Makes enough sense.Mostly just to get a feel for the resolving/contrast/sharpness of the lens without having to see through noise.
Makes enough sense.Mostly just to get a feel for the resolving/contrast/sharpness of the lens without having to see through noise.
I really love concert photography.. I wish more venues would let amateurs in with detachable lenses
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You've got a knack for making your subjects pop out almost like 3D. Well done!
Cheers Menelaus!! Very kind. :)You've got a knack for making your subjects pop out almost like 3D. Well done!
I'm assuming you image stack these things? Your landscape stuff is always sharp and punchy.
I expose for different aspects of the image if possible when I've got a tripod handy, otherwise I'll create separate exposures on layers from a single image and apply masks to process different parts of the image.I'm assuming you image stack these things? Your landscape stuff is always sharp and punchy.
Interesting. Should really try some of this for landscape one day.I expose for different aspects of the image if possible when I've got a tripod handy, otherwise I'll create separate exposures on layers from a single image and apply masks to process different parts of the image.
My broke ass already wants the 135GM...stop it...Weeeeeeew lad, that Sony 100-400GM cream, and sharp as a tack at 400!
Cackling goose portrait by Scott Tucker, on Flickr
There are literally 0 use cases for you and this lens lol.
Greenwich and Fulton, basically. Here's the uncropped for more of an idea. Crazy how that crop makes the 23 look like a telephoto.
You really need more depth of field in a lot of these shots. Giant out of focus hand at front of frame is just crazy, you also have a shoe growing out of her head in the first one. The colour one with the bridge in the background would be far more interesting if the bridge was also in focus.AR205696 by Marcus Beasley, on Flickr
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I tend to agree, you clearly tried some new stuff here in terms of posing which is good, but in the majority of the shots in the album, something is slicing through her or growing out of her.You really need more depth of field in a lot of these shots. Giant out of focus hand at front of frame is just crazy, you also have a shoe growing out of her head in the first one. The colour one with the bridge in the background would be far more interesting if the bridge was also in focus.
I have actually seen shit like this before more than once and figured I'd try it, had no idea it was that frowned upon photography circles and I could've even blurred it out in an even uglier fashion since I was only shooting at F2.5. Next time I'll shoot at F8 so people can complain about the people being in focus on the left hand side.You really need more depth of field in a lot of these shots. Giant out of focus hand at front of frame is just crazy, you also have a shoe growing out of her head in the first one. The colour one with the bridge in the background would be far more interesting if the bridge was also in focus.
I tried, my client and I both like the images, I can't make everybody happy. Clearly I failed at producing good images.I tend to agree, you clearly tried some new stuff here in terms of posing which is good, but in the majority of the shots in the album, something is slicing through her or growing out of her.
Yep! Any criticism I offer is only my opinion, I'm not the one out there getting paid for my work so I'm an armchair quarterback at best.Critiquing is good and an essential tool, but if the photographer and the client are both happy with the product, that's what matters!
I do try and take the stuff that people say into consideration, but I can't exactly shoot with 10 contrasting opinions in my head. That would just lead to a deadlocked situation where I just end up shooting nothing at all.Critiquing is good and an essential tool, but if the photographer and the client are both happy with the product, that's what matters!
I actually don't disregard your opinion. I'm just getting to a point where I feel like I'm never going to produce "the perfect image" because it doesn't really exist. I can try to produce a "good" image and maybe the off chance a pretty good image, I just think that there's something imperfect about everything I shoot. The whole something is sticking out of the model is an annoying "rule" or criticism because this happens with a lot of outdoor work to the point where I'm starting to just disregard it. Bridge is like 10 miles long I can't get rid of it and I'm trying to incorporate that into the picture. Regarding some of the fence shots I don't want that more in focus because I like the bokeh like quality the diamonds are adding.Yep! Any criticism I offer is only my opinion, I'm not the one out there getting paid for my work so I'm an armchair quarterback at best.
100-400 is more versatile than just birding, it's also excellent for beeing. Is beeing a thing? I'm making it a thing. Sorry if you don't have spring yet where you are, it was 82 here today and the bees were swarming.
First flowers of Spring by Scott Tucker, on Flickr
Red-eared slider by Scott Tucker, on Flickr
Pair of geese by Scott Tucker, on Flickr
Sunning cormorant by Scott Tucker, on Flickr
Why have the people on the left as part of the composition at all? That is more the point, instead of just trying to blur out things you don't want in the background, don't have those elements there in the first place.I have actually seen shit like this before more than once and figured I'd try it, had no idea it was that frowned upon photography circles and I could've even blurred it out in an even uglier fashion since I was only shooting at F2.5. Next time I'll shoot at F8 so people can complain about the people being in focus on the left hand side.
Because I can only go but so far over and keep active PDAF points, I don't have edge to edge AF like that so I have to work around my camera. I could use the contrast AF points but I hate those and I have to put the camera into AF-S to keep the AF from pulsating and annoying me in the process.Why have the people on the left as part of the composition at all? That is more the point, instead of just trying to blur out things you don't want in the background, don't have those elements there in the first place.
Photobooth guy didn't know how to light a subject. I think there's a level of creativity and adaptability that people forget to realize goes into being the guy on the ground taking pics of people doing random shit, it ain't easy. In the studio I can take a great headshot, in a lunch room I can take a great headshot, you honestly just have to know your shit, photobooth guy knew nothing.My uni's gala party uploaded all the pics from both the room photographer as well as the photobooth photographer. The room photos are
but the photobooth pics are
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I can't understand how he was able to fuck up that much, pics taken from below, lighting all over the places, faces waay overexposed and the rest of the body underexposed, severe lens distortions, and bad focal distances. If they gave me a camera I could even do better. The room guy has plenty of creative and very good shots, in focus what's needed to be in focus, all while moving along and taking pics of dancing people with only a portable flash. The photobooth guy had plenty of time to set up things well and yet they turned out shite. Ugh.
Photobooth guy didn't know how to light a subject. I think there's a level of creativity and adaptability that people forget to realize goes into being the guy on the ground taking pics of people doing random shit, it ain't easy. In the studio I can take a great headshot, in a lunch room I can take a great headshot, you honestly just have to know your shit, photobooth guy knew nothing.
Please do. I like to see if I can learn by seeing what went wrong and compare it to what my stuff looks like. Even Menelaus can vouch for my corporate headshot skills. I can probably dropbox you a few if you like.Yeah he obiously didn't know a thing about taking proper pictures I feel. Felt like he was just a guy with a camera snapping pics of his family. I can PM you the link to the pictures if you want a good laugh/rage? :P