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[ahbian]

To be frank, some of those good photographer that left CS is because of those "thot they know a lot" or "thot they shoot like god" photographer keep posting misleading things in CS.

I stay because i enjoying seeing those post as it wouldn't affect my photo in anyway.

d90 successor coming out soon

100-400mm IS best for bird park and zoo

sure into photography = use full frame

50mm gives beginner magic

shoot people need small camera

if you get a good spot, stay there

photo not sharp because of "more noise and longer shutter speed" - in reference to this photo

same as before

shouldn't buy 18-200 because if lens got problem camera is paperweight

Quite a collection there. Anyway, i guess misinformation is also out there on the internet, not solely confined to CS.

Perhaps the good thing about a forum is that the misinformation can be picked apart and corrected more easily.

 

[night86mare]

Perhaps the good thing about a forum is that the misinformation can be picked apart and corrected more easily.

yes, but sometimes people just look at the answer, and then they happily waltz off.

next thing, you see the threadstarter who got his question mis-answered spouting that garbage with extreme confidence....... and so it spreads.

 

[Yappy]

Recently and for quite awhile around clubsnap, I have been seeing newbies, beginners, clueless people that are being shot down by Senior Members when asking a perfectly innocent question.

Example:

newbie: "what is the difference between a ND filter and a grad ND filter ?"
Senior Member: "pls go google or make a search... what are search engines for????!!!! "

But I am sure that what this forum is about is to answer questions and queries for those newbies and beginners. or is it what this forum is NOT about?

Any comments from guys out there?

....a fool a day or a fool forever? As we sometimes ask stupid question.

 

[romeo tango]

or that using B+W makes your photos sharper :cheergal:

I tot use B+W filter to shoot in Black and White :think:

 

[zac08]

I tot use B+W filter to shoot in Black and White :think:

Yeah... and I use my red and yellow filters to shoot "coloured pics"... :bsmilie:

 

[yqt]

me: " the bigger the number the better. cuz more light can go in.... f/22 will be the best. the aperture will be so big that even at night ur ISO 100 also can shoot daylight shots "

:bsmilie::bsmilie: I really hope that this one is a joke :sweat:

 

[romeo tango]

Yeah... and I use my red and yellow filters to shoot "coloured pics"... :bsmilie:

ha ha, think we have the same sifu

 

[ZerocoolAstra]

if you get a good spot, stay there

When i saw this, i really LOL, he already dunno who he is speaking to. :bsmilie:

:bsmilie: Judging from his photos, he's obviously the "best" events photographer in CS...
and his skills extend to landscapes too, taking night cityscapes without tripod... amazing. I really salute him

 

[catchlights]

:bsmilie: Judging from his photos, he's obviously the "best" events photographer in CS...
and his skills extend to landscapes too, taking night cityscapes without tripod... amazing. I really salute him

don't laugh, don't you know this is call reportage style? have you ever see a journalist carry tripod?

 

[catchlights]

if you get a good spot, stay there

http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showpost.php?p=6022265&postcount=5

When i saw this, i really LOL, he already dunno who he is speaking to. :bsmilie:

don't laugh leh, of course have to stay there lar,
if not got so many drinks, currypok, kueh-ji, FM radio, small tv, plus poncho..... very hard to move around...

 

[night86mare]

don't laugh, don't you know this is call reportage style? have you ever see a journalist carry tripod?

my mother say take night shots must use tripod de.

 

[night86mare]

don't laugh leh, of course have to stay there lar,
if not got so many drinks, currypok, kueh-ji, FM radio, small tv, plus poncho..... very hard to move around...

:bsmilie::bsmilie:

that one is cover sports photo?

that one is go picnic!!!!!!!!

 

[Jed]

don't laugh leh, of course have to stay there lar,
if not got so many drinks, currypok, kueh-ji, FM radio, small tv, plus poncho..... very hard to move around...

Actually, I will kop to being slightly spoilt when photographing cricket. The food will usually be more local (to here) obviously, but when you're sat there for 8 hours it gets a bit... you know. We get packed lunches brought round usually, and a radio is pretty handy to find out exactly what's going on in front of you in case you're lost (it does happen).

 

[ZerocoolAstra]

pardon me for my ignorance about sports photography, but I did actually think that photographers found a suitable spot in the press box and just camped there.
I mean... I see the huge telephoto lenses and think to myself "how do you move around during the game/match?"

