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Equipment & Techniques => Cameras, Lenses and Shooting gear => Topic started by: James R Russell on May 31, 2009, 02:00:51 pm
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Since this section is the one of the few on this forum that doesn't have restrictions, bring on your best, recent/non recent, or experimental work.
(Try to keep cat pictures, camera comparisons and sales messages to a minimum).
So let's see those Holgas, 5d's, 8x10 Deardorffs, glass plates, Hasselblads, Reds, High Def or Low def video, or Terry Richardson point and shoots and show something interesting.
No cops, no rules, no negativity.
I'll start it off
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1ds3, 400 iso I think F2 something, available light with flex fill.
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1ds 3, 800 iso, 1/2oth of a second F 2 point something, room light and one bounce 1k tungsten Frensel.
JR
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James, I think this is a great idea! Perhaps it's worthy of it's own category. Michael, what do you think? Here's a couple of recent images, the cars are for a poster I'm producing (still a work in progress) and the building I shot Thursday. Jim
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5D f/10 or so
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Not that I'm feeling ignored but just getting tired of the "format matters" forums.
I've been shooting for coming up on 30 years. I don't need a pat on the back, I just wanted to show others some of my simple yet meaningful images, that are also professional (meaning I got paid for them and they are not a test or sitting on my wall in my office, not directed at your initial post James).
Here they are
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They were for British Telecom series on testimonials. They were reproduced as 48 and 96 sheet billboards (2:1, 4:1).
James, love what you are doing with available light, looks great.
Jim, who was the client for the car shot you posted? I used to have a Galaxie 500 but mine was a '64.
thanks for starting a new thread
r
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rc, I like those images alot! Being a car guy I'd have kept the white car a little darker but that's of little matter, nice work. The poster is something I'm producing in hopes of selling to the sizeable summer cruise market here in the Detroit area. The center car is a 61 Galaxie Starliner which when I find the time to image I'll post some details I shot of it. By the way, the Oceans Apart work is beautiful. I'm very familiar with the Salton Sea having shot a number of projects in that area. Did you ever stay at the Casa del Zorro in Berrago Springs? Jim
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How about some Japanese landscape for a change?
Cheers,
Bernard
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rc, I like those images alot! Being a car guy I'd have kept the white car a little darker but that's of little matter, nice work. The poster is something I'm producing in hopes of selling to the sizeable summer cruise market here in the Detroit area. The center car is a 61 Galaxie Starliner which when I find the time to image I'll post some details I shot of it. By the way, the Oceans Apart work is beautiful. I'm very familiar with the Salton Sea having shot a number of projects in that area. Did you ever stay at the Casa del Zorro in Berrago Springs? Jim
Hey Jim
Does that Galaxie really have a SOHC in it? Really?
I used to stay in ElCentro (No Country for Old Men country). I usually go for the dive places more than anything. I did my time in Salton, covering off most angles I could think of. I still have one up my sleeve that could be really interesting but I need to get back this winter to shoot it.
Whats Casa del Zorro like?
r
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250 megapixel panorama from D3x/Zeiss ZF100mm f2.0, shot 10 days ago in the Japanese Northern Alps after a 10 hours, 5000 feet vertical trek that left me with just enough energy left to assemble my pano head take a few shots and go to bed.
Cheers,
Bernard
I dig what everyone has shown so far
I also like that Berard and RC and Jim gave a small back story
This is a good place to talk/show photography without the pixel comparisons or brand agenda, just a place where we can show images we like, or at least like at the moment.
It will probably take a while for it to build momentum as old habits are hard to break, but regardless it can be a free zone for photography.
thanks everyone
JR
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Since this section is the one of the few on this forum that doesn't have restrictions, bring on your best, recent/non recent, or experimental work.
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1ds3, 400 iso I think F2 something, available light with flex fill.
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1ds 3, 800 iso, 1/2oth of a second F 2 point something, room light and one bounce 1k tungsten Frensel.
Thanks for adding the camera and lighting stuff. For me it's not about "JR used Canikon" or whatever. It's, OK he's shooting high ISO, widish aperture, and slow shutter, not complex lighting, and it's working pretty well. Food for thought.
Wollom
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James
thank you for putting this thread up, I've been keeping out of the MF one as well I shoot mosltly DSLR
so to keep it fun and easy on the eyes, here's 3 images from a look book for swimwear client.
1Ds3 with 50f1.2
profoto acute
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5D f/10 or so
Nice Shot Klane, Was that ring flash for fill?
Like the contrast of her nice white skin and hair.
Snook
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James
thank you for putting this thread up, I've been keeping out of the MF one as well I shoot mosltly DSLR
so to keep it fun and easy on the eyes, here's 3 images from a look book for swimwear client.
1Ds3 with 50f1.2
profoto acute
am
Very Nice!!
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Hey Jim
Does that Galaxie really have a SOHC in it? Really?
I used to stay in ElCentro (No Country for Old Men country). I usually go for the dive places more than anything. I did my time in Salton, covering off most angles I could think of. I still have one up my sleeve that could be really interesting but I need to get back this winter to shoot it.
Whats Casa del Zorro like?
r
The car is a legendary street racer from the 60's (as are the other two) and yes, it has a SOHC. The vehicles came to me after an exhibit at the Automotive Hall of Fame (next to the Henry Ford Museum), the owners and I are producing the piece. Something to keep my mind off the local bankrupties! I've been to El Centro and my story about that place is that it's about 15 miles from Brawley (the closest neighboring town) and no one in El Centro I asked had ever been to Brawley, pretty weird! Anyways, if you go to the Casa del Zorro stay in the grand piano suite and have dinner at their restaurant but don't forget your dinner jacket, no jacket, no service! Of course, you can always eat at the bar. I miss those extended location shoots, I got to see so much of the country. Attached is something I shot of the Salton Sea when I was still an assistant (1978) with Kodachrome. Jim
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Some 5D MKII shots.
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Canons, Broncolor and ambient light.
All Shots taken in the Swiss Alps.
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canon/elinchrom
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An image of the then yet-to-be-opened Nautica store in NYC for Unilever Prestige. [attachment=14207:nautica.jpg]
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Morelondon, London. Taken with Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III and TS-E 24 f/3.5L
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1ds3, 400 iso I think F2 something, available light with flex fill.
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1ds 3, 800 iso, 1/2oth of a second F 2 point something, room light and one bounce 1k tungsten Frensel.
JR
Wow James,
I would have sworn the first shot was done with the Phase, because of the depth of the picture and the texture in the windows behind her. "Feels" like no anti aliasing filter was there between you and the model. The detail of the clothes and the beautiful colors are amazing. Outstanding post processing. Guess the 50 mm 1.2 was involved here, since the image quality at F2 is unbelieveable. Available light and a reflector: Man this is what photography is about! Well done! Beautiful shot. One of the best I've seen lately.
Kind regards,
Bart
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Wow James,
I would have sworn the first shot was done with the Phase,
Kind regards,
Bart
Bart,
Thank you.
I like talking about photography . . . sometimes, I even like talking about cameras . . . sometimes.
One of the reasons I started this thread was to get away from the pixel counting, ca, dr, 4:3, 2:3 type of talk that never seems to go anywhere.
Photography is just about the photograph, not a lot more and if the viewer likes it it works if they don't, it doesn't.
I'm not brand specific, but I do like the Canons, mostly because I like the color.
I usually have a way of working that I try not to over light or better put impose a specific lighting style to the photograph. Sometimes that's impossible to do with commerce, or working in studio, because in studio there isn't much to do other than direct the subject and light it.
Location, I like to find what is there and just make that work, so I only use additional light because I need it to make it work.
In other words I don't want someone to think, wow he must have used a gilflop 1280 with a big moola 44" beauty dish, with the special, silk cut, hand woven diffuser.
I shot this with the 1ds3, the 50mm 1.2 at around f 2 point, something, about 1/60th, 800 iso. (I think).
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This shot was there. I saw it, ask the model to move over a little, and then just added a flex fill behind my head (basically because I'm pressed against a wall in a small room.
I might have used a fraction of tungsten bounced, probably off a cealing, but just a tiny, tiny fraction, and just enough so the face wouldn't go to hard lost shadows, though in reality the key light is the juke box and a very dim window light behind the model and to the left of the juke box.
This shoot was in Mid May after we shot a commercial gig in our Dallas studio. I had crew in so I held them over for another day and we shot this series, three locations in about 5 hours. The crew wasn't huge, had three assistants, stylist, prop stylist and makeup artist and could have had less help, except I had one person ahead of us moving equipment into the next shot.
It was editorial, we had a letter of intent, but in the world of editorial nobody knows anymore if anything will run, so in reality t it was for us, actually every photograph should be for us. around
This is what all of us love. No pressures of client committees, or fitting anything to a preconceived idea. Just shoot and have fun. The last location was this bar, a funky place called Lee Harvey's in Dallas, they allow dogs, everybody is having a great time, people come over when you shoot, look at the images in the computer, laugh, drink, make comments, after we shoot, everyone keep on partying, even back to our studio until 3 am.
We had a discussion earlier of working in different places in the world and I could have shot this in a lot of places, but I love working in Dallas. No hassels of permits, nobody requiring 22 letters of intent, and 12 insurance bonds. People say uh sure, just pay the bar tab.
JR
P.S The 50mm I have is kind of screwed up looking. I got the front of the lenshade caught on a piece of foam core in Korea and it pulled the front retaining ring off
Now it kind of moves around a little but it works fine and now looks like a pancake lens with a silver ring on the front. I thought about sending it in, but I like the way it looks and it works so I just leave it alone
I guess eventually all the elements will fall to the floor, but until then it's kind of cool looking.
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I must say I am really pleased James Russell started this thread. so first let me say to James Thank You and next let me say that I am forever amazed at his work! The thread work posted at Medium Format Digital has been one of the best ever at any forum. But I too found it limited because it is about the photo although I find the technical side behind the photos fascinating and of course greatly instructive. For me it has ben invaluable, as I have never assisted or taken a course or anything of the like. I jumped in some years back and made my way. When I get the chance to attend seminars or workshops I have. And when I get lucky enough to hang out on friends shoot I do.
But back to this thread. I shoot medium format film, digital and 35mm film and digital. I even break out the Polaroid now and then. I like it all. So along with my niche in bodybuilding and fitness, it really makes me the odd guy. So anyway here is one from my part of the photo world. A gym shoot, which is typical for me, destined for a cover, double spread and additional photos in one of the bodybuilding magazines. Photographed with a Canon 5D, 24-70L lens and on camera flash with the Canon 580.
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Bart,
P.S The 50mm I have is kind of screwed up looking. I got the front of the lenshade caught on a piece of foam core in Korea and it pulled the front retaining ring off
Now looks like a pancake lens with a silver ring on the front.[/size] So. now you've discovered Canon lenses are nothing more than Zeiss lenses with a cover
Thanks James, for the great reply.
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I must say I am really pleased James Russell started this thread.
Seconded.
2 recent personal snaps:
Leaf A65s/RZ67
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Panasonic LX3
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James, your work and others here is fantastic. Thanks for sharing!
Recent shoot, 5DmkII.
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James, your work and others here is fantastic. Thanks for sharing!
Recent shoot, 5DmkII.
I love all of them, good job mate.
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Saxophonist/Bandleader Stephan-Max Wirth on location tour in Berlin.
Nikon D70 built in Flash. 24mm f2,8 1/4 s.
Thanks
Martin
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Leonardo DaVinci in his workshop designing some optical equipment.
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Interesting thread with some diverse images being shown.
The following car pictures were taken with a Mamiya 7 & 43mm @ F8 shot on Kodak VPL and cross processed. The locations were Oaxaca Mexico & NYC
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The people images were taken on a Mamiya RZ 110mm @ F8 shot on Kodak Portra 160 unretouched additional lighting elinchrom ranger.
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Adrian
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The people images were taken on a Mamiya RZ 110mm @ F8 shot on Kodak Portra 160 unretouched additional lighting elinchrom ranger.
I likey. How did you scan these?
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Leonardo DaVinci in his workshop designing some optical equipment.
Hey Harold
are you from Toronto?
r
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Hey Harold
are you from Toronto?
r
Yes indeed, what are you up to in Ireland?
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This was an out-take from a shoot I did for New Zealand Fitness Magazine. I really intentionally photographed this frame with this perspective because I thought it was fun. It shows one of my typical setups, an outdoor studio against a seamless and strobed. The model is professional bodybuilder Moe Moussawi, one of the top ten pro bodybuilders in the world. Canon 5D and 24-70L 2.8. Profoto Acute 2400R with two heads.
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CaptainHook, love the retro-look, excellent post and great atmosphere!
Here one from last weekend, Amstel Hotel in Amsterdam shortly after sunset. I went all out with the bracketing: 1 sec, 2.5, 5, 10 (ETTR), and 80. I ended up throwing 2.5 out as that was not needed. I have found these kinds of shots require three brackets: one for the extreme highlights, one with ETTR (excluding said hilights), and one to reduce noise in shadows, 4 or so stops longer than ETTR.
Canon 450D, Canon 24-105mm IS @ 56mm (35mm equivalent), f/5.6, ISO 100. I ended with a 4x2 frame pano bracketed four times, put together in Autopano, resulting three shots (one thrown out) fused together in Tufuse. Flags shot separately at full zoom and high ISO to freeze them a bit. Final post in PS, nothing drastic. There still a bit more noise than I would've liked, I got better results with the Hong Kong panos - don't know why that is.
You can view the full 161 megapixel pano here (http://www.harrijahkola.com/panoramas_Amsterdam_Amstel_Hotel_At_Night.html). Looking at full magnification now it looks like I went a bit overboard with sharpening, will have to tone it down a bit when I have some time.
