Great work... makes me want to be in a hospital!

...Oh, wait...

Nevermind...

Good stuff, nonetheless!

On a more serious note, I really think you did a good job. The tonality is quite unique. Well processed - and of course, well shot.

Good models, too... unless you're going to tell me that's what people look like where you live. Because in that case, I'm moving there

Nice work with stitching the clouds!

Mike.

Robin Hood's Bay on the Yorkshire coast. I very rarely get a chance to get out of the city but when I do I usually head up to this part of the country.

360-degree panoramic taken with far too many images but prints huge.
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yep.... $140k in talent fees for this project..... 37 layouts and 92GB of images shot. My feet are still aching from those cold hard floors though.

Hi
http://au.tv.yahoo.com/b/make-me-a-supermodel/961/episode-5

Make Me A Super Model (Australia) Episode 5

This is the project Gay & I have been working on for "Make Me A Super Model" for Australia. We shot with the 1DsMKIII into DPP on a Power Mac 2.3 Dual. The 5 m USB repeater worked without a problem.The shots are up (4) on our web site gallery one. Very happy! Video link only viewable in Australia.
Thanks Denis

Your links don't seem to provide any images, just advertising hype. What are you doing on this forum?

A very brave Chinese lady.

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She's not brave at all, look her eyes are closed ;-)

Would you have the bravery to do this with your eyes closed?

I think he means the link in his sig file - though a more direct link or an image would make it easier for us to see the Recent Work.

She's using the ancient Chinese meditative technique known as Feng Dup Homerick Simp San ("mind over crocodile") to control the beast. It requires closed eyes for perfect execution.

By the way, Ray: Very neat work cloning out the bars between you and the croc.

-Eric

Mount Robson, British Columbia, on August 25 of this year.

A HDR blend - 5 vertical shots, but these are 5 HDR shots, of 5 differently exposed images each. 25 total. My photostream has more samples of verticals merged into a horizontal panorama.

I did not add, move/replace or delete anything that wasn't there when I shot this scene; I just waited for the mountain to clear. 24-70mm lens @ 50mm on D300; tripod. I did not use a real or software grad filter, but the HDR processing in Photomatix did help a lot in compressing the dynamic range into something that is palatable.

I used Lightroom 2 for the initial processing and final conversion to B&W. Photoshop CS3 took care of merging the 5 vertical Photomatix-processed HDR tiffs into one panorama.

Obviously a lot of work, but an amazing result...

Mike.

Thanks Mike - yes, but waiting for this particular mountain to ever so slightly clear took a lot longer than the actual work done on the pic! (the 25 images to make the HDR were batch processed overnight on my now-slowish Mac G4).

Best,

Mark

Portrait for a senior telco executive.

Hi Ray
On the right hand side of the page is episode 5. Or here are the images
http://www.montalbetticampbell.com/#a=0&at...i=10000&s=1&p=0
http://www.montalbetticampbell.com/#a=0&at...i=10000&s=2&p=0
http://www.montalbetticampbell.com/#a=0&at...i=10000&s=3&p=0
http://www.montalbetticampbell.com/#a=0&at...i=10000&s=4&p=0

Denis

Markhout, I very rarely comment on photos, but your photo of Mount Robson is terrific. I’ve been to Mount Robson many times. It is one of my favorite places. I’d be interested in why you chose black & white versus color for the photo. One of the things I like about the Mount Robson area is the beautiful colors and contrasts.

Thanks very much indeed - appreciate the comment!

You are absolutely right - normally the colors of Mt Robson are amazing, both from this view (the parking lot next to the visitor center along the highway) as well as from views higher up. The 'unfortunate' thing here is that I visited in August (the 25th), where there is color, but mostly green. Also if I recall correctly this one was shot around 3pm, so a bit early in the day to get nice tints in the air and colorful reflections.

The weather wasn't very good that day. Very low-hanging cloud ceilings with a drizzle on and off. The two weeks I spent along the Columbia Icefield Parkway in August were quite wet and these low hanging clouds were pretty persistent, particularly after a rainy patch. My wife commented that it would be really nice if at least part of the top would peek through the clouds for once (as you are probably keenly aware, Mt R is not known for its exhibitionism). Arriving in the foggy rain (and no mountain in sight), we went for a hike for a couple of hours and I shot this when we returned to the car.

There were no shadows in the foreground and I was waiting for the sun to peek through on the mountain. When that occured, I realized the challenge I would have in terms of dynamic range (my nd grad filter had been scratched earlier during the vacation). So I bracketed, but I also wanted to have a really sharp image of the mountain and the aspen. To get that done, I mounted the camera vertically on the tripod and shot vertical brackets with the purpose to stitch these into a panorama.

