Posted: 4/29/2008 5:48:38 PM EDT
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I took most of the pics in this thread. I'm looking for critiques & pointers. I'm using a D300 & the 70-300 VR. |
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One big pointer: DO NOT STAND DOWNRANGE OF A LOADED WEAPON. There are a couple pictures where you are CLEARLY downrange, because you can see INTO the flash hider or muzzle. One is a SBR, and the other is a Glock. I understand you may have been off to the side, but still, down range is down range. Other than that: I think you are GENERALLY doing well. You can probably tell that shooting with the sun at your back makes a heck of a difference in the exposure. I will take a closer look later and try to be more helpful (but if you get shot taking pictures all the feedback in the world will be lost). shooter |
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1. Lose the Nikon. KIDDING here kids!!! the real 1. They look soft to me. Maybe better glass would help here?  2. Shoot tight and crop tighter. 3. Watch your backgrounds. The subject is your peanut butter, but your background is the jelly. 4. Being "down range" is gonna happen if your taking photos. Be frickin' careful.  (please keep in mind, I'm no pro and there are guys here that can do a better job than I of workin' a camera.) -Mark. |
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Thanks to both of you for replying. The downrange factor is exaggerated somewhat in many of the photos. If you stand on the firing line and the shooter sweeps 15 degrees to the right, you get a view of the muzzle. Mark's shot shows the same thing. The time I watch is when a lefty comes to the line. When they move from firing point to firing point, I come back close to the bench. I would set the camera up on a tripod low & in front of a firing point and just set the intervelometer if I weren't afraid that it would take a direct hit! I've answered a couple of my own questions, now having finished reading the manual. Hopefully next months pics will be a little better. I certainly hope I haven't reached the potential of this glass. I think the next step up is the 2.8, and beyond my current budget! |