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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:127263} 5/21/2006
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Yes, indeed! But how comes that? I'm searching for reasons, because.. perhaps if we know the reasons, we could change things to the better. Perhaps we could see our own pictures in the mirror then, and see what we do wrong, and if we see that then we could change that? Damned it, how long does it take to find that out? Oops, sorry, too impatient, I guess.. (I just want a world of colors and shapes and thoughts and talks and I seem to want it now!)
Cheers dear friend, wherever you might be now!
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abuT naruD
{K:2796} 5/20/2006
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ı am in agreement with you my dear friend..
but the life and the world is a scene of chaos and irreguality.. everything we live is so much ridiculous.. what a pity my friend.. really isn't it?
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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:127263} 5/20/2006
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Many many thanks, Tuba, for the kind comment!
Greetings,
Nick
P.S.: Just a question, if I may pose it, friends out there:
If me, the greek, and the friends from Turkey and the friends from the USA, and the friends from the Arabic countries, and all the wonderful people here are able to exchange minds, cultures and opinions so peacefully in cyber space, then what is that which makes this world to a battlefield? Should I assume that escaping to cyber space is much more peaceful that the "real world" can ever get? Butb then why? Isn't it the same minds that participate to this exchange in friendship and peace? Isn't that always just "me and you"?
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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:127263} 5/20/2006
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Many thanks for the great detailed comment, Doyle!
It has been the T90 with the Tokina SZ-X 80-200mm, focuesing at about 180mm, slightly out of focus, and semi-freehand, as I was supporting it on the railing of the bridge on which I stood.
Same problem again, how to get the water soft and the swimming birds sharp? It must have to do with quite wide apperture, sharply focusing the birds, and letting the rest go out of focus, *but* in this way the defocusing of water increases with the distance away from the birds. How to get that soft focus *unifromly* over all water, to not give the impression of defocusing but rather of silky texture on water?
A hard one for me, but I still try!
Many thanks again,
Nick
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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:127263} 5/20/2006
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¡Deseo que estaba con ellos! (Pero con la cámara fotográfica! ;-))
¡Gracias mucho, Alicia!
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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:127263} 5/20/2006
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Thank you for the nice comment and the idea, Tom. Interesting what you suggest, I have to try that out, though it could get really hard, because focusing a moving bird at that distance will demand a very short exposition time or taking bthe risk to blur it very much. But this is worth trying.
In this picture I rather wanted to have one bird on dark, the other on light water - that was the idea. I am searching for way to make the transition from darkness to light more "sudden", so to speak.
Thanks again,
Nick
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abuT naruD
{K:2796} 5/18/2006
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beautiful photo.. nice shot.. greets..
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 5/18/2006
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Nick: the water is definitely your strong point! I don't agree with Tom necessarily, although his suggestion would yield a good capture. I still find myself troubled by what I perceive to be a "soft" focus. Perhaps this is 200mm handheld? It can be done . . . I've done 300mm handheld, but it's no easy task. Perhaps a tripod. I would make a suggestion regarding shutterspeed, but don't know what you used and can't tell you how that would affect the water image you consistently get. Again - with the animal pics, a crisp focus (by my way of thinking) is paramount. This means even if you have to sacrifice the water image you have become known for.
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Alicia Popp
{K:87532} 5/18/2006
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Cómo disfrutan del agua... bellos patos, mágica el agua!!!. Felicitaciones!
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Tom Gessner
{K:2030} 5/18/2006
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Hi Nick - this is a very interesting shot and the color are beautiful - but I would have done the following: focus on the upper left bird and the blue water and cropped only this bird - so that you can see the bird bigger.
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