Shamrock Shuffle

PattiPatti Registered Users Posts: 1,576 Major grins
edited April 15, 2011 in Street and Documentary
I had the good fortune to have a few spare hours to shoot during the Shamrock Shuffle 8K run today in Chicago before heading home. Here are a few

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another for the legs assignment. Too bad there's a limit of one.

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Experimenting with speed - not sure this really works but...

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The use of a camera is similar to that of a knife. You can use it to peel potatoes, or carve a flute. ~ E. Kahlmeyer
... I'm still peeling potatoes.

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  • PattiPatti Registered Users Posts: 1,576 Major grins
    edited April 13, 2011
    I guess I missed with these. Laughing.gif Well, I like them.
    The use of a camera is similar to that of a knife. You can use it to peel potatoes, or carve a flute. ~ E. Kahlmeyer
    ... I'm still peeling potatoes.

    patti hinton photography
  • sara505sara505 Registered Users Posts: 1,684 Major grins
    edited April 14, 2011
    Patti wrote: »
    I guess I missed with these. Laughing.gif Well, I like them.

    That's the important thing - as long as you like them. It takes a bit of tough skin to put stuff out here.

    I like your pictures, but they would work better for me if there were more contrast.
    Sara

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  • JocoJoco Registered Users Posts: 86 Big grins
    edited April 14, 2011
    The dog shot is great!
    Joco's pictures
  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited April 14, 2011
    I don't think you missed at all.

    I like your series.
    There is not a one that is a miss IMO, I think they could all stand alone, but are even better in a series. clap.gif

    While I really can't pick a favorite, I love the conversion on #3 w/the female runner.
    Liz A.
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  • SyncopationSyncopation Registered Users Posts: 341 Major grins
    edited April 14, 2011
    My sister is running the London marathon on Sunday. These are a great source of ideas for the type of shots to take, especially numbers 3 and 5 which I think work really well.
    Syncopation

    The virtue of the camera is not the power it has to transform the photographer into an artist, but the impulse it gives him to keep on looking. - Brook Atkinson- 1951
  • ic4uic4u Registered Users Posts: 1,455 Major grins
    edited April 14, 2011
    Dang! If I knew you were going to be here, I would've tried to hook up with you!
    Funny thing is a long time ago I went to the Shamrock Shuffle to photograph my Father-In-law, and one of the pictures I took ended up on the front page of the sports section, thanks to CARA magazine who I was doing work for at the time. Didn't get paid, but at least got the recognition! Sorry I missed you!
    Karin


    "Dance like no one is watching. Sing like no one is listening. Love like you've never been hurt and live like it's heaven on Earth." — Mark Twain
  • rainbowrainbow Registered Users Posts: 2,765 Major grins
    edited April 14, 2011
    Trying to discipher the lack or delay of feedback is always an exercise in negative thinking and paranoia...ne_nau.gif

    First one makes me wonder: "Who is Mr. Black" (was he the killer in the study with the candlestick?)

    Third is a good angle on the runner with the low perspective and her show of effort.

    I like the last one best as the blurring is very well done. Only wish you did not do this as a "legs" shot as having the person looking at the blurs would maybe have been a better shot.
  • TmetroffTmetroff Registered Users Posts: 92 Big grins
    edited April 15, 2011
    The shot with the little kid is awesome. Great example of an Instantaneity photo.
  • PattiPatti Registered Users Posts: 1,576 Major grins
    edited April 15, 2011
    sara505 wrote: »
    That's the important thing - as long as you like them. It takes a bit of tough skin to put stuff out here.

    I like your pictures, but they would work better for me if there were more contrast.

    Thanks Sara. I agree, some are flat although they didn't look so in LR3. I'll try to up the contrast some more.
    Joco wrote: »
    The dog shot is great!

    He made me laugh
    lizzard_nyc wrote: »
    I don't think you missed at all.

    I like your series.
    There is not a one that is a miss IMO, I think they could all stand alone, but are even better in a series. clap.gif

    While I really can't pick a favorite, I love the conversion on #3 w/the female runner.

    That's the one that I thought turned out the best technically Liz.
    Syncopation wrote: »
    My sister is running the London marathon on Sunday. These are a great source of ideas for the type of shots to take, especially numbers 3 and 5 which I think work really well.

    Yah, I was standing for a bit but the photos were pretty dull from that angle. Getting low adds a whole different dimension. I also tried some slower speed shots but didn't get the results I'd hoped for.
    ic4u wrote: »
    Dang! If I knew you were going to be here, I would've tried to hook up with you!
    Funny thing is a long time ago I went to the Shamrock Shuffle to photograph my Father-In-law, and one of the pictures I took ended up on the front page of the sports section, thanks to CARA magazine who I was doing work for at the time. Didn't get paid, but at least got the recognition! Sorry I missed you!

    I didn't realize you were in Chicago ic4u. That's too bad. It would have been fun to shoot together. :(:
    rainbow wrote: »
    Trying to discipher the lack or delay of feedback is always an exercise in negative thinking and paranoia...ne_nau.gif

    First one makes me wonder: "Who is Mr. Black" (was he the killer in the study with the candlestick?)

    Third is a good angle on the runner with the low perspective and her show of effort.

    I like the last one best as the blurring is very well done. Only wish you did not do this as a "legs" shot as having the person looking at the blurs would maybe have been a better shot.

    Thanks rainbow. I hear you on the negative thinking and paranoia. Laughing.gif
    Re #1 I asked the kids who he was. They had no clue. Laughing.gif
    Re #3 That is the one I'm pleased with from an angle and conversion standpoint. You can see the contortion of her waist from the movement.
    Re the last - I had to get too close to avoid other spectators blocking my view. I did manage one with the whole body in it but the composition wasn't as interesting. I'll dig it up and post it here.
    Tmetroff wrote: »
    The shot with the little kid is awesome. Great example of an Instantaneity photo.

    Thanks. I'd hoped he'd turn enough to get a bit of his face but no luck. It was pretty cramped. He was really cheering them on. Adorable!
    The use of a camera is similar to that of a knife. You can use it to peel potatoes, or carve a flute. ~ E. Kahlmeyer
    ... I'm still peeling potatoes.

    patti hinton photography
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