Assignment #6: Extreme Crop

[Nikolai]

We got nice Tilts (http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=41783) this week. Now let's do something different.

The new assignment is all about cropping.

The main difference between this class and the previous ones is to present not one, but two images per entry: the first should depict they way you saw the subject originally (like a street scene), while the second, cropped, should show the final image.

You might wanna use a zoom lens, or do some post work.

In any case: locate the target, take a shot of it with surroundings, and then take a closeup, or trim it in post. No need to go all macro like Brian does, but I would expect the cropped version being like 10% or so of the wider one..

For basic rules and index please check out this sticky (http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=41800).

Let's get cropped! :D

[Antonio Correia]

I walked on the street some hours ago looking for tilted photos.
But this is good for the new assignment.
It's title is: Sideboard and pavements with shadows
Tell me about it Nikolai, please.

http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/93901609-S.jpg http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/93902301-S.jpg

[Nikolai]

This is not something I meant. I didn't mean PP. I meant CROP.

Here, I stepped out a took a couple of shots (this is an example of real life crop as oppposed to purely PP one)

01: Patio: as is:

http://nik.smugmug.com/photos/93917283-L.jpg

02: Patio: closer (cropped) look:

http://nik.smugmug.com/photos/93917285-L.jpg

It's the same object (corner of the balcony), but me being closer actually allowed me to see the shady roof beneath it. This would not be possible just in PP...:dunno

See what I mean?

For the record: PP-only crops also count:-)

[photodoug]

http://photo-doug.smugmug.com/photos/93928009-M.jpg

http://photo-doug.smugmug.com/photos/93928011-M.jpg

[Nikolai]

sunflower

Exactly what I meant, thank you very much! :thumb

We may start calling you Ph.D. :-) :rofl

[Antonio Correia]

Tomorrow I'll try.
Sorry for the unconvinience Nikolai. :huh
:thumb

[Nikolai]

Tomorrow I'll try.
Sorry for the unconvinience Nikolai. :huh
:thumb

Not a problem, amigo mio:-)!

[Antonio Correia]

Well, I thing this is it. Isn' t it Master Nikolai ? :):
:thumb

http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/94044436-L.jpg http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/94044345-L.jpg

[Antonio Correia]

Or this ... :): I do like BMW.
http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/94049919-L.jpg

http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/94050094-L.jpg

[Antonio Correia]

Is this valid ?
http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/94068927-L.jpg

http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/94069303-L.jpg http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/94069600-L.jpg
http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/94070105-L.jpg

[Nikolai]

Well, I thing this is it. Isn' t it Master Nikolai ? :):
:thumb



Although, if you want to go extreme, you'd left the inner doors only :wink

[photodoug]

ok, try two

http://photo-doug.smugmug.com/photos/93926596-M.jpg

http://photo-doug.smugmug.com/photos/93926595-M.jpg

[Nikolai]

Or this ... :): I do like BMW.


No questions here, either! :thumb
However - it would be tres cool to "zoom" not into the car badge, but into the that antic door with graffiti, don't you think? :scratch
Kinda gives the viewer element of surprise, and serves the main purpose of this assignment: the ability to see something small behind the something big... Everybody can see the car, you know.. But that door - it's so HCB..:wink :thumb

[Nikolai]

ok, try two


Another great example of real-life crop! :thumb
How often we get attracted by large bright object only to miss something dimmer and smaller, but yet possibly way more precious!
Man, I already get a feeling that this class gonna be fun! :D

[photodoug]

last one....I had the day off yesterday

http://photo-doug.smugmug.com/photos/93926244-M.jpg



http://photo-doug.smugmug.com/photos/93926248-M.jpg

[Nikolai]

last one....I had the day off yesterday

I like it! :thumb

[saurora]

Have to admit I've been "lurking" here. Some really great things have been posted. But Doug's squirrel crop pulled me in!!! That plus I just happened to have taken some shots of a Red Tailed Hawk last night that required "extreme" cropping, since I don't have anything longer than a 200mm lens!

Here' the original:
http://saurora.smugmug.com/photos/94095519-L.jpg

Cropped version: It's a little too much crop for my tastes, but in order to see the bird, well, you understand!!! :dunno

http://saurora.smugmug.com/photos/94095522-L.jpg

[photodoug]

Have to admit I've been "lurking" here. Some really great things have been posted. But Doug's squirrel crop pulled me in!!! That plus I just happened to have taken some shots of a Red Tailed Hawk last night that required "extreme" cropping, since I don't have anything longer than a 200mm lens!


Michael Corleone: Just when I thought that I was out they pull me back in!

[Nikolai]

Have to admit I've been "lurking" here. Some really great things have been posted. But Doug's squirrel crop pulled me in!!! That plus I just happened to have taken some shots of a Red Tailed Hawk last night that required "extreme" cropping, since I don't have anything longer than a 200mm lens!
Here' the original:
Cropped version: It's a little too much crop for my tastes, but in order to see the bird, well, you understand!!! :dunno

Welcome to the class! :lust
Not bad for a start:-) :thumb
I know that 200mm is not "a birder lens", but hey, it's not about the gear, it's what you can do with it.

As I mentioned earlier, this assignment is about seeing a jewel in a pile of raw ore. Michelangelo was trimming the excessive stone from the block of marble with his chisel. We use the crop tool:-)

Glad you decided to play with us! :):

[Lord Vetinari]

Well after the introductory comment about macro had to put something here :)
Brian V

http://static.flickr.com/75/216167685_c58b62aa7a_o.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/57/216174593_ffa6c54d5a_o.jpg

[Nikolai]

I must apologize: my first "explanatory example" with the patio corner apparently was pretty lame and not that at all "explanatory". :dunno

Here's what I think is a better instance of the "extreme cropping" which I had in mind (all pictures taken 10 minutes ago).

01: Normal view. Here's what I see when I step out on my driveway:

http://nik.smugmug.com/photos/94101731-L.jpg

02: This little thingie got my attention:

http://nik.smugmug.com/photos/94101754-L.jpg

03: Here's a post-processed (or post mortem:-) crop.
As it's easy to see, the original 8mp image does not provide enough resolution:

http://nik.smugmug.com/photos/94101756-L.jpg

04: Now that we actually saw it, we can use some real-time cropping: lens zoom or, in my case, "foot" zoom to get the crop we want:

http://nik.smugmug.com/photos/94101789-L.jpg


HTH

[Nikolai]

Well after the introductory comment about macro had to put something here :)
Brian V


Great examples and awesome pictures! :bow
That book publishing dude should pay you top dollar, not a measly "credit". :wink

[Antonio Correia]

Great examples and awesome pictures! :bow
That book publishing dude should pay you top dollar, not a measly "credit". :wink

I agree with Nikolai. Absolutelly. Fantastic macros. Brian is an expert in macros :clap:thumb

[Antonio Correia]

Nikolai,
You did not only zoom by foot, did you ?
It looks that you have done both: zoom with the lens and zoom by foot.
It looks you have used a different lens for the leave: a zoom or a prime at 100/200/250 mm ...