As a sidenote, I recently bought the full version of Zoomify since it enables fullscreen viewing, and it's now my preferred way to look at large panos.
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Thanks for starting this thread James, I like to talk about and view photography as well.
A few weeks back I spend the best part of the week visiting with family in Denver. I had the good fortune to stay wih my brother and his wife, as their house is akin to living in a gallery. My sister-in-law is the granddaughter of Edward Weston, daughter of Cole. Gracing their wonderful home are numerous prints by the Westons, and a few Peter Stackpoles. Its really quite nice to live among these prints for days, absorbing the rich textures and unbelievable printmaking. Quite humbling.
I had a day to myself, with a rental car, my wifes lowly 450d and a 24-105 lens. It was not suprising to find myself drawn towards textures and the rich tonality of B/W (ok..I left a few in color:). All told a fitting end to the trip
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Here are some I did for a company that maintains and refinishes stone, wood, and metal surfaces in high end buildings.
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Greets,
Thanks for the topic start James!
I work for a couple of weekly papers in the Central Coast of California and this particular image has stuck with me ever since I shot it even though it was never published. The paper has a few special editions each year and in this particular issue we were featuring images of people who actually make things with their hands as segue pages into the various sections of the edition.
This man is J.R. Jennings, he has lived in the Arroyo Grande area for all of his 70 some odd years and for 51 of those years he was a farrier. In his garage he still had his original coal fired, open forge and his original anvil. After we had shot the needed images for the paper, I just directed him to stand with his anvil, his hammer, and a horse shoe - really no direction at all and out came this image.
I regret I did not notice the softbox light in his glasses, but I still think he is one of the most magnificent faces I have ever shot.
1DMark3 - Medium softbox right with AB1600 - silver 6 foot calumet reflector on the right.
Cheers,
*steve
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Very interesting thread and some very fine photography.
I met my new friend Jim while dumping off bottles at a bottle depot in Calgary one morning this past winter. I noticed him waiting for the bottle depot to open and struck up a conversation with him. I asked him if I could photograph him and this photo is one of a number of photos that I came away with.
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James
For what it´s worth, my first impression on looking at your model pix was Leica M8, not Canon. I don´t pretend to be an expert on either- just a gut reaction is all.
Rob C
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James
For what it´s worth, my first impression on looking at your model pix was Leica M8, not Canon. I don´t pretend to be an expert on either- just a gut reaction is all.
Rob C
Rob,
Every image (until now) I've posted on this new thread has been with the 1ds3, just because it was our most recent work.
I work with a lot of different cameras.
This image is from Last week, a still from a motion and still project we are working on at present.
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Shot with a Nikon D700, actually no raws, just jpeg only, but obviously worked in post in photoshop.
BTW: love the black and white shot you posted of the model. Looks as contemporary today as it did when you shot it, of course the "wardrobe" helps.
JR
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Another typical of what I do; photography in the gym.
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(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs42/f/2009/155/9/d/9db3674256fc5ea9ccdb56436ff7ea44.jpg)
a shot from today, I wanted to relax a bit so I walked around my school with my camera and tripod. I was trying to emulate the look of old film
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I likey. How did you scan these?
Thanks for the comment. With a Nikon Coolscan 9000
Adrian.
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Love the idea of this thread. However, given the absence of restrictions I am a bit disappointed with the results so far. One would expect some wild and powerful experimental stuff. I think I have some, so I'll give it a try now.
Since I am interested in the raw side of humans too I have asked a bunch of 16 and 17 year old teenagers to live out their darkest fantasies and write a script for a short movie in which they would play the characters themselves. I coached and directed them and did the lighting and photography as well. I made two of these short films with two different groups. Here is the compiled "storyboard" that I made from the first one. I am going to print it big so that the video noise will be clearly visible. There is another one (similar shape) from the second group, but I am not sure it will be legal to show it in some countries.
Warning: not for the faint hearted!
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Oh well, I suppose we can´t expect our kids to do other than reflect what they see/hear on tv or read - read? - in their literature. Cute to see them being encouraged! Catch ´em young, I always say! Love it.
Rob C
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Rob,
BTW: love the black and white shot you posted of the model. Looks as contemporary today as it did when you shot it, of course the "wardrobe" helps.
JR
Thanks, James; sure is a cool necklace!
Rob C
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Been poking around at a new series about my guitar maker friend. Not sure what it'll evolve into, but that's half the fun of any project.
Have a looksee:
http://www.tylermallory.com/gallery/guitar.html (http://www.tylermallory.com/gallery/guitar.html)
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This is a wall of my photos (10 photos) each blown up to 16 feet tall (almost 5 meters) on the wall of a facility in Kansas City, MO USA. The files from Nikon D3 camera were printed on an Inca Spyder Digital UV inkjet printer in 4' x 8' sections.
(http://www.johncotephotography.com/PhotoPosts/Wall-Web-Lg.jpg)
JohnCote
www.johncotephotography.com
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PG rated explorations of me using 1st Generation camera phone, at least first gen US camera phone. Circa 2002 or so if I remember right.
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Does anybody know how to edit/change a picture (attachment) as an editing exercise in these columns? If so, how do you do it?
Rob C
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Does anybody know how to edit/change a picture (attachment) as an editing exercise in these columns? If so, how do you do it?
Rob C
Click on edit, full edit, there's a field "manage current attachments" below the text window on the right side. Click on that, and you can delete it. Then you can upload a new attachment.
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Click on edit, full edit, there's a field "manage current attachments" below the text window on the right side. Click on that, and you can delete it. Then you can upload a new attachment.
Thanks, feppe, as with so much in life, if it´s under my nose I tend to miss it!
I have tried a softer version of the same shot - well, in the sense of unsharpened, as I felt it was a bit harsh. Thanks again!
Rob C
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I have tried a softer version of the same shot - well, in the sense of unsharpened, as I felt it was a bit harsh.
yes, the less harsh version works better ... on my monitor screen
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Here are a couple from last season.
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These were two that I entered in the photo contest that the NFL Hall of Fame conducts every year for media covering the NFL.
And here's what happened to one of them.
http://www.profootballhof.com/hall/story.jsp?story_id=3223 (http://www.profootballhof.com/hall/story.jsp?story_id=3223)
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Here are a couple from last season.
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These were two that I entered in the photo contest that the NFL Hall of Fame conducts every year for media covering the NFL.
And here's what happened to one of them.
http://www.profootballhof.com/hall/story.jsp?story_id=3223 (http://www.profootballhof.com/hall/story.jsp?story_id=3223)
Congratulations! Worthy of recognition, I'd say.
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Eric,
Thank you!
and
Happy Birthday!
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yes, the less harsh version works better ... on my monitor screen
Thanks for the feedback - I was concerned about how different they look on a single monitor shared between two computers of my own and then how different, again, when seen via LuLa and CD. Just goes to remind me of how beyond control this web business really seems to be. Thanks again for telling me how it is on yours and reminding me of the fact that I will never be able to provide a suit-all solution!
Rob C
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Some great work here from everyone
A pic from my student days in 2006 for 3rd year fashion designer, Catherine @ Swan Tafe, WA
Canon 1D, f/8 @ 1/160th, Large Octabox.
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Since this section is the one of the few on this forum that doesn't have restrictions, bring on your best, recent/non recent, or experimental work.
(Try to keep cat pictures, camera comparisons and sales messages to a minimum).
So let's see those Holgas, 5d's, 8x10 Deardorffs, glass plates, Hasselblads, Reds, High Def or Low def video, or Terry Richardson point and shoots and show something interesting.
No cops, no rules, no negativity.
I'll start it off
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1ds3, 400 iso I think F2 something, available light with flex fill.
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1ds 3, 800 iso, 1/2oth of a second F 2 point something, room light and one bounce 1k tungsten Frensel.
JR
No negativity? Does that mean no criticism? Does this thread intend to be a mutual admiration society?
I know that James Russell is a competent and successful photographer in the commercial world, and any criticisms that I offer may be totally irrelevant in relation to the advertising potential of his shots, but speaking from the point of view of a non-consumer and an amateur with an esthetic sensibility, those images are a bit ridiculous, in my opinion, James.
You've got models made-up to the hilt in a rather natural and ordinary environment. They look totally out of place. There's a dysymmetry here which is not beautiful. The models look artificial. The environment and background look natural.
What are you trying to say here, James?
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No negativity? Does that mean no criticism? Does this thread intend to be a mutual admiration society?
I know that James Russell is a competent and successful photographer in the commercial world, and any criticisms that I offer may be totally irrelevant in relation to the advertising potential of his shots, but speaking from the point of view of a non-consumer and an amateur with an esthetic sensibility, those images are a bit ridiculous, in my opinion, James.
You've got models made-up to the hilt in a rather natural and ordinary environment. They look totally out of place. There's a dysymmetry here which is not beautiful. The models look artificial. The environment and background look natural.
What are you trying to say here, James?
Ray, I´m not James, do not pretend to answer for him, but unless you are into fashion you will never understand. Simple as that; there can be no interpretation, no dictionary. You speak the language or you do not.
That´s why some can do it and others never will.
FWIW, tune in to:
http://www.wibagency.com/set.html (http://www.wibagency.com/set.html)
and once you get there, click on photographers and then click on Hans Feurer. You will see why I am still alive after losing my wife in the winter. That the camera can produce beauty like that is the only damn reason it´s worth living. I thank the guy almost every day for giving me that reason, a target however unlikely I´ll ever hit again.
Rob C
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Rob,
Let the truth be out. Fashion is ridiculous. I'm discussing art and esthetics here. James Russell's shots have no value other than the con-type commercial value.
That's how I see it. A truthful and honest opinion.
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FWIW, tune in to:
http://www.wibagency.com/set.html (http://www.wibagency.com/set.html)
and once you get there, click on photographers and then click on Hans Feurer. You will see why I am still alive after losing my wife in the winter. That the camera can produce beauty like that is the only damn reason it´s worth living. I thank the guy almost every day for giving me that reason, a target however unlikely I´ll ever hit again.
Rob C
My heart felt condolences for the loss of your wife in the winter, I'm very sorry to hear this sad news.
I hope that you are OK and have family to help you through your loss.
Kindest regards,
David
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but unless you are into fashion you will never understand. Rob C
Right! I am not into fashion. However, at least your first photo on this website showed a couple of very esthetic breasts. No criticism there.
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Here are a couple from last season.
[attachment=14363:Gridiron...llet_PFW.jpg] [attachment=14364:Objects_...y_appear.jpg]
These were two that I entered in the photo contest that the NFL Hall of Fame conducts every year for media covering the NFL.
And here's what happened to one of them.
http://www.profootballhof.com/hall/story.jsp?story_id=3223 (http://www.profootballhof.com/hall/story.jsp?story_id=3223)
Great stuff.
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My heart felt condolences for the loss of your wife in the winter, I'm very sorry to hear this sad news.
I hope that you are OK and have family to help you through your loss.
Kindest regards,
David
Hi David
Thanks for your good wishes - yes, there´s family all right, but they both live back in Britain whilst I in Spain, and they have their own lives to lead and I would hate to mess with that. But, even were they living next-door to me it woudn´t make any difference really; it´s the small, unexpected things that kill you: a single coffee mug in the sunshine on the terrace in the morning; going into the kitchen and seeing a row of knives that I will never have the skill to use; watering her flowerpots; an empty seat beside me in the car - that sort of thing. It really isn´t a matter of replacing one love with shares in another - it sometimes feels there´s a danger of drifting off into self-pity and then, when that thought comes, one realises that it isn´t what it is at all, that it´s a regret for all the couple could do and was then denied.
But, c´est la vie, and everybody faces it in life. I just feel thankful that I still love photography and can used it as therapy if nothing else. There´s that saying: better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. I sometimes wonder, but eventually I swing to agreeing with it.
Again, thank you.
Rob C
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... Fashion is ridiculous. I'm discussing art and esthetics here. ...
beauty, art, aesthetics, etc. are in the eye of the beholder.
while some see fashion as a form of art, it's also a true that
not all art and/or art form is for everyone.
and Rob, sorry for your loss, man.
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Right! I am not into fashion. However, at least your first photo on this website showed a couple of very esthetic breasts. No criticism there.
I once had a lady client who said things like that: if she offered you fruit and you took the apple she´d ask what was wrong with the pear! A lovely woman, really, who was Scottish rep for the IWS and took me into my first Vogue set: twenty-something pages which we shot in Amsterdam. It rained all the bloody time. A veritable monsoon. She, too, lost it to the Big C, but worse, in her late thirties...
Okay, you ask, why am I saying this? Because you must be implying something wrong with the other sets of natural wonders I offered you as a token of, well, because they looked good!
How things change in this litigious world; many years ago we never had to worry about model releases - the agency´s invoice was tantamount to proof that the girl was being paid to fulfil a function. So, much early stuff is beyond safety now, there being eff all release to wave at lawyers. Also, and totally my own fault, living in one country and doing design and stuff in another led to a less than totally attentive approach to getting film back from printers. Of course, much more was lost for ever in the transition from one domicile to another, particularly a lot of b/w fashion negs that I would love to have today, to play with in PS and so forth.
Ciao - Rob C
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beauty, art, aesthetics, etc. are in the eye of the beholder.
while some see fashion as a form of art, it's also a true that
not all art and/or art form is for everyone.
and Rob, sorry for your loss, man.[/i
Thanks - I appreciate it.
Rob C
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Rob,
Let the truth be out. Fashion is ridiculous. I'm discussing art and esthetics here. James Russell's shots have no value other than the con-type commercial value.
That's how I see it. A truthful and honest opinion.
