Author Topic: [Theme] How about photographers in action ?  (Read 207132 times)

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Re: [Theme] How about photographers in action ?
« Reply #945 on: December 09, 2023, 22:30:45 »
Who, I declare, is this hardened and grizzled photographer? Not someone I currently know :)

In case anyone wondered what motif the 50-300ED was trained on, I'll show it below. Maybe the photographer can be more easily identified in that way?

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Re: [Theme] How about photographers in action ?
« Reply #946 on: December 10, 2023, 06:21:01 »
Cell phone shot.
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Re: [Theme] How about photographers in action ?
« Reply #947 on: December 10, 2023, 09:18:32 »
Shouldn’t the car be a red one ?
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Re: [Theme] How about photographers in action ?
« Reply #948 on: December 10, 2023, 10:16:10 »
Shouldn’t the car be a red one ?

Usually, but there are exceptions when said photographer rides in a friend's car.

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« Reply #949 on: December 10, 2023, 12:44:47 »
Nice catch of the atmosphere, Ken.
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Re: [Theme] How about photographers in action ?
« Reply #950 on: December 11, 2023, 23:34:56 »
Zf and its happy owner enjoying Buddha's benediction.
Using the 28/3.5 PC wide open with diagonal shift.
Using shift lenses on mirrorless is such a no-brainer: no need to set exposure before shift.
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Re: [Theme] How about photographers in action ?
« Reply #951 on: December 12, 2023, 15:29:12 »
Zf and its happy owner enjoying Buddha's benediction.
Using the 28/3.5 PC wide open with diagonal shift.
Using shift lenses on mirrorless is such a no-brainer: no need to set exposure before shift.

Nice, and additional I tend to like the BW rendering the Zf does.
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« Reply #952 on: December 12, 2023, 16:04:16 »
Zf and its happy owner enjoying Buddha's benediction.

This photo works well on so many levels Airy.
Just full of things that tick my boxes for enjoyment - thank you :)

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Re: [Theme] How about photographers in action ?
« Reply #953 on: December 12, 2023, 19:42:42 »
One photographer needs two tripods -- really??

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Re: [Theme] How about photographers in action ?
« Reply #954 on: December 12, 2023, 22:18:20 »
One photographer needs two tripods -- really??

  Strong pose, two sachtlers, cold weather...who may it be?

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« Reply #955 on: December 12, 2023, 22:43:22 »
One photographer needs two tripods -- really??
I wonder what kind of classified premises you were peeking into...

A cement factory? suspicious indeed. In France, certain cement producer managed to finance both the far right and Al Qaeda (or IS, not sure which flavour)...
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Re: [Theme] How about photographers in action ?
« Reply #956 on: December 12, 2023, 22:51:49 »
Nice, and additional I tend to like the BW rendering the Zf does.
Same here, and I must say that BW *display* helps to focus on what matters for the final BW rendition. Generally I'm overwhelmed by colour and tend to forget about lines, so for years I shot slides and only used BW for industrial photos or organ photos, where colours are guaranteed to matter very little. Since I went digital, my BW shots were mostly second thoughts (a shame, in HCB's country) and I admired Edward Weston and others like gods with unreachable skills.

For me, the Zf is a game changer, in the sense that BW becomes a real subject. My earlier shooting sprees were generally the style "let's take this lens and get the most out of it', now it sometimes is "let's go BW and get nice shots". Valuating restrictions (see Akira's motto).
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Re: [Theme] How about photographers in action ?
« Reply #957 on: December 12, 2023, 22:53:04 »
This photo works well on so many levels Airy.
Just full of things that tick my boxes for enjoyment - thank you :)
We could have a fireside talk about that :)
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Re: [Theme] How about photographers in action ?
« Reply #958 on: December 13, 2023, 00:55:41 »
Same here, and I must say that BW *display* helps to focus on what matters for the final BW rendition.
For me, the Zf is a game changer, in the sense that BW becomes a real subject.

For what it is worth, any Nikon Z camera can be set to do the same thing. (Picture Control set to Monochrome and have the EVF reflect settings.) The Zf has the convenience of a dedicated switch.

I agree that choosing at the outset to seek B&W photographs changes the way our minds see things. It happened to me when using B&W film exclusively. I must try it with my Z6. Thank you for the inspiration, Airy!

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Re: [Theme] How about photographers in action ?
« Reply #959 on: December 13, 2023, 13:57:10 »
Whatever it takes to get the shot :)