S2 action photos to see

I finally think I figured out how to get my images on pbase. Many have been looking for action shots from the S2. I have posted a few here http://www.pbase.com/petpixx/s2samples . Yes, they are mostly dogs (Aussies)...that's what I shoot most of the time...There are a few misc shots in there too. I tried to load some close up stuff, but for some reason, I couldn't get any more photos to load, than what's there right now.

The first one was shot as a RAW file, and no info is listed with it.The rest have info. All have been scaled down to load on the site. Since they are such low res, I did USM some a bit. All are hand held, mostly with my 80-200 2.8 Nikkor.

Hope you enjoy my shots......

--Alissa
http://www.pet-personalities.com

alissa,

Nice Job! I have an 85lb Aussie male. My constant companion, along with our S2. I loved the pups, mine is a blue with 2 brown eyes. Thanks for sharing.

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John A

Alissa,

Nice shots.

The colour is wonderfully vibrant and the
80-200 catches the canine action well.

Glad you managed to upload to pbase. The server can be finicky
every now and then but it is much better than it used to be

Keith

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http://www.pbase.com/keith2

'If your ship does'nt come in, swim out to it'

alissa behn said:

I finally think I figured out how to get my images on pbase. Many
have been looking for action shots from the S2. I have posted a few
here http://www.pbase.com/petpixx/s2samples . Yes, they are mostly dogs
(Aussies)...that's what I shoot most of the time...There are a few
misc shots in there too. I tried to load some close up stuff, but
for some reason, I couldn't get any more photos to load, than
what's there right now.

The first one was shot as a RAW file, and no info is listed with
it.The rest have info. All have been scaled down to load on the
site. Since they are such low res, I did USM some a bit. All are
hand held, mostly with my 80-200 2.8 Nikkor.

Hope you enjoy my shots......

--Alissa
http://www.pet-personalities.com

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Hi Alissa,

Great looking shots and dogs! The pup is real cute and shots are nice and sharp.

Capture the moment for all too soon it's gone!
David Smith, P & C

David's Digital Photography said:

Great looking shots and dogs! The pup is real cute and shots are
nice and sharp.

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How can you say? I see only very cropped images of 450x550 pixels with a large stamp on it - with all due respect for copyrightissues, but its really disappointing if you want to see how the photographer and the camera performed...

Maybe you can upload two of the actionshots in original filesize? The stills of the puppy are just nice if you like dogs but they are no "action"shots and I'm very curious to see some good pictures with fast moving objects or subjects

Shouldn't be meant as offense

Heike said:

How can you say? I see only very cropped images of 450x550 pixels
with a large stamp on it - with all due respect for
copyrightissues, but its really disappointing if you want to see
how the photographer and the camera performed...

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All I can say is if you have ever had an image stolen and used as a main photo in an ad (by a HUGE company, known worldwide) I think you can understand why I do this. Sorry if you don't like it.....I need to protect my work, and my livelyhood.

I feel a cropped image is a great way to see just how much you can do with an imge out of a camera. I needed to res down the images to get them to load to the site....There are 2 images posted that are images that came out of the camera they are uncropped...the horiz puppy & the building. They are res'd down for loading...sorry......

Heike said:

Maybe you can upload two of the actionshots in original filesize?
The stills of the puppy are just nice if you like dogs but they are
no "action"shots and I'm very curious to see some good pictures
with fast moving objects or subjects

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I will see if I can get a closer shot of an agility dog. These are sometimes difficult to get, since photographers are not allowed to be in, the ring or near equipment. Sometimes the way the sun is, requires me to shoot from quite a distance from the obstical. By the way, the red dog on the dog walk was only minimally cropped.

In any case, I don't understand why these aren't considered action shots. I guess a dog running full bore and capturing it with NO feet touching a surface is something that can be done frequently, and by anyone who takes a photo.(these dogs aren't out for a little stroll, they are running faster than a fast human can sprint) If this were the case, I don't think I would be making a living at shooting these photos.

