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Postby owen on Thu May 25, 2006 6:14 pm

With all the wide angle shots lately I thought I'd do one myself.

Taken this arvo with the Tokina @ 12mm, f4 I believe.

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Postby Trieu on Thu May 25, 2006 6:21 pm

Heya Owen, I should be picking up my Tokina tomorrow :)

I like the B/W shots... the effects it has on the sky is awesome.

Nice shot!
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Postby owen on Thu May 25, 2006 6:23 pm

Enjoy your Tokina mate. The sky was er.... slightly enhanced ;)
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Postby stubbsy on Thu May 25, 2006 6:27 pm

Owen

Great lines in this, nicely composed
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Postby Yi-P on Thu May 25, 2006 6:30 pm

Very creative....

Did you get to see the viewfinder when taking it? Or just put it down the bench and snap away??
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Postby owen on Thu May 25, 2006 6:35 pm

Thanks Stubbsy and Yip. Basically put the camera on the bench next to my camera bag and pushed the big grey button on top :) Oh, I did adjust for exposure and change focus points so it focused the closest point to the camera.
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Postby owen on Thu May 25, 2006 8:39 pm

Updated the image with a nice black border :)

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Postby stubbsy on Thu May 25, 2006 9:10 pm

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I think the border does the image a disservice. Too thick & too dark.
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Postby MATT on Thu May 25, 2006 9:22 pm

Nice owen, but seems aliitle dark to me..

Probably my uncalibrated LCD..

Also seems to be heaps of nice shots out if the Tokinas' lately


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Postby owen on Thu May 25, 2006 9:30 pm

Thanks Stubbsy and Matt.

Stubbsy I always find it interesting how peoples opinions can differ. I think the border suits the image (perhaps because in my mind the image is has more of a darker mood to it) and you think the border spoils it. Thanks for the feedback.

Matt, the image is dark... but I don't think it is too dark for the mood of the image.

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Postby Yi-P on Thu May 25, 2006 10:25 pm

owen wrote:Oh, I did adjust for exposure and change focus points so it focused the closest point to the camera.


I mostly forgot about the 'closest focus' function on the camera... :shock:

Thanks for reminding me, the function is still on my cam... :P
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Postby owen on Fri May 26, 2006 9:50 am

Oops, I didn't mean that function. All I did was move the focal area to the right one, because that would then focus on the seat realy close to the camera.

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Postby Johnnie Hurrah on Fri May 26, 2006 5:08 pm

Beautiful. I love contrasty stark B&W shots like this. Mind you, it worries me how much variation there must be on different monitors, and how much we must lose when we compress our pics for the web.

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Postby christiand on Fri May 26, 2006 7:23 pm

A great example of what a wide angle lens allows the photographer to do.
I like the lines, the composition, the B/W treatment.
I also think that the black frame is too thick.


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Postby storm on Sat May 27, 2006 9:58 am

that perspective is incredible. real good eye. what prompted you to find that shot?
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Postby marcotrov on Sat May 27, 2006 10:07 am

Love the contrast, composition and concept Owen. Terrific
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Postby owen on Sun May 28, 2006 7:44 pm

storm wrote:that perspective is incredible. real good eye. what prompted you to find that shot?


Hi Storm.

I walked over to the seat to put my camera bag down so that I could put my camera away. :) Took a few shots while the camera was down to see how it turned out.

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