some fun messing around for the art contest w/eos 5d and a hogfbmle

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pretty much all of this can be chalked up to "abstract randomness".... this is basically the first time i've really gotten to try out and see what my canon mp-e 65mm lens can do under poorly lit, but very stable shooting conditions....

[edit: or "shades of beige" ]

 

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this is where my silly art side comes in.... even though all 4 of these shots are of the same thing, the composition (for me) gives an entirely different set of emotions. top left = just an image. nice in its composition and texture, but nothing specific. top right = gritty, you get the feeling of oil and dirt from the way the light hits the metal. bottom left = the feeling of a street lamp at night. the most noir of the set. bottom right = meekness... sounds silly, but when you set it up in line with the rest, it the entire shot suddenly sinks to the bottom right hand side, almost like its cowering. i was initially just impressed with the ammount of detail the lens was able to capture (given that its a 6 second exposure) on the outer rim of the rivet.

and here is my favorite of this set: it just feels soft

i liked the detail on the grinder marks on this one -

 

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and the last of them.... i know i can do better with this shot set up. I had one of the oposite curve in the handle, but the depth of feild didnt play into the curve enough, and the lighting needs to be able to fade out the closest edge of the scale.... it's still nice though

 

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Really like the composition on the majority of these latest. Are you shooting or cropping to get it? Either way, these fit the "Golden Mean". On the verge of simplistic perfection in my estimation. You are really making me miss photography, and I wish I had my gear from back in the day(or a camera similar to what you are using) to shoot the gear I love today.
Again, Thanks for sharing.:thumbup:

MMIAMs "Has Been" page

 

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Are you shooting or cropping to get it?

I try to shoot everything full frame. The only time I rely on cropping for anything is when I'm shooting at a distance and my lenses can't reach the telephoto that's needed. Or the shot sucks and the random person walking by the frame is more interesting

I generally only have 3 framing methods, either dead center, rule of thirds, or way off on the side/in the corner.


The only way to get better is to do it all the time
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46518800@N00/sets/72157594456857273/

At some point I finally realized even if I never take another art shot in my life, I at least want to have a pocket camera on me at all times. It sounds dumb to want a blurry flash shot of you and whoever your with held at arms length when you have 10,000+$ in equipment available, but whatever gets the shot. memories like that are precious when you least expect them, and when you need them most.


Your work is good, you just need more of it camera's are reletively cheap these days, and the compact feature rich camera market has gotten a lot better lately. canon has several cameras that have full manual mode, are pocketable, and have a very close macro focusing distance. the sony w100 is my personal choice for edc, mainly because its fast and has manual features, but maintains the smallest frame of any of the compact full manual camera's out there.

You can get something thats very useful that will get you shots that are suprisingly high quality for under 300$

 

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I try to shoot everything full frame. The only time I rely on cropping for anything is when I'm shooting at a distance and my lenses can't reach the telephoto that's needed. Or the shot sucks and the random person walking by the frame is more interesting

I generally only have 3 framing methods, either dead center, rule of thirds, or way off on the side/in the corner.


The only way to get better is to do it all the time
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46518800@N00/sets/72157594456857273/

At some point I finally realized even if I never take another art shot in my life, I at least want to have a pocket camera on me at all times. It sounds dumb to want a blurry flash shot of you and whoever your with held at arms length when you have 10,000+$ in equipment available, but whatever gets the shot. memories like that are precious when you least expect them, and when you need them most.


Your work is good, you just need more of it camera's are reletively cheap these days, and the compact feature rich camera market has gotten a lot better lately. canon has several cameras that have full manual mode, are pocketable, and have a very close macro focusing distance. the sony w100 is my personal choice for edc, mainly because its fast and has manual features, but maintains the smallest frame of any of the compact full manual camera's out there.

You can get something thats very useful that will get you shots that are suprisingly high quality for under 300$

Thanks for the input! :thumbup: I actually worked as an in-house photographer in the Northwest some years ago, and taught at college level for a short time. What you see on my page is a drop in the bucket to what I had. Due to some damage I incurred over the years, I no longer have the capacity to create at that level. Not having a decent camera sounds better than the reality. Anyhow, please keep posting your work! I am really enjoying it, and really wanting an FBM now.:thumbup:

 

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Thanks for the input! :thumbup: I actually worked as an in-house photographer in the Northwest some years ago, and taught at college level for a short time. What you see on my page is a drop in the bucket to what I had. Due to some damage I incurred over the years, I no longer have the capacity to create at that level. Not having a decent camera sounds better than the reality. Anyhow, please keep posting your work! I am really enjoying it, and really wanting an FBM now.:thumbup:

not quite knowing what the damage is, something like the canon sd600 (point and shoot non manual) can acheive decent quality with almost no physical strain (if the hands are able to hold/use the camera itself).... I'd have to look into it, but there may be a few models available that have a decent "sports mode" to help with excessive hand shake, something that keeps the iso high and the shutter speed at 1/250th or faster at all times.

if your refering to dark room chemicals and general physical strain where photo manipulation is concerned, the digital dark room is a marvelous thing, though carpel tunnels does suffer in it....

whatever the situation, best wishes. It sucks to appreciate photography and not be able to capture easy shots when they present themselves. my w100 is in a repair facility for an undescribed amount of time, and its killing me to not have that ready at hand "2 buttons pushes and your done" method for getting shots...

 

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cool!!!!!!!!