Summer Skateboarding

stephen_g wrote in post #10364168
I'd like to see some super tele skate/bmx stuff.
I've been shooting with my new 70-200 pretty much exclusively since I got it in April, I'd never had anything longer than a 50 before that, still no dolla's for a fisheye though.

Search the Peleng 8mm f/3.5 fisheye. I picked mine up a few years ago, and it still has never let me down. It was only $250 when I bought it, but I don't know what the prices are now. If you don't mind manual focus, manual aperture, and a little vignetting, then this lens is the best/cheapest option. Here's an example with it shot with a Canon 50D.

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Nice, I like it!

MikeMcGowan wrote in post #10366299
Search the Peleng 8mm f/3.5 fisheye. I picked mine up a few years ago, and it still has never let me down. It was only $250 when I bought it, but I don't know what the prices are now. If you don't mind manual focus, manual aperture, and a little vignetting, then this lens is the best/cheapest option. Here's an example with it shot with a Canon 50D.

I've got a 1D which means the Tokina 10-17mm is the only one out which will give me a proper 180° fish sadly.

doods, find your own thread

stephen_g wrote in post #10368867
I've got a 1D which means the Tokina 10-17mm is the only one out which will give me a proper 180° fish sadly.

What crop factor are you working with? Full frame or 1.3x?

jbergdoll wrote in post #10370100
doods, find your own thread

Just trying to help him out, no need to be so greedy.

To me the lipslide is to tightly cropped and the dark shirt makes the skater blend in to much.
the second one has been pointed out that the skaters hand is over his face, i have seen this get pulled off before as a good image, but that person was going for a look with the hand over the face and I am not sure you where trying to make that here.
The skater has some good skills as do you the photographer, i think you both could have made these stronger images if the set up had been a bit better, perhaps lighter clothing for the skater or skate in the early morning when the area is still not busy but a better light.
nice stuff, I just think with the skill set that you both have a better image could have been had.

riggerjoe wrote in post #10371863
To me the lipslide is to tightly cropped and the dark shirt makes the skater blend in to much.
the second one has been pointed out that the skaters hand is over his face, i have seen this get pulled off before as a good image, but that person was going for a look with the hand over the face and I am not sure you where trying to make that here.
The skater has some good skills as do you the photographer, i think you both could have made these stronger images if the set up had been a bit better, perhaps lighter clothing for the skater or skate in the early morning when the area is still not busy but a better light.
nice stuff, I just think with the skill set that you both have a better image could have been had.

I can't control what Josh does on the ledge or where his hands at. I can try to compensate for them, as I did with that angle (for the back tail), but that one was the only land and the others don't look like they were landed at all. I made the mistake of not telling him to wear bright clothing this time, I admit it. The lipslide isn't cropped at all, and had I got any further away it would look way distant.