text in the images; I understand the added value but it doesn't seem to work well here on LL and might be more appropriate for the hardcopy print versions...
Its ok, I get that from time to time. I do that for other forums and my pbase gallery to allow others to know at a glance info on the shot.
My professional site is currently being built and will not have any frames on the examples.
As always I appreciate the feedback.
Roman
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Nice work, especially the Japanese Garden image. I had the chance to visit this place once but it was in the summer and the colors were not nearly as profound, still a great place though.
Rob
Thanks Rob!
I found this composition in the spring (see shot below) and I am kind of torn. The color one is very cool and gets a lot of comments, but I still like the spring shot as well....with the more subdued colors.
(http://www.pbase.com/romansphotos/image/99388302/original.jpg)
Roman
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Wow, RomanJohnston, great work!
Here's one of my recent (taken yesterday) shots:
(http://fc86.deviantart.com/fs41/f/2009/037/7/2/725c9a38ffd8405a96384a624b96f11d.jpg)
nikon d3 . nikon 35mm f/2.0 . 35mm
iso 200 . f/16.0
I was testing out my friend Adib's Nikon D3. It's a pretty awesome camera, but not for me. For anyone who does non-tripod, single shot shooting, it is just AMAZING (great DR and high iso performance from a single image). However, for those who work purely on tripods and always do blending or HDR (at low ISO), it isn't really worth it, in my opinion. For me, I need more megapixels!
the top floor of john v. croul hall
it's a very beautiful building =]
(http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/6310/d3c0860makingoftx1.jpg)
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Hoang, very nice HDR work there. Usually not a fan of HDR type pictures but your results are very natural looking.
Roman
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Here's one of my recent (taken yesterday) shots:
(http://fc86.deviantart.com/fs41/f/2009/037/7/2/725c9a38ffd8405a96384a624b96f11d.jpg)
nikon d3 . nikon 35mm f/2.0 . 35mm
iso 200 . f/16.0
it's a very beautiful building =]
That's the same room as the one I said (a few posts ago on this thread) I didn't really like, isn't it? I think you've done a far better job here.
Jeremy
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Thanks Rob!
I found this composition in the spring (see shot below) and I am kind of torn. The color one is very cool and gets a lot of comments, but I still like the spring shot as well....with the more subdued colors.
Roman
You're right they both work, certainly not anything to sweat bullets over. However there is an added dimension on the autumn version with the fog rolling in from the backside that tends to give this image a bit more panache and almost ethereal sensibility IMO. I would not do limited edition prints on either unless you adjust the price accordingly suspecting both would sell quite well. Just my two cents worth of unsolicited opinion:~)
Rob
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You're right they both work, certainly not anything to sweat bullets over. However there is an added dimension on the autumn version with the fog rolling in from the backside that tends to give this image a bit more panache and almost ethereal sensibility IMO. I would not do limited edition prints on either unless you adjust the price accordingly suspecting both would sell quite well. Just my two cents worth of unsolicited opinion:~)
Rob
I dont do "limited edition" prints of anything. But I would easily consider a 4 seasons set of prints all in one frame....think I will stop by soon and capture winter, and get one around July for summer and I have all the seasons nailed.....ore even wait till next winter and see if we get any more snow and try to get a snow covered scene to get the full seasonal flavor.
Roman
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Please note that I was replying to another post. And you are the one who decided to make a big deal out of it. Just for the record. Now back to the images:
(http://visual-vacations.com/images/2006-09-02_0018.jpg)
This is a building I worked in while stationed in Baumholder, Germany. It was built during World War II by the Germans, and shows it.
That's a good photograph.
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Full Moon--Trinidad, CA Night at 15 minutes.
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Recent trip to Montreal. 30D + EF 50mm f/1.8II
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Artists' Chalkboard.
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Vacuum reminds me of the Ikea Lamp commertail
For reference. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFztDZRtplw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFztDZRtplw)
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Montreal Piano
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Qui Lait Cru!?! cheese store at the Jon Talon Market. Fantastic place.
After walking around at -25C for a few hours, I'm thoroughly impressed that my 30D performed flawlessly. Also, my first outing with the EF50mm. Lovely piece of plastic.
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Shot yesterday with Canon 1Ds MK3 with EF 50/1.2L, ISO set at 100, f/10, 1/200s.
Regards, K
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Shot yesterday with Canon 1Ds MK3 with EF 50/1.2L, ISO set at 100, f/10, 1/200s.
Regards, K
Beautiful - love the lighting.
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I agree, beautiful work Roman.
I was instantly reminded of a painter you may have heard of, Thomas Kinkade, who is often called "The Painter of Light." He acquired this title because almost all of his work literally "glows" in some form or fashion.
Your photography "glows" in the same way, achieving almost an enchanting effect.
Jack
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I agree, beautiful work Roman.
I was instantly reminded of a painter you may have heard of, Thomas Kinkade, who is often called "The Painter of Light." He acquired this title because almost all of his work literally "glows" in some form or fashion.
Your photography "glows" in the same way, achieving almost an enchanting effect.
I'd be horrified if anyone compared my work to Kinkade! Dreadful sub-par chocolate box cheesiness. It's like someone vomited up twee Disneyness. Yuck. He is remarkably popular though as the public's appetite for such cheddar is enormous.
Roman's work however is quite classy.
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Jack – Thank you very much for your kind feedback. Light is exactly what photography is about. I am just thankful that I can identify it and capture it…..and have the privilege of being there when it happens.
JJJ – I’m not horrified at all, I get the jest of what Jack is trying to say. I too shy away from things that get too popular, but I think his comments were more about light quality and less about Kinkade. I think he was trying to say something similar to what you’re saying….and I thank both of you for saying it! :~)
Roman
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I'd be horrified if anyone compared my work to Kinkade! Dreadful sub-par chocolate box cheesiness. It's like someone vomited up twee Disneyness. Yuck.
I'd be horrified that you're not making the money he is at your own trade and vocation.
He is remarkably popular though as the public's appetite for such cheddar is enormous.
If he's remarkably popular, and you're not, perhaps you might want to ask yourself, "Why?" Whether Kinkade is the most technically-gifted artist or not was not my point; my point was that his work "glows" and creates an "enchanting effect" that most people find pleasing. The fact Kinkaide is so popular is proof that the "glow" of his work has an enormous positive effect on people. That was the comparison I was trying to make. Actually, I have a personal friend of 20 years who is a world class artist and has work hanging in the Boxing Hall of Fame, a 100-ft wall mural in Daytona Beach Speedway, and has done personal portraits for many sports legends, including Muhammad Ali, Lennox Lewis, Dale Earnhardt, Ted Williams, Roberto Duran, etc. My friend's work is fantastic also, but yet he doesn't make as much as Kinkaide either.
Roman's work however is quite classy.
I agree. I was being complimentary in my comments, and trying to draw a similarity in the "glow" of each's work. I wasn't trying to make an exact comparison on all levels. I don't see why you had to foul it up with your own comments.
Jack
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Anders, I like the photo but (and maybe its my monitor), I'd like to see the ruins on the left burned in so as not blow the highlights, and the rock wall on the right side dodged to get more detail. I think that would make it a better print.
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I'd be horrified that you're not making the money he is at your own trade and vocation.
I doubt many photographers earn like he does.
If he's remarkably popular, and you're not, perhaps you might want to ask yourself, "Why?"
Lowest common denominator! Look at the popular press, gutter scaping that appeals to people's basest instincts. No interest to me at all, but equally I'm not bothered if other people like his work.
Whether Kinkade is the most technically-gifted artist or not was not my point; my point was that his work "glows" and creates an "enchanting effect" that most people find pleasing.
and many also find nauseating.
The fact Kinkaide is so popular is proof that the "glow" of his work has an enormous positive effect on people. That was the comparison I was trying to make. Actually, I have a personal friend of 20 years who is a world class artist and has work hanging in the Boxing Hall of Fame, a 100-ft wall mural in Daytona Beach Speedway, and has done personal portraits for many sports legends, including Muhammad Ali, Lennox Lewis, Dale Earnhardt, Ted Williams, Roberto Duran, etc. My friend's work is fantastic also, but yet he doesn't make as much as Kinkaide either.
Why is the amount of money earned so important? If it was money that was the main motivation, photography or art is not the place to try to get rich.
I agree. I was being complimentary in my comments, and trying to draw a similarity in the "glow" of each's work. I wasn't trying to make an exact comparison on all levels. I don't see why you had to foul it up with your own comments.
And as I said, I simply wouldn't find being compared to Kinkade complimentary. Hardly 'fouling' things up. I understand you are being nice about Roman's work, but you used to my mind an odd comparison.
Imagine if you compared Don Delillio's writing to that of a hack at the national enquirer, I doubt he be that pleased even if the National Enquirer sells way copies more that he does.
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Hoang, very nice HDR work there. Usually not a fan of HDR type pictures but your results are very natural looking.
Roman
Thank you, RomanJohnston. I feel the same way. I think many HDRs are just processed so badly, but the actual technique has so much potential.
That's the same room as the one I said (a few posts ago on this thread) I didn't really like, isn't it? I think you've done a far better job here.
Jeremy
Yes, it is, Kikashi. Thanks, I think it is too. I need to keep practicing, as it is still hard for me to visualize what type of "look" is best for a scene.
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And as I said, I simply wouldn't find being compared to Kinkade complimentary. Hardly 'fouling' things up. I understand you are being nice about Roman's work, but you used to my mind an odd comparison.
You seem to be suffering from a boundary disorder. I didn't compliment your work, nor did I compare you to Kinkaide, so there was no reason for you to chime-in at all.
At least the receiver of my compliment understood my meaning, which centered around the use of light and glow.
Jack
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You seem to be suffering from a boundary disorder. I didn't compliment your work, nor did I compare you to Kinkaide, so there was no reason for you to chime-in at all.
It's a forum. If you post a message, you invite comments from others. That's the idea. If you want to exchange private compliments, there are other, better methods of doing it.
Jeremy
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It's a forum. If you post a message, you invite comments from others. That's the idea. If you want to exchange private compliments, there are other, better methods of doing it.
Jeremy
No shit? This is a forum? Well, I am glad you cleared that up
In all seriousness, I disagree that all statements "invite" others to comment. Thread topics do, by default, I agree. Controversial statements and opinions do as well.
But I don't see how a sincere compliment, from one individual to another, needs to "invite" an infinite digression of BS from people who weren't mentioned ... unless this is a Monty Python skit or something
Jack
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Here is one from a shoot on the weekend.
Canon EOS1DSMK3 w/ 50mm F1.2L ISO400 F1.8 1/60 Second - Natural Light - Post Process LR 2.2
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D200, 12-24mm lens, 1/500, f8 @ 12mm. Dartmoor, looking up towards Birch Tor
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D200, 12-24mm lens, 1/500, f8 @ 12mm. Dartmoor, looking up towards Birch Tor
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Looks good. I know some would regard it as cheating, but I'd be tempted to clone out the protruding twig in th snow at the lower left. Also, the horizon doesn't look quite level.
Jeremy
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The horizon wasn't level, and I wouldn't know how to 'clone out' the twig
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Some very slow moving objects
1.) 5D + Canon 24 TS-E f3.5 L
2.) 5D + Contax/Zeiss 135 f2.8 Sonnar
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Fernie B.C.
