Camera: Sony a7R IV
Lens: Sony FE 24-105mm f/4 G OSS
Light happens. Be ready. Shoot hard.
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Thursday, October 31, 2019
Hungarian National Gallery
Buda Castle - Budapest
Camera: Sony a7R IV
Lens: Sony FE 24-105mm f/4 G OSS
Light happens. Be ready. Shoot hard.
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Camera: Sony a7R IV
Lens: Sony FE 24-105mm f/4 G OSS
Light happens. Be ready. Shoot hard.
Copyright © 2019 Daniel R. South
http://www.dansouthphoto.com
All Rights Reserved
Monday, September 30, 2019
No Stopping Anytime
TriBeCa Street Sign
Camera: Sony a7R IV
Lens: Sony FE 135mm f/1.8 GM
Light happens. Be ready. Shoot hard.
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Camera: Sony a7R IV
Lens: Sony FE 135mm f/1.8 GM
Light happens. Be ready. Shoot hard.
Copyright © 2019 Daniel R. South
http://www.dansouthphoto.com
All Rights Reserved
Saturday, August 31, 2019
Egyptian Obelisk In Central Park
Antiquity In The City
Camera: Sony a7R III
Lens: Sony FE 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 GM OSS
Light happens. Be ready. Shoot hard.
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| Egyptian Obelisk In Central Park - New York City |
Camera: Sony a7R III
Lens: Sony FE 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 GM OSS
Light happens. Be ready. Shoot hard.
Copyright © 2019 Daniel R. South
http://www.dansouthphoto.com
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Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Black Helicopter With Cranes
Creative Resolution
People who know me know that I have a passion for making photographs. People who know me well or who have seen my photographs printed, know that I have a passion for making photographs with high resolution cameras.
And why not? We never know how we might use a photograph in the future. I figure that I might as well capture as much detail as I can, given practical constraints such as budget and portability. The more detail we capture, the more options we have.
Here's a recent case. I loved cropping in close on the helicopter. Even at this tight crop, I can see fine details in the fuselage of the craft. Seeing the atmospheric distortion from the exhaust fumes blows my mind. I couldn't see that at all with my naked eye or even through the camera lens.
The original photo looked like this. Even at a long telephoto setting of 400 millimeters, this was as much of the helicopter as I could capture. I was working to frame it against the backdrop that included the colorful cranes and shipping containers.
You can see how tightly I cropped the photo to produce the first image, and yet it still has eye-popping detail.
Speaking of options, here is a vertical crop of the helicopter with the cranes.
Which of the three images is your favorite? I have to confess that I like all of three of them. Each one tells a different part of what was happening in that instant. This is why it's great to have options. Through creative cropping, we can create different perspectives from a single image.
It's important to compose well and to capture details accurately, but it's helpful to abandon the notion that there is one and only one correct way to capture a photograph. Cropping is not a crutch for salvaging a failed photograph. The middle photo above is not a mistake. It's not poorly composed. But within that image, I found two addition crops, each of which I found to be just as compelling as the middle one.
Keep in mind that the middle image pushed my lens, which is a rather powerful lens, to its limits. Cropping and a clean, high-resolution capture extended the capabilities of my gear. And even if a had a super long lens that could have produced the tighter crops, the helicopter would have moved to a different position before I could have used it.
Shoot in a way that provides as many options as possible. You'll thank yourself later.
Camera: Sony a7R III
Lens: Sony FE 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 GM OSS
Light happens. Be ready. Shoot hard.
Copyright © 2019 Daniel R. South
http://www.dansouthphoto.com
All Rights Reserved
People who know me know that I have a passion for making photographs. People who know me well or who have seen my photographs printed, know that I have a passion for making photographs with high resolution cameras.
And why not? We never know how we might use a photograph in the future. I figure that I might as well capture as much detail as I can, given practical constraints such as budget and portability. The more detail we capture, the more options we have.
Here's a recent case. I loved cropping in close on the helicopter. Even at this tight crop, I can see fine details in the fuselage of the craft. Seeing the atmospheric distortion from the exhaust fumes blows my mind. I couldn't see that at all with my naked eye or even through the camera lens.
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| Black Helicopter With Cranes |
The original photo looked like this. Even at a long telephoto setting of 400 millimeters, this was as much of the helicopter as I could capture. I was working to frame it against the backdrop that included the colorful cranes and shipping containers.
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| Image as Captured at 400 mm |
You can see how tightly I cropped the photo to produce the first image, and yet it still has eye-popping detail.
Speaking of options, here is a vertical crop of the helicopter with the cranes.
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| Vertical Crop Highlighting The Helicopter And The Cranes |
Which of the three images is your favorite? I have to confess that I like all of three of them. Each one tells a different part of what was happening in that instant. This is why it's great to have options. Through creative cropping, we can create different perspectives from a single image.
It's important to compose well and to capture details accurately, but it's helpful to abandon the notion that there is one and only one correct way to capture a photograph. Cropping is not a crutch for salvaging a failed photograph. The middle photo above is not a mistake. It's not poorly composed. But within that image, I found two addition crops, each of which I found to be just as compelling as the middle one.
Keep in mind that the middle image pushed my lens, which is a rather powerful lens, to its limits. Cropping and a clean, high-resolution capture extended the capabilities of my gear. And even if a had a super long lens that could have produced the tighter crops, the helicopter would have moved to a different position before I could have used it.
Shoot in a way that provides as many options as possible. You'll thank yourself later.