I was not aware - my fault - of this extreme crop/zoom.
Tomorrow ...
:thumb

[Nikolai]

Nikolai,
I did not only zoom by foot, did you ?
It looks that you have done both: zoom with the lens and zoom by foot.
It looks you have used a different lens for the leave: a zoom or a prime at 100/200/250 mm ...

A little bit of lens zooming (17mm at normal view, 68mm at closeup), yes, but only because I didn't want to lay myself flat on a h-h-h-hot californian asphalt:-). Otherwise it was the same 17-85 IS USM.


I was not aware - my fault - of this extreme crop/zoom.
Tomorrow ...
:thumb

No need to apologize. You did good with that plaza! :thumb
And we have the whole Sunday and whole week in front of us, no need to rush :):

[douglas]

Not much of a crop, but this guy caught me by suprise, I was actually shooting something else and then I seen this guy right in front of me! If I would of thought about the challenge I would of took a shot zoomed all the way out also, but this is full zoom at 150mm (300mm @ 35mm film scale).

http://shoottothrill.smugmug.com/photos/94111576-L.jpg

cropped in PS

http://shoottothrill.smugmug.com/photos/94111578-L.jpg

[Antonio Correia]

A little bit of lens zooming (17mm at normal view, 68mm at closeup), yes, but only because I didn't want to lay myself flat on a h-h-h-hot californian asphalt:-). Otherwise it was the same 17-85 IS USM.



No need to apologize. You did good with that plaza! :thumb
And we have the whole Sunday and whole week in front of us, no need to rush :):

It means that you did not like the 3 persons.
Actually it's a different concept of crop. :huh
:thumb

[Nikolai]

It means that you did not like the 3 persons.
Actually it's a different concept of crop. :huh
:thumb

I didn't say that:-) :rofl
It's simply not what I meant when I selected "Extreme Crop" as a theme :dunno

[rutt]

These aren't fresh but they stand out in my mind of examples of how big a difference a crop can make.

I sort of discovered this one by mistake while working on an enlarged version in PS:

http://rutt.smugmug.com/photos/5367985-M.jpg

http://rutt.smugmug.com/photos/5590684-L.jpg

Here's an original of mine:

http://rutt.smugmug.com/photos/6698407-M.jpg

and a great crop of Ginger's:

http://gingersnap.smugmug.com/photos/6728371-L.jpg

This crop isn't so extreme, but I think it really makes the shot. It was Andy's suggestion on the Whipping Post:

http://rutt.smugmug.com/photos/48663452-M.jpg

http://rutt.smugmug.com/photos/48909551-L.jpg


Now I'm inspired. Think I'll go out looking for something new to crop.

[Stan]

I took a day off today to go to a 3 day event at Burghley. Not the best day for photography...

She only just hung on, the horse didn't seem too happy...
http://stan.smugmug.com/photos/94126602-L.jpg

As can be seen in the crop...
http://stan.smugmug.com/photos/94126542-L.jpg

Stan

[Antonio Correia]

I don't want to be a bore - may be I am already - but I would like to know if this concept of extreme crop, which is nothing but a crop of the same picture, is correct.

I would like to know because of the shots I'll be doing tomorrow for this thread.

I hope I made myself clear.
I put it in more telegraphic way:

I have seen crops of the same picture.
Do they fit the general ideia of the concept extreme crop ?

Sorry folks. :):
:thumb

[Nikolai]

I don't want to be a bore - may be I am already - but I would like to know if this concept of extreme crop, which is nothing but a crop of the same picture, is correct.

I would like to know because of the shots I'll be doing tomorrow for this thread.

I hope I made myself clear.
I put it in more telegraphic way:

I have seen crops of the same picture.
Do they fit the general ideia of the concept extreme crop ?

Sorry folks. :):
:thumb

Please read the original post.

I mentioned "10%" of the original picture.

I also said PP crops are fine.

You can go with the pure PP crops, thus inevitably suffering from the lost of resolution. This is post mortem crop. This means a photographer failed to see the real target while s/he was shooting and only realized the real worth of the whole thing afterwards. This happens often, and Rutt's (even outdated) examples are the great proof to that. I have experienced similar issues (also with glasses:-), and I'm sure everybody has plenty of such shots.
My example with the real-time crop of the leaf on the cul-de-sac is what we *really* want to achieve. You look at the scene and you notice something. You are trying to zoom in, but your lens is not long enough. Hence comes the ultimate zoom, the "foot zoom". This is what this whole class is about - ability to analyze the scene in real-time and make shooting decision right then and there.

I said in the very beginning - PP crops are fine. Real-time ones are better. Changing the angle totally, like you did with the three people, is, IMHO, a bit outside of this particular assignment. :dunno

HTH

[rutt]

One of my all time favorite extreme crops is a picture of Andy's (http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=5968). Perhaps he'll post the original so you can see how cool a crop this was.

[Nikolai]

One of my all time favorite extreme crops is a picture of Andy's (http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=5968). Perhaps he'll post the original so you can see how cool a crop this was.
I agree, this is an awesome picture! :thumb
Hey, Andy, do you have a bigger view;-)?:wink

[rutt]

OK, I went right out and shot one. This is a PP crop, but she would never have let me do this, even with a tele.

http://rutt.smugmug.com/photos/94186178-M.jpg

http://rutt.smugmug.com/photos/94178465-L.jpg

[Nikolai]

OK, I went right out and shot one. This is a PP crop, but she would never have let me do this, even with a tele.


Breaking the rules of engagement, aren't we? :nono
Two pictures per entry - one wide, one cropped :deal

[rutt]

Breaking the rules of engagement, aren't we? :nono
Two pictures per entry - one wide, one cropped :deal

Jeez, just finished reading Dan's book and I have to admit I didn't read your rules very well (or at all, really). I'll fix the post.

[Andy]

One of my all time favorite extreme crops is a picture of Andy's (http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=5968). Perhaps he'll post the original so you can see how cool a crop this was.

:wave Hi John, and thanks for remembering this one - I love it, too.

It was a cold February morning, and I was in a zone. Crossing 5th Avenue at 23rd street, I saw this - and fired off a shot. The whole thing was maybe 2 seconds. 1Ds Mark II with 50mm f/1.4 on board.

http://www.moonriverphotography.com/photos/94193935-L.jpg

http://www.moonriverphotography.com/photos/15249373-L.jpg

John actually printed up some rather large (30" x 40") prints from this crop, and they look darn good :deal

[Nikolai]

:wave Hi John, and thanks for remembering this one - I love it, too.

