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Strange Looking Image in NYT
Allen Murabayashi, Photographer
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New York | NY | USA | Posted: 6:10 PM on 09.12.09 |
->> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/us/13water.html
The plane of focus in this image doesn't look natural to me (at least not with the zooms that I use). Anyone with fast primes care to weigh in on this? |
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Kent Nishimura, Student/Intern
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Honolulu | HI | USA | Posted: 6:29 PM on 09.12.09 |
->> tilt-shift? or something shot at f/1.2 perhaps?
not sure. |
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Juerg Schreiter, Photographer
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Fort Lauderdale | FL | USA | Posted: 7:48 PM on 09.12.09 |
->> I think that page is infected with a virus ..
take caution ! |
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Patrick Meredith, Photographer, Assistant
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Austin | TX | USA | Posted: 8:07 PM on 09.12.09 |
->> dwinfo@damonwinter.com
(Allen, still waiting for the next America Is installment) |
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Mike Burley, Photographer
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Chicago | Il | USA | Posted: 8:24 PM on 09.12.09 |
| ->> The page forced me to download an .exe file, so watch out. |
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David Eulitt, Photographer
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Kansas City | MO | USA | Posted: 10:40 PM on 09.12.09 |
| ->> Damon shoots a LOT of stuff wide open, fyi. |
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Bradly J. Boner, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Jackson | WY | USA | Posted: 10:47 PM on 09.12.09 |
| ->> I'd bet this is a Canon 50 1.2 or 1.4 wide open or close to it. Doesn't look that "unnatural" to me. |
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David Harpe, Photographer
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Louisville | KY | USA | Posted: 10:55 PM on 09.12.09 |
->> It could be a prime - like an 85/1.4 at around f/2 or so. A 35/f2 would also kinda get you there if the kid leaned into the focal plane just right.
But you could also do this with a tilt-shift. I use a Nikon 85PC and can do this effect pretty easily. You flop the focal plane over so it's lined up with his teeth, then you open it up to somewhere around f/4. It's the same basic technique that you use to do "Toy City" stuff. |
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David Harpe, Photographer
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Louisville | KY | USA | Posted: 11:02 PM on 09.12.09 |
->> (hit submit before I was done....)
Either way nothing looks wonky about it. Just good use of primes or a tilt-shift...
You should do some primes, Allen! Lots of fun! |
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August Miller, Photo Editor
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Farmington | UT | USA | Posted: 11:52 PM on 09.12.09 |
->> Allen,
check out this website. http://www.lensbaby.com/lenses.php?gclid=CMuggvXW7ZwCFQ0aawod6G-cjw
Great little tool for photography that looks similar. Great for portraits, weddings and commercial work. They have a gallery on the website that shows what this product can do. I've rented one before and they are great. |
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Steven E. Frischling, Photographer
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102 Yards From The Beach | CT | | Posted: 3:01 AM on 09.13.09 |
| ->> Looks like it was shot with a 50f1.2 or 85f1.2 wide open. Nothing odd about the photo at all, especially if its an 85f1.2 with a EF-12 tube attached to it. |
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Steven E. Frischling, Photographer
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102 Yards From The Beach | CT | | Posted: 3:09 AM on 09.13.09 |
->> Allen,
As much as I love my three primary fast zooms, nothing matches my 14f2.8, 24f1.4, 24f3.5 TS-E, 50f1.4, 85f1.2 and macro-tubes for sharpness and matching the vision I have in my head. The LensBaby Composure is also an awesome tool! |
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Mark Loundy, Photo Editor
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San Jose | CA | USA | Posted: 4:24 AM on 09.13.09 |
->> I'm much more concerned about the page redirect to a virus scan company emanating from that page.
It either snuck in under the radar or the NYT needs to tighten up its ad acceptance policies.
--Mark |
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Kent Nishimura, Student/Intern
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Honolulu | HI | USA | Posted: 6:53 AM on 09.13.09 |
->> i've viewed the page three times jsut now, and it hasnt forced me to download anything or redirect me anywhere...
im running Mac OS X v10.6.1, with Safari v4.0.3 |
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Karsten Moran, Photographer, Photo Editor
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New York | NY | United States of America | Posted: 9:01 AM on 09.13.09 |
->> Didn't get a download prompt either.
Pic simply looks like a 28 1.4 or similar. |
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Mike Burley, Photographer
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Chicago | Il | USA | Posted: 11:12 AM on 09.13.09 |
| ->> Looks like the link has been cleansed of the virus. The first time I clicked on the link, I got a popup for spyware, and it automatically downloaded an .exe file. |
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Sean D. Elliot, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Norwich | CT | USA | Posted: 12:09 PM on 09.13.09 |
| ->> looks a little wide of a perspective for an 85 or even a 50, but I could see a 35 1.4 or some such ... just very shallow dof for a wide though ... have to try some experiments. could be a tilt shift wide ... that would be effective. |
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Grant Blankenship, Photographer
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Macon | GA | USA | Posted: 4:06 PM on 09.13.09 |
| ->> I'm so used to the depth of field characteristics of an APC sensor camera (meaning they have tons of it) that when I do something with similar depth of field to the photo in question with a 17-35 2.8 on a full frame D3 it kind of startles me. I'd say that was easily done with a an XXmm f1.2 or f1.8 on a newer full frame sensor body. |
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David Meyer, Photographer
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Orlando | FL | USA | Posted: 5:39 PM on 09.13.09 |
->> As for the potential malware, the Times says...
http://bit.ly/AfsRY |
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David Harpe, Photographer
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Colin Lenton, Photographer
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Philadelphia | PA | United States | Posted: 11:17 AM on 09.14.09 |
->> This is what it looks like when you shoot wideopen, and from a position slightly above your subject.
The depth of field is so shallow that only his teeth are in focus.
Probably a 1.2 |
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Angel Valentin, Photographer
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RIO GRANDE | PR | Puerto Rico | Posted: 9:46 AM on 09.17.09 |
| ->> Really ? I see nothing wrong w/this photo. What are you saying ? |
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