The Photography Thread

[North Star]

Time to warm up this thread...

[North Star]

[Sergeant Rock]

Outstanding image! It caused my brain to do a series of flip-flops. Good exercise 

Sarge

[North Star]

Outstanding image! It caused my brain to do a series of flip-flops. Good exercise 

Sarge

Thanks, Sarge. 

[Karl Henning]

"The most agile brain on GMG!"

[NikF]

The coolness of the colour(s) caught my eye. Nice work.

[North Star]

The coolness of the colour(s) caught my eye. Nice work.

Thanks.

[NikF]

Have a scan of Toots McGams.




Or don't. 

[NikF]

End of an era kind of sort of.


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In the studio to sell one of the work cameras to some guy. My assistant announced/whined "I've never, ever had my photo taken with one of those!" and so I got him to sit for me. Note: only one exposure and it's my composition/lighting/shutter release all the way - but not my choice of editing.

[Sergeant Rock]

Have a scan of Toots McGams.

Always a pleasure to see Toots 

Sarge

[NikF]

Always a pleasure to see Toots 

Sarge

Yeah, it is. My life is terrible.

[George]

Who is Toots McGams?

[NikF]

Who is Toots McGams?

She's a Danish-English model and giantess, who when not appearing on the runway or the packaging for OEM lingerie, enjoys yoga, baking, and cheating at Monopoly. That's all I know.

[George]

She's a Danish-English model and giantess, who when not appearing on the runway or the packaging for OEM lingerie, enjoys yoga, baking, and cheating at Monopoly. That's all I know.

Your girlfriend?

I asked because a Google of her name turned up nothing.

[NikF]

Your girlfriend?

I asked because a Google of her name turned up nothing.

Yeah, she is.

Toots McGams isn't her real name. I just refer to her as 'Toots' in an affectionate way - sort of how it was used as a nickname for women years ago. And the 'gams' part is slang for legs http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gams because in two or three inch heels she's over six feet tall.

[George]

Ah, thanks for explaining. I was mispronouncing Toots. I know the word, but never saw it in print before.

[North Star]

More from the lake stone's throw away from here

[NikF]

More from the lake stone's throw away from here

I'm going back and forth a little over the vignette - or maybe the type of vignette - but that's a good shot, nonetheless. Actually, I'm also thinking of an alternate crop, but you should know by now that's just me.   

[North Star]

I'm going back and forth a little over the vignette - or maybe the type of vignette - but that's a good shot, nonetheless. Actually, I'm also thinking of an alternate crop, but you should know by now that's just me.   

The type of vignette? That's what I get with a 50.4mm lens at f/1.8...

As for alternate crops, what did you have in mind?

[NikF]

The type of vignette? That's what I get with a 50.4mm lens at f/1.8...

As for alternate crops, what did you have in mind?

I don't recall that Nikkor behaving that way wide open. In any case, if I'm shooting with a large aperture and find the 'walls creeping in' I take care of it in Photoshop. Is it as apparent SOOC? The 50mm I most often use is a 1.2 and while there's fall off it's not as pronounced.

Crop - I was thinking of removing just a touch from the top to allow the lake to dominate just a little more. The lake already gives me the impression that it's almost brooding as it reaches out to pull the viewer in. As I said, it's a fine shot as it stands.

e: here's the 1.2 for comparison. The bottom of the frame is untouched. Also, take in to account that I always use a vented RF hood and gaffer tape with this lens. Don't ask. 



That's the only example I have at hand and it's raining outside, so I've already been soaked once this morning during my run. The hell with a repeat performance.