It was a cold February morning, and I was in a zone. Crossing 5th Avenue at 23rd street, I saw this - and fired off a shot. The whole thing was maybe 2 seconds. 1Ds Mark II with 50mm f/1.4 on board.

John actually printed up some rather large (30" x 40") prints from this crop, and they look darn good :deal

Thank you very much for playing with us, I do appreciate it!:thumb

[meewolfie]

Here's my attempt at this assignment.

From afar:

http://furinfocus.smugmug.com/photos/94201485-L.jpg

cropped using my feet and lens:

http://furinfocus.smugmug.com/photos/94201504-L.jpg

Mary

[Nikolai]

Here's my attempt at this assignment.
From afar:
cropped using my feet and lens:
Mary

Very nice, welcome to the class and thank you for a great entry! :thumb

[Angelo]

Hey Nikko, I thought I'd give it a try.


1.
http://angelo.smugmug.com/photos/94239037-L.jpg

2.
http://angelo.smugmug.com/photos/94239040-L.jpg

[ultravox]

:): Hi Nik, tks for letting me into the class room.
So, first one...

[ultravox]

:):

[Antonio Correia]

Please read the original post.

I mentioned "10%" of the original picture.

I also said PP crops are fine.

You can go with the pure PP crops, thus inevitably suffering from the lost of resolution. This is post mortem crop. This means a photographer failed to see the real target while s/he was shooting and only realized the real worth of the whole thing afterwards. This happens often, and Rutt's (even outdated) examples are the great proof to that. I have experienced similar issues (also with glasses:-), and I'm sure everybody has plenty of such shots.
My example with the real-time crop of the leaf on the cul-de-sac is what we *really* want to achieve. You look at the scene and you notice something. You are trying to zoom in, but your lens is not long enough. Hence comes the ultimate zoom, the "foot zoom". This is what this whole class is about - ability to analyze the scene in real-time and make shooting decision right then and there.

I said in the very beginning - PP crops are fine. Real-time ones are better. Changing the angle totally, like you did with the three people, is, IMHO, a bit outside of this particular assignment. :dunno

HTH
OK Nikolai.
And here I go:
http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/94278771-M.jpg http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/94279597-M.jpg
http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/94278845-M.jpg http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/94279654-M.jpg
http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/94282697-M.jpg http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/94283327-M.jpg http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/94282925-M.jpg

[meewolfie]

Antonio - I think those are all good, but I especially like the first one (the iron and ironing board pair). I like the pairs of photos where it's almost like a puzzle to see the first picture and then to try and figure out which part of first picture is the crop/close-up is in the second picture. I also that the second picture is interesting as a individual photograph as well.

Angelo - I really like the shapes and contrast in those photos. I'd be interested to see and even closer shot in the second one - all the way up to the ceiling glass or the details in the cross-beams. Can you fly? :D Obviously, there are situations where getting as close as we would like aren't quite so easy.

Mary

[Antonio Correia]

Thank you for the comment Mary.
:thumb

[Nikolai]

Hey Nikko, I thought I'd give it a try.
1.
2.

Welcome to the class! Thanks for the entries! :thumb

[Nikolai]

:):

Thanks! :thumb
I think you'g get even better effect if you'd made a tighter crop on the head, don't you think?

[Nikolai]

OK Nikolai.
And here I go:


I like the first pair a lot! :thumb

3d image is no show, so it' shard to tell how it relates to 4th.:dunno

In the last two pairs the angles are changed so drastically, that it's hard to call them zooming/cropping anymore... :uhoh

[douglas]

Card readers

http://shoottothrill.smugmug.com/photos/94312916-L.jpg

http://shoottothrill.smugmug.com/photos/94312915-L.jpg

[Nikolai]

Card readers

Interesting insight :-) :thumb
Great entry, Doug!

[Nikolai]

My garden:
and the green lynx spider lying in wait in the plant to the right:
~ Joan

Now that's EXTREME!
I have no idea where to look for it in the first image :dunno

[BlueHoseJacket]

unfortunately I did not read the "Extreme Crop" definition until after taking these shots. These were taken on the Georgia Tech campus, they were placed on campus as a memorial to the 9/11 victims.

http://bluehosejacket.smugmug.com/photos/94348836-L.jpg




http://bluehosejacket.smugmug.com/photos/94349717-L.jpg

[Nikolai]

unfortunately I did not read the "Extreme Crop" definition until after taking these shots. These were taken on the Georgia Tech campus, they were placed on campus as a memorial to the 9/11 victims.


Welcome to the class! :thumb

It may not be extreme, but it's a definite crop and a nice image! :D

And you still have until next weekend to gather more crops:-) :rofl

[Swartzy]

but I could't go a day without taking a pic or two and providing some fodder for the extreme crop now could I?

First:

http://Swartzy.smugmug.com/photos/94355706-L.jpg

Last

http://Swartzy.smugmug.com/photos/94355708-L.jpg

[ChrisJ]

http://chrisandjoy.smugmug.com/photos/94222524-M.jpg

http://chrisandjoy.smugmug.com/photos/94378403-L.jpg

http://chrisandjoy.smugmug.com/photos/94378165-M.jpg

http://chrisandjoy.smugmug.com/photos/94378404-L.jpg

[Antonio Correia]

From 16mm to 200mm
http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/94370288-M.jpg http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/94368112-M.jpg

[larry l]

a first try. I hope this is not too creepy.

http://delphic.smugmug.com/photos/94404892-L.jpg


http://delphic.smugmug.com/photos/94404906-M.jpg

http://delphic.smugmug.com/photos/94404892-Ti.jpg

http://delphic.smugmug.com/gallery/1876222/1/94404906
http://delphic.smugmug.com/gallery/1876222/1/94404892 (http://delphic.smugmug.com/gallery/1876222/1/94404892)

the image is from a public area in a park in Afghanistan.

[Nikolai]

a first try. I hope this is not too creepy.

http://delphic.smugmug.com/gallery/1876222/1/94404892
http://delphic.smugmug.com/gallery/1876222/1/94404906

the image is from a public area in a park in Afghanistan.

Welcome to the Class!

Thanks for the entries! :thumb

[Nikolai]

but I could't go a day without taking a pic or two and providing some fodder for the extreme crop now could I?
First:
Last


Thanks!
And I think if you'd left pinecones only that would have been even better! :rolleyes

[douglas]

Boardwalk, Bench and Sunglasses. Inspired by rutts Sunglasses photos in this thread.

http://www.smugmug.com/photos/94451442-L.jpg



http://www.smugmug.com/photos/94451432-L.jpg

[Nikolai]

Boardwalk, Bench and Sunglasses. Inspired by rutts Sunglasses photos in this thread.


