Animal Hospital

Quincy T · February 7, 2012

Waited about an hour for this lady to walk back out after I saw her go in there. Not sure if it was worth it or not, but I like it.

RSL · February 7, 2012

I can see why the dog's tongue is hanging out.

Quincy T · February 7, 2012

RSL wrote: »

I can see why the dog's tongue is hanging out.

Hahaha. Despite me frightening her dog and taking several pictures of her unexpectedly as she walked out of the building, she gave a big smile/wave and walked off. Nice to see people enjoy being photographed occasionally.

Sam · February 7, 2012

Waiting an hour for her to walk out is pretty darn close to stalking. No wonder the dog is putting you on notice.

Sam

Quincy T · February 7, 2012

Sam wrote: »

Waiting an hour for her to walk out is pretty darn close to stalking. No wonder the dog is putting you on notice.

Sam

Thank you, Sam. My confidence has been increased exponentially by this comment.

lizzard_nyc · February 7, 2012

lol,I'm so jealous you had an hour to just kill.

The image doesn't do much for me, though I do like the bodylanguage on the pup.

Quincy T · February 7, 2012

lizzard_nyc wrote: »

lol,I'm so jealous you had an hour to just kill.

The image doesn't do much for me, though I do like the bodylanguage on the pup.

Yeah, I get my chances to play photog pretty rarely, so I have literally been shooting for about 20 of the last 48 hours, haha. Now I'm back in a dry spell as I'm working again.

bfjr · February 8, 2012

You waited an HOUR !!

I don't know I just don't know

Lesson learned I hope

Quincy T · February 8, 2012

bfjr wrote: »

You waited an HOUR !! I don't know I just don't know

Lesson learned I hope

Well, I just had a very specific idea of the picture I wanted to make, and I decided to wait for it. It didn't happen the way I imagined it, but I was glad I tried. I don't see the harm in that honestly.

Richard · February 8, 2012

Quincy T wrote: »

Well, I just had a very specific idea of the picture I wanted to make, and I decided to wait for it. It didn't happen the way I imagined it, but I was glad I tried. I don't see the harm in that honestly.

No harm at all, Quincy. Waiting for the right shot can pay huge dividends.

bdcolen · February 8, 2012

I'm quite amazed by the response to your having waited an hour, which is PRECISELY the kind of thing anyone who is serious about his or her photography should be doing to get meaningful images. If we spend our photographic lives taking grab shots, all we will have as the sum of our photographic lives is a pile of grab shots, most of which won't be worth looking at two minutes after the two minutes we put into making them. Whether or not this image is the best thing ever made, the fact that Quincy really put some work into it is outstanding. And the image is pretty good. It would be better if it were cropped tighter, and if it were shot with much less depth of field, so that we weren't distracted by all the background material.

bfjr · February 8, 2012

Quincy T wrote: »

Well, I just had a very specific idea of the picture I wanted to make, and I decided to wait for it. It didn't happen the way I imagined it, but I was glad I tried. I don't see the harm in that honestly.

I hope you know my comment was meant in Fun, you did see the

?

Image wise you have and will do better
Effort wise ...... A+

When I sit, wait, watch a scene, I usually try to pick a place where drama (light/shadow) are already
playing with each other and then wait for.............................

Oh yeah and I meant no harm

Quincy T · February 8, 2012

bfjr wrote: »

I hope you know my comment was meant in Fun, you did see the ?

Image wise you have and will do better
Effort wise ...... A+

When I sit, wait, watch a scene, I usually try to pick a place where drama (light/shadow) are already
playing with each other and then wait for.............................

Oh yeah and I meant no harm

Thanks, bud. I've just been on a downhill lately with photography, not taking anything really outstanding, and I realize that is part of it, it just sucks, and I honestly just wasn't in the mood to hear it. No biggie, and I appreciate your comments always...you're not the one responsible for the way I feel about something anyway, that is me! haha

bdcolen wrote: »

I'm quite amazed by the response to your having waited an hour, which is PRECISELY the kind of thing anyone who is serious about his or her photography should be doing to get meaningful images. If we spend our photographic lives taking grab shots, all we will have as the sum of our photographic lives is a pile of grab shots, most of which won't be worth looking at two minutes after the two minutes we put into making them. Whether or not this image is the best thing ever made, the fact that Quincy really put some work into it is outstanding. And the image is pretty good. It would be better if it were cropped tighter, and if it were shot with much less depth of field, so that we weren't distracted by all the background material.