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Phil, a stage IV cancer patient I am helping out. Tri-X 400, Laguna Beach, Calif.
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The horizon wasn't level, and I wouldn't know how to 'clone out' the twig
Use Photoshop! Something like this (it's pretty crude, and I'm no PS expert even when I have loads of time to try, but it gives an idea). I'd level the horizon even if in reality it wasn't, since I think it makes a better shot, but I've left it alone.
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Jeremy
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I've noticed that this title in the MF section of the forum is hugely popular, breaking a record for all threads I would estimate.
That disturbs me. I don't think MFDB users should take over this forum.
So I'm going to kick off this thread with a recent shot of the Himalayas, taken shortly after dawn from a 3000m hill, with my Canon 5D.
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Wolford swimwear, shot with 1Ds MK3, EF 50/1.2L
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(http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs45/f/2009/064/8/1/81df6db749801d3466b1869ccbfd29b8.jpg)
canon 20d . tokina 12-24 f/4 . 12mm
iso 100 . f/8.0
uci john v. croul hall lobby
I really like this building. It's very beautiful and so clean and elegant in its design.
I think this is my favorite building at my school, UC Irvine. It was a stitch of 98 shots taken at 12mm. Unfortunately, there were some stitching errors at the edges so I had to crop quite a bit off. I am thinking of getting something like a Nodal Ninja in the future. I really like the 'immersive' architectural photos that convey the large sense of space of rooms and buildings.
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Here are some photos taken from Marsa Dubai.
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All with 1Ds MarkIII + EF 16-35L mk1
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Great photographs, Professional; however, the perspective distortion is a bit disturbing to me. Have you ever experimented with using photoshop to fix perspective distortion? In my opinion, it really helps an image. I think the first four could benefit from fixing the converging verticals.
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Great photographs, Professional; however, the perspective distortion is a bit disturbing to me. Have you ever experimented with using photoshop to fix perspective distortion? In my opinion, it really helps an image. I think the first four could benefit from fixing the converging verticals.
I know that, what do you expect from ultra wide angle, but to be honest sometimes i like that distortion.
I need to buy a tilt/shift lens, it is awful and painful for me to correct all distortions by photoshop, just i am not good in photoshop and i just share those photos, but i will try to learn photoshop more or to find another solution to get rid of this distortion without photoshop.
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Hi Professional,
There is a plug in called ImageAlign Pro.
It is fantastic for correcting converging.
Cheers
Simon
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Hi Professional,
There is a plug in called ImageAlign Pro.
It is fantastic for correcting converging.
Cheers
Simon
Unfortunately Image Align isn't made anymore.
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Here's two new photographs from today
(http://fc66.deviantart.com/fs42/f/2009/065/e/3/e3b07eddbce7c0619457854e8772d40f.jpg)
canon 20d . tokina 12-24 f/4 . 12mm
iso 100 . f/11.0
uci health sciences 2
this conference room just looked so beautiful, with its huge glass window
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canon 20d . tokina 12-24 f/4 . 12mm
iso 100 . f/8.0
uci health sciences 1
The buildings at this part of UCI are very clean, sleek, and just.. awesome
I am a freshman bio major at UCI who really enjoys photography; particularly architectural. My biggest inspirations are the photographers in Architectural Digest and also the CG artists who create those amazing CG interior architectural scenes. So I really enjoy going around campus with my 20D, 12-24, remote shutter release, and tripod when I have spare time between midterms, finals, homework, etc.
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5dII with pinhole
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I put these in the MF thread without thinking, so here they are, in the right place - Please comment, good, bad, or otherwise........
Canon 30D + 70-200 2.8L IS
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Bondi Beach - same camera and lens
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More Bondi, and an interesting late night self portrait (self portrait with 17-40 f4L).
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Last few...............
Crazy smoker, 50 f1.4 - other 2 pics 70 - 200 2.8L IS
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I've noticed that this title in the MF section of the forum is hugely popular, breaking a record for all threads I would estimate.
That disturbs me. I don't think MFDB users should take over this forum.
So I'm going to kick off this thread with a recent shot of the Himalayas, taken shortly after dawn from a 3000m hill, with my Canon 5D.
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This one made with Canon 1Ds MK3, EF 85/1.2L at f/11, 1/200s ISO 50.
Regards, K
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This one made with Canon 1Ds MK3, EF 85/1.2L at f/11, 1/200s ISO 50.
Regards, K
That's a great high key shot indeed. I assume yuo used ISO 50 to cut light as much as possible?
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1DSMKIII, 70-200, Single AB1600 through a Brolly Box, One Cold MFer. The model's arm took 20 minutes to stop tingling and hurting and the tips of my fingers the same. NOTE: Take propane heater next time. This was an unplanned shot and was created on the fly, which equaled WRONG IDEA. It also took MUCH longer to set up than I expected. I had to wear snow shoes and break trail while we both carried equipment. Good learning experience though.
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That's a great high key shot indeed. I assume yuo used ISO 50 to cut light as much as possible?
Not really. I use ISO 50 because I often shot my medium format (P45+ and H3D39) and 1Ds 3, so I rate the Canon to be at the same ISO setting so I don't have to adjust the light.
Regards, K
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Not really. I use ISO 50 because I often shot my medium format (P45+ and H3D39) and 1Ds 3, so I rate the Canon to be at the same ISO setting so I don't have to adjust the light.
Regards, K
Oh I see. Makes perfect sense.
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A few from Smith Rock this past weekend....
(http://www.pbase.com/romansphotos/image/110118869/original.jpg)
(http://www.pbase.com/romansphotos/image/110059039/original.jpg)
Quite a few more being added daily in my gallery.
Roman
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1)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3377/3340277970_7dd174b6aa.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lattiboy/3340277970/)
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3515/3210547445_71d7cfdc83.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lattiboy/3210547445/)
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Last Summer.
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Images from Haleakala crater on Maui. 1DsIII with 24-70f2.8
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Excellent work everyone. I continue to be impressed by the quality of work that is posted here. Too bad we do not have the ability to publish hard copy to be distributed and/or sold.
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Here are a couple of shots of a handsome barred owl that has been hanging around my house. Nikon D80 with a Nikkor 18-135 (first shot) or a Sigma 100-300 EX.
Peter
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3598/3348320014_56db4801b3_o.jpg)
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here's a few from some recent shoots i've done. The first and third are shot using a 55mm f1.8 smc supertakumar on my 1dsmkII and the second with my 35mm f1.4. First is shot with just a cheepo tungsten video light, the second one speedotron strobe with the 18" reflector attached and the last with the sun:)
caleb
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here's a few from some recent shoots i've done. The first and third are shot using a 55mm f1.8 smc supertakumar on my 1dsmkII and the second with my 35mm f1.4. First is shot with just a cheepo tungsten video light, the second one speedotron strobe with the 18" reflector attached and the last with the sun:)
caleb
I like the last one - it's like someone stepping out of a dream. BTW, 'supertakumar' sounds like something I might have had on my old Pentax Spotmatic F.
Mike.
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Recently got a 5D Mark II for a trip in Japan, holiday but while I was there for 16 days I did 2 days of shooting magazine stuff.
Shot the ugliest S2000 in the world, just a little shoot for a magazine. It's a concept car so we couldn't shoot it outside of the warehouse it was being stored in, so I opened the warehouse door and shot it pointing outside.
We used some old tungsten lights to light the car as it was pushed out of the workshop. I kinda liked the colour difference/contrast over the silver car so I didn't correct it later. We used a rig (again) so it was a 15 second exposure at F11, ISO 100. 5D Mark II 24-70mm at 24mm
Poured some water on the floor for added effect
(http://www.eastonchang.com/IMG_61612.jpg)
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I just realized that I have tons of stuff to process from the last year. I have no idea what I was thinking. Here is one of them.
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Recently got a 5D Mark II for a trip in Japan, holiday but while I was there for 16 days I did 2 days of shooting magazine stuff.
Shot the ugliest S2000 in the world, just a little shoot for a magazine. It's a concept car so we couldn't shoot it outside of the warehouse it was being stored in, so I opened the warehouse door and shot it pointing outside.
We used some old tungsten lights to light the car as it was pushed out of the workshop. I kinda liked the colour difference/contrast over the silver car so I didn't correct it later. We used a rig (again) so it was a 15 second exposure at F11, ISO 100. 5D Mark II 24-70mm at 24mm
Poured some water on the floor for added effect
(http://www.eastonchang.com/IMG_61612.jpg)
You did good man, very good. Impressive and shows what the 5DMKII can do. I don't think anyone would find technical fault with this image, or any fault for that matter.
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The horizon wasn't level, and I wouldn't know how to 'clone out' the twig
I think it's fine as it is because for me it has more merit as metaphor than strictly landscape. Note how the contrail actually adds to the metaphor and does not distract from it.
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You did good man, very good. Impressive and shows what the 5DMKII can do. I don't think anyone would find technical fault with this image, or any fault for that matter.
Thanks for the kind words! - though I find a lot wrong with it! I'm totally unhappy with the upper half (left) of the image, the warehouse door dosn't "blur" nicely in a rig shot, and contradicts the blur in the rest of the photograph. You can also see the shadows of the guys who were pushing from the other side of the car (underneath the car) and in hindsight I think I should have positioned the car further away from the door and just shot it completely indoors.
Also - the colours isn't right, I wanted to contrast cold and warm colours together (like you see on some really amazing portraiture where they use cold and warm lighting on either side of the model) but it didn't quite work here.
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Easton, For the constraits you had it looks great. Being able to think quickly and come up with dramatic solutions definately is one of your assets. It's a good sample. Jim
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Easton, For the constraits you had it looks great. Being able to think quickly and come up with dramatic solutions definately is one of your assets. It's a good sample. Jim
Thanks Jim! means alot coming from you.
Although on the other hand, I'm not very good at fully utilizing resources when I'm actually given the opportunity! (i.e when there are less or no contraints) Because i'm so used to working for magazines you become used to pulling whatever you can on a limited budget and schedule. So when the day comes that you've given a lot of time, location permits and a lot of resources - you actually don't know what to do!
It's a very strange phenomenon to describe.
One of the fellow car magazine photographers in Australia told me that, he does better images when he's only got 1 hour with the car in an awful location - than he does when given the car for an entire week to shoot anywhere! Thats what happens when he has been shooting magazines for 10+ years under tight conditions, you get used to it and eventually have to rely on it.
He's a more extreme example than I am, but I think that it's definately a trait I have to eventually rub off if I want to become a successful commercial automotive photographer.
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Easton, You'll figure it out. I think it all comes down to concept. Good idea, good pictures. Jim
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And hopefully the art director will already have some concepts thought up for me!
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Two from Nashville
5D + 24 TS-E and Zeiss 50 f1.4
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Thanks for the kind words! - though I find a lot wrong with it! I'm totally unhappy with the upper half (left) of the image, the warehouse door dosn't "blur" nicely in a rig shot, and contradicts the blur in the rest of the photograph. You can also see the shadows of the guys who were pushing from the other side of the car (underneath the car) and in hindsight I think I should have positioned the car further away from the door and just shot it completely indoors.
