Assignment #39: Profile

[Nikolai]

Hopefully everybody got enough Food and we can get back to target practice.
Who said a photographer need to keep the low profile? Let's shoot the person who said it, and let's shoot some profiles!

Your target does not have to be human (although that's a mostly appreciated subject). It doesn't even have to be alive - cars, planes and ships carry nice profiles, too.

Please watch your angle! And remember, profile does not have to be a silhouette. Moreover, in the interest of this class let's NOT shoot silhouettes! :deal

As usual, fresh pictures only (meaning: taken AFTER you have become aware of this assignment),
moderate post-processing.

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

Let's start profiling! :D

[ChatKat]

http://i.pbase.com/g6/80/683780/2/79937175.sVr1JL3X.jpgI shot this last week - this is a Cairn Terrier like Toto but her name is Katyusha - my f riends give all their dogs Russian names and she was named after moi!

This is with the 50 1.2

http://i.pbase.com/g6/80/683780/3/79937175.sVr1JL3X.jpg

[Nikolai]

This is with the 50 1.2


No show! :-(

[ChatKat]

No show! :-(

Nik,

My image is in my post and in your post....I copied the link so that it was as in the food post...:scratch

[Steve1962]

Will these suffice ??

http://steve1962.smugmug.com/photos/150459351-L.jpg




http://steve1962.smugmug.com/photos/150460120-L.jpg





http://steve1962.smugmug.com/photos/150460281-L.jpg

Steve

[UP N MTNS]

This was shot inside through very thick glass....I had to use my hand as a "hood" to get rid of the over head light tube reflections....


http://www.smugmug.com/photos/160747403-M.jpg

[Nikolai]

Will these suffice ??
Steve
Steve, only #2 is profile IMHO. :deal And a good one at that! :thumb
I hope they are fresh, right? :rolleyes

[Nikolai]

This was shot inside through very thick glass....I had to use my hand as a "hood" to get rid of the over head light tube reflections....

Sorry, this is 45 degrees shot. Profile is 90 degrees to you. :dunno

[Nikolai]

Nik,

My image is in my post and in your post....I copied the link so that it was as in the food post...:scratch

Kathy, that's probably because you're pbase user and you're logged in into your account. Try to logout of PBase, clear the browser cache and check if you still can see them...

[UP N MTNS]

Sorry, this is 45 degrees shot. Profile is 90 degrees to you. :dunno

Sorry about that one...:doh

Let me find a proper 90 degree to post up.

[Steve1962]

Steve, only #2 is profile IMHO. :deal And a good one at that! :thumb
I hope they are fresh, right? :rolleyes

I goofed ............ they will have to be retracted .
Taken last month ............ [ silly me ] .

Steve

[ChatKat]

Nik,

I signed out of pbase and I reconfirmed that the pictures in my galleries are enabled . The photo shows in the thread and I signed out of both pbase and out of dgrin. If it's still not there, then I guess I can't play!:cry

[Nikolai]

Nik,

I signed out of pbase and I reconfirmed that the pictures in my galleries are enabled . The photo shows in the thread and I signed out of both pbase and out of dgrin. If it's still not there, then I guess I can't play!:cry
Maybe it's just me?
What's you gallery links for those?

[ChatKat]

Maybe it's just me?
What's you gallery links for those?

I went and tried it at a computer I have never used to access pbase - no cookies and not signed in. Try it.

Otherwise, my pix are at www.pbase.com/chatkat/ (http://www.pbase.com/chatkat/)
Pets are people too gallery....

[Nikolai]

I went and tried it at a computer I have never used to access pbase - no cookies and not signed in. Try it.

Otherwise, my pix are at www.pbase.com/chatkat/ (http://www.pbase.com/chatkat/)
Pets are people too gallery....

Like this?
http://i.pbase.com/g6/80/683780/2/79937175.sVr1JL3X.jpg

[ChatKat]

Well, all i can say is I see it and you don't so that means either I need to set up my Smug Mug account (I already have one but I forgot the sign in and the password) or do something else ....:rolleyes



http://i.pbase.com/g6/80/683780/2/79937175.sVr1JL3X.jpg

[Antonio Correia]

Is this any good ?
http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/160835641-M.jpg (http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/gallery/1587711#160835641-L-LB)

And who is she ?
She is Luisa Tody (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luisa_Todi), a musician born in Setúbal in the XVIII th century.:D

[MarkR]

Damn cats and children move to fast for me. But not John. Nope, he's steady as a rock and posed as if he were blissfully unaware of my existance. :D

http://hobbyist.smugmug.com/photos/160839730-M.jpg

Ready for your close-up, Mr. Lennon?
http://hobbyist.smugmug.com/photos/160842026-M.jpg

[Antonio Correia]

http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/160842618-M.jpg (http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/gallery/1587711#160842618-L-LB)

And this one ? Any good ?
They are both some hours old ... the photos I mean

[ChatKat]

And this one ? Any good ?
They are both some hours old ... the photos I mean

Antonio - I love the light on the instruments - beautiful!

