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I know a little here and there and ich verstehe Deutch and am even fluent in Wisconsinite, like the words bubbler and white soda.

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No worries WCS, I am betting folks here think you are misspelling colour and have no idea what you would mean if you said you were typing pissed.

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I actually type it all the time myself WCS. It is part of my beloved southern charm.

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For me, HDR simply gives me the ability to show the image as the eye sees it and it is not a “style” in and of itself.

This one is not HDR.  There is no detail or color in the shadows, which is fine for this presentation as the silhouetted back of the bridge is fine and the sky and reflection of the sky off the side of the bridge are what I wanted to achieve.

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/bridge-over-the-hackensack-jc-findley.html

Whereas this one, the grass in the foreground is an integral part of the composition and just wouldn’t work if it were silhouetted and black. There is no need for HDR to be “cartoony” though many people choose to do that.

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/across-the-meadowlands-jc-findley.html

Enjoy the journey as it really does open up a lot of opportunities that simply won’t work with current sensor technology.

 

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Are you new to HDR or have you been doing it for a while?

Either way, here is a great site with a very good tutorial on it. (done by a great American and friend and mentor of mine)

http://thehdrimage.com/

Where are the falls BTW?

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The frogs are nice as are the waterfalls. I like the one you didn’t post as well.

I think you did well on them.

The stem thingy is well executed but as a subject it seems a little bleh to me.

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The art market is a lot like any other photographic business when it comes down to it. They all take a lot of effort and time and investment to really do right and make any money with but it is another way to monetize talent.

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I like the second car shot better myself but still might crop it a touch tighter.

I ran a search for “Ambassador car” on the art site that produces most of my income. There aren’t many and none of the car you have in the image. That can be important when you do move to the selling stage because subjects matter. Specifically, the more saturated the market the harder it is to sell no matter how good your images are.

Here is a link to an Ambassador image on that art site. Beyond taking a look at that image click on that artist’s home page and look at how she does cars. She sells the snot out of automotive art and does it well enough where she could make a living doing it. (I don’t know her personally so don’t know what else she does or if that is her main income.) http://fineartamerica.com/featured/1941-nash-ambassador-6-emblem-jill-reger.html

Regarding the truck/train, I think if you shoot it at the angle you did with the car, then you may get a lot more depth and interest to the image.

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I like the second car shot better myself but still might crop it a touch tighter.

I ran a search for “Ambassador car” on the art site that produces most of my income. There aren’t many and none of the car you have in the image. That can be important when you do move to the selling stage because subjects matter. Specifically, the more saturated the market the harder it is to sell no matter how good your images are.

Here is a link to an Ambassador image on that art site. Beyond taking a look at that image click on that artist’s home page and look at how she does cars. She sells the snot out of automotive art and does it well enough where she could make a living doing it. (I don’t know her personally so don’t know what else she does or if that is her main income.) http://fineartamerica.com/featured/1941-nash-ambassador-6-emblem-jill-reger.html

Regarding the truck/train, I think if you shoot it at the angle you did with the car, then you may get a lot more depth and interest to the image.

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It kind of depends on where you want to go with your photography. The examples you have cover a pretty wide range; art, portrait, and stock.

I will stick to the artistic images.

The train cars and truck is an interesting and not horrible. Aside from the shadow Clicker mentions above, the congregated tin roof seems to merge with both rail cars making it look like it is part of the train and not a building behind it. Now, you can tell they are separate looking between the trains but the angle gives a weird visual illusion to me.

The power line in the car shot should be easy to edit out with the leaves around it. That said, it is a cool seen but kind of a bleh place to shoot it. (better than a parking lot mind you.) Of course, with cars sometimes you have to take what you can get. With art, if you want to sell you have to make images people won’t look at and think they can shoot themselves. The car is pretty unique so perhaps try getting closer and find interesting lines or emblems if the background is just so so.

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Weather sealing is a biggie for me as well, as is the ability to exposure bracket five v three shots. (would be nice to do more if needed like the one series.) But that can also be done via trigger trap even on a lowly 5D classic.

mmmmmmm Zeiss glass…. (Way above my budget for what would pay for itself in two years but I can dream)

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I don’t shoot people so cant critique but I like them….

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And that is really what the choice is between, the 6 and the MKII but was curious why the III was so much more.

But I’ve never had a brand new body with that “new body” smell. I am pretty sure if I just got a “really good” camera then I could start doing weddings because that is all it takes. I know that is why my art sales work, cause that is what people say all the time at art shows.  “Wow, you must have a really nice camera.” Yupp, even my wife’s cousin said that just last week.

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Yeah, the MKIII is better than the 6, but at  price difference that could buy some decent L glass there just isn’t enough there for my shooting purposes.

The wifi, or more importantly, the ability to control everything from my Android, is a nice touch. If I read it right, that includes touch screen focus point ability. (I could have read that wrong.) Though, for 50 bucks there are programs that do the same thing through a dongle… https://triggertrap.com/products/triggertrap-mobile/

Still, on a cost benefit basis, not sure if the 5D is just fine as it is. The high ISO functionality would be helpful with images like the one linked here.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/93110543@N06/

On a side note, I suppose one needs to be careful on how you set up Flickr if you use it as it will display, and I assume allow screen capture the full res image. This one didn’t make my cut anyway, but does work for a good noise example

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I would actually like a popup flash just to take pure snapshots of my dog, but then, with a useable 25 thousand ISO and fast glass, not all that sure I need one.  For that matter, I don’t own a flash now.

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