Also - the colours isn't right, I wanted to contrast cold and warm colours together (like you see on some really amazing portraiture where they use cold and warm lighting on either side of the model) but it didn't quite work here.
LOL--I think you're doing what ever OCD photographer does--over thinking it. LEt me give you my perspective.
First, I think you nailed this shot and that is what forced me to respond.
Second, and explaining the fist, the shadows from those pushing the car are not relevant unless you know beforehand what was going on. I simply don't see it even after your explanation.
Third, the colors are warm and cool. I think teh yellow compliments teh blue/green perfectly, althugh it's not perfectly "warm" or "cool"--it's better.
Fourth, the fact the door did not blur like you wanted it, for me, was a good thing. The door, where the car is headed at what looks like a high rate of speed, is relatively crisp, which for me gives the entire image a tight, focused, chiseled, REFINED look that reflect the car's body lines and overall crisp, angular style.
Fifth, if you have total control over everything all your shots begin to look the same, which is good when you are doing copy work, and bad when you are doing everything else.
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I like the fifth observation in particular. It's something I should pay more attention to. Jim
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I would emphatically echo every point that DWDALLAM made. Stunning job!
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Here is a landmark that's been shot to death. I tried from a different perspective and for a different feel. I looked at all the images of this landmark they had on display and didn't find one near like this.
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This one from a Church in Nolensville, TN. 5D + 24 TS-E L
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A few Nikon D3 portraits from Sweden
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Recently got a 5D Mark II for a trip in Japan, holiday but while I was there for 16 days I did 2 days of shooting magazine stuff.
Shot the ugliest S2000 in the world, just a little shoot for a magazine. It's a concept car so we couldn't shoot it outside of the warehouse it was being stored in, so I opened the warehouse door and shot it pointing outside.
We used some old tungsten lights to light the car as it was pushed out of the workshop. I kinda liked the colour difference/contrast over the silver car so I didn't correct it later. We used a rig (again) so it was a 15 second exposure at F11, ISO 100. 5D Mark II 24-70mm at 24mm
Poured some water on the floor for added effect
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Shot in 2008.
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Nice shot, great sky. The northern CA coast near Mendacino?
My eye keeps going to the black blob in the lower right corner but I guess there's nothing to be done about it without changing the whole perspective of the shot.
Shot in 2008.
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Nice shot, great sky. The northern CA coast near Mendacino?
My eye keeps going to the black blob in the lower right corner but I guess there's nothing to be done about it without changing the whole perspective of the shot.
Good eye. It's that location. I can't get high enough to get it out of the image. Kinda ruins it though for sure. Thanks for pointing that out. I knew there was a reason I never really took the time to process that. I was blind too it I've seen it so many times. My mind was blocking it out. Maybe if I bring out the detail more in the rock (blob) it would act as an anchor? Maybe not. It's in Humboldt near Trinidad. About 50 miles south of the Oregon Ca border. I appreciate yuo taking the time to point out that flaw.
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There's quite a few commercial shots in this thread. Doing commercial shots is beyond my expertise. But I wonder if the following shot might be of value for a toothpaste advertisement. Will someone please pay me $10,000 for the use of this shot .
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Another group that needs processing.
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http://homepage.mac.com/keith.fitzgerald/fashionshow/ (http://homepage.mac.com/keith.fitzgerald/fashionshow/)
most shots with 70-200 F2.8 IS
pocket wizard firing a elinchrom ranger head with a 23cm reflector as a back light
2 more days shooting before my Canon 1ds mkiii goes in for the Err99 fix and AF fix
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I love that area and hope to get back to the northern CA coast in the Fall. Funny thing is, coming from the East Coast I can almost get to Hawaii in less time than it takes to get to Humboldt.
Good eye. It's that location. I can't get high enough to get it out of the image. Kinda ruins it though for sure. Thanks for pointing that out. I knew there was a reason I never really took the time to process that. I was blind too it I've seen it so many times. My mind was blocking it out. Maybe if I bring out the detail more in the rock (blob) it would act as an anchor? Maybe not. It's in Humboldt near Trinidad. About 50 miles south of the Oregon Ca border. I appreciate yuo taking the time to point out that flaw.
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Recent shot, retouched in CS4. First attempt at retouching....
I'm thinking that I might still change a few things.... maybe the green hue on the hair, get rid of the shadow on the corner of the mouth, and possibly change the shape of the nose (liquify tool). You'll notice that I augmented the eyes, I made them pretty vibrant, but I like it that way..... not sure if I went a step too far. I would like to hear anyone with feedback, or suggestions.
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EF 50mm, 1.8.
Room lighting
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A few shots from a recent shoot.
5D + 70-200
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Terence- Stunning, timeless work, love the film emulation!
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Terence- Stunning, timeless work, love the film emulation!
Second that - awesome work!
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Thanks!
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Second that - awesome work!
Yeah just goes to show you that the level of IQ the 5D has is just as capable for this type of photography as any higher IQ camera in the right hands. Very nice.
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Recent shot, retouched in CS4. First attempt at retouching....
I'm thinking that I might still change a few things.... maybe the green hue on the hair, get rid of the shadow on the corner of the mouth, and possibly change the shape of the nose (liquify tool). You'll notice that I augmented the eyes, I made them pretty vibrant, but I like it that way..... not sure if I went a step too far. I would like to hear anyone with feedback, or suggestions.
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EF 50mm, 1.8.
Room lighting
I think the eyes was ok! No offence, but the lighting and colours are really horrible. Why not take a simple shot by a window or outside with natural light? Then you wont have to deal with strange colour-casts asf. And if there still is colourcasts, they are alot easier to correct if there is only the natural light.
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Taken last year.. not processed until now.
Nikon D3 nikkor 50mm/1.2 @ f/2.8
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(http://fc33.deviantart.com/fs45/f/2009/088/1/1/11d9d96419d42ce1e8eb32ea25fdfca2.jpg)
canon 20d . sigma 70-200 f/2.8 . 70mm
iso 100 . f/8.0
Interesting architecture I found while on a group photoshoot/meet
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'Levitating Faerie'
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Canon EOS 1DSMK3 w/ 85mm F1.2L MK II F4.5 1/250th ISO100 - Post Process Lightroom 2.3 - Shot in the Studio w/ 2 x Graphite Soft Boxes against a cyc.
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5dII with 70-200/f4
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Shot a few days ago for Mazda, using primary my P45+ on Contax 645 for most of the works, this is a snap shot using D3X with PC-Macro 45/2.8.
Regards, K
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Shot a few days ago for Mazda, using primary my P45+ on Contax 645 for most of the works, this is a snap shot using D3X with PC-Macro 45/2.8.
Regards, K
She looks really really uncomfortable...
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Is that normal driving position for a Mazda?
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(http://fc33.deviantart.com/fs45/f/2009/088/1/1/11d9d96419d42ce1e8eb32ea25fdfca2.jpg)
canon 20d . sigma 70-200 f/2.8 . 70mm
iso 100 . f/8.0
Interesting architecture I found while on a group photoshoot/meet
Nice shot, very interesting.
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'Levitating Faerie'
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Canon EOS 1DSMK3 w/ 85mm F1.2L MK II F4.5 1/250th ISO100 - Post Process Lightroom 2.3 - Shot in the Studio w/ 2 x Graphite Soft Boxes against a cyc.
She looks like she's floating. I like that. One thing I don't like is two shadows. Perhaps it could improve with some top cropping? Good shot though. But the double shadow thing is a studio no, no.
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Shot a few days ago for Mazda, using primary my P45+ on Contax 645 for most of the works, this is a snap shot using D3X with PC-Macro 45/2.8.
Regards, K
Really nice. Must be nice to have a snapshot camera called a D3X. lol--shut up!!!!
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Is that normal driving position for a Mazda?
It's the position I like my passengers in when they look like that.
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Shot a few days ago for Mazda, using primary my P45+ on Contax 645 for most of the works, this is a snap shot using D3X with PC-Macro 45/2.8.
Regards, K
Could you post one of the MF next to one of the processed FF? I'd like to see that. Thanks. Looking forward to more of your stuff.
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This was a test
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This was a test
Wow nice and those are weird. Very detached feeling. Like human as an inanimate object. Good job.
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She looks like she's floating. I like that. One thing I don't like is two shadows. Perhaps it could improve with some top cropping? Good shot though. But the double shadow thing is a studio no, no.
Thanks Dwdallam - it was a lot of effort and work to get that floating look. Not an easy brief to meet 'make my daughter look like she is floating like a faerie". It gave me some head scratching I can tell you.....
I tried removing the two shadows, but found it took away the depth to the image, and made her look like a cut out pasted on a white background. I think its a matter of taste as it can work both ways. I showed both to the client, but they didnt seem fussed either way!
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Wow nice and those are weird. Very detached feeling. Like human as an inanimate object. Good job.
Lol. Yeah. She has the whole waif thing done.
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Thanks Dwdallam - it was a lot of effort and work to get that floating look. Not an easy brief to meet 'make my daughter look like she is floating like a faerie". It gave me some head scratching I can tell you.....
I tried removing the two shadows, but found it took away the depth to the image, and made her look like a cut out pasted on a white background. I think its a matter of taste as it can work both ways. I showed both to the client, but they didnt seem fussed either way!
You mean you tried removing one set of shadows right? I can see what you mean since the background is pure white.
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She looks like she's floating. I like that. One thing I don't like is two shadows. Perhaps it could improve with some top cropping? Good shot though. But the double shadow thing is a studio no, no.
I think the shadows add to the shot, giving it some depth. Who says they're a "no no"?
Jeremy
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I think the shadows add to the shot, giving it some depth. Who says they're a "no no"?
Jeremy
It's jsut an accepted rule that you should always only see one set of shadows because that is all you see with the sun. Anything else is like science fiction I guess. It's not natural to see two sets of shadows from two light sources in nature. Which means, I would think, that when we see two sets of shadows, it's not appealing to us as humans living in a one sun world. I think that is how the logic goes.
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These are from a storm chase last year. Same system but about 5-10 mins from each other.
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It's jsut an accepted rule that you should always only see one set of shadows because that is all you see with the sun. Anything else is like science fiction I guess. It's not natural to see two sets of shadows from two light sources in nature. Which means, I would think, that when we see two sets of shadows, it's not appealing to us as humans living in a one sun world. I think that is how the logic goes.
I see. I can understand the logic, but as ever there are circumstances where it should apply and others where it should not. My first thought on seeing the shot which provoked this discussion wasn't, "How odd - it's been taken on a world which has two suns". I pretty much immediately leapt to the assumption that someone had been using artificial light, which isn't really a very new concept.
Anyway, rules are made to be broken!
Jeremy
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I see. I can understand the logic, but as ever there are circumstances where it should apply and others where it should not. My first thought on seeing the shot which provoked this discussion wasn't, "How odd - it's been taken on a world which has two suns". I pretty much immediately leapt to the assumption that someone had been using artificial light, which isn't really a very new concept.
Anyway, rules are made to be broken!
Jeremy
Only if there is a better reason for breaking them than not.
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Only if there is a better reason for breaking them than not.
And I believe in this case there is - as pointed out the shadows add depth to the image - removing them makes her look like a cardboard cut out pasted on a white background.
Thats my feelings on it anyway.
