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Studly

Trad climber

Oct 30, 2015 - 09:00pm PT

Hey Mungeclimber, where is that perfect chalked up splitter at in your photo? Looks classic.

nature

climber

Boulder, CO

Oct 30, 2015 - 09:04pm PT

I entered the Monterey Bay Shootout as a beginner (qualified with less than 50 dives with my camera - probably around 10). I really did not have many expectations other than I'd have fun. Spent almost all of my time at Breakwater with the sea lions.

Well at the end of the weekend the strangest thing happened - my name appeared at the top of the winners board. I placed first.

During the awards ceremony where they showed the images that placed and the judges pointed out one of the things they were looking for - do the images show the mood. Here I felt like my images were dark and not crisp clean water. Even as they kept asking me to stand up (5 of 6 of my images placed) to be acknowledged it still didn't occur to me that I'd be walking away with much more than an underwater pencil set.

Here's my favorite image.

The one thing that is absolutely true of this image is it obeys the rule of thirds.

I didn't "win" the event (the intermediate and advanced photog's had better images in my opinion - their problem was they had competition and thus placed less images individually) I just racked up the most points and placed 1st.

My prize I selected - a $3650 all expense paid trip aboard an 8-day live aboard in Papua New Guinea. I've got to cover air fare but for a $25 entry fee I never imagined I walk away with that.

http://www.montereyshootout.com/event-results/2015.php

So have it with the critical critique. Having sat in a stool that Ansel Adams once sat in (the hot seat) I can take it.

The Chief

climber

Down the hill & across the Valley from......

Oct 30, 2015 - 09:08pm PT

nature

climber

Boulder, CO

Oct 30, 2015 - 09:10pm PT

Studly - what I like about that image is the sharper reds and yellow in the middle. the back ground goes a bit faded and keeps from being a distraction. The background fading makes those colors pop more.

To be really picky that stick that touches his head is a slight distraction.

You could also do a little brightness adjustment to the sky as it blows out. the information might not be there, however.

The Chief

climber

Down the hill & across the Valley from......

Oct 30, 2015 - 09:11pm PT

nature

climber

Boulder, CO

Oct 30, 2015 - 09:12pm PT

Vitaly - f stop and shutter speed?

nature

climber

Boulder, CO

Oct 30, 2015 - 09:15pm PT

Bumping saturation and luminance can be your friend our your foe.

I bumped yellow pretty good on this, just a touch of orange, and gave it some more green.

Maybe too much? Thoughts?

the HDR composition of half dome from snowhazed is stunning

Mungeclimber

Trad climber

Nothing creative to say

Topic Author's Reply - Oct 30, 2015 - 10:12pm PT

Nature, from what my eye saw, yeah, just a touch over. Try pulling it back a little. Everyone likes a little something different on the saturation/color enhancements. I'm partial to tuning it up, but not over the top.

Studly, it's at the Grotto near Jamestown, CA. Nice cracks, but a bit short.

Mungeclimber

Trad climber

Nothing creative to say

Topic Author's Reply - Oct 30, 2015 - 10:25pm PT

Maybe some brightness to bring this up some.

Avery

climber

Oct 30, 2015 - 10:30pm PT

hooblie

climber

from out where the anecdotes roam

Nov 23, 2015 - 01:22am PT

hour long technical description of a camera in development that really is "something else"

"gathering light" http://vimeo.com/143690545

if that's not teaser enough, here's the ad:
[Click to View YouTube Video]

and website: http://light.co

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if you like the "how things work" genre, the vimeo dealio above is the rubik's cube version ...

drop in at 40min:55sec to see the rez demonstrated by crop/zoom of the eave's corrugated drip edge

tuolumne_tradster

Trad climber

Leading Edge of North American Plate

Nov 23, 2015 - 08:35am PT

Photos taken with Canon EOS Digital Rebel XS. Some are raw images with post processing to enhance color saturation.
Pumori (lucky to be at the right place at the right time; hard to take a bad shot from here) ƒ/8.0 75.0 mm 1/60 100

Sunset from Gorak Shep (Raw image with some post processing to enhance sunset colors) ƒ/8.0 55.0 mm 1/99 400

Mt Everest from Renjo La Pass (Pano of 3 images stitched together in Photoshop; hard to take a bad shot from here) ƒ/8.0 18.0 mm 1/1600 400

Junfraujoch Railway Station and Sphinx Observatory (taken on the descent from the Moench; just lucky to be at the right place at the right time) ƒ/3.5 11.8 mm 1/200 80

Grosser Aletschgletscher (Pano of 3 images stitched together in Photoshop. One of the photo joins is visible by the offset in the shadow just left of center)

Contractor

Boulder climber

Nov 23, 2015 - 09:07am PT

Samsung Galaxy- Whodunnit top-out yesterday:

I'm torn on free climbing long difficult routes with a good camera. I always bring my Galaxy so I can record "Tracks" for my son to follow some day- and take a few shots.

Do I give up quality and focus on maximizing my skills with my phone or bring my compact that shoots in RAW as well?

Water, rack of doubles, phone, camera- I get depressed when I pick up my pack.

tuolumne_tradster

Trad climber

Leading Edge of North American Plate

Nov 23, 2015 - 02:25pm PT

I only use my compact Fuji (with auto HDR) on climbs. The big camera (& lenses) w/RAW for hikes.

Mungeclimber

Trad climber

Nothing creative to say

Topic Author's Reply - May 24, 2016 - 05:29pm PT

Posing a climber. We all know the photogs in the mags pose their climbers. Not always, but a lot.

I've found it very difficult to have someone pose for a shot and not change their body posture in a way that makes them seem authentic and or unprompted.

I have a theory that people's awareness of the camera makes them change their muscles in micro ways (assuming sobriety and not crazy).

Aware or unaware?