Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Tri-pod, uh, no, Mono-Pod, hmmm, no Bi-Pod!!!

I saw this couple in Liberty State Park on Saturday. I talked with them for a few moments since I'd noticed his creative use of his girlfriends shoulder as a tri-pod. He complained that his 600mm lens, was nearly impossible to hand hold and he really needed to get a tri-pod or at least a mono-pod. He had noticed that I was using a mono-pod at the time.

He was shooting with an "old film camera" as he put it, and what looked like a pretty old, if not somewhat well used 600mm lens.

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24 Comments:

Anonymous Russ said...

If this guy's shot turns out sharp after shooting like that, I'd say he owes her a nice shoulder massage!

Nice contrast in this shot.

12:45 AM  
Anonymous david said...

reminds me of Sue and I...except i fulfill the role of bipod in our relationshp!!

5:04 AM  
Anonymous riesenriel said...

That's a great shot! ;-) Well seen!

5:48 AM  
Anonymous Roger said...

Well captured. Hey she is doing a fine job!

10:13 AM  
Blogger Suby said...

I wonder how nmuch he paid her for this lol

Lovely capture Laurie, I like the fact you turned this into a B&W.

Suby

10:56 AM  
Anonymous Alice said...

Great shot. We do what we have to do to get the shot, don't we? Growing up, I was always entertained by the contorted positions my Dad would sometime get into trying to frame a shot. :-)

11:09 AM  
Blogger PhotoSam said...

nice candid :-)...works well in bw

12:41 PM  
Anonymous Still said...

A very fine scene. Beautiful and neat image!

4:26 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I tried posting a link on your aminus blog, but it kept treating it as spam. Here's the info on Focal Length multiplier...

http://www.dpreview.com/learn/?/key=focal%20length%20multiplier

The lens still remains a "200mm", as it is, but the EXIF data takes into account the 1.5x (Nikon) 1.6x (Canon).

CP

4:27 PM  
Anonymous Laurie said...

CP...Thanks,

I did understand what you were saying about it on the other post, what I was wondering is why it shows up as 200mm in Bridge instead of 300mm in AM3 EXIF? In other words why does Adobe Bridge, Nikon Capture, and other editing software read it one way and AM3 another? Coming from a film background I did know about the sensor size and not being full frame. I also have an Olympus DSLR which is 4/3's system and AM3 actually reads the same EXIF as Bridge and the other editing software, it seems to only be my Nikon where Am3 reads the EXIF differently. I hope that makes sense.

Laurie

4:42 PM  
Anonymous Maarten said...

wish I had a wife like that ;-)

4:56 PM  
Anonymous dotun said...

lol...thats so funny and u captured it well.

8:05 PM  
Blogger George said...

Nice picture. I like this type, when you find a moment in time.
George

8:11 PM  
Blogger Sidney said...

Hahahaha... I want the same tripod! ;-)
Funny picture!

9:13 PM  
Anonymous Steve W said...

Nicely observed slice of photographic life. I love the contrast between him in white (including the lens) and her in black - perfect for B&W.

9:29 PM  
Anonymous Intern said...

LOL this is really funny!!!
I love it. Well spotted and excellet capture!

11:33 PM  
Anonymous Fokke said...

Laurie, shots like these make me really happy. I very much like how you composed this shot and decided to shoot with a large aperture; Making the figures in the background unrecognizable. The road also seems to guide they eye towards them, they are a wonderful addition to the shot, but do not distract you too much from the actual subject.

1:47 AM  
Anonymous Szche said...

Wow, a free bipod!! =)

12:06 PM  
Anonymous gsaenz said...

funny, well composed. what was he shooting?

9:48 PM  
Blogger Nazzareno said...

A not only attractive photograph and technically perfect, but also nice! :)

3:18 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

funny, good work!
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9:43 AM  
Anonymous P.J. said...

The way his girlfriend is standing... it almost liiks like this:

"Ugh. Hurry the hell up and stop being so cheap and buy a damn tripod!"

:)

12:50 AM  
Anonymous noushin said...

Excellent find : ) Love the photo and the idea!! Looks like she has no complains.

10:31 PM  
Anonymous Paul said...

Great post, Laurie. That's funny! The girlfriend seems so patient. I imagine that she's been utilized as a bi-pod before! ;-)

7:58 AM  

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