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Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM

04/21/2005 10:56:59 PM · #1

I'm not sure what you'd call them but have you ever been all set up and ready to fire off about 10 shots and have someone run into your frame?

or you're doing a long exposure...

sometimes it's a good thing like cghubbell's shot, one of my favorites.

Got any to share?

Skip

Canon EOS-1D X

04/21/2005 11:02:15 PM · #2

not really...but i have had someone try to stop me from taking a picture ;-)

Sony 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 (E-mount)

04/21/2005 11:07:36 PM · #3

That would be unsettling, to say the least. I don't know how I would have handled it.

jmsetzler

Sony Alpha a6400

04/21/2005 11:15:51 PM · #4

Originally posted by Marjo:

I'm not sure what you'd call them but have you ever been all set up and ready to fire off about 10 shots and have someone run into your frame?

You should try sports photography :)

I have tons of photos of referee's back sides.

04/21/2005 11:17:59 PM · #5

I guess everybody just deletes them, like I should learn to do!
I was bored with voting and looking for a diversion.

adding: John, I would imagine that you would run into that! About how many shots do you take at each event? I'm just curious. Do you fire off as many as possible?

Message edited by author 2005-04-21 23:21:22.

zeuszen

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II

Sony 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 (E-mount)

04/21/2005 11:27:42 PM · #6

Originally posted by Marjo:

I guess everybody just deletes them...

I try to allow for someonething like this to happen, so I may be able to anticipate a little and have a shot I would not otherwise have. Example:

jmsetzler

Sony Alpha a6400

04/21/2005 11:38:45 PM · #7

Originally posted by Marjo:

Not nearly as many as you would think. I'll normally shoot anywhere between 40 and 100 shots at any given game, depending on how long I stay.

Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF

04/21/2005 11:44:39 PM · #8

Zeuszen, that's a great candid!

Message edited by author 2005-04-21 23:45:45.

faidoi

Pentax K10D

04/21/2005 11:50:21 PM · #9

Damn airplane :P

04/22/2005 12:03:42 AM · #10

Originally posted by Marjo:

I'm not sure what you'd call them but have you ever been all set up and ready to fire off about 10 shots and have someone run into your frame?

I found out they make specialized add-on equipment for just this situation...

04/22/2005 12:42:12 AM · #11

Originally posted by kpriest:

Originally posted by Marjo:
I'm not sure what you'd call them but have you ever been all set up and ready to fire off about 10 shots and have someone run into your frame?

I found out they make specialized add-on equipment for just this situation...

Oh my god! That's pathetic. You're pathetic! lol I hope my hubby doesn't see this post. I promised him I wouldn't post it!
Adding: It is so funny. If you saw the look on his face it'd crack you up. It looks like he's running across the screen at a drive-in movie theater or something. lol

Message edited by author 2005-04-22 00:45:37.

04/22/2005 12:46:11 AM · #12

Originally posted by Marjo:

Oh my god! That's pathetic. You're pathetic! lol I hope my hubby doesn't see this post. I promised him I wouldn't post it!

OH OH OH, that's your husband? I certainly wouldn't condone using that on your husband. I thought it was just a stranger / passerby. My bad.

Use this:

Message edited by author 2005-04-22 00:54:49.

04/22/2005 12:48:01 AM · #13

Originally posted by faidoi:

Damn airplane :P

That would be my response too. :D

04/22/2005 12:54:02 AM · #14

Originally posted by Marjo:

Originally posted by faidoi:
Damn airplane :P

That would be my response too. :D

For every problem, there is always a technological solution...

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

04/22/2005 01:11:13 AM · #15

lol
Don't you need to go vote or something?

rebelo

Nikon D70

04/22/2005 01:13:47 AM · #16

I was out doing some panning tests and just as I took the exposure of an orange VW van passing from right to left, a white work van crossed the path from left to right causing it to stretch out like a limousine in the shot. If you look through the windows of the work van, you can see the intended subject is quite sharp. It would have been a good pan!

04/22/2005 01:17:09 AM · #17

Originally posted by Marjo:

lol
Don't you need to go vote or something?

I voted on all the entries yesterday. Still making some comments on them and posting helpful tips like these here in between. :)

btw rebelo, the airplane solution also works on trucks and vans. ;-)

Sigma 15mm f/2.8 EX Diagonal Fisheye for Nikon

04/22/2005 01:25:46 AM · #18

Originally posted by kpriest:

Originally posted by Marjo:
lol
Don't you need to go vote or something?

I voted on all the entries yesterday. Still making some comments on them and posting helpful tips like these here in between. :)

btw rebelo, the airplane solution also works on trucks and vans. ;-)

Okay, then I guess I'll go vote. ;)

rebelo, Nothing like riding around in a "work limo". I can see the orange vw in focus. It would have made a good pan.

Message edited by author 2005-04-22 01:29:29.

muckpond

Nikon D200

04/22/2005 05:00:34 PM · #19

this is a shot of my friend lynn and i in front of the arc de triomphe in paris:

we took about 10 pictures of ourselves where we both looked stupid. in this one, of course, we look OK but a tour bus decided to drive by.

you should have been there. we laughed for about 10 minutes.

cpanaioti

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM

04/22/2005 05:05:21 PM · #20

Originally posted by jmsetzler:

Originally posted by Marjo:
I'm not sure what you'd call them but have you ever been all set up and ready to fire off about 10 shots and have someone run into your frame?

You should try sports photography :)

I have tons of photos of referee's back sides.

Just as your ready to get the best shot of someone heading the ball into the back of the net, the crowd goes wild and all you get is the back of the person in front of you.

Gauti

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

04/22/2005 05:19:01 PM · #21

Originally posted by faidoi:

Damn airplane :P

you can say that again:

and

Message edited by author 2005-04-22 17:37:21.

Skip

Canon EOS-1D X

Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM

04/22/2005 06:38:27 PM · #22

i forgot all about this one. we had 2 seconds on the timer using the wireless remote release.

ganders

Canon EOS-40D

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

04/22/2005 06:42:59 PM · #23

I seem to get lucky with birds flying into the scene at just the right moment, like this one

Ooh, ooh, and this one too!

(perhaps I should be claiming that I waited for hours for the birds to position themselves, rather than just getting them through random chance...?!)

Message edited by author 2005-04-22 18:46:36.

cpanaioti

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM

04/22/2005 06:59:50 PM · #24

Speaking of birds....

The unintentional doesn't always equate to bad.