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Indoor Fun

Postby Geoff on Wed Jun 21, 2006 5:55 pm

Well, fun for me...Bel is often reluctant to let me take her image let alone post it...today I was lucky :)

Which do u prefer?

Taken with D200, 50mm 1.4, SB800 with PJ lightsphere:

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I personally like the B&W more, but it may be this phase I'm going through.

Comments welcomed.
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Postby birddog114 on Wed Jun 21, 2006 6:35 pm

IMHO, the way I look (on this) at her photo is not better than last time you taken with the D70.

#1 = Too yellowish
#2 = I'm not in B&W mood, sorry!
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Postby Geoff on Wed Jun 21, 2006 6:43 pm

Appreciate the feedback Birdy.
The image has been resized so it loses a little bit there...af full res I can certainly see a difference.

The light was in our kitchen (halogen downlights), a little yellow yes, but not too bad I didn't think.

The speed and focusing of the D200 has already sold me, I love it :)
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Postby Glen on Wed Jun 21, 2006 6:48 pm

Geoff, prefer the colour one, very nice. Nice lighting. I think there are too many megapixels in the image, do you have a lower quality camera you can take it with? :lol:




Edit: Moderator hat on, you new wankers with your fancy cameras, we have a 800 pixel limit, with a hard 200kb limit (100kb or less suggested) per image on this board. Your colour version is 369kb!! Can you please reduce it? :lol:
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Postby birddog114 on Wed Jun 21, 2006 6:52 pm

Geoff,
Fast focussing or speedy of other features on the D200 is not my intention to say in this photo.

Of course when you pay for more $$$, you should get better value, especially when you upgraded it from the D70, if you had and used the D2h or D2x before then your impression will be totally difference.

Same as I drove a Golf 2.0 sport and now test drive the Golf GTi, I know what a big difference & my feeling is.

I was just giving my comment on the photo and its nature.
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Postby Geoff on Wed Jun 21, 2006 6:57 pm

Glen wrote:Geoff, prefer the colour one, very nice. Nice lighting. I think there are too many megapixels in the image, do you have a lower quality camera you can take it with? :lol:




Edit: Moderator hat on, you new wankers with your fancy cameras, we have a 800 pixel limit, with a hard 200kb limit (100kb or less suggested) per image on this board. Your colour version is 369kb!! Can you please reduce it? :lol:


Woops :)

Will fix...D200 beginner's mistake :)
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Postby Glen on Wed Jun 21, 2006 6:59 pm

Geoff wrote:[
Will fix...D200 beginner's mistake :)



Mate, if I had a D200 you would see a 8mb raw file up there :lol:
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Postby Geoff on Wed Jun 21, 2006 7:00 pm

Glen wrote:
Geoff wrote:[
Will fix...D200 beginner's mistake :)



Mate, if I had a D200 you would see a 8mb raw file up there :lol:


:D :D :D
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Postby Glen on Wed Jun 21, 2006 7:00 pm

birddog114 wrote:.

Same as I drove a Golf 2.0 sport and now test drive the Golf GTi, I know what a big difference & my feeling is.



Tran, getting a GTI?
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Postby Geoff on Wed Jun 21, 2006 7:10 pm

The Golf Gti - ooooh now there's another lust :)
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Postby birddog114 on Wed Jun 21, 2006 7:20 pm

Glen wrote:
birddog114 wrote:.

Same as I drove a Golf 2.0 sport and now test drive the Golf GTi, I know what a big difference & my feeling is.



Tran, getting a GTI?


Don't know yet! She doesn't want to test drive it and I did on her behalf.

It fassssst and fasssssssst then my D2x :lol: forget about D200 :lol:

Leather trim, sunroof etc.... Top of the line Golf GTI.
Gotta love it, pity it rained, :twisted: I couldn't do more. :(
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Postby shutterbug on Wed Jun 21, 2006 7:22 pm

It is a fair deal...you get all the latest toys and your wife gets hers :wink:
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Postby gstark on Wed Jun 21, 2006 7:25 pm

birddog114 wrote:
Glen wrote:
birddog114 wrote:.

Same as I drove a Golf 2.0 sport and now test drive the Golf GTi, I know what a big difference & my feeling is.



Tran, getting a GTI?


Don't know yet! She doesn't want to test drive it and I did on her behalf.


