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Critique By:
Andy Pollard (K:1359)
8/1/2009 3:12:31 AM
Love the big angle and bright colors, great job.
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| Photo By: Efrain Morales
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Critique By:
Andy Pollard (K:1359)
10/10/2008 2:22:17 PM
In good light the Tamrons (SP type) perform very good, I tried my Mom's Tamron 200-500mm before I decided on the Canon 100-400mm. They Tamron was harder to shoot handheld (Canon 100-400 has IS) and would hunt from time to time in certain conditions. The sharpest Tamron I have is the SP 180mm Marco which works well as portrait and long range as well.
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| Photo By: Andy Pollard
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Critique By:
Andy Pollard (K:1359)
1/18/2006 3:58:24 AM
Thanks Ali and everyone...
This all started because my mother-in-law would like a hummingbird triptych for mothers day.
Fortunately I have some very cooperative hummingbirds at work. They are very friendly and allow me within a couple feet of them.
Here I was about 4 feet from the little guy, the circles are caused by glare from car windows in the parking lot about 50 feet beyond on the bush. The Canon 70-200mm 4L creates stunning bokeh (perfect circles).
The lighting is interesting on this particular bush, as the sun is coming from behind the hummer and the fill lighting comes from reflection off the glass building behind me (4.5 feet from the bush).
Thanks again.
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| Photo By: Andy Pollard
(K:1359)
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Critique By:
Andy Pollard (K:1359)
11/26/2005 3:30:05 PM
That's my Tamron SP 17-35mm 2.8-4 XR Di, tons sharper and faster than the 18-55mm kit lens... however still a bit shy of wide for me. I had to back up a bit to get full body/birds in tight quarters of the feeding area.
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| Photo By: Andy Pollard
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Critique By:
Andy Pollard (K:1359)
10/21/2005 4:59:00 AM
Yup it was a tough day to shoot these guys wasn't it. I'm having all kinds of issues lightening the planes in my shots from the show.
This Fluer de (whatever they call it) is a pretty wicked formation. The shot kind of scares me as I have the same exact shot but from a few chalets down...
It is a good catch and a toughy to get at the right moment.
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| Photo By: George Marks
(K:15437)
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Critique By:
Andy Pollard (K:1359)
10/20/2005 3:41:52 AM
Cool stuff...these guys were pretty tough to capture.
Thanx for the comment on mine, yup that was from this years show...I was down in one of the corporate chalets.
Your correct on that Miramar not being photog friendly...Shoot to the left get blue skys and anything right of center is in the sun.
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| Photo By: George Marks
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Critique By:
Andy Pollard (K:1359)
6/29/2005 4:22:08 AM
I actually shot this in Av mode...trying slow the props down I would stop it down to bring the shutter speed down as well. I got some with nice prop spin but they were not a sharp as this. I will post better shots once I get to post process them (I took 700+ shots that day)
As to the 70-200mm 4L it is probably one of the best cheapest "L" that you one can get from Canon...you have to be careful because the once one uses it and sees how sharp it is they tend to get "L" Glass fever and want more. The brother to this (70-200mm 2.8L) is about 700 more and as an amature I just couldn't justify that. I have never had any issue with it in low light or otherwise...on the 20D we can go to high ISOs without a whole lot of noise and the f/4 works decent up there.
I found it wasn't totally as far a reach as I wanted so after a lot of research I got a Kenko Teleplus Pro 300 DG and that gets me up there to about 280mm and the kenko is near as sharp as the canon TC but a hundred less and you can pop any non EFS lens in it.
The other best cheap lens (70 bucks) is the 50mm 1.8 MKII it is a cheap prime that is as sharp as L glass...feels like a toy but man it's sharp (not the best bokeh but workable)...great for portraits.
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| Photo By: Andy Pollard
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Critique By:
Andy Pollard (K:1359)
6/28/2005 4:21:33 AM
Thanks Paul...dude I just went back to view your profile and that is so cool that you won the cam...that is one badazz camera isn't it. You know right from the first shots you download that it's going to be a lasting relationship. We could get good pics from p&sers but its a whole lot easier when a cam works as hard as the 20D. Have fun...
I'll most likely be flipping my numbers over for the second time when I go out and shot this weekend.
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| Photo By: Andy Pollard
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Critique By:
Andy Pollard (K:1359)
6/10/2005 3:01:54 AM
Pretty cool composite. What editing program are you using for post processing? If one that uses Photoshop filters and on a Windows PC grab a copy of Virtual Photographer (It's Free) http://www.optikvervelabs.com/ there are some really good presets in there that you could apply to the Sara overlay that would match the lighting to the background.
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| Photo By: Ron Wilson
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Critique By:
Andy Pollard (K:1359)
5/7/2005 2:12:53 PM
Just Awesome... Great Action captured here. Tone and Vignetting are wonderful.
Andy
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| Photo By: ducnc
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Critique By:
Andy Pollard (K:1359)
4/3/2005 4:41:26 PM
Very nice peaceful shot in a wonderful setting Serdar.
Even though the river takes a bend, there is a horizon line near the back that I might have straightened this on, to insure that the boats don't appear to be sliding off the right side of the shot.
Very nice capture, I like the subtle colors and composition.
Andy
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| Photo By: SERDAR SAGKAN
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Critique By:
Andy Pollard (K:1359)
3/11/2005 6:38:30 AM
Here is a pretty start for the zone system:
http://luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/zone_system.shtml
Also sent you and email.