[Nikolai]

Well, all i can say is I see it and you don't so that means either I need to set up my Smug Mug account (I already have one but I forgot the sign in and the password) or do something else ....:rolleyes

Just send a message to help at smugmug d ot c0m, they will help you to restore it. :deal

[SDJames]

Nik,

Not recent, but I couldn't resist...thought about you during post-proc
:rofl
http://www.smugmug.com/photos/156312175-M.jpg
I'll work on the proper submission that is compliant.:deal :D

[Nikolai]

Nik,

Not recent, but I couldn't resist...thought about you during post-proc
:rofl

I'll work on the proper submission that is compliant.:deal :D
No show? :dunno

[ChatKat]

No show? :dunno

Okay Nik - I can see SD's image of the Star Wars guys....and mine is there too. I saw mine today using IE 6.0 and 7.0 and not where I was signed into Pbase or Smug Mug or Dgrin!

Could it be your browser? Are you using Mozilla?

[SDJames]

No show? :dunno
strange...here's the link. It's in a private gallery, but that shouldn't matter, right?
http://seaviewphotography.smugmug.com/photos/160907264-M.jpg

[Nikolai]

strange...here's the link. It's in a private gallery, but that shouldn't matter, right?
http://seaviewphotography.smugmug.com/photos/160907264-M.jpg
Lemme see, I add it as an image

http://seaviewphotography.smugmug.com/photos/160907264-M.jpg

.. And now I can see it..:huh :scratch :dunno

I'm telling you, that PBase is screwy! :deal :wink :D

And, btw, this is NOT a profile! :deal :lust

[z_28]

I know, I know - nothing extraordinary,
but at least one genuine full profile :D

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t247/CameraSouth/RP0Q9969-700.jpg

[Antonio Correia]

Antonio - I love the light on the instruments - beautiful!
Thank you. :D
The light is coming from the top and I think it is halogen.
The light is indeed very bright and I feel it doesn't need any correction.
:thumb

[Antonio Correia]

http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/160946777-M.jpg (http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/gallery/1587711/5#160946777-L-LB) http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/160945334-M.jpg (http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/gallery/1587711/5#160945334-L-LB)

Very light treatment. Just a little curves, crop, name, save jpg.:D

[Antonio Correia]

My grand grand father was a popular poet in Setubal.
He was a poor worker in the harbour.
António Maria Eusébio (http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%B3nio_Maria_Eus%C3%A9bio) .
http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/160983174-M.jpg (http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/gallery/1587711#160983174-L-LB)

[Nikolai]

Is this any good ?



It is! :thumb
I like the light and the b/g! :clap
But I never knew the statues can be redheaded ;-) :wink

[Nikolai]

Damn cats and children move to fast for me. But not John. Nope, he's steady as a rock and posed as if he were blissfully unaware of my existance. :D
Ready for your close-up, Mr. Lennon?

Thank you, the second one is a good profile (first one's too busy, IMHO) :thumb

[Nikolai]

And this one ? Any good ?
They are both some hours old ... the photos I mean

Very good, too! :thumb
I bit too hot on top, IMHO, but who cares :wink

[Nikolai]

I know, I know - nothing extraordinary,
but at least one genuine full profile :D



I'd crop the groom out, THEN it's be full profile! Who looks at the groom anyway?:wink :thumb :deal

[Antonio Correia]

Very good, too! :thumb
I bit too hot on top, IMHO, but who cares :wink

Indeed. Nothing to do.
That area was burned.:cry
:thumb

[Nikolai]

My grand grand father was a popular poet in Setubal.
He was a poor worker in the harbour.
António Maria Eusébio (http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%B3nio_Maria_Eus%C3%A9bio) .

Wow, you have quite a heritage!

Nice picture, but IMHO a bit too busy. Bad light, busy b/g... I'd reshoot at a different time of day, dawn or dusk, it would hide the b/g and will help with the primary subject. :deal

[Antonio Correia]

Wow, you have quite a heritage!

