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01/19/2007 10:59:57 AM · #1476

Here's my latest.

Best Of 2006

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Comments were all very nice. No team suck comments yet.

01/19/2007 11:05:30 AM · #1477

Originally posted by mist:

Originally posted by noraneko:
I just pulled my photo from the wildlife shoot. I know this sounds stupid, but it actually made me a little teary to do so. Maybe you all will tell me it sucks, and then I'll feel better :-)

I think that's a great photo, but, yeah, people would have moaned about the angle.

I really don't see a problem with the angle. I thinks it's a supurb "Diagonal" shot. You're right about some voters though. I think many of them are just very shallow. If it were Cannon Beach, everyone would say it was wonderful. Sorry, just my feelings coming out!

noraneko

Canon EOS R5

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

01/19/2007 11:43:36 AM · #1478

Originally posted by snaffles:

I got a surprise shot yesterday when I did Wildlife. As my subjects weren't exactly holding still, I just got in with 'em and shot and shot and shot (from a safe distance). I didn't even realize I had a really dramatic shot til I had downloaded the pix at home and was culling them.

Cool,

snaffles can't wait to see your shot!!! Isn't life funny? Now I'm all excited to go do wildlife shoot again - gives me an excuse. Thanks to all Team Suckmates you made me feel much better. This place really is like a big, happy (albeit somewhat disfunction, though in a good way) family.

snaffles

Nikon D7100

01/19/2007 11:47:59 AM · #1479

Oh yeah, a final note on Murphy's law...

Yesterday I get home from shooting, and guess what flies out of the big ol' apple tree where I shot my 12 Days pic? A PARTRIDGE!!!! Likely the same partridge that flew out of the tree after I got home from submitting - you guessed it - 12 Days.

Ah well what can you do. I'm off to buy a card reader now, then go home and painstakingly edit the pic...

Bye all, see you tomorrow!

mist

Canon EOS-60D

01/19/2007 11:52:20 AM · #1480

Originally posted by bmartuch:

I really don't see a problem with the angle. I thinks it's a supurb "Diagonal" shot.

So do I, but in a challenge people just look for a reason to vote lower, I think.

JuliBoc

Apple iPhone 6s+

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

01/19/2007 12:24:42 PM · #1481

Originally posted by noraneko:

BTW, juliboc how is your photography seminar going? Are you going to share some of the great tips you pick up there? (Please?)

I just finished a lecture by Vincent Versace. It was fabulous! I took notes, and hope to share some of the points he made when I have time to write it up tonight.

noraneko

Canon EOS R5

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

01/19/2007 12:26:26 PM · #1482

Originally posted by mist:

Originally posted by bmartuch:

I really don't see a problem with the angle. I thinks it's a supurb "Diagonal" shot.

So do I, but in a challenge people just look for a reason to vote lower, I think.

You guys are very nice, and I appreciate the comments! I'll bet you are right, though, that the diagonal would have brought me down. Now I'll have to go capture something level :-)

Any luck for the folks in the northern areas with wildlife? I guess that would include

bmartuch,

raish and

silverfoxx in Norway,

xianart up in Canada,

chaimelle... probably forgetting tons!

Melethia

Canon EOS-80D

01/19/2007 12:35:53 PM · #1483

Unless you wanna see pigeons, I doubt I'll do anything for wildlife. Not sure where to even look around here, to tell you the truth.

quiet_observation

Canon EOS-7D

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

01/19/2007 01:09:03 PM · #1484

I would like to do something like this

for wildlife. Looks like I need a slow shutter speed and an interesting background? I was thinking of a neighborhood church yard but cloning out the virgin mary might be a no-no?

Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon

01/19/2007 02:12:02 PM · #1485

No wildlife for me but hopefuly this weekend I can get "Entrance" and "Fill the frame" and maybe even the "Minimal" challenge.

levyj413

Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max

01/19/2007 02:12:09 PM · #1486

Originally posted by quiet_observation:

I would like to do something like this for wildlife ... but cloning out the virgin mary might be a no-no?

Wow. You can tell just from looking at those birds which one is named Mary and that she's a virgin? *hee hee*

mist

Canon EOS-60D

01/19/2007 02:13:47 PM · #1487

I wonder if I can get a minimalistic shot off. Maybe. Will endevour to try.