Great entry, as always! :thumb

[Nikolai]

beast and pond

Thanks!
Don't you think that zooming down to dragon would make your second crop totally extreme? :wink

[Nikolai]

From 16mm to 200mm

First image is "no-show" :-( :cry

[ChrisJ]

Thanks!
Don't you think that zooming down to dragon would make your second crop totally extreme? :wink
Yeah, but I think I was already at 100% crop!

Here's another... Tar Pits. Darn it, Sunday night after a big backlog... I'll re-edit again later.

http://chrisandjoy.smugmug.com/photos/94493874-M.jpg

http://chrisandjoy.smugmug.com/photos/94495768-L.jpg

[saurora]

Here's another attempt....cropped in processing as I did not have a zoom on hand!

http://saurora.smugmug.com/photos/94468280-L.jpg

cropped:

http://saurora.smugmug.com/photos/94468281-M.jpg

[Nikolai]

Here's another... Tar Pits
Nice! Great crop! :thumb

[Nikolai]

Here's another attempt....cropped in processing as I did not have a zoom on hand!


And that's totally fine! :):

[Antonio Correia]

First image is "no-show" :-( :cry

Nikolai,
I think you found the 1.st photo to be inapropriate.
I don't understand why.
Can you tell me, please ?
Obrigado. :thumb

[Andy]

Nikolai,
I think you found the 1.st photo to be inapropriate.
I don't understand why.
Can you tell me, please ?
Obrigado. :thumb
It means, this link is no good:
http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/94363683-M.jpg
Do you have external links on in the gallery customization?

[Nikolai]

It means, this link is no good:
http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/94363683-M.jpg
Do you have external links on in the gallery customization?

What Andy said :deal
I can't see the image, the link results to 404 (page not found)..:dunno

HTH

[Antonio Correia]

It means, this link is no good:
http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/94363683-M.jpg
Do you have external links on in the gallery customization?

Yes I do Andy.
I think I have repaired the problem.
I can't know if it is repaired or not because the photo is in cache and I see it all the time ... (now, tell me I am a lurk in computers :D).
Can you check, please ?
Will you please let me know ?! :):
Thank you.
:thumb

[Nikolai]

Yes I do Andy.
I think I have repaired the problem.
I can't know if it is repaired or not because the photo is in cache and I see it all the time ... (now, tell me I am a lurk in computers :D).
Can you check, please ?
Will you please let me know ?! :):
Thank you.
:thumb

Hit Shift+F5, or clear the cache...
It's still a no-show...:-(

[ChrisJ]

Hit Shift+F5, or clear the cache...
It's still a no-show...:-(

It shows up for me now!

[Nikolai]

It shows up for me now!

For me too!

(Andy's link still no workie, thoug:-)

Nice bold crop, Antonio! :thumb
Took me a while to figure out where it came from:-) :D

[Antonio Correia]

For me too!

(Andy's link still no workie, thoug:-)

Nice bold crop, Antonio! :thumb
Took me a while to figure out where it came from:-) :D

It is very far away indeed.
It makes me happy you like my photos. :thumb

Obrigado. :thumb

[Nikolai]

It makes me happy you like my photos. :thumb
Obrigado. :thumb

It's not important whether I like it or not.

I'm here only as a sideline field umpire to tell the players wether the ball is in (entry is compliant with the class subject) or out (it might be a Mona Lisa, but since no cropping is done - it's not valid. Besides, Leonardo did it way before we started the class, so he'd need to paint a fresh copy :rofl :-)

What is important is for YOU, as a photographer, to see what this or that particular technique does, and when it can be beneficial for you to use it. Some crops can be plain ugly. Some can be meaningless. Yet some develop a totally new, interesting meaning to the whole picture.

We are all here to learn. And we learn together:-) :):

[Antonio Correia]

...We are all here to learn. And we learn together:-) :): :)::thumb

[Swartzy]

With yet another entry....more of an extreme crop...ha! With colors even :rofl

http://Swartzy.smugmug.com/photos/94741456-L.jpg

Now mind you, I had to climb lots of stairs to do this...LOL

http://Swartzy.smugmug.com/photos/94745488-L.jpg

[Nikolai]

With yet another entry....more of an extreme crop...ha! With colors even :rofl

Now mind you, I had to climb lots of stairs to do this...LOL



This is awesome entry, man! :clap

[ginger_55]

Uh, I was interested so I took a look at this............Nik, what are we supposed to be learning here.

If one focuses correctly, with a great lens, etc., it is just too easy.

I mean something I can do right off has to be too easy.

And as I understand it, one can either do two shots of the same scene, one as kind of a wider look and one selecting part of the wide look and featuring it alone. One can either do that with two shots or in post, could not one? You said, "trim", that would be post would it not?

I am not trying to be argumentative here, smile, just curious...........why would one not do this in working any subject???
If one had time and the subject was willing.

ginger (waiting on the server) I am not big on cropping much in post, but am not against it either. But I do work a shot to death.

[Nikolai]

Uh, I was interested so I took a look at this............Nik, what are we supposed to be learning here.

If one focuses correctly, with a great lens, etc., it is just too easy.

I mean something I can do right off has to be too easy.

And as I understand it, one can either do two shots of the same scene, one as kind of a wider look and one selecting part of the wide look and featuring it alone. One can either do that with two shots or in post, could not one? You said, "trim", that would be post would it not?

I am not trying to be argumentative here, smile, just curious...........why would one not do this in working any subject???
If one had time and the subject was willing.

ginger (waiting on the server) I am not big on cropping much in post, but am not against it either. But I do work a shot to death.

Thank you for asking!

What we (are trying to) learn here is to look at the scene and try to "see" something that is not probably visible at a causal glance.
Look at the harbor and try to see a beautiful ship.
Look at the tar pit and see a birsting bubble.
Look at the garden and notice a dragonfly.
Look at the dragonfly and notice there are, in fact, two of them, mating.
Look at the sanctuary and see a tiny stained glass flower far up in the window.
Look at the suburban summer heated cul-de-sac and the a fallen leaf, a message from a coming fall...

Pros and experts (like you) do this automatically. Mere mortals, like the rest of us, need to be trained.

Wanna play? :wink

[meewolfie]

Hi Ginger -

I think that one lesson we can take away from this is that we can become more aware of the details within a scene.

I think there are various ways that one could challenge themselves with this assignment.

1. Would be to take an ordinary scene and take a picture. Then, go in either with your lens or with your feet or both and find a really interesting detail that can be composed and photographed.

2. Take a really interesting picture which covers a wide view. Then see if there is something within the frame that is interesting in and of itself. Crop to see if it is a composition unto itself.

3. Take a picture of the wide view that is compelling, well-composed and well-photographed. A wide view (not necessarily wide-angle) that can stand on it's own. Then - choose an interesting detail and compose a close-up photo that stands on it's own as well - compositionally, technically, artistically. Accomplishing this would be impressive.