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These are from a storm chase last year. Same system but about 5-10 mins from each other.
Very dramatic! Those are impressive 'sky' shots. I get a sense that the WB is not quite right, though. There seems to be too much blue. I guess we'd all process images slightly differently. I'd raise the deepest shadows in the foreground a bit (the trees are black). Process the sky and foreground separately. With material like this, it's worth experimenting with different renderings.
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It's jsut an accepted rule that you should always only see one set of shadows because that is all you see with the sun. Anything else is like science fiction I guess. It's not natural to see two sets of shadows from two light sources in nature. Which means, I would think, that when we see two sets of shadows, it's not appealing to us as humans living in a one sun world. I think that is how the logic goes.
Not sure how we humans manage to make it through movies, theater, our home interiors or any encounter we have outside at night. I could see your point if the background were of a nature scene and artificial light were used to create un-natural shadows on her face, but even before cameras were invented we humans got used to seeing dual shadows created on faces and objects whenever we worked by multiple candle, oil or firelight. What book did you read that told you about the evils of multiple shadows, obviously the writer never photographed a person lit by a moonlight window and candlelight. I'm lloking at two shadows created by my overhead lights as I type. This reminds me of the time I had a client come into my studio (music) and tell me that we were a perfect match, he was a lyricist and I a composer. "After all," he said, "you can't have music without lyrics."
I proceeded to tell him thanks but no thanks, I felt my creativity being crushed already. DW is right about one thing though. There are plenty of movie posters with shots from different days with shadows in all the wrong places and directions. Average viewer would never know though.
my .02 cents...
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I've noticed that this title in the MF section of the forum is hugely popular, breaking a record for all threads I would estimate.
That disturbs me. I don't think MFDB users should take over this forum.
So I'm going to kick off this thread with a recent shot of the Himalayas, taken shortly after dawn from a 3000m hill, with my Canon 5D.
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How about this thread?
http://luminous-landscape.com/forum/index....showtopic=33288 (http://luminous-landscape.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=33288)
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And I believe in this case there is - as pointed out the shadows add depth to the image - removing them makes her look like a cardboard cut out pasted on a white background.
Thats my feelings on it anyway.
Did you try just removing one set to see how it looks?
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What book did you read that told you about the evils of multiple shadows, obviously the writer never photographed a person lit by a moonlight window and candlelight.
my .02 cents...
I didn't get that from "a book." You're talking about some of the world's top past and present photographers and other heavy weights of photography. Having a single "key" shadow is very basic information for shooting studio or location strobe photography. Like I said, it's general knowledge. But please don't argue with me. Take it up with the canons of photography. Maybe they are all wrong?
I mean I really don't care what anyone does. I was just offering what is accepted as a canonical rule, probably about as set as the rule of thirds is.
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How about this thread?
http://luminous-landscape.com/forum/index....showtopic=33288 (http://luminous-landscape.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=33288)
As an Englishman who emigrated to Australia many years ago, your photos bring back memories of my youthful days in the old country. Everything was green and gray. I think on average it rains 2 days out of 3 in the U.K. I used to cycle a lot in those days and the unpredictable weather was not welcome. It is sometimes said that the ancient Romans never fully conquered England because the weather was so lousy. It didn't seem worth the trouble.
However, I like your compositions. The grays match the greens, but the occasional patches of blue almost spoil the effect.
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Very dramatic! Those are impressive 'sky' shots. I get a sense that the WB is not quite right, though. There seems to be too much blue. I guess we'd all process images slightly differently. I'd raise the deepest shadows in the foreground a bit (the trees are black). Process the sky and foreground separately. With material like this, it's worth experimenting with different renderings.
I do proccess the sky and ground separately.
Hmmm... Well here's the original without any post proccessing. It was 12 shots stitched together. The next is a real conservitive edit (i.e. a little contrast, levels, and saturation). Then the last is adds a little more contrast. I'm sorry for the re-edits as this is to show recent works.
Edit: The last picture is the unedited, the conservitive is in the middle, and the first is the edited the most.
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Here is one from my first field trip with the G1. I really like this camera.
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It was 12 shots stitched together.
Wow! I didn't realise it was a stitched image. You've done a good job. I'm really just nit-picking. It occurred to me on first impressions that the WB wasn't quite right. But maybe it is. I don't think I can improve it, but I had a go. In fact, I've probably made it slightly less dramatic .
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I didn't get that from "a book." You're talking about some of the world's top past and present photographers and other heavy weights of photography. Having a single "key" shadow is very basic information for shooting studio or location strobe photography. Like I said, it's general knowledge. But please don't argue with me. Take it up with the canons of photography. Maybe they are all wrong?
I mean I really don't care what anyone does. I was just offering what is accepted as a canonical rule, probably about as set as the rule of thirds is.
Not gonna argue, but you failed to point out that there is a clearly proper balance between the key and fill light in the shot, the dual shadows are only on the ground and not on the subject, particularly her face where it would be most distracting. Two shadows are not bad and no canon nor book that I know of claims so...they DO profess that equal key light and fill light that project equal shadows should be avoided. But this example does not show that at all. The shadow on the ground to the subjects right is darker and mor pronounced than the one on the left. In my opinion it looks well balanced and the dual shadows add a nice symmetry to an already excellent shot.
I'm done...I hate preconceptions. Rule of thirds included. It works but I try to compose without it whenever possible, most often the shot doesn't work and I fallback to the composition following the rule, but when it works without it - boy does it work.
Best to All - and DW should get the award for most improved photographer on this site. His work has gotten dramatically better over the past few years.
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Shot with windows light front, silver reflector camera right, and a medium softbox on the ground for rim light.
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Shot with windows light front, silver reflector camera right, and a medium softbox on the ground for rim light.
Nice! But what is it saying DWDallam? What's the message here? What's my imagination supposed to be doing?
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the lemaire passage antarctica
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Nice! But what is it saying DWDallam? What's the message here? What's my imagination supposed to be doing?
I don't know what your imagination is suppose to be doing. I didn't set out to make an image that has only one meaning to all people. If it talks to you, good, if not, even better. If anything, it's simply suppose to evoke some mystery, exactly as you have stated it--why, what, who?
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the lemaire passage antarctica
Neal I think you meant to attach a photo?
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Neal I think you meant to attach a photo?
Nope. Just evoking some mystery! Sorry, couldn't resist...
Mike.
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I do proccess the sky and ground separately.
Hmmm... Well here's the original without any post proccessing. It was 12 shots stitched together. The next is a real conservitive edit (i.e. a little contrast, levels, and saturation). Then the last is adds a little more contrast. I'm sorry for the re-edits as this is to show recent works.
Edit: The last picture is the unedited, the conservitive is in the middle, and the first is the edited the most.
it can be hard to determine these skies from a realistic POV,, having lived and worked in the midwest during tornado/hail season, these clouds can take on a greenish color in real light, i suspect you just have to try to rememer in your processing what tint these nasty storms take as they move across the plains
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Best to All - and DW should get the award for most improved photographer on this site. His work has gotten dramatically better over the past few years.
You really think so? I was just thinking today, depressingly, that I've actually gotten worse. Thanks.
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I don't know what your imagination is suppose to be doing. I didn't set out to make an image that has only one meaning to all people. If it talks to you, good, if not, even better. If anything, it's simply suppose to evoke some mystery, exactly as you have stated it--why, what, who?
I guess you are on the defensive, with this response .
I was just trying to get some background information. Was your shot of an actress about to go onstage to perform in some Gothic play? Or were you advertising a line of clothes? Or, perhaps, did you just get your model to dress up in whatever was available at the time, and look mysterious?
If one takes this rather unfashionable shot of mine, which I posted a few posts ago and which attracted no comments, I can tell you the background to the shot.
The old lady has had a life-long habit of betel nut chewing which has blackened her teeth. She's experienced a life before the tourist mania of P&S cameras invaded her territiry, but she's succumbed to the inevitable monetary benefits of the tourist dollar, and agreed to put herself on display wearing a pseudo-traditional garb for the sake of the economic benefits flowing from the tourist visits.
However, I believe her black teeth are genuine, but I could be wrong .
The shot was taken north-west of Chiang Mai in Thailand. It's not as sharp as it should be. I bungled.
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I guess you are on the defensive, with this response .
I was just trying to get some background information. Was your shot of an actress about to go onstage to perform in some Gothic play? Or were you advertising a line of clothes? Or, perhaps, did you just get your model to dress up in whatever was available at the time, and look mysterious?
I wasn't trying to be defensive at all. I was just saying that the image was made to evoke interest in the form you have acknowledged. What? Why? Where? etc. It has no background, and the planning, clothing, facial expression, processing, was meant to be interpreted. The image you created is a different type of image, more documentary than fine art or mysterious, so some explanation is a good thing, or even necessary. The only thing I tried to work with were the themes of displacement, solitary-ness, mystery, perhaps some fear, stillness, isolation, and maybe a little danger. I don't know what else to say.
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Number 3 is gorgeous! Number 2 looks very dull, dark and flat: I suspect it's my monitor, because I can't imagine you'd have posted it if it really looked as bad as it does to me.
Jeremy
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Number 3 is gorgeous! Number 2 looks very dull, dark and flat: I suspect it's my monitor, because I can't imagine you'd have posted it if it really looked as bad as it does to me.
Jeremy
Probably partly your monitor/ color calibration and partly you are not familiar with that light you are seeing. The sun has set behind mountains leaving the clouds with pink and yellow. The red stone gets a bluish purple from the sky. Its quite impressive if you are there.
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Probably partly your monitor/ color calibration and partly you are not familiar with that light you are seeing. The sun has set behind mountains leaving the clouds with pink and yellow. The red stone gets a bluish purple from the sky. Its quite impressive if you are there.
One of the great challenges of photography is in recreating on print or display that impressive and emotional experience that motivated one to take the shot in the first instance. At least, I find it a challenge and often I don't succeed.
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Probably partly your monitor/ color calibration and partly you are not familiar with that light you are seeing. The sun has set behind mountains leaving the clouds with pink and yellow. The red stone gets a bluish purple from the sky. Its quite impressive if you are there.
You're not presenting what it was like when you were there, however. Lots of beautiful sunsets, for example, are not photo quality or photo reproducible because of lighting. #2 looks dull and flat on my monitor too, which is a Phillips 23" graphics LCD hard ware calibrated. But please don't confuse a flat image with a bad image. It's just not popping with contrast is all.
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Thanks for the feedback on that.
The contrast on that shot is very difficult. If you look at the histogram you will see a large spike at each end. The shot was actually quite difficult to get both ends in. The highlights were a razor line off being blown. The trees at the bottom were at the far end. In the raw conversion I used the DRO function maxed out , plus adv. lighting, plus reducing the contrast to get the dark parts of the mountains to show up while not blowing the sky. That is what makes it look a bit flatter. I think it is required to keep the detail. Having dark areas of the mountains close to black looks worse. I think keeping good light in the mountain side while taking the sky away from white is important to the shot.
Please give me some more ideas on a better way to handle that kind of shot.
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Thanks for the feedback on that.
