bruniroquai - love the candids! Something I want to do more of - did a bit in the 798 district in Beijing recently. That flower shot is terrific, too. Striking. Good example of composition + focal plane (something I'm not good at). What were the lens & settings?
M635_Guy wrote:
James - that is just plain beautiful!
bruniroquai - love the candids! Something I want to do more of - did a bit in the 798 district in Beijing recently. That flower shot is terrific, too. Striking. Good example of composition + focal plane (something I'm not good at). What were the lens & settings?
Great shot Georg... I saw the post in which you mentioned having 250,000 shots on a D700 and 70,000 on a D7000. Obviously, you're very serious about your photography. This shot is excellent. You really capture the intensity of the moment with arms flying, determined expressions, a body rolling on the ground. Great conversion as well. BW really works well here. Shooting with the 200 f/2 perhaps?
Thanks, Curtis!
This scene was captured with the D7000 and a 200/2VR+TC14E-combo. I don't have a real long lens (a second-hand 500/4 AF-S would be my dream for outdoor-sports) so this combo is my go-to set-up for soccer&co.
Choosing between shots with real crunchy action and images with a slightly more calm character, but a cleaner background and without the need to do ugly crops (I don't like bisected bodies) is always a tough call. I opted for "plan B" in this case.
Cheers, Georg!