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| Photo By: Andy Pollard
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Critique By:
Andy Pollard (K:1359)
3/11/2005 5:55:26 AM
Here's a clear shot of the lens
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| Photo By: Andy Pollard
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Critique By:
Andy Pollard (K:1359)
3/11/2005 5:46:21 AM
The Sigma Bigma he has on there is the Sigma 50-500mm EX can't remember the f/stops off hand. It is a sharp piece of glass on the Minolta 7D. I think the Image Stabilization of the 7D really helps.
If the lens didn't weigh 4 pounds I would get one for my Canon 20D. It is way sharper than my Tamron 28-300mm XR Di LD.
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| Photo By: Andy Pollard
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Critique By:
Andy Pollard (K:1359)
3/1/2005 5:51:00 AM
Salvatore, I looked through your gallery and see by the many wonderful shots there that color is important to you.
The 20D is very flexible and adjustable to ones needs. Out of the box the colors are soft and neutral for those who like to post process their images.
I like to do less post processing so I bumped the saturation a tad to get the feel that I like. I really enjoy the camera 20D and can't say that I have found anything that I dislike about it.
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| Photo By: Andy Pollard
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Critique By:
Andy Pollard (K:1359)
1/25/2005 3:16:12 AM
A masterpiece of color and feeling.
Great Job.
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| Photo By: Teunis Haveman
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Critique By:
Andy Pollard (K:1359)
12/26/2004 4:59:43 AM
Excellent shot Stephen.
I think I might have cropped out the bricks on the right as they really seem to draw me away from the center of the shot. The flash really lit them up.
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| Photo By: Stephen Bivens
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Critique By:
Andy Pollard (K:1359)
12/3/2004 10:12:41 PM
Very nice, Kamran. I like the contrast between the tall, skinny building and the short wide one.
Andy
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| Photo By: Kamran
(K:3526)
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Critique By:
Andy Pollard (K:1359)
11/21/2004 9:53:24 PM
Arwa the Northern Lights occur as a result of solar particles colliding withe the gases in the earth's atmosphere.
From http://www.northern-lights.no/ a cool site dedicated to Northern Light Photograph.
Awesome photo Ketil
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| Photo By: Ketil Monsen
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Critique By:
Andy Pollard (K:1359)
11/20/2004 5:43:57 PM
Cool Shot Rob, I like the afternoon shadows. You know I have passed this monument a hundred times and did not realize there was an etching of a ship on the side of it. Coming back from the Village last weekend was the first time I noticed it.
Cool angle and nice shadows.
Andy
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| Photo By: Rob Patrick
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Critique By:
Andy Pollard (K:1359)
11/8/2004 2:24:03 AM
With picture this time...
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| Photo By: Shawn Pollard
(K:354)
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Critique By:
Andy Pollard (K:1359)
11/8/2004 2:19:46 AM
Goofy thing was all over the place and really liked sitting on cameras. When he wasn't on mine he was on Shawn's.
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| Photo By: Shawn Pollard
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Critique By:
Andy Pollard (K:1359)
11/4/2004 6:28:31 AM
Actually you are correct. I have now seen this plane described as either/or on net. I was a comm tech in the corps so never really got the nomenclature of the birds down (these were a little before my time).
This was a fun show for me as I finally gave up the bucks to be in a chalet on the flight deck...it was well worth it, and the teleconverter on the Pro1 did work nicely for me. Sometimes too nice, I got some Angel shots where all of them didn't fit the frame.
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| Photo By: Andy Pollard
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Critique By:
Andy Pollard (K:1359)
10/26/2004 4:51:57 AM
Nice picture Brendon. I think you could use a little more light (soft) from the bottom right to soften the shadows under the chin and nose. It would also soften the shadows of the tree branches that are visible on the models forehead. Nice model and setting but this is a tough shot if you are only using one flash.
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| Photo By: Brendon Cordero
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Critique By:
Andy Pollard (K:1359)
10/19/2004 2:05:19 PM
Stephen,
Having grown up with magazines like Heavy Metal and Epic (the B/W Pencil sketch mag (wished they still made it)) I like this style very much. Does she have any tryptics? I could see a story unfolding through this piece.
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| Photo By: Stephen Bivens
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Critique By:
Andy Pollard (K:1359)
10/4/2004 3:33:34 AM
Very cool, love the composition and colors. Great work.
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Photo By: BILL MAHLER
(K:5882)
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Critique By:
Andy Pollard (K:1359)
9/23/2004 2:55:21 AM
Very strong...Great Work.
Andy
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| Photo By: arwa abdullah
(K:34415)
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Critique By:
Andy Pollard (K:1359)
9/22/2004 5:20:19 AM
Very Nice, I love the subtle tones you have captured. Great setting and expression on your subject.
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| Photo By: Lenny Boguslaw
(K:243)
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Critique By:
Andy Pollard (K:1359)
9/21/2004 4:31:58 AM
Very cool idea, I love the colors you have here. The leaf on the right is a bit distracting to me. Maybe postition the vase (or trim the flower) so you can only see the leaves through the red liquid.
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| Photo By: Donna Johnson
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Critique By:
Andy Pollard (K:1359)
9/12/2004 4:08:41 PM
A very interesting story here, Ken. I like this shot. The crop is a little tight on the lad, making the boat appear as the main subject to me. Still an very good shot.
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| Photo By: Ken Alexander
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