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Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:39 am
Does anyone know of a good place to put up photos on the web? I want to be able to "drag and drop" a whole bunch at once, not one at a time...
Just a suggestion, you would likely get more hits on your images if you add tags to each photo such as the subject, location, camera used, lens used and film type.Ornello wrote:I put a few on, from last year's Comfest and some zoo shots:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ornello/
I liked especially the infant's eyes in photo 0606039-R1-043-20. All the shots were a treat to view.Ornello wrote:Thanks. All taken with Leicaflex SL2, 180mm Elmarit-R and 350mm Telyt-R on Fuji NPH.
Hah! This one had so much right going for it I couldn't even bring myself to feel resentment about its success as an image.Ornello wrote:Thank you!
But my favorite is this one:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ornello/54 ... /lightbox/
Tripod? I loathe tripods, and hardly ever use one. This was taken with a Leicaflex SL2 w/350mm Leitz Tely-R probably at about f/6.3. I would say. Most of the time I was shooting between 5.6 and 8. The 350mm Telyt-R f/4.8 is intended for hand-held use.dfbldwn wrote:Hah! This one had so much right going for it I couldn't even bring myself to feel resentment about its success as an image.Ornello wrote:Thank you!
But my favorite is this one:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ornello/54 ... /lightbox/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ornello/54 ... /lightbox/
Were you using tripod? Leaning against a solid object, or any other kind of support?
I know nothing of correct terminology in photographic criticism. Certainly every observation you made for the specific shots you listed is true. All the shots you posted were worth viewing, the image I referenced just grabbed me more than the others. My second favorite was the shot of what turned out to be a 6'2" amazon. I'd had no suspicion of her height until reading your comment.Ornello wrote: What do you like about that shot? It is just a girl laughing with her friend.
If I have time I shall.dfbldwn wrote:This is the photo we are discussing, right?Ornello wrote: What do you like about that shot? It is just a girl laughing with her friend.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ornello/54 ... /lightbox/
I know nothing of correct terminology in photographic criticism. Certainly every observation you made for the specific shots you listed is true. All the shots you posted were worth viewing, the image I referenced just grabbed me more than the others. My second favorite was the shot of what turned out to be a 6'2" amazon. I'd had no suspicion of her height until reading your comment.
She is amazingly tall. Look at the length of her arms! A stunning woman!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ornello/54 ... /lightbox/
1) Capture. I think you nailed the moment with a precision that snipers might envy. One impression is that she's holding in a bigger laugh. Another is she's about to spit all the beverage outta her mouth in a huge guffaw. Third is that she's got enough control (note perfect position of gargantua mug, not sloppily held at any angle) to restrain any spew.
I have many years of experience and whatever you see is just the natural development that takes place over time. Anybody can do this if he takes thousands of rolls and has no love life. LOL
2) Composition. Clearly she is the main point of interest, but there's enough of the companion to establish context. Your explanation set me straight, I thought she was laughing at hijinks on the playing field. If her smile is due to a comment from her companion (he's still talking, in my opinion) she is independent enough not to let her companion distract her from what she's watching.
These were taken at a 'festival' called Comfest that is basically a small-scale pseudo-Woodstock type of event held in Columbus, Ohio at Goodale Park. Some girls go topless. It is basically a big party that attracts a lot of people, especially young people.
Of additional interest is how sharply his profile and cap are focused, without distracting from the main subject. In any case it's a very satisfying crop because, unusually, it does not leave me hungering for more image around the main subject.
Well I missed the focus just a bit. The lens has very shallow depth of field. I was intending to focus on the girl. The people behind the boy at right are a distracting element but I think it still passes muster. In candids you take what you can get.
3) Colors. I've had my doubts about Fuji print films, color or BW. In my test rolls they show an unusually narrow dynamic range between sufficient detail in shadow and sufficient detail in highlights (less than 3 stops total point to point), compared to Kodak's KGT 800-5 which'll give me 5.5 stops. This had none of the blown highlights and irretrievable shadows I've come to expect from commercial processing & scanning of Fuji film. Where did it get processed & scanned?
I love this film! I bought the film at Cord Camera in Columbus. They processed and scanned. I sometimes have to ask for re-dos though. They tend to come out too light.
If the subject was in open shade, then the white of her skirt and incredible flesh tone of her left arm, highlighted chest and portion of neck in shadow make this the film for me. I was originally looking for good examples of Fuji NPH or 400H for hours before taking a break and coming to Digitaltruth. Saw your handle and read this thread. Low & behold, you're using the very film I wanted examples of.
Again I ask: Where did it get processed & scanned?
4) Unlike some of the other telephoto shots you posted, this subject betrays no overt awareness of the photographer, which I personally prefer.
Well that's why I own and use long lenses. These were taken with the astonishingly light and compact 350mm Telyt-R f/4.8.
http://www.fonooni.com/Leica_350_mm_f_4 ... lyt-R.html
I also took a few (the one girl with the red hair and a few before that one) with the 2nd version of the 180mm Elmarit-R. This lens is spectacular!
http://slrlensreview.com/web/leica-slr- ... eview.html
Maybe I found it so successful because I read more into it than the others. I got involved with this one.
I hope you post more pics.