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Peter from Montana - May 27, 2011
Started May 27, 2011 @ 6:06pm by Kel
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| Peter from Montana - May 27, 2011 | May 27, 2011 @ 6:06pm | In this week's Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a powerful action photograph and discusses the following:
- working with harsh light
- the unifying power of rhythm
- frames per second and covering action by shooting as much as possible
- subject seperation
- Metadata - Canon EOS 7D EFL 480mm, ISO 200, f4@ 1/2000th
Click here to view the video.
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PeterTucker
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| May 27, 2011 @ 6:50pm | Craig:
Thanks for the review. You were right on with your comments. I did conciously pick my background as much as possible, I did shoot mostly wide open at f4 to separate subject from background, and I did take a lot of shots. I probably threw out 75% right off the bat, and the remaining 25% were either good potentials or had material I could use if I had to composite. This is one of three shots that I really liked. I've attached a small version of the original below to show what I did in post. Basically, I opened up his face, darkened the background hillside for better contrast, removed smoke from around his nose, and removed a reflection in one lens of his glasses. Thanks again.
Peter
When you come to a fork in the road, take it. - Yogi Berra
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| May 27, 2011 @ 8:00pm | Peter, congratulations on a really wonderful shot and beautiful processing. Well done!
Katie
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| May 28, 2011 @ 1:10am | I like the composition and the colors are great! Excellent Photoshop work. How did you bring out the detail in the gun?
Bob
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PeterTucker
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| May 28, 2011 @ 9:27am | Bob:
As Craig said in the video, the 7D takes about 8 frames per second. I had a couple frames right before he fired where the gun was more clearly visible. I was able to clone parts of the gun into my final shot (If you look closely, the trigger is less clear than the rest of the gun - that's because it was still cocked in all the other frames, so I couldn't clone the trigger, just the rest of the gun.) Cloning from another frame is how I also cleared the smoke from around his nose in the final shot. Good catch.
Peter
When you come to a fork in the road, take it. - Yogi Berra
http://www.tucreations.com
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Arthur
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| May 28, 2011 @ 11:33am | Thanks for sharing a powerful image, Peter.
I can only echo what's already been said - skillful work with the camera and in the editing.
I'd love to know what lens you used.
Arthur
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Craig
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| thank you | May 28, 2011 @ 2:50pm |
Hey Arthur,
Looking at Peter's meta data it was a Canon EF300mm f/4L IS USM.....Craig
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“The secret of life…is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.” - Paulo Coelho, from The Alchemist
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Arthur
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| May 28, 2011 @ 7:44pm | Nice. Thank you for the video, Craig.
Arthur
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Winifred
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| May 31, 2011 @ 3:54am | Good morning,
Interesting image. Thanks.
Craig, when you are talking about leverage I'd like to check that I'm understanding what it means in this context.
Are you saying that the man's head is in the part of the frame that exerts most visual weight and is therefore more powerful than if he had been placed anywhere else?
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Don
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| May 31, 2011 @ 11:24am | This capture is SO dynamic Peter. My favorite image from those which you posted was the one where you cleared out some of the smoke around the weapon. It gave me a clearer sense of the total action. Thanks for sharing 
DON: Canon 5DMk2;7D:50D;G11; FujiX100;
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I have low vision and a small vision field. I shoot for therapy, guess at the settings,edit & hope for the best.
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PeterTucker
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| May 31, 2011 @ 10:14pm | Thanks, Don and Winifred.
When you come to a fork in the road, take it. - Yogi Berra
http://www.tucreations.com
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| June 1, 2011 @ 8:19pm | Love the image, and great job with the processing!
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