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Me in Black & White

Postby rflower on Fri Feb 01, 2008 10:55 pm

Playing around, with my 50mm, macro rings and sb-800.

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Apart from the fact that my eye could be sharper, and my forehead is a bit hot, what do people think?
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Re: Me in Black & White

Postby ozimax on Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:05 pm

I'm not sure about this one Russell.
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Re: Me in Black & White

Postby sirhc55 on Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:15 pm

From one Russell to another - in focus would make it a lot better :wink:
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Re: Me in Black & White

Postby rflower on Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:24 pm

ozimax wrote:I'm not sure about this one Russell.

Thanks Ozi. Appreciate the comment.

sirhc55 wrote:From one Russell to another - in focus would make it a lot better :wink:

Thanks sirhc55.
I will try again. Camera was on tripod, and focus on manual. I got the wife to focus and press the button ... and those sb800s are very bright at close procimity to the eyes ... :?
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Re: Me in Black & White

Postby sirhc55 on Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:13 am

This is one I took of myself using auto focus and flash:

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I actually prefer your pic as it has more mystery to it :wink:
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Re: Me in Black & White

Postby Bindii on Sat Feb 02, 2008 11:13 am

rflower wrote:Playing around, with my 50mm, macro rings and sb-800.



Your scaring me... :mrgreen:

Mind you.. it would make an excellent book cover for a thriller... :)
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Re: Me in Black & White

Postby zafra52 on Sun Feb 03, 2008 8:15 pm

I like the first one better, but I find it a bit out of focus. I have troubles with the second colour one; perhaps is a good illustration for an eye specialist? :)
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Re: Me in Black & White

Postby rflower on Sun Mar 02, 2008 3:43 pm

sirhc55 wrote:From one Russell to another - in focus would make it a lot better :wink:


I have had another go ...
This time using my new tamron 90mm. Hand held, self taken on autofocus, with popup flash.

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Re: Me in Black & White

Postby zafra52 on Sun Mar 02, 2008 6:22 pm

I think the last one is the best. Somehow it works better than the others. However a further improvement for the third one could be aligning with the shape of the canvas or with the imaginary diagonal line.
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