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Shiv Kumar Surya
{K:17362} 10/6/2003
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What may be discussion, It is a great action shot Tobiah Deutsch.
Regards.
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Tobiah Deutsch
{K:2432} 9/29/2003
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Chris,
Thank you very much. Your Comments are are VERY helpful. I'll take those things into consideration in the future.
Tobiah
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Chris Lauritzen
{K:14949} 9/29/2003
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Tobiah,
What I am saying about the lighting is that it look like you used a flash here, the lighting is hash and I feel too strong. What is needed is more natural light or some sort of soft box on your flash. This would help soften the light and make it look more pleasing.
As far as fast glass goes if your were to use an f2.8 or faster lens your would allow more light in thus allowing the faster shutter thus a sharper image.
The attached link was taken with a flash at less then 3 feet away; I bounced the flash off the wall (less then 1 foot away) and then used a white card to bounce some light onto the subject. Flash power was set to 1/3.
http://www.usefilm.com/image/204928.html
If you were to set your camera to a higher ISO yes you would introduce grain (noise) but you would also get a faster shutter which would have giving you a sharper image. You could have used a higher f-stop which would have given you more DOF so your focus spot could still be off but your subject would still be in focus.
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Ursula I Abresch
{K:6515} 9/29/2003
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Tobiah, I left a message/explanation on my "life in the city" picture (to answer your question about Kevin Riggs).
Ursula
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Tobiah Deutsch
{K:2432} 9/29/2003
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Thank you all for the comments they are well regarded... I appreciate them very much.
Ursula - Your're right... he is a bit out of focus. Its kinda hard on my part to be able to focus and know EXACTLY where someone is going to be at... but he is out of focus. The Lake Owen stuff is there on purpose. This was shot for a brochure... the Lake Owen brochure. Its a skate camp in northwestern Wisconsin. I didn't say anything about it before because I wanted to know what people had to say about the action shot... not the signs. If this was a photo for a magazine, you'd be right, they are getting to much attention.
Kevin - As for the sign... see above. To the imagination where he's going to land?
I guess I'm not sure what you mean by that. I guess I'd like to have it explained a little more. I can tell you where he is going to land... right where he came from, but I don't think you're looking for that either.
Chris - I must say first off Thank You for your comments, this is not the first time I've heard from you and I appreciate the time you've taken to wirte comments back to me. I am however confused about some things...You say that the lighting is wrong...I guess I'm looking for "what's wrong with it" here. I can tell you some thing is good or bad, but it doesn't mean a thing with out the explanation as to why. I did use a flash.. Sunpak 555. You're absolutely right the rider is out of focus. My prefocus was focused a little in front of the rider, you can see the coping is sharp in front of him where the flash burn is... but alas, only a few shots turn out sometimes and you take what you get. I'm unclear as to how a higher ISO is going to give me a sharper image though. A higher ISO for film will normally make your photo more grainy. It will however catch more light, bringing the photo out more. Faster glass? A larger F-stop 2.8 or 1.8 both of which I have will only allow more light into my lens... it doesn't make them faster per say. Does it?
I'm not trying to say your wrong with any of this... just that I don't completely understand your comments. I'd love to hear more.
Thanks again. I look forward to hearing from you all in the future
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Chris Lauritzen
{K:14949} 9/29/2003
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Tobiah,
Main thinng wrong with this shot is the lighting, I can tell you used a flash by the shadow on the wall behind. Also the person is not sharp at all. Next time use a higher ISO setting to get a faster shutter and maybe prefocus on where the rider would be. I noticed your lens is rated at 3.5 so you might want to look into a fast peice of glass.
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Bob Smith
{K:2340} 9/29/2003
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I agree about the sign... maybe you could crop it out. I think it might be interesting leaving it to the imagination as to where he is going to land.
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Ursula I Abresch
{K:6515} 9/29/2003
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Tobiah, first, thank you very much for your comment on my "life in the city" pict! It's much appreciated, especially what you say about not trying to make an explanation for everything.
You also say you don't want to be a "coddled puppy dog". So here it goes. The subject of the photo is the skateboarder, right? He looks to be a bit out of focus, and in this case I think it would be better if the focus were squarely on the subject. I love the skateboarder's shadow, his expression and posture, the wood pattern behind him, and the sun line to the bottom left. The big and small signs (Lake Owen) though are getting way too much attention in this picture, so much so that they take over. I guess you couldn't go there and take away the sign :))
Take care,
Ursula
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