- Location
- Newcastle, NSW, Australia
- Name
- Sue
Holy crap, Ray. Nice work! 129 is my favorite for reasons I don't understand. Just love the light, I guess.
Make that a +1
I also really like the first. I guess I am liking colour from you, Ray
Holy crap, Ray. Nice work! 129 is my favorite for reasons I don't understand. Just love the light, I guess.
Speaking of the EOS M, one of the things DPReview (not that they're always right by any means) called out the G7X on was auto-focus speed. I know you usually use zone focus when doing street images but what do you think of the G7X's auto-focus speed?
And, BTW, I had the K-01. An APS-C sensor and compatability with all of my K-mount lenses for just over $200 on close-out made it a fabulous deal. It was a flawed concept but it was a lot of fun with a DA 40mm Limited pancake on it and image quality was superb. Which, again, backs up your point.
I think the AF speed on the G7X is fine, excellent for a compact. Pretty much everyone who's shot both finds it on par with the RX100 III, maybe a bit better. The Camera Store and DPR are complaining about it, Cameralabs finds the G7X faster, etc. I haven't shot with the RX100 III but find the G7X better than the original RX100, which I thought was the best compact AF I'd used at the time. If it's slightly better or worse than the III, it's not enough to notice, let alone worry about...
-Ray
You keep pulling great (and I mean GREAT) shots out of that place. Rather than just dump accolades on you, I thought I'd try to explain why, for me, these are especially compelling images as a whole. That seems like it would be more useful.
I'll liken it to beer. With beer, you've basically got 3 things that contribute to the final flavor: Malt, Hops, and Yeast. Each has special tricks it can do that none of the others can fake. Each can be overdone, underdone, or just done poorly. With photos, I think you've got 1) the Choice of subject matter (right down to the split second you choose to fire), 2) the Mechanics of capturing that image, and 3) the Processing of that image later before you share it. Each of these can be overdone, underdone, or just goofed. Most often, to me, images don't have a strong enough subject, are captured well (which usually has as much to do with today's cameras as it does our skill), and then the post processing is overbaked.
Here, you've managed to nail:
1) The subject matter... that look on the younger girl's face on the park bench is a great example.
2) The capture of those images... exposures are rich and detailed, motion is stopped to the right degree, framing is beyond "competent" and often into "dammit I wish I could think of things like that"
3) The Post processing... it's there, it's clearly visible, and yet it doesn't distract. Your choices make the photos more compelling, more dynamic, and somehow more life-like, without over-staying their welcome. You've got a light hand with post, and yet you're doing a fair bit of work. That's rare.
Keep it up. Or quit, so I stop feeling inadequate.
I think that's true of all of us - we see what WE see so naturally -Ray
I agree completely with this part, every workshop I have ever taught it always amazes me how different we all see the same thing. On the other hand I do not completely agree with people being either blasé or not impressed with their own work, many have not learned the art of self-criticism or how to hard edit. One great images is always better than 10 lackluster ones.
As to the topic I keep telling myself I do not need on of these cameras. They look cool but the more I have the less they get used, maybe the next generation.
No Bob, I didn't take it as a criticism of me and I didn't see it as about how one edits an individual photo, but more about the inability to cull the wheat from the chaff in choosing which photographs to process and show other folks. And whether anyone finds my work is good, bad, or average, that's something I think I'm pretty bad at. I'm fine with how I process my shots, but if I see enough potential in 10-15 shots after a day's shooting to process them, then I have trouble tossing more than a couple of them and too many average shots end up on Flickr and it can take me a long time to recognize which ones are crap and take them down, if I even bother... I thought that's what you were talking about - not me specifically, but I'm calling myself out for it because that's something I know I don't do well at all.I hope you did not think I was implying that your edits were not tight enough, I really like your edits. I was speaking in very broad terms about where people fall in love with their work so much that they cannot see the good from the average.
And as to camera needs, none of us need most of the cameras we use, but I just think I can wait this round out, especially after all my attention lately has been spent in more ways than one on my "expedition build out" of my Landcruiser
... I'll stick it up on Flickr and some of it here or elsewhere and see what sticks to the wall. I have shots I like that never get any feedback and shots I'm not that crazy about that get a lot of attention and I actually find that sort of instructive...
THIS. I find this whole experience perhaps the most baffling and fascinating aspect of having photography as a hobby in this day and age. We go out on a Saturday, and I take maybe 100 pictures. I go home, delete half of them, then quickly edit the rest (crops, mids, sometimes b&w conversion = all I can do now that Raw Therapee stopped seeing ANY jpg's). I post 5-10 on Flickr monday morning, and the views and favorites are basically a crap shoot, versus what I thought of the shots. To wit, my currently most popular picture on Flickr by either views or favorites, is a picture of a damned squirrel.
DSCF2455 by gordopuggy, on Flickr
Not Machu Picchu, not adorable children, not scenic Boston, not sexy homemade bicycles, not Glacier National Park... a squirrel. Then you explore Flickr, and the people who are viewing and liking your stuff, right? And they post an essentially verbatim toss-away shot that 8 million other people have posted, and the comments section almost literally explodes with emoticons, awards, and praise, and I think... huh? There's a strong social element to Flickr, I guess.