> On May 24, 2016, at 3:39 AM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > At the last dance event I went to, I posted a shot of Jess King smiling, > which was rather nice, until I printed it out and saw how badly I missed > focus. I put some effort into doing a better job this time (using the 80-200 > at f/2.8) > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/27212764755/in/album-72157666290466954/
The expression here is so captivating, really nice, but I think the mic has a heavy presence and upstages the wonderful portrait. She’s such a great subject to shoot—twinkle in the eye and all—really nice. > An impromtu jam after the solo dance competitions: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/27178627446/in/album-72157666290466954/ > > A couple of people dancing: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/27115926952/in/album-72157666290466954/ > > Clint Baker, the namesake of the band the Hot Baked Goods: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/27212760885/in/album-72157666290466954/ That’s nice, but I like this one better even though there are some challenges here—mainly the guy in the lower left. I might try to clone him out. To me this one has a stronger complete portrait and a tad more emotion. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/27212778975/in/album-72157666290466954/ In the one you posted, the angle of the head features more of the hat than the facial area, so it doesn’t create enough interest for me. But, true enough, it doesn’t have images to the left or in the background, and the light is good, as is the texture in the photograph. Funny thing about shooting in crowds: when trying to isolate a subject in a crowd, there’s still a high tendency to get the ears and noses of those around your subject. I ran into this when shooting protest demonstrations. Very frustrating, but kind of a fun challenge to overcome when shooting. Cheers, Christine > The whole set: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157666290466954 > > C & C appreciated, as always. I might even give your suggestions a try. > > Interestingly, of the people photographing the event almost nobody was using > Canikon. Nicole and I were shooting Pentax, Scott had is u4/3 and a fixed > lens sony FF mirrorless, and Richard was using fuji. One afternoon, I saw > someone that I didn't recognize taking some pictures of classes, and he was > wearing a fancy harness with two big Canons hanging off it. The videographer > hand a Canon 5D, but I didn't see him shooting any stills. > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