OK...ya caught me...I actually suspend the dogs from a string, and I freeze the puppies, so they are stiff, and not in anyway moving. Maybe not every one likes dogs or puppies ; ) I kept seeing flower photos, and thought I'd offer a different kind of subject.

I photograph dogs, mostly, sometimes a human, sometimes static images or table top stuff...But my thrill and challenge, is catching an expression, movement, or certain moment in time, you don't see in real life time, in the K9 athletes I photograph. I think animals are beautiful creatures & you don't always see what they really look like, until you can see them in a photo.

Heike said:

Shouldn't be meant as offense

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Alissa
http://www.pet-personalities.com

I can appreciate the quality of your shots, by examining the sharpness of the paws on the leaping dogs. What really got my attenton was the McDonalds shot. Was that a poster or the real thing, and if real where is the place located?

Sam Schulenburg

alissa behn said:

I finally think I figured out how to get my images on pbase. Many
have been looking for action shots from the S2. I have posted a few
here http://www.pbase.com/petpixx/s2samples . Yes, they are mostly dogs
(Aussies)...that's what I shoot most of the time...There are a few
misc shots in there too. I tried to load some close up stuff, but
for some reason, I couldn't get any more photos to load, than
what's there right now.

The first one was shot as a RAW file, and no info is listed with
it.The rest have info. All have been scaled down to load on the
site. Since they are such low res, I did USM some a bit. All are
hand held, mostly with my 80-200 2.8 Nikkor.

Hope you enjoy my shots......

--Alissa
http://www.pet-personalities.com

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Samuel Schulenburg said:

I can appreciate the quality of your shots, by examining the
sharpness of the paws on the leaping dogs. What really got my
attenton was the McDonalds shot. Was that a poster or the real
thing, and if real where is the place located?

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Hi Sam,

Yes, this was a real McDonald's...But it's a Museum on the site of the first franchised McDonald's, in Des Plaines, IL. I got some pretty nice shots hand held, inside the building & basement of the building too. I have seen the place many times from behind the wrought iron fence...But this day it was open, it was fun to see an old childhood memory in real ife.

We went there for a very small car show of Shelby Cobra Replicas. I photographed them, with my trusty Fuji S2 too! I got some pretty nice close up shots of emblems, dashboards, airfiliters & the cars too!

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Alissa
http://www.pet-personalities.com

Sorry to hear that a company broke your copyrights - but isn't this a nice opportunity to get much fees in reward? But I followed your proposal and added also some copyright in the uploaded pics - just joking ;-)

I was really curious to see some pictures from the S2 in action because this would be my main interest. I uploaded some pics of the D100 performing in concert and I am not very pleased with the results so far. Thats why I asked for original-filesize pics.

The gallery is on http://www.pbase.com/demonia/concert

Heike

Heike said:

Sorry to hear that a company broke your copyrights - but isn't this
a nice opportunity to get much fees in reward? But I followed your
proposal and added also some copyright in the uploaded pics - just
joking ;-)

I was really curious to see some pictures from the S2 in action
because this would be my main interest. I uploaded some pics of the
D100 performing in concert and I am not very pleased with the
results so far. Thats why I asked for original-filesize pics.

The gallery is on http://www.pbase.com/demonia/concert

Heike

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I honestly will try my best to get at least one full res image on line.... I know the S2 is a fine piece of equipment, and is perfectly capable of handling action.

If the phone company would only come through with DSL, I would be a very happy camper!

As for the copyright thing...I did get a small settlement out of the large pet food company, they also offered me a job. It turned out the photo went through a couple other hands before the large pet food company got the image. It's a lonnnngggg story, but the photo came out about 7 years after it turned up missing. The photo was also my trademark, it was how people knew me, I used it on all my letterhead, invoices, business cards, etc....
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Alissa
http://www.pet-personalities.com

Heike said:

Sorry to hear that a company broke your copyrights - but isn't this
a nice opportunity to get much fees in reward? But I followed your
proposal and added also some copyright in the uploaded pics - just
joking ;-)

I was really curious to see some pictures from the S2 in action
because this would be my main interest. I uploaded some pics of the
D100 performing in concert and I am not very pleased with the
results so far. Thats why I asked for original-filesize pics.