But that ain´t the truth you´re letting out, Ray, that´s opinion. Far from being ridiculous, fashion fed me and my lot for many years, took us places we would never have visited ourselves without clients, introduced us to hotels we could never have afforded and filled our lives with great memories. Exactly the same story as with calendars. Not ridiculous, but very serious stuff with lots of moolah riding on it for many many people!
I like women to look incredibly beautiful; I like them to look unavailable; I love them to look a little on the trashy side (in pix) as much as I like them to look like they were a duchess made in heaven. I love women. That´s perhaps what it´s all about. Everybody and everything can look like a turd that´s been in the sun; it takes time, care and talent to ring the change, even naked!
Art - well, I think I´m discussing it too, and I see more talent, skill and control in creating one great fashion pic than in sitting around for a month waiting for the sun to cross that rock in exactly the right arc; more than in coming across a wonderful view that was ever there - the photographer just finding it. The moment you throw people into the picture, you need a hell of a lot of disparate talents to make a mix that works!
Peace unto the world!
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Rob C
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I know it was a great post, but I didn´t mean to send it twice!
Rob C
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Hi David
Thanks for your good wishes - yes, there´s family all right, but they both live back in Britain whilst I in Spain, and they have their own lives to lead and I would hate to mess with that. But, even were they living next-door to me it woudn´t make any difference really; it´s the small, unexpected things that kill you: a single coffee mug in the sunshine on the terrace in the morning; going into the kitchen and seeing a row of knives that I will never have the skill to use; watering her flowerpots; an empty seat beside me in the car - that sort of thing. It really isn´t a matter of replacing one love with shares in another - it sometimes feels there´s a danger of drifting off into self-pity and then, when that thought comes, one realises that it isn´t what it is at all, that it´s a regret for all the couple could do and was then denied.
But, c´est la vie, and everybody faces it in life. I just feel thankful that I still love photography and can used it as therapy if nothing else. There´s that saying: better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. I sometimes wonder, but eventually I swing to agreeing with it.
Again, thank you.
Rob C
Unfortunately Rob, I know your sorrow, having lost my wife to "C" 13 years ago. There are times still that takes me back to that time and what might have been since. A photograph, an aroma, a song on the radio. They all trigger an emotion once in a while. But she will always be with me every time I see my daughter who was not quite 14 when she lost her mother. Together we have gained strength in each other and won't let her memory fade. She encourages my photography as a way to move forward and not wallow in a pitied state. My condolences to you and hope to see more of your work.
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Great stuff.
Thanks DP!
Now I only wish I had a decent QB to shoot(instead of the ones that should be)
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Some great work here from everyone
A pic from my student days in 2006 for 3rd year fashion designer, Catherine @ Swan Tafe, WA
Canon 1D, f/8 @ 1/160th, Large Octabox.
Nicely done!
Mike.
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Unfortunately Rob, I know your sorrow, having lost my wife to "C" 13 years ago. There are times still that takes me back to that time and what might have been since. A photograph, an aroma, a song on the radio. They all trigger an emotion once in a while. But she will always be with me every time I see my daughter who was not quite 14 when she lost her mother. Together we have gained strength in each other and won't let her memory fade. She encourages my photography as a way to move forward and not wallow in a pitied state. My condolences to you and hope to see more of your work.
Thank you Keith, and I send you my sympathy for your own loss. It must have been even more difficult with such a young family to concern you on top of everything else. I have a daughter and son and the daughter has two girls of her own, the eldest turned seventeen. The fact that my wife´s mother died from cancer as well does little to bighten us up - we have been told it "probably" isn´t hereditary because when it is, it tends to manifest itself at an earlier age. Armed with the history, my daughter undergoes frequent testing and we obviously hope for the best. The irony is, my wife used to go for regular check-ups too, and then, one year she forgot. That´s when the lump was found in her breast. She went to the local doc who told her that it was nothing to worry about, just an infection, but if she was worried, then go have a scan. She did, and it was cancer. Two ops, chemo and radio therapy later, it came back and she had more ops and chemo and then, six months before the end, she fell and broke her hip. They scanned again and found liposarcoma.
She walked out of hospital with a new hip, without even a limp or a crutch and without the liposarcoma. Then, six months later high fever and further scans revealed what we dreaded. I have never seen such bravery; never a complaint. No wonder I admire women.
There is humour in everything, if you look. She used to like Chanel 5 and apart from the perfume she had one of those black spray things which is kept on the vanitry unit. When the family came for the funeral I gave the bottle to our daughter but elected to keep the spray sitting just as it always sat - one clings to tokens, sometimes. Anyway, some weeks later, I wondered if there was any of it left inside, so I turned it around to have a look and I pushed the button. Of course, I had it pointing straight into my face and got my just deserts. It might smell nice, but it tastes hellish and could blind an eagle.
I guess we both know, then, the huge uplift that losing oneself in photography can provide.
Rob C
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Right! I am not into fashion. However, at least your first photo on this website showed a couple of very esthetic breasts. No criticism there.
It's okay as long as it's got tits? Try xnxx.com for some "aesthetically pleasing" work then.
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It's okay as long as it's got tits? Try xnxx.com for some "aesthetically pleasing" work then.
Easy, pardner! They´s tits and they´s tits!
Better than blowing the heads off bunnies, non?
Rob C
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It's okay as long as it's got tits? Try xnxx.com for some "aesthetically pleasing" work then.
If one goes by photosig.com's rankings, yes.
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It's okay as long as it's got tits? Try xnxx.com for some "aesthetically pleasing" work then.
I'm too shy for shooting such subject matter, but here's a great pair of tits (http://media.photobucket.com/image/great%20tits/mhickerson/istockphoto_2553987_great_tits.jpg) - not my photo.
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I'm too shy for shooting such subject matter, but here's a great pair of tits (http://media.photobucket.com/image/great%20tits/mhickerson/istockphoto_2553987_great_tits.jpg) - not my photo.
Gotcha!
Rob C
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Gotcha!
I knew it, I knew it, I knew it! Oldest trick in the book. But I looked anyway.
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This is a wall of my photos (10 photos) each blown up to 16 feet tall (almost 5 meters) on the wall of a facility in Kansas City, MO USA. The files from Nikon D3 camera were printed on an Inca Spyder Digital UV inkjet printer in 4' x 8' sections.
Crazy perspective on that shot. The kit in the room looks tiny as you aren't used to seing images that big. Nice work.
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Ray, I´m not James, do not pretend to answer for him, but unless you are into fashion you will never understand. Simple as that; there can be no interpretation, no dictionary. You speak the language or you do not.
That´s why some can do it and others never will.
FWIW, tune in to:
http://www.wibagency.com/set.html (http://www.wibagency.com/set.html)
and once you get there, click on photographers and then click on Hans Feurer. You will see why I am still alive after losing my wife in the winter. That the camera can produce beauty like that is the only damn reason it´s worth living. I thank the guy almost every day for giving me that reason, a target however unlikely I´ll ever hit again.
Rob C
That's pretty negative, Rob..."I'll never understand". I actually prefer your sun-bronzed, healthy nudes on the beach to Hans Feurer's ridiculous models. How silly can you be??
A woman should look as though she's been designed to bear children and not as though she's doing her best to conform to the homosexual imagination.
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That's pretty negative, Rob..."I'll never understand". I actually prefer your sun-bronzed, healthy nudes on the beach to Hans Feurer's ridiculous models. How silly can you be??
A woman should look as though she's been designed to bear children and not as though she's doing her best to conform to the homosexual imagination.
Ray, this is going from bad to worse: so now I´m a poof?
Rob C
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Ray, this is going from bad to worse: so now I´m a poof?
Rob C
Not at all! Didn't I say I liked your sun-tanned beauties?
Nevertheless, it's perfectly possible for a style of fashion, conforming in its origination to a homosexual imagination, becomes a tradition which is emulated by totally heterosexual photographers, who are compelled to earn a living through their chosen profession.
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Folks, there is some decent discussion here and otherwise - try to keep the language and attitude appropriate for all who read this Forum. Why invite the Heavy Hand of Moderation?
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Folks, there is some decent discussion here and otherwise - try to keep the language and attitude appropriate for all who read this Forum. Why invite the Heavy Hand of Moderation?
Chris,
We're all very polite so far. What's your concern? Homophobic backlash, perhaps? Let me state quite clearly. I'm not homophobic, but I think I have the right under the American Constitution to express my own perception and opinion of a homosexual influence in so-called art, or photography, when I see it.
I don't say it's wrong. I just want it recognised.
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Chris,
Blah blah blah blah. I'm a lonely troll. Pay attention to me
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May I ask why some of you destroy a great thread like this one? What's the purpose? I really did enjoy it until some strange individuals started to write stupid stuff. Do people get off from destrying for others what they like? Sorry but I don't get it...
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[quote name=Anthony R date=Jun 9 2009, 11:30 AM)
Chris,
Blah blah blah blah. I'm a lonely troll. Pay attention to me
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If you're a troll, Anthony, please go away.
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Hey ho, here we go: political correctness is a pain in the ass and a direct contributor to the death of conversation, literature and even, possibly, participation in a forum as good as this one.
We have, in Britain, a huge problem with unemployment, uncontrolled immigration, the disenfranchisement and disenchantment of the lower classes of indigenous population and that is also the truth for Spain. In Britain, it has led to the rise of an ultra right wing party.
In Britain, it is not only politically incorrect (the very phrase should warn anybody with an ear of the worth of such a concept) to discuss such matters, but depending on who complains, you can be put on a charge and sent to prison.
So there we have it: there is a problem; discussion could resolve it; discussion is not allowed; the problem grows worse; discussion could resolve it. Is that the perfect Catch 22 or what?
In Spain, with all its many races sharing the same space, everybody can talk about it should they wish and some do and some could not care less. The political spectrum remains open and very, very wide. I think freedom to speak and think is better than its opposite.
This forum is private property for the owners to do with as they please. I hope they do not live in fear of offending someone. The only way of achieving that goal is to do nothing, to close the shop and go fishing. But even then, somebody will protest on behalf of the trout...
I think this place is better than that.
Rob C
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but I think I have the right under the American Constitution to express my own perception and opinion
Ray, your comment about the American Constitution is similar to comments made many, many times. So, I’m not commenting so much on your comment but more to a general misunderstanding of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
The First Amendment applies only to government restrictions on speech. Chris is not acting on behalf of the government. The First Amendment is irrelevant to Chris’s request and your response. Of course, you may still disagree with Chris, but it is incorrect to bring the First Amendment into the discussion.
Dean
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Not at all! Didn't I say I liked your sun-tanned beauties?
Nevertheless, it's perfectly possible for a style of fashion, conforming in its origination to a homosexual imagination, becomes a tradition which is emulated by totally heterosexual photographers, who are compelled to earn a living through their chosen profession.
If I am allowed to continue with a reasonable thread and a reasonable phase within it, I must take up battle with your contention about the "delete" imagination behind the photography. The "delete" sort of snapper was all the rage many moons ago, but since the tail-end of the Golden Era, it was the very girl-fancying sort who took the public imagination with a few notable, and, I think, mainly US exceptions to that rule.
The designers may or may not have that certain inclination, but the photographers are not generally the designers, though Karl is an exception to that general rule of photography and design being quite separate functions. I know nothing of his private life so please do not read anything into that beyond the fact that he is perfectly capable of doing both jobs. However, I have to disagree with your terminology about being´compelled to earn a living` through their chosen profession.´
Ray, it is the very great difficulty in EARNING that living via that specific genre of the chosen profession that´s the problem, not the doing of it; not compulsion, but a huge wish!
Rob C
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... We're all very polite so far. What's your concern? ...
Because one can be politely inappropriate, to put it mildly. It is simply inappropriate to:
- post a direct link to a porno site
- hijack a thread
- promote one's own agenda
- hide one's petty grievances behind American Constitution, etc.
It is not about freedom of speech, it is not about suppressing debate, it is not about shying away from controversial subjects... it is about doing it in a more appropriate manner, e.g. by starting your own thread in the Coffee Corner or in Discussing Photographic Styles.
This thread is about professional works (from the standpoint of "Cameras, Lenses and Shooting gear"), in other words about photography... so can we please go back to posting and enjoying precisely that, great photography?
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Less talk. More photos.
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Because one can be politely inappropriate, to put it mildly. It is simply inappropriate to:
- post a direct link to a porno site
- hijack a thread
- promote one's own agenda
- hide one's petty grievances behind American Constitution, etc.
It is not about freedom of speech, it is not about suppressing debate, it is not about shying away from controversial subjects... it is about doing it in a more appropriate manner, e.g. by starting your own thread in the Coffee Corner or in Discussing Photographic Styles.
This thread is about professional works (from the standpoint of "Cameras, Lenses and Shooting gear"), in other words about photography... so can we please go back to posting and enjoying precisely that, great photography?
Slobadan,
All my comments have been about photography and/or specific images in this thread, apart from my response to people attacking my comments about photography.
I'm not really interested in the mutual admiration society. "What a great image", "Very nice" etc.
If one isn't promoting one's own agenda, are you recommending one promotes another person's agenda, or are you recommending one should have no agenda at all?
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Less talk. More photos.
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White on white, Perth Fashion Festival
Fabienne@chadwicks
Canon 1Ds MK II, f/16 @ 1/125th
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Hair client
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Slobadan,
If one isn't promoting one's own agenda, are you recommending one promotes another person's agenda, or are you recommending one should have no agenda at all?
Without agend there is only mindless confusion. It has taken me years to acqire an agend; for those years when I was without agenda I was lost, drifting in an ocean of this´n´thats, tossed on the swell from the passage of greater people who had agendas, agendas I could but guess and covet! Now, with agenda of my own I am complete and can create my own swell, swamping those lesser mortals who don´t even know they are without agenda. An agenda for everyone is what I have recently thought would make a very credible slogan. I am going to send this idea to the British Labour Party! Hey, I might even get a knighthood or an expense account out of it!
