Getting to know Lucy

thartley

thartley

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The whole reason I bought Lucy (my HV20) was to shoot interviews and to have a more portable option to my DVX when it was warranted. But she wasnt the easiest thing to get to know. I shot some test footage, just stock out of the box as I am sure everyone here probably did, to get a baseline idea of what it looked like before I started with the flipping and the switching and the changing, etc. But I (along with a startlingly high number of users, it turns out) could not get my footage captured into Vegas for the LONGEST time. (Thank you Jimmerson and Eugenia!) So I settled for taking the camera out for stills on a regular basis for now, to get used to the camera, the light weight, letting my fingers learn where all the important bits and bobs are located, etc.

Here are a few of my favorites, plus one screen shot from an interview.

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and here is a screenshot. Its pretty soft, but happened to be appropriate for the shot, as it turned out.

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Wow, nice stuff Terri!

Especially love the action in that darker one with the wave and the pier.
All the still are nice and sharp too, and talk about 'pop'! :thumbsup:

The shot of the geese has a certain "disjecta" feel to it...

Crab is way cool too - how'd you get it to pose like that for you? :)



Does this mean you'll be posting more over here again?

- Mikko
 
Terri, long time no see....

Hey Mikko, what's a "disjecta feel"? I've heard of it but not sure...sorry, I'm a newbie. :)

Nice job Terri, the shots look really nice.
 
disjecta said:
Hey Mikko, what's a "disjecta feel"?
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I'm not sure either - but I'd probably call the doctor about it.
:)

Terri - looking great!
I couldn't help but laugh as I was scrolling down the shots, because you said the last one was from an interview...and then I scroll down and see the crab shot. For a moment I thought that was what you meant - I mean, it was close enough.
:thumbups:

I'm pretty impressed wiht the images people are getting out of this little camera.
Keep it up - and don't be such a stranger.
 
Ha! Thanks everyone...and what a great set of people to be getting comments from! :) The crab was ready to do battle. I have a whole series of him that I shot from the point where he didnt know I was coming up on him, all thru his getting up on his "feet" to fight me, and then back down with a bubbly wave coming up behind him. He was just about the size of a silver dollar, so I was kind of stunned to see that kind of detail coming out in those shots.

The pier shot is one of my favorites, though I wish I had been able to get it before the fishing boat got behind the pier. I was really racing a storm and the rain to get back to my car, but couldn't resist the urge to get the camera back out of the bag and try to get a couple shots. (I'm finding I want to take this little camera everywhere with me...just in case there is that really cool photo-op!) haha!

Also of note, the Christmas ferris wheel shot was obviously at night, and I was totally expecting a ton of grain...so again, I was pleasantly surprised with the result.

Ya'll may start to see more of me....ESPECIALLY YOU MIKKO! I am going to try my hand at getting a Merlin flight plan together. :)

Later guys...

T
 
Those are REALLY nice, thartley. That shot of the crab is INCREDIBLE. The DOF is perfect. You've definitely got an eye for photography.

Can't wait to see more from you and Lucy.
 
That crab is beautiful, and the pier is breathtaking. For the crab, did you just zoom in, or did you have a macro converter on the front?
 
Matt Agnello said:
That crab is beautiful, and the pier is breathtaking. For the crab, did you just zoom in, or did you have a macro converter on the front?
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Thanks for the comments. I did not use anything special for the crab. I was about two or three feet from him and just got lucky. :smile: The original pic from the camera before resizing is pretty unbelievable.

LightningFilms said:
pier shot definitely owns. great stills man - give my love to Lucy!
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Yep, I would sure love to pull that boat back a little ways to clear the pier. :grin:
 
I was pretty impressed with it's still capabilities. In an emergency, I had to switch from my usual still digicam to the HV20. It saved the shoot! Note the perfectly visible stitching on the shoes.
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This is a self portrait I did of myself after the shoot
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Here's what caused me to to use the HV20 as a still-cam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UVwLjHXeWU
I just wish the aperture/shutter were more manually controllable.:D
 
I think you were probably asking Zephyrnoid that one since he has all the beautiful colors in his shot. :) But I'll answer just in case...I was not using any kind of filter. It was simply stock.

The only post adjustment I made to the original files was that I bumped the brightness/contrast just a little bit to help offset the fact that it was such a dreary day.
 
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