Photography Post Vol. 2

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lax It's a pretty heavy lens, more than what you're used to i'm sure, but you'll get the hang of it! and it is a wonderful lens for sure...It took me a day or two to get used to the 3.5lbs of my 70-200, and i still feel it after a day of shooting.

well, I leave Shanghai for Beijing on monday, so i'll get one final set this weekend and that will be that from this fine city. anyway, here are some stragglers from last week that i just processed the other night...

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[beatplusmelody]

Haven't popped in here for a while. Here's some...

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[servealoha]

^ very crisp saturated shot.

okay, so I'm trying different styles for my portraits lately. Critique please! (trying to work on posing, etc for a few paying shoots coming up)

Hey FG. How do you get those sun flare shots? I want to try those myself with portraits.

[laxlife1234]

Ok, so here are a couple of test shots with my new lens, the thing is crisp as hell! It again... focuses soooo fast! I still like MF better than AF though, unfortunately that would take too long with this lens, so I will just use AF.

If you wanna view the EXIF, just click the images link should take you to Flickr.

[FabGeek]

^ very crisp saturated shot.

Hey FG. How do you get those sun flare shots? I want to try those myself with portraits.

you have your subject's back to the sun and you get just the rim of your lens to hit the sun. It helps if you have a lens hood but I didn't have one in this photo.

[joelz]

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[FabGeek]

Lax I like #2..good DoF. Nice and creamy

Joelz nice overall, fav is #1

F2B nice capture. I'm really liking your colors lately.

[laxlife1234]

^Thanks Fab, still experimenting with it. Going to hopefully get to go to the city this Sunday to take a few pictures.

[ThinFinn]

beatplusmelody - #2,3 and 6 are great...+rep.

joelz - last one is money! love it!

some from today!

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oOoOO @ Mercury Lounge

[FabGeek]

wow...the 80s white mariah carey there.

[koven]

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[Solix]

Lighting is really good on that shot. Fill flash? Reflector?

[FabGeek]

Lighting is really good on that shot. Fill flash? Reflector?

x2 would like to know as well. What camera? Very nice shot!

[Yom]

[beatplusmelody]

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Ta Koven!

Lighting is really good on that shot. Fill flash? Reflector?

x2 would like to know as well. What camera? Very nice shot!

Haha, no setup! Just shot with my back turned to the sun. Taken with a 4 year old Nikon D60 and a 35mm f/1.8G. I think I just got lucky with perfect exposure.

Just upgraded to a D7000. Can't wait to take it out and see what I can come up with.

[Solix]

Adjusted white balance then? With the sun that low, I'd imagine it having more of an yellow hue.

[beatplusmelody]

Adjusted white balance then? With the sun that low, I'd imagine it having more of an yellow hue.

I always get the feeling that depending on where you live photos can have a different feel. UV or atmosphere or whatever I can tell there's a difference between photos taken in USA, Japan or Australia. I can't remember what PP I did to this photo, but from memory it wasn't much. You should always adjust your white balance anyway.

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funny, beatplusmelody i thought i was the only person who thought sunlight looked different in different parts of the world. The light never looks quite as golden in my photos as they do in William Eggleston's, I have never managed to get that hue he does so well.

[FabGeek]

more on the dog series

dogs1 by dethridge photography, on Flickr

[Protocol]

shot with an overexposing yashica on superia.

erratic metering is the worst, 60% of the roll ruined...

[Midnight Marauders]

those 2 shots are great

[laxlife1234]

All of my photos today were edited in photoshop out of boredom, I like the results of all of them, if anyone has any CC please criticize away.

[yuey]

some nice shots on the last few pages

[koven]

Good morning by MrEllis, on Flickr

[ThinFinn]

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@ Yucca, Shanghai.

[airfrogusmc]