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Comment by K10D posted on Setting up competition shots at 24/09/2009 - 18:49
Do you freeze action shots or do you try to bring in a specific effect dependant on subject matter?
Are there rules we should follow?
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Are there rules we should follow?
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Comment by K10D posted on Different Strokes at 24/09/2009 - 18:38
This is a shot from the pitch edge. istD + 70-200mm + 1.4 TC.
Substantial compression is evident. Does it work for or against the image?
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Substantial compression is evident. Does it work for or against the image?
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Comment by K10D posted on Telephoto compression at 24/09/2009 - 16:17
Just uploaded a couple of images from my istD. Used 24-90mm Pentax lens.
Glenfinnan and Polnish Church.
Couple of mates of mine (professionals at ShedPix) have two 50D's that they want rid of, they are not happy with them.
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Glenfinnan and Polnish Church.
Couple of mates of mine (professionals at ShedPix) have two 50D's that they want rid of, they are not happy with them.
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Comment by K10D posted on life span of a DSLR at 24/09/2009 - 16:04
Bob and his Pentax wrote:
In my film days it would have been one of my LXs with the Pentax 28mm shift on the front, second choice M series 50mm f1.4
Now the lens which is fitted to the K7 in the camera bag is DA*16-50. Second choice lens would be DA*50-135 or DA*60-250 depending on the shoot.
Favourite set up for speed/convenience while on a general purpose shoot (eg while working as the official photographer for an event) is K7+DA*15-50 and K20D+DA*60-250 both with grips and carried on an Optec dual camera harness. Then all I need as carry around extras is spare flash cards. The DA*60-250 gets replaced by DA*50-135 when the light falls off or for indoor work (eg bands).
Good logic.In my film days it would have been one of my LXs with the Pentax 28mm shift on the front, second choice M series 50mm f1.4
Now the lens which is fitted to the K7 in the camera bag is DA*16-50. Second choice lens would be DA*50-135 or DA*60-250 depending on the shoot.
Favourite set up for speed/convenience while on a general purpose shoot (eg while working as the official photographer for an event) is K7+DA*15-50 and K20D+DA*60-250 both with grips and carried on an Optec dual camera harness. Then all I need as carry around extras is spare flash cards. The DA*60-250 gets replaced by DA*50-135 when the light falls off or for indoor work (eg bands).
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Comment by K10D posted on Work horse at 24/09/2009 - 15:24
So a good range of different lenses.
Diversity wins the day.
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Diversity wins the day.
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Comment by K10D posted on Spin off from Work Horse..Desert Island Lens at 24/09/2009 - 12:24
johnriley wrote:
Just everyone bear in mind that we never really know anything about people's lives outside what we read in their posts. Also, posts don't convey meaning like a conversation would, so something that seems quite harsh could be meant in a different way. Smilies help but are not always conclusive.
So when writing, think first, type second, be civil and repectful and don't overreact to what others say.
A sense of humour helps to maintain good humour. If we feel stressed and ill humoured then that's not the time to fire off posts.
Point taken with the smiles John. They may have been construed as making fun, that was not the intention. Anyway, fingers burnt. Basically, if two members are feuding, it's better not to get involved and maybe quicker to delete the thread?Just everyone bear in mind that we never really know anything about people's lives outside what we read in their posts. Also, posts don't convey meaning like a conversation would, so something that seems quite harsh could be meant in a different way. Smilies help but are not always conclusive.
So when writing, think first, type second, be civil and repectful and don't overreact to what others say.
A sense of humour helps to maintain good humour. If we feel stressed and ill humoured then that's not the time to fire off posts.
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Gary
Comment by K10D posted on Whether to go ahead at 24/09/2009 - 11:50
hamiltonsmith wrote:
Lemmy dont let them grind you down. Maybe its too much sand in the beer.
I for one and I am sure many many others get much more from the forum than we contribute. There is so little to do in Doha that the minds get distorted so dont go. Yes K10d maybe it is you and just maybe select brain before engaging finger and there just may be a bit more harmony. I appreciate its not all a bed of roses amongst the dunes and be honest Quatar is the pits. I do know I lived in the ME for many years luckily only a very short time in Quatar but it felt like a lifetime. I really dont know where you get the million from, its certainly not brain cells.My other suggestion to you is to wear a hat at all times because the sun is certainly getting to you.
Ian
This forum gets better and better by the minute.Lemmy dont let them grind you down. Maybe its too much sand in the beer.
I for one and I am sure many many others get much more from the forum than we contribute. There is so little to do in Doha that the minds get distorted so dont go. Yes K10d maybe it is you and just maybe select brain before engaging finger and there just may be a bit more harmony. I appreciate its not all a bed of roses amongst the dunes and be honest Quatar is the pits. I do know I lived in the ME for many years luckily only a very short time in Quatar but it felt like a lifetime. I really dont know where you get the million from, its certainly not brain cells.My other suggestion to you is to wear a hat at all times because the sun is certainly getting to you.
Ian
1) I do not drink beer here.
2) The million was a rough estimate of the combined population of Qatar and Bahrain.
3)Why would my location have anything to do with my attitude?
4)Not sure what my brain cell count is, but thanks for the insult.
5)I'm OK with the hat, I do wear it outside when the sun shines.
So by trying to calm an issue between two other members, it is your opinion that it may be my fault. I do not question how you arrived at that conclusion. However, you, like everyone else here are free thinkers and are entitled to your opinions.
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Comment by K10D posted on Whether to go ahead at 24/09/2009 - 11:45
Not for me a digital LX.
Now a digital MZS
Now a digital MZS
Comment by K10D posted on Digital LX anyone ? at 24/09/2009 - 11:24
lemmy wrote:
It gets a bit boring but I don't think I can kill file him and I don't like the feeling that someone is waiting to pounce on everything I write, so I'll knock this forum off my bookmarks.
More my loss than the forum's but life is short (especially at my age!). And thanks to everyone with whom I've had enjoyable exchange of views.
It is your call and only you can decide what you think best here, but I and others will miss your input as will George.johnriley wrote:
We are a pleasant place, but occasionally someone gets a "bee in their bonnet" about something, sometimes something that;s really dead and buried.
I seem to get an ill humoured reply to various things that I have written here from one particular gentleman who has a bee in his bonnet about something I didn't say.We are a pleasant place, but occasionally someone gets a "bee in their bonnet" about something, sometimes something that;s really dead and buried.
It gets a bit boring but I don't think I can kill file him and I don't like the feeling that someone is waiting to pounce on everything I write, so I'll knock this forum off my bookmarks.
More my loss than the forum's but life is short (especially at my age!). And thanks to everyone with whom I've had enjoyable exchange of views.
That makes it two members who have "disconected" since I have joined this group.
Maybe it's me :
Let's have a vote on it Lemmy, as I represent Qatar and Bahrain on here, that block vote alone is worth around 1 million, for you to stay, anyone against Lemmy staying with us???????
Come on, speak up now.......
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Comment by K10D posted on Whether to go ahead at 24/09/2009 - 11:21
This was from a set done for the local Coke factory in Bahrain. It was not accepted.
Set up was an Elinchrome 500 below a glass bowl, filled with ice. The colour was actually due to the Cola in the can being emptied into the ice.
Titled "Burning Thirst ?"
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