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GAF Photography Thread of 2016

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JadedWriter

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DarkJediKnight said:
You can fit a full gripped camera in the lens hood.

I have the 70-200 VR2. Absolute profession lens, but let me tell ya,

Not even close when it comes to the 200mm F2. Different leagues. You will find fault with the 70-200 afterwards.
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Yeah I use Sigma's 2.8 70-200, it's a great lens for the price I paid for it, but I personally wish it was more precise, but better to have it than not have it in my opinion. That F2 200 would be perfect though. I mean I never thought I'd even be shooting...anything at that focal length, but I use my 70-200 a lot more than I thought I did. I find it to be a great focal length for portraits and head shots. You have any example shots with the F2 200?
 
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Lender

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DarkJediKnight said:
Quite possibly the greatest lens ever made by any company for portraits. It is super fast, super gorgeous and the bokeh is butter.
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The 200mm F2.0 (and classic 1.8) by Canon and Zeiss 135mm F2.0 wouldn't really like this comment. :p

Took the above mentioned lens to my garden once more.


It's a big world out there by Bram Van Der Stichelen, on Flickr


Rose by Bram Van Der Stichelen, on Flickr


Bumblebee having lunch by Bram Van Der Stichelen, on Flickr


Zeiss 135mm by Bram Van Der Stichelen, on Flickr
 
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Fuser

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Andeeeh said:
Some stuff over the past 6 months with the a7RII.

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Shot from the Opera House during Vivid

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Security guard walking by during a long exposure makes for great Aurora like effects.

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Shot at the entrance of Pyrmont Bridge, Sydney

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Harbour Bridge cooling down after the midnight NYE fireworks

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Sydney blanketed with smoke after the NYE fireworks
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These are really good! Love the fake Aurora :)

This is one from me earlier this year, I loved the location and the conditions but it was really let down by horrible solar flare. I'm normally one to try and get it right in camera so ditched this shot originally, but I like it too much to abandon it completely. I've just got around to editing it. I haven't lost the flare completely as that's how it was taken, but hopefully it isn't so distracting.

 
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Cheddahz

Banned

bother me (flickr)

Sorry that I haven't posted anything new in a while. To be honest, I was completely exhausted mentally after the semester ended, so I took the month off to catch up on life stuff and for the first time in a while, I'm excited to start working on stuff again!
 
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brerwolfe

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I'm at the U.S. Open in Pittsburgh this week. These are fun tournaments to cover, and made more fun because Canon is onsite for complimentary repairs/cleaning and....... free lens rentals!

I'm about to run out and get into some trouble with this beast.


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JadedWriter

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brerwolfe said:
I'm at the U.S. Open in Pittsburgh this week. These are fun tournaments to cover, and made more fun because Canon is onsite for complimentary repairs/cleaning and....... free lens rentals!

I'm about to run out and get into some trouble with this beast.


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You can probably take a picture of me from where you are right now with that thing. What are the specs of it?
 
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vector824

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Here's a few of my favorites over the last couple years. There's many, many more but I don't want to spam you guys. I've been lurking on the forums for over a year and I just got my acceptance last week! Looking forward to being a contributor finally.

Horseshoe Bend HDR in Page Az. 15mm Fisheye


Streets of Quito, Ecuador. 50mm


Harbor Bridge Sydney, Australia. 14-24mm


Sydney Opera House. 70-200mm


Fishing Boats Titanyen, Haiti. 50mm
 
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snaffles

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vector824 said:
Here's a few of my favorites over the last couple years. There's many, many more but I don't want to spam you guys. I've been lurking on the forums for over a year and I just got my acceptance last week! Looking forward to being a contributor finally.
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You are very well travelled! Cool photos, and as far as lurking goes, I think I made less than 50 posts in my first six or seven years of being a member. Don't be shy about posting a bunch of photos, it is nice to see more variety on here, there aren't a whole lot of people posting regularly here.
 
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mooksoup

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The Phoblographer web site picked up some of portraits, and a little interview feature with me. Super exciting. Weird but fun exercise in sitting down and actually thinking about what choices I'm making and why, when taking photos.
Over here if you want a look:
http://www.thephoblographer.com/2016/06/08/bodie-strain-directing-creative-portraits/

besides that not a lot of work going on at the moment, so i'm entertaining myself by making everything soft and pastel and glitchy for some reason.


Untitled by Bodie Strain, on Flickr

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vern

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mooksoup said:
The Phoblographer web site picked up some of portraits, and a little interview feature with. Super exciting. Weird but fun exercise in sitting down and actually thinking about what choices I'm making and why, when taking photos.
Over here if you want a look:
http://www.thephoblographer.com/2016/06/08/bodie-strain-directing-creative-portraits/

besides that not a lot of work going on at the moment, so i'm entertaining myself by making everything soft and pastel and glitchy for some reason.


