NYC Meets?

I agree Nick, I went in with a mindset of what I wanted and how I wanted to shoot. I found that I took very few shots with the 70-200 on the 5D2 as I couldn't get what I wanted at that fl given the crowd conditions.

There was a DSLR every 2 feet, many of them at least looking like they knew what they were doing. Inside the barriers was jam packed with photogs.

Skrim17 wrote in post #9658639
I agree Nick, I went in with a mindset of what I wanted and how I wanted to shoot. I found that I took very few shots with the 70-200 on the 5D2 as I couldn't get what I wanted at that fl given the crowd conditions.

And I think that's really interesting because I felt totally at home with a telephoto lens but not so much with my 50L on my 5DMKII.

That's what's fun about this. We all approach it differently!

You have to remember tho, you were at the barrier, I put my kid there and was shooting from behind a really big guy on my left, once folks were close enough to me I jumped to the 24-70 on my 7D. But I do find that in general I shoot wider than necessary.

I shot mostly with the 24-70 but found I couldnt get that close up unless they were walking on my side

here are some of mine.
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mihait wrote in post #9659176
here are some of mine.

6. one of the 'togs i was talking to Mike about - he didn't seem to enjoy the assignment

Your right. He seemed depressed standing in the middle of the street taking shots.

and some more:

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Good job Mihait.
I like your 4th pic. I think it was a good idea to keep low, and get some wide angle shots from a lower perspective.

PS - you can still see the big white in pic 12. more pics here

nicksan wrote in post #9659226
Good job Mihait.
I like your 4th pic. I think it was a good idea to keep low, and get some wide angle shots from a lower perspective.

thanks, i like the wide angle...wish i had the 10-22 on a body too

at least i didn't screw up as badly as i thought

think thats mike in pic 12 casting his shadow in the background

vipergts831 wrote in post #9659215
Your right. He seemed depressed standing in the middle of the street taking shots.

Who is he shooting for? Is odd that he is using the on-camera flash!!!! I remember seeing him on the first day of the Chinese New Year. What happened to Mike's fisheye shots....???

mihait wrote in post #9659255
thanks, i like the wide angle...wish i had the 10-22 on a body too

at least i didn't screw up as badly as i thought

Yep, UWA, right up under the floats/performers. That would have offered up some dramatic perspective.

TooManyShots wrote in post #9659297
Who is he shooting for? Is odd that he is using the on-camera flash!!!! I remember seeing him on the first day of the Chinese New Year. What happened to Mike's fisheye shots....???

Probably wasn't that bad using the on-board flash since it was during the day and was probably used for fill flash. But yeah, he seemed like a strange guy...kinda just wandering about not looking too happy.