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Photo of the day - July 2008

Prison, former KGB headquarters, Lithuania

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Canon 30D, 1/13s f/5.6 ISO3200 17mm
 
First off, Valdore and Ghostguts, looking good :).

Anyways..
Renderz said:
Nice overall, but I personally think there is too much sky. I would have tried this shot as a landscape aspect rather than a portrait.
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I agree with you composition wise and would probably have tried it differently if I were shooting B & W, but the fact is that when I took this photo the stark contrast between the bright yellow of the fisherman's overalls and the blue of the sky just jumped at me; that's what I tried to evoke by including such a huge piece of sky.

Also, since this photo is destined to be the cover piece for an article about Britany's artisanal fishery (my first ever actual job !!!!!!!!!!*100,000,000), the extra space on top gives a generous margin for titles, etc.

Hello.there said:
Have to say I think the sky is perfect in that shot and using portrait worked beautifully - love the photograph Everythingisnt, gorgeous :)
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Thanks :). Means alot to me!




I've only just started importing the hundreds of images I took, so later I'll post another in the 'fisherman' series.
 
Ghostguts what lens are you using for those portraits? It looks very sharp.


Speaking of sharpness, this is with my 16-85mm VR, no PP whatsoever (to be fair I had in-camera sharpening set to +1). I have so many pics from the fishing shoot that I don't know where to start...


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Fresh caught Langoustine basking in the sun before being sold..
 
Everythingisnt said:
Ghostguts what lens are you using for those portraits? It looks very sharp.
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For the shot I just posted, I used a standard 40d kit lens: EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

For some of the portraits that I've posted throughout this threat, I typically use a Canon EF 50mm f1.4 USM Standard & Medium Telephoto lens
 
First shot I've posted to a PotD thread for a while.

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Shot of a rose from a hanging basket in front of the house. Fill flash was used to isolate the rose and produce the catchlights in the water droplets. Only post-processing was a minor tweak of curves and levels.
 
Lunch

Saw some roses next to the house I'm renting, went to grab a shot of them and saw this little guy munching instead. (Not sure how to control size of picture I'm posting, hope it's not too big)

180mm Macro
1/250 s
f/4.5 (wishing I made it ~5.6)
ISO 250
 

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My last one of the green city with the impressive clouds. And when it rains it really rains. We saw the streets turn into floods within minutes.
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Similar to my first fishing set picture, but with a bit more emphasis on the touristic nature of the fish unloading..


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Latitude: 47 47 32.6 N
Longitude: 4 14 6.2 W
 
Everythingisnt said:
Similar to my first fishing set picture, but with a bit more emphasis on the touristic nature of the fish unloading..


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Latitude: 47 47 32.6 N
Longitude: 4 14 6.2 W
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A bit off subject. "touristic"???? Is this one of those "new" words that have just been added to the dictionary??????;););) I like:D
 
Bored

Our goalie didn't have to do much this season . . .
 

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