The gallery is on http://www.pbase.com/demonia/concert

Heike

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Heike,

I just posted a full res straight out of the camera image, no logo either....just for you! : )

The photo is so sharp you can see a drip of dog drool...Yummy! The photo was shot from a medium distance...Not across the whole course, but not right next to the dog. it only took just over an hour for me to upload. If I find another I think you might like, and I have time, I can load another for you. I am trying to find one with a handler in the shot too, so you can see skintone too. Agility handlers (including myself) prefer not to be included in the shot, so I rarely get a handler.

Hopefully this will show you how well the S2 can do with action. No I didn't suspend this dog with string either! And it was way too hot for the freezer method! LOL!

http://www.pbase.com/petpixx/fullresaction
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Alissa
http://www.pet-personalities.com

Thank you very much Alissa,

Nice shot! Really astonishing and also setting my few last concerns at ease - seems like I will put my name on preorder. Also I received several posts from people denying the differences in shutter lag and AF between Fuji S2Pro and Nikon D100 which http://www.image-resource.com is claiming.
Good night and good light,
Heike

Alissa Behn said:

Heike,
I just posted a full res straight out of the camera image, no logo
either....just for you! : )

The photo is so sharp you can see a drip of dog drool...Yummy! The
photo was shot from a medium distance...Not across the whole
course, but not right next to the dog. it only took just over an
hour for me to upload. If I find another I think you might like,
and I have time, I can load another for you. I am trying to find
one with a handler in the shot too, so you can see skintone too.
Agility handlers (including myself) prefer not to be included in
the shot, so I rarely get a handler.

Hopefully this will show you how well the S2 can do with action. No
I didn't suspend this dog with string either! And it was way too
hot for the freezer method! LOL!

http://www.pbase.com/petpixx/fullresaction
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Alissa
http://www.pet-personalities.com

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That is a superb shot Alisa one that you should be rightly happy with, (and it would seem sensibly careful to copyright, normally!!)
As an unprocessed shot I think it show what a marvelous camera this is.
Did you use the Dynamic auto focus setup?
Lawry

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'God Save Us from Religious Fanatics.' Signed F A Cetious.

wonderful, wonderful photo & I don't even like dogs much, being more of a cat fancier

in the hands of a master, the S2 is truly a marvelous instrument as is the Nikkor 80-200 f2.8

I think you were very gracious in posting the image full res, but I understand your concerns & hope that this does not become a trend

most points can be illustrated with thoughtful crops of full resolution images

posting images full resolution takes a great deal of time, server space & leaves one open to having one's image misappropriated

Lawry Playle said:

That is a superb shot Alisa one that you should be rightly happy
with, (and it would seem sensibly careful to copyright, normally!!)
As an unprocessed shot I think it show what a marvelous camera this
is.
Did you use the Dynamic auto focus setup?
Lawry

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'God Save Us from Religious Fanatics.' Signed F A Cetious.

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Thank you Lawry, and everyone else who has commented on the full res image I posted.

To answer your question, no I didn't use dynamic focus on the image. I am still not really used to it, so I only play around with it once in a while. I am so comfortable shooting center weighted focus, I mostly use that when I need to get the shots I'm looking for. This is not to say I will never go to dynamic focus....But I will not use it for my real photos until I am completely used to it, and I know it can perform on the subjects I am shooting.

Heike,

I'm happy to hear that you were able to resolve some of your resignations of the S2, when you saw my full res image. I don't feel a lot of shutter lag when I shoot...But I may also be used to how the camera releases & I am not even thinking of lag, but just knowing when to hit the shutter release. Personally, I don't consider lag an issue. My gripe about the camera is the low flash sync speed. But I think it's more inherant in the N80, not a Fuji problem.