I will certainly be cheered in public, given time on national TV and, with luck, a seat at Wimbledon. All this, from a tiny agenda!
Rob C
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Comments should be about images, not personal in nature.
Language should similarly be moderate, for an open audience.
Everyone has been warned.
Michael
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Less talk. More photos.
+1 Please!
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Four images of non commercial value, though 4 images I like a great deal.
This was shot in Moscow at the end of 2009 during an ad shoot, in between sessions.
The main subject is one of our models taking a break, the gentlemen in the background are unknown, though probably security, probably not FSB (KGB). Across to the right of the park where we did most of the shooting was the FSB offices and though permitted the FSB attempted to stop us shooting, saying it was the FSB building and secuirty was at risk. You get a lot of that in Moscow, and just like the two men in the background wherever you go there is always someone in black within earshot.
(Don't take this is a knock on Russia or Moscow and I really liked the Russians. Tough culture, beautiful women, very direct and once you get past the perceived toughness, very warm and friendly.
Shot with Leica M-8, available light, 28mm lens, f whatever.
[attachment=14422:moscowsmoke.jpg]
The next image was also between sessions for the same ad shoot (the following day). We rented an old Ukranian center and moved most of the furniture out, lit it with HMI's and slight fog machines for the ads.
The subjects were a group from a ballet school we "rented" and the little girls were great. Even between sessions they just kept dancing, so in between session I just kept shooting.
Leica M8, available light, 28mm lens, f 2.8
[attachment=14423:moscowdance.jpg]
This next image, though different is also from last year, on a personal motion and still project about boxing. The two young boxers are real, shot in studio with a contax, p21+, F11 and flash.
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This last image was shot a little over a year ago, on a lens test, a Hasselblad 110 F2 on a Contax P30, wide open, using window light.
Actually the original file got tosses as it was just a sharpness/focus test, but some some reason we had a screen shot of the image so I worked it in post.
[attachment=14425:lordofnewyork.jpg]
JR
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Great shots Rob and Anthony.
Love the feel in those last ones Russel.
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Another Tennent´s Lager Calendar from the early ´80s:
Location: St Paul de Vence, Provence, South of France
Camera: Nikon F or F2
Lens: Nikkor 2.8/35mm
Film: Kodachrome 64 Pro
The pussy under the model´s right hand was not her own; it came with the territory. The shawl is Spanish and belonged to my maternal grandmother. The model is not my grandmother, though if she had been, it would have made for an interesting agenda. Sitting in the model´s lap and secured from danger by her other hand is a glass of said lager. In b/w and at this scale it is almost invisible. In colour, there is a bright red T logo on the glass. I do not approve of ladies drinking lager; I prefer they enjoy a negroni. Happily, as we were working in colour, both the client was satisfied as was I.
I love photography and I love women even more. They seem to know by instinct that which is important and that which can be usefully ignored.
Rob C
Funny, I often first look at a picture , then read what is was about.
First thought was the decolleté gave me a French feel (I like) and the athmosphere late 70's - early 80's , photography that's hardly been seen nowadays. And then I read it was shot in the South of France early 80's.
Very inspirational. Miss that feel in pictures of today. Well I guess you cannot stop progress....
Kind regards,
Bart
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Thanks for the kind words, guys - I suppose that it´s true that everything has become much `tougher´ in terms of image style today. But then, I suppose that the way you shoot pics is nothing more than a reflection of how you´d like your ideal world to look.
Apart from the problems associated with the commercial aspect of such photography, there is the underlying fear that if you are anyone other than one of the superstars of photography, you have to balance a lot of factors you consider to be outwith the remit of art but still too important to ignore. One such is client awareness of what else is going down in the same genre. What could shock client A looks too mild to client B, and so it goes, and it´s difficult to guess what´s what sometimes.
It sounds silly, but I have experienced the situation where a client as been very pleased with a pic only to change his mind about it later because his wife didn´t think it was nice. You can´t fight that, not can you factor it in. Helmut Newton or somebody like that would have just walked out... I needed the work.
James - I think the atmosphere in the ballet class is beautiful; almost worth the men in black just for that.
Rob C
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[attachment=14436:Uncertainty.jpg]This is a couple of years old. Shot with a 1950s Rolleicord -the camera I take when I am on holiday- somewhere in southern France.
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Hello,
Taken back in 1991 at Bland Bay in Northland New Zealand at night using moon light.
Nikon FA using Velvia and exposed onto Polaroid SX70 in the dark room.
Cheers
Simon
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I coulda sworn it was the head on a beer closeup... very cool and very interesting!
Hello,
Taken back in 1991 at Bland Bay in Northland New Zealand at night using moon light.
Nikon FA using Velvia and exposed onto Polaroid SX70 in the dark room.
Cheers
Simon
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Gidday,
Actually I was holding a beer when I took the shot.
I was camping with friends in a paddock at the time.
Cheers
Simon
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Doing some work in NY recently I decided to do a few final setups on way to airport [I had a 6pm flight]. Did some shots in Grand Central, in the Chrysler Building, returned some faulty goods with quite some difficulty and then ended up just off 34th St.
These are from the final location and were taken after I'd done the planned set up with some other dancers that I'd had in mind all week.
Yet this last minute unplanned add on shoot turned out to be my favourite of entire trip.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3336/3614851397_833d875fa9.jpg)
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2452/3615698222_ae1b8d3024.jpg)
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Doing some work in NY recently I decided to do a few final setups on way to airport [I had a 6pm flight]. Did some shots in Grand Central, in the Chrysler Building, returned some faulty goods with quite some difficulty and then ended up just off 34th St.
These are from the final location and were taken after I'd done the planned set up with some other dancers that I'd had in mind all week.
Yet this last minute unplanned add on shoot turned out to be my favourite of entire trip.
Love the first one - the swirl of her skirt and the way she's placed her leg makes it look like she's sitting on a giant ball in the middle of the fountain. OTOH, maybe she is.
I trust she got extra pay for the second image! When I was property manager for a resort in Ontario, if one of my workers fell off a roof (due to a lack of a safety harness), the fines started at around $250,000 and that's before any civil action...
Mike.
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Nicely done!
Mike.
Cheers!
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Hello,
Taken back in 1991 at Bland Bay in Northland New Zealand at night using moon light.
Nikon FA using Velvia and exposed onto Polaroid SX70 in the dark room.
Cheers
Simon
I like the concept in this image, nice work : )
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Shot in my student days 2006 for 3rd year designer 'Emma' @ Swan Tafe, WA
Canon 1D, f/8 @ 1/160th
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Hello,
Taken back in 1991 at Bland Bay in Northland New Zealand at night using moon light.
Nikon FA using Velvia and exposed onto Polaroid SX70 in the dark room.
Cheers
Simon
Is this a threat to Vincent Van G that I see? Very nice and an interesting technique too.
Rob C
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Doing some work in NY recently I decided to do a few final setups on way to airport [I had a 6pm flight]. Did some shots in Grand Central, in the Chrysler Building, returned some faulty goods with quite some difficulty and then ended up just off 34th St.
These are from the final location and were taken after I'd done the planned set up with some other dancers that I'd had in mind all week.
Yet this last minute unplanned add on shoot turned out to be my favourite of entire trip.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3336/3614851397_833d875fa9.jpg)
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2452/3615698222_ae1b8d3024.jpg)
I too thought, when seeing the thumbnail, that is was a sitting shot, but of the two I prefer the b/w. In fact, were you to have a bash at converting the second one from colour to b/w you would be getting into the same ballgame (if you cared to, that is) as some very famous fashion blokes with their Eiffel Towers and New York roof lines. Certainly, you´d lose the impact of the colours against the buildings, perhaps why you kept it in colour in the first place. Fear would have precluded that second shot in my case - I have no head for heights, quite apart from caring about the model´s welfare! You wouldn´t even get me UP the bleedin´ Eiffel!
Best wishes - Rob C
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Love the first one - the swirl of her skirt and the way she's placed her leg makes it look like she's sitting on a giant ball in the middle of the fountain. OTOH, maybe she is.
Cheers, but shssh! You're giving away my trade secrets and hiding the plumbing was a bitch.
I trust she got extra pay for the second image! When I was property manager for a resort in Ontario, if one of my workers fell off a roof (due to a lack of a safety harness), the fines started at around $250,000 and that's before any civil action...
Actually she was paying me! She wanted some promo shots for her belly dancing.
The super of the building nearly had a heart attack when he saw her cavorting on the parapet edge 31 floors up.
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Hi Rob,
Thanks for the complement. I did a series of shots like this around this time in 1991.
I jokingly called it my Claude Monet phase.
Sorry to read about the loss of your wife.
Cheers
Simon
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I too thought, when seeing the thumbnail, that is was a sitting shot, but of the two I prefer the b/w. In fact, were you to have a bash at converting the second one from colour to b/w you would be getting into the same ballgame (if you cared to, that is) as some very famous fashion blokes with their Eiffel Towers and New York roof lines. Certainly, you´d lose the impact of the colours against the buildings, perhaps why you kept it in colour in the first place.
I think I tried B+W initially, but the colours worked better.
Fear would have precluded that second shot in my case - I have no head for heights, quite apart from caring about the model´s welfare! You wouldn´t even get me UP the bleedin´ Eiffel!
I really hate heights too, yet on this trip I even ended up being suspended in the air for one shot (http://digitaltransitions.blogspot.com/2009/06/flawless-details-under-pressure.html). My coping strategy with heights is to not look down.
I certainly don't have Joe MacNally's no fear of heights. He's the second guy from the top...
(http://www.joemcnally.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/epsb.jpg)
...and that's the very wobbly antennae on top of the Empire State Building.
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I think I tried B+W initially, but the colours worked better.
I really hate heights too, yet on this trip I even ended up being suspended in the air for one shot (http://digitaltransitions.blogspot.com/2009/06/flawless-details-under-pressure.html). My coping strategy with heights is to not look down.
I certainly don't have Joe MacNally's no fear of heights. He's the second guy from the top...
(http://www.joemcnally.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/epsb.jpg)
...and that's the very wobbly antennae on top of the Empire State Building.
Do you have a bigger file of this pic I'd love to see up close : )
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The next image was also between sessions for the same ad shoot (the following day). We rented an old Ukranian center and moved most of the furniture out, lit it with HMI's and slight fog machines for the ads.
The subjects were a group from a ballet school we "rented" and the little girls were great. Even between sessions they just kept dancing, so in between session I just kept shooting.
Leica M8, available light, 28mm lens, f 2.8
[attachment=14423:moscowdance.jpg]
James,
I like it. It's a bit of a snapshot. However, if you'd been assigned to shoot this ballet school, I'm sure you'd have produced an even better shot. You've captured the movement wonderfully, although there are a few minor criticisms, such as the girl's arm covering her face. The composition is also a bit of a jumble. But not lets not be negative. You've captured the essence.
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Do you have a bigger file of this pic I'd love to see up close : )
Nope, that was a shot from Joe's blog, full article and more insane photos here (http://www.joemcnally.com/blog/2009/05/26/getting-high/). But you do get to see the photo he took from antenna.
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Hi Rob,
Thanks for the complement. I did a series of shots like this around this time in 1991.
I jokingly called it my Claude Monet phase.
Sorry to read about the loss of your wife.
Cheers
Simon
Thanks for the sympathy - sort of very bitter sweet ironic that I´m getting a show in April when she had been urging me for years to get off my ass and try... well, she won´t be neglected when it happens, that I have promised her.
But, on your shot - if you still have all the originals of the series, you could do great things with them with today´s possibilities.
Ciao - Rob C
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I think I tried B+W initially, but the colours worked better.
I really hate heights too, yet on this trip I even ended up being suspended in the air for one shot (http://digitaltransitions.blogspot.com/2009/06/flawless-details-under-pressure.html). My coping strategy with heights is to not look down.
I certainly don't have Joe MacNally's no fear of heights. He's the second guy from the top...
(http://www.joemcnally.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/epsb.jpg)
...and that's the very wobbly antennae on top of the Empire State Building.
Dear God! I feel ill just looking. Never in a month of Sundays, even if my life depended on it, which it would: I´d lose it.
Rob C
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it´s the small, unexpected things that kill you: a single coffee mug in the sunshine on the terrace in the morning; going into the kitchen and seeing a row of knives that I will never have the skill to use; watering her flowerpots; an empty seat beside me in the car - that sort of thing.
Heartbreaking.
Thank you for sharing and the reminder to appreciate NOW. I texted my girl after reading this.
Sorry for your loss.
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Thanks for the sympathy - sort of very bitter sweet ironic that I´m getting a show in April when she had been urging me for years to get off my ass and try... well, she won´t be neglected when it happens, that I have promised her.
But, on your shot - if you still have all the originals of the series, you could do great things with them with today´s possibilities.
Ciao - Rob C
Hello Rob,
Here is another image from my Monet phase in life.
Cheers
Simon
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Some great work being shown lately! I particularly like the girl and marionette, as well as, the b/w of the gal on the roof in NYC. Here's something I've been working on for over a month, it's a poster that goes on press next week, aimed at the summer car cruise market. The cars are quite well known in the Detroit area, the Silver Bullet was actually a stealth experimental car for Chrysler and raced Woodward Avenue as a test track! What do you think? Jim
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Some great work being shown lately! I particularly like the girl and marionette, as well as, the b/w of the gal on the roof in NYC. Here's something I've been working on for over a month, it's a poster that goes on press next week, aimed at the summer car cruise market. The cars are quite well known in the Detroit area, the Silver Bullet was actually a stealth experimental car for Chrysler and raced Woodward Avenue as a test track! What do you think? Jim
[attachment=14479:Cruisin_...lattened.jpg]
Personally, I always loved Cadillac breasts.
