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keyrex

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Hughmac said:
Yeah, I thought that until I looked it up ;)

Cheers :)

Hugh
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Glad you told us where it was from, i thought i was missing something in the photo (a building) and then i thought, who will come? I couldn't figure that one out. I never even considered looking it up, so thanks for enlightening me. It now makes sense.
 
mmomega

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The Temple of Hephaestus in Athens, Greece.
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A Stone Curlew from Moreton Island. Their defence mechanism is to turn to stone and just freeze, which is fine on an island like this where there's no cats or foxes, but back on the Aussie mainland, they have been decimated in certain areas by foxes, that hunt by smell, not movement. For some reason foxes don't like the tropics here, so the Stone Curlews are plentiful there!

I got down nice and low for this one, but it doesn't look like it, with using the lens at 400mm, it has had that telephoto compression effect, bringing the background in very close.

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ChefJayPeek said:
Going through some older photos, and trying to use what I have learned recently. Comments and critique are always welcome, and thanks again everyone for the tips and tricks!!!

Golden Gate by Jay Peek, on Flickr
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One very general comment I'd make is that the image is "tilted" to the left--both vertical and horizontal lines are off axis and rotated counter-clockwise to varying degrees for almost all elements in the image (i.e. the major bridge structures, the lines in the central building, the cars, the boat in the lower right, the horizon). I'd consider rotating this slightly clockwise in post by a degree or two. This may create compositional problems near the bottom as you may cut off some of the limited foreground in the process (assuming you didn't crop out some of the foreground when editing the original image).

Human brains are funny in some ways--largish rotations off axis can be pleasing depending on the subject and the composition (it is assumed to be intentional and can create pleasure as a "new" or "different" way of seeing a subject) while small rotations off axis can be unsettling as the whole image just feels "off" for vague reasons.

There is also some perspective and/or lens distortion going on, but that's a more complicated discussion and not as important.

Don't take any of this personally or feel discouraged! Getting horizons straight (or at least being aware when you are shooting of whether you want the horizon straight or have a reason to not want it straight) is one of those mental checklist items when composing. It comes with practice (and many cameras have a virtual level feature in the viewfinder or electronic viewfinder to help with this).
 
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Alexander.Of.Oz said:
Very nicely done, again! Have you been and taken some long exposures of the power plant yet? That looks like a fascinating subject in its own right.
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As it happens, I'd forgotten about this shot taken early in the bridge construction. Exposure only a couple of seconds though. Comments always appreciated.


New Mersey crossing by another scotsman, on Flickr
 
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Apple fanboy

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Cheese&Apple said:
Tree Frog

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This little guy is about 12mm (half an inch) long. Shot with the D850 and 105mm macro lens using in-camera focus shift. 20 shots stacked in Ps.
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Love it. I'm glad you managed to get hold of one. You'll certainly get the best out of it.
How long does it take to do the focus shift in camera? Is it a case of setting the parameters and firing off 20 shots?
 
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Hughmac said:


Inside Ely Cathedral by Hugh Russell, on Flickr

Cheers :)

Hugh
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One of those shots that is harder to do than it looks. You have to get dead centre and level. Nailed it. Really interesting lighting to.
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ChefJayPeek said:
Going through some older photos, and trying to use what I have learned recently. Comments and critique are always welcome, and thanks again everyone for the tips and tricks!!!

Golden Gate by Jay Peek, on Flickr
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As well as the comments about leaning, I'd consider a slightly different composition. Take a walk to the right and focus on the bridge more. The hut in the lower left corner (toilets?) and parked cars are just a distraction in my mind.
Of course with something as photographed as often it's hard to do something different. So if that was your intent, feel free to ignore my ramblings.
 
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Hughmac

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Apple fanboy said:
One of those shots that is harder to do than it looks. You have to get dead centre and level. Nailed it. Really interesting lighting to.
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Thanks. There was a tiny bit of cropping needed on one side, but luckily I was already level. The lighting came from above, but with a 28mm there was no way you could get it all in shot.

Cheers :)

Hugh
 
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Hughmac said:
Thanks. There was a tiny bit of cropping needed on one side, but luckily I was already level. The lighting came from above, but with a 28mm there was no way you could get it all in shot.

Cheers :)

Hugh
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I'm still feeling grim but might do a spot of spider bothering in the garden later as we have plenty. Plus you know how much @MacRy likes to see them!
 
Cheese&Apple

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Apple fanboy said:
Love it. I'm glad you managed to get hold of one. You'll certainly get the best out of it.
How long does it take to do the focus shift in camera? Is it a case of setting the parameters and firing off 20 shots?
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Thanks AFB and yes, I'm lucky to get one so soon. For me it was an easy decision to sell the D810 to get the D850. My D810 had a lot of much loved use was showing signs of wear.

Focus shift is very easy to set-up and is fast. Set the perameters in the menu including the "silent live view" electronic shutter option then press start - all using the touch screen. The only catch is knowing what perameters to set but that will come with practice I suppose.

The only slow part of this this type of photography is the processing. The files from the D850 are beautiful but huge. Processing a stack of images (each is about 135 mb when loaded into Ps) takes some processing power, lots of memory and some time. The first stack of 20 shots I did, I forgot to flatten the layers before trying to save the result and Ps came back with an error message saying it couldn't save the file because it exceeded 2 gb. :(

The one small problem I've noted with the D850 so far (my problem not the camera's) is that I've never shot any camera using live view for a number of reasons but primarily because I need reading glasses. I adjust the viewfinder diopter to my eye and I'm good to go with all the information I need. The D850 has a number of great features, including the tilt screen for low level shots, that make live view a good option at times and this means I've got to remember to have my reading glasses with me. Very much a first world problem I suppose and I think I'll manage. :)
 
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Mark0

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This shot was taken over the North Rhinns coastline last weekend as the cloud swept across the sky catching some subtle reds and pinks after sunset. The sea was quite calm for once at this spot too due to the wind direction going out to sea.

Fuji X-T2 with Samyang 12mm f2 NCS lens using Format Hitech Firecrest 10 Stop Neutral Density filter and LEE Filters 0.9 Neutral Density Hard graduated filter.

4mins / f8 / ISO 200

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Cheese&Apple said:
Thanks AFB and yes, I'm lucky to get one so soon. For me it was an easy decision to sell the D810 to get the D850. My D810 had a lot of much loved use was showing signs of wear.

Focus shift is very easy to set-up and is fast. Set the perameters in the menu including the "silent live view" electronic shutter option then press start - all using the touch screen. The only catch is knowing what perameters to set but that will come with practice I suppose.

The one small problem I've noted with the D850 so far (my problem not the camera's) is that I've never shot any camera using live view for a number of reasons but primarily because I need reading glasses. I adjust the viewfinder diopter to my eye and I'm good to go with all the information I need. The D850 has a number of great features, including the tilt screen for low level shots, that make live view a good option at times and this means I've got to remember to have my reading glasses with me. Very much a first world problem I suppose and I think I'll manage. :)
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The tilt screen was one of the main reasons I chose the D750 over the D610/810.
It's great for macro stuff. But has lots of other uses. Especially when using a tripod.
Looking forward to seeing more of the results.
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Hughmac said:
Sounds 'orrible, really hope the soreness goes down soon...

Cheers :)

Hugh
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It's pretty grim. I eat a lot of jelly when suffering.
 
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I went on a little walk around Athens yesterday and came across this place and just thought it was very cool. Since "finding" it, I discovered people shoot this exact shot so much. But this is the only one I took, I'm happy it turned out fairly level.
Museum of the Ancient Agora
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