Going down

[jcdeboever]

 

[Gary A.]

I like this.

 

[jcdeboever]

I like this.

Thanks

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

Ditto!

 

[BrentC]

Nice. Got me trying to figure out how it all worked.

 

[jcdeboever]

Nice. Got me trying to figure out how it all worked.

Manual focus is the key, and the highlights are a wonderful feature on the Fuji's. Focus on what you want sharp and locate your focus square, adjust for DOF, wait for someone, press the shutter. Once you've manually focused, dof calculated, you can bring your arms down until someone is approaching. You should mentally note where you had your focus square at as well.


I shot this in raw, converted in camera to velvia jpeg. Opened in snap seed, tiny crop, saved. Snap seed (on 18.5" Samsung View tablet (I traded for some car body work) really isn't a great photo editer, I just use it for cropping and makes life easier to post on here as it automatically resizes, plus it's a big, bright display. I have messed around with the editing stuff but it isn't good at all. Doesn't matter much as most of my images are straight out of camera anyway. If I really want to dive into an edit, I go to the desktop, which I rarely do anymore for editing.

 

[DarkShadow]

It took me a bit to figure it out,I like what you where seeing here and put it all together. Well done.

 

[jcdeboever]

It took me a bit to figure it out,I like what you where seeing here and put it all together. Well done.

Thanks. That big arrow is inside the bar, the guy is on the outside as I was. I timed it just right with his face being lit up from the internal lights reflecting off the glass. I knew soon as he hit was under that bulb just above his head, it would render his face warmly. My focus square was on that bulb as well. I planned it really, not to brag but more from @Gary A.s little lessons on looking at the light. Two weeks ago, I never would have pulled it off.

I rarely autofocus anymore except for sports or birds. Actually, it is much easier because I see those highlights and I know its sharp where intended. I rock a lot and very comfortable doing it now.