Rob C
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Hello Rob,
Here is another image from my Monet phase in life.
Cheers
Simon
I know that there used to be quite a lot of manipulated Polaroid work around some years ago - the only Polaroid material I had was a back for Hasselblad and one of those plastic SX-something(?) cameras that I had to buy when a client demanded Polaroids of a location scouting I was going to do. I didn´t like using the back for the ´blad at all and afer the first lot I didn´t. An expensive mistake for me, buying it. That resulted in my never experimenting as you did, and the feeling that what I would have had available was ever going to be too little for any impact. Just shows you how time changes things and is certainly something that I think digital post work could open up to great new things, as you are finding. I like that sort of effect; keep at it, but is any Polaroid stuff available today for you to start once more with new ideas?
Rob C
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Heartbreaking.
Thank you for sharing and the reminder to appreciate NOW. I texted my girl after reading this.
Sorry for your loss.
Thanks, but hey, Captain Hook, I didn´t mean to depress anybody, but yes, now is important. Trouble is, even though you can be quite demonstrative during life, when a huge part of it goes, you can start to ask yourself whether what you did was enough. This might simply be part of the sudden awareness of the fragility of everything one took to be for ever, it might just be one of those thoughts that come uninvited and have no constructive purpose whatsoever.
For what it´s worth - I never was a religious person in the traditional religion sort of meaning of that; but, since she died, I have had so many experiences and odd things happen to and for me that I have no doubts at all that death is certainly not the ending of anything other than the chemicals. I have no doubt that there is something we can conveniently label a soul, another dimension which was always with us but usually ignored because of the overwhelming reality of the physical. Frankly, though it should be easy for me to dismiss this as delusion, I can´t, because my personal evidence has been too strong to ignore. I have no intention of going public with any of this - it is too personal to me and I doubt that it would make any difference to anyone else because I think I would have been more than a little skeptical had this come from anyone other than myself and only now, based on what I have experienced personally, can I accept it either.
It truly is a wonderful gift, life.
Rob C
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I didn´t mean to depress anybody, but yes, now is important.
Actually, "heartbreaking" for me usually coincides with "inspiring". So thanks.
I can relate to the other stuff you said.
But yes, back to appreciating the photos being shown here for me.
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For what it´s worth - I never was a religious person in the traditional religion sort of meaning of that; but, since she died, I have had so many experiences and odd things happen to and for me that I have no doubts at all that death is certainly not the ending of anything other than the chemicals. I have no doubt that there is something we can conveniently label a soul, another dimension which was always with us but usually ignored because of the overwhelming reality of the physical. Frankly, though it should be easy for me to dismiss this as delusion, I can´t, because my personal evidence has been too strong to ignore. I have no intention of going public with any of this - it is too personal to me and I doubt that it would make any difference to anyone else because I think I would have been more than a little skeptical had this come from anyone other than myself and only now, based on what I have experienced personally, can I accept it either.
It truly is a wonderful gift, life.
Rob C
Hhhhhmmmmm..............
We now know that the matter of the physical universe is made up of photons, little packets of light energy which when colliding with each other form the virtually infinite number of protons, neutrons and electrons which in various combinations make up everything in our physical world.
In essence we can now accurately say that all the matter of the physical universe, our selves included is actually light slowed down.
Einstein said, “if we were to use 100% of our brains capacity we would no longer need our bodies and we would become pure energy"
Consciousness is a form of energy that can be expressed by our interactions in the world of matter through acts of love, compassion and kindness etc. but it cannot be measured, weighed or identified under the intense neutron beams of a neutron microscope, because it exists outside the confines of the physical universe.
Einstein espoused "Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed" this leaves the question, once our bodies have fulfilled their purpose and gone the way of the world, the vessel of our consciousness which has always been Omni present must continue in some form as it is not bound by physical laws.
Just thinking out loud
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Just thinking out loud
Which, I think, is what makes some sites more interesting than others.
Don´t stop thinking - it´s nice where you´re going.
Rob C
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Some great work being shown lately! I particularly like the girl and marionette, as well as, the b/w of the gal on the roof in NYC. Here's something I've been working on for over a month, it's a poster that goes on press next week, aimed at the summer car cruise market. The cars are quite well known in the Detroit area, the Silver Bullet was actually a stealth experimental car for Chrysler and raced Woodward Avenue as a test track! What do you think? Jim
[attachment=14479:Cruisin_...lattened.jpg]
Fantastic I really enjoy your photos in the large format thread, esp. when you show some of the setup shots or when you explain how you accomplished your shot.
is this image a mix of composites ?
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(http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs033.snc1/4315_661906253211_81004014_39792785_4034458_n.jpg)
Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC
30D
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Fantastic I really enjoy your photos in the large format thread, esp. when you show some of the setup shots or when you explain how you accomplished your shot.
is this image a mix of composites ?
Mike, It's a combination of 7 different elements, each car, the buildings, the surface, the sky, and the manhole cover. I think the number of layers at one time reached 90 or so. A creative director buddy of mine thinks I should change the design, lose the type at the top and bring the profiles out of a tone. I guess I'll give it a go but for the market I'm aiming this at I think it works well. The vehicles were shot in the studio and the location has been altered considerably to make it more interesting. Glad you like it! By the way, is your shot a reflection or is it a composite? Jim
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loads of layers, for sure! the image is very rich, and everything blends together nicely. the only criticism that I would have is the font of the text at the top of the image, for some reason or another it isn't my favorite.
My image is not a composite, and its not quite a reflection either. well, maybe it is a reflection depending on your definition. anyways, it is a panned shot out the window of a moving vehicle. the smears of green might be caused from the reflection on the glass, I'm not quite sure.
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Part of yesterdays business. Canon 1DsMkIII, 17-40 near sunset.
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Beautiful work, Craig.
Mike.
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Recent liquid shots.
5D II
(http://www.splashpour.com/twist.jpg)
(http://www.splashpour.com/oil.jpg)
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Recent liquid shots.
5D II
Beeeeutyfulll!
Rob C
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Recent liquid shots.
5D II
Beeeeutyfulll!
Rob C
Agreed - particularly the first. Forgive my ignorance, but how the hell did you do it?
Jeremy
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Those are stunning.
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Another one from the vaults: Hewden/Stuart Group pc calendar for ´85
Camera: Nikon F or F2 Photomic
Lens: Nikkor 2.8/35mm
Film: Kodachrome 64 Pro
Location: Spain; about two kilometres from home. Convenient, that, and one of the main reasons we moved from the UK.
James - if you´re still with this - I look at your Dallas Jukebox girl and weep: she can do that fantastic touch of glamour-mixed-with-trash that would suit this idea here like a glove! God, if only that clock had reverse and I still the budgets!
Rob C
huhu, nice one, are the girls still live there? but I guess, they are now towards their 50ies. where do you live, I guess more down south? I'm in BCN.
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huhu, nice one, are the girls still live there? but I guess, they are now towards their 50ies. where do you live, I guess more down south? I'm in BCN.
Hi Heinrich
Nope, those girls were both imported to Mallorca from London; don´t like to think how old they are now - how do you think I feel when I´m only thirty-nine and holding too? I was probably the same age then; in fact, I think I´ve been the same age all my life, now that I think about it. Better not think about it!
Rob C
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Hello,
Stats:
Sinar P2
Rodenstock 210mm Lens
Kodak E100vs 4x5 film
Light FX light brush
Cheers
Simon
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Hello,
Stats:
Sinar P2
Rodenstock 210mm Lens
Kodak E100vs 4x5 film
Light FX light brush
Cheers
Simon
Nice...
Wow, takes me back in time to using a view camera and reversal film daily. Seems like eons ago.
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Part of yesterdays business. Canon 1DsMkIII, 17-40 near sunset.
Stunning. Lovely work.
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Rainstorm today cleared nicely. Not the strongest rainbow but nice enough for me
(http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs094.snc1/4956_663873246341_81004014_39897491_6470161_n.jpg)
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Recent liquid shots.
5D II
The first one's interesting but it looks more plastic than liquid to me. Love the second one.
Mike.
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Probably about iPhone resolution: Mamiya RZ67-ProII, Scanned Polaroid 669. Funny, I have a great Phase One P25+ and much prefer the soft wonky colored Polaroid 669.
(http://jeffsingerphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/pleasurepoint-20090607-001.jpg)
[attachment=14573:Pleasure...0607_001.jpg]
More here:
http://jeffsingerphotography.com/blog/2009...cruz-polaroids/ (http://jeffsingerphotography.com/blog/2009/06/10/santa-cruz-polaroids/)
Jeff
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Probably about iPhone resolution: Mamiya RZ67-ProII, Scanned Polaroid 669. Funny, I have a great Phase One P25+ and much prefer the soft wonky colored Polaroid 669.
(http://jeffsingerphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/pleasurepoint-20090607-001.jpg)
[attachment=14573:Pleasure...0607_001.jpg]
More here:
http://jeffsingerphotography.com/blog/2009...cruz-polaroids/ (http://jeffsingerphotography.com/blog/2009/06/10/santa-cruz-polaroids/)
Jeff
Nice Jeff!
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Funny, I have a great Phase One P25+ and much prefer the soft wonky colored Polaroid 669.
i don't have a digital back ... but do share your affinity for the 'roid.
(http://www.romantphotography.biz/img/v4/p119082363-3.jpg)
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I'll add a couple of surfers.
Not Polaroid, both digital, first one Leaf Aptus second one Canon
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I'll add a couple of surfers.
Not Polaroid, both digital, first one Leaf Aptus second one Canon
Continuing the evolving theme with a Spanish kitesurfer.
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Rob,
Let the truth be out. Fashion is ridiculous. I'm discussing art and esthetics here. James Russell's shots have no value other than the con-type commercial value.
That's how I see it. A truthful and honest opinion.
Well, you should not even be wasting your time discussing here then.
You probably better hang around an art gallery and talk to some fellows while sipping from a glass of white Napa fruity wine.
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Continuing the evolving theme ......
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Canon 1ds3, available light, with card fill.
Hong Kong 2008
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Canon 1ds3, available light, with card fill.
Hong Kong 2008
No offence, but this one does not carry your signature at all, not in any direction, manner nor means! Or is the guy a star out in the East?
I´m afraid I have pigeon holed you with Dallas Girls and Juke Boxes, if only because windsurfers/surfers/kite surfers are a dime a dozen out here but Dallas Girls as rare as hen´s teeth. I like that - not hen´s teeth, the girls.
Rob C
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h3d, iso 100, (background) 50mm @ f22, natural light. (runner) 80mm @ f16, strobes in studio.
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h3d, iso 100, (background) 50mm @ f22, natural light. (runner) 80mm @ f16, strobes in studio.
Kipling,
This is my favorite shot ever posted on this forum, every section of this forum.
Love it.
JR
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h3d, iso 100, (background) 50mm @ f22, natural light. (runner) 80mm @ f16, strobes in studio.
Love it
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Jumpin' in
....and jumpin' out
Mark
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Kipling,
This is my favorite shot ever posted on this forum, every section of this forum.
Love it.
JR
damn james,
that's very, very encouragingcoming from you.
that means a lot.
best,
kipling
(and thank you too sean. kipling)
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Jumpin' in
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Mark
www.marktomalty.com
Your second shot, of the leaf: why couldn´t you have held on to it for another week or two? I have just given a background board its second coat of colour, have plucked the leaf off a plane tree and was about ready to starty cookin' but now, I can´t!
Okay, I can, but can´t post it here for I can hear the scream of plagiarism already... sighs softly as he cuts his wrists!
But nice shot and full of atmosphere.
Rob C
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Okay, I can, but can´t post it here for I can hear the scream of plagiarism already... sighs softly as he cuts his wrists!
Go for it. The posting not the wrist cutting!
For the sake of suicide prevention I can remove the image :>))
MT
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For the sake of suicide prevention I can remove the image :>))
MT
Don´t you dare!
Rob C
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h3d, iso 100, (background) 50mm @ f22, natural light. (runner) 80mm @ f16, strobes in studio.
This really is a great shot! Jim
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Pt. Lobos, 4x5, flipped negative.
Sometimes what is there is a bit hidden.
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Although I am best known for being a bodybuilding and fitness photographer, it is faces that I enjoy photographing the most. I loves the face photographs of both men and women. So even when I have an assignment that is body related I always do some close up face photography.
This is Tiffany. I was shooting her for a magazine assignment. She has gone from being a 235 overweight girl to being an example of fitness. But I love her face and hope you do too.
I photographed this with the Mamiya 645AFDII on Kodak 160VC film. It required almost no post work in Photoshop other than reducing it in size for online resolution. Color, contrast and even sharpness is 'as is". Thank You Kodak!
(http://homepage.mac.com/secondfocus/.Pictures/Tiffany_Forni-051.jpg)
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Here is another from the same shoot as the above photo and post. Also the Mamiya 645AFDII on Kodak 160VC. This time in bright sunlight.
(http://homepage.mac.com/secondfocus/.Pictures/Tiffany_Forni-058.jpg)
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(http://www.johnkoerner.org/hydrangea.jpg)
Hydrangea
(http://www.johnkoerner.org/clippera.jpg)
Clipper Butterfly
(http://www.johnkoerner.org/morningglory.jpg)
Morning Glory
(http://www.johnkoerner.org/shrooms.jpg)
Mushroom Cluster
~ Enjoy
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3557/3447590333_c79342daee_o.jpg)
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3557/3447590333_c79342daee_o.jpg)
Strange, interesting mood; like it. For what kind of client were you shooting?