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G

01/19/2007 02:18:24 PM · #1488

Originally posted by mist:

I wonder if I can get a minimalistic shot off. Maybe. Will endevour to try.

I found that night shots work well for the minimal challenges. You still get a lot of color from the lights and generally don't have to do much color adjustment anyway. Maybe something like a neon sign.

This shot was for a "straight from the camera" challenge.

kashi

Nikon D60

01/19/2007 02:24:45 PM · #1489

Well now - quite proud of myself. I've actually entered another challenge.

I've been a little MIA for a few months, and just starting to force myself back into the thick of things (postpartum depression is a bitch, fwiw).

Put an entry that *I* love into Entrance. My idea for Exit bombed in the taking.

Now - Minimal and full frame - gotta work on that.

Why do I still feel as though I'm talking to myself ?

Melethia

Canon EOS-80D

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

01/19/2007 02:32:09 PM · #1490

Kashi - good on ya for getting an entry in! And you're not talking to yourself. :-) (By the way, I do that all the time. Worse, sometimes I answer...)

Mary - enough motion blur and you won't have to clone out the Virgin Mary - she'll just make an interesting blob in the background.

Note of possible interest (or not) - I'm probably going to clean out my portfolio a bit this weekend. It's getting full and I want room to stick in more non-challenge stuff. I've been going through some of my folders and finding stuff I never edited, probably because it didn't fit a challenge... how silly is that?

meyers

Canon EOS-6D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

01/19/2007 02:41:48 PM · #1491

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The score had dipped into the 5.9 range for awhile, but climbed back up. This mght get me into the upper 50%, but then again this is a "best of .." challenge..

Melethia

Canon EOS-80D

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

01/19/2007 02:44:38 PM · #1492

I have to say I'd happily take a 6.0. :-) I'm definitely on the wrong side of the 50th percentile but I figure someone has to be, right? Can't all be on the plus side or the math wouldn't work.

skewsme

Canon EOS-6D

Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L II USM Lens

01/19/2007 02:55:21 PM · #1493

I definitely won't break a 5 for BO2006 but at least my picture is irritating people :P

quiet_observation

Canon EOS-7D

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

01/19/2007 03:30:52 PM · #1494

Originally posted by bmartuch:

Originally posted by mist:
I wonder if I can get a minimalistic shot off. Maybe. Will endevour to try.

I found that night shots work well for the minimal challenges. You still get a lot of color from the lights and generally don't have to do much color adjustment anyway. Maybe something like a neon sign.

This shot was for a "straight from the camera" challenge.

The Minimalism I challenge.

kashi

Nikon D60

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G

01/19/2007 03:54:53 PM · #1495

Does this look OOF to you guys ?

JuliBoc

Apple iPhone 6s+

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

01/19/2007 04:33:57 PM · #1496

Originally posted by noraneko:

I'm very upset. After my wildlife shoot on Monday, I uploaded my photos, chose my fave, did a little photoshop magic, and entered it. I was just flipping through those files, and happened to notice in the Exif data that it shows all of those photos originating on January 14, a day before the photos were actually taken. This is the second time I've reset the date on my camera, and the second time it has shifted (the first time was long before I joined DPC, and was only a minor irritant.) This time it means I probably will have to pull my photo from the challenge. I sent an e-mail to the site council (thank goodness I noticed before the voting started), but am really bummed about it, especially since it was my birthday treat to myself to go on that shoot. I guess I'm going to have to check my camera settings every time I shoot, since there seems to be a bug in there.

Noraneko, if the photo is one you really like, pull it from Wildlife and put it in Free Study.
edit: OOPS. Too late, you already showed us the shot.

Message edited by author 2007-01-19 16:36:51.

raish

Olympus C-2500L

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D

01/19/2007 04:47:44 PM · #1497

Like this, maybe. Seems to highlight the problem of lighting, as it has now gone from over-exposed centre to under-exposed edges. Full-face blitz is the culprit, I'll wager. Nice shot of your boy (I assume), but not too high on the pictorial quality without considering the subject.

ETA - it's the girl, right . . .

Message edited by author 2007-01-19 16:48:39.