The contrast on that shot is very difficult. If you look at the histogram you will see a large spike at each end. The shot was actually quite difficult to get both ends in. The highlights were a razor line off being blown. The trees at the bottom were at the far end. In the raw conversion I used the DRO function maxed out , plus adv. lighting, plus reducing the contrast to get the dark parts of the mountains to show up while not blowing the sky. That is what makes it look a bit flatter. I think it is required to keep the detail. Having dark areas of the mountains close to black looks worse. I think keeping good light in the mountain side while taking the sky away from white is important to the shot.
Please give me some more ideas on a better way to handle that kind of shot.
Bracket your shots for the highlights, mids, and darks, and then HDR (HIgh Dynamic Range) in some form, composting, blending, etc.
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(http://images.aperturefirst.org/20090416194555_20090410-aiguilles_de_chamonix.jpg) (http://www.aperturefirst.org/index.php?showimage=750)
The Aiguilles de Chamonix, just after sunset, a few days ago.
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shot at too high an ISO by mistake..... a few turned out okay though. 30D @ iso 3200, EF28-132mm
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Some street photography:
Canon EOS 5D + Leica Summicron-R 35mm f/2.0 (E55)
(http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/4583/mg9994kijiw5.jpg)
Canon EOS 5D + Olympus Zuiko 24mm f/2.0
(http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/284/ijoiuham4.jpg)
Canon EOS 5D + Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM (i don't have it larger at the moment)
(http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/4892/img1031lllffjyghhgghkrs9.jpg)
Canon EOS 20D + Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX
(http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/3585/mg689203ijiooioikoijkojbs0.jpg)
Canon EOS 5D + Leica Summicron-R 35mm f/2.0 (E55)
(http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/1716/flickrexposurecz9.jpg)
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Beautiful photograph, Alexandre!
Here are some photographs I took today at the car show at my university's fair.
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs44/f/2009/108/1/2/12356cec314198c3dfd93921006c31d4.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs43/f/2009/108/0/1/018724a8003337d65a01e307bbb2c776.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs42/f/2009/108/d/c/dc9f65bed270a2032f73038f49839ae3.jpg)
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Some new beauty work for my portfolio, just finished this past weekend.
Nikon D300, 105mm VR and Profoto lighting on all three.
(http://modelmayhm-9.vo.llnwd.net/d1/photos/090424/17/49f25c3452293.jpg)
(http://modelmayhm-9.vo.llnwd.net/d1/photos/090424/17/49f25a0bb2524.jpg)
(http://modelmayhm-9.vo.llnwd.net/d1/photos/090424/16/49f24a850c80e.jpg)
Please feel free to critique as desired.
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Some new beauty work for my portfolio, just finished this past weekend.
Nikon D300, 105mm VR and Profoto lighting on all three.
(http://modelmayhm-9.vo.llnwd.net/d1/photos/090424/17/49f25c3452293.jpg)
(http://modelmayhm-9.vo.llnwd.net/d1/photos/090424/17/49f25a0bb2524.jpg)
(http://modelmayhm-9.vo.llnwd.net/d1/photos/090424/16/49f24a850c80e.jpg)
Please feel free to critique as desired.
The shots are hot to death!!! The PP is a bit on the heavy side, and the lighting is a little hot in some areas. Other than that, I really like these--especially the last one.
-PL
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Very nice photographs Mr. Jim Lizard!
-bruce
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Some new beauty work for my portfolio, just finished this past weekend.
Nikon D300, 105mm VR and Profoto lighting on all three.
(http://modelmayhm-9.vo.llnwd.net/d1/photos/090424/17/49f25c3452293.jpg)
(http://modelmayhm-9.vo.llnwd.net/d1/photos/090424/17/49f25a0bb2524.jpg)
(http://modelmayhm-9.vo.llnwd.net/d1/photos/090424/16/49f24a850c80e.jpg)
Please feel free to critique as desired.
These are striking portraits Justin. Thanks for posting!
-bruce
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[attachment=13257:palmdale__1.jpg]It's been a long time since I added to this "discussion", I think back on page 2 or something:)
I finally got around to using the camera last week and took this on my way home from Las Vegas.
Canon 5D 24mm f2.8 prime at about f6.5
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Some new beauty work for my portfolio, just finished this past weekend.
Nikon D300, 105mm VR and Profoto lighting on all three.
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Some street photography:
Canon EOS 5D + Olympus Zuiko 24mm f/2.0
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Leica M8, grab shot.
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Some new beauty work for my portfolio, just finished this past weekend.
Nikon D300, 105mm VR and Profoto lighting on all three.
Please feel free to critique as desired.
Justin,
These are certainly impressive images for a D300. I imagine that many an MFDB owner would be salivating. These images have the MFDB look.
The only slightly nagging criticism I have is, 'are these women real?' I'm pretty sure they are, but they could be plastic models or cartoons for all I know. The skin texture (make-up) is so smooth, one wonders if any skilled cartoonist could create such images from the software that is currently available. I don't pretend to be an expert in such software, but I get the impression that almost anything is possible nowadays.
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smthopr & elitegroup,
Thank you for your kind comments!
David
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Weather is finally getting warm so I went out and took some photos on April 30th for Queen's (birth)Day celebrations in Amsterdam. It gets pretty crazy with up to two million people filling up the already crowded city for the day, with streets and canals overflowing with people. Everybody wears orange, as that's the color of the Royal Dutch Family.
The first shot is a very rickety-looking rubber dinghy - the kids were jumping up and down on it and it looked it would fall apart any second. The second photo gives an idea just how crowded it gets here.
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This was a bit of an experiment - first time I have used an extension tube with the 85mm F1.2L MKII
Canon EOS 1DS MK3 w/ 85mm F1.2L MK II w/ Canon Extension Tube - Studio w/ 2 x Soft Box - PP LR2.3
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shot out of the 60th floor of the hancock tower. Chicago.
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Friend and fellow photographer TONY G. sat in for me as a quick test model for an upcoming concept.
Canon 1Ds MKIII f8 @ 1/160th, processed in DPP then in CS4
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Camped out at Opal Creek last weekend, what an amazing place. I am looking strongly into holding workshops out in this area later this year. This is a 5 shot pano stich for large printing.
(http://www.pbase.com/romansphotos/image/112503395/original.jpg)
Roman
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D700, Nikon 24-70 2.8 @ 70mm, F2.8, 1600, ISO 200.
Raw conversion NX2 with a little highlight and shadow recovery, minor sharpening in ACR. This would probably have been better from a lower angle and a longer f/l but the ground was damp and I wasn't dressed for crawling on mud. Sure looks like a whale tail though. Go easy on me as I have never previously had the nerve to post anything on LL! Looks OK in B&W too.
Oh dear, gave up waiting for the file (<400k jpeg) to upload after about 20 minutes. Tried again after posting text only and all's well. Am I missing something?
Roy
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A Canon G10 grab shot:
(http://homepage.mac.com/sblagojevic/.Public/Gotham.jpg)
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A Canon G10 grab shot:
(http://homepage.mac.com/sblagojevic/.Public/Gotham.jpg)
Beautiful light - stunning.
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Blue whale.
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Made these recently in Denmark with a Nikon D700 with a 24mm, 50mm and 85mm primes:
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Great stuff Egill
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Made these recently in Denmark with a Nikon D700 with a 24mm, 50mm and 85mm primes:
Some great lines!
Mike.
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That's quite a structure, nice shots! Jim
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Taken recently when traveling to Xinjiang, China. Around Lake Sayram and Haixi.
Regards, K
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Here's a shot I took in Vinalhaven, ME.
Rob
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flew in and landed on a glacier while in Alaska,, on the return flight we could see five glaciers merging into one main,, was next to the pilot so I had a great view,,
Derry
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Taken recently when traveling to Xinjiang, China. Around Lake Sayram and Haixi.
Regards, K
The first and the third are lovely. I'm not so keen on the second: unlike the others, it doesn't seem to have a particular point of interest (the cloud formation, the swans).
Jeremy
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Made these recently in Denmark with a Nikon D700 with a 24mm, 50mm and 85mm primes:
They appeal to me. Weird place, though. Where and what is it?
Jeremy
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A snapshot I took while bicycling downtown and weaving through the street, automobiles, and alleyways. 20D, Tokina 12-24 f/4
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Thanks every one!
They appeal to me. Weird place, though. Where and what is it?
Jeremy
The building is a silo converted into an apartment complex finished in 2005. Its located in Islandsbrygge in Copenhagen, here are some stats about the structure if any one is interested :
http://www.arcspace.com/architects/mvrdv/gemini/gemini.html (http://www.arcspace.com/architects/mvrdv/gemini/gemini.html)
And here is a photograph of the thing in the very beginning :
http://img90.exs.cx/img90/3149/j0ufrosilofeb04.jpg (http://img90.exs.cx/img90/3149/j0ufrosilofeb04.jpg)
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from a recent trip, Mt. Khan Tengri, 7,010m, 2nd highest peak in Tian Shan, Xinjiang, China.
Shot with Nikon D3X and AF-S VR 70-200/2.8G IF-ED.
Regards, K
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Camped out at Opal Creek last weekend, what an amazing place. I am looking strongly into holding workshops out in this area later this year. This is a 5 shot pano stich for large printing.
(http://www.pbase.com/romansphotos/image/112503395/original.jpg)
Roman
Can I say that my first impression is that this is a luscious shot of nature and greenery. Unfortunately, there is a disturbing lack of DoF in the foreground. It's fine to get the flowing water blurred as a result of a long exposure, but not the rocks underneath.
You should have used a smaller aperture, say F22, or a TS-E lens. The new Canon TS-E 17mmm, or TS-E 24mm would have been ideal.
7/10, at best. And that's stretching it.
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Can I say that my first impression is that this is a luscious shot of nature and greenery. Unfortunately, there is a disturbing lack of DoF in the foreground. It's fine to get the flowing water blurred as a result of a long exposure, but not the rocks underneath.
Hard to tell from a web sized image but the DoF looks fine to me judging by the fact the lower right corner rocks look to be in focus - maybe the rocks below the fast flowing water look unsharp due to turbulence?
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Hard to tell from a web sized image but the DoF looks fine to me judging by the fact the lower right corner rocks look to be in focus - maybe the rocks below the fast flowing water look unsharp due to turbulence?
I was a bit confused about Ray's comment, as well, for exactly the same reason...
Love the shot, but the background is a bit busy for my tastes.
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Bought a new car took some snaps just after her first wash
(http://www.eastonchang.com/lotus/_MG_1970.jpg)
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5D Mark II, 24-70
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Bought a new car took some snaps just after her first wash
Is it an electric car, though? That's the major consideration nowadays. I consider all petrol (gasoline) driven cars as being as obsolete as the film camera.
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Is it an electric car, though? That's the major consideration nowadays. I consider all petrol (gasoline) driven cars as being as obsolete as the film camera.
No, it's not. Major consideration is whether the photos are good or not. This is a photography forum.
Love the first shot, great colors, and the wet ground adds a nice touch of reality.
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No, it's not. Major consideration is whether the photos are good or not. This is a photography forum.
Love the first shot, great colors, and the wet ground adds a nice touch of reality.
Good photographs tend to have a narrative of sorts. What would you say is the narrative of Easton's shot of the car. "Look at my new car"?
It seems to me that this a shot that mimics regular car advertisements. By those standards, I agree it's quite good.