Thanks, bd. That's all I wanted to do, essentially, test my patience and hope for a good shot. I didn't feel comfortable getting really close, going a bit wider, and I think I was at f/4.5 or something like that, but anyway...just wanted to get the shot, and hopefully when the next opportunity similar to this comes around, I'll have the confidence needed to really dial what I need in correctly for a great technical picture and then wait for the content.

Richard wrote: »

No harm at all, Quincy. Waiting for the right shot can pay huge dividends.

Thanks, Richard. I agree! It has paid off before, that's for sure.

MarkR · February 9, 2012

bdcolen wrote: »

I'm quite amazed by the response to your having waited an hour, which is PRECISELY the kind of thing anyone who is serious about his or her photography should be doing to get meaningful images. If we spend our photographic lives taking grab shots, all we will have as the sum of our photographic lives is a pile of grab shots, most of which won't be worth looking at two minutes after the two minutes we put into making them. Whether or not this image is the best thing ever made, the fact that Quincy really put some work into it is outstanding. And the image is pretty good. It would be better if it were cropped tighter, and if it were shot with much less depth of field, so that we weren't distracted by all the background material.

And if he was shooting landscapes, the landscape shooters would have been all: "you only waited an hour?!" Heck, some of them have exposures that are longer than that.

lizzard_nyc · February 9, 2012

MarkR wrote: »

And if he was shooting landscapes, the landscape shooters would have been all: "you only waited an hour?!" Heck, some of them have exposures that are longer than that.

which means I could never be a landscape shooter. Oh this made me chuckle.

rainbow · February 9, 2012

bdcolen wrote: »

I'm quite amazed by the response to your having waited an hour, which is PRECISELY the kind of thing anyone who is serious about his or her photography should be doing to get meaningful images...

I must be serious. I have been waiting my whole life to take a great photo... :cry

So what did you envision when you decided to wait an hour, even though it did not come to pass?

Quincy T · February 9, 2012

rainbow wrote: »

I must be serious. I have been waiting my whole life to take a great photo... :cry

So what did you envision when you decided to wait an hour, even though it did not come to pass?

Well, I envisioned poorly, first of all. I realized afterwards that I needed to get in close and wide, for what I wanted, and blow out the background. I got obsessed with having the animal hospital sign in there for context and another "layer" so to speak, but I realize now that I should have sacrificed that for a more interesting picture maybe. At the same time, I've been trying to back off the intricate details and focus more on images with a broader perspectives in an attempt to embrace the PJ work. This is one of those instances where I should have sacrificed in that aspect.

So, for the shot, I envision the dog emerging, leash tight and tongue flapping, closest to the camera. Not looking at me, though. Behind the dog, the woman's knee/leg coming forward as she stepped out as well. I don't know if that would have been more or less interesting, but I compromised on that vision in favor of this one.

It was good practice in patience. I enjoyed it, and I like my picture honestly. It's not the greatest thing in my amateur gallery, but I do like it.

RSL · February 9, 2012

bdcolen wrote: »

I'm quite amazed by the response to your having waited an hour, which is PRECISELY the kind of thing anyone who is serious about his or her photography should be doing to get meaningful images. If we spend our photographic lives taking grab shots, all we will have as the sum of our photographic lives is a pile of grab shots, most of which won't be worth looking at two minutes after the two minutes we put into making them. Whether or not this image is the best thing ever made, the fact that Quincy really put some work into it is outstanding. And the image is pretty good. It would be better if it were cropped tighter, and if it were shot with much less depth of field, so that we weren't distracted by all the background material.

It's a good shot, Quincy, and BD's right -- about the importance of waiting, and about depth of field, but I don't think he's right about the crop. How would you crop it BD? Would you get rid of the "Animal Hospital" sign? How about the right side of the picture, making it a tall, skinny shot? That might work, but I don't think it would be as good as what Quincy ended up with. If you end up with a woman and a dog, what you have is a woman and a dog, without a sense of place. As usual, I think a sens of place is important. Since you're a journalist, I'd sort of expect you to agree.

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