WPL4 - Team Motley Crew Official Thread

Olympus 14-45mm f/3.5-5.6 Zuiko Digital ED

01/13/2007 11:16:56 PM · #76

This might be good to for one of the challenges regarding panning:
//digital-photography-school.com/blog/mastering-panning-to-photograph-moving-subjects/

baco99

Olympus E-500 EVOLT

01/14/2007 03:56:16 PM · #77

hey all - i'm going to try to catch up on all the requirements tonight. i'll shoot my playing card photo too.

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

01/14/2007 04:02:57 PM · #78

Hi Brian
I want to shoot my card shot tonight too. Do we just do a head shot - then John plays with it - or do we do goofy things in the spirit of the team name? I would imagine the file dimension would be around 120 or so...
Deb

asimchoudhri

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

01/14/2007 04:04:58 PM · #79

i think that goofy and fun is fine... my preference for mine is either me shaving with an axe (my portfolio photo) or:

Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III

01/14/2007 04:18:57 PM · #80

Thanks for posting - I had a good laugh after a long day of no photo opportunities. I am just south of Buffalo, NY along Lake Erie and it's about as dreary as it could get. I just can't get myself outside. Thankfully, I have no school tomorrow.

colorcarnival

Olympus 45mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko Digital

01/14/2007 05:22:49 PM · #81

Originally posted by asimchoudhri:

i think that goofy and fun is fine... my preference for mine is either me shaving with an axe (my portfolio photo) or:

haha - too bad you were not wearing a cat costume ... :D

01/14/2007 05:25:06 PM · #82

Anyone have an idea for battle of the sexes? I just got one - kinda clever; we'll see.

01/14/2007 06:15:04 PM · #83

I am skipping battle of the sexes this time around. I tried to do a panning shot of the salt truck as it came by yesterday but it was more of a stop action shot. LOL With the ice storms I am lucky to be getting anything OTHER than ice! Though they have turned out pretty interesting.

quite a few more in my portfolio under winter wonderland.
I have more coming too!

01/14/2007 07:12:43 PM · #84

Panning How to, I haven't done it yet.
I thought the weather was bad-raining. In Sundays Plain Dealer newspaper on a section cover some jrnalist took a panning shot of a mountainbike splashing water/mud, in a race in Strongsville. If I knew of the event I'd have been there.

I would suggest to always look at previous challenges and find similar cameras use and see their settings and email some if it's not listed. And/Or also check the settings of the last Panning Challenges top-10. Yes you follow the subject, preferrably on a tripod. The ones with a handle are called panning heads, probably for that reason. Several of the last winners used the same 70-200VR vibration reduction lense that I have. These $1600 lenses can be used hand held.

I would reccommend to try a shutter/priority mode at about 1/60th sec. and see what the camers chooses for the aperature. Then go into Manual mode and try some shots of, maybe cars going down a road, at higher and lower Aperature then the Tv-shutter-priority mode reccommended. Some of the last ones had even used f/16, but every scene is different in weather conditions, lenses used, and zoom-levels. It's just digital-film, so shoot a lot and experiment.

Go Team!
We are all here after a recent discussion. Each week they pick the top four scores out of a possible 14. So quality instead of quantity is great, especially if it land a top 10. We should try to see if we can get 4-5 people to shoot each week, if we get less then 4 then a zero is probably used for the average. I'm entering the "Battle with my wife" and Panning or Match-2nd choice. I have to eat and shoot, now.

Player Cards
I've seen a lot of "Player Card" just like real playing cards bust shots to head shots, mostly goofy, many "head gear", also send a small color swatch (square) of you favorite color shade to use. Before or by this coming Friday-midnight, so I can put them together. I will post Asim's this week, for an example when itss ready.

01/14/2007 08:01:17 PM · #85

I don't have any special equipment for doing a real panning shot.
I have pulled it off before but only by accident.
Maybe, if we get snow tonight I can try again with the plow! LOL
That could be interesting!

