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Dirtyman: The God
Moonkkang Academy,
Daegu, South Korea
July 5, 2006.
Sony DSC-R1
iso 800
e.v. +1.3
f4.5@1/80
One week, some of the EFL students at my place of work had to study myths. Then they made a poster depicting some myth of their own making. This one is from another teacher's class.
Though Korean students aren't famous for their imagination--it being generally discouraged in favor of rote/practical learning--this wonderful creation speaks to one of humanity's universal constants: potty-humour. The Dirtyman is not actually an original idea; there is a Dungman character here popular as a theme in novelty stationery...
Moonkkang Academy,
Daegu, South Korea
July 5, 2006.
Sony DSC-R1
iso 800
e.v. +1.3
f4.5@1/80
One week, some of the EFL students at my place of work had to study myths. Then they made a poster depicting some myth of their own making. This one is from another teacher's class.
Though Korean students aren't famous for their imagination--it being generally discouraged in favor of rote/practical learning--this wonderful creation speaks to one of humanity's universal constants: potty-humour. The Dirtyman is not actually an original idea; there is a Dungman character here popular as a theme in novelty stationery...
Bird in flight
Healesville Sanctuary in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, has a large number of Australian creatures on display. One of their centrepieces is the "birds of prey" demonstration, whereby a number of large birds (raptors, eagles, etc.) native to Australia fly around and show off their natural instincts (like the bird that instinctively knows how to break open an emu's egg to get at the yolk inside, by using a stone.)
I managed a few decent shots of one of them in flight; this is probably the pick of the bunch. f/8, 1/640th of a second, 285mm (on a 1.6 crop body), ISO 400, AI Servo mode on the 20D (using the 100-400mm lens). Taken on Friday, 25th August. Probably would have done a little better to crank the ISO up to 800 for a 1/1200 shutter speed, but you live and learn - this is the first time I've been out shooting a bird in flight. Or maybe a drop down to f/5.6; of course, I was using the camera's fully automatic exposure settings. Sigh. (Not sure if I had the flash on, though.)
And yes, the wing on the left is juuuuuuust inside the frame. This shot is scaled, not cropped, btw.
Healesville Sanctuary in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, has a large number of Australian creatures on display. One of their centrepieces is the "birds of prey" demonstration, whereby a number of large birds (raptors, eagles, etc.) native to Australia fly around and show off their natural instincts (like the bird that instinctively knows how to break open an emu's egg to get at the yolk inside, by using a stone.)
I managed a few decent shots of one of them in flight; this is probably the pick of the bunch. f/8, 1/640th of a second, 285mm (on a 1.6 crop body), ISO 400, AI Servo mode on the 20D (using the 100-400mm lens). Taken on Friday, 25th August. Probably would have done a little better to crank the ISO up to 800 for a 1/1200 shutter speed, but you live and learn - this is the first time I've been out shooting a bird in flight. Or maybe a drop down to f/5.6; of course, I was using the camera's fully automatic exposure settings. Sigh. (Not sure if I had the flash on, though.)
And yes, the wing on the left is juuuuuuust inside the frame. This shot is scaled, not cropped, btw.
6/29/03 - Carson Mansion, Eureka, California, 10:00am
Body: Canon PowerShot G2
Lens: Built-In
Exposure: 1/320 @ f/4
Length: 10.6875mmconfused: )
ISO: Auto
Body: Canon PowerShot G2
Lens: Built-In
Exposure: 1/320 @ f/4
Length: 10.6875mm
confused: )ISO: Auto
ksz said:6/29/03 - Carson Mansion, Eureka, California, 10:00am
Body: Canon PowerShot G2
Lens: Built-In
Exposure: 1/320 @ f/4
Length: 10.6875mm
ISO: Auto
Awesome mansion, but where's the top of it
It should be a nice shot, but there's something about it that makes me think that it's been over-sharpened. Or maybe the colours have been over-saturated during post-processing. Something like that makes me not like it as much as I feel I should, and it's bugging the heck out of me that I can't figure out exactly what it is. (Not an attack on you personally, ksz, just trying to figure out why it looks off to me.)ksz said:6/29/03 - Carson Mansion, Eureka, California, 10:00am
Body: Canon PowerShot G2
Lens: Built-In
Exposure: 1/320 @ f/4
Length: 10.6875mm
ISO: Auto
snap58 said:
Thanks Snap and Seenew!
Pentax *ist DL
f/5.6
200mm
1/750s
iso 200
Lens is a 80-200mm Pentax-F SMC. The lens came as a kit with the camera.
I managed to work my way to within about 8 feet of the birds and they paid me no mind. It was still rather tricky getting any decent shots of them, though. Boat lines and wires in the way, getting just the right composition, exposure screwed up. Most were about 2 stops over exposed because the camera was apparently metering off the sky in the background too much. I took probably over 50 shots and maybe 2 or 3 were any good.
Hm, yes, I can see how that would do it. Fair call ... strong sun and shadows does make it hard to get a good end result.ksz said:
French National Canoe & Kayak Championships
Grau du Roi (near Montpellier)
August 27th, 2006
Minolta Dimage A2
1/1250
f/3.2
35.4 mm
Thanks to seenew for the inspiration to try tilting my camera around to change the effect. I'm still trying to figure it out, but I think this is a decent effort.
Grau du Roi (near Montpellier)
August 27th, 2006
Minolta Dimage A2
1/1250
f/3.2
35.4 mm
Thanks to seenew for the inspiration to try tilting my camera around to change the effect. I'm still trying to figure it out, but I think this is a decent effort.
macgfxdesigner said:
Great picture here, I love the colors, and the sharpness of the pollen is perfect. Well done
macgfxdesigner said:
Well done, good composition and background blur. Looks like a daylily, is that a 100 macro you used?
snap58 said:
Thanks, I got a whole series of kids in that fountain. Small Chinese children are just plain cute, and you can't go wrong with water.
As for being in Kansas, just click on my signature.
annk said:Thanks, I got a whole series of kids in that fountain. Small Chinese children are just plain cute, and you can't go wrong with water.
As for being in Kansas, just click on my signature.
I have, several times, that's great. I am in fact, in Kansas. : ) Looking forward to seeing more.
Yes Bokeh indeed macgfxdesigner. Fantastic shot. Colours, sharpness, dof....I can't do anything but sit and stare. You can even see the pollen on the stamen!! I am really enjoying the work that you are posting, are you making money from your images?
annk, nice shot. You really captured the moment. It looks like you had fun in China!
Well done on turning things on their head gauchogolfer. The only critique that I have, is that I would like to have seen the canoe going diagonally from TL to BR to balance the composition. I'm looking forward to seeing some from the competition. I've always wanted to shoot whitewater.
annk, nice shot. You really captured the moment. It looks like you had fun in China!
Well done on turning things on their head gauchogolfer. The only critique that I have, is that I would like to have seen the canoe going diagonally from TL to BR to balance the composition. I'm looking forward to seeing some from the competition. I've always wanted to shoot whitewater.
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