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The all-purpose running photo/critique thread.

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by audreyld, Jun 2, 2007.

  1. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

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  6. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    Adventurous goalie, far out of his crease ...

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  8. audreyld

    audreyld Guest

    I really like the shot of the goalie with the ball.

    Something I've noticed in your pictures, overall, is that you don't hold the camera level. A lot of your horizons are wonky.
     
  9. MilanWall

    MilanWall Member

    I have that same problem in some of my photos. It's just one of those things you have to consciously think about, in addition to lightling/focus/framing...man, this is hard stuff to do.
     
  10. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    UT, thanks. It's not that the shots are wonky (they are), it's the way I'm seated (sometimes I sit on the ground) and shoot diagonally, so that makes the shots look how they do. I'm pretty sure I hold the camera level, but the magic is in the angles :D

    On the shot of the 2 girls fighting for a scoop ball, action came at me quickly, so I had to backup and snap at the same time. So in an instance like that I can understand the wonkiness. Sometimes I don't hold the camera straight on purpose, such as this one from last night as the team celebrated the lacrosse program's 1st state title ...

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  11. Xan, just out of curiosity, are you still shooting film or are some of these old photos? They look too grainy to be digital.
     
  12. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    Digital. I take the mask off. Some of the shots are taken in extremely dark situations, too. I have an aging Nikon D-100 on which I've taken half-a-million photos (that's being conservative). I don't have a world-class lens, so the farther the action the grainier it gets when I crop and take the mask off in Photoshop.
     
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