 David Crispin |
Swim/Dive Team Group Photos
Is the another lens I should be using for this shot?
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Jon Close |
Your picture looks nice. (a) How about you just enlarge and crop? (b) Get closer [how deep is that pool? ;-)] (c) I'm guessing from the position you took it that 175mm or 200mm would get you the framing you want.
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Maynard McKillen |
Dear David: I agree with John. Incidentally, did you have that 28-105 lens set at 105? If you did, that is some big pool. Try hopping onto one of those alligators in the foreground...
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David Crispin |
Honestly, I don't remember what the zoom was, this photo was taken last June (2002). I wanted to correct the problem before I shoot them again this season. I think the pool is about 35-40 feet wide.
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Maynard McKillen |
Dear David: I take it you have access to this pool. You could take your camera and this photo to the pool site, set up cones or other easy to see objects in the places where the swimmer farthest to the right and farthest to the left were located, then stand acroos the pool in the location where you took the photo and see if you could, in fact, zoom in a bit more. As you can imagine, if you are able to zoom in more with the 28-105 zoom, you'll be ready to take the photo that you see in your mind.
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Luigi Val |
DEAR DAVID: HI THERE TO YOU AND TO ALL OUR APPRECI ATED COLLEAGUES. DAVID,I PERSONALLY THINK YOU SHOULD TURN YOUR OPTICAL POINT OF VIEW,ALL THE WAY AROUND...I MEAN ,YOU SHOULD PLACE THE POOL,AT THE BACK OF THE SWIMMERS;AND ARRANGE THEM IN THE FORM OF "DESCENDING STEPS",USING "STADIUM FORM "BENCHES AND AND PLACING YOURSELF, AT THE TOP OF A LADDER,WHERE YOU CAN CAN COMPOSE AN ARTISTIC AND ATTRACTIVE PHOTO IN TWO PARTS SHOOTING,WITH PERSPECTIVE...THEN SCAN IT,PASTE IT ,AND PRINT IT...WHY GET TRAPPED BY FORMAT LIMITATIONS IF YOU CAN GET HELPED BY DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES...? YOU CAN TRY USING WIDE ANGLE LENS,THAT CAN GIVE PRIORITY TO YOUR "FRONT SPACE" (SORRY MY ENGLISH IS A BIT LIMITED),AND SHOW ALL THE REST IN A SHARP PERSPECTIVE IN TWO PARTS SHOOTING,THAT WILL BECOME ONE ,AFTER BEING DIGITALIZED....AND THERE YOU HAVE IT... ONE SIMPLE AND HEARTFUL SUGGESTION WHEN COMPOSING PICTURES: DO NOT READ YOUR CLIENT'S INSTRUCTIONS SO TEXTUALLY... RELAX,LET YOUR IMAGINATION AND KNOLEDGE BE FLEXIBLE,INNOVATIVE,CREATIVE,DO NOT FREEZE...REMEMBER PHOTOGRAPHY IS A CREATIVE VISUAL ILUSION....GOOD LUCK!!! TELL US HOW IT WENT, AND SEND US A COPY. HAVE FUN... LUIGI VAL (OR L. VALCARCEL)
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- Gregory LaGrange Contact Gregory LaGrange Gregory LaGrange's Gallery |
First, that guy needs to turn off the caps lock, you're hurting my eyes!!! You're easiest choice that come to my mind is to change your posing of the swimmers. Since you said around 60 people, you could try having 15 people sit on the edge of the pool with feet in water, have another 15 on one or two knees right behind them. Have a third row of 15 standing behind the 2nd row but bending over and resting their hands on the shoulders of the people in the 2nd row. Then have a fourth row of people standing straight up. Or what could be better still is to do the same thing, but have them at the corner of the pool, and have them bending around the corner. And you could take the picture from in the water. Or you could put the swimmers in the pool and shoot down from a life guard tower.
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