p.20 #1 · Post your Canon 200mm f/2 (200/2) shots!
Pare Paolo, your portrait is now getting glamour-smooth. Ladies like that.
The difference in photography of people portraits vs. birds etc. could be reduced to a few fundamental principles such as:
(1) stationary vs. moving targets/scenes.
(2) photographer's control over targets/scenes.
For example, in studio portrait work you as a photographer have a very high degree of control.....over the subject pose and demeanor, light, background etc.
In doing BIF like Common terns above there is no control.....one is left at the mercy of birds' whims as well as a host of environmental factors. In fact, one is lucky if birds are there within the range to start with. Therefore, we are talking about a highly opportunistic type of photography. Granted, there are little tricks and stratagems some folks use like raptor baiting, finch and hummingbird feeding, a host of camouflage devices etc. in order to exert some control over their shot success.
p.20 #2 · Post your Canon 200mm f/2 (200/2) shots!
dolina wrote:
thank you milmojoe, alain and peter. Another version. Lesser blemishes, no more eye bags and a different sepia treatment. Doing people/portraits so much different from birds.
I am happy that the bumblebee / flying turd has been removed from the picture, but other than that I like the original better. The processed version looks to me as if she were out of wax.
p.20 #5 · Post your Canon 200mm f/2 (200/2) shots!
Petkal:
When taking candid shots of people, you have similar restrictions to birding.. the subjects are moving and the photographer has no control over the scene (unless you want to make it no-longer-candid). That said, straight portraits are under my control and the subject is static
Some shots from my most recent wedding, 2 posed, 2 candid:
p.20 #10 · Post your Canon 200mm f/2 (200/2) shots!
Dawei Ye wrote:
Great bird shots I like those tern birds best wish we had more in Australia
We tend to get these
Dawei, that is a nice artful shot of a white hawk.
These little terns (viz. Common tern) are a bit difficult to shoot with 200mm.....it takes some patience while waiting for them to approach close enough. A 400mm lens such as f/5.6 prime is more suitable for the task.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4064/4641321737_2b7291f0d7_o.jpg
