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Thanks Quercy... I still remember you were the one who gave me a hint on shooting while moving. But I was thinking AI Servo will suffer @F2.0 on a 50mm 1.8 II. A lot. :). Your second hint was to use as fast SS as possible :) which seems to work.

I think the relatively deep DOF was caused by me being a bit far from the subject.
And I was moving as well.

Thanks again :)
jpr2 said:
Swetika said:
I wonder why I did not get any shallow DOF @F2.0
Maybe because I was shooting from inside moving vehicle?
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DOF depends on many factors, so do not despair that you did not get
it as shallow as you wanted:
  • go to DOF Master page and play with WDs (working distances) and various apertures, to see how much you'd get in front and at the back of your target at each focusing distance;
  • with practice it will (quite quickly) be your second nature;
  • so, patience, and exercise :).
jpr2 said:
btw, review said that this lens will not succeed for shooting moving targets (or when the shooter is moving). But if I can get 1/640s shutter speed, I don't think it will matter. Or maybe it means by panning? Due to relatively slow AF.

I wonder and wonder.
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no, not very likely, AF on 85/1.8 is pretty quick (at least compared to 85/1.2),
but to be able nail focus at f/2 and moving target (or when you move) needs
tons of practice,

jpr2
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street candids (non-interactive):
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/qmusaget/sets/72157609618638319/
music and dance:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/qmusaget/sets/72157600341265280/
wildlife, macro, B&W, and 'interactive' street:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/qmusaget/sets/72157600341377106/
Comments and critique are always welcome!
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My dear (insert word of worship here) I just realized after you response that after installing CS4 earlier today I forgot to uncheck "apply profile Adobe RGB 1998" on the save/export dialogues in PS :(

looks much better now


jpr2 said:
jpr2
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street candids (non-interactive):
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/qmusaget/sets/72157609618638319/
music and dance:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/qmusaget/sets/72157600341265280/
wildlife, macro, B&W, and 'interactive' street:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/qmusaget/sets/72157600341377106/
Comments and critique are always welcome!
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Books make you smart, experience makes you wise, pick your poison.
In vita veritas est (In life truth is)
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...while I managed to get very many, into tens of thousands critically
focused action shots with 40d, many more went OOF; after shifting
to 7d my action shots keeper rate skyrocketed (and in the mean time
I did a stretch of shooting with 5D2 which was even more capricious
than 40d in this respect), so take this into consideration as well,

jpr2
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street candids (non-interactive):
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/qmusaget/sets/72157609618638319/
music and dance:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/qmusaget/sets/72157600341265280/
wildlife, macro, B&W, and 'interactive' street:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/qmusaget/sets/72157600341377106/
Comments and critique are always welcome!
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I don't have much problems with my 50D and action shots but the FPS rate helps a lot in this perspective as well.
jpr2 said:
...while I managed to get very many, into tens of thousands critically
focused action shots with 40d, many more went OOF; after shifting
to 7d my action shots keeper rate skyrocketed (and in the mean time
I did a stretch of shooting with 5D2 which was even more capricious
than 40d in this respect), so take this into consideration as well,

jpr2
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street candids (non-interactive):
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/qmusaget/sets/72157609618638319/
music and dance:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/qmusaget/sets/72157600341265280/
wildlife, macro, B&W, and 'interactive' street:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/qmusaget/sets/72157600341377106/
Comments and critique are always welcome!
~
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Books make you smart, experience makes you wise, pick your poison.
In vita veritas est (In life truth is)
http://picasaweb.google.com/l.naurholm
 
naurholm said:
I don't have much problems with my 50D and action shots but the FPS rate helps a lot in this perspective as well.
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the larger and closer the target is the better the results; however, small birds
in flight (esp. if further away) are very taxing targets for any camera (with a
possible exception of D3 and D3s - I saw incredible pics of swallows and swifts
in flight taken with them - repeatedly and rather consistently),

jpr2
--
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street candids (non-interactive):
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/qmusaget/sets/72157609618638319/
music and dance:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/qmusaget/sets/72157600341265280/
wildlife, macro, B&W, and 'interactive' street:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/qmusaget/sets/72157600341377106/
Comments and critique are always welcome!
~
 
jpr2 said:
bosjohn said:
It kinda like Shubert Lieder. Most folk think of the pianist as just an accompaniment but Shubert I think felt voice and piano are equally important elements of the composition.
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much as I love Lieder, and not only of Schubert (and certainly considering piano
as a vital element), you have lost me in your musical analogy to SP completely;
we had cases of over interpretations of SP running rampant on WSP before,
but dear, I must say you've beaten them all in one mighty sweep :D,