Untitled by Bodie Strain, on Flickr

Untitled by Bodie Strain, on Flickr

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Can't get the site to work in China :( but I'm interested in reading what you have to say. Great work as usual, love all three of these, especially the buildings.
 
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jongkookie

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A few shots from a photoshoot I did a month ago:



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It was fun but also pretty stressful. The lights weren't working as I wanted to(one was a flash and the other was continuous), so I spent quite some time triple checking the lights and all this stuff.

I even had group shots with the 5 models that showed up but since the lights weren't working well, I was forced to shoot at an higher aperture, causing the models outside of the frame to be blurred out. -_____-

On the plus side, I learned a lot coming out of that shoot. Specifically about planning the shots beforehand, apertures, lighting gear, and all that stuff. I'm doing another one in a few weeks but I've got a workflow established already(that I learned from this previous shoot) so it should be more of a fun thing than stressful lol.
 
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Mr. Hyde

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mooksoup said:
The Phoblographer web site picked up some of portraits, and a little interview feature with me. Super exciting. Weird but fun exercise in sitting down and actually thinking about what choices I'm making and why, when taking photos.
Over here if you want a look:
http://www.thephoblographer.com/2016/06/08/bodie-strain-directing-creative-portraits/

besides that not a lot of work going on at the moment, so i'm entertaining myself by making everything soft and pastel and glitchy for some reason.


Untitled by Bodie Strain, on Flickr

Untitled by Bodie Strain, on Flickr

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I love them and that's awesome you were featured.

I haven't shot much besides a couple paid shoots but I am about to work on a new mostly self portrait series so I can experiment with new techniques I've been studying. I want to also do a lot more weird gel photography sessions, so hopefully I can start posting in here more consistently starting this week.

Chasing Winged Dreams by Tony Frattle, on Flickr

This photo was done near sunset while I propped my reflector between my legs and angled it up towards her. I also liked the sun flare coming from the side, so I made sure to capture that.

IMG_7896 by Tony Frattle, on Flickr

This was taken while we were walking in Winter Park, FL. I played around with the editing a bit.
 
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Lucky Forward

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jongkookie said:
A few shots from a photoshoot I did a month ago:

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It was fun but also pretty stressful. The lights weren't working as I wanted to(one was a flash and the other was continuous), so I spent quite some time triple checking the lights and all this stuff.

I even had group shots with the 5 models that showed up but since the lights weren't working well, I was forced to shoot at an higher aperture, causing the models outside of the frame to be blurred out. -_____-

On the plus side, I learned a lot coming out of that shoot. Specifically about planning the shots beforehand, apertures, lighting gear, and all that stuff. I'm doing another one in a few weeks but I've got a workflow established already(that I learned from this previous shoot) so it should be more of a fun thing than stressful lol.
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I like these shots (they're certainly better than I could do) but I have to ask if that little bit of tilt was intentional on the first two? It doesn't look like it's done enough to be an effect, it just makes them look a little off, IMO.

I definitely think the third is the most successful, I especially like just having a solid tile background behind the model.
 
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vector824

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snaffles said:
You are very well travelled! Cool photos, and as far as lurking goes, I think I made less than 50 posts in my first six or seven years of being a member. Don't be shy about posting a bunch of photos, it is nice to see more variety on here, there aren't a whole lot of people posting regularly here.
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Thanks! Been to a few places. I love travelling. Everyone on here is seriously good! Love looking at the variety and getting some new ideas.

Here's some stuff closer to home.

Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Al. 14mm


Hover Dam, Nevada/Arizona. 15mm Fisheye Panorama
 
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vern

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Mainly portraits to share today, so many pictures recently. Went through 690 last night, from the last few days of travel.

Farmer and his wife. Dude had beautiful blue/green eyes. He is ethnic Chinese. We drank their goat yogurt and got tour of their farm.

Yulin, Shaanxi - Crossing China by Eric, on Flickr

Yulin, Shaanxi - Crossing China by Eric, on Flickr

Dude that lives in a parking lot and sells bags of concrete to the local construction sites:

Yulin, Shaanxi - Crossing China by Eric, on Flickr

Migrant worker in a "workers apartment" elevator, cropped to get me out of there:

Yulin, Shaanxi - Crossing China by Eric, on Flickr

At the train station:

Yulin, Shaanxi - Crossing China by Eric, on Flickr

Workers at a park:

Yulin, Shaanxi - Crossing China by Eric, on Flickr

Streets of Yulin, a small city near the border with Inner Mongolia and Ningxia:

Yulin, Shaanxi - Crossing China by Eric, on Flickr
 
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jongkookie

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JadedWriter said:
I hate group shots the most, the most most.
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Yeah. I can't even bring myself to use or post them anywhere.

It's that terrible.

Lucky Forward said:
I like these shots (they're certainly better than I could do) but I have to ask if that little bit of tilt was intentional on the first two? It doesn't look like it's done enough to be an effect, it just makes them look a little off, IMO.

