Rainbow Games...

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Rainbow Games...

Postby Remorhaz on Wed Mar 27, 2013 5:24 pm

During the Sydney Bronte to Bondi Photowalk sponsored by Samsung and Google Australia, Hosted by Colby Brown and Michael Sutton we had a quality rainbow manifest off the coast whilst we were on the Bondi headland where Sculptures by the Sea lives. I changed lenses from my new Sigma 35/1.4 to the Sigma 85/1.4 and added the CPL to help bring out the rainbow.

A newly married couple was on the headland to get some shots done by their photographer (not realising they'd be snapped by hundreds of photowalkers :)). When they got around to the tip of the headland for some more shots I figured I'd use them and the rainbow to good effect (their photographer wasn't using the rainbow so I figured I would) - I'm really happy how this one turned out (and yes I know I ended up cutting things very very fine with the feet - I would have preferred a touch more breathing room but ce la vie...)

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Love's First Flight
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Then a friend and I set about crafting some Samsung ad's using one of their sponsored gifts from the event...

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Postby chrisk on Wed Mar 27, 2013 10:06 pm

The kiss is the winner by a long way. It's a beautiful shot, but unfortunately cutting off their feet virtually screws the shot. I couldn't count how many times I've done that !
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Postby Geoff M on Wed Mar 27, 2013 10:19 pm

:agree: Great timing though.
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Postby Remorhaz on Thu Mar 28, 2013 7:50 am

Rooz wrote:The kiss is the winner by a long way. It's a beautiful shot, but unfortunately cutting off their feet virtually screws the shot. I couldn't count how many times I've done that !


Thanks Chris - note that I didn't actually cut off their feet - they are all there - it's just that theres only a pixel or two room below :(
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Postby Remorhaz on Thu Mar 28, 2013 4:33 pm

As luck would have it I had a few more frames after this - they aren't kissing anymore but I had lowered the frame to include more of the ground so I layered the images and shifted the image behind down to reveal more of the ground beneath their feet for a little more breathing room.

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Postby Geoff M on Thu Mar 28, 2013 6:34 pm

Genius.
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Postby chrisk on Thu Mar 28, 2013 7:13 pm

That few cms moved it from the recycle bin to the keeper file. It's gorgeous.
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Re: Rainbow Games...

Postby Murray Foote on Fri Mar 29, 2013 4:37 am

Now if you only knew who they were, you could name your figure.
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Re: Rainbow Games...

Postby zafra52 on Fri Mar 29, 2013 6:45 pm

They are all good , but I like the last two better.
The last one could be used to advertise the
camera. I like the fun-loving subject; he is quite
a poser. :D
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