Nice picture, but IMHO a bit too busy. Bad light, busy b/g... I'd reshoot at a different time of day, dawn or dusk, it would hide the b/g and will help with the primary subject. :deal
I agree with you.
I was passing in that park some hours ago and I could feel the light was harsh.

Next time. But it fulfills the goal. :thumb

My heritage: he could not read or write. He was working in the ships. Putting some kind of stuff between the wood for the water not to go in. Do you understand ? Hope so.
He dictated the popular poems to someone who could write.! Incredible.:huh

Heritage. Noble heritage. Working heritage. Proletarian heritage. :D

Times are changing ...:thumb

[SDJames]

And, btw, this is NOT a profile! :deal :lust
Oops...wrong linky...
http://www.smugmug.com/photos/156312175-M.jpg
...it was late:snore

[hawkeye978]

Lemme see, I add it as an image

http://seaviewphotography.smugmug.com/photos/160907264-M.jpg

.. And now I can see it..:huh :scratch :dunno

I'm telling you, that PBase is screwy! :deal :wink :D

And, btw, this is NOT a profile! :deal :lust

Nikolai,

I can't see the images either. I don't think it's just you.

[Antonio Correia]

http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/161105513-M.jpg (http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/gallery/1587711/1/160949298#161105513-L-LB) http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/161104413-M.jpg (http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/gallery/1587711/1/160949298#161104413-L-LB)

[hawkeye978]

Here is my profile contribution. My son's pride and joy. I think I may also be able to cover chrome with this too :D

http://hawkeye978.smugmug.com/photos/161465635-L.jpg

[Nikolai]

Here is my profile contribution. My son's pride and joy. I think I may also be able to cover chrome with this too :D

Thank you, good profile! :thumb

I'd cut the grass, though :-) :wink

[MarkR]

Took this today. Unfortunately not ALL the penguins were cooperating. But two out of three ain't too bad ... :D

http://Hobbyist.smugmug.com/photos/161532148-M.jpg

[Nikolai]

Took this today. Unfortunately not ALL the penguins were cooperating. But two out of three ain't too bad ... :D

Yep, the two are! :thumb
You could've just cropped the uncooperative one out :wink

[jkenzie]

Here's a profile from a zoo trip yesterday
http://jkenzie.smugmug.com/photos/163402456-L.jpg (http://www.smugmug.com/photos/newexif.mg?ImageID=163402456)

[Nikolai]

Here's a profile from a zoo trip yesterday

Nice! :thumb Great entry, thank you!

[Shima]

I got my husband to pose for some portrait practice for me tonight, but before he started being cooperative I took this shot (he's playing a game on his cell phone here):
http://shima.smugmug.com/photos/161609675-M.jpg

And then I just love snapping photos of my dog and she turned away for a pleasant profile :)
http://shima.smugmug.com/photos/161609661-M.jpg

The goal of my photos this evening were more portrait in nature so those are the only profiles I managed to capture.

[Nikolai]

I got my husband to pose for some portrait practice for me tonight, but before he started being cooperative I took this shot (he's playing a game on his cell phone here):
And then I just love snapping photos of my dog and she turned away for a pleasant profile :)
The goal of my photos this evening were more portrait in nature so those are the only profiles I managed to capture.

Good one on the hubby! :thumb
On the dog, you can see his/her both eyes, I'm afraid this won't qualify... :dunno

[LiquidAir]

Leopard Shark from the Monterey Bay Aquarium

Dark profile, but not quite a silhouette.

http://gallery.liquidairphoto.com/photos/161638247-L.jpg

[Nikolai]

Leopard Shark from the Monterey Bay Aquarium
Dark profile, but not quite a silhouette.


Great idea, Ken, thank you! :thumb

[Shima]

Good one on the hubby! :thumb
On the dog, you can see his/her both eyes, I'm afraid this won't qualify... :dunno
you can see the eyelash protruding on the dog, not the actual eye :P but ok...

and she's a female

[Northern Monkey]

Unusual profile...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/geoffhill/IMG_4536.jpg

Focal length: 50.0mm (35mm equivalent: 81mm)
CCD width: 22.17mm
Exposure time: 0.0003 s (1/4000)
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO equiv.: 400
Whitebalance: Manual
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)

[Nikolai]

Unusual profile...

