OcUK Photo Comp - Season Nine : Round One - "Three Techniques" DISCUSSION

mcc49 said:
Maybe replace Bokeh with Shallow DOF instead? Bokeh is ummm.. ehh.... how out of focus foreground/background objects are blurred when using shallow DOF, you have a plain black background therefore theres no Bokeh at all. Rubbish explaination sorry, I am sure other people can explain it better :p
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Na I know what you mean and what bokeh is I was being stupid and rushing.


Shallow DOF it is :)
 
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Usually go Rule of Two Thirds on something like this but what the heck - rules are there to be broken!
 
I just updated mine after a long deliberation between this shot and my current entry. I like them both just as much! (No judges comment please)

I think I'm going to have to stick with my current decision OR take an even more awesome picture! Go figure.
 
Mr Jones said:
I will have to wait till nearer the time before I decide again, I might wake up tomorrow regretting it. Thanks though :)



I don't think f2.0 is anything near 'deep depth of field'! :p
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Prefer you other picture mate. Don't think this is 2/3rds either but I might be wrong about that!

Re mine just because F2 was the aperture doesn't mean you have to throw everything OOF ?! Place the model near the background and most if not all will remain roughly in focus and not melt into Bokeh like textures.
 
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+1; terrific shot Mr Jones.

Not sure about anyone else, but I am struggling to think of something to shoot. Its nice that people are trying to shoot for the competition, rather than just having a shot they took anyway and making it fit the theme. Not easy though.
 
Prefer the old one Mr Jones.

Seems to be a bit of haloing around the person on that one also, can't quite tell but theres definately something tripping my eyes out around the person...
 
Bucket said:
Prefer the old one Mr Jones.

Seems to be a bit of haloing around the person on that one also, can't quite tell but theres definately something tripping my eyes out around the person...
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Odd - it might be your browser - I can see no haloing on the person at all. I think it's an excellent shot.

@twoblacklines - your focus is way off your subject - it could've been a nice shot but you really want your focus to be on either one or both of the eyes.
 
Cheers all for the feedback - still sleeping on it till closer to date. Got a couple more ideas (been thinking too much for my 52 weeks project thinggie - exam period, photography is my procrastination)

On my calibrated screen, everything seems fine. That's the trouble with digital photography, until it's printed, the shot can look either very good or very bad (colour wise) on different people's screen. Had that issue with a family I shot for. Prints were excellent, sent her previews and she thinks the colours are too dark or dull.

That brings me to my point I've been wondering for awhile now... Are all the judges' screen calibrated? I know it's a stupid question but if any one of them have their setup calibrated slightly different, for shots with more vivid colours, it'd spell trouble for that entry...
 
I zoomed in and around it on Photoshop briefly and it has a different coloured blue all the way round compared to what the sky is.

It's a consistant blue all the way round and it's just 1px thick.

Plays with my eyes a bit. May well be screens etc, it's all a bit pedantic anyway!

However, that wasn't why I preffered the other shot, just this one you've entered now didn't really do much for me - thats all. Personl preference n that!
 
Yea, I understand :)
The previous shot tick the technical boxes and I like that, but on the basis of a more conceptual shot and perhaps some 'wow' factor, I have chosen this current shot. As you've stated; this shot have shown to be very subjective.
 
SteveOBHave said:
Odd - it might be your browser - I can see no haloing on the person at all. I think it's an excellent shot.

@twoblacklines - your focus is way off your subject - it could've been a nice shot but you really want your focus to be on either one or both of the eyes.
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yup. I havent yet worked out how you focus on something when its not in the centre of the frame... the image isnt cropped at all.
 
twoblacklines said:
yup. I havent yet worked out how you focus on something when its not in the centre of the frame... the image isnt cropped at all.
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Not sure about the camera that you're using but on mine select spot metering then using the zoom out button on my 450D I can then select where it will autofocus to using the direction buttons on the back of the camera. Check with your manual to see how to select the focal point. Or alternatively whack it off auto and manually focus on the eyes :)
 
D70, dont think I can do that, as I know of anyway.

Viewfinder is a bit meh.

If i focused on the eyes, wouldnt he be centred instead of rule of thirds ?
 
twoblacklines said:
D70, dont think I can do that, as I know of anyway.

Viewfinder is a bit meh.

If i focused on the eyes, wouldnt he be centred instead of rule of thirds ?
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Just had a quick look and the part about metering is on p75 of the manual and if you choose spot metering it does say you can focus on things which aren't centrally positioned. Something to look into and practice so you can achieve the photo that is being suggested by Steve
 
Can you not do that thing where you focus on the object you want to be framed, half press to focus, then move over slightly holding the focus and take the shot thus getting subject focussed to left or right?
 
if i remember right the d70 has a AF-L button, focus on the eyes with a half press of the shutter then hold the AF-L button and recompose your shot to how you want it, the focus will remain on the eyes.
 
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i have this shot too but its not rule of 1/3's

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