It's an interesting challenge to compose the large shot and to then try and re-compose the detail (extreme crop) shot. So far, I think that the submissions that are actually two different images have been most interesting. Capturing only one scene that is interesting in full-view and then cropping it in PP is something that I think would be quite a challenge - but then that is why this is a great educational set of entries that Nikolai has put together.

So, that's my take on it.

I have a second submission. I don't like this one as well as the first pair that I entered (http://www.dgrin.com/showpost.php?p=381164&postcount=40). I think the first image is pretty boring. There wasn't really any composition to speak of and it's full of unnecessary information. I like the second shot and took the first one with the second, close-up image in mind.

Wide view of things:

Boring:
http://furinfocus.smugmug.com/photos/94201452-M.jpg

Not great, but a bit more interesting, I think:
http://furinfocus.smugmug.com/photos/94201466-M.jpg

(both of these were taken with my 50mm lens - so the extreme crop is almost all due to my physical location - just a little bit of extra cropping PP)

I knew when I looked around on the street that I wanted my close-up to be of the yellow tape against the orange plastic. I took the first shot so that I could take the second one!

(note - now that I look at the first photo - I think that there may have been something interesting to explore with that black piece of "hardware" that is attached to the concrete in front of the cones - what is that? It looks kind of cool!)

One more thought (and as Nikolai said, the experts may do this automatically). There is a difference between going out to take pictures of the things that we already know are beautiful - a flowing waterfall, a freshly bloomed rose, a bee on a sunflower). The real challenge is to go out and find the captivating image that everyone else overlooks. This assignment is good training for the second approach. I know that's what I really want to learn and perhaps why I was motivated by this assignment.

Mary

[ginger_55]

I have another question then. Mary, you knew that yellow and orange thing was your goal. I think it is very interesting, inventive thinking outside of the box, etc.... all you were striving for.

But could you go back and shoot a non boring photo of the wider look?

Just a thought and an idea. I am itching to do it, but it is not my shot, I don't live there, and I have to be at the oral surgeon's tomorrow.

I do think that you captured exactly what you wanted in the second shot.

ginger

I actually don't know what I took over the weekend, I could dig up other shots, say of the harbor, but lately I have gone to quite nice looking places, IMO. Unfortunately.....................darn!!!

[meewolfie]

Ginger - It's funny that you ask - because when I looked around for the first shot the whole scene just looked so ugly! Taking a picture of the scene that would be interesting would definitely be a challenge. Which is another lesson - sometimes the wide scene is most captivating - sometimes it's the details. And, if both can be compelling - well that is something!

I may not be able to get another shot in the near future, though if I'm not running late for class on one of the nights this week I may try. This was shot mid-day on a Saturday so a weekday evening may make for something completely different. There will be more automobile traffic during rush hour and probably more people which could result in more options for an interesting image.

Thanks for the challenge! ;)

Mary

[ginger_55]

of the parts.........and then a closer view of the parts.

http://upacreekPHOTOGRAPHY.smugmug.com/photos/93752846-L.jpg


I did this a week ago and posted it on the Daily Community, but is it not a different type of example of which you all are talking about. Three separate photographs. Full frame, or if not, almost. No reason to crop them. The middle photograph I was a bit disappointed in. I liked the other two, but thought they would make a good "arrangement" seen in context, yet separate.
?????

Will look for another example that was a crop. I worked the flowers. But using people I don't know, or where the shot could be lost, I sometimes do have to crop.

ginger (I was working up some more photos, things I wanted anyway, when I realized that I can't stay up for a couple of hours until the server could bring my photos to smugmug. I will put them up tomorrow, or so. Unless I go shoot, if I do, I will remember this assignment and shoot some for it.)

[meewolfie]

See, Ginger - you already have an eye for this! I really like the image on the left - the sweep of the flower across the picture is really lovely.

:) Mary

[sirsloop]

IDK if you have ever seen these cars in person. Truely jaw dropping! By that time they were probably going a bit over 100mph (they get to 75mph in less than 1 second!!!!!


http://www.jdhaesloop.com/IMG_1557.JPG

http://www.jdhaesloop.com/IMG_1557s.JPG

[Antonio Correia]

http://www.jdhaesloop.com/IMG_1557s.JPG

Did you say cars ?! ... :huh

[sirsloop]

Did you say cars ?! ... :huh

race car... rail... dragster... its got 4 wheels, a huge engine, and a nut behind the wheel -> car :) Just happens to be the fastest one on the planet :)

[meewolfie]

race car... rail... dragster... its got 4 wheels, a huge engine, and a nut behind the wheel -> car :) Just happens to be the fastest one on the planet :)

Also known as "Top Fuel" dragsters. The other fun ones to watch are the "Funny Car" races in the evening - flames come out of the sides of the cars. The flames, along with noise make for quite an impressive spectacle!

(I used to work for Summit Racing - a company that supplies alot of the parts for these kind of cars and also sponsors the races and certain drivers. If it wasn't for that little chapter of my life, I wouldn't know a thing about these cars! About ten years ago I got to hang out at the start line of the Spring Nationals in New Jersey! Kind of fun!)

I was going to ask where you took the photo - but I see that your from Englishtown...So, I think I can guess!

Mary

[JBurt]

Rebel EOS 300 w/ 18-55 wideangle @ 21.0mm

http://jburtphotos.smugmug.com/photos/94876979-M.jpg

Later in the day at approximately the same position with my 70-300 zoom @ 183mm on my 350xt

http://jburtphotos.smugmug.com/photos/94877529-M.jpg

Same image with a crop in PSP.

http://jburtphotos.smugmug.com/photos/94877369-M.jpg

More later.

[JBurt]

70-300 @ 70mm on my 350xt - Resize only

http://jburtphotos.smugmug.com/photos/94881368-M.jpg

Self portrait??? Same image with crop, resize, and usm.

http://jburtphotos.smugmug.com/photos/94881340-M.jpg

[Nikolai]

Love both version, both cars! :thumb

[juliejules]

Got this shot over the weekend on the CT river and it needed a lot of cropping anyway, so I post here for the assignment. We could hardly tell it was a bird at first with the naked eye. Between the focal length of the lens (280mm) and the crop, the detail really comes out. I know it's not very extreme, so I'll probably try something else later.

http://juliejules.smugmug.com/photos/94908728-L.jpg

http://juliejules.smugmug.com/photos/94454274-L.jpg

[Nikolai]

Got this shot over the weekend on the CT river and it needed a lot of cropping anyway, so I post here for the assignment. We could hardly tell it was a bird at first with the naked eye. Between the focal length of the lens (280mm) and the crop, the detail really comes out. I know it's not very extreme, so I'll probably try something else later.


