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« Reply #980 on: September 08, 2008, 04:20:53 PM » |
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Me too.
Great shots and seeing them made me think, perhaps interesting people subjects are the key to people shoots. Whereas snapshots you don't have the discretion (You have to take a shot of boring uncle Harry).
#2 is a nice couple that I would have preferred more depth of field to bring the chaps face in more focus. I wrestle that issue with multiple bikes or horses to try to get the entire group in focus and have the background blurred.
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I now have 2 snoots (white & black) in my flash bag.
Yeah I keep making that mistake when one person is closer than the other. I focus on the eyes of the main subject but then the other person is soft. I have to remember to stop down the lens some on those shots and pick a focus point between the two subjects. I don't know that stopping down could have easily been done on that photo #2 as the background was fairly close and might not have blurred much at f/5.6. Every shot I took on Sunday was f/2.8. Have you tried using the snoots yet? Post up some pics, I think you'll be really pleased with the results. |
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« Reply #981 on: September 08, 2008, 05:09:08 PM » |
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Not yet. I'm looking forward to it though. And I'm READY...  |
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« Reply #982 on: September 09, 2008, 08:57:53 AM » |
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I shot some kite surfers last week. I tried different apertures from f2.8 to f8. I was testing subject separation from the background. The background here are hills (15 miles away) and the opposite shoreline (10 miles away) The background gives the viewer a sense of the height of the surfer. Here are two examples: f2.8 too little background; better at f8  f8 too much background; better at 2.8  The quest for perfection continues... for me it's a long journey ... |
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« Reply #983 on: September 09, 2008, 09:04:46 AM » |
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Very cool testing photos torags. I understand the quest for perfection, I am on that journey myself.  |
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« Reply #984 on: September 14, 2008, 09:06:50 PM » |
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Ok, first image that I actually like from my D300. I've been shooting rather indiscriminately just to get a feel for it overall.
The image is of one of my three fur coated turd generators; Mesa. I got up in her face with my Tokina 12-24mm f4 with the lens backed out to 12mm. On camera flash popped and I was using a full program mode because I just wanted to screw around at that point to see how it did.
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« Reply #985 on: September 14, 2008, 09:38:37 PM » |
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turd generator.... |
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« Reply #986 on: September 15, 2008, 07:42:06 AM » |
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I taught I taw a pudy cat..... I deed... I deed Your cat has one of those Garfield serious looks. |
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« Reply #987 on: September 15, 2008, 07:49:09 AM » |
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I taught I taw a pudy cat..... I deed... I deed Your cat has one of those Garfield serious looks. Actually the little furbag can anticipate the shutter, flash or not and instinctively closes her eyes. Also, she is the "crazy" one. Out of her and her two siblings, she is the only one who tears off chasing things only she can see. Its pretty damned funny since she is a longhair and I have hardwood floors. I guess I could call it : "Fast and FURRYous: Chicago drift" by the way she power slides around corners without falling down or rolling. |
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« Reply #988 on: September 15, 2008, 07:52:26 AM » |
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Actually the little furbag can anticipate the shutter, flash or not and instinctively closes her eyes. Also, she is the "crazy" one. Out of her and her two siblings, she is the only one who tears off chasing things only she can see. Its pretty damned funny since she is a longhair and I have hardwood floors. I guess I could call it : "Fast and FURRYous: Chicago drift" by the way she power slides around corners without falling down or rolling. Now thats good you need to catch that and post, also how were those photos I took from Hooters yesterday please post unless you deleted them  |
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« Reply #989 on: September 15, 2008, 08:03:35 AM » |
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Now thats good you need to catch that and post, also how were those photos I took from Hooters yesterday please post unless you deleted them I never know when Mesa is going ot do one of her stunt runs. It just happens. Once in a while she wil bounce off one of my legs if I'm in her way and she doesnt have time to do a course correction. Thats pretty funny too. |
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« Reply #990 on: September 15, 2008, 08:13:38 AM » |
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Hooters photos pissssttt.  |
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« Reply #991 on: September 15, 2008, 08:21:24 AM » |
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Hooters photos pissssttt. Sorry, bud- I wiped them last night. |
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« Reply #992 on: September 15, 2008, 08:27:49 AM » |
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« Reply #993 on: September 15, 2008, 09:31:05 AM » |
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Hoooters...... damn................ why does the mod have to be on top of this thread???
Well I sold my 18-200 last nite and my 200-400 f4 this morning. The d700 is getting closer. whoopie!
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« Reply #994 on: September 15, 2008, 09:07:21 PM » |
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Tried shooting the Moon tonight. I didn't do to hot 70-200mm f2.8 is not long enough.  |
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« Reply #995 on: September 15, 2008, 09:40:58 PM » |
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Tried shooting the Moon tonight. I didn't do to hot 70-200mm f2.8 is not long enough. You need that 1.4x converter I have......... |
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« Reply #996 on: September 15, 2008, 09:59:59 PM » |
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Here are just a couple photos I got while at the Indy MotoGP this weekend. As I get time I'll post a report with more photos and a write up. Jeff   |
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« Reply #997 on: September 15, 2008, 10:15:59 PM » |
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Here are just a couple photos I got while at the Indy MotoGP this weekend. As I get time I'll post a report with more photos and a write up. Jeff Nice photos Jeff.  I can't wait to photo bikes again. |
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« Reply #998 on: September 15, 2008, 10:18:27 PM » |
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You need that 1.4x converter I have.........
You take monthly payments |
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« Reply #999 on: September 16, 2008, 02:27:41 AM » |
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You take monthly payments Sure- You buy one thing a month from me and pay for it  |
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