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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 87 |
Aug 21 |
Reply |
Now that I see the color image, I agree B and W! |
Aug 4th |
| 87 |
Aug 21 |
Comment |
I love the framing of the mountain by the window. The reflections on the upper right add some intrigue. You have embraced your excitement about being a photographer/tourist in a plane, and it's lovely. I agree about lightening it up a bit, or just moving the white slider. Perfect aerial photos of Denali can be found elsewhere, this one has personality. |
Aug 3rd |
| 87 |
Aug 21 |
Comment |
Dale, I think that the busy background draws focus away from the swans. Perhaps you could have blurred the background a little if the aperture were wide open. Also, while I think your experimenting with b and w is a good idea, I would be interested to see whether the color version of this photo would help separate the birds from the plants. Just my two cents. It's a nice sharp image and an interesting subject. |
Aug 3rd |
| 87 |
Aug 21 |
Comment |
I like your bird. Nicely framed by the branches. Super sharp. I am not particularly wedded to the rule of off-centering things, and have tended to crop single animals that are not moving in the center of a square, I think it looks purty. |
Aug 3rd |
| 87 |
Aug 21 |
Reply |
Steve it's all about the movement of the stars. Stars will begin to appear as lines instead of points if your exposure is longer than 500/focal length. (full frame camera). So my exposure is limited to 30 seconds. In practice I find they really are sharper at about 20 seconds. So at 20s, F/4 isn't wide enough for milky way, I would have to go to ISO 6400 or more, that gets too noisy for me, even on my Nikon D850.
I'm not a lens expert so I am sure others could give more general lens buying advice.....
If you are not talking about stars, the difference between f/2.8 and f/4 is less critical, but I have some reasons why to choose such a lens.
1. Indoor natural light photos of people at ISO 400, 1/30- 1/60s
2. Anything that moves but is far away. 70-200 f/2.8 is the thing.
3. f/2.8 lenses tend to be the higher end lenses in a manufacturer's lineup. You'll have usually a better quality product.
4. you are right about the weight. It's an issue.
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Aug 3rd |
3 comments - 2 replies for Group 87
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3 comments - 2 replies Total
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