Sometimes we gotta work with what with have:-) :):

[sirsloop]

ok... most extreme crop shot... I "win"! :rofl

http://www.jdhaesloop.com/IMG_3502.JPG

http://www.jdhaesloop.com/IMG_3493s.JPG

[Nikolai]

ok... most extreme crop shot... I "win"! :rofl

Now I see Brian can lose his good night sleep:-) :thumb

[sirsloop]

Now I see Brian can lose his good night sleep:-) :thumb

:evil

lol.. he'll come back and crop one of the little dots on the eye of the mosquito just for spite :rofl

[RogersDA]

Original

[Nikolai]

Original

No pictures...:dunno Unfinished post? :scratch

[Dramatapix®]

Hello everyone. Here is my first submission to the Assignments thread. Please let me know if this fits the assignment.
Brett

http://www.dramatapix.com/photos/95131231-M.jpg

http://www.dramatapix.com/photos/95131233-M.jpg

[Nikolai]

Hello everyone. Here is my first submission to the Assignments thread. Please let me know if this fits the assignment.
Brett


Welcome to the class! :):

It sure fits just fine, thank you for the entry! :thumb

[Netgarden]

OK, I'm in...
[I crop alot anyway, and usually ask myself what can be missing to make this pic better?:huh :rolleyes ] I like to make abstracts out of crops [not this one tho..] I get what you mean Ginger...
We had a guest speaker at our local club this week who showed us wonderful crops, proving that minimal can be better.
http://netgarden.smugmug.com/photos/95173169-L.jpg

http://netgarden.smugmug.com/photos/95174081-L.jpg

[Nikolai]

OK, I'm in...
[I crop alot anyway, and usually ask myself what can be missing to make this pic better?:huh :rolleyes ] I like to make abstracts out of crops [not this one tho..] I get what you mean Ginger...
We had a guest speaker at our local club this week who showed us wonderful crops, proving that minimal can be better.


Welcome to the class!

I wouldn't call it extreme, but it sure is a crop:-) :thumb

[RogersDA]

No pictures...:dunno Unfinished post? :scratch
My bad....my very, very bad. Sorry for that.

Original

http://DaRPhotos.smugmug.com/photos/95196608-M.jpg

Cropped:
http://DaRPhotos.smugmug.com/photos/95195963-M.jpg

[Nikolai]

My bad....my very, very bad. Sorry for that.
Original
Cropped:


Not a problem. Crop is nice! I like the change of treatment! :thumb

[Nikolai]

First pair is a lancer statue in my kids' HS:

01: Lancer - view:

http://nik.smugmug.com/photos/95204017-L.jpg

In addition to the foot zoom, lens zoom, and, finally, the actual crop, I also decided to have a little fun with it in ACR:

02: Lancer - crop (rawflow):

http://nik.smugmug.com/photos/95204031-L.jpg

Another pair from the same HS grounds:

03: Flower tree:

http://nik.smugmug.com/photos/95204079-L.jpg

04: And the from from that tree - crop (also aided by foot and lens zoom):

http://nik.smugmug.com/photos/95204094-L.jpg

Cheers!

[douglas]

Down at the marina tonight.

http://www.smugmug.com/photos/95259213-L.jpg

Cropped in PS

http://www.smugmug.com/photos/95259214-L.jpg

[Nikolai]

Down at the marina tonight.
Cropped in PS


Nice, I like the effect! :thumb

[pathfinder]

I'm late to the party, Nik, I've been on the road, and just returned home Monday after 3300 miles in the saddle.

We stayed in Lamar Colorado one night, riding in just at sunset - sweet light. I shot this sunset with a Lumix DMC-LX1 - Hence the noise. But as I examined the scene, I saw this detail as much more interesting
http://Pathfinder.smugmug.com/photos/95303655-M.jpg http://Pathfinder.smugmug.com/photos/95308087-M.jpg




























The next morning we rode to Bent's Fort (http://www.nps.gov/beol/) in SE Colorado in heavy fog.

Here is a shot of a saddle hanging in a doorway in Bent's Fort. I loved the soft side lighting, but not the whole image...

http://Pathfinder.smugmug.com/photos/95304006-L.jpg

As I chimped the image, I realized that there were better choices than the whole scene...

http://Pathfinder.smugmug.com/photos/95303723-M.jpg
























Or even
http://Pathfinder.smugmug.com/photos/95307439-M.jpg




I would like to repeat Ginger's comment that continuing to look deeper into each scene we photograph is a way of "seeing deeper" that we should try to emulate until it becomes second nature.

[Nikolai]

I'm late to the party, Nik, I've been on the road, and just returned home Monday after 3300 miles in the saddle.
We stayed in Lamar Colorado one night, riding in just at sunset - sweet light. I shot this sunset with a Lumix DMC-LX1 - Hence the noise. But as I examined the scene, I saw this detail as much more interesting

I would like to repeat Ginger's comment that continuing to look deeper into each scene we photograph is a way of "seeing deeper" that we should try to emulate until it becomes second nature.

Thank you for the entries! :thumb
I like the saddle shots, always had a passion for this type of leather (is it called rawhide?)

And I totally agree with your last sentence about looking deeper.
After all, this is what this particular assignment is all about:-) :):

Cheers! :1drink

[stephiewilliams]

Ok I may be a newbie but I want to play too! Here is my attempt...

Original...

http://stephaniewilliams.smugmug.com/photos/95406663-S.jpg

Cropped...

http://stephaniewilliams.smugmug.com/photos/95406664-M.jpg

[Nikolai]

Ok I may be a newbie but I want to play too! Here is my attempt...


Welcome to the Class!
Newbie or not, a crop is a crop :-) :thumb

[Swartzy]

[quote=Nikolai]Thank you for the entries! :thumb
I like the saddle shots, always had a passion for this type of leather (is it called rawhide?)

[/quote/]

I'm not going to even ask....hahahahaahaah! Sorry, couldn't resist!

[jwear]

but what the hek just a little sport but then

[jwear]

pleas don't land on me --a lot of crop

[Nikolai]

pleas don't land on me --a lot of crop
Better late than never, eh, mate?;-) :wink

[jwear]

Better late than never, eh, mate?;-) :winkas soon as i find out what dof is i will try the new one :D

[Bayer-Z28]

as soon as i find out what dof is i will try the new one :D

I leaned in a day... not that bad, just read the attached link. helped a LOT.

[melissa6631]

http://goooz.smugmug.com/photos/18594961-M.jpg






http://goooz.smugmug.com/photos/18584441-M.jpg

[Nikolai]

Honey bee on the flower


That's a nice crop, thanks for playing with us! :thumb

[melissa6631]

That's a nice crop, thanks for playing with us! :thumb

Awww, thanks. I realize I'm a day late and a dollar short. I just was surfing through the boards and saw that post and thought, "Hey! I can contribute to that one!" So I did!

[Nikolai]

Awww, thanks. I realize I'm a day late and a dollar short. I just was surfing through the boards and saw that post and thought, "Hey! I can contribute to that one!" So I did!

