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Portrait / Re: 'Street' group portrait...
« on: February 22, 2013, 04:23:37 AM »
Menace, thanks! I forgot to mention that it was made with the 4Omm pancake...
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Portrait / 'Street' group portrait...
« on: February 22, 2013, 03:38:28 AM »
...of three young children in the Karoo town of Molteno...more images and an explanation of my techniques here at...http://thelazytravelphotographer.blogspot.com/
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Black & White / Made by Italian craftsmen.....EF 24mm TS architecture...
« on: February 22, 2013, 03:35:41 AM »
...photograph of a church build by Italian craftsmen in the small Karoo town of Molteno...more images and techniques at...http://thelazytravelphotographer.blogspot.com/
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Black & White / Re: street photography...feedback please!
« on: February 13, 2013, 06:58:57 AM »I see you shot in color then converted to black and white, I'm looking for shooting in black and white from the get go, and trying to use my mind and "see" the world in black and white as I shoot, but I'm finding it difficult to imagine that. My mentor stated he can do that sort of. Have you ever heard of doing this?
Nice pictures by the way, the two chicks kissing was an eye opener at the end, great capture / timing. Congrats.
Peace!
Sorry for the late reply!
Seeing in B&W comes naturally if you shoot B&W all the time...when you mix it it becomes more difficult. Think about this.....in the days of film i shot almost exclusively b&w with my 4x5 field camera. the view on the ground glass was upside down...but I never noticed it, it becomes completely natural after a while...Ansel Adams talked about pre visualization..i o w you 'see' the final, in his case, print, before you trip the shutter....thus you teach yourself how the tones and contrast etc etc will look before you make the image... the mind can do anything, all it take s is a bit of practice!
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Portrait / Re: A Portrait of Poverty . . .
« on: February 13, 2013, 06:50:00 AM »
Yes, these guys are actually relatively ok. They have very little money, but a tin roof over their heads, food and good sanitation, and function well as a community with regular donations from well wishers...everything is relative I suppose but it is still sad to see no matter how much worse or better off each one is...somehow the world has gone wrong and looking at trends now it seems as if entrenched lifestyles and communities are on the brink of permanent collapse
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Portrait / Re: A Portrait of Poverty . . .
« on: February 13, 2013, 05:30:10 AM »Great shots, where you focus on the subject instead of pixel-peeping. Really "alive" images.
One question:
How do you cope with the poverty and the situation, during your photography? In other words: you just pop in and say "hello, I just take a few pictures of you, can you sit here and watch the camera please?".
I think that it would sound quite awkward.
You do a good job, reporting these situations. But I would feel unconfortable. I would be afraid that people would answer me "leave me alone", and I would feel bad, with my high-tech camera in this dramatic situations.
Can you share your point of view, and approach?
Thank you for your post, made me reflect.
Thanks all for looking and taking the time to reply!
You know even if we are poor we have a desire to talk and communicate with other people...Poor people are actually a lot more 'open' to strangers than rich folks...how do you get behind the high walls and security? So I just walk around strike up a conversation or just ask, do you mind if I take your photo? If they are reluctant then I show them on the camera screen some of the images that I have just done, or maybe keep a little book with some of my images. I usually promise to bring them some images later free of charge, and make sure I keep my promise. That usually opens more doors because they are starting to trust you...Sometimes I 'bribe' them with a packet of chips which I will usually give anyway whether they allowed me to photograph or not...so its usually just a case of being friendly, a little bit persistent, having a chat with them and treat them like you would any other, listen and sympathize... but always ask permission, and treat them gently...I really try not to show them in a bad light, because of their situation they don't know the 'power' an image has...we know and that's why we are often reluctant or pose or first check the hair etc ...what you see then is a projection of an image ...poor people usually don't have that, they are more honest and just don't have the means nor the inclination to change their appearance. By getting to know them you can even perhaps start to help them via donations, food a chat here and there, ...and just remember the old saying, 'there goes I but for the grace of God'...
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Portrait / A Portrait of Poverty . . .
« on: February 13, 2013, 02:50:15 AM »
...more portraits made in this poverty stricken community here...http://thelazytravelphotographer.blogspot.com/
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Street & City / Images from a 'squatter' camp in South Africa
« on: February 13, 2013, 02:44:43 AM »
...to see more images follow this link...http://thelazytravelphotographer.blogspot.com/
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Black & White / Portraits of Poverty...
« on: February 13, 2013, 02:40:44 AM »
...more images of these poor souls here ....http://thelazytravelphotographer.blogspot.com/
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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 5D III Dynamic Range
« on: February 11, 2013, 05:13:15 AM »No, I don't want anything of the sort,..
They loved the end result.
I'm bothered by the crosshatch noise on the ladies pant legs. And no, it isn't fabric texture.
Ok first of all I thought they were holding a giant graycard...lol...but eventually it dawned on me....
I must say I cannot see the crosshatch at all on my 22 inch monitor. But if it bothered me I would just use some photoshop tools like the 'colour replacement tool' to eliminate 'noise' etc. topaz has a very nice tool to get rid of high iso banding too...maybe coming from an old school B&W film background I take it for granted that I have to do quite a bit of PP to get things right...
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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 5d2 shadow noise and how I eliminate it...
« on: February 11, 2013, 05:00:45 AM »
..that's why they invented bracketing I suppose....
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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 5d2 shadow noise and how I eliminate it...
« on: February 11, 2013, 04:37:56 AM »The "exposure to the right" technique is nothing new. But its always nice to discover these things personally
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The problem is that expose to the right , in my experience doesn't always work...My Leica X1 loses highlight details very quickly and my Mamiya Zd has got a lot of leeway in the shadows and it can be pushed without the noise and banding associated with the Canon...my experience so far with the Mamiya is that it it can handle less overexposure than the 5d2 but its not really a problem pushing the shadows...so one has to find out these things for oneself for each camera because they all behave differently....
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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 6D pattern noise compared to 5D2, the info you won't get from DxO
« on: February 08, 2013, 05:05:14 AM »
Had a look at the 6d the other day and there was lots and lots to like, the handling is superb even with the missing joystick. I love the way the silent shutter sounds and focus seemed better than my 5d2...the thing is my 5d2 delivers the goods in spades, I can shoot happily up to 6400 and topaz cleans up most if not all of the visible banding in the shadows and when I overexpose the images a bit, then the shadows are clean and there is still plenty of detail in the highlights even if it looks overexposed...me I am waiting for that D800 competitor camera to be launched..until then my 5d2 works just fine and no client has ever complained about the image quality.
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EOS Bodies - For Stills / 5d2 shadow noise and how I eliminate it...
« on: February 04, 2013, 09:53:51 AM »
I have discovered over the years that the best way to get super clean shadows with the 5d2 is to overexpose the image. I have not really tried it much with portraiture but in industrial, landscapes and architecture and interiors it works very well. I am quite surprised how much detail there are still left in what appears to be 'overexposed' highlights and because the shadows are 'overexposed' they are clean when I 'pull' them in post processing. More images and some thoughts why I think my 5d2 is still good enough for most applications here at..http://www.ivanmuller.co.za/blog-item/expose-right
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Lens Gallery / Re: Canon TS-E 24mm f/3.5L II
« on: November 18, 2012, 11:14:21 AM »
Thanks Axil, didint have the energy to search for previous T/S threads...but thanks for slotting it in nevertheless..Regarding the image its not about the car or the cars or the building..its just a documentary style image of a little town that happened to have nice light as I drove through it...