I definitely think the third is the most successful, I especially like just having a solid tile background behind the model.
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Honestly speaking... I'm looking at a good looking person so the background just doesn't matter to me. Now if the subject was in front of the dumpster for example, then yeah that just wouldn't work at all. But for something like this, yeah... I just didn't really didn't care for the background then, nor do I care for it now simply because the subject draws my attention.

I'm not gonna lie, I sometimes do think that my approach can be wrong in some situations. But at the same time, I'd rather have the shot than not have it all.

That said, that was a really interesting observation so thanks for that. It's definitely something I'm gonna consider for the next time.
 
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Astral/H3X

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the better twin said:
Some great photos recently. Weather has been awful here just lately so haven't been able to get out much, but finally got out today with my new Samyang 21mm f1.4 and this thing is sharp. Was wary of getting a manual focus but it is sooo easy on the Sony body I was pleasantly surprised.

DSC03931 by Andrew Morgans, on Flickr

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DSC03923 by Andrew Morgans, on Flickr

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Yeah, Sony makes it *very* easy to MF. I spent a good half of today at a convention shooting at 1.4 MF and I don't think I missed focus once.
 
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vern

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We climbed Huashan and camped on top. Took us all day, about 9 am til 7 pm when we set up camp. Light pollution up there was bad so didn't get anything good of the stars. Took some sunrise pics but Flickr and Chinese internet is being a pain as usual, so none of those yet.

Huashan - Crossing China by Eric, on Flickr

Huashan - Crossing China by Eric, on Flickr

Huashan - Crossing China by Eric, on Flickr

Huashan - Crossing China by Eric, on Flickr

Huashan - Crossing China by Eric, on Flickr

Huashan - Crossing China by Eric, on Flickr

Huashan - Crossing China by Eric, on Flickr
 
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DeadlyVirus

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Seductivpancakes

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Hey guys. I want to try improve my photography game, primarily as a hobby. I haven't formally taken any photography classes cause its conflicted with my schedule and I don't think I have the time to take any classes next semester but I am still interested in learning. I was wondering if you guys have a any tips or online resources to help. I am also willing to purchase a book or two.

I am currently using a old Canon Rebel XTi with a 55-250mm lens and a 52 mm lens.
 
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DeadlyVirus

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Seductivpancakes said:
Hey guys. I want to try improve my photography game, primarily as a hobby. I haven't formally taken any photography classes cause its conflicted with my schedule and I don't think I have the time to take any classes next semester but I am still interested in learning. I was wondering if you guys have a any tips or online resources to help. I am also willing to purchase a book or two.

I am currently using a old Canon Rebel XTi with a 55-250mm lens and a 52 mm lens.
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Look up Youtube videos on Aperture, Shutter Speed, ISO, Light Meter, Composition, etc, and go out and shoot. Mess with the settings on your camera (ditch automatic, start with Aperture Priority or Shutter Priority and work your way up to Manual mode) and experiment. You'll only get good by training yourself.

I started with a Rebel T5i and the 18-50mm lens and only used that for the longest of times. After shooting (and failing) a lot, I learning what to do to improve.

Also, always shoot RAW and get good editing software.
 
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Damaged

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Wow,.. The level of quality here got far too high while I've been away from shooting, time to mix it up with my grainy film shit again! :D

 
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Mr. Hyde

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Digital Voyeur by Tony Frattle, on Flickr

I took this earlier tonight at my wife's parents house. I decided to bring a flash, my gel pack and the camera over there to practice a bit before dinner. I need to start treating my photography as a second job again to continue my growth. I feel empty when I don't shoot for long periods, so here we go.
 
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BlueTsunami

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Mr. Hyde said:
Digital Voyeur by Tony Frattle, on Flickr

I took this earlier tonight at my wife's parents house. I decided to bring a flash, my gel pack and the camera over there to practice a bit before dinner. I need to start treating my photography as a second job again to continue my growth. I feel empty when I don't shoot for long periods, so here we go.
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Ugh, thats fantatic. Very moody. I dig it.
 
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brerwolfe

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A couple of my favorites from the US Open last week:


2016 U.S. Open - No. 4 Grandstand by brerwolfe, on Flickr


2016 U.S. Open - Sergio Garcia on No. 3 by brerwolfe, on Flickr


2016 U.S. Open - 3rd Round Sunset by brerwolfe, on Flickr


2016 U.S. Open - 17th Green Grandstand by brerwolfe, on Flickr


2016 U.S. Open - DJ Fist Pump by brerwolfe, on Flickr


2016 U.S. Open - Final Approach by brerwolfe, on Flickr


2016 U.S. Open - Watson Watchers by brerwolfe, on Flickr


2016 U.S. Open - Crossing the Threshold by brerwolfe, on Flickr


2016 U.S. Open - Trophy Ceremony by brerwolfe, on Flickr
 
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