I just feel a bit uncomfortable about conventional shots that appear to be promoting a technology which is definitely on the nose with regard to climate change. If it was an attempt at an 'art' shot, there would have been no reason for my criticism. "Art' shots tend not to mimic advertisements. All advertisements have a narrative. "Buy me".
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Hard to tell from a web sized image but the DoF looks fine to me judging by the fact the lower right corner rocks look to be in focus - maybe the rocks below the fast flowing water look unsharp due to turbulence?
Maybe you're right. But this is a stiched shot of 5 images. It looks a bit odd to me. Turbulence will of course reduce the sharpness of the rocks underneath, but in the middle of the image at the bottom, the turbulence would appear to be much reduced.
Whatever the reason for the blurred effect, whether I'm right or wrong on the technical issue of the choice of F stop, it doesn't look quite right to have so much blurred or OoF area in the foreground.
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Good photographs tend to have a narrative of sorts. What would you say is the narrative of Easton's shot of the car. "Look at my new car"?
It seems to me that this a shot that mimics regular car advertisements. By those standards, I agree it's quite good.
I just feel a bit uncomfortable about conventional shots that appear to be promoting a technology which is definitely on the nose with regard to climate change. If it was an attempt at an 'art' shot, there would have been no reason for my criticism. "Art' shots tend not to mimic advertisements. All advertisements have a narrative. "Buy me".
My comment was meant point out that pushing your (or anyone's agenda) on (any) non-photographic topic is bad form. We have enough off-topic commentary here already, creating more noise doesn't help - and yes, I'm aware I'm contributing to it right now. There's Coffee Corner here if you want to talk about "climate change" - or better yet, whole different sites dedicated to the subject.
I'm done with this subject.
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Two more from my recent China trip over the north western China, again at Xiata, the panoramic one was 4 captures to stitch the final picture of Mt. Khan Tengri, rises to 7,010m. Nikon D3X with AF-S VR 70-200/2.8G IF-ED.
Regards K
Some more image continue to post on my travel journal http://cruising-xinjiang.blogspot.com/ (http://cruising-xinjiang.blogspot.com/)
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Hi,
One of my recent panos from the Dolomites...
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My comment was meant point out that pushing your (or anyone's agenda) on (any) non-photographic topic is bad form. We have enough off-topic commentary here already, creating more noise doesn't help - and yes, I'm aware I'm contributing to it right now. There's Coffee Corner here if you want to talk about "climate change" - or better yet, whole different sites dedicated to the subject.
I'm done with this subject.
Feppe is absolutely correct, so please refrain.
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A few from recent lifestyle-shoots.. Im actually starting to like digital since Ive realized that colour-correction is totally different from scanned negatives..
Nikon D3 with 35mm/2 or an old m42- takumar 55mm/1.8 with adapter. I love the bokeh from that one
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Bought a new car took some snaps just after her first wash
(http://www.eastonchang.com/lotus/_MG_1970.jpg)
(http://www.eastonchang.com/lotus/_MG_1959.jpg)
(http://www.eastonchang.com/lotus/_MG_1942.jpg)
5D Mark II, 24-70
More pretty than most girls we see! As long a she´s not as bio-degradable as most British cars were... oh, still glass fibre, isn´t she?
Had a Fiat X1/9 for a couple of years until the weights on the alloys corroded them via cathodic rape. Faced with buying four new wheels I decided to ditch the lot, particularly as Fiat had been aware of the problem and was replacing, but the dealer didn´t tell me until after it was too late...
The Fiat had the best targa solution of any. And you could drive in the Scottish winter with it off and not get a draught that would kill you. I´m here to prove it, I think. And you really could get a lot of stuff in the forward boot/trunk, though the little space at the back cooked lunch for you.
Unfortunately, the 1300cc model which was all that was available at the time of purchase allowed the ice-cream float to pass it.
Rob C
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Had a great vacation at the Biltmore in NC this past week... was able to take the camera out for some shooting. All with 5d2 and 24-105 L.
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witzke-studio.com
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My concentrated niece.
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My concentrated niece.
Do you have a diluted niece as well?
Sorry, couldn't resist. She is definitely deep in thought!
Mike.
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Had a great vacation at the Biltmore in NC this past week... was able to take the camera out for some shooting. All with 5d2 and 24-105 L.
The sunflowers remind me of something from the Luberon in France. Probably my favourite overall, although the Echinacea is well done too. I like the water lilies but I'd probably darken the surface of the water some to accentuate the flowers.
Mike.
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Do you have a diluted niece as well?
Mike.
Careful Mike, this mental attitude is catching.
Once you see life like that it´s almost impossible to get back to what the rest of humanity calls normality. It can hit you at funerals, standing in line in the bank or, worse, at the most inopportune romantic moments. You have been warned: you tread there at your risk.
Rob C
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Blue whale.
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Blue water, grey whale ?
jk
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Made these recently in Denmark with a Nikon D700 with a 24mm, 50mm and 85mm primes:
Very nice work Egill
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Taken recently when traveling to Xinjiang, China. Around Lake Sayram and Haixi.
Regards, K
Wow, very nice! Its funny how some images are so powerful, even when there is no detection of the quality or lack of in the processing or equip used. These are nice examples to say the least.
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(http://images.aperturefirst.org/20090416194555_20090410-aiguilles_de_chamonix.jpg) (http://www.aperturefirst.org/index.php?showimage=750)
The Aiguilles de Chamonix, just after sunset, a few days ago.
wonderful image...If I may ask...Did you resize the moon?
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Recent San Francisco
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More San Fran
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Recent work. Shot on location at dusk.
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Recent work. Shot on location at dusk.
Why am I thinking Clive Arrowsmith and 1990/1991 Pirelli Calendars?
Rob C
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Blue water, grey whale ?
jk
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Hehe, blue whales are indeed more of a slate grey, with just a hint of blue. I believe they actually get their name from the Caribbean Blue that water takes on when the whales are just below the surface.
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Sailors also called blue whales "sulphur-bottoms" from the coloring of diatoms which would attach themselves to the whales.
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Waterfall - Central Park, NYC
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3111/3664368970_b4ebbb9565.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeremypayne/3664368970/sizes/m/in/set-72157620474588143/)
Morning Fog - Northwest CT
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2644/3688010357_933c51d46b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeremypayne/3688010357/sizes/m/in/set-72157620366522313/)
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I really like this last one with the rays, the trees...
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From the U.C. Davis Arboretum........
(http://richowens.smugmug.com/photos/587597348_UxEkv-L.jpg)
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love this one!
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I like this.
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Back from a week at Atlantic City Beach, NJ. Here's a two-pan-stitch from my 40D using EFs-17-55. (You should see the print).
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I was up early today ... it was a real nice sunrise on the Mass / CT border ...
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2554/3712391831_6608cd10b3_o.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeremypayne/3712391831/sizes/o)
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2557/3712538781_e52a325126_o.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeremypayne/3712538781/sizes/o/)
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Hello,
Shot this the other day just down the road from my home.
Stats:
Nikon D3X
Nikon 24-85mm lens (48mm)
F8.0, 200th Sec, 100ISO
Processed in CS4
Cheers
Simon
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Hello,
Shot this the other day just down the road from my home.
I wish I lived somewhere as photogenic!
It conveys the vastness of the landscape well, but my eye is drawn immediately and repeatedly to the two posts, one black and one white, sticking out of the water. For me, that spoils the effect. At the risk of incurring Russ's wrath, I'd suggest you clone them out.
Jeremy
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I was up early today ... it was a real nice sunrise on the Mass / CT border ...
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2557/3712538781_e52a325126_o.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeremypayne/3712538781/sizes/o/)
I love the second one. I hope there's a bit more detail in the white water than can be seen in the jpeg (that's the criticism that was justifiably made of one of my efforts ("Flow" in the user critiques forum) recently).
Jeremy
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Recent work. Shot on location at dusk.
Nice work. I like all of the work on this page, from the San Francisco shots all the way down. Very nice gals and gals.
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Some new beauty work for my portfolio, just finished this past weekend.
Nikon D300, 105mm VR and Profoto lighting on all three.
(http://modelmayhm-9.vo.llnwd.net/d1/photos/090424/17/49f25c3452293.jpg)
(http://modelmayhm-9.vo.llnwd.net/d1/photos/090424/17/49f25a0bb2524.jpg)
(http://modelmayhm-9.vo.llnwd.net/d1/photos/090424/16/49f24a850c80e.jpg)
Please feel free to critique as desired.
As a former, and still occasional, beauty shooter I love the second one, the first is no good. I assume these are personal pieces for your book. I would remove the first frame, keep the second. Here is why: Personal work is supposed to show your vision, is supposed to be free of all constraints imposed on you by a client, and thus should be original. The first shot looks like any other beauty shot for advertising a non-beauty product like cigarettes or beer. That should not be the first association that comes to mind when a CD or AD looks at your book. The second shot is interesting, the model is very good, MUA is good, looks like it was part of a fashion editorial, not a Kool Colt 45 ad. Its a little edgy, a little high fashion, a little Pris from Blade Runner. These are all good things. Just tone down the skin a bit, or a lot. People want to see real skin. Only Surface mag and and that long ad Digital Photo Pro like over retouched, fake skin. People want to see texture, real texture. This does not mean pimples and scars. You get the idea.
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Window cleaners prepare a newly completed building for opening. You can just make out the reflection of the Pearl Tower. Taken this morning while scouting locations for next Wednesday's solar eclipse here in Shanghai.
300mm f4 lens on the Canon 5DII.
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Window cleaners prepare a newly completed building for opening. You can just make out the reflection of the Pearl Tower. Taken this morning while scouting locations for next Wednesday's solar eclipse here in Shanghai.
300mm f4 lens on the Canon 5DII.
And you figured that YOU had a dangerous job?
Rob C
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Did some fun work with a G4 ...
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3423/3729875126_34ba7182cd_o.jpg)
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Undusting the D3 for some handheld street shooting.
Cheers,
Bernard
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Dawn then Darkness (http://www.vimeo.com/5741528)
Time-lapse of last Wednesday's solar eclipse in Shanghai. Unfortunately the weatherman didn't get the memo for clear skies. Shot with a 1DsIII, 5DII and 40D.
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Recent portrait of a friend made with a Nikon D700 and a 85mm prime.
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Dawn then Darkness (http://www.vimeo.com/5741528)
Time-lapse of last Wednesday's solar eclipse in Shanghai. Unfortunately the weatherman didn't get the memo for clear skies. Shot with a 1DsIII, 5DII and 40D.
Very well done!
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My first real car shoot. I'm doing a reshoot next week. It will include under carriage, interior, and custom items. Wish me luck. If the photos are used in the submitted magazine, I might get a VIP pass to SEMA in Vegas this year!!! This truck was shown in SEMA 2008. I did this with a single 580EX with no composting. The reshoot will be done with three 580EX MKIIs for better coverage.
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nice work with just one 580. just finished reading McNally's book, I have a feeling he would like that one
here is something from a side trip to Edinburgh recently. 5 shot pano from a 5D MkI.
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3478/3730468737_ab79d41db4_o.jpg)
Undusting the D3 for some handheld street shooting.
Cheers,
Bernard
I really like this shot.