Camera: Sony a7R III
Lens: Sony FE 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 GM OSS
Light happens. Be ready. Shoot hard.
Copyright © 2019 Daniel R. South
http://www.dansouthphoto.com
All Rights Reserved
Sunday, June 30, 2019
Exercise Class in Central Park
Hot Summer Yoga
Camera: Sony a7R III
Lens: Sony FE 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 GM OSS
Light happens. Be ready. Shoot hard.
Copyright © 2019 Daniel R. South
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| Exercise Class In Central Park |
Camera: Sony a7R III
Lens: Sony FE 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 GM OSS
Light happens. Be ready. Shoot hard.
Copyright © 2019 Daniel R. South
http://www.dansouthphoto.com
All Rights Reserved
Friday, May 31, 2019
Liquor Store Taxi Cab
Dealing With The Unexpected
People sometimes ask me whether I have a favorite photograph. It's a fair question, but the simple answer is no. I've snapped a lot of pictures over the years under a wide variety circumstances, and they are meaningful to me in a variety of ways. It would be a daunting task to narrow it down to a favorite few hundred images.
But I do notice patterns when I look back over my portfolio and note the images that I find most meaningful to me personally. Often the photos that stand out involved some sort of surprise at the time of capture, and not necessarily a pleasant surprise.
I spotted this bright, colorful liquor store while strolling through the Chelsea neighborhood looking for subjects for my New York At Night series. I passed a number of interesting looking properties - stores, hotels, restaurants - but the view was always marred by physical obstructions such as parked cars, dumpsters, or scaffolding.
When I arrived at the liquor store, the view was completely clear. No cars were parked in front of it. But as I was setting up my camera and tripod, the yellow cab pulled up in front of the store and stood there for a while.
I figured that the taxi would move on quickly. Cab drivers have to work hard to make enough money to cover their expenses. They don't tend to take leisurely breaks. But this guy sat there for more than ten minutes as I waited. It seemed like an opportunity lost due to bad luck.
Over the years, I have developed a simple philosophy for incidents like this. Take the shot anyway. Include the obstruction. This gives me the chance to fine tune the composition and my camera settings. When (and if) the obstruction finally moves, I'll be ready.
The taxi finally did pull away, and I was able to take shots of the unobstructed liquor store, but the unobstructed shots were less interesting than this version with the cab. Take the shot anyway. Accept your circumstances and make the best of them. You can't always tell in advance which shot you're going to prefer.
One can imagine a scenario of why a cab driver might pull up in front of a liquor store. It's not a very positive scenario. Did this scenario actually occur? I'll leave that to the imagination. I'm not prepared to disclose all of the city's dark secrets.
Camera: Sony a7R III
Lens: Sony FE 70-200mm f/4 G OSS
Light happens. Be ready. Shoot hard.
Copyright © 2019 Daniel R. South
http://www.dansouthphoto.com
All Rights Reserved
People sometimes ask me whether I have a favorite photograph. It's a fair question, but the simple answer is no. I've snapped a lot of pictures over the years under a wide variety circumstances, and they are meaningful to me in a variety of ways. It would be a daunting task to narrow it down to a favorite few hundred images.
But I do notice patterns when I look back over my portfolio and note the images that I find most meaningful to me personally. Often the photos that stand out involved some sort of surprise at the time of capture, and not necessarily a pleasant surprise.
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| Liquor Store Taxi Cap - New York City (2019) |
I spotted this bright, colorful liquor store while strolling through the Chelsea neighborhood looking for subjects for my New York At Night series. I passed a number of interesting looking properties - stores, hotels, restaurants - but the view was always marred by physical obstructions such as parked cars, dumpsters, or scaffolding.
When I arrived at the liquor store, the view was completely clear. No cars were parked in front of it. But as I was setting up my camera and tripod, the yellow cab pulled up in front of the store and stood there for a while.
I figured that the taxi would move on quickly. Cab drivers have to work hard to make enough money to cover their expenses. They don't tend to take leisurely breaks. But this guy sat there for more than ten minutes as I waited. It seemed like an opportunity lost due to bad luck.
Over the years, I have developed a simple philosophy for incidents like this. Take the shot anyway. Include the obstruction. This gives me the chance to fine tune the composition and my camera settings. When (and if) the obstruction finally moves, I'll be ready.
The taxi finally did pull away, and I was able to take shots of the unobstructed liquor store, but the unobstructed shots were less interesting than this version with the cab. Take the shot anyway. Accept your circumstances and make the best of them. You can't always tell in advance which shot you're going to prefer.
One can imagine a scenario of why a cab driver might pull up in front of a liquor store. It's not a very positive scenario. Did this scenario actually occur? I'll leave that to the imagination. I'm not prepared to disclose all of the city's dark secrets.
Camera: Sony a7R III
Lens: Sony FE 70-200mm f/4 G OSS
Light happens. Be ready. Shoot hard.
Copyright © 2019 Daniel R. South
http://www.dansouthphoto.com
All Rights Reserved
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Notre-Dame de Paris
Le Coeur De La Ville-Lumière
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Nikon AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8G ED IF
Light happens. Be ready. Shoot hard.
Copyright © 2019 Daniel R. South
http://www.dansouthphoto.com
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| Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris |
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Nikon AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8G ED IF
Light happens. Be ready. Shoot hard.
Copyright © 2019 Daniel R. South
http://www.dansouthphoto.com
All Rights Reserved
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