 

[yqt]

pardon me for my ignorance about sports photography, but I did actually think that photographers found a suitable spot in the press box and just camped there.
I mean... I see the huge telephoto lenses and think to myself "how do you move around during the game/match?"

Carefully, you move around very carefully :bsmilie:

 

[zac08]

pardon me for my ignorance about sports photography, but I did actually think that photographers found a suitable spot in the press box and just camped there.
I mean... I see the huge telephoto lenses and think to myself "how do you move around during the game/match?"

Carefully, you move around very carefully :bsmilie:

Just like this fella...

:bsmilie:

 

[ZerocoolAstra]

i've seen that photo... hahaha that's a lot of gear.

Well, I meant maybe those photogs you see at football matches, spread out around the pitch. I can't imagine they'd be moving around at all.

 

[Jed]

pardon me for my ignorance about sports photography, but I did actually think that photographers found a suitable spot in the press box and just camped there.
I mean... I see the huge telephoto lenses and think to myself "how do you move around during the game/match?"

[1] Photographers don't camp in the press box. At a lot of venues (primarily football though) we aren't even allowed in the press box.

[2] Moving with huge telephotos isn't difficult. Take golf for example, that involves the same if not more kit than football, and it involves moving, a lot. At an estimation, about a round and a half of distance (27 holes) but this could be more or less depending on how lazy or proactive you are, and more importantly how the day is shaping up.

[3] You are right in that we rarely move for football. Penalties are one of the exceptions, and at half time. This is quite different from an affirmation of this "find a good spot and stay there" advice however. After all, how *do* you identify a good spot in football? That depends totally on what happens on the pitch, and as I pointed out in that thread, if you know that, then you should be at the bookmakers on the way and wouldn't have to take photos for a living. You can be at your "best" spot, and everything can happen at the other end of the pitch and you'll get sod all good.

Note also I did bring up advice not to chase the game, which is generally largely true because it more often than not bring more harm than good. So if you're plonked and a goal goes in at the other end, don't move. I wouldn't move if it was 2-0 either (due to a variety of reasons I won't go into here, but this is where experience comes in), and only very very occasionally if it was 3-0 or more. The one exception is if there is a story and it goes from being 2-0 to 2-1 and you'd be at the wrong end of the pitch for a potential equaliser, taking into account whether there is a long time to go in the game or not.

This is totally not the same thing as, if you find a good spot stay there. And in many other sports where the action follows a more predictable pattern, the advice could be, if a spot's not working, move. Which again, is very different from find a good spot and stay there. Also, get your shots, and then move and get something different.

 

[BananaDiver]

:bsmilie: Judging from his photos, he's obviously the "best" events photographer in CS...
and his skills extend to landscapes too, taking night cityscapes without tripod... amazing. I really salute him

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[ZerocoolAstra]

[1] Photographers don't camp in the press box. At a lot of venues (primarily football though) we aren't even allowed in the press box.

[2] Moving with huge telephotos isn't difficult. Take golf for example, that involves the same if not more kit than football, and it involves moving, a lot. At an estimation, about a round and a half of distance (27 holes) but this could be more or less depending on how lazy or proactive you are, and more importantly how the day is shaping up.

[3] You are right in that we rarely move for football. Penalties are one of the exceptions, and at half time. This is quite different from an affirmation of this "find a good spot and stay there" advice however. After all, how *do* you identify a good spot in football? That depends totally on what happens on the pitch, and as I pointed out in that thread, if you know that, then you should be at the bookmakers on the way and wouldn't have to take photos for a living. You can be at your "best" spot, and everything can happen at the other end of the pitch and you'll get sod all good.

Note also I did bring up advice not to chase the game, which is generally largely true because it more often than not bring more harm than good. So if you're plonked and a goal goes in at the other end, don't move. I wouldn't move if it was 2-0 either (due to a variety of reasons I won't go into here, but this is where experience comes in), and only very very occasionally if it was 3-0 or more. The one exception is if there is a story and it goes from being 2-0 to 2-1 and you'd be at the wrong end of the pitch for a potential equaliser, taking into account whether there is a long time to go in the game or not.

This is totally not the same thing as, if you find a good spot stay there. And in many other sports where the action follows a more predictable pattern, the advice could be, if a spot's not working, move. Which again, is very different from find a good spot and stay there. Also, get your shots, and then move and get something different.

Tks for taking the time to reply, Jed.
Now at least I have some idea what a sports photographer has to deal with.
Agreed that such simplistic advice as "find a good spot and stay there" is not viable. Haha