Some cool image uploader images:
A Stroll from Cambridge to Boston Series, with Olympus E-P3 and 12mm f/2, 45mm f/1.8 lens
Image by soelin
October is a wonderful month in New England—leaves starting to turn colors, the sun starting to set a little earlier, and for the most part, the weather has turned quite pleasant and cool. Walking from Kendall Square in Cambridge, over to Boston was quite pleasant, as the timing was perfect for taking photos.
The 45mm performed well. It did have some issues focusing when the flare was too strong—e.g., the lens hunted a bit when I tried to take photos of Boston skyline when one building had a strong reflection of the sun. I didn't try shooting the same situation with the 12mm, since I wasn't out there to "test" the lenses.
Note: I notice that when I save my photos in JPEG and use Flickr Uploader, the colors get muted—reds aren't vibrant and greens seem a bit muddy. I have decided to save the images as PNG files which improves a little, BUT EXIF data is no longer available.
Otacool 2 Submissions Open
Image by Danny Choo
How do I become part of this bodaciousness?If you are a cosplayer and want to be in the book, please go to figure.fm and signup for an account.
Then submit the following using the uploader.
Your cosplay photos - Full body, upper body, head shots (2 or more of each)
Name (including dannychoo.com Nick Name)
Age
Country of residence
Years of cosplay
Favorite cosplay character
Your website/twitter or facebook link
Brief statement
So for example:-
Name: Danny Choo
Age: 102
Country of residence: Japon
Years of cosplay: 50
Favorite cosplay character: Any oppai character
Your website/twitter or facebook link: dannychoo.com
Brief statement: Identify and live your passion and the rest will just follow - it always does.
Important stuff!
Please tag all your entries "otacool, otacool2, otacoolcosplay" (copy n paste everything between the quotes)
If you forget to tag your entry with the above tags then your original photos are *not* saved on the server. We need high res photos (less than 3MB each) for printing so make sure you add those tags when you upload your photos.
You *must* add those tags when you upload your photos and not after!
Also, we will be looking at entries that are only tagged with "otacool, otacool2, otacoolcosplay"
Submissions are *open now*
There are 24 empty slots on the cover for your face! The quicker you submit your photos, the higher the chance of you being on the cover because we need the final cover for marketing purposes.
There will be Otacool events held worldwide. Depending on the area you live in, if you are in the book then you will most likely be invited to the event.
Incredible cosplayers are very most likely to live their passion by working with other top brands in Japan on other projects.
Arms and installation is complete - good luck! And if you think this could be a good opportunity for your friends then pass them the link to this page too!
The original article for this image lives at www.dannychoo.com/post/en/25358/Otacool+2+Submissions+Ope...
Frozen rotor blades
Image by rutty
This is taken for Take a Class with Dave and Dave:
Assignment 1. Frozen Time. We’ve played with motion blur, but there is another very powerful way to convey energy, freeze motion in a way that can’t possibly just exist. High shutter speed in plenty of light will give a nice sharp image no matter how fast your subject may be moving. Images will be judged on sharpness. Tag with cwd131.
It was really sunny and so I managed to get my max shutter speed in use (1/4000) but this also provided it's own issues. The helicopter was under-exposed due to the sun's position (bloody pilot flew the wrong way!) and obviously a fill-in flash wasn't going to work ;¬)
So, I went for the silhouette shot. Shame the Flickr uploader stripped off the EXIF data
