Jared Polin, froknowsphoto.com.
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So, let’s go into these images from James Smith.
James Smith is shooting with a Canon Rebel 600D, which I had to look up.
That is a T3i.
So, it’s shot at F9 23 mm 3 seconds.
So, again T3i, we are going back a couple of years.
Also remember that it’s not the camera that makes the photographer.
It’s the photographer that makes the camera.
A camera does have the ability to help you get better results if you know what you are
doing.
This is a very nice shot.
I’m happy with what’s going on here for a firework shot.
It’s a very nice exposure.
Not the easiest thing – actually it’s pretty easy to shoot fireworks.
I put out those videos before.
But this is a nice execution of it.
I like that it’s not – the shutter is not open too long that everything just fades
away.
A very nice shot, nice job.
Moving on to the next one.
This one I’m lost with just a little bit.
Shot with a 70-300 F4 to 56 USM.
Again it’s like the – if that’s the sun or is it a fire.
The sun is going down or is it a fire?
I don’t know.
It’s making me think.
I like images that make me think.
It’s a nice – why can’t I think of the word silhouette.
Silhouette is the word.
Spell that down below, S-I-L- it’s like spelling, it’s like spelling vignette, vignette
or whatever, I can’t spell.
So, this image is all right.
I just don’t even know where it’s focused right here.
It’s okay.
I do like the bokeh.
I like the autofocus stuff and I like that it made me think a little bit.
But that’s that.
Same thing 600D, shot with a 75-300 F4 to 5.6 at F9.
So, in the bright daylight ISO 100, you could actually shoot a little higher than that.
But, oh, yeah, one 320th of a second.
So, what they are doing here, now this is great.
What’s awesome about this, I shot aviation only two or three times.
Now, I had my aviation buddy who does that for a profession.
Teach me.
Give me some tips and give me some points to what makes a great aviation photo.
And they always say that you want the propeller.
If the prop is solid that means that anybody can freeze it.
Now, when you are shooting fighter jets, you can shoot faster exposures, faster shutter
speeds, because they don’t have props on them and you won’t see it.
But they say seeing the propeller makes it look like the plane is moving opposed to where
it’s just [Indiscernible] [00:03:02] motion because the thing is not doing anything.
So, very nice job doing that great composition.
I would like to see a little more contrast thrown into this.
That’s my personal style.
But I think the image would pop more.
And this again is showing you that it doesn’t matter what gear you had.
This is a Rebel T3i.
It’s an older camera.
It doesn’t matter.
It’s a kit lens 75-300.
It’s a basic lens.
But because the photographer is getting the exposure right, getting the composition right,
and getting – I mean, look, they got the propeller, that’s what you look for, this
is an A1 winning [Indiscernible] [00:03:33] shot.
So, nice job there.
Give me more contrast and I’m going to be much happier when I see that.
So, but nice job on that pass.
This is good too.
You can do much about having this annoying building in the background.
What did you shoot this one with?
70-300, so a little different than the other one.
The other one was 75-300, right?
Yeah, I didn’t want to see things.
But this is cool if you could get a little tighter.
That would help.
It’s shot at 135.
I would want to fill the frame more to get rid of the distraction background of this
building.
But nice job on a panning shot.
I love how perfectly you’ve done this panning shot.
You’ve got sharpness here.
Then you start to get some more motion up in the front, the exposure F14, 180th of a
second, great job.
Fantastic job on panning the image.
Awesome!
You can do it with anything.
So, I forgot what they call this when you are focused in on the one jet and the other
jet goes by and it’s not in focus, blah, blah, because of something at some focusing
thing.
The very nice capture getting them right here, I like it.
Same thing, 70-300 F4, 1500th of a second, a little faster, yeah, with fighter jets like
this, you could shoot it much faster ISOs, sorry, faster shutter speeds, because you
don’t have to worry so much about the propeller because there is none.
Is it distracting that this one is out of focus?
I think so.
I may have considered focusing on this.
But I know that it’s difficult when two items are converging.
Two planes are converging on each other and you got to focus on one of them and one of
them is not going to be sharp.
I may have chosen the one that is closer to me.
But maybe there is a reason to choose the other one.
I am just not sure.
Again, a very nice panning shot.
I would like to see the car a little further back here.
It’s a little too far forward for me.
That’s nitpicking.
Awesome panning shot though.
Very nice job.
Fighter jet, so these two old bombers, really good.
I would like to see more contrast again personally.
Bump the exposure up slightly.
Hit that contrast.
Hit that clarity.
And I think this image would pop even more.
Very nice job getting both planes in there.
They both look to be pretty closer and focused [Indiscernible] [00:05:41] 10 1320th of a
second, getting propeller you can see that that works.
If you could try to go slow with your shutter speed, you are going to end up getting motion
blur of the plane and that may end up not being so good.
You want to get the prop, but you want the planes still be sharp.
Nice job here right there.
Then the plane on the ground, you got some of the heat rippling going on here.
Look at that fighter jet back there.
That’s pretty cool.
So, royal air force jet, that’s an interesting looking plane.
Look at the cockpit.
It looks like two-seater.
It’s fine.
Plane on the ground.
It looks like it’s getting ready to take off for taxi or land or probably it just took
off for – it’s about to – it’s just land that is going to take, I don’t know
what it is.
But anyway you can see all the heat wash looks pretty cool.
So, that’s all right.
Nothing special.
And then we got birds.
So, it doesn’t really match.
I guess they are birds.
The other ones are airplanes.
Very similar.
They both fly.
It’s perfectly fine, looks good.
I’m curious to see are they shooting through the fence or are they inside the enclosure?
Nonetheless, it’s good.
But a lot of F9 shooting, I find to be very interesting.
Oh, 150-600 F/6.3 lens.
What were they using this time?
150-600, 150-600, yeah, that’s a kickass little lens.
That’s the sigma I believe.
It’s a very good lens for getting stuff at a distance, from a distance.
Nice job, James.
That photo looks good.
And then this is the last photo.
I don’t know what type of aircraft this is.
It looks like the flaps are down, so they may be going into some kind of, I don’t
know what I am talking about.
I don’t know anything about aero planes or fighter jets but it does look like it’s
going into some kind of thing, because the flaps are flappied.
I wish there was a description of what it was.
Aircraft vehicle outdoor airplane, well, that doesn’t help me very much.
But I like the shot.
I mean I love that the afterburners are on and I like that.
I still would like to see the traditional shot, which I am sure you got.
But exposure, tones, everything about it really good.
Nice with the 150 shot at 347 mm, that’s a really good lens for outdoor stuff just
like that and this is very good rapid – look at what it was shot with.
Same lens, same camera.
Now, they moved up to the 70D here.
So, it looks like they upgraded to the 70D.
Awesome!
Good little progression.
That’s an awesome set.
I really like seeing this, because looking – this is where – knowing what the gear
is, it comes in handy because it helps me understand the progression of a photographer,
because if I’m looking at somebody shooting with a 1DX Mark II and all the best gear they
are getting crappy results, I’m going to lay into them a lot harsher than I am going
to land to lay into somebody with a T3i and the basic stuff who is getting great results,
because I know that you have to rip on somebody who has a 1DX Mark II and quality glass but
get shitty results, because they are not a good photographer.
I like seeing the T3i, the kit lenses and I love seeing the panning shots and the propeller
that this photographer is doing everything extremely well and growing.
That’s the point.
You start with something and it’s not the camera that gets good results.
It’s you that helps the camera get those results.
Remember that always and forever.
Always and forever.
Yeah, I know my singing sucks.
I get it.
But they made the progression to the 70D.
Cool.
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