I do wonder what Sal might say to this?

jpr2
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street candids (non-interactive):
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/qmusaget/sets/72157609618638319/
music and dance:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/qmusaget/sets/72157600341265280/
wildlife, macro, B&W, and 'interactive' street:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/qmusaget/sets/72157600341377106/
Comments and critique are always welcome!
~
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Ok I admit I shouldn't have used the word surrealism.

I am not sure what over interpretation means to you. One other poster had no trouble knowing what I meant by the reference to Shubert Lieder so there you go :-)

I am reacting to what I perceive in my brief time here a trend towards remaking what I understand as "street" photography into outdoor portraiture. There is nothing what ever wrong with outdoor portraiture but I don't think of it as "street". I suspect this is an ongoing debate.

The critique posted to the photograph in question that it was all about the little boy, I was attempting to point out that it was about the little boy and where he was and how it all was a bit of a mystery. In the first instance with the cropping suggested made for a mighty fine photo of the little boy but the softness of the focus on the little boy looked very out of sorts with a nice tight portrait. I didn't think the photographer was trying for a portrait. I think he was trying for a shot that was first and foremost a mystery.
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bosjohn aka John Shick [email protected]
 
jpr2 said:
bosjohn said:
Ok so I am new so don't shoot me if this sounds stupid but is WSP the Washington School of Photography?
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if you'd kindly look at the caption of our thread - it says:
Weekly Street Photography

jpr2
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street candids (non-interactive):
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/qmusaget/sets/72157609618638319/
music and dance:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/qmusaget/sets/72157600341265280/
wildlife, macro, B&W, and 'interactive' street:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/qmusaget/sets/72157600341377106/
Comments and critique are always welcome!
~
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ok i finally picked myself up off the floor from laughing at myself. hey it was three in the morning. I got it thanks
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bosjohn aka John Shick [email protected]
 
bosjohn said:
Ok I admit I shouldn't have used the word surrealism.

I am not sure what over interpretation means to you. One other poster had no trouble knowing what I meant by the reference to Shubert Lieder so there you go :-)

The critique posted to the photograph in question that it was all about the little boy, I was attempting to point out that it was about the little boy and where he was and how it all was a bit of a mystery. In the first instance with the cropping suggested made for a mighty fine photo of the little boy but the softness of the focus on the little boy looked very out of sorts with a nice tight portrait. I didn't think the photographer was trying for a portrait. I think he was trying for a shot that was first and foremost a mystery.
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John,

you know of course that an art appreciation never works by a popular vote,
never did, and never will. So, what I saw there was a missed opportunity of
a "too little, too late" type, with a poor focus, and rather misty idea (yes,
misty, meaning fuzzy) of utilizing what was present there for a background,
as a way to prod it into something usable; which then hobbles on crutches
of words to recover at least part of the losses of unrealized potential - but...
the more words there are, the worse it works (this is what we call over
interpretation, isn't it, at least one of possible cases, as there are plenty
more); so, no... it doesn't elicit much enthusiasm in me, let alone any
music :). All too often we see that rather old paradigm of a "decisive
moment" to be thus abused - of course there is no harm in trying,
although the idea gets tarnished in a process each time, and then starts
to loose it's appeal altogether. But this happens to any overused old
paradingm, doesn't it? They are especially vulnerable in arts, after all.
By the way, I do agree with you that it doesn't work as a portrait
either, but it would be a great portrait if not for the technical faults.

By the way, it seems that you do misspell the name of Schubert rather
persistently,

happy shooting,
jpr2
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street candids (non-interactive):
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/qmusaget/sets/72157609618638319/
music and dance:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/qmusaget/sets/72157600341265280/
wildlife, macro, B&W, and 'interactive' street:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/qmusaget/sets/72157600341377106/
Comments and critique are always welcome!
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