Cool! Thank you! :thumb

[Rhuarc]

Profile x2

http://wendell.smugmug.com/photos/161788062-L.jpg

[Nikolai]

Profile x2

Nice entry, thank you! :thumb

Seems a bit soft, no? :dunno

[Rhuarc]

Nice entry, thank you! :thumb

Seems a bit soft, no? :dunno

I think it looks soft because of a really narrow DOF. I was practicing using my 50/1.8 at church and I was keeping it at f2 I think. I think the girl on the right has her ear in focus, but the girl on the left is past the area in focus. I think. :wink

What do you think?

[richtersl]

http://lrichters.smugmug.com/photos/161178836-M.jpg


http://lrichters.smugmug.com/photos/161513676-M.jpg

[Nikolai]

Good one #1:thumb
I would not count #2, though, but that's just me :dunno

[richtersl]

http://lrichters.smugmug.com/photos/161839305-M.jpg




http://lrichters.smugmug.com/photos/161839586-M.jpg

[Nikolai]

two more
Now you got the second one! :thumb :wink

[leaforte]

As shot, f/5.6, 1/20 sec., ISO-100, 70mm, natural light, cropped and resized in PS.

http://tonymcguiness.smugmug.com/photos/161859336-L.jpg

[Montesa]

Can I start doing assignments too? How are these?


http://Montesa.smugmug.com/photos/161865369-M.jpg


http://Montesa.smugmug.com/photos/161866171-M.jpg

[Nikolai]

As shot, f/5.6, 1/20 sec., ISO-100, 70mm, natural light, cropped and resized in PS.


Good entry, thanks! :thumb

[Nikolai]

Can I start doing assignments too? How are these?

Of course you can! :nod
Welcome to the Class! :clap
Very nice entries, especially the second one! :thumb

[MarkR]

Yep, the two are! :thumb
You could've just cropped the uncooperative one out :wink

Who needs cropping? I've got PHOTOSHOP! :ivar

http://Hobbyist.smugmug.com/photos/161915912-M.jpg

:barb:huh

[BradfordBenn]

Well I had some fun with this one. I decided to use my Newfoundland Chloe as the subject. I messed around with lighting, angles, flash curtains... pretty much all the stuff that I learned that my camera could do to try and get some cool shots. Some came out better then others.

I think I might go back in and touch this one up in Photoshop a little later but I like the composition and the fact that Chloe is not all black.

http://bradfordbenn.smugmug.com/photos/161942547-L.jpg
exif info (http://bradfordbenn.smugmug.com/photos/newexif.mg?ImageID=161942547)

The rest of the shots are in This Gallery (http://bradfordbenn.smugmug.com/gallery/2989418) There will be a total of 19 once they are done uploading. I figure I learn more from my less expected :huh shots :scratch then I do from the ones that turned out perfect.

[Nikolai]

Who needs cropping? I've got PHOTOSHOP! :ivar
:barb:huh
LOL! :lol3

You gott learn to be more realistic though:-) :deal :wink :rofl

[Nikolai]

Well I had some fun with this one. I decided to use my Newfoundland Chloe as the subject. I messed around with lighting, angles, flash curtains... pretty much all the stuff that I learned that my camera could do to try and get some cool shots. Some came out better then others.

I think I might go back in and touch this one up in Photoshop a little later but I like the composition and the fact that Chloe is not all black.

exif info (http://bradfordbenn.smugmug.com/photos/newexif.mg?ImageID=161942547)

The rest of the shots are in This Gallery (http://bradfordbenn.smugmug.com/gallery/2989418) There will be a total of 19 once they are done uploading. I figure I learn more from my less expected :huh shots :scratch then I do from the ones that turned out perfect.

Glad you had a nice workout! Good profile! :thumb
I only wish the background wasn't so distracting. That chair leg growing right from her nose..:dunno

[BradfordBenn]

Glad you had a nice workout! Good profile! :thumb
I only wish the background wasn't so distracting. That chair leg growing right from her nose..:dunno

Thanks. What is odd is that I did not even notice the chair. A fresh perspective helps.

[Nikolai]

Thanks. What is odd is that I did not even notice the chair. A fresh perspective helps.
It's a well-known pure psychological issue. Human vision is task oriented. We concentrate so much on the "important" things, that we literally don't see the rest. But the camera, it does not care, it records everything.

[jennifer]

My first assigment! Taken with my 75-300 IS USM. I already miss the 70-200 f/4L :cry

http://wizardsworks.org/%7Ejennifer/album/forum/assignments/IMG_5176.JPG

[Nikolai]

My first assigment! Taken with my 75-300 IS USM. I already miss the 70-200 f/4L :cry

congrats on your first WA, nice entry! :thumb

[aj986s]

These are from another track event this past weekend. Also these are all straight out of the camera, with no post processing (yet....).

