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get great images around there. Checking the images on this thread, most of them are from cool spots like Arizona, Utah, etc...in short, 'wow' places. Try shooting about 1,700 miles North of Minneapolis, Minn., and your creativity will be severely challenged. It's like the difference between a pretty face and a sub-ordinary one. The scene , sometimes manufactured/created in part, and the light, have a bigger input into a great shot than 80% of photogs give it credit for. It is just too convenient to make a good shot from a good face/location...etc.. and tell yourself it was all your hard work. Sorry, not quite true. Been around for too long to buy that. Course, a sub-average shooter will still not be able to make a great shot even in a great location. But they often go together. (exception: Meryl Streep. she's not that pretty, but has a lot of strong personality).. vs. the pretty faces with little talent on tv. Just another example. cheers.
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Ex-cheesehead I'm afraid...finished my PhD at Madison, moved to the SF bay area in June...man, these coasties don't know good beer! But...they sure have gorgeous scenery and weather!
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hey D,

my bad, I took it wrong.

regards.
DRowley said:
Where the he!! did I say I didn't like it? Didn't like what? Your
response to me shows the exact mentality of the war you are trying to
bring some peace to. Did you know that saying things like "if you
don't like it move on" are antaganistic comments and not kind? It is
just a nice way of saying, go to he!!.

BTW, I like the thread and thought it was a great idea. No reason
to bite my head off for a simple little post where I made a simple
little observation.

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Darren Rowley

http://www.cloudsonfire.com
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in great locations. Yes, these images show that locations/light have a whole lot to do with the final image. The Canon in your hands, with your talent, could not have managed so well in a dull environment, like the middle of North Dakoka.
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Have a great and wonderful Day !! Cheers !!

See China's Best (new !! ) at http://www.jonrp.smugmug.com
 
Abolutely! Which is why I moved to CA from the midwest...how I've ached over the years to move out west, and now I'm finally here! Location, light, composition are what determine whether a snap is good or not. I'm bored sick of pixel-peeping nitwits whose self-worth is tied to their brand of camera and not the photographs they take. I'd meant to add in my post that "...this is what a Nikon/Pentax/Olympus could have done in my hands".
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'Shoot first, ask questions later' - the novice photographer's philosophy.
 
Not my best, but one of my latest. BTW, I reckon these sorts of threads are fun, as long as they're not taken too serously.

This was shot with a Canon 1D Mk3 with off camera flash, 70-200 F2.8L and pocketwizards.

 
...where I also attended college and studied photography, so I learned the value of creativity. I do agree that great light is a very great component of great photography, but a worthy subject and a unique perspective on it are just as essential. Then again, I'm speaking more in terms of portraiture on location than of landscape photography, which I do relatively little of and am, thus, content to scour my environment for subject matter rather than undertake an excursion to one of the more popular landscape destinations generally understood to yield excellent photographic opportunities. For great portraits in particular, you need neither famous subjects nor locations so long as the photographer has curiosity and creativity.

Happy turkey day.
jonrobertp said:
get great images around there. Checking the images on this thread,
most of them are from cool spots like Arizona, Utah, etc...in short,
'wow' places. Try shooting about 1,700 miles North of Minneapolis,
Minn., and your creativity will be severely challenged. It's like
the difference between a pretty face and a sub-ordinary one. The
scene , sometimes manufactured/created in part, and the light, have a
bigger input into a great shot than 80% of photogs give it credit
for. It is just too convenient to make a good shot from a good
face/location...etc.. and tell yourself it was all your hard work.
Sorry, not quite true. Been around for too long to buy that.
Course, a sub-average shooter will still not be able to make a great
shot even in a great location. But they often go together.
(exception: Meryl Streep. she's not that pretty, but has a lot of
strong personality).. vs. the pretty faces with little talent on
tv. Just another example. cheers.
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Have a great and wonderful Day !! Cheers !!

See China's Best (new !! ) at http://www.jonrp.smugmug.com
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http://www.garlandcary.com
 
tonybrownphoto said:
So those people that talk a big game about their gear.....lets see
your best image. doesn't matter what type of images.
List type of camera and lens.
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I shot this with my Canon Digital Rebel when it first came out. Dang was it hot out, and my adams apple was dry:



Luck was on my side as I was cruising from Santa Fe. I saw this out my car window and skidded over to the side and fired off two shots on my Canon 20 before the light just vanished at Hernandez:



Another Canon 20D shot- I was playing with a huge ring light that I made myself in my studio. It is 3 feet in diameter. My mom was nice enough to pose for me (EW).... um, she forgot her pants but it turned out ok anyway:



I have to admit I have an edge that you don't. I can fly in space and here is my proof. Canon 20D strikes again, NASA would be jealous:



The Canon Digital Rebel shows how really really good it is with this shot. I shot this in Afghanistan one weekend with my cabdriver named McCurry and that suck up magazine National Geographic begged to use it on one of their covers:



The Canon 300D really came through for me with this photograph I made in China. It was a tense scene there for a bit. Sometimes enough is enough, dang it:



I shot this with my Canon 300D in Oklahoma and wanted to give it a retro look. I added the film frames in Photoshop. Sometimes its hard to shoot stuff and I consider this to be one of my favorite portraits even though its a bit out of focus:



When I was photographing the American West I came across this weird guy. Canon 300D with fake film frames again:



To be quite Frank with you, this was a happy accident, but I like it anyway, even if it was an old flag with my Canon 20 set to a fast ISO, which made it look grainy:



I felt like a New man when I shot this portrait with my Canon 300D:



Jay loved pulling chains around the corporate world. The Canon 20 really shines with stuff like this:



With this last one, I took the R Bus uptown and this little brat wouldn't stop bugging me so I shot him just to shut him up. The Canon 20 makes from the hip shooting really great:



All of these were shot with Canon gear. I say it doesn't matter what camera you use, that's really kind of like Rembrandt bragging about his brushes, don't you think?
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Wow, that is be far one of the creepiest pictures I've seen in a very long time. I love it! Great job Daniel.
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Hernan
F.N.G.
 
fredv said:
Pixel_Cult if that is your work it’s Art. I did a painting based on
the kid with grenade photo 35 years ago, thanks for the inspiration.
There is some amazing work in this thread. Here are a few of mine.
http://www.fredmiranda.com/hosting-
1DM2 and a few lens
http://www.fredmiranda.com/hosting/showgallery.php?cat=500&name=fredv
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Wow Fred! I love your work. And to have a comment from a famous photographer like you makes it especially notable.

What is really inspiring is that you offer so much free photography information on the net. I've really liked going to your site for quite some time, and have it on my list of where I send students to learn more nuanced information about photography.

I"m glad to see another well known photographer using Canon gear. The Nikon stuff is excellent too though. If us photographers are worth our weight in rocks, we'd be able to make art even with the crudest of cameras, like anything made by Nikon. Just kidding! My most honored camera is my venerable Nikon F2AS, the grandaddy of all pro cameras... it is in a shrine on my shelf.

Can I post an Epson 7800 review/essay on your site? It's kind of long, but very detailed. Pixel_Cult would then be unmasked for all to see, although you can already get a clue of who I am from the photos I just posted in this thread.

Thanks!
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Pixel_Cult
Have Fun--Join the Cult--Don't be a Dolt
 
...works of photographic art ever, originating from several master photographers from the twentieth century, right? They are no more Pixel_Cult's than they are mine.

Seriously, failure to recognize these iconic images says more about the significance of photography on these forums than any other thing I've read or seen.

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