Most gorgeous pics ever seen on m4/3 board, check it out !

Louis_Dobson said:

But I find the "poor comp" or "over-processed" remarks quite baffling.

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Huh? I'm not usually very critical of such things, but these look like old model cell phone pics to me.

They certainly would not encourage me to check out m4/3 if I had never used these cameras before.

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Oh well, we can't all like the same things. I'm completely lost by the flat, dull photos some people think are great. Like Marla, I think these have punch, clarity and atmosphere...

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Louis_Dobson said:

But I find the "poor comp" or "over-processed" remarks quite baffling.

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Huh? I'm not usually very critical of such things, but these look like old model cell phone pics to me.

They certainly would not encourage me to check out m4/3 if I had never used these cameras before.

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Louis_Dobson said:

Oh well, we can't all like the same things. I'm completely lost by the flat, dull photos some people think are great. Like Marla, I think these have punch, clarity and atmosphere...

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And I thought about showing horses in action myself. Ok, no punch, no sun, no sky but also no blood ... vegetables won't complain

Pikme said:

these look like old model cell phone pics to me.

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You mean those legendary 'no shutter lag' cellphones of old that were so good at freezing equine action mid-air?

James Pilcher said:

Hi Marla,

I'm confused. I look at these photos and I see a mixture of "nice" and over-processed images. Please tell us why you think they are exceptional. I would like to view them again through "your eyes." I'm always open to a second chance to see something I've missed.

Jim Pilcher
Summit County, Colorado, USA

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I think there's a bit ..(maybe a lot !!) of missing the point here...

OK - I do agree that in a technical sense there's a lot to be said in the matter of pure technicalities.. the pics as pics.. are maybe not the best in the world and I'm sure a huge number of shots that loads may take with a 50D or sommat will knock spots off them..a bit mushy here and there and not that purely fine IQ...

BUT.. the real point is..just YOU try taking this kind of shot with even your own cameras.. it's one thing to grab a nice comfy shot and another to get this sort of pure FAST action.. AND with a camera that many might think should be in a Museum by now !!!
Just TRY it...

That "anticipation" and composition , is something that alas I see a lot too little of these days.

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Folks, get over the "cellphone" look thing. Yes, some parts look weird to our spoilt taste of what a "good" image should look like, but how the trees or other outlines contrast to the sky are irrelevant for the action and punch at hand. And who would care after printing or watching downsized on some laptop or tab/pad screen anyway?! Most people really don't care for real cellphone (non)quality. Heck my lady doesn't even care that our kids pics are mostly only taken on cells (reason why I finally bought a cam).

The horse and riders are stopped down with impact on the watcher. The wooden planks are not really disturbing, because they make us feel like on-watchers from the side-lines (at one shot I really wondered if the horses wouldn't run right into the photographer until I saw the plank).

And the blood is what happened on the scene, it's not the photographers fault, and the photo may well be used as an argument that Polo is not exactly done for the pleasure of the horses. He stated that it was his first time ever to be at a Polo game anyway. Whatever summary about that experience he might have come up with, he left an impact on the audience of the photos that lead to a discussion. What better result can a photography achieve?

a) Something looks weird about those images. Poor processing or over-sharpening, and even if they looked great, I'm not sure they are all that impressive as sports photographs.

b) If you are going to post images with gruesome images of maimed animals, would be please put a warning? I'm not interested in seeing injured, likely doomed horses that got that way so some rich people can have fun playing their stupid polo games. It is absolutely outrageous the kind of rigors that people put those beautiful animals through for their incredibly useless games that contribute zero to society. rant over

I'm not trying to be a d*^k, but is it so hard to place the words "warning:graphic" in the thread title?

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Marla2008 said:

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1041&thread=41069310

I'm affraid not enough people will see this thread, I'm so impressed I have to support it !!

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Technically pretty good, but it's actually kind-of a sad set that could have had 3-4 images left off with just a little consideration. I have been to the track more than enough to know what's going on behind that awning they brought onto the field. I've been in the middle of a burst when a thoroughbred snapped a leg and it just makes me sick when I see it....and I certainly would not post the image(s) of it anywhere.

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hi marla. thats a coincidence. when i saw that set last week, i think. i was so impressed i saved them in case they were taken down. i then goolged polo matches.

polo horses/ accidents. to see if there were shots like it showing what to me was the
brutish muscle side. there wasnt.

perhaps i should have commented on the thread. i dont think i did. they are EXCELLENT

seems i was right to save them.just seen the last two posts above me. i figured they might be taken down. how dare somone show us reality??? take them down now !! LOL

Crimguy said:

What the hell happened to the horse? Whacked with a polo mallet?

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The canopy is usually pulled out on the course for one reason. To put the animal down and shield the process from the crowd. He said in a reply they loaded the animal and took it to the vet. You typically never find out or read about what the outcome is.

It wasn't enough to link overhype and post these way, way overrated images the first time, you felt compelled to do it a second time. Honestly, if you think these images are so amazing to warrant not one but two threads, you need to browse some of the other forums some time.

I guess if you like weird looking bokeh, compression artifacts and maimed horses, then they do deserve two threads.

Perhaps you could show us an example of better action photos taken with an M43 camera. If any exist, I haven't seen them.

Edit: I am not a fan of polo, but still appreciate good action photography, regardless of subject.

For a guy who is planning to switch to M43 from D7000 this thread a bit worrying.

First of all very nice photos. Great colors.

If these are the most gorgeous pictures from M43 ever the bar is set pretty low.

Not trying to bag the photos though!

Agree I am not planning on m43 being my sports set up but these are very encouraging. OK, a D4 or 1DMkIV with a 300 2.8 might be better but these are very good.

I missed them first time around so many thanks to Marla
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I think some of the photos are very good, but I'm not amazed by the performance of the camera. It's obvious that there was a lot of zone focusing going on. I think the photographer did a great job composing and capturing a dynamic scene, but I don't give much credit to the equipment. I think it's got more to do with the photographer working within the limitations presented by the equipment. I don't think he had any magical trick that made the camera able to focus fast on a group of horses charging hard right at him. The DOF of most (all?) of these shots is huge, at least three horses (20 ft. or so?) deep. He zone focused near the rail in the foreground and started snapping when the action came to him. That's how I see it anyway.

Nice photos, though. Poor horse...

tommiejeep said:

Agree I am not planning on m43 being my sports set up but these are very encouraging. OK, a D4 or 1DMkIV with a 300 2.8 might be better but these are very good.

I missed them first time around so many thanks to Marla
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I like the last two.

-Bill

Well, if it is horrific animal cruelty then it's good that the images are shown so that people can see what a dumb sport Polo really is. Put a warning on and then let people decide whether they want to see it or not.

When reading the comments those people come to my mind that say "Urgh, i don't want to see what my meat looked like and how it died. I just want to eat it."

I often have force myself to not comment on that...

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Marla2008 said:

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1041&thread=41069310

I'm affraid not enough people will see this thread, I'm so impressed I have to support it !!

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Technically pretty good, but it's actually kind-of a sad set that could have had 3-4 images left off with just a little consideration. I have been to the track more than enough to know what's going on behind that awning they brought onto the field. I've been in the middle of a burst when a thoroughbred snapped a leg and it just makes me sick when I see it....and I certainly would not post the image(s) of it anywhere.

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