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Your Best Photo, Week Ending 26 February 2017


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nbanjogal

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Sometime before midnight (whatever time zone you are in) this Sunday, 26 February 2017, post the best photo you have taken this week. Any subject, any style—just give us your best shot.

 

If you can, list your EXIF info and any special lighting setups you may have used.

 

 

P.S. Come play with us in the editing exercises (and feel free to play around in the old exercises too). 

 

P.P.S. Also check out the music inspiration challenges. Some very cool stuff going on in there!

 

P.P.S. Peter is running a fun single lens challenge that we are all invited to participate in.


 



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I did some promo photos for a local personal trainer. I have been working with her for the last 2 months and we tried these before but I just couldn't deal with the less than ideal quality from natural light so we tried again.

 

I used my Godox AD600 and SMDV A90 Speedbox (fancy Octa). But this time I also added a 1/2 CTO (Colour Temperature Orange) gel to my light. This lights her up in an orange, warm colour which is obviously not correct. But when you correct your white balance in post to bring her back to looking correct, the result is the back ground is cooled down. Allowing me to shoot in the afternoon sun but not have everything super warm and orange.

 

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Angela by Crew One Photography, on Flickr

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Angela by Crew One Photography, on Flickr



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Reflections of me, lower left.  Finally caught a break in the miserable weather we had been having, so I was out there.

 

The building looks like an airplane hanger, but it is not.  The photo is of one of those decorator spheres that are skillfully painted with a multitude of different colors and figures.  I like this one a lot, especially that character in the lower left.  :))

 

Canon t5 body with Canon EF-S 55~250mm 1:4~5.6 IS II Lens.

 

1/320s, f/5.6, ISO 1250, Focal Length @250, no flash and used Multi-Segment Metering.

 

Thanks so much for viewing.

 

Tony

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These two stand out for me this week.

 

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Model: NIKON D700

Lens (mm): 24 (AF Nikkor 24/2.8D)
ISO: 3200
Aperture: 2.8
Shutter: 1/50

 

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Model: NIKON D700

Lens (mm): 24 (AF Nikkor 24/2.8D)
ISO: 200
Aperture: 2.8
Shutter: 1/5000


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One outdoors and one in.

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primary colors by Mark, on Flickr

D810, 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 200mm, f/2.8, 1/200", ISO 720

 

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repitition by Mark, on Flickr

D810, 50mm f/1.4 @ 50mm, f/5.6, 1/100", ISO 6400

 



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Tough week- had to unwind by taking lenses apart... I had an Ai conversion ring from a broken Nikkor-QC 135/2.8 and a mint condition Nikkor-Q 135/2.8. Went ahead and did the conversion, the only hard part is getting the aperture actuation pin back into place. This is a "trial and error", "feel as you go" process. Use 3mm flat screwdriver to line-up with the screws, they are held in place with a "rather gooey substance.".

 

Close-up, wide-open.

 

32988124581_5ba5379c57_o.jpgNikkor-Q 135/2.8 by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr

 

I ended up buying a "Nikon Grab Bag" of lenses this week, $135. About 10 lenses, 3 Nikkors, Kiron, Vivitar, Soligor, off-brand ones. "To my great disappointment" only TWO had to be taken apart for cleaning... the others were EX and better. Will post some shots, the following is from a Kiron 35~135/ F3.5~F4.5.

 

33073442016_261da3a881_o.jpgKiron 35~135/3.5~4.5 Test by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr

 

33073441846_8c2cb86e10_o.jpgKiron 35~135/3.5~4.5 Test by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr

 

33073441076_b7f1bfa922_o.jpgKiron 35~135/3.5~4.5 Test by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr

 

The biggest difference between a Zoom and a Prime- geometric distortion is much easier to control with a fixed-focal length lens. Zooms tend to move between barrel distortion and pin-cushion distortion as you move across the range. One of my projects will be to compare some of these low-end zooms with the Zoom-Micro-Nikkor and the more traditional higher-cost Nikkors, such as the 80~200/4.5.

 

But for ~$10- no complaints on the Kiron! The lenses came packed in a "photographer's back-pack", and came with caps and over 20 filters. The bag probably cost more than I paid for it filled-up.