Rob C
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For what kind of client were you shooting?
Rob C
shooting for the toughest client i know ..... me
(i probably need to find better clients )
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Been working on panos a bit lately, here is one from the Thames. The DND building and Condos at Vauxhall Bridge.
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3557/3447590333_c79342daee_o.jpg)
very nice!
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Been working on panos a bit lately, here is one from the Thames. The DND building and Condos at Vauxhall Bridge.
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No reference to the photography but just to the architecture: guess the Prince has a point!
Rob C
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very nice!
thank you ...
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very nice!
Kind of me reminds me of this......
http://www.modernpictorials.com/D207A%2072dpi%20.jpg (http://www.modernpictorials.com/D207A%2072dpi%20.jpg)
Regards
Dave G
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2446/3666907923_e143d895bd_o.jpg)
250 megapixel panorama, d3x and Zeiss 100mm f2.0 on RRS spherical pano head. Shot this morning from the summit of Mt. Fuji after a slightly illegal overnight stay in a tent.
Cheers,
Bernard
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Nice work, Bernard!
"a slightly illegal overnight stay in a tent"
Isn't that like being 'a little bit pregnant'?
Mike.
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Nice work, Bernard!
"a slightly illegal overnight stay in a tent"
Isn't that like being 'a little bit pregnant'?
Mike.
Or Paula Prentiss in What´s New, Pussycat where she tells Peter O'Toole that she´s a semi-virgin and then goes on to explain the delightful logic.
Rob C
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Nice work, Bernard!
Thanks Mike, much appreciated!
"a slightly illegal overnight stay in a tent"
Isn't that like being 'a little bit pregnant'?
Not really, it's more like driving at 135 km/h on a highway in Belgium when the limit is 120... a lot of people do it...
Cheers,
Bernard
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3557/3447590333_c79342daee_o.jpg)
Reminds me of an illustrator I really like: http://www.quintbuchholz.de/ (http://www.quintbuchholz.de/)
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The dog next door
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The dog next door
Anything on the girl next door?
Rob C
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Anything on the girl next door?
Rob C
I m working on it...
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I m working on it...
Don´t forget to post when you get lucky!
Rob C
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Don´t forget to post when you get lucky!
Rob C
Is Michael changing the direction of the site?
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Don´t forget to post when you get lucky!
Rob C
Rob,
The chances of getting lucky seem slim, she appears to be a bitch!
Bruce
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Rob,
The chances of getting lucky seem slim, she appears to be a bitch!
Bruce
Even more promising, then? Or at least, that´s what I gather when I stray into rap music video land when I go to the local bar for lunch...
Rob C
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Taken on a recent skip through Carcassonne, France.
(http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs086.snc1/4908_1079226431410_1548768476_30285510_5263092_n.jpg)
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This fell off the Polaroid wall a couple days ago.
Self portrait on...what was the black and white Polaroid film for the Hassey then...668?
Circa 1995
Presented here larger than life
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took it some days ago, not a planned shoot but I had the gear with me:
(http://ihvweb.net/tmp/sisters/IMG_4117.jpg)
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2425/3769041016_77cfa22762_o.jpg)
300 megapixel pano from d3x shot after sunset from an island in Southern Japan.
Cheers,
Bernard
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Siena Italy whilst i was there last month shooting the Palio horserace.
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Siena Italy whilst i was there last month shooting the Palio horserace.
Gary, if you could swap the big lightning cluster to where you have the little lightning cluster you´d achieve a better balance: too much height on the left side of the pic.
Only winding us both up: the shot is lovely and the buildings look fabulous in that light.
Rob C
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Gary, if you could swap the big lightning cluster to where you have the little lightning cluster you´d achieve a better balance: to much height on the left side of the pic.
Only winding us both up: the shot is lovely and the buildings look fabulous in that light.
Rob C
Actually not so crazy an idea, i actually have other versions where the lightning was more on the right as you say, trouble is i liked the one where it hit the tower, i did/may consider putting both together however not sure how easy it will be and i don't want to overdo it.
Gary.
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Actually not so crazy an idea, i actually have other versions where the lightning was more on the right as you say, trouble is i liked the one where it hit the tower, i did/may consider putting both together however not sure how easy it will be and i don't want to overdo it.
Gary.
Gary - easy doesn´t count; if the end result is worth it, then you have to go for it. I hadn´t realised it was actually a real strike on the tower; trouble with that sort of thing is that it confuses the issue: you start to think about the event rather than the effect you could have. The viewer need know nothing beyond what his eyes show him. Ask any ad agecy. Still a great shot.
Rob C
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A bit of location work this week, for a Pontoon boat company. Canon 1DsMKIII, 24-105. Mole Richardson 650w Spot through a diffusion panel and a 650 redhead bounced off the ceiling. Added a few white cards for good measure.
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Superb!
Very impressive!
A bit of location work this week, for a Pontoon boat company. Canon 1DsMKIII, 24-105. Mole Richardson 650w Spot through a diffusion panel and a 650 redhead bounced off the ceiling. Added a few white cards for good measure.
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A bit of location work this week, for a Pontoon boat company. Canon 1DsMKIII, 24-105. Mole Richardson 650w Spot through a diffusion panel and a 650 redhead bounced off the ceiling. Added a few white cards for good measure.
Very pleasing textures; I don´t want the control console bcause I don´t want to take the office anywhere, but the chair would be a damn sight more comfortable than this stinking swivel torture machine that I have been using since Noah moored his Ark.
Nice work.
Rob C
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Very pleasing textures; I don´t want the control console bcause I don´t want to take the office anywhere, but the chair would be a damn sight more comfortable than this stinking swivel torture machine that I have been using since Noah moored his Ark.
Nice work.
Rob C
LOL!
Years ago I was the in-house guy for a company that made, among other things, luxury conversion vans. We built seats that looked quite like the one pictured and they do indeed make damn fine office chairs. We kept the guys in R&D busy taking rejected seat prototypes and converting them to office chair bases.
I wish I still had one.
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Some impromptu, handheld, iso1600 architectural shots I took while on my way to visiting my friend in Los Angeles. A bit of a ruin/old feel was what I was going for.
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs46/f/2009/216/6/7/6727989567b82ffacdf5ca2ce97e9986.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs47/f/2009/216/3/b/3b436972f3ead76f8ae94d19f4d14dc0.jpg)
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From Levitation series
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Ok here's the finished (except spotting) colour tweeked file with the rest of the lightning added.
Success, or better before?
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Ok here's the finished (except spotting) colour tweeked file with the rest of the lightning added.
Success, or better before?
Gary
Like it as I did first time around, but for my eye, there´s still too much weight up in the left section of the sky; perhaps taking out the extra lightning beyond the flash in the cloud up there would help? I get the sensation that the sky is too balanced within itself, that you need something to reduce the weight of the tower wich still fights for an unsettling dominance.
Sounds nuts, but I feel that way about it. It is a great shot with a lot of possibilities - maybe the best answer is to forget it for a month or so and then look again; an old trick, but it works for me with surprising results!
Rob C
EDIT: Looking again, I think the problem I feel is that the tower and the flash cloud above it are too much for one side of the shot; one distracts from the other. Perhaps if you toned down the tower a bit and moved the flash cloud further right you´d get a better balance; it might even be better without any of that lightning over the tower; now you know the problems that God faced!
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Thanks for your reply, i know what you mean, and i'm still not completely sure myself. The idea of leaving the flash to the right is the easiest solution as this image is made of only two frames, one has the flash to the left and the other has the flash to the right.
Cheers,
Gary.
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Well it has been some time since I posted any work in this forum. Mainly out of time reasons. I wanted to do that more frequently, but editing and processing is not going as smoothly as I hoped while traveling around the world. So here is something I wanted to post a while back.
Images from the Firework in New York on the 4th of July. The other images from this series can be found here: 4th July (http://www.chauser.ch/upload/04072009/)
[attachment=15917:20090704_RTW_00164.jpg]
[attachment=15918:20090704_RTW_00192.jpg]
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Hi all,
took the 5d2 for a spin and shot a music video with it. You can see it here:
Bushbayer Komm Rap Official Video (http://vimeo.com/5981566)
(anybody knows if it is possible to embed videos in this forum, I didn't get it to work)
cheers,
martin
btw: it is german...
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Hello,
Took this shot as part of a 3 day shoot I am on this week on location.
Have to say my Nikon D3X is performing beautifully in the low light.
Stats:
Nikon D3X camera
Nikon AF 85mm F1.8 lens
F8.0, 15th Sec, 800ISO
Bowens flash
Processed in Adobe CS4
Regards
Simon
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Last Saturday. All of a sudden, there were clouds in Beijing.
But the sun was already up. Can't make my usual photos.
Gotta try something new. Grabbed my pack and head out. Got two shots from 6 and a free stiff neck.
(http://www.ognita.com/images/22.jpg)
(http://www.ognita.com/images/23.jpg)
Today, Beijing is back to it's foggy/smoggy self.
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shot from a recent trip to Bayanbulak, Xinjiang, north western China.
This one taken with Nikon D3, with AF-S VR 70-200/2.8G IF-ED, setting at 125mm f/8, 1/500s ISO 200.
Regards, K
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I always like your pano(s). They all look awesome mate!
My last interesting job a week ago, if you click the link and go to the last page you can see the results plus some from earlier similar jobs
http://web.mac.com/kevin_allen/iWeb/Site%203/Welcome.html (http://web.mac.com/kevin_allen/iWeb/Site%203/Welcome.html)
Kevin.
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[attachment=15820:_MG_9342_3.jpg]
Siena Italy whilst i was there last month shooting the Palio horserace.
Regardless of where you place the lightning ( ! ), I feel this shot really captures the character and the organic feel of the place. Nice.
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Wow, there is some fantastic work being posted in this thread. It's a real motivation to see the stuff you guys are shooting! Keep it coming!
Chris
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Edit - Fallacious statement removed.
Hello,
Took this shot as part of a 3 day shoot I am on this week on location.
Have to say my Nikon D3X is performing beautifully in the low light.
Stats:
Nikon D3X camera
Nikon AF 85mm F1.8 lens
F8.0, 15th Sec, 800ISO
Bowens flash
Processed in Adobe CS4
Regards
Simon
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Fill in the blank with the appropriate answer:
Tiffany is about to:
A. Kick some ass
B. Have an emotional breakdown
C. Reveal that she is actually a he
D. A and C
E. All of the above
Here is another from the same shoot as the above photo and post. Also the Mamiya 645AFDII on Kodak 160VC. This time in bright sunlight.
(http://homepage.mac.com/secondfocus/.Pictures/Tiffany_Forni-058.jpg)
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That is the type of obnoxious comment one sees all over forums like Fred Miranda which is why many people no longer participate there. Would you like to explain what value your remark has to anything, does it make anything better or provide some insight?
The anonymity of the Internet often provides people with an opportunity to show their more ignorant side. In the future I suggest your efforts at cute humor be more limited to drunken moments on bar stools. It is not cute here.
Fill in the blank with the appropriate answer:
Tiffany is about to:
A. Kick some ass
B. Have an emotional breakdown
C. Reveal that she is actually a he
D. A and C
E. All of the above
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shot from a recent trip to Bayanbulak, Xinjiang, north western China.
This one taken with Nikon D3, with AF-S VR 70-200/2.8G IF-ED, setting at 125mm f/8, 1/500s ISO 200.
Regards, K
Very nice. Love the sheep, the symmetry and the snow-capped mountains. Makes me wish I were there.
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That is the type of obnoxious comment one sees all over forums like Fred Miranda which is why many people no longer participate there. Would you like to explain what value your remark has to anything, does it make anything better or provide some insight?
The anonymity of the Internet often provides people with an opportunity to show their more ignorant side. In the future I suggest your efforts at cute humor be more limited to drunken moments on bar stools. It is not cute here.
Oh, boy... aren't we touchy, huh?
... what value your remark has to anything, does it make anything better..
Hey, it made me lough and therefore made my day better...
Ok... ready now for the deluge of your high-horse, condescending, and best (worst?) of all, humor-chalenged lecturing (let me guess: what kind of a miserable looser I must be to laugh at such "cute humor" best suited for "drunken moments on bar stools")
Slobodan
P.S. It was a powerful photograph, by the way... all joking aside
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Ian Sitren:
Perhaps you mischaracterized the nature of my motives for posing said rhetorical dilemma. Insinuating that all observer reactions should exclusively necessitate the showering of praises upon the image maker is problematic. The subjective ability of the observer to pose such hypotheticals should not to be rejected. Demanding submission of only positive affirmation contradicts Article 19 of the UDHR.
I will say that I find your use of 160VC refreshing.
Best,
MS
That is the type of obnoxious comment one sees all over forums like Fred Miranda which is why many people no longer participate there. Would you like to explain what value your remark has to anything, does it make anything better or provide some insight?
The anonymity of the Internet often provides people with an opportunity to show their more ignorant side. In the future I suggest your efforts at cute humor be more limited to drunken moments on bar stools. It is not cute here.
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Please moderate your tones - or I will.
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[quote name='marcs' date='Sep 3 2009, 04:36 AM' post='307748']
Ah, the slot machine narrative. What a lie.
Edit: No offense to the photographer, who made ideal use of the D3X's ISO capabilities.
Edit 2: Please don't probe here as it is a painful topic, but I am quite qualified to comment on the philosophy of gambling.
Hello Marc,
I think you need to take a closer look at my image.
The two models in my shot are not gambling by purchasing movie tickets on a automated ticketing machine
Cheers
Simon
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Alas, you are quite right!
