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Yeah, cool shot.

 

Have you seen what Vincent Laforet does from a helicopter with a Canon tilt-shift lens?

 

He uses it to minimize depth-of-field in real scenes in such a way that they look like you're shooting scale models. It'll make you double-take. Your shot makes me think the same for a second. But yes, you need much deeper focus. Cool idea... work with it!

Your remarks are welcome and appreciated.

Yeah, Dan, I chartered a helicopter for this shoot. Expensive, but SO COOL! And it paid for itself in sales. :-)

What a perfect candid portrait!

Beautiful shot! What a gorgeous bird.

Any remarks are appreciated!

so... what do you think?

Well-done Photoshop post-processing. Almost fantasy-like.

Interesting setting. A great travel shot. Maybe a bit strong on saturation and contrast for my taste, but I'm getting used to that too, and really like this one.

 

Excellent use of shutter speed, too. It's perfect the way the motion blur of the moving men frame the guy sitting on the step. I should remember to do that more often myself!

Very cute little girl. IMO could be a strong portrait under studio lighting, or if that's not an option, with better natural light supplemented with the flash.

What an amazing place!

remarks are appreciated.

Fantastic shot, Josh!

Your remarks are welcome!

Your remarks are welcome!

This is the STP 65 "Rosebud" ripping across San Francisco Bay during the 2007 Rolex Big Boat

Series.

 

Your ratings and remarks are welcome.

Unbelievable! Is this real? Did you combine images here? You must have... where's the surface of the water? How can the bird's wings be so obscured by water?

Please explain how you did this.

Great comments, thank you everyone.

 

I definitely like the B&W conversion. I'll have to do one myself!

 

As to the flare, it wasn't intentional, of course. I may try to minimize its appearance. It might not have been a problem in the first place if I still had the hood for that lens. It accidentally twisted off and went overboard a couple weeks ago. Unfortunately they don't float!

Nice photo, but if the subject is supposed to be her hands and the violin, then seeing so much cleavage in the low cut collar of her sweater is a big distraction. It becomes a focal point... what can I say?

This is one of my personal favorite photos. I've shot tens of thousands of sailing photos

now, and need to keep working at being creative. Last weekend I rediscovered the potential

of my 17-40 zoom. This is shot at 17mm on a full-frame camera--so that ship is getting

VERY close. So close, in fact, that the powerboat I was shooting from rubbed along her hull

as she went by. I'll have to be more cautious when I'm looking through that lens! The

apparent distance is very deceiving. But anyway, it was exciting getting that perspective on

such a beautiful vessel.

Thanks very much for the kind comments!

 

I agree--a polarizer would probably have made this shot better. Hadn't even thought of it 'til now! I often use one on a wider lens, but rarely on the telephoto. I should start doing so when conditions are right.

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I don't think there's anything wrong with it either.

Nice work! Just to continue on Ken's suggestions, I'll add a few thoughts of my own.

 

1. Maybe try getting closer to fill the frame more with your subject. You could get physically closer, or shoot with a longer lens.

 

2. In this case I think shooting from a lower angle might have helped, as it could have put the biker up against the sky, and eliminated at least some (if not all) of the distracting background elements. Bright areas attract the eye, so the RVs are the thing to avoid here.

 

3. If you have a powerful flash, you can try using it during the daytime. It'll make your subject relatively brighter, allowing you to underexpose the background. This will give the sky a cool dark blue look, and will darken all the other background elements too. I've seen flash used for some really cool motorsports and bicycling shots.

 

Have fun! You can have a blast shooting this kind of fast action subject.

I love this place and recognize the spot. You can always hear the sea lions barking from here! Great work with the wide angle--not too much, just enough to get the foreground color. It actually looks like a relatively calm day. Seeing the bottom in the bay there really adds to the scene.