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Photo Critique Thread - [JPEG] (Page 6)
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He keeps getting older...
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Originally Posted by Nivag
Good shot and composition. I'd up the exposure a tad though, colours look a bit dull at the moment.
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Originally Posted by Jawbone54
Two from a senior shoot I did last Thursday:
Nice JB. I think 64oz is still my favourite from you though.
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Originally Posted by James L
Nice JB. I think 64oz is still my favourite from you though.
Thank you, James.
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Originally Posted by Laminar
He keeps getting older...
quit stealin my lines!
/katemoss
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I took this one last night to test out my new remote switch:
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nice ice!
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Originally Posted by RAILhead
I took this one last night to test out my new remote switch:
What'd you shoot that with? 100mm f/2.8 macro?
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Originally Posted by Jawbone54
What'd you shoot that with? 100mm f/2.8 macro?
Close. 100mm f/4 macro.
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Oh. Duh, silly me. Lens, not settings. Oopsies.
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I've been looking at that one enviously. Soon, soon...
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It's a great lens, hands-down. Here's another shot with it in a not so controlled photo:
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Excuse my ignorance, but how did you guys blur the background while keeping the object into focus. Is that a camera feature or some PS skills?
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Originally Posted by mindwaves
Excuse my ignorance, but how did you guys blur the background while keeping the object into focus. Is that a camera feature or some PS skills?
It's all in the lens.
One way to get this "effect" is to to zoom in as much as possible while staying far enough back from the subject to properly frame your shot, thus maximizing the bokeh (blur) in the background.
You can also shoot with a small aperture, like I did (f/4). This is another reason I like buying f/2.8 lenses as much as possible.
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Thanks. I have never ventured into that forum before, but upon receiving my Panasonic DMC-TZ5, I will be taking a closer look at that forum and that thread in particular.
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Haven't posted to this thread in a while...
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those are great portrait shots JB..
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Yeah, JB's stuff is great -- I need to find some models besides myself. Nevertheless, here are a couple of recent self-portraits I like:
The bottom pic is me with my LASIK goggles.
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Thank you, PB! Love the hummingbird capture too.
mindwaves, I didn't really understand the impact a shallow depth of field was going to have on my portraits until I picked up the Canon 85mm f/1.8 several months after picking up my first DSLR. For about $350, this lens alone made my shots look nearly professional, up from nice and amateurish. I still use it a ton, generally swapping between it and my 28mm f/1.8
Good bokeh is many times the difference between a nice shot and a stunning shot. What's really cool is when someone is leaning their head forward, glancing up from the eyes. You can focus for the eyes, and the mouth will be out of focus; it gets that shallow. It's a beautiful effect when executed properly, which is a cinch with auto focus these days.
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bokeh is an interesting concept. i went into it a bit in the digital photography course i taught last week (i can post the keynote presentation if people want).
it can be round and smooth:
or you can customize it (this is really fun to do. all with the camera. no photoshop):
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please post the keynote demonhood
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I'm interested in that presentation …
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that's two!
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Originally Posted by Jawbone54
Good bokeh is many times the difference between a nice shot and a stunning shot.
If you're bokeh-seeker like I am, be sure to ALWAYS check how many blades the lens has. More blades = smoother blur. On that note, I did a quick-n-dirty lens shootout a while back that addressed bokeh with the Canon and Tamron lenses I own:
Another Dadgum Stinking Blog: Canon and Tamron Lens Tests
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Originally Posted by ARENA
Sergio, what was your lighting for this one?
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Two bowens 500w flashes with through white umbrella at each side of the subject, plus 580EX bounce off ceiling on camera.
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Originally Posted by - - e r i k - -
Good shot and composition. I'd up the exposure a tad though, colours look a bit dull at the moment.
Thanks, I'll have a play around. I took over 1200+ photos in a recent trip to New Zealand need to sit down and get them trimmed to good shots and then tweaked.
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Originally Posted by ARENA
I love these two, for the sheer amount of emotion they manage to display.
The old man looks like he’s about to have a heart attack while breaking down crying, and the kid looks unbelievably deep in some inner world, oblivious to everything around him. Beautiful shots.
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Originally Posted by Oisín
I love these two, for the sheer amount of emotion they manage to display.
The old man looks like he’s about to have a heart attack while breaking down crying, and the kid looks unbelievably deep in some inner world, oblivious to everything around him. Beautiful shots.
The old man is none other than the great Ennio Morricone, really concentrated during his last concert in Santiago.
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I have no idea who Ennio Morricone is (I’m uncultured like that). I could tell that it was a conductor, but somehow, the about-to-break-down interpretation just seemed more ‘right’ for this picture than the highly-concentrated-conductor interpretation.
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Here's another shot with the 100mm f/2.8 Canon macro lens:
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For Bokeh-Seekers. D300 - 17-55 DX
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my turn! shot tonight @ 2.8
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Originally Posted by ARENA
I really like the angle of this shot and the colours on the building!
Anyway, here's mine:
flickr linkr
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I would prefer them to be horizontal, not vertical. I've just never been a fan of the horizontal pic -- and think of all that water you could have in the shot...
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Originally Posted by RAILhead
I would prefer them to be horizontal, not vertical. I've just never been a fan of the horizontal pic -- and think of all that water you could have in the shot...
Vertical shots look good for portraits and full body portraits.
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how can i get the fishing guy in the first picture to pop out a bit more?
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He needs it-I hadn't seen him until I actually LOOKED for him because you asked your question.
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Originally Posted by brassplayersrock²
how can i get the fishing guy in the first picture to pop out a bit more?
Draw a red circle around him in Photoshop?
Like Glenn, I hadn’t seen him before I read your question, either, and I had to look at the photo twice even after that, ’cause the first time, my only reaction was, “What fishing guy? There’s no fishing guy!”. Basically, since his colours are so close to those of the rocks surrounding him, I don’t think you’ve got much of a shot at making him pop out more without also making the rocks pop out more.
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Originally Posted by brassplayersrock©˜
how can i get the fishing guy in the first picture to pop out a bit more?
Duplicate the background layer, then knock the guy out of the rest of the picture in the copied layer. Kick up his levels. Save the picture, with the brighter copy of the guy overlaying the original.
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Here's a before and after showing what I did to it:
His clothing is almost camouflaged with the rocks, so it's hard to do much with him. Plus, the noise is so high, there's not a lot of data to work with. Anyway, I did my standard corrections and used a few of my secret tricks to lighten-up the rocks and the fisherman.
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