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Hello Marc,
I think you need to take a closer look at my image.
The two models in my shot are not gambling by purchasing movie tickets on a automated ticketing machine
Cheers
Simon
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Couple of images from a recent trip...
(http://morristaubpictures.zenfolio.com/img/v0/p246116748.jpg)
(http://morristaubpictures.zenfolio.com/img/v1/p169622273.jpg)
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Aha, a shoot for Yale, then?
Rob C
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Couple of images from a recent trip...
(http://morristaubpictures.zenfolio.com/img/v0/p246116748.jpg)
(http://morristaubpictures.zenfolio.com/img/v1/p169622273.jpg)
You certainly made sure no one would "steal" your images.
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You certainly made sure no one would "steal" your images.
sorry, are they too small?...
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sorry, are they too small?...
Maybe you can't see it because they're your images, but everyone else gets a box with 'Content Protected by Owner' inside.
Mike.
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sorry, are they too small?...
As said above, you apparently used some kind of hotlink prevention which means we can't see the photos.
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Maybe you can't see it because they're your images, but everyone else gets a box with 'Content Protected by Owner' inside.
Mike.
ok, thanks for the explanation...I'm seeing them as i put them up...I'll see about unlocking them...maybe i have 'em as private or something...
alright...they should be visible now...I did have original upload file locked and didn't know it...a thousand pardons...
M
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Last Sunday, behind the Forbidden City. It drizzled in the middle of my exposure. Good thing I had a handkerchief.
Handkerchief - don't leave home without it, hehe
(http://www.ognita.com/V.jpg)
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Last Sunday, behind the Forbidden City. It drizzled in the middle of my exposure. Good thing I had a handkerchief.
Handkerchief - don't leave home without it, hehe
Well done... has a timeless feel to it.
Mike.
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Aha, a shoot for Yale, then?
Rob C
You know my only thought yesterday, when reading this was if it was addressed to me and my images, what Yale university had to do with anything...I mean I thought maybe recent yale catalogs had landscape images similar to mine on them or something...far fetched, but honest Rob, I saw my images fine, so I just didn't get it...
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You know my only thought yesterday, when reading this was if it was addressed to me and my images, what Yale university had to do with anything...I mean I thought maybe recent yale catalogs had landscape images similar to mine on them or something...far fetched, but honest Rob, I saw my images fine, so I just didn't get it...
;-)
As this is the web, I can't be sure, but you did get the joke about Yale Locks, then? I hope!
Best wishes - Rob C
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As this is the web, I can't be sure, but you did get the joke about Yale Locks, then? I hope!
Best wishes - Rob C
Yes, but only after being told about my images being 'locked'...I saw them fine here and had no idea there was a problem...
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shot from a recent trip to Bayanbulak, Xinjiang, north western China.
This one taken with Nikon D3, with AF-S VR 70-200/2.8G IF-ED, setting at 125mm f/8, 1/500s ISO 200.
Regards, K
I love this! Beautiful
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Saturday was National Bacon Day here in the USA...
this was my lunch
(http://www.melhill.com/food_porn/BLT__8726.jpg)
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Was wrapping up a shoot in a downtown building the other night and decided to head to the roof to see what the view was like. Not related to the shoot I was on, but it's important to remember one of the best benefits of being a photographer, just taking a moment to look around and enjoy where you are.
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Hello,
Just a few shots from a advertising shoot I did a couple of weeks ago.
All taken with a Nikon D3x and processed in Adobe CS4.
Regards
Simon
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(http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/159/laketeanau1.jpg)
(http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/1287/laketeanau2.jpg)
(http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/5765/laketeanau3.jpg)
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(http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/6377/ds35039.jpg)
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(http://www.wildlightphoto.com/mammals/lagomorphs/btha04.jpg)
(http://www.wildlightphoto.com/mammals/rodents/lech00.jpg)
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(http://www.johnkoerner.org/Photography/zebrab.jpg)
Zebra Swallowtail
Canon 50D, 100mm macro, MT-24 Ringlight Flash
(http://www.johnkoerner.org/Photography/spiderwort.jpg)
Spiderwort
Canon 50D, 100mm macro, Built-In Flash
(http://www.johnkoerner.org/Photography/dpier.jpg)
Horseshoe Beach, Florida
Canon 50D, EF-S 10-22mm Super-Wide
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1st post here on LL
Used to shoot in the late 70's /early 80's
I have been using a DX3 for motorsports this year and am very happy with it. Here are a couple of my recent ones
Hopefully next year I can make the jump to MF
[attachment=16856:curry_jump_600.jpg][attachment=16857:marks_air_600.jpg]
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Did a portrait session - This one spoke to me the most (even though an entirely different image ended up getting used, as the recipient wanted more smile
(Shot with 5d2)
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Ebony 4x5, Betterlight Scanning back & a 6" 1860 Holmes, Booth & Hayden Petzval lens
(http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/20090921_roaringcamp_027.jpg)
(http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/20090925_henry_007.jpg)
(http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/20090925_henry_008.jpg)
(http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/20090925_henry_009.jpg)
(http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/20090929_henry_012.jpg)
(http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/20090925_henry_003.jpg)
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As a photographer in the bodybuilding and fitness business just last week I was at the Mr. Olympia Bodybuilding competitions in Las Vegas. Here is a sample of my photos and a link to a slideshow of many more...
Mr. Olympia Photo Slideshow (http://www.photoshelter.com/c/SecondFocus)
I hope you enjoy them!
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Love this image. Can you tell us details & anything special you did in post.
Thank you very much!
Nothing much really, i was using proper filters [ND, GND,...] to have good overall exposure of the shot, then with some adjustments on Photoshop you can get similar to this shot or even better, i remember i didn't do much adjustments on this shot from its RAW.
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Some recent stuff:
(http://ihvweb.net/tmp/refs/IMG_6060.jpg)
(http://ihvweb.net/tmp/refs/IMG_6109.jpg)
(http://ihvweb.net/tmp/refs/IMG_6118.jpg)
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(http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/6377/ds35039.jpg)
That's beautiful. Can you tell me where it is?
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One of my own humble efforts. Three bracketed exposures at 2 stop intervals taken with a 5D Mark II, and combined using Photomatrix's tone mapping function.
[attachment=17611:_MG_4241_2_3.jpg]
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How about some Japanese landscape for a change?
Cheers,
Bernard
Bernard, Beautiful photo ..... great composition, good tones, etc. And it's nice to see some work (your landscape) that's not a "female model."
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2539/4060991991_0a43080371_o.jpg)
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2678/4061741336_f7bdbb0c93_o.jpg)
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2569/4061000567_a3b95f5132_o.jpg)
a few from a new series.
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a few from a new series.
Kipling, this is wonderful!
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Kipling WOW!
Love them!
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That is amazing, Kipling. Love the first and the third one. That is art that I get.
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Nice work everyone!
Here's some stills exports from a music video I shot last week with my RED One.... with a canon ef 24mm f1.4 L II.
The full 4k 16 bit tiff exports remind me of those from the original canon 5D is size and quality...
(http://www.witzke-studio.com/peter/searcy-ot2.jpg)
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(http://www.witzke-studio.com/peter/searcy-ot3.jpg)
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(http://www.witzke-studio.com/peter/searcy-ot4.jpg)
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(http://www.witzke-studio.com/peter/searcy-ot5.jpg)
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(http://www.witzke-studio.com/peter/searcy-ot6.jpg)
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(http://www.witzke-studio.com/peter/searcy-ot1.jpg)
Witzke
www.witzke-studio.com
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(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2539/4060991991_0a43080371_o.jpg)
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2678/4061741336_f7bdbb0c93_o.jpg)
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2569/4061000567_a3b95f5132_o.jpg)
a few from a new series.
Fantastic work!
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many thanks guys, much appreciated.
kipling
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many thanks guys, much appreciated.
kipling
Kipling, What beautiful work! Just looked at your website and saw that you also did the balloon man, they're great ideas and I love your execution!! Jim
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A first quick try capturing some of the Milky Way. Never did this before. It is a breathtaking view in South Arizona.
Stack of 3 exposures @6400 ISO, 10 sec each from a tripod; D700 Nikon 28-70F2.8@31mm
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Witzke
www.witzke-studio.com
Witzke, this is stuff to be very envious about In a good day, I loved your work
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A first quick try capturing some of the Milky Way. Never did this before. It is a breathtaking view in South Arizona.
Stack of 3 exposures @6400 ISO, 10 sec each from a tripod; D700 Nikon 28-70F2.8@31mm
Nice shot, Michael. If you're not familiar with the giga galaxy project, you might want to check it out: http://www.gigagalaxyzoom.org/B.html (http://www.gigagalaxyzoom.org/B.html)
Mike.
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Out-take from a shoot on Friday for a local MUA - a Toronto based magazine is doing a feature on his work, so we shot 4 models on a dark/dramatic set and a white/fresh set. The magazine chose the white/fresh set, and we're free to share the other...
Brent
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Ray, I´m not James, do not pretend to answer for him, but unless you are into fashion you will never understand. Simple as that; there can be no interpretation, no dictionary. You speak the language or you do not.
That´s why some can do it and others never will.
Some would never want to, myself included. I have never cared for fashion photos and as you say I never will. No great loss to me, its not art, its advertising of the basest sort. Good technique I'm sure and I'm also certain that it is difficult to reach such a level of technique. It is totally foreign to my world though, like porno.
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Out-take from a shoot on Friday for a local MUA - a Toronto based magazine is doing a feature on his work, so we shot 4 models on a dark/dramatic set and a white/fresh set. The magazine chose the white/fresh set, and we're free to share the other...
Brent
Nice work, Brent! I'm not a big fashion photography, but this image really works well.
Mike.
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(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4002/4167604499_3ab1ed0b7d_o.jpg)
I'm really liking the helios 44-2 58mm f/2.0 lens
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Gidday,
Came across this old shot I did for Air New Zealand back in the early 90s.
It was shoot in the archives room at Air New Zealand as it wasn’t allowed to be removed.
While we where setting up I noticed the martini glass was empty so fortunately there was a restaurant across the road so they where kind enough to give my assistant some olives.
Shot with a Sinar P2, Rodenstock 90mm lens with Kodak film.
Merry Christmas
Simon
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Gidday,
Came across this old shot I did for Air New Zealand back in the early 90s.
It was shoot in the archives room at Air New Zealand as it wasn’t allowed to be removed.
While we where setting up I noticed the martini glass was empty so fortunately there was a restaurant across the road so they where kind enough to give my assistant some olives.
Shot with a Sinar P2, Rodenstock 90mm lens with Kodak film.
Merry Christmas
Simon
Simon, Nice shot! Looks like window light. Here's something shot a couple of weeks ago in downtown LA while scouting for a Chevy location. Jim
[attachment=18817:downtown..._008_cr1.jpg]
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... I noticed the martini glass...
Great catch... otherwise such an essential part of pilots' paraphernalia would be missing from the photo.
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Simon, Nice shot! Looks like window light. Here's something shot a couple of weeks ago in downtown LA while scouting for a Chevy location. Jim
[attachment=18817:downtown..._008_cr1.jpg]
Hi Jim
Thanks very much. I used a 1.5m x 1m soft box. Good to see that Chevrolet are keeping you busy.
Hope you and your family have a lovely Christmas and a relaxing new year. Here's hoping the new decade is going to be a lot better than 2009!
Cheers
Simon
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This is my most recent promo piece with a bunch of images from the past year.
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2689/4392020660_601ee847d2_b.jpg)
and here is the back
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2771/4391251997_69095e929a_b.jpg)
The front is an A2 sized poster of one image and the back has 10 images on eight panels that are all A5 size when it is folded down.
thanks
R
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Rob, Great work! Nice layout too. Jim
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This is the first ever print I sold.
Not sure that it qualifies as professional and definitely not as experimental...
Just plain 35mm film TMAX400 on a Pentax LX.
(http://www.lucbenacphoto.com/img/v8/p96451292.jpg)
Of course it looks nicer on a 13x19 print.
Cheers,
Luc
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This is the first ever print I sold.
Not sure that it qualifies as professional and definitely not as experimental...
Just plain 35mm film TMAX400 on a Pentax LX.
Of course it looks nicer on a 13x19 print.
Nice image, Luc.
And I agree that B&W images always look better in print.
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Nice image, Luc.
And I agree that B&W images always look better in print.
Thank you yes by far.
Cheers,
Luc
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Nice image, Luc.
And I agree that B&W images always look better in print.
This is an unusual point of view and merits thought.
I have found that b/w can look pretty good on both monitor and print, but with colour, I always have a sense of disappointment when I print. Let's not get into long chats about calibration - know about it and have done as well as I can - but the feeling is always that there are too many variables after the monitor displays your flashes of genius. Perhaps the black/white variables are so much less and that's what gives the sense of satisfaction when printing in that medium. I don't really know, and sometimes wonder if anyone else does either, since I'm not in the position to see both their monitors and prints - only have their word for it coupled with the fact that expectations are as varied as the people who have them.
Rob C
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I haven't shot much yet this year, but here's something from the sunset a week or so ago.
[attachment=20629:43764136...1536849a.jpg]
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I shot a couple images with a friend last week, here is one of them.
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Some shots taken yesterday:
(http://ihvweb.net/tmp/blog_refs/10_03_champagne/IMG1.jpg)
(http://ihvweb.net/tmp/blog_refs/10_03_champagne/IMG2.jpg)
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ihv:
Minimalist but very nice.
Eric
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Thanks Eric!
ihv:
Minimalist but very nice.
Eric
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Hello,
Some images form a road trip at Easter up to my old pool hall I used to go to as a young teenager in the early 70s. As you can see it hasn't changed a bit.