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Alissa
http://www.pet-personalities.com

I just thought I'd let you guys know, I just posted another image off the S2. It has a human in it too!

This shot was taken early in the morning, the sky was pretty overcast, but slightly sunny light. I was shooting at a bad angle to the sun, but wanted to see the effect. The image was shot at 1600 ISO, of a black dog...the dog is sort of under exposed in the shadows, and looks rather noisey, but printed up very well when tweeked a little in PS7. To me, it doesn't look really super sharp, but it looked great as a final 8x10 print. I also exp comp by +.5 when I shot the image.

I feel this is kind of pushing the limits.....But that test will come next month, when I shoot an Agility National Championship indoors, with really crappy lighting! Last year they kept changing the lights, throughout the course of the day. All the lights seemd to have a differnent light balance, some Sodium vapor others closer to daylight. At times more light were on, other times less, causing very dark spots on the course. Very frustrating to shoot. Last year I shot the event with my S1 & 70-300 3.5-4(?) Nikkor. This year S2 & 70-200 2.8, I hope this will improve my images!

I'll have my work cut out for me there! Shooting, and competing, talk about nerve racking!

http://www.pbase.com/petpixx/s2fullresaction
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Alissa
http://www.pet-personalities.com

Yes, that was what happened in a church with two doors open. Picture turned out to to look like full daylight with ISO 200 but taken at 1600.... Isn't it a sweet dream.....

MH

Alissa,

I was curious to know whether you had done any postprocessing on the photo bb1718.jpg. There seems to be some sharpening artifacts and noise reduction artifacts throughout the photo, not too noticeable from afar. If it wasn't postprocessing, I believe it may be the camera's noise reduction algorithms doing this.

alissa behn said:

Heike said:

Sorry to hear that a company broke your copyrights - but isn't this
a nice opportunity to get much fees in reward? But I followed your
proposal and added also some copyright in the uploaded pics - just
joking ;-)

I was really curious to see some pictures from the S2 in action
because this would be my main interest. I uploaded some pics of the
D100 performing in concert and I am not very pleased with the
results so far. Thats why I asked for original-filesize pics.

The gallery is on http://www.pbase.com/demonia/concert

Heike

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Heike,
I just posted a full res straight out of the camera image, no logo
either....just for you! : )

The photo is so sharp you can see a drip of dog drool...Yummy! The
photo was shot from a medium distance...Not across the whole
course, but not right next to the dog. it only took just over an
hour for me to upload. If I find another I think you might like,
and I have time, I can load another for you. I am trying to find
one with a handler in the shot too, so you can see skintone too.
Agility handlers (including myself) prefer not to be included in
the shot, so I rarely get a handler.

Hopefully this will show you how well the S2 can do with action. No
I didn't suspend this dog with string either! And it was way too
hot for the freezer method! LOL!

http://www.pbase.com/petpixx/fullresaction
--
Alissa
http://www.pet-personalities.com

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http://www.pbase.com/atmabini

Apolinario said:

Alissa,
I was curious to know whether you had done any postprocessing on
the photo bb1718.jpg. There seems to be some sharpening artifacts
and noise reduction artifacts throughout the photo, not too
noticeable from afar. If it wasn't postprocessing, I believe it
may be the camera's noise reduction algorithms doing this.

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The shot is straight out of the camera. No post processing at all. I thought this was noise due to the fact that the shot is kind of underexposed & I shot it at ISO1600, kind of into the sun, which was sort of a hazy, overcast kind of warm morning light.

When I actually resized & printed the photo with some PS7 tweaking, including cropping, the photo came out just great!

I think if you know how to use a post processing program well, you can get completely around potential problems. Most of the tweaking I do on my images only takes me a minute or two, thanks to PS7!
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Alissa
http://www.pet-personalities.com