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My first real car shoot. I'm doing a reshoot next week. It will include under carriage, interior, and custom items. Wish me luck. If the photos are used in the submitted magazine, I might get a VIP pass to SEMA in Vegas this year!!! This truck was shown in SEMA 2008. I did this with a single 580EX with no composting. The reshoot will be done with three 580EX MKIIs for better coverage.
Very cool shot and car!
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Undusting the D3 for some handheld street shooting.
Cheers,
Bernard[/quote]
yes, that is a very nice image...Strong and dynamic composition, great example of positive strong saturations.
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Recent portrait of a friend made with a Nikon D700 and a 85mm prime.
I like the strength of the front/first image. His mouth epression looks a touch "posed", but I am not gonna tell him that, he looks like he can hurt me. :-)
I like your down light cast of darkness
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2587/3767363617_f2f114b767_b.jpg)
this was a shoot i did last week of this couple of models that just got married. its a whole series of ten shots. You can see the rest at calebcondit.com
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Found this is my neglected landscape folder.
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nice work with just one 580. just finished reading McNally's book, I have a feeling he would like that one
here is something from a side trip to Edinburgh recently. 5 shot pano from a 5D MkI.
(http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs141.snc1/5215_667522607991_81004014_40116426_6724065_n.jpg)
Larger Version (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bcK3v1YmbSc/SlOLcF6-5cI/AAAAAAAAAhA/ikeVBeEvBZU/s1600-h/mme-3418-Edit.jpg)
How far down is that grassy little knoll below where you're sitting? Interesting shot and you got lucky with the cloud structure. I love when that happens.
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Impromptu car shot:
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How far down is that grassy little knoll below where you're sitting? Interesting shot and you got lucky with the cloud structure. I love when that happens.
Definitely got lucky with the clouds. I climbed from sea level up the 250m, I would say the grassy patch is about halfway (125m). Met the guy in to picutre up there and shot with his 5D. He was busy using an old Mamiya 4x5
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Hand Held at ISO 1600, Canon 1DS MKIII.
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Hello,
Shot today on a Sunday drive.
Stats:
Nikon D3X
Nikon AF 24-85mm F3.5-4.5 G Lens
F5.6, 800th Sec, 800 ISO
Processed in Adobe CS4
Cheers
Simon
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Hello,
Another image from Sunday.
Stats:
Nikon D3X
Nikon AF 24-85mm@40mm lens
F8.0, 400th Sec, ISO 400.
Processed in Adobe CS4
Cheers
Simon
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Very nice!
Mike.
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Hello,
Shot today on a Sunday drive.
Stats:
Nikon D3X
Nikon AF 24-85mm F3.5-4.5 G Lens
F5.6, 800th Sec, 800 ISO
Processed in Adobe CS4
Cheers
Simon
beautiful, it wouod be even better if there is no such line in lower right hand side of the image. But a beautiful image anyway.
Regards, K
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A cattleman watches over the herd. Taken yesterday whilst on a trip through Inner Mongolia.
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Definitely got lucky with the clouds. I climbed from sea level up the 250m, I would say the grassy patch is about halfway (125m). Met the guy in to picutre up there and shot with his 5D. He was busy using an old Mamiya 4x5
Did you make it to the top of Arthur's Seat? I've walked up there a few times (live in Edinburgh) and really wouldn't want to try to carry a 4x5 up there. Credit to the guy. Nice sky as well, Edinburgh for whatever reason, maybe because it's on the coast, always has really funky skies in the summer/autumn.
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I'm not really much of a landscape photographer but took this in February of this year in Taiwan. The weather in Feb was absolutely stunning, around 20-25C in the North and 30+ in the South. This waterfall called Neidong, was taken in Wulai, about an hour's travel from the centre of Taipei.
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Very Beautiful Hans!
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To Hans Feurer add Hans de Kort
Love long lenses - they can make things so beautiful, especially in colour.
Rob C
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To Hans Feurer add Hans de Kort
Love long lenses - they can make things so beautiful, especially in colour.
Rob C
and Eddy Kohli
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These were shot with 580EX IIs, and one reflector--or not, just a bare flash. It's a challenge for sure. I live in the US and was in Romania, so I couldn't take hardly any equipment. Romanian beauty:
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A recent shot made with Leica M9 and Summilux-M 50/1.4, captured in raw, processed with Capture One Pro 4.8.3. Tethered not working between M9 and the C1Pro 4.8.3, I shot on SD card and dveloped later, would be nice a tethered software available soon for studio use. But, for what it is, street is its home! It is a 18mpx camera, but the overall sharpness and resolution is in my point of view, similar to M8, although a bigger picture, this is subjective opinion though. I tested it with and without IF filter, not much differnece found, this is for sure a better profirmance over M8.
Regards, K
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and Eddy Kohli
Jesus! Is he still alive?
Yes, I remember - wasn't his wife a make-up artist, or was he one himself, too? I think he was into mirror lenses, though, and a lot of grain, which having tried Kodachrome 64 with the 500 mirror doesn't surprise me! Fine grain wasn't easy to get if you also wanted sharp with f8 and a 250th or slower...
Now, digital and flexible ISO is something else.
Those were the days, and I'm happy that for you they still are!
Rob C
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Hans de Kort
I see you are based in Amsterdam. I remembered that I had worked there once, so looked up the old job book. There it is: 23-30 June, 1972, Apollo Hotel, Amsterdam. Shoot for IWS and UK Vogue. One of the people I met there was Theis Debecker (spelling?) who was in public relations in Amsterdam. Did you know him? Is he still working or a retired millionaire? As for Amsterdam - I never saw as much rain outwith India!
Best wishes
Rob C
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Taken on a recent trip down to Dameisha Beach which is about 20mins drive north of Shenzhen.
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Taken on a recent trip down to Dameisha Beach which is about 20mins drive north of Shenzhen.
These are interesting shots.
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Land of the rising sun waking up, last week.
A900 + CZ 24-70. f9, ISO 400, hand held with in body IS.
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And one from Bogatá, Colombia with a Nikon D700 and 24-70G.
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Three from my recent trip to Oregon:
(http://www.bobtowery.com/audi/yachats.jpg)
(http://www.bobtowery.com/audi/bridge.jpg)
(http://www.bobtowery.com/audi/fallcolor.jpg)
Bob Towery
http://bobtowery.typepad.com (http://bobtowery.typepad.com)
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Excellent. I really think the seascape and meadow are wonderful. Bridge just isn't my thing, but does not detract from you talent.
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(http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/9141/10h9935.jpg)
First photograph with my new, used camera. It is my third camera ever, and second DSLR. I am so excited to test it out. So far, it seems to have great high iso performance, amazing resolution, and very accurate color and great dynamic range. I hadn't realized sensor technology had advanced this much!
Time to retire the old 20D. Onto the 1Ds Mark III
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Been so long since i've visited luminous-landscape, I sold off my ZD and have been using the 5D2 exclusively during the economic crisis.
It's interesting how when you're more focused in photography, you forget to look at or talk about the tools. Hence my absence
Earlier this year I went to Japan for a holiday, carried the 5D2 and 24-70 with me and shot hand held throughout the trip. You gotta love clean high ISO's!
They're all a bit overdone because my style is from a car photography background, which is more highly stylized. It was still great fun shooting non-automotive though and not having an art director behind your shoulder!
(http://www.eastonchang.com/japan/japan_lost_united.jpg)
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Hi Folks:
After 3 + years of hanging my hat in Kelowna, I've had 3 weeks or so to wander around Victoria. Last weekend Marcia and I wandered along the ocean for a bit, and while I didn't do any serious work, I did manage to come up with some images that were pretty good...
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Mike.
More here:
Our Flickr Site (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfnowl)
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Very nice, Mike. I especially like the ones with small, polished stones. When I am at a beach like that, I feel very much like your "intrepid explorers".
Eric
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Thanks!
Mike.
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I've just started trying out the new LR3 Beta. The raw engine seems to be improved a bit over the current ACR version.
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Very nice shots Easton. I especially like the one of the man on the horse.
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Installation Photography part 1 - 24 hours later after infection
London has been infected by a fatal virus which has the ability to reanimate human. UK government is trying their very best to cover any info related to this disaster. Can Londoners escape from their own deadly fate?
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To be continue. The next theme will be 7 days later. :handshake
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The first shot with 24-105L and the rest all with 135L, all on 1DsIII
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All 1DsIII + 24-70L
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1DsIII + 24-70L
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1DsIII + 70-200 f2.8IS
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1DsIII + 24-70L
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1DsIII + 24-105L
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1DsIII + 24-70L
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I realize that the title says "post your 35mm works" but I guess it didn't dawn on me it meant ALL your 35mm work!!
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I realize that the title says "post your 35mm works" but I guess it didn't dawn on me it meant ALL your 35mm work!!
Those are not many works, i have much more than those, just i posted samples, also all by 1DsIII which is 35mm digital, still i didn't post more from it and also my other 35mm digital [5D & 1DsII].
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Those are not many works, i have much more than those, just i posted samples, also all by 1DsIII which is 35mm digital, still i didn't post more from it and also my other 35mm digital [5D & 1DsII].
The HDR ones look very fake, not my cup of tea.
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The HDR ones look very fake, not my cup of tea.
I don't care, there are 50% who don't like it, there are another 50% who love it including me, and i can do it natural but then no need for HDR, in the shot was good enough with exposure SOOC, so no need for HDR with some editing by Photoshop or lightroom, but i did HDR for that fake effect intentionally.
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In fact i forgot to say that all shots above are HDR except the shots of people and the last shot of the wheel reflection.
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Some of my recent work. I just transitioned back to 35mm from 6x4.5 camera and digital backs.
Sony A900
Sony 135 f1.8 Carl Zeiss
Sony 24-70 f2.8 Carl Zeiss
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Hard to go back to MF after seeing these!
More on my blog: http://plovephotography.com/wp/ (http://plovephotography.com/wp/)
Patrick
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I don't care, there are 50% who don't like it, there are another 50% who love it including me, and i can do it natural but then no need for HDR, in the shot was good enough with exposure SOOC, so no need for HDR with some editing by Photoshop or lightroom, but i did HDR for that fake effect intentionally.
who said you need to care.
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Some of my recent work. I just transitioned back to 35mm from 6x4.5 camera and digital backs.
Sony A900
Sony 135 f1.8 Carl Zeiss
Sony 24-70 f2.8 Carl Zeiss
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Shot at the top of Berek Mountain, Sendafa, Ethiopia. Elevation 3184m(asl).
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Hi all,
from a recent shoot, all with the canon 1ds3.
See the whole story here: http://vimeo.com/7701467 (http://vimeo.com/7701467)
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cheers,
martin
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"Achrisproduction" really like the feel of those shots.
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I had never done a pano inside before ...
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I had never done a pano inside before ...
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Very nice.
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A photograph I took recently, testing out my new Helios 44-2 58mm f/2.0 (zeiss biotar copy)
It is not a "perfect" lens at all but it has a really unique, interesting character to the bokeh.
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Some of my recent work. I just transitioned back to 35mm from 6x4.5 camera and digital backs.
Sony A900
Sony 135 f1.8 Carl Zeiss
Sony 24-70 f2.8 Carl Zeiss
Patrick
Bliss...simply beautiful Patrick! I love the "authiticity" more than anything. Thats what makes you believe the time and everything styled on the button.