And I want to thank you for that!

Our assignments do not have the expiration date, so if you missed any one of them and happened to take a fresh picture that fits any one of them - go ahead and make a new entry! :thumb

Yet, of course, it's always more fun to participate in the ongoing one, so I would like to see what you can do with the different shutter speeds (http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=43306):-)
Cheers!

[Shima]

In the spirit of Hanukkah and catching up:

http://shima.smugmug.com/photos/117248100-M.jpg

http://shima.smugmug.com/photos/117248065-O.jpg

[Nikolai]

In the spirit of Hanukkah and catching up:

I only wish it was not that soft...:dunno

[Shima]

I only wish it was not that soft...:dunno

That's what I get for doing a complete 100% crop... Still working on getting it better for that full crop... gotta get more used to my dslr...

[Shima]

http://shima.smugmug.com/photos/118078422-M.jpg

http://shima.smugmug.com/photos/118078437-M.jpg

[Nikolai]

vase/urn crop


I think this one is much better than the previous one. I wonder if you could encrease the f/stop, say, to f/11 or maybe even higher to get more DOF.
It looks like you had used a slash, so you should have plenty of light...
Just a suggestion...:dunno

[Shima]

I think this one is much better than the previous one. I wonder if you could encrease the f/stop, say, to f/11 or maybe even higher to get more DOF.
It looks like you had used a slash, so you should have plenty of light...
Just a suggestion...:dunno

I'm always the first to admit that I often am not sure exactly what I'm doing-- so I will try this later when I have some time. I'm still one who is not completely comfortable fiddling with all them manual features, so sometimes changing little things intimidates me--- I'll definitly play w/ aperature later on this one and see if that helps out... and yeah I did use flash. As with most of my pics as of late, I've been having to do assignments at home after I get home from work since it's too late for the sun to peak out.

[richtersl]

Original:
http://lrichters.smugmug.com/photos/144043248-L.jpg


Crop:
http://lrichters.smugmug.com/photos/144043231-L.jpg

[Nikolai]

Original:
Crop:

Thank you for your entry!:thumb

[Nikolai]

First: The whole bird:
Then the tail feathers:


I saw that in the LPS thread, I was hoping you'd enter it here :thumb
Thanks! :clap

[bavasshokie]

http://bavasshokie.smugmug.com/photos/175617482-M.jpg

http://bavasshokie.smugmug.com/photos/178092149-M-2.jpg

[Nikolai]

bikes
Is it a crop? Yes. :thumb
Is it better than original? Yes. :thumb
Is it *extreme*? I don't think so... :dunno

[HippiefromOz]

Camel
http://hippyfromoz.smugmug.com/photos/256762467_5tWnf-M.jpg


http://hippyfromoz.smugmug.com/photos/256762202_2hrEW-L.jpg

Nikolai hope this is extreme
Lesley

[Nikolai]

Camel
Nikolai hope this is extreme
Lesley
Lesley, it sure it, for me at least!:thumb
BTW, I didn't realize Oz has camels...:rofl

[HippiefromOz]

:thumb
BTW, I didn't realize Oz has camels...:rofl

You learn something new every day Nikolai !!!!!
It is fairly uncommon to see a camels in Australia - there is a paddock full of camels at Redland Bay the next suburb to where I live - I often photograph them - they are very inquisitive.

[Nikolai]

You learn something new every day Nikolai !!!!!
It is fairly uncommon to see a camels in Australia - there is a paddock full of camels at Redland Bay the next suburb to where I live - I often photograph them - they are very inquisitive.
That's tres cool, mate!:thumb

[Azzaro]

Nikolai........Is this enough crop??????

http://Azzaro.smugmug.com/photos/256862690_yUVVs-L.jpg

http://Azzaro.smugmug.com/photos/256862835_VVsWB-L.jpg

[Nikolai]

Nikolai........Is this enough crop??????

Interesting result, thank you!:thumb

[spb13]

I am not sure I am all that excited about either of these shots, but I think it completes the assignment.

http://spb13.smugmug.com/photos/264348560_b7vdQ-XL.jpg
exif (http://spb13.smugmug.com/photos/newexif.mg?ImageID=264348560&ImageKey=b7vdQ)

http://spb13.smugmug.com/photos/264363962_mbbei-XL.jpg
exif (http://spb13.smugmug.com/photos/newexif.mg?ImageID=264363962&ImageKey=mbbei)

[Nikolai]

I am not sure I am all that excited about either of these shots, but I think it completes the assignment.

Thank you Sean!
Actually, I like it. :thumb
I only think just a little bit more of the wheel would help, but it's only a minor thingie...
Harsh light, eh? :wink

[spb13]

Harsh light, eh? :wink

Just a bit. :)

[Little T]

Here is my go. One thing though not sure how to get Exif info off smugmug but its there please let me know.

--Dragon--
http://jtrankler.smugmug.com/photos/264455233_Du2ED-L.jpg

Croped and edited
http://jtrankler.smugmug.com/photos/264455308_2SgW3-L.jpg

[Nikolai]

Here is my go. One thing though not sure how to get Exif info off smugmug but its there please let me know.

--Dragon--

Croped and edited


Thank you for the entry! :thumb

Frankly, I think you overedited and undercropped :wink

[Little T]

Thank you for the entry! :thumb

Frankly, I think you overedited and undercropped :wink


Hmm this better?

http://jtrankler.smugmug.com/photos/264475447_aH77r-L.jpg

[Nikolai]

Hmm this better?

By far! :thumb

[pyry]

I think I got the mother of all chances to do an adidas-zoom :D

The place is the HUT campus, right next to the main building.

http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/306679028_Q3Hfg-L.jpg

http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/306680036_EYJWW-L.jpg

How about that location for a gull's nest :D
There's a walkway 6 feet away, this is gonna get intresting come hatching time...

Here's a bonus, taking the risk of getting bombarded let's you zoom through the bird.

http://pyry.smugmug.com/photos/306680736_v7tpf-L-1.jpg

You'll have to excuse the slight jarring, didn't stay long... :lol3

Do I pass? :D

[Nikolai]

I think I got the mother of all chances to do an adidas-zoom :D
...
Do I pass? :D
I like the approach/vision. Technically you're in.
However the 2d shot is plain boring. Bird is in a dead center, nothing is going on, lighing is flat... :dunno

[pyry]

I like the approach/vision. Technically you're in.
However the 2d shot is plain boring. Bird is in a dead center, nothing is going on, lighing is flat... :dunno

You're right, I tried a bit more pp on it, got the image replaced now.

