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Tony Taffinder
- 50, Male
- Morley Nr Leeds
- United Kingdom
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mehilaire commented on Tony Taffinder's photo
What lens did you use for this shot? Time of the day ?
Tony Taffinder replied to Michela Diddle's discussion 'Good??' in the group Photo Criticism
This is a nice image which, I think would be a much stronger image if cropped to a square format from the left and a little from the bottom, removing the dead space and placing the boy on the vertical third.
Just a thought.Regards
Tony.
Vijay Maheshwari commented on Tony Taffinder's photo
stunning click man.....Perfect saturation making it seems like heaven......
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Trevor Goodson commented on Tony Taffinder's photo
I like the resolution in your pictures. If you don't mind, what do you shoot with?
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- About Me and My Photography Experience:
- After a break from photography of about 20years I bought my first DSLR in 2008 and I am now completely hooked again.
I love everything about photography except of course the price of equipment.
I would say I am a general photographer (though as yet I haven't photographed a general) erring towards land and waterscapes.
I often use HDR for my work and I enjoy making abstracts from the details within a larger scene.
- My Photography Equipment:
- Nikon D300, Fuji S2 pro.
Sigma 10-20mm
Great for landscape/waterscape work. Opens up many creative opportunities due to the perspective distortion that it creates.
Sigma 18-200mm
An excellent all rounder. Good for most landscape/waterscape situations, portrait, nature and great for street work.
Sigma 70-300mm
Good for portrait, wildlife, sport and close up work.
Nikkor f1.8 50mm
This is a great way to force yourself to really think about what you are doing, fixed focal length. Makes you move about a lot more than working with a zoom and concentrate on composition. I sometimes go out with just this lens.
Sigma f2.8 28mm filtermatic. Same applies as with the Nikkor above.
Tamron SP-90 AF f2.8 1:1 Macro. Ideal for extreme close up work and perfect for portraiture. This is a very sharp lens indeed.
Manfrotto tripod with ball head
Essential for landscape/waterscape, low light, HDR shots and when massive depth of field is needed (very small aperture)
Benbo Trekker tripod with Kennet ball head for close up and macro work outdoors.
Cokin circular polarisor
Cokin ND grads 2, 4, and 8
Cokin ND 8
ND100 (ten stop) for losing a lot of light for making long exposures.
These filters are always with me, they are the basic aids to controlling contrast and exposure duration, especially in landscape/waterscape.
Adobe Lightroom
Photoshop CS3
Photomatix
- Website:
- http://taffmeister.deviantart.com/
- Contact:
- tonytaff@msn.com
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Comment Wall (47 comments)
- At 6:58am on October 23, 2011,
Diane Dubreuil Dugas said… Thanks you Tony for sharing:)
- At 4:14am on July 19, 2011,
Karl D'hooge said… - Tony,
You're welcome.
Regards,
Karl
- At 5:09am on July 15, 2011,
Nayan Soni said… Tony, thanks a lot for detailed explanation on "Too Cold for Dining Out". Watching your photos I learnt something new today which I never knew of.
So are you a photographer by profession ?
- At 8:56am on July 5, 2011,
Ken Hoskin said… - lol, i know there's more than those two cities... i was lucky enough to spend a few months tramping through the british isles about 100 years ago... a beautiful beautiful place... i would LOVE to visit your part of the world again... i appreciate your offer to answer any questions that i may have... i would love to have you walk me through the whole process one day... i realize that is likely a big task and know that you're a busy man... so, no hurry at all... anyway, i truly enjoy your pics and am glad we've bumped into each other on here... take care, my friend...
- At 6:54pm on June 14, 2011,
Morris Wallace said… - Tony you have a wonderful collection of images. I love the musical instruments and the originality of the photos. I don't think you have an image that I didn't like...Excellent Work!
- At 8:31am on May 2, 2011,
Gary Vernon said… - Congrats Tony on winning the 'Golden Hour' theme in the monthly contest, superb shot!
- At 12:59am on March 29, 2011,
Dee During said… - Not sure. Needs a bit of psychoanalysis! :- )
- At 3:13pm on March 9, 2011,
nathan mccreery said… That's very cool. Never heard of a bouzouki, sounds like a military weapon! I just scheduled a show in Lisbon, Portugal in December. It is very exciting. Unfortunately the only view I'll have of England is from 30,000 feet since I have a non-stop from Dallas, Tx to Madrid and then to Lisbon. The reverse coming back. I have been researching Portugal on the internet and it is a beautiful country. I will have about 9 days in country to make photographs so my anticipator is running at full throttle. In between times I will be going to Northern New Mexico mid April and then up to Southern Utah for about a week.
Cheers to You
- At 1:56pm on March 9, 2011,
Ken Hoskin said…
- oh, me too! been playing acoustic for years... mostly campfire stuff... neil young, prine, dylan, etc... been learning some stuff in dadadd tuning lately... sort of burt jansch-y stuff... a very different way to play... anyway... keep on rockin' in the free world!
- At 4:54pm on February 13, 2011,
John Read said… Thank you Tony for the extra effort! lol
In my collection there is a photo: "I dream of...well you know!"
My studio was my kitchen table and about 4 hours in PhotoShop! lol
I was interested in the glass, in some possible future projects...if I can find the time! lol
Thanks again,
John
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