Bravo!
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Been so long since i've visited luminous-landscape, I sold off my ZD and have been using the 5D2 exclusively during the economic crisis.
It's interesting how when you're more focused in photography, you forget to look at or talk about the tools. Hence my absence
Earlier this year I went to Japan for a holiday, carried the 5D2 and 24-70 with me and shot hand held throughout the trip. You gotta love clean high ISO's!
They're all a bit overdone because my style is from a car photography background, which is more highly stylized. It was still great fun shooting non-automotive though and not having an art director behind your shoulder!
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I have seen you car photos, and they are just super!
These are also a nice refreshing angle to see of your vision. nice!
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The first shot with 24-105L and the rest all with 135L, all on 1DsIII
These street observations are more your strong side from what you post here
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Hans....these street fashions are SUPER!!
I think the lighting and the outfit give the viewer that sense of hope, as the sun just came out on a rather chilly day. Bravo!
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Land of the rising sun waking up, last week.
A900 + CZ 24-70. f9, ISO 400, hand held with in body IS.
these look very nice, but a little bottom heavy on the crop
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Three from my recent trip to Oregon:
Bob Towery
Really good stuff...nice
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I just started on a new project, I'm still not sure where I'm going with this, but here are 9 pics from the first 2 walks. Let me know what you think...
Nikon D700 with 50mm 1.4D and 24mm 2.8D. Most Images are at f5.6.
(http://www.egillbjarki.com/01.jpg)
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I just started on a new project, I'm still not sure where I'm going with this, but here are 9 pics from the first 2 walks. Let me know what you think...
Nikon D700 with 50mm 1.4D and 24mm 2.8D. Most Images are at f5.6.
I like a lot, but that last one is not consistent with the set.
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Detail of 60 Hudson Street in New York City. Canon 450D, Canon 85mm f/1.8, handheld stitched four shots.
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I just started on a new project, I'm still not sure where I'm going with this, but here are 9 pics from the first 2 walks. Let me know what you think...
I'd be careful, if I were you; you might get arrested or, at the very least, have a dog set about you...
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Rob C
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I'd be careful, if I were you; you might get arrested or, at the very least, have a dog set about you...
;-)
Rob C
Not in a sensible country you won't.
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I was recently vacationing in Mexico, Riviera Maya, Mandarin Oriental, staying in one of the 5 beach front villas, I had a nice view!
And one from Punta Mita Mexico, the Four Seasons, I just loved this golf course and this one particular hole, it looked even nicer at high-tide
And one from Lake Lucerne, Castle Chillon
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I just started on a new project, I'm still not sure where I'm going with this, but here are 9 pics from the first 2 walks. Let me know what you think...
I would like to see these printed large. They have a great brooding feel about them.
And I agree with Chex, that the last one doesn't belong. "One of these things is not like the others; one of these ..." (Sorry, I must have watched too much Sesame Street with my kids when they were young.)
Carl
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Thanks every one for the reply. There always comes something good out of discussions, I agree with the last photo in the series. How ever I like it so much, I think it has such a nice feel about it, so I found a solution! It's in the series with out being in the series :
http://www.egillbjarki.com (http://www.egillbjarki.com)
Don't make fun of my graphic design skills
Again, thanks!
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one from today:
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Some more b/w + sepia photographs
Sometimes I feel like I should just shoot film instead, because that's the look I am after, haha.
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Some more b/w + sepia photographs
Sometimes I feel like I should just shoot film instead, because that's the look I am after, haha.
great shots. really enjoy the first.
On top of Mount Entoto, Addis Ababa
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5-Shot Pano looking down on Addis during a rare dry season rain storm
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Some recents:
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This was taken this afternoon at 4:15pm from the Park Hyatt on the 91st floor of the World Finance Centre in Shanghai during a partial solar eclipse. Canon 7D.
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Well, I hope these glimses of transvestites' boob jobs have not put anyone off this thread. We get a few nudes in the MFDB section, ya know!
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SHE is NOT transvestite, she may be transgendered. Transvestite is a male who simply dresses up in women's clothing to get aroused. Transgendered people are those born with the wrong sex organs for their gender, gender being their identity and thereby their need to change their sexual charecteristics. If it gets you off to take such pictures than I would question your sexual orientation.
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one from today:
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Very nice. Love it!
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A photograph I took recently, testing out my new Helios 44-2 58mm f/2.0 (zeiss biotar copy)
It is not a "perfect" lens at all but it has a really unique, interesting character to the bokeh.
Heck, I love the bokeh! Good luck with that lens, you should do well with it.
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Very nice. Love it!
Thanks John!
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Little 'Attempt to understand space' experiment, taken today:
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Heck, I love the bokeh! Good luck with that lens, you should do well with it.
Thank you, JohnBrew
Recently, I've been experimenting more with my SMC Pentax-m 50mm f/1.7 with a vaseline uv filter sandwich (but spread around the edges, leaving the center still sharp, giving more flare and more "glow" to the highlights)
It's so fun to experiment with these older lenses, and thats what photography is about.. fun!
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From Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) Central Park.
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I just know I'm so, so cute.
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Please accept this bunch of flowers.
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(Nepal, November 2006)
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My first 'spring' in Victoria, but flowers in February I might be able to get used to...
Mike.
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Thanksgiving, great grandmother and grandson.
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Thanks every one for the reply. There always comes something good out of discussions, I agree with the last photo in the series. How ever I like it so much, I think it has such a nice feel about it, so I found a solution! It's in the series with out being in the series :
http://www.egillbjarki.com (http://www.egillbjarki.com)
Don't make fun of my graphic design skills
Again, thanks!
I think it works in the series because it is different. Its a little dissonance that breaks up the one point perspective of the other frames but is clearly in the same style as the other shots.
I saw in your cite the 911 Eagle mural on Court Street in Carroll Gardens. I lived there for 15 years and still have a condo above Fairway in Red Hook. I always meant to shoot that mural properly myself!
T
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Taken last summer
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Felipe
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Field Assignment in the Southern Nations of Ethiopia
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Two images... First from South Omo, Ethiopia. We (Agri Service Ethiopia) opened a new Program Office there.
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Also, because people love these kinds of door shots.... the outside of a program staff's residence (i'm pretty sure it will be getting made better)
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And then from last week, where a community was self mobilizing to create terracing for agricultural developments on a hillside
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Dergue regime grain silos. Left over from the resettlement programs that they instituted
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Just one from this Saturday tromping around Smith Rock SP here in Oregon.
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Roman
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Hmm. I'm not even slightly jealous. Really I'm not. Not a bit ... OK, I am. Wonderful light.
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Hmm. I'm not even slightly jealous. Really I'm not. Not a bit ... OK, I am. Wonderful light.
LOL...thanks. Would love to take the credit...but I didn't make the light...was just lucky enough to be there when it happened.....
Roman
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Nice shot - was there (climbing, not shooting) Sat. as well.
I hope you don't limit yourself to the easy-picking rimrock shots - there's a whole lot more to explore there! Although it does look like you were there at dawn, so I guess that counts for something.
I walked that entire section of the park till about 1:00 in the afternoon...so nope. Just was there at the right light....and took the shot. Not gonna turn it down just because it was easy....lol.
I have been up Misery Ridge...
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Back to the bend near Morning Glory Wall...
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Even back around the north bend before you get to Student Wall...
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It's one of my favorite stops in Central Oregon. I have family in Madras, and Redmond, and my wife grew up in the area. She was taught the names of the mountains before she could write her own name....lol.
My favorite part though is the geese that fly around all morning waking the entire park up......and I even get there somtimes before that happens....
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Roman
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I just started on a new project, I'm still not sure where I'm going with this, but here are 9 pics from the first 2 walks. Let me know what you think...
Nikon D700 with 50mm 1.4D and 24mm 2.8D. Most Images are at f5.6.
(http://www.egillbjarki.com/01.jpg)
(http://www.egillbjarki.com/02.jpg)
(http://www.egillbjarki.com/03.jpg)
(http://www.egillbjarki.com/04.jpg)
(http://www.egillbjarki.com/05.jpg)
(http://www.egillbjarki.com/06.jpg)
(http://www.egillbjarki.com/07.jpg)
(http://www.egillbjarki.com/08.jpg)
(http://www.egillbjarki.com/10.jpg)
Really love this work. Definite potential for householders to get confrontational, ever had any problems?
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A few recent works. I've been working on unfussy composition and simplification of my images recently.
Canon 350D, Tamron 17-50mm f2.8 or Canon 70-200mm f/4 L
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A few recent works. I've been working on unfussy composition and simplification of my images recently.
Canon 350D, Tamron 17-50mm f2.8 or Canon 70-200mm f/4 L
I like what you are doing with these. My favorite is the last one, abstract but recognizable (stripped to the essentials). I also like numbers 1 and 4 very much, but the others seems still to contain a bit of "clutter" that doesn't seem to add to the overall impact of the image.
Nice work!
Eric
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/hxpham/4482922962/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hxpham/4482922962/)
An interesting little nook I found at my school that I saw while waiting for class. I decided to revisit it today with my camera.
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I think it works in the series because it is different. Its a little dissonance that breaks up the one point perspective of the other frames but is clearly in the same style as the other shots.
I saw in your cite the 911 Eagle mural on Court Street in Carroll Gardens. I lived there for 15 years and still have a condo above Fairway in Red Hook. I always meant to shoot that mural properly myself!
T
Thank you, I really can't get my self to cut that photo from the series, it's one of my personal fav's.
I was visiting people in my family who live in Brooklyn, I asked them to show me around and they took me on a tour that included the 911 eagle mural. This was my first time in NY, in USA for that matter, such a interesting trip, I'd love to live there some day.
Really love this work. Definite potential for householders to get confrontational, ever had any problems?
Ha ha ha ha, well I did not run into any trouble. When people walked by or looked at me I greeted them very calmly so that people got the sense that I was relaxed and thought what I was doing something absolutely normal. I have plans to build more on the series, hopefully I will not run into any trouble in the future!
Here are some new photos I recently posted on my page, I am interested to know what people think.
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(http://www.egillbjarki.com/photos/greek/_DSC1132.jpg)
(http://www.egillbjarki.com/photos/greek/_DSC1214.jpg)
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A B&W of a windswept oak on Dartmoor
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Sun through a double glass window in the morning !
Thierry
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thought I would play, never loaded here, I am a nature person by choice, but try to through in something else now and again to see what comes out
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I just started on a new project, I'm still not sure where I'm going with this, but here are 9 pics from the first 2 walks. Let me know what you think...
Nikon D700 with 50mm 1.4D and 24mm 2.8D. Most Images are at f5.6.
(http://www.egillbjarki.com/01.jpg)
(http://www.egillbjarki.com/02.jpg)
(http://www.egillbjarki.com/03.jpg)
(http://www.egillbjarki.com/04.jpg)
(http://www.egillbjarki.com/05.jpg)
(http://www.egillbjarki.com/06.jpg)
(http://www.egillbjarki.com/07.jpg)
(http://www.egillbjarki.com/08.jpg)
(http://www.egillbjarki.com/10.jpg)
Great and refreshing!