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fcortese

macrumors demi-god
Apr 3, 2010
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5,910
Big Sky country
Most people seem to really like it, but I had one person (not here, but on a photo board) tell me it was unsuccessful because it didn't have catchlights.

Molly, I say, "Meh." It's still a great photo IMO.
My photo for today. I tired out a loaner tilt shift lens and created this pano with some help with PS.

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mollyc

macrumors G3
Aug 18, 2016
8,065
50,760
Well tell them where to stick their catchlights!
Not every photo has to follow the same rules.

I did! She ignored my response. :eek:

Molly, I say, "Meh." It's still a great photo IMO.

Thanks. Ironically I made it for a fine art photography workshop I am doing, and one of the concepts was anonymity, which I thought this kind of fell into. Oh well. All other feedback has been positive. :)
 

kallisti

macrumors 68000
Apr 22, 2003
1,751
6,670
sheds ... 24-70 mm, ISO 800, f/7.1, 1/4000 sec
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Since you included the exposure info, I just have to ask/comment: ISO 800 and 1/4000th sec for a static subject seems like an odd exposure choice. Manual mode for some other subject and you forgot to change settings for this pic? Or were you using an auto mode and the camera made some odd choices? Or perhaps you were driving by in a car and wanted to freeze any motion? Just odd to me since by using ISO 800 you may have lost some sharpness/contrast/dynamic range by effectively underexposing the image (as opposed to ISO 400 and 1/2000th sec, ISO 200 and 1/1000th sec, or ISO 100 and 1/500th sec). Depending on the camera, higher ISO values have a tendency to introduce banding in skies (since you can get gaps in the tonal range with higher ISO values--again varies by camera).
 
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mollyc

macrumors G3
Aug 18, 2016
8,065
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I finally figured out how to unlock the aperture ring on my 85mm. It's pretty easy now that I've done it, and I feel more than a little stupid that it took me so long to figure it out. But now that I have, I can freelens! This might be fun.

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gaswerks

macrumors 6502a
Dec 17, 2006
678
5,467
Since you included the exposure info, I just have to ask/comment: ISO 800 and 1/4000th sec for a static subject seems like an odd exposure choice. Manual mode for some other subject and you forgot to change settings for this pic? Or were you using an auto mode and the camera made some odd choices? Or perhaps you were driving by in a car and wanted to freeze any motion? Just odd to me since by using ISO 800 you may have lost some sharpness/contrast/dynamic range by effectively underexposing the image (as opposed to ISO 400 and 1/2000th sec, ISO 200 and 1/1000th sec, or ISO 100 and 1/500th sec). Depending on the camera, higher ISO values have a tendency to introduce banding in skies (since you can get gaps in the tonal range with higher ISO values--again varies by camera).

Thanks for the feedback @kallisti and @inkmich ... I was originally at the airport (w fast settings) and on my way home when I came across the sheds, pulled over and squeezed off a few shots from the car ... changed the lens but not the camera settings.

YYC arrival ... 800 ISO, f/7.1, 1/4000 sec

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