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The Latest & Greatest Fun w/Digital M Images
- Thread starter Lloyd
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sjg284
Active member
And the reason for my absence.. friends wedding in Bermuda, wife was a bridesmaid. This made my auxiliary bridesmaid, sherpa, and when I had a spare moment.. photographer. Tried to capture the moments that the pros aren't there for / can't get. Didn't wanna be that guy standing behind the pro snapping all his photos.
Anyway.. here's what I came back with.
Mostly all M8 & VC Nokton 50/1.5
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love these two steve! do you know the person in the second photo? i know i would love to have a copy of such a beautiful picture with my dog if i were that ownerCouple B&W's...
M9 21 Lux
great shots mike! this one really made me giggle!
these are some really outstanding portraits peter! you can see the character oozing out of each person.
what really stands out to me about these is you being able to capture joy and happiness in an impoverished area of the world where most photographers always focus on the bringing out the grim sadness. great job!!
beautiful portrait of (your?) elliot! love itHi everybody, here are a few ones with the M9 :
first, please meet Elliot through the Cron 50mm :
gorgeous and dreamy, what a great way to help us appreciate the natural world around us :thumbup:
awesome ashwin! i love the way you're always able to use capture repeating patterns and lines in your street photography!
fantastic shot matt! sophisticated and wonderful on so many "levels!" :ROTFL:"Levels, not Curves". Thanks for looking. Cheers, Matt
M9; 24mm f/1.4; 1/1500s @ f/1.7; ISO 80
http://mdriscoll.zenfolio.com
wow, love the way you used the 18mm here! i just purchased an 18mm recently, but thought it was a bad impulse buy...but now you've convinced me to give it a shot
beautiful b&w and framing! great shot vlad!Peter, your Angola pictures literally made my jaw drop. So have many other images in this thread. Phenomenal. This thread is my daily bookmark that I load first in the morning (rather: whenever it is I wake up, usually not the morning hours) and the last thread I visit before going to sleep. Intensely good work.
If I had to give this a name, I'd call it "home sick".
DavidE
Active member
Thanks, Matt, Lloyd, Ashwin, Charles, Steve, Steve, and Jerry. This was my first tradeshow with the M9 that wasn't in Las Vegas, so I was concerned I wouldn't be able to come up with anything decent. Great to have feedback that these images were worth capturing.wow, love the way you used the 18mm here! i just purchased an 18mm recently, but thought it was a bad impulse buy...but now you've convinced me to give it a shot
Jerry, don't know if this would work for you, but I tend to go out with the 18mm and only shoot that for the day. I don't get as many keepers as with the 24mm, but there are always some very nice and unusual shots in the mix. You start to think in terms of what would look good in 18mm. Plus, the increased depth of field makes it super easy to quickly grab a shot on the fly.
Lloyd
Active member
Hi guys, let me jump in with my $.02 worth (although it may not be worth quite that much). I happen to take a view contrary to that of our esteemed forum-mate. First off, and particularly when the images relate to a single theme or subject, I like it when there are more than one or two posted together. I think we get more of the story, and I appreciate that.Quote:
Posting this many photos as a group makes it almost impossible to comment on each of them, forcing something like I just wrote above. I can't see your image remember when writing this post. I must work from memory. Due to my advanced age, my memory isn't what it once was. Hold your posting to one or two, and I can give you lots of constructive feedback if you want it. More than that, it is just an exhibition gallery. Post one or two images, and folks can drink it in fully. More is overwhelming, but that's just my opinion, others have theirs.
Chuck,
Greta reply! Thanks a lot. I will restrict myself in posting only one or two max. on a particular day. Anyway, I'll try to do better next time...
Cheers,
Peter
(Chuck makes a good point....although i flunk on a regular basis...
Second, take the criticism of specific images with grain of salt. Bottomline, it's just an opinion, and in the case of your Angola images, Peter, I happen to completely disagree with Chuck. The three he singled out and said you should delete are among my favorites of the group. Vlad seems to agree, as he singled two of them out as well.
Opinions are like bellybuttons, everybody has them, and most of them stink. I know mine do at times, and there is no accounting for taste. I've been shooting for clients for 30+ years, and I never cease to be amazed at how often the images I like best aren't chosen, and how often images I'd toss are.
Next, I don't think this is primarily a critique thread. I think most of us are just enjoying seeing images taken with our favorite camera system. If someone invites opinions, then great, you'll probably get them. But remember that they're just opinions. There is no single "right" way. And in fact, many folks here don't necessarily post their "best" work anyway, since they may be under contractual restrictions to clients.
So, my take is post what you want, as many as you want. If someone has to work a little to single something out for comment, it's not that big a deal. If that's a problem for the critics, then maybe they can start a critique thread, and call the shots on that one. I think constructive criticism is valuable, and I think Chuck for example has a wealth of experience from which we can all benefit, but there's something to be said for having a place where we all just enjoy the images, and the more the merrier... good, bad, or indifferent.
Woody Campbell
Workshop Member
Friday's post. M9 + cv 12mm.
Woody Campbell
Workshop Member
Outtake from Friday. M9 + DR Summicron.
i also completely agree with lloyd here. for example, if peter had posted only two or three tight headshot portraits from this post, then we would have no idea what the context is - are these people his friends, strangers, where they are, what are they doing? another example is steve's recent post here. each of these photos shown individually will make it difficult for the viewer to understand the context.
playing devil's advocate again, i also really like one of the photos that chuck said you should delete - specifically, this one:
personally, i think motion blur works really well in certain situations, and it certainly fits for my tastes here. the motion blur enhances the excitement shown on these kids' faces, and for me, anything that can add to the evocative nature of the photo is a good thing.
like lloyd said though, these are just my personal opinions too, and maybe they are of the stinky bellybutton variety
i certainly recognize that my own photos aren't up to the high quality many of the people post here, including chuck too PeterSchlicht
Member
Lloyd!
Very good comments. I very much know on how to take the comments or criticism or whatever. If someone thinks I should trash some of my work a) I won't do that if I disagree and 2b) I won't fall in depression. What I liked in Chuck's reply the most is the fact that he actually expanded a bit deeper on what he thinks about the images. I appreciate that, however, I/we know it is one single opinion. His comment photography being judged very much like a yes-no, black-white decision is a point which could be discussed or questioned.
I enjoy this forum a lot and log-in daily to see what's new. And it is actually a good thing to see some controversy once in while - only that way any given feedback becomes somewhat more credible.
Thanks again - Peter
shtarka1
Active member
Yes they were Jerry. The Topsfield Fair in yes you guessed it Topsfield ,Mass. Thank You!