Wouldn't give meself a passing grade on 'saving your worst shot' there, but in my defence, the shade had just reached the nest when I got there, and this is racing driver level excuses now, I can either think creatively or fast not both :D

[eL eSs Vee]

Here's the uncropped original:
http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb171/MrNewportCustom/Century-fuel-cap.jpg

Here it is cropped:
http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb171/MrNewportCustom/Century-fiel-cap-crop.jpg

Nah! Not extreme enough. Here's the final crop:
http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb171/MrNewportCustom/Century-wood-plug-crop.jpg

[Nikolai]

Here's the uncropped original:
Here it is cropped:
Nah! Not extreme enough. Here's the final crop:

Lee, thank you!
One thing though: no matter how hard I tried I really don't see anything in the final image that would justify the trouble of cropping and posting. :dunno What were you going for? :scratch

[jasonstone]

This thread was started in 2006 if I read right - but there are posts from 2008. I know it was for the Assignments thread - can we still post to the different topic threads?

Maybe a stupid question but I'm going to get the list and try to work through some of them and was wondering if I could still get feedback from Darth SLR :)

[eL eSs Vee]

Lee, thank you!
One thing though: no matter how hard I tried I really don't see anything in the final image that would justify the trouble of cropping and posting. :dunno What were you going for? :scratch

The wood plug (that covers a screw) at the bottom of the image. You know, the part that's in focus. :wink :D

Its the same plug that's to the right of the hardware (as you're looking at it) in the second image.

[Nikolai]

The wood plug (that covers a screw) at the bottom of the image. You know, the part that's in focus. :wink :D

Its the same plug that's to the right of the hardware (as you're looking at it) in the second image.

Oh, I see.. I thought about that, but it seemed too insignificant to me to suggest it should the the focus of the whole image. I think it only shows that I don't know much about boats to appreciate this kind of stuff :wink

[eL eSs Vee]

Oh, I see.. I thought about that, but it seemed too insignificant to me to suggest it should the the focus of the whole image. I think it only shows that I don't know much about boats to appreciate this kind of stuff :wink

Nah, Nikolai. I think it means that I'm too much into looking for minutiae and trying to confuse people with it. I've done it all my life, and this assignment gave me yet another opportunity to utilize that tired, used up ploy again. :rofl

[madigg]

Here is the first Photo,

http://madigg.smugmug.com/photos/308057251_v6P3V-L.jpg

Here is the Follow Up Crop - CHECK OUT THE FRONT SEAT

http://madigg.smugmug.com/photos/308994638_RpXHP-L.jpg

[Nikolai]

Here is the first Photo,
Here is the Follow Up Crop - CHECK OUT THE FRONT SEAT

And even after the hint I still don't get it...:dunno

[jasonstone]

I actually did this one the other way around as I'm fascinated by birds of prey - although I don't have a birding lens really - only 200mm

First the scenery... on a really dull day but I was thinking of the technique more than getting an awesome shot
http://www.louandjase.com/dgrin/assignments/ExtremeDOF/DSC_8139.jpg

That tiny tiny speck just above the trees on the left...
http://www.louandjase.com/dgrin/assignments/ExtremeDOF/DSC_8134.jpg


Then my second - slightly more obvious attempt- pic of a stream (I actually stopped to photograph the bridge which dated to around 1700)
http://www.louandjase.com/dgrin/assignments/ExtremeDOF/DSC_8149.jpg

Then the extreme zoom
http://www.louandjase.com/dgrin/assignments/ExtremeDOF/DSC_8150.jpg

So is this the sort of thing - I did have to use my "feet zoom" in the first one but the second one I didn't as it would have meant walking off the bridge - a somewhat larger step than I was willing to take :wink

Thanks
Jase

[Nikolai]

I actually did this one the other way around as I'm fascinated by birds of prey - although I don't have a birding lens really - only 200mm

First the scenery... on a really dull day but I was thinking of the technique more than getting an awesome shot


That tiny tiny speck just above the trees on the left...



Then my second - slightly more obvious attempt- pic of a stream (I actually stopped to photograph the bridge which dated to around 1700)


Then the extreme zoom


So is this the sort of thing - I did have to use my "feet zoom" in the first one but the second one I didn't as it would have meant walking off the bridge - a somewhat larger step than I was willing to take :wink

Thanks
Jase

Thank you Jase, nice entries! :thumb

[madigg]

http://madigg.smugmug.com/photos/309286596_AScZY-L.jpg[quote=madigg]Here is the first Photo,

http://madigg.smugmug.com/photos/308057251_v6P3V-L.jpg

Here is the Follow Up Crop - CHECK OUT THE FRONT SEAT

http://madigg.smugmug.com/photos/308994638_RpXHP-L.jpg

[Nikolai]

Here is the first Photo,
Here is the Follow Up Crop - CHECK OUT THE FRONT SEAT

Call me stupid, but I'm still clueless:scratch

[madigg]

4 people say they see a little boy looking out the window...

[Nikolai]

4 people say they see a little boy looking out the window...
You mean that ghostly face-lile combination of light and shade?
Dude, you do have a vivid imagination and 40/40 vision :wink :rofl

[Trevlan]

Here are my attempts at a crop. My friend and I were casually smoking a cigarettes in my bathroom. Low and behold, a fly was buzzing around. After I chased it around for 10 minutes, I managed to knock it out. Needless to say, she was a very cooperative after that. Here they are, enjoy.

No photoshop, just submitted as shot.

http://Trevlan.smugmug.com/photos/343989444_NCHPm-L.jpg
http://Trevlan.smugmug.com/photos/343989434_XgKkC-L.jpg

http://Trevlan.smugmug.com/photos/343989437_gCZfb-L.jpg
http://Trevlan.smugmug.com/photos/343989450_r4rhe-L.jpg

[Nikolai]

Here are my attempts at a crop. My friend and I were casually smoking a cigarettes in my bathroom. Low and behold, a fly was buzzing around. After I chased it around for 10 minutes, I managed to knock it out. Needless to say, she was a very cooperative after that. Here they are, enjoy.

No photoshop, just submitted as shot.

Thank you Frank!
It's a crop alright... However I would like to call your attention to the fact that we are not simply trying to use this or that technique for its own sake, but also deliver a quality result by using it. Your VP entries did great. These - no so much...:dunno

[Trevlan]

Thank you Frank!
It's a crop alright... However I would like to call your attention to the fact that we are not simply trying to use this or that technique for its own sake, but also deliver a quality result by using it. Your VP entries did great. These - no so much...:dunno

Silly me. You are absolutely right. The second you get lazy, it'll reflect in your work. I'll reshoot a proper crop. I took these for fun, and thought it fit the assignment. Thanks Nikolai. ;-)

[cmorganphotography]

http://jtrankler.smugmug.com/photos/264455233_Du2ED-L.jpg

I just wanted to say "yyeah" to all the DnD peeps. Awesome paint job on the Blue Dragon. They fling electricity or "lightning bolt" spells. Which edition set did he come from?