A couple from the wedding

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A couple from the wedding

Postby DionM on Sun May 07, 2006 8:53 pm

Some from the wedding I shot. Gear was 20D, 24-105 F4 L, 580EX with LSPJII. It was very informal, I was not 'replacing' a pro photog (they were not going to get one), I was just someone at the wedding with a bit more gear than a digital PnS.

Happy with this one:

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Just not sure how to make some of my photos 'pop'? Any ideas?

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Flash decided to turn itself off so no fill flash ... still okay I think :?

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Flash working ... but I think the L glass is a little too sharp sometimes ...

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Canon 20D and a bunch of lovely L glass and a 580EX. Benro tripod. Manfrotto monopod. Lowepro and Crumpler bags. And a pair of Sigma teleconverters, and some Kenko tubes.
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Postby Finch on Sun May 07, 2006 8:59 pm

Dion,

First and last ones work well. Good expression (natural) on young girl and good sharpness and light on couple in last shot.

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Postby Slider on Sun May 07, 2006 10:31 pm

Nice Dion. The light does seem a little harse in the last one.

Hope you don't mind but I spent a minute on it to remove some of the reflections and then ran a light noise ninja over it.

I've been experimenting a lot lately with that technigue and the ladies love the effect.

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Postby vort on Sun May 07, 2006 10:37 pm

Did you shoot Raw or JPEG? It looks as if you've got way too much in-camera sharpening happening..
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Postby DionM on Sun May 07, 2006 11:05 pm

Mark,

Yeah I figure I might have to do that.

Vort - shot in RAW, no sharpening in camera. Just PP'd sharpening, and very lightly at that (ie less than I normally do for say landscapes or urban shots).

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Postby bloop on Mon May 08, 2006 7:58 pm

I think soften the photos up a bit so the flaws on the skin don't show up so much.
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