Comments on: Change Your Point of View

By: dino delellis

dino delellis — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 03:16:23 +0000

Kewl , the your pictures are so very well done , the one with the flowers are so vibrant , the one with the Tiger Beetle is so intriguing and the disembodied head is a very very cool trick.

Thanks for you tips they are really very useful ^^

By: bbum

bbum — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:02:11 +0000

Hah! Thanks.

So true — you know you are out of shape when you have to bump the ISO to get the shutter speed down so your quivering muscles don’t blur the shot!

By: James Duncan Davidson

James Duncan Davidson — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:59:17 +0000

Great follow up and I love the examples you pulled out. I’m about to decide that you really know you’re on the track of a good photograph by how your muscles feel

By: Mark Bessey

Mark Bessey — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:29:34 +0000

This is one of those lessons I keep having to learn over and over again. It’s particularly bad with wide-angle lenses. Take a shot at eye level with a super-wide lens, and it’s going to tend to totally bore people. But take that same shot lying in the dirt, or with the camera resting on a fence rail, and sudenly, the picture really “pops”.

Incidentally, have you looked to see if Canon makes an assessory viewfinder for your camera? I know that many of the Nikon cameras can take an optional right-angle viewfinder (not the D50 I’m currently using, unfortunately).

By: annbb/TSannie

annbb/TSannie — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:28:16 +0000

My godson is the most handsome boy in the whole wide world!

Love the iris photo.

xoxoabb

By: bbum

bbum — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:54:35 +0000

Thanks, John. (I deleted John’s original comment without realizing that folks would be having an entire conversation about my poor grammar/spelling habits.

By: John C. Randolph

John C. Randolph — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:33:46 +0000

Amie,

Yeah, I know. The faster we type, the more likely we are to write inadvertent homonyms. That’s why I pointed it out.

-jcr

By: Amie

Amie — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:55:13 +0000

@John: when you work with computers all day for decades, “site” comes out automatically. I do it all the time, myself!

@bbum: I totally agree; so many of my best shots were taken in the most awkward, uncomfortable positions. Particularly the ones where I get down to the level of my kids. Makes for much better photos. Btw, all three of those Roger pics are excellent!