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BeeBalm wrote:
Hi Geoff,
Last one I give a

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Thanks BB, I just realized that I typed the wrong thing in the OP and I was actually referring to #5 as one of my top 3 shots so I'm glad everyone agrees. I've corrected that this AM.

Jan 11, 2014 at 11:55 AM

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film_4ever wrote:
Awesome images ! (No criticism applicable.)

Last image is incredible. Thanks for posting.

Thanks F4E

Jan 11, 2014 at 12:12 PM

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eyelaser wrote:
So here's my .02c...#5 is outrageous! I would love to have that framed and printed....it just says so much to me and has such a joyful look to it...sort of like Arnold the Governator. and Danny DeVito in "Twins'.
I'm not lovin' the too oof right front foot on the first which is too bad because otherwise it is really great. You must have had razor thin dof to get the body so crisp but both right and left leg/foot oof.
Really like the second lizard as well maybe tone down the front oof brightness just a tad...not much at all...Show more →

The first is with 100L at f/2.8 at very close to MFD, that gave razor thin DOF macro type shot.
Will try that on #2 as also Karl mentioned the brightness.
They are so tame, you can do anything you want, I was likely just kneeling in the sand!!
Thanks for crits, I've had a lot of discussion with Tim behind the scenes and trying to improve the overall critiques for 2014. I know you are already on board!!

Jan 11, 2014 at 12:16 PM

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Tim Kuhn wrote:
These are all really nice Geoff, I'm still chuckling at that last

I can almost here him say, "what, why is everyone laughing?"

1 The front half of the lizard is looking really nice, wonderful color and texture. I wonder if a different crop would balance it out better?
3,4 chopping off virtual limbs?

I would also put out that 1-3 look like they were all shot from too low an angle creating blurs that obscure. This may have been necessary and it certainly isn't all that serious but it does detract.

Your comments about ACR are interesting. It has...Show more →

1) Will try as per Karl's suggestion also but the width is FF so that is why I couldn't give him more head room.
3/4)

...yes but does it bother you on this one??
Yes, I agree, I hate those OOF bottoms also, that was my main critiques recently in Mitesh's shots also. There is a point where we get too low sometimes.

When I open a 7D file into LR it looks much more saturated then most of my 5D3 and 1DX files. But remember LR is applying a process (usually Adobe Standard) to all images unless you change that. And I think that process (correct me if I'm wrong) may be different depending on the camera used?? But yes they overall appear that I don't have to touch Saturation slider where as with 5D3/1DX/1D4 I always bump it a few points.

Jan 11, 2014 at 12:19 PM

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tfoltz wrote:
Geoff,
Love all the shots but my only nit is that I feel they are all cropped to tight on the bottom.
Saying that, they're your images not mine and artistic license has no rules, it's what ever
ones preferences are.

-Tim

Thanks Tim. I know, but none are cropped so that is my problem, they were actually all framed too tight in camera...I hope I have improved on this over the last 3 years.

Jan 11, 2014 at 12:21 PM

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arbitrage wrote:
When I open a 7D file into LR it looks much more saturated then most of my 5D3 and 1DX files. But remember LR is applying a process (usually Adobe Standard) to all images unless you change that. And I think that process (correct me if I'm wrong) may be different depending on the camera used??

To be more accurate, for those that don't know, Adobe Camera Raw is applying Adobe Standard, not LightRoom . For example the same thing happens when you open the file in Photoshop, because both Photoshop and LightRoom use the Adobe Camera Raw application. I do not know how files from different bodies are affected by that.

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Jan 11, 2014 at 03:00 PM

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An amazing series, Geoff!
I agree with others about the last image: super fine, story-telling AND funny.
Getting low really works in many ways, and yet when it throws the bottom foreground WAY out of focus- I wonder if shooting from a few inches higher might have been better. Or not

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Jan 11, 2014 at 05:52 PM

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Tim Kuhn wrote:
To be more accurate, for those that don't know, Adobe Camera Raw is applying Adobe Standard, not LightRoom . For example the same thing happens when you open the file in Photoshop, because both Photoshop and LightRoom use the Adobe Camera Raw application. I do not know how files from different bodies are affected by that.

Tim

Yes, LR is using the same process as ACR but I actually don't have ACR installed as LR has it all built in. But you are right I believe that it is identical to ACR that runs to bring files into PS or Bridge. I also don't know if different bodies have different code lines within a given process (like Canon Neutral or Adobe Standard etc..).

Jan 11, 2014 at 06:52 PM

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Charlie Shugart wrote:
An amazing series, Geoff!
I agree with others about the last image: super fine, story-telling AND funny.
Getting low really works in many ways, and yet when it throws the bottom foreground WAY out of focus- I wonder if shooting from a few inches higher might have been better. Or not

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Charlie

Thanks Charlie....

I totally agree about the OOF foregrounds and I don't like them also and actually now when shooting at 600mm or longer I usually don't go any lower than about 1meter off the ground as at those long FLs you don't need to get super low to get the low perspective.

Jan 11, 2014 at 06:54 PM

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arbitrage wrote:
Yes, LR is using the same process as ACR but I actually don't have ACR installed as LR has it all built in. But you are right I believe that it is identical to ACR that runs to bring files into PS or Bridge. I also don't know if different bodies have different code lines within a given process (like Canon Neutral or Adobe Standard etc..).

To be clear, LR doesn't use the same process as ACR, it uses ACR. ACR is an integral component of LR and PS. It's the same code with a slightly different UI.

Jan 11, 2014 at 08:11 PM

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Tim Kuhn wrote:
To be clear, LR doesn't use the same process as ACR, it uses ACR. ACR is an integral component of LR and PS. It's the same code with a slightly different UI.

To clarify my point, I was just saying that one doesn't have to download the program called ACR (current version 7.1) if you are using LR as it is built into the LR application 5.3 will contain ACR in it somewhere. That is all

Jan 12, 2014 at 08:57 AM

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