Classic lines, at speed...
http://tonyp.smugmug.com/photos/161888645-L-2.jpg

Tried getting even closer shots, but was tough getting a clear image at the desired shutter speed, with a 100-400MM handheld.
http://tonyp.smugmug.com/photos/162014915-L-1.jpg

This is my son, who can't stop grinning (his first track event :barb )
http://tonyp.smugmug.com/photos/161918883-L-1.jpg


And would this group of spectators qualify?
http://tonyp.smugmug.com/photos/161970781-L-1.jpg

[z_28]

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t247/CameraSouth/IMG_2253-750.jpg

[Nikolai]

These are from another track event this past weekend. Also these are all straight out of the camera, with no post processing (yet....).
Classic lines, at speed...
Tried getting even closer shots, but was tough getting a clear image at the desired shutter speed, with a 100-400MM handheld.
This is my son, who can't stop grinning (his first track event :barb )
And would this group of spectators qualify?


Nice entries, thank you! :thumb

[Nikolai]

man in a fur cap
Nice portrait. :thumb
Unfortunately it's not a perfect profile. Close, very close, but no cigar...:dunno

[z_28]

Very close - but to what ?
Profile is profile, with or without cigar :rofl

BTW - theme is Profile, not Perfect 100% Genuine 90 degree Profile :scratch

[Nikolai]

Very close - but to what ?
Profile is profile, with or without cigar :rofl

BTW - theme is Profile, not Perfect 100% Genuine 90 degree Profile :scratch

We're trying to get that last one :lol3.
If you do - you get a cookie. If you don't, well, at least you tried..:wink

[JillG]

I went to see our neighbor's grandson and thought it would be a perfect time to get a profile. I never got a decent one of the baby though. But, I did manage this one. http://alpinelane.smugmug.com/photos/162304725-M.jpg

Wish the dog was in profile too. :D

Jill

[Nikolai]

I went to see our neighbor's grandson and thought it would be a perfect time to get a profile. I never got a decent one of the baby though. But, I did manage this one.

Wish the dog was in profile too. :D

Jill

Nice profile, thank you for the entry! :thumb

[OneEyedJack]

does this count as a profile?

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x52/ChrisPhotos_02/IMG_0230copy.jpg

[Nikolai]

does this count as a profile?

Sure, I don't see why not, thank you for the (a bit spooky:-) entry! :thumb

[emmalou]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/emmaloudawg/IMG_3721.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/emmaloudawg/french.jpg:rolleyes

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/emmaloudawg/embench.jpg

[bavasshokie]

http://bavasshokie.smugmug.com/photos/178369610-M.jpg

[Nikolai]

parrots; dog
Thank you!

[Nikolai]

swan
Thanks, nice profile!

[Arnica]

What about this profile ?

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r52/AgNap/IMG_2142_a-1.jpg

[Felicia]

http://lvcaiques.smugmug.com/photos/184365859-L.jpg

Basic
Date Modified 2007-08-15 17:34:11
Date Taken 2007-08-15 12:34:49
Camera Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
Exposure Time 0.005s (1/200)
Aperture f/5.6
ISO 100
Focal Length 55mm (guess: 428mm in 35mm)
Photo Dimensions 600 x 900
File Name Profile.jpg
File Size 391.91 KB
Detailed
Flash flash fired, compulsory flash mode
Exposure Program aperture priority
Exposure Bias 2/3 EV
Exposure Mode auto
White Balance manual
Color Space unknown

[Nikolai]

What about this profile?
Thank you! :thumb
It's just a little bit off to be a 100% perfect profile, but it will do:-)

[Nikolai]

kid's profile
Thank you! :thumb
Perfect profile, I only wish the background was less busy... :dunno

[Felicia]

Thank you! :thumb
Perfect profile, I only wish the background was less busy... :dunno

So do I, Nik, so do I... (sigh) off to try some more...

[FlashPhotoBoy]

Here is my profile entry - shot last week at Huntington Beach during my company's summer beach party.

Thanks for all of these great assignments! :bow

[Nikolai]

Here is my profile entry - shot last week at Huntington Beach during my company's summer beach party.

Thanks for all of these great assignments! :bow
Nice "tattoo"! :wink
Thank you for the entry! :thumb
Thank you for playing with us! :clap