One of the sessions I taught at this year's GPP event was a landscape photography course, and one of the shots I suggested to my students was that they shoot from ground-level; i.e. get down as low as possible and shoot whatever they see.
While they were doing this, I photographed them, and although this isn't of one of the students (it's my assistant, Ayham) the pose was fairly typical :)
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3.29pm on 1/4/09
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comment byCatalin at 07:54 AM (GMT) on 15 April, 2009
Hahaha... Well that's an interesting angle! Cool shot!
comment byMirko Herzner at 07:54 AM (GMT) on 15 April, 2009
Both a good idea for your students as well for this shot itself. Superiour processing as usual.
comment byL'hurluber.lu at 08:09 AM (GMT) on 15 April, 2009
Feet details are simply stunning ! And composition is, as usual, great !
comment byCraig at 08:26 AM (GMT) on 15 April, 2009
I think that's a great POV :) Probably the best advice I have ever been given is "Get higher, get lower" by my friend csj and I bear that in mind whenever I shoot, it usually throws up something interesting!
comment byKrims@nline.be at 08:40 AM (GMT) on 15 April, 2009
Superb angle ... excellent processing as usual ... !
comment byCraig Ferguson at 09:01 AM (GMT) on 15 April, 2009
This is great. Beautiful tones and crisp sharpness.
comment byTHOMAS WINZER at 09:36 AM (GMT) on 15 April, 2009
*smile* ... very cool shot. I like the tones, wonderful.
comment by Jeremy at 10:45 AM (GMT) on 15 April, 2009
You might want to work your assistant less hard next time Dave :-)
comment byCarlos Garcia at 12:06 PM (GMT) on 15 April, 2009
Is this person alive?
:)
comment byFrida at 12:42 PM (GMT) on 15 April, 2009
That's some beach junk ;-) Really cool angle and beautiful processing.
comment byNicki at 03:27 PM (GMT) on 15 April, 2009
Haha ... good point of view. Must be a funny scenery to see your "students" crawling across th ground. Using a wide angle (10 mm?) would abstract this shot i think ... anyway: very very fine!
comment byMike Paulison at 04:23 PM (GMT) on 15 April, 2009
What a fun composition!! Of course the color tones and clarity are perfect, but the way you shot the subject is fantastic.
That's a cool viewpoint from what looks like a very hot place.
I'm curious, sand has always been a worry ever since a perfectly good lens got messed up on a beach once. Do you take any special precautions out in Dubai, with all that gritty stuff around?
comment byColors Inc at 09:52 PM (GMT) on 15 April, 2009
great capture. nothing more to say...
comment byBriony at 12:41 AM (GMT) on 16 April, 2009
hahah this is stinkin awesome!
comment byJennifer at 07:26 AM (GMT) on 16 April, 2009
Cracking post Gromit!
comment byClaus at 07:50 AM (GMT) on 16 April, 2009
And all good things have an end!! ;-)
comment bydjn1 at 07:51 AM (GMT) on 16 April, 2009
Thanks all.
Roy: the thing I try to avoid is changing lenses on the beach. Other than that though I don't tend to worry about it too much.
comment bychiara at 09:37 PM (GMT) on 16 April, 2009
Fantastic!
comment bybirgit at 04:32 PM (GMT) on 17 April, 2009
what a funny beach shot! :) I smiled!
comment byLightningPaul at 08:41 AM (GMT) on 18 April, 2009
Very fun image! Great angle of course. The toning is fantastic too: it's typical Chromasia.
comment byaurore at 03:36 PM (GMT) on 18 April, 2009
léger surex très interessant, j'adore!!!
et les grains de sables sur les pieds, superbe rendu!
comment byAyham at 09:10 PM (GMT) on 2 November, 2009
I know it's been a long time since this one was posted, but I'd like to say Great shot Dave, and see you soon again in Dubai :)
Carlos Garcia, yes it's me Ayham the subject here and still alive ;) you can see my latest works on my website ;) of course not that good as David but working on it everyday
One of the sessions I taught at this year's GPP event was a landscape photography course, and one of the shots I suggested to my students was that they shoot from ground-level; i.e. get down as low as possible and shoot whatever they see.
While they were doing this, I photographed them, and although this isn't of one of the students (it's my assistant, Ayham) the pose was fairly typical :)
camera
lens
focal length
aperture
shutter speed
shooting mode
exposure bias
metering mode
ISO
flash
image quality
RAW converter
cropped?
Canon 1Ds Mark II
EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
24mm
f/7.1
1/320
aperture priority
+2/3
evaluative
100
no
RAW
ACR
minor
Hahaha... Well that's an interesting angle! Cool shot!
Both a good idea for your students as well for this shot itself. Superiour processing as usual.
Feet details are simply stunning ! And composition is, as usual, great !
I think that's a great POV :) Probably the best advice I have ever been given is "Get higher, get lower" by my friend csj and I bear that in mind whenever I shoot, it usually throws up something interesting!
Superb angle ... excellent processing as usual ... !
This is great. Beautiful tones and crisp sharpness.
*smile* ... very cool shot. I like the tones, wonderful.
You might want to work your assistant less hard next time Dave :-)
Is this person alive?
:)
That's some beach junk ;-) Really cool angle and beautiful processing.
Haha ... good point of view. Must be a funny scenery to see your "students" crawling across th ground. Using a wide angle (10 mm?) would abstract this shot i think ... anyway: very very fine!
What a fun composition!! Of course the color tones and clarity are perfect, but the way you shot the subject is fantastic.
Nice idea; just shows what a difference a new angle can make...
That's a cool viewpoint from what looks like a very hot place.
I'm curious, sand has always been a worry ever since a perfectly good lens got messed up on a beach once. Do you take any special precautions out in Dubai, with all that gritty stuff around?
great capture. nothing more to say...
hahah this is stinkin awesome!
Cracking post Gromit!
And all good things have an end!! ;-)
Thanks all.
Roy: the thing I try to avoid is changing lenses on the beach. Other than that though I don't tend to worry about it too much.
Fantastic!
what a funny beach shot! :) I smiled!
Very fun image! Great angle of course. The toning is fantastic too: it's typical Chromasia.
léger surex très interessant, j'adore!!!
et les grains de sables sur les pieds, superbe rendu!
I know it's been a long time since this one was posted, but I'd like to say Great shot Dave, and see you soon again in Dubai :)
Carlos Garcia, yes it's me Ayham the subject here and still alive ;) you can see my latest works on my website ;) of course not that good as David but working on it everyday