That's basically it. If I would ever get the opportunity to visit during the fall color season, I wouldn't hesitate a second to spend a couple of days in the area and get a pic with a broad color palette. "Be there and bracket!"

Thanks again,

Mark

EDIT:

Here is the color version:

Okay! That makes it easier. I don't watch much TV and when I do, it's usually the ABC. Can't stand the silly advertisements with the sudden jump in volume.

However, now that you've brought this program to my attention, I just might switch on to Channel 7 next Thursday, if I remember .

Mark,
I also find this shot impressive and inspiring. Sometimes inclement weather can make a shot more interesting. I imagine this is a location that would appear on many picture postcards on a sunny day.

Are you aware that Autopano Pro can stitch and merge to HDR in the one process. You just load the RAW images and do something else. Half an hour later, you just might get a perfect result.

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Hi Ray - thanks for the kind words. No, I'm not aware of Autopano pro, will make sure to check it out soon.

M

The results from autopano hdr's aren't as nice as from PTGui though. But less work is needed with autopano.

Eric,
Just for the record, these crocs are not in a zoo or a crocodile farm, but in the wild outback of Australia. This is the location below where I took these shots, Adelaide River, which incidentally is nowhere near Adelaide.

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Daisy would like to say Hi! to you all and show off her lovely teeth.

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She sometimes finds you all terribly amusing.

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That would make a lovely suitcase.

It would be illegal to turn Daisy into a suitcase. Crocodiles in the wild are a protected species, in Australia.

However, if you were foolish enough to go swimming in Adelaide River, and Daisy were to make a snack of you, an attempt would be made to track her down and either kill or capture her, if that's any consolation to you .

She might then be handed over to a crocodile farm and eventually made into a suitcase .

So, do Daisy a favour and make sure she doesn't get the opportunity to eat you.

If I stay near Boston, or pretty much anywhere in the U.S. of A., Daisy is probably pretty safe from me.

I must say, Ray, that yours are the most delightful croc pix I have seen. Congratulations to you and Daisy.

-Eric

Thank you, Eric. I hope I haven't discouraged any tourists from visiting outback Australia. It's very rare that one of them becomes a meal for a croc, but you do have to be careful where you swim, camp or fish.

By the way, anyone who enjoys the occasional horror story might find the following read interesting, purporting to be a true account of David Ireland's attempt to photograph a very large man-eating crocodile. No doubt the story has been embellished somewhat.

http://www.davidireland.com/truestory2.htm

Having read this story, some of you might think this is the ultimate in dedicated professionalism in photography, far exceeding the efforts of MFDB shooters with their obsession with the smoothest skin tones. On the other hand, you might consider this guy is just plain stupid.

I haven't seen the footage of the man-eating croc. The resolution is probably lousy. Perhaps David would have done a better job with a modern MFDB .

Gidday,

A few years old but I still like it

Stats:

Nikon D100
Nikon AF60mm Lens
Bowens ring flash

Cheers

Simon

Not shooting much 35mm lately here is an older one..
1DsMII
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Snook

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Nice one! Very atmospheric! Can I just say though, that the slight tilt of the band of blue sky (tilting up from right to left) is a bit disturbing.

Tilting up? Not sure I follow you, and disturbing is a strong phrase...?
Snook

You've got a mixture of natural elements and man-made elements. Roads may follow the line of least resistance. Powerline poles are characteristically vertical.

You've got a perceptibly slanting horizontal in a prominent aspect of the sky which conflicts slightly with the man-made aspects of the scene, as well as tending to confirm a well advertised fact that the 1Ds3 has a probelem in correctly aligning horizons.

This all contributes to a slight esthetic disturbance in my mind. It's a bit like walking down the street and noticing that a lamp-post is not perfectly vertical.

If it's not perfectly vertical, perhaps most folks would not notice the fact. I do, perhaps because my grandfather was a carpenter.

An image from Peggy's Cove, NS from a long time ago, simply mirrored and matched. I think it works out alright.

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Disused limestone mine in North Yorkshire. Creepy as hell to walk around but has a lot of character.

The attached were all taken with a Canon but also had a chance to take some shots with my old Hasselblad 503CW. Very different results.

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Jenna, a Canadian model, 1Ds MK3 and EF 85/1.2L, ISO 50, 1/200 at f/11

Khun - lovely model and lovely image. Just as an FYI - there's a blue cast on the right side of the image on the backdrop - different brand background lights maybe?

There's a noticeable "line" in the blue cast which leads me to think you were firing some heads into V-flats.

No, just one background light, I shape the volume so the background does not look too flat. Some may not like it.

Taken in fog near Pontoon, Co. Mayo in Ireland. Canon 5D and 24-70mm f/2.8L.