Nikon D3X
Tokina 28-80mm lens @28mm, 1000ISO
Cheers
Simon
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Simon, I see we both have had a mis-spent youth! What a great place, it's crying out to be a location for something, perhaps the booze gals you shoot. Jim
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Hi Jim,
Yes I have to say I did have a miss spent youth. You must have read my mind I to thought this would be a great place for a model shot.
The motel my girlfriend and I stayed at was just 70s retro as well.
It was a wonderful trip going back to my old stomping ground.
Cheers
Simon
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Hi!
I took this shoot a few days ago in Berlin. I do like it much - it shows much of the feel and vibe of this lively city. Its constantly changing its face. If you have a chance to visit - by all means, go for it!
The picture is taken hand held with my 1DsMkIII and the EF50/1.0L at 1/13 sec and f1.0. Hope you enjoy it as much as i!
Regards Andy
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I recently took a Leica M7 loaded with Tri-X into the gym for a workout shoot. Lost of fun for a change, no extra lighting, no bulky gear. Just me, a camera and the guy I was shooting.
More on My Blog (http://blog.bodybuilding.com/SecondFocus/2010/04/23/getting-bigger/)
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I recently took a Leica M7 loaded with Tri-X into the gym for a workout shoot. Lost of fun for a change, no extra lighting, no bulky gear. Just me, a camera and the guy I was shooting.
More on My Blog (http://blog.bodybuilding.com/SecondFocus/2010/04/23/getting-bigger/)
Do you think it'll ever catch on? I wish.
Rob C
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Do you think it'll ever catch on? I wish.
Rob C
Actually I do mix in my film photographs in my magazine assignments and such as often as I can. I used to use a Contax G1 in the gym sometimes but I found the autofocus to be a real hindrance, too slow, and I could never get used to the focus adjustment on top of the body. The Leica was so much better and the big bright viewfinder made all the difference.
I also use my Mamiya 645AFDII with film in the gym and next will be pressing my Canon 1V back into service. Whenever my film photos appear, especially black and white, the response is really exceptional.
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Do you think it'll ever catch on? I wish.
Rob C
Rob, when younger I stupidly put myself in this because I was skiny and my ego was suffering a non-resolved complex.
I went really far in silly inflated muscles race. This was one the stupiest thing I've ever done in my life.
The good thing is that I could lift my girlfriend with one arm. Silly really...
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[attachment=21714:EastPntBay.jpg]
New pano from Florida
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Rob, when younger I stupidly put myself in this because I was skiny and my ego was suffering a non-resolved complex.
I went really far in silly inflated muscles race. This was one the stupiest thing I've ever done in my life.
The good thing is that I could lift my girlfriend with one arm. Silly really...
Fred
I was actually referring to the use of film - I knew that SecondFocus uses film quite a lot and I was trying to make a sort of 'I wish' joke, a soft teardrop for a largely lost art...
On the muscles side - I still am skinny despite having a spare tyre in the middle - and when young I used to do around 120 - 130 press-ups before going to bed every night; that's between the age of 15 and perhaps 29 or so... got nice pecs but they are now closer to boobs, so unless you are going to keep doing that mind-bending stuff all your life, I would leave it well alone. You pay later.
On the other hand, your partner never needs a 'headache': she's usually asleep before you finish the exercises.
;- (
Rob C
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sorry, how do i get the image as a small thumbnail? i'm new...
Use the "choose file" and "upload" buttons, then "manage current attachments". Don't insert a link.
Nice shot. I assume he didn't want to appear cuddly!
Jeremy
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I've been living in a hotel for the past six weeks on a huge 32 day shoot and during that time we've had some pretty impressive electrical storms. This one was taken last week out of my hotel room looking over the city of Hangzhou 2hrs south of Shanghai. 10sec exposure at f4, 100iso.
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I've been living in a hotel for the past six weeks on a huge 32 day shoot and during that time we've had some pretty impressive electrical storms. This one was taken last week out of my hotel room looking over the city of Hangzhou 2hrs south of Shanghai. 10sec exposure at f4, 100iso.
Nice bit of fireworks you have there!
Mike.
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Nice bit of fireworks you have there!
Indeed it is. And to keep on topic - shot earlier this evening at Scheveningen fireworks competition, British team. For those in Holland there's one more day of fireworks tomorrow.
Pretty much straight out of the camera, quick attempt at white balance (where on earth can I get an X-Rite Passport in Europe?). Canon 550D, Sigma 14mm, ISO 100, f/8, 7 secs. Test drove my brand new Acratech Ultimate Ballhead which lived up to it's name.
Time for bed.
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(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4076/4883313384_d2ea2bcd4e_b.jpg)
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Nice work.
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5dII 90 T-SE. finally got round to shooting some tests for my still life book.
hardly any retouch on this (unusual for me ;D )
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5dII 90 T-SE. finally got round to shooting some tests for my still life book.
hardly any retouch on this (unusual for me ;D )
Wow, Britney can do anything!
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From a recent shoot...
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From a recent shoot...
You're doing this to me on purpose, aren't you? My favourite pose, my favourite style of hair, a lovely looking chick in a great location and all of it beyond my reach anymore!
Beautiful shot!
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Rob C
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Thanks! And just to make you feel worse, she is a really nice person too and fun to be around :)
You're doing this to me on purpose, aren't you? My favourite pose, my favourite style of hair, a lovely looking chick in a great location and all of it beyond my reach anymore!
Beautiful shot!
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Rob C
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One of the latest studio's works: http://www.pepe-botella.com/editorial-noelia-lopez-DT/noelia-lopez-dt.html
Fred, do you think she would spend a week in Mallorca for €50 a day - you can explain it's the going rate here and that she should count herself lucky to get the offer of such a long contract in this economic crisis...
(In case something is lost in translation, that's a joke!)
But I had a great afternoon here on the island. I shamed myself into starting to dust the place, and before I began I thought I'd play some records, something I haven't done in at least two years. I lifted the perspex cover and it felt heavy; so I looked more closely. There was something grey sitting along the rear edge of the turntable and the lid couldn't quite move it away.
So, I put on my glasses and thought I saw it move a bit, a scorpion, I thought. Getting up close to sniffing distance, I realised that it wasn't dust or scorpion, it was friggin' ants carrying eggs in their mouths (well, I couldn't actually see their mouths, but I took a guess). So, I ran into the kitchen and pulled out the aspirador de polvo thing and started to hose them with vacuum, a neat trick if you can do it. Anyway, they kept coming, so I abandoned that plan and went back to the kitchen and got out the Cruz Verde Bloom! Having soaked the turntable, I realised I'd forgotten to isolate it at the plug. Then, having done that, I went on to remove the rubber mat from the platten and through the inspection holes in the metal I saw them: a damn nest of the mothers! Millions of eggs and parents angry at the interruption.
Back with the vacuum, I transferred them all into the paper bag, which is still in the machine and, I hope, they are all dead.
And to think I'd started the morning imagining I might actually go back out today and take some snaps.
Oh, vinyl sounds great after CDs, tapes and streamed radio, Faron Young and Doctor Hook notwithstanding.
Rob C
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Rob, we could make and arrangement and try to convince her to go to Mallorca for 50/day, but you need to cook a typical scotish haggis then! (and of course, bring some Jurançon glasses).
Or, you show her your Brigitte Bardot serie and she would surely be convinced.
Cheers.
Fred
I'm willing to drive over to France and pop some boxes of Jurançon into Rusty's trunk, but the haggis is a test too far; I guess the poor girl will have to miss the 'opportunity' of spending a week on the island with me... what kind of agent are you, anyway, making deals like that?
I've just been watching a BBC TV special on Keith Richards; enjoyed every single minute. Those were the days, as I might, just might, have mentioned before.
Rob C
EDIT: where did you get the Tom Cruise picture? ;-)
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One of the latest studio's works: http://www.pepe-botella.com/editorial-noelia-lopez-DT/noelia-lopez-dt.html
The penultimate shot.
Just look at those fingers. It's those detail that so many girls are simply not aware of, or even understand. No Prendergast there, just straight femininity at its best! Boy, oh boy. What appeal power stations?
Rob C
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EDIT: where did you get the Tom Cruise picture? ;-)
Hey, it's me! Taken by a french photographer.
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Good trip to France. Where are you going?
Wherever you send the girl - for 50€/day, remember! Or will meeting in France instead of Spain get me a discount to soften this high rate?
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Rob C
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Since 'old' work, even on 35mm is allowed, I thought I'd fly a cheer for Kodachrome. Hard sell is also hard to spot unless you look closely... thirsty work, nonetheless.
Rob C
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I'm new here.
I've specialized in outdoor (action) and wildlife shots for a few decades. Here's one of my most recent, scheduled for a cover next winter. I also put a smaller copy of it in my avitar, because it actually is a self-portrait.
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I'm new here.
I've specialized in outdoor (action) and wildlife shots for a few decades. Here's one of my most recent, scheduled for a cover next winter. I also put a smaller copy of it in my avitar, because it actually is a self-portrait.
That's quite a trick: One hand holding the rod, one grabbing the fish, one operating the camera, ...
Neat photo!
Eric
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Thanks Eric. This was not easy to set up, but I didn't need three hands. My tripod was holding the camera and a 12sec delay made it possible.
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Now, a crocodile...
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Welcome aboard.
Rob C
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Now, a crocodile...
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Might need a VR or IS lens!
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Something to get you through the working week. A little time-lapse I shot last year during a product shoot.
http://vimeo.com/18515402 (http://vimeo.com/18515402)
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The interior of a new bar in Shanghai that I shot last month.
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New pano from Florida
Nice mood. Thanks for posting.
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Montreal.
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David, Nice work of a very interesting structure! Jim
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Knowing your work, your comment is more than appreciated.
The biosphere was the United States Pavillon at Expo 67. Arch Richard Buckminster Fuller.
The concrete structure, Habitat 67, was built for the same event. Different purposes. Arch Moshe Safdie.
Thank you.
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Brings me back to my childhood going to Terre Des Hommes in 1968. For 20 cents you could take the metro round trip as a schoolkid. It cost about $2 to get into the park. Have a coke for a dime.
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Here's a shot from yesterday. It's the Detroit Belle Isle Aquarium, built in 1904, designed by Albert Kahn and closed in 2005. I sincerely hope it reopens sooner than later, it's such a beautiful structure! Jim
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Here's a shot from yesterday. It's the Detroit Belle Isle Aquarium...
Ain't that funny... with all those megazillion-pixel cameras and MFDB today, your shot still displays humongous pixelization, especially visible in the upper part! ;)
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But you missed to notice that his/her camera has vanishing point built-in! ;D
Ain't that funny... with all those megazillion-pixel cameras and MFDB today, your shot still displays humongous pixelization, especially visible in the upper part! ;)
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Yes, there is fun doing things like that, I also sometimes shoot for fun only.
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Yet another great shot, Jim. Out of interest, did you use any lighting? I imagine you had to use some skullduggery in PS...
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Yet another great shot, Jim. Out of interest, did you use any lighting? I imagine you had to use some skullduggery in PS...
Thanks, I used the available light but yes, worked on it a bit in PS. That is the color of the tiles though. Jim
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Thanks for the reply, Jim. Stunning stuff on your website. Hate you. ;)
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Hi
I'm a professional school teacher at Yosemite Park School, El Portal. Every year my sixth grade class receives a matted print from me at their promotion ceremony. I try to make it something recognizable in hopes that they will someday appreciate where they grew up. This was one of my first images of the year.
Hugh
www.yosemitecollection.com (http://www.yosemitecollection.com)
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Hi
I'm a professional school teacher at Yosemite Park School, El Portal. Every year my sixth grade class receives a matted print from me at their promotion ceremony. I try to make it something recognizable in hopes that they will someday appreciate where they grew up. This was one of my first images of the year.
Hugh
www.yosemitecollection.com (http://www.yosemitecollection.com)
Hugh, Stunning! A suggestion would be to try to simplify the shot (if you have the chance) and move around so that the tree is gone or minimized. Jim
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When I photograph bodybuilders for editorial features I also try to work in other sports. This is Charles Johnathan Flanagan. Later in the day we did a photo shoot in the gym, but we started out with some running. He has been featured in Nike print ads. So here I had him doing long sprints into a really strong head wind.
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When I photograph bodybuilders for editorial features I also try to work in other sports. This is Charles Johnathan Flanagan. Later in the day we did a photo shoot in the gym, but we started out with some running. He has been featured in Nike print ads. So here I had him doing long sprints into a really strong head wind.
He'll never replace that delightful girl sitting in the desert!
Rob C
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Hugh, Stunning! A suggestion would be to try to simplify the shot (if you have the chance) and move around so that the tree is gone or minimized. Jim
As this ain't Critics' Corner I feel free to express an opinion too, but rather different to Jim's: I would have tried a shot from somewhere closer to the underneath of that tree, so that the skeletal branches go somewhat over the mountain and, in fact, frame it instead of compete with it, but without actually cutting into it.
The colour/light is beautiful.
That'll cost you two cents.
Rob C
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All sorts of stuff from the past year or so:
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Jim and Rob
Thanks for the comments. I agree that the tree is competing with the composition more than I would like. Rob I like your suggestion the best. Maybe next winter.
hugh
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My fitness shoots do not always happen in the gym...
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Ian, Not much too dislike about that shot! What part of Palm Springs were you in? Jim
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Thank Jim!
We were a few hours away in Agua Dulce.
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Some nice work in both posts.
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Couple of shots from today:
(http://ihvweb.net/tmp/refs/2013.05_dp/x100s_1.jpg)
(http://ihvweb.net/tmp/refs/2013.05_dp/x100s_2.jpg)