AF101 at Royal St Georges golf course with a little hint of Spaghetti

Sparky874

Sparky874

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I had a shoot recently at Royal St Georges, home of the 2011 Open Championship. Here is a selection of shots I captured with it from the day. Cut to one of my favourite soundtracks for fun with a little colour fx to add atmosphere. Mostly shot with a Tokina 11-16mm lens and some shots on a Hague camera crane. I notice that the camera seems to get the best pictures with the lens pretty open. I was also lucky here that the evening light was lovely to work in. One lesson I also learnt is that you have to be so careful using a circular polarizer looking anywhere near the sun, as the light bounces off the lens, onto the filter and creates a vignette in the picture. It's almost sacrificing the entra contrast to avoid this effect. Cheers, Sparky! :smile:

 
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Great stuff, Sparky, and nice use of the crane!

The shot at 1:21 is exquisite- the light, shadow and texture (and nuke in the background?).

Love the handheld move at :14 from their feet to their backs, with nice dark shadows!

You're right, you had some gorgeous light!

So did you have to take the polarizer off, or just spin it around?

Love the music! Perhaps a bit much of the film scratches for me- I might have used them for an intro, then lose them, but nice touch.

A spaghetti golf western? "Shootout at St. George's"? :happy:
 
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Thanks groveChuck
I had the circular polariser on all the time, but didn't appreciate the problems it can cause until I got back to see the shots on a laptop. It wasn't too much of a problem, but certainly something to be aware of. I know what you mean about the scratches, just having some fun really. That is a Nuclear power station in the background at 1:21 - you're got a great eye for detail! My favourite shot is at 02:31 when the lens is wide open looking down behind the chaps golf shoes and then he walks away from camera. Thanks for your time looking and comments once again..
 
How do you set your exposure? Zebras, WFM? It's always spot on, whether diffused or strong sunlight.

Great job on the crane following the people without the use of a monitor!

And as long as we're here... (the obligatory question) what settings? thx!
 
Re exposure I always set zebras at 90% and usually make sure something is always peaking at this level. This naturally changes when shooting into direct light when you have to blow out some areas to expose something in the foreground. I then use the WFM monitor to double check my settings, but I use the WFM monitor more and more these days - it's a really great tool. With regards to exposing people in interview shots, I set zebras to 70% and just get a little peaking on their face. I find the biggest challenge accurate focus than exposure. Theses are the camera settings I have settled on:

Sparky's Settings!
Operation type: Film Cam
Detail level: -1
v detail level: -3
detail coring: -4
Master ped: -3
Gamma: Cine like V
Matrix: Norm 1
Skin tone detail: Off

I use these for everything these days and am really happy with the look. Cheers.
 
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