Cheers,
Peter

Canon 1Ds MK3 with 70-200 2.8 L IS

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Badly exposed, the grain obscures the detail and it's not that sharp.
But it is absolutely beautiful.

Well as you asked.
The top one, as at least it's vaguely interesting as opposed to simply boring.

Couple of pics.

2 days ago, running away from the storm (that actually never hit land)

Moraine Lake, Alberta, Canada.

1Ds Mark III + 17-40L

Beautiful work, Andy. I love the contrast between the sharply defined mountains in the mid-section and the way they fade into mist in the distance.

Autumn Arts Portfolio 2008
The Poet - Image 1 of 9
Shot for the New Times, San Luis Obispo CA - All shot with Canon 1dsmark2 with 70-200 for the first image, and the 24-70 for the rest.

This creation was a long journey over the course of several months with a multitude of locations, people and props. My arts editor Ashley Schwellenbach first brought up the idea of the portfolio back in May this year and I was reticent initially, but fell into the project quickly seeing as it would be a tremendous gift to my own portfolio.

The theme of this set of images is the immortality of art. You can read the entire story at Story page
Each artist picked would be represented deceased in one fashion or another. We started with LINDA CAMPLESE, a poet from Grover Beach, CA.

We trekked out to California Valley one nice June afternoon, had the makeup and hair done by Kristina Kolkowski and had tremendous assistance from her boyfriend Patrick Leonard. Lugging the bathtub out on to the soda lake was something that I shall not want to do again, but lug it we did - there and back.

I brought out a ton of lighting equipment, but ended up only using a single strobe (An Alien Bee 1600 with powerpack) with a grid to give a little fill on the side of Linda's face and the bathtub.

This was the first image shot, and although I do love it, I realized almost immediately on the trip back to San Luis Obispo that it could have been better... I learned my lesson and applied it well to the upcoming eight more shoots.

Hair and Makeup: Kristina Kolkowski
Assistant: Patrick Leonard
Art Director: Ashley Schwellenbach
Photographer: Steve E. Miller

See the silly timelapse making of video on youtube here:
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Autumn Arts Portfolio 2008
The Sculptor - Image 2 of 9

Second up is PAM MCKENNA, a local sculptor.

Right around the corner from my apartment is a parking structure where we set up. With the lesson learned from the first shoot, I made a huge bungle in the strobe placement (Yet again an AB1600 with powerpack - bare reflector), but fortunately I caught it midway through and changed the location as you can see in the video timelapse below. More or less I had it set up to cast some strong shadows over Pam, coming from the right of the frame (I was shooting from the top of the parking structure). As I was standing up there I finally realized to make it as realistic as possible, the light really should be coming from where the lamp was placed on the building... and voila here we are

Hair and Makeup: Kristina Kolkowski
Assistant: Patrick Leonard
Art Director: Ashley Schwellenbach
Photographer: Steve E. Miller

See the silly timelapse making of video on youtube here:
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Third up up is MARNI MUTRUX, a local painter.

July 13th, Paso Robles. Marni has a rooftop apartment and studio with a tremendous steep and long staircase leading up to it. The space was at a premium and the lighting was a little tricky with this one because of the ambient coming through the door and the lack of light on the upper part of the staircase. I stuck a stobe (AB1600 with bare reflector) through a window that looks onto the upper part of the staircase and I ran a remote cable down to the AB remote control on the front side of the building. The second strobe (AB1600 with bare reflector + trash can modifier), I taped a plastic Target trash can on the end of the reflector in order to make some bare bulbish light above Marni. I had my assistants (woohoo love having assistants!) hold my large white shoot-through umbrella over the camera/door area to shade in where Marni would have her face and hands. The set up and make up took quite awhile, the shooting was a matter of minutes really - with the minor modification of taking the door off it's hinges.

A fair amount of modification was done in photoshop, but it really boils down to dodging out a lot of the scene to make it darker. If the light is flat enough, I have found that you should more or less expose the image to collect the most information possible as it is much much easier to darken up an image and make it look good vs the vice-versa.

See the silly timelapse making of video on youtube here:
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If you would like to see the six other images, please check out my flickr page at

flickr.com/semillerimages

Comments are welcome,

Thanks!

*steve

A quick one taken from the slopes of Mt Fuji at night earlier this week.



Pano made up of 5 Nikon D3 images.

Cheers,
Bernard

Women Of Climbing

Shot as a personal project. Lighting: 2 Dynalite 1000WS packs with three 4040 heads with 20degree grids, one head for each climber. Another 2000WS ring flash on-camera for low level fill. This is why the center climber's shadow is softer than the outer climbers' shadows.