Some fishy beach pics
Posted 11/12/2009 - 16:40
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Very very nice Mike, there is so much in your photos and I've no idea which one I like the most since they all have something.
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Posted 11/12/2009 - 17:40
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Pretty cool. Inspires me to take out my second least used lens (10-17 too) and let it see some light. No. 3 is my favourite BTW.
Chris
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Posted 11/12/2009 - 17:55
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Lovely stuff Mike, I'm tempted on your 12-24 and 100 Macro BUT,
Jack.
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Posted 11/12/2009 - 18:52
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Like them all, great composition and colours, but especially 2 and 3.
Tim
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Posted 11/12/2009 - 19:16
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I cant help, nr 1 makes me to move my head in the same direction as the pic Like child.
Some aquaintance on nr 2 (bench) Nice again !
3 I like.
5 has smooth colors
overall nice set.
Some aquaintance on nr 2 (bench) Nice again !
3 I like.
5 has smooth colors
overall nice set.
Posted 11/12/2009 - 19:35
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That's a good set of fishy shots. Like the last four, if I had to pick a favourite it would be between 5 and 6.
What I thought when looking at the first two shots was why you didn't go down on your knees (or at least a bit of the normal eye height). It usually pays to try different angles and view points with this lens. This lens is asking for over-the-top (when taking the shot and when pp-ing).
I do like the colours in the first one!
Prieni
What I thought when looking at the first two shots was why you didn't go down on your knees (or at least a bit of the normal eye height). It usually pays to try different angles and view points with this lens. This lens is asking for over-the-top (when taking the shot and when pp-ing).
I do like the colours in the first one!
Prieni
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Posted 11/12/2009 - 20:19
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Well thanks a bunch! That's another lens to add to the wish list. I'll never get to retire at this rate!
All great images, but 5 & 6 for me also.
Cheers
Chris
All great images, but 5 & 6 for me also.
Cheers
Chris
Posted 11/12/2009 - 21:34
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Thanks for the comments, am quite getting into this fishy lens.
Fishy shot from tonight.
Greytop wrote:
Thinking of selling your 12-24?
Thinking about it but I am on my fourth copy now (if you include the Samsung 12-24mm) .. I keep changing my mind but I don't think I could afford it again if I sold it.Thinking of selling your 12-24?
Fishy shot from tonight.
Posted 11/12/2009 - 22:09
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Might I play devil's advocate here, for a moment?
This is a serious question, because I often find something incongruously appealing about fisheye shots, which historically I've never liked.
And I can't quite work out what it is.
Funky angles, bendy lines, but so what?
The ones I like best are the ones closest to rectilinear, but even so, the bendy ones do have a certain appeal that I can't quite put my finger on.
Can anyone articulate what I'm seeing? Is it just that it's an unfamiliar perspective, and therefore interesting? Or is there something more?
This is a serious question, because I often find something incongruously appealing about fisheye shots, which historically I've never liked.
And I can't quite work out what it is.
Funky angles, bendy lines, but so what?
The ones I like best are the ones closest to rectilinear, but even so, the bendy ones do have a certain appeal that I can't quite put my finger on.
Can anyone articulate what I'm seeing? Is it just that it's an unfamiliar perspective, and therefore interesting? Or is there something more?
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Posted 11/12/2009 - 22:22
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Mike-P wrote:
To me they have a sort of 3D look which I find quite appealing.
Is it like, the foreground is even more exaggeratedly so, and larger than life, whereas the background is even wider, even taller?To me they have a sort of 3D look which I find quite appealing.
So more 'full on' somehow?
Extreme wide angles do this too, without bending straight lines, though, so, what is it with the bendy lines?
Is it 'hall of mirrors' style fascination, or is there something more?
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Posted 12/12/2009 - 06:08
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ChrisA wrote:
Might I play devil's advocate here, for a moment?
This is a serious question, because I often find something incongruously appealing about fisheye shots, which historically I've never liked.
And I can't quite work out what it is.
Funky angles, bendy lines, but so what?
The ones I like best are the ones closest to rectilinear, but even so, the bendy ones do have a certain appeal that I can't quite put my finger on.
Can anyone articulate what I'm seeing? Is it just that it's an unfamiliar perspective, and therefore interesting? Or is there something more?
The medium is the message
Might I play devil's advocate here, for a moment?
This is a serious question, because I often find something incongruously appealing about fisheye shots, which historically I've never liked.
And I can't quite work out what it is.
Funky angles, bendy lines, but so what?
The ones I like best are the ones closest to rectilinear, but even so, the bendy ones do have a certain appeal that I can't quite put my finger on.
Can anyone articulate what I'm seeing? Is it just that it's an unfamiliar perspective, and therefore interesting? Or is there something more?
Ken
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