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Love the Kit Lens!

Postby wendellt on Sun Jul 17, 2005 8:04 pm

It was a very photogenic afternoon at Walsh Bay last friday.
Taken with the kit lens and at the risk of sounding repetitive is a fantastic lens!

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Postby Alex on Sun Jul 17, 2005 8:09 pm

Wendell,

Love the no. 3 but all are very nice captures.
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Postby Link on Sun Jul 17, 2005 8:17 pm

100% agree with your comments on the kit lens! Those shots are beautiful too, love the framing and the light... The third one is magnificent and the last one looks even wider than the 18mm end would allow!

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Postby Killakoala on Sun Jul 17, 2005 8:36 pm

That cloud is awesome. I love the way you have made it appear larger by the perspective of the buildings and the SHB. Great work.
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Postby gMaster on Sun Jul 17, 2005 8:36 pm

Excellent shot ... ... especially make ordinary things look special ..I love them.
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Postby sirhc55 on Sun Jul 17, 2005 8:39 pm

Beautiful Wendell :D
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Postby glamy on Sun Jul 17, 2005 8:41 pm

I really like the last one!
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Postby Jeroen on Sun Jul 17, 2005 8:48 pm

nice pictures :P
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Postby stormygirl on Sun Jul 17, 2005 8:58 pm

:shock: WOW! These are just fantastic Wendell. The lighting is just gorgeous, and the cloud in the last one is simply stunning! I'm a huge fan of the kit lens too, and your brilliant photographic skills!
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Postby rokkstar on Sun Jul 17, 2005 9:26 pm

Nice shots Wendel.
Liking your work buddy, visited your site. Kinda like a hi-res design.

I love the kit lens too, takes some fantatsic pics.

Nice one
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Postby MATT on Sun Jul 17, 2005 9:30 pm

Not to start an US V's Them, but I thionk the Kit lens is one of things that made the D70 stand out voer the Canon 300D.

As your pics show its a great lens.

Stunning examples.

Love em.

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Postby wendellt on Sun Jul 17, 2005 9:31 pm

Thanks Everyone, it's a pleasure sharing, I hope my work helps people in a way.

Killkoalla, the cloud shot was taken at 18mm, which produces a dramatic perspective

Stormygirl, I will soon be posting a composition tutorial, there are some simple guidlines like aligning lines to a corner of the frame to make an image look more composed, and many other tips on lighting and tonal balance. In the meantime if you strudy my images you can learn a few things.

Great weather always helps though one should always chase good light.
Rain, water and reflections also adds a dynamic dimension to a scene.

one trick i like is shooting at 400th of a second in bright light f8 ISO100 white balance 5600K and over produces a high contrast moody image
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Postby stubbsy on Mon Jul 18, 2005 12:13 am

Wendell

These shots blow me away. They are by far the best group of shots I've seen you post. Makes me lust for a D2X (and some of your composition skills :wink: )
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Postby Atorie on Mon Jul 18, 2005 12:42 am

These shots look excellent, number three does it for me, nice perspective..

I have lens lust and now i'm seriously getting body lust... checking by bank account now and i'm only 1/2 way there to a D2X.
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Postby waspo on Mon Jul 18, 2005 12:46 am

Absolutely fantastic shots Wendell!! The 3rd shot looks like molten copper or is that brass. I always get the too mixed up! :lol: The last shot looks like something out of 'War of the Worlds'! I can't wait for your composition toots!
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Postby Andoru on Mon Jul 18, 2005 1:22 am

Beautiful shots mate! Very surreal tones and colours. Me likes!!
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Postby Geoff on Mon Jul 18, 2005 3:54 am

Wendell,
It's been said as above, but I have to say these shots really stand out as some of your best work...and your eye for detail/composition is great! Keep up the excellent work, and if the D2X ever gets too heavy for you, I will gladly look after it for you :).
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Postby gstark on Mon Jul 18, 2005 7:07 am

Wendell,

Great work, especially your use of the 18mm in the last of these images.
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Postby KerryPierce on Mon Jul 18, 2005 9:00 am

Those are some nice shots, Wendell. I like the 2nd one the best. :D
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Postby Oneputt on Mon Jul 18, 2005 9:47 am

Awesome shots. I particularly like the soft tones and the compositions. Very well done.
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Postby joolz on Mon Jul 18, 2005 6:48 pm

Hi Wendell,
Love the shots. Great use of the wide end.

Can I buy my lens back? It might improve my shots, now that I look at yours. :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby marcus on Wed Jul 20, 2005 12:29 am

Wendell,

Just stumbled over these.........what more can I say, it's already been said!

Simply stunning. Great work!

It's post like these that inspire me to get off my ass and shoot!

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Postby rjlhughes on Wed Jul 20, 2005 1:54 am

Wendell,

excellent!


And that's an interesting idea about the moody settings.


I especially liked the droplets on the bollard, (or winch top?)
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For purposes of comparison

Postby rjlhughes on Sun Jul 24, 2005 9:03 pm

I havedn't used the Canon kit lens much, well hardly at all, but thought I'd try to find a similar subject to give people a comparison - similar detail and skyscape.

I suspect it'll confirm the beliefs of our friends with Nikons.



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