Get her an SL or a CLK. It's exactly her style. :)
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Postby birddog114 on Wed Jun 21, 2006 7:26 pm

shutterbug wrote:It is a fair deal...you get all the latest toys and your wife gets hers :wink:


What do you mean "toys"?
A camera for taking photos and a car for driving to work daily :lol:
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Postby wendellt on Wed Jun 21, 2006 7:27 pm

o.k i'm lettign go on the d200 converso

think belle looks kind of natural but i think you can reshoot this a few times to get a trully wonderful moment

regarding the tone i think it would work much better if you got rid of the shine on the face by trying different lighting techniques softening hte light etc
in some cases shine is sexy and all but i think in this case belle has such a gentle face treat it gently, with lots of difussed soft lighting try to keep her skintone white, try shooting during overcast conditions

but valiant effort geoff i know how hard it is to get belle to model
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Postby Marty on Wed Jun 21, 2006 7:35 pm

Hey Geoff,
nice to see you using your new cam and posting the results.
I prefer the colour version of the two, but indoor lighting never gives great results, always a bit of a colour tinge.
I have seen some great b/w conversions from you recently, this b/w isnt quite as good as your usual stuff, but thats probably from the colour tinge in the original.
keep practicing, I know you will be getting some great results from your new camera very soon, it always takes time to get comfartable with a new camera and get the maximum results from it.
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Postby Glen on Wed Jun 21, 2006 7:35 pm

I think she would like the GTI. Mind you a SL or CLK or SLK would be hard not to like :wink:
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Postby birddog114 on Wed Jun 21, 2006 7:39 pm

Glen wrote:I think she would like the GTI. Mind you a SL or CLK or SLK would be hard not to like :wink:


Yes, she's, she chose the VW Jetta but I stirred her to the GTI instead of.
She's impressed but still not decide yet. Her rights.

I just got a new truck! and I better shut up :(
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Postby Glen on Wed Jun 21, 2006 7:42 pm

The Nissan Patrol?
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Postby Glen on Wed Jun 21, 2006 7:43 pm

The Nissan Patrol?
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Postby MCWB on Wed Jun 21, 2006 7:50 pm

birddog114 wrote:Gotta love it, pity it rained, :twisted: I couldn't do more. :(

Liquid horsepower mate. ;)

Actually two of them Glen! :shock: :lol:
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Postby birddog114 on Wed Jun 21, 2006 7:53 pm

Glen wrote:The Nissan Patrol?


Yes, It's 3.0TDi
I'm a happy camper with it on Bio-diesel :wink: Yes, I am running BD100.

Next mini meet, I'll ask members to bring their refused cooking oil over to swap for their seats :lol:
And I'll have 3 x 55 Gal. drum ready.
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Postby Glen on Wed Jun 21, 2006 8:05 pm

MCWB wrote:Actually two of them Glen! :shock: :lol:
:shock: :shock:

Looking forward to seeing it Birddy, not much cooking or oil at my place but will see what I can scrape up :wink:
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Postby birddog114 on Wed Jun 21, 2006 8:21 pm

Glen wrote:
MCWB wrote:Actually two of them Glen! :shock: :lol:
:shock: :shock:

Looking forward to seeing it Birddy, not much cooking or oil at my place but will see what I can scrape up :wink:


The fume came out from the exhaust system smelt like you are in front of the fish & chips shop, not a diesel like smell..
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Postby stubbsy on Wed Jun 21, 2006 8:27 pm

Please try to stay on topic people.

Geoff

I prefer the colour version. The B & W just doesn't glow if that makes sense.

However, I find the background a little distracting.
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Re: Indoor Fun

Postby Steffen on Thu Jun 22, 2006 12:20 am

Geoff wrote:I personally like the B&W more, but it may be this phase I'm going through.


The b/w version keeps the focus tighter on the main subject, though the colour one has that warm glow that I like, too. I can't decide. I guess it depends on the final purpose of the image.

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Postby Steffen on Thu Jun 22, 2006 12:22 am

Glen wrote:I think there are too many megapixels in the image


I totally agree. Geoff, can you clone out a few, please?

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Postby Steffen on Thu Jun 22, 2006 12:26 am

stubbsy wrote:Please try to stay on topic people.


Gosh, I was about to make another funny (my kind of funny) remark about the megapixel thing, but this comment sure reigned me in... :shock:

Weird how there can be a page full of new replies between the time you start writing your comment and posting it...

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