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ParticipantCongrats to U-Man on the sweep of both individual and combined (I really need to program a macro for that statement ;)). The Weekly Reports post has been updated with the latest stats.
ParticipantI’ve seen that shot before, but I didn’t know it was Edgerton or how it was pulled off, so that was cool.
ParticipantNice shots all around.
loki, congrats on witnessing your first eclipse. Hard to imagine the moon actually turns that color until you see it first hand.
chupathingie, that is a cool (no pun intended) shot. But, please keep that stuff out your way – I’m just not ready for full-blown winter yet.
ParticipantThanks, bucky_bacon. And happy Farktograversary!
ParticipantYou’ve made me realize two things:
1) When scanning the contest, I don’t look at the entry text unless the photo itself seems to warrant further explanation or details. At the same time, I assume everyone else always reads my texts. Hmmm….
2) I don’t title my photos so much as I give them a byline like you’d see in a newspaper. So, most like your first and rarely like your second.Given #1, I’d say my reaction was the same to both, but do let us know if you detect a discernible difference this week.
ParticipantJust got this in my inbox from B&H: Wide and Extreme Wide-Angle Lens Roundup. Doesn’t cover specifics much, but it does at least let you know what your choices are.
Participanthey CISS I have shots that have both boobies and bacon. I can has winz?
olavf, as soon as I finish my statistical model that will allow me to forecast the whims of the voters on any given week, you’ll be the first I’ll share it with. 😉
// It’s proving quite difficult – I may have to switch to an easier research topic, like cold fusion or understanding women.
ParticipantAnd I don’t like blaise pictures with pretentious titles trying to be more than the sum of their parts.
So very very much this, not just with photos but art in general.
This is just me doing a little armchair psychiatry, but I’d guess that a large part of that phenomenon comes from the artist as misunderstood tortured soul stereotype. Those who want to be seen as artists but aren’t confident enough to carve their own paths therefore either produce that kind of stuff or laud it in an effort to be viewed in that light. It ends up being a big self-congratulatory and -reinforcing circlejerk.
Assuming this has some truth in it, the popularity of that type of stuff then is just the producers of it playing to their audience. It’s similar in a way to our own contests. How many times have you seen a technically better and honestly more artistic photograph get beat by another because the other has boobies or bacon or some other subject that appeals to the Fark hivemind? That used to bother me a little until I realized that, hey, it’s not a photography contest, it’s a Farktography contest and that’s just gonna be a natural part of it. (Please, nobody think I’m picking on anyone with that observation. Knowing your audience is key to the success of any performance, and if we’re interested in votes, that’s what we really are, no?)
As to your winter HDR, you liked it (which is really all that matters), I liked it, and others liked it enough for it to do well in two contests, so if it doesn’t appeal to those who’d rather cry silently in a dimly lit corner, who cares? 🙂
ParticipantCongrats to orionid on the individual win, to U-Man on the combined win, and to fluffybunny on his/her first top ten. The Weekly Reports post has been updated with the latest stats.
ParticipantWhy do you think it does not get much use in your kit?
It doesn’t get used much mostly due to lazyness and bad timing. Lazyness because oftentimes I don’t feel like hauling the whole backpack around, so I just take my camera and walkaround lens, the 24-70mm f/2.8 L. Bad timing ensues from that because many times while out I find that I wished I had it with me.
Do you find the f3.5 to be a significant limitation? Hand hold or tripod?
I haven’t found the f/3.5 or even 4.5 on the narrower end to be a problem, but I haven’t taken any indoor shots with it either. I’ve used it both handheld and with tripod, but only outdoors. Since it doesn’t have IS, I could see wishing for a wider aperature if I tried to use it in ambient light indoors.
Sample shots would be great.
Here’s a series of late evening shots on tripod at Steamboat:
- ISO125, f/9, 6s, 24mm (This is the 24-70mm for comparison)
- ISO125, f/9, 8s, 16mm
- ISO125, f/9, 8s, 10mm
I had the 16mm version printed at 24×30 and I’m pretty pleased with it.
Here’s a series outdoors in sunlight at an airshow. These are all straight out of the camera:
The first two show the full zoom range of the lens. The last one shows why it’s a pretty handy lens in places like this (hard to get the whole plane in one shot otherwise).
ParticipantI’ve got the Canon 10-22 on an EOS 30D. I’ve found that I don’t use it that much, but I’ve been fairly pleased with the shots I have taken with it. Anything in particular you want to know about it? I can post a couple of sample shots if that’d help.
ParticipantBut it’s great for all those times when you’ve got your iPhone and all your L glass but just can’t be bothered to drag that pesky SLR camera body around!
Participant^ What they all said. Beautiful stars & sunsets. It’s hard for me to imagine a night sky that clear, I’m not sure that I’ve experienced one that I can remember.
ParticipantI didn’t have much to work with this week so a couple of mine are a stretch I think.
U-Man, that crystal ball shot is great.
ParticipantThe asthma inhaler is a nice touch. 😆
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