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

01/14/2007 08:09:28 PM · #86

Teresa,
Hang in there with your weather. Buffalo, NY (were I am) got a whippin' in October. Be VERY careful using generators - the fumes can kill you if not ventilated right. Folks often scoop up generators without knowing how to use them in power failures.
my link with photos uploaded:
//www.geocities.com/got2teach/10-2006storm/OctoberStorm.htm

Got the photos uploaded

Message edited by author 2007-01-14 23:14:50.

asimchoudhri

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

01/14/2007 09:42:49 PM · #87

Originally posted by justamistere:

[...] small color swatch (square) of you favorite color shade to use. [...]

favorites would be:
navy blue (rgb 0,0,128)
ultramarine (rgb 18, 10, 143)
international klein blue (rgb 0, 47, 167)
(feel free to choose what you feel fits best)

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

01/14/2007 10:23:57 PM · #88

WHEW - Battle of sexes submitted! I know I am in a "catch up" mode. I have a few good ideas left for the other challenges.

asimchoudhri

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

01/14/2007 10:29:58 PM · #89

so i wasn't able to do any of my "battle" ideas (busy weekend, lack of props), and with a busy day tomorrow and tuesday i'm worried about my panning shots. i was especially worried since i know teams are finalized at midnight tonight, but was relieved to see that the official season starts with the challenge announced on 1/29. i'm still gonna aim to submit for something this tuesday (and possibly even tonight, even though i probably shouldn't), but i was worried that i would be forced to submit something subpar or else end up with a goose-egg in week one. fortunately my schedule is less hectic after this week (famous last words, right :-)

Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III

01/15/2007 12:45:52 AM · #90

Voting has started for the battle of the sexes

colorcarnival

Olympus 45mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko Digital

01/15/2007 09:41:49 AM · #91

Submitting my entry for match today. If nothing else, I get to practice some more photoshop lol.

01/15/2007 03:51:00 PM · #92

My Battle scores are not too, good.
Votes: 93
Views: 144
Avg Vote: 4.6452
Comments: 2
The idea wasn't even as good as I thought it would've been, but the lighting setup and technique I will use again. I counted ten pictures of the same object. So much redundant ideas. Mines a little better.

I submitted it at 11:58PM after downloading and editing a half hour before. I stayed up another hour fixing things up by dodging/burning, which I never really did before. It was easy and a helpful necessity. here is a link to a tutorial on that submitted today by Pedro Dodging and Burning in Photoshop.

01/15/2007 05:28:21 PM · #93

I am doing ok in Battle of the Sexes, for a last minute idea with no props, no lights, just gettin' in the mix.

Votes: 103
Views: 183
Avg Vote: 4.5049
Comments: 5

I did get a 1 though, they were kind to leave a comment.

01/15/2007 06:28:27 PM · #94

Way to many toilets and remote shots in that one. I am happy to say, I did not even think about that one! LOL

01/15/2007 06:38:41 PM · #95

I made 24th for my black bananas! I guess thats not to bad.
Some people loved it, some hated it. But I guess thats
just how it goes.

01/15/2007 09:17:23 PM · #96

I didn't get my color portrait done - am I the only one? I have something nice on my school network server. I hope it's not too late.

01/16/2007 10:41:38 AM · #97

At least my battle scores have been growing.
That's a challenge that should have been easier to win in. if I spent the needed post processing time it may he been up a point.

B/W 487, Song Titles 215, Battle only 88 competitors!
Votes: 141
Views: 209
Avg Vote: 4.7021
Comments: 4

Great Black Bananas, could've been a black and white challenge photo, too.

I suggest that when the competition starts we should all let each other know if we do, or do not, plan to enter a shot for a week. This would be to make sure we don't get a zero as one of the top four. That would only happen if 4 members didn't submit anything.

Even a mediocre photo close to meeting a challenge's description could probably get a 4.xxxx. If it's an excellent shot and only slightly meets the challenge, it can even win.

Olympus 14-45mm f/3.5-5.6 Zuiko Digital ED

01/16/2007 11:11:21 AM · #98

dsterner: No it's not too late. As stated earlier I would like them by Friday so I can try to come up with some samples on the weekend. After that I will let anyone willing to edit or make sugestions.

Any shot you want can be used for your Players Cards, most of them include bust shots and head shots in any pose or props or head gear you like.

Let me know what you would like our team logo to be like? What to express? What objects to include? Style, motif, colors, anything is helpful.

A good link for recent examples of high rated shots that didn't really meet the challenge ("Pushed the envelope"). Thinking Outside the Box

baco99

Olympus E-500 EVOLT

01/16/2007 11:47:44 AM · #99

teresa, great shot! i liked it a lot, but didn't comment. i will now.

also, as far as tracking goes, my Best of 2006 entry is gain some points, it went from a 4.3 to above a 5.5 in about a week. hopefully as people compare and contrast, they'll continue to like it. i'd like to have this in my top 4 since i think it deserves it, especially since it was with a P&S camera.

i'll get my head shot done tonight. i have something in mind