David Anderson
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Yep, could be a long long wait, I know guys that think a week is well spent waiting for a bird shot.
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I hear ya Will, but your message would be lost on a lot of snappers at the moment.
Then again, a lot of the magazine and ad stuff in the mainstream press (IE, the guys who pay real money) is so boring and dumbed down that why would you try anything new ?
Anyway, I got no artistic axe to grind and just like taking pictures where the subject doesn’t look like dropped shit – ‘safe’ will do me just fine as well.. 😉
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A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
Sorry, too be clear – I say ‘yuck’ about post processing and not your shots Zach.
Generally, I think your stuff is really good.
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A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
Wow, I like that gold effect – might be cool for a model shot or the like outdoors with flash.
Not sure on the blue, but no doubt, there’s situations where it would rock.
Maybe you should try it on stuff without sky, it might be interesting with
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Well done Mike – and the cover looks great !
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John the 85 @ 1.2 has about 2mm of sharp focus and when shot wide open and has a look all of it’s own – only the new 50 1.2 or the old 50 f1 can even come close – I think it’s a must have lens for portrait photography.
The 85 1.8 and 100 f2 are also both great lenses for portraits, but have the advantage of being much lighter, less expensive and still very sharp.The 135 is also a great lens, probably the sharpest Canon make, but it’s look isn’t unique like the 85.
I like the 135 for full length outdoor portraits – this one is shot on one of the most crowded suburban beaches in Sydney.
Congrats on the new filter, any chance you can show me some examples of it with/without ?
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YuckYuckYuck !
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I like #3 the best, and think the foliage looks good.
The house looks better without the crop (IMHO) and because there’s nobody in the shot, people will apply their own scale to it.
Great looking house BTW..
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Sorry John, I missed your question about the 85 1.2L
It’s an amazing lens and can lunch even the strongest background, making it perfect for shooting in situations that you don’t have a lot of control over.
They’re also VERY sharp from about 1.6 and by f4 few lenses even come close.
Here’s an old shot – it’s at 1.8 – the big brown blob is a tree about 2 feet behind Eddies head.
Here’s both the boys in what would have been an ugly place – what saved the background was the 85 @1.8 and a little backlight through the fence.
This is from the 100 2.8, it’s good for bokeh as well – this is @f4, but the background (same as shot above) is about 15 feet away.
I don’t mind this hard bokeh from the long lenses either, it gives character to the pictures.
Here’ the branches are in front and behind, but the 200 f2 has (@2) has compressed them.
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Beautiful photos John ! – just amazing.
Chad – lovely stuff as well – your post work is really well blended in – looks like something done in-camera.
Here’s a couple shots from the tilts, I think this is very hard to do in post because the lens changes the compression from foreground to background and had an overall unnatural look.
(These have no post work.)
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Simon, if you get me a high paid low work job in UnZud I will agree with you.. 😉
For me, the last 12 months have been VERY hard for work, with lower rates, less high end jobs and more BS from the few clients there are, but at the same time, I don’t think I’ve ever been happier, thanks to more time with the wife and my three awesome kids..
🙂
(now that’s some quality cheddar people.. ;))
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Well done !
Congrats to you and your family, and best of luck with big Finn !
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That’s really cool..
But –
How stable is the boat in the water with someone casting from the decks ?
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Is the softbox silver lined ?
The color looks a bit cool in the grey.
Do you filter the flash ?
In the olden days we used 81B gel on Nikon flashes.
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A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
The light’s very even Will – what’s the rig ?
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A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
Great shots John !
I love the one of the river bend, it’s great to get that kind of view of a river you’ve never been too and it really gives everything scale.
Nice fish as well.. 😉
Best of luck with the surgery.. 🙂
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Nice color & light on the reel, though the fly is a little lost in the darkness in them.
Black is hard like that – a little silver reflected light might pick it out a bit or you could tickle it up in post maybe ?
The log driftwood and plain water background are cool as well, but the way the rod is situated makes the shot a bit busy.
I think if the rod was only on top of the wood and the background was all OOF water it would be killer.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s very nice, I just a picky bastard.. 😉
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That’s funny Will…
The other day I was in a car dealers waiting room while the car was being serviced, there was myself and about 5 or 6 mums.
They were talking about having contracts with the boys who want to date your daughter and I got a good laugh all around when I said the contract would be 100% you touch it, dad kicks the crap out of you – end of argument and saves on lawyers (sorry, Zach ;))..
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A picture is thousand words that takes less than a second while a thousand words is a picture that takes a month.
Thanks again guys, I’ll slow up a bit on the photos and stuff now that she’s coming home – promise.. 😉 😉
Morsie, not sure about the ginga either, but there’s some more casting tuition work for you down the track !
And yes, potential suiters are going to need a think skin and a lot of nerve.. ;D
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