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Postby stubbsy on Sun Aug 21, 2005 10:05 pm

Today (21 August) is a special day in the buddhist community. It is called Ullambana day and is similar to Mother's Day. I was honoured to accompany birddog to the Phuoc Hue Monastery in Sydney to take some pics of the events celebrating the day there. Below are the first of my shots hot off the PP press!. For a larger version click the image.

All of these shots were taken with the Nikkor 50/1.4 lens. Refer also to this post for unprocessed versions of some of these shots if you want to see just how good this lens is and why I love using it.

You'll see in some of these pics that people are wearing a red or a white rose. A red rose means their mother is still alive and a white one that they have passed on.

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1/60 sec, F4.5, SB800
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1/125 sec, F2.8, SB800
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1/80 sec, F2.8, SB800
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1/60 sec, F4.5, SB800
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Postby leek on Sun Aug 21, 2005 10:36 pm

Some great people shots Peter...

The look of pride on the guy's face in the last pic is worth a fortune...
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Postby stubbsy on Sun Aug 21, 2005 11:37 pm

Thanks for the comments John. The last shot is a very evocative one and one of my favourites of the few hundred pics I took!
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Postby rokkstar on Mon Aug 22, 2005 12:21 am

Some really nice shots there Peter.
What a wonderful location. All the shots are beautifully natural. I like #1 where he is smiling and remembering a pleasant memory.
I agree with John, #4's look is great.
Really nice captures.
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Postby big pix on Mon Aug 22, 2005 1:16 am

.......great capture of a great event......well done......
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Postby Poon on Mon Aug 22, 2005 2:22 am

Peter,
Well done.
It is colorful but peaceful.
We can feel the peace in any body's heart.
I hope that I was there.
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Postby Poon on Mon Aug 22, 2005 2:25 am

Peter,
50/1.4 lens is really worthy to buy.
If you don't tell me I can not imagine it is 50mm lens.
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Postby MATT on Mon Aug 22, 2005 9:55 am

Stubbsy,


Great captures the 50mm and the 800 seem like a great combination.

Your pics show the emotion of the day prefectly.

I also love people portraits , every persons face has a story to tell.


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Postby stubbsy on Mon Aug 22, 2005 11:25 am

Thanks guys. I'm starting to really like the combination of the 50/1.4 and the SB800 it just gets lovely warm vibrant pics. It really was a very special day (and tiring - I was there for about 6 hours). I have more pics to come :lol:
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Postby Mj on Mon Aug 22, 2005 11:40 am

Definitely a great combo the 50+sb800... the other worthy combo for portrait is the 85+sb800, giving you a little extra breathing space and an improvement in bokeh.
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Postby stubbsy on Mon Aug 22, 2005 4:50 pm

Mj wrote:Definitely a great combo the 50+sb800... the other worthy combo for portrait is the 85+sb800, giving you a little extra breathing space and an improvement in bokeh.

Michael, for me the 85 doesn't go wide enough for some shots, but does have better bokeh (and a price tag that makes the 50/1.4 look a bargain!).
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Postby BBJ on Mon Aug 22, 2005 5:17 pm

Well done Peter, you have captured this occasion well matem and the 50m 1.4 with flash has done it's job very well indeed. Few hundred shots mate you are getting to be like me, i took 800 yesterday.LOL
Portable hard drive is a curse i think.
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Postby mic on Mon Aug 22, 2005 5:57 pm

Stubbsy, Hope you don't mind me fooling with one of your great pics. Just thought this old lady looked great in B&W.

Cheers,

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