What’s Your Preference?

benttop · #61 (**permalink**) 02-13-2007, 05:12 AM

Thank you! I took my EOS 20D and my EF 100-400 on that trip, and went out every day to shoot those darned pelicans - I had about 800 shots of them when I got home. Boy did I learn a lot! I had no idea it would be so hard. I really didn't realize what a challenge the lighting was - I ended up having to use ISO 1600 on everything. And if I didn't use a high shutter speed they all blurred. This particluar shot was TV of 640.

Out of the 800 shots I brought back of these birds, I had a dozen I thought were of a passing grade, and they were all on the last couple days after I had done it for ten days in a row.

Persistence and large CF media - that's what it takes.

jiminyClickit · #62 (**permalink**) 02-13-2007, 06:22 AM

So its value just went up. Do we add OCD to that list?! I wouldn't have half the experience without my "doggedness." Is your finger in a cast?

drt205 · #63 (**permalink**) 02-13-2007, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by wijew

Hi all,
I've been going through the tips on this site for sometime and i finally decided to join. This is my first post on this forum. What do you guys think? Be honest! I want to improce!
Thanks

I really like the muted colors. The picture gives me a feeling of calm and tranquility. The trees in the forground remind me of a bonsai. I like your picture alot.

barkeypf · #64 (**permalink**) 02-13-2007, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by drt205

I really like the muted colors. The picture gives me a feeling of calm and tranquility. The trees in the forground remind me of a bonsai. I like your picture alot.

I also love the contrast between the tree and the soft background, beautiful picture. Let's see more drt205.

Nieton21 · #65 (**permalink**) 02-13-2007, 09:26 PM

neat assignment! I took this at Cannon Beach, I forgot my Rebel, so I used my back-up a canon sd500 point and shoot. I really think that forgrounds are really important, going back through my photos I tend to like them more with the forground in them.

drt205 · #66 (**permalink**) 02-13-2007, 10:07 PM

Nieton21

I like your picture. I like how the wooden fence draws your eyes out to the large stone on the horizon. Even the roof edge frames the large rock making it look like a picture within a picture. The red flowers adds color and contrast to the mostly brown and blue background. Nice composition.

longtymago · #67 (**permalink**) 02-14-2007, 04:46 AM

This shot was taken on an October morning last year. The schoolhouse sits in a field in the old village of San Simeon on California's central coast.

bindibadgi · #68 (**permalink**) 02-14-2007, 05:59 AM

This was taken some time ago. I took a few photos at the time, but surprisingly (to me) the one with the junk in the foreground seemed to have the best impact overall.