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TOP DOWN BurtGummer !!RRMHFHglFsy
Are there any photographers who specialise in "top-down" photography? (Photos taken from above the subject). I know that Andreas Gursky does some.

Picture:

Researching for a project I came across this, OMG it made my eyes bleed. USM tree got its ass kicked.
>> Anonymous
Wow is that an ugly picture.
>> Anonymous
the thumbnail is SO IN FOCUS
>> BurtGummer !!RRMHFHglFsy
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This is the sort of thing im after.

Picture: The Beatles "Top-down".

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>> Anonymous
why do you want this burt are you going to take pictures of your dick from the top down?
>> Anonymous
you need a helicopter for this

or a crane
>> BurtGummer !!RRMHFHglFsy
>>223400

Negative, besides which when shooting male genetailia you should shoot from below to increase the sense of size.

From above for women, it enhances the breasts but makes the hips and fump look smaller.
>> Anonymous
>>223404
or a ladder

or a ledge

or stilts
>> Anonymous
>>223415

uhhh are you stupid

you would see the legs of all of those

helicopter and crane are the only options
>> Anonymous
>>223416
theres no legs on a ledge
and your torso can move you know?
>> Anonymous
your arms only extend so much

and because there are ledges everywhere you go lol
>> Srs Critique Fag !2y1il5Qy0g
>>223379
ZEE GOGGLES, ZEY DO NOZZING!!!

I usually have some fun with shooting portraits in that style, even with a 28mm wide-angle on a full-frame (I think it brings more attention to the face). I haven't seen a lot of portraiture done like that, it's usually just landscape or massive amounts of people. "Big picture" kinda stuff, you know?
>> BurtGummer !!RRMHFHglFsy
>>223416

..cameras can zoom you know. i guess i could invest in a boom and try it myself. Dont fancy strapping my DSLR to a fuckin stick mind...
>> Anonymous
>>223426

uh, you'd still get your feet, or whatever your standing on in a shot like this

you need something with absolutely nothing touching inside that frame

like a helicopter or a crane

you can't just zoom in or zoom out, what teh fuck
>> BurtGummer !!RRMHFHglFsy
>>223429

So it wouyld have to be a camera boom then...

perhaps NOT this one. But some sort..

http://www.creativevideo.co.uk/public/view_item_cat.php?catalogue_number=sachtler_5710
>> Anonymous
>>223431

yes, whatever you can put your shit on and extend it

or for a stage, they probably have catwalks
>> Anonymous
>>223431
id rather stick my camera to a stick, try putting your trypod head on to a good strong pole?
>> BurtGummer !!RRMHFHglFsy
>>223451

sounds like the answer, solder a traversable tripod head on an extension pole...
>> BurtGummer !!RRMHFHglFsy
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You know what? I take it back, USM trolley AND tree have nothing on this.

I heard my AURA scream as i opened it.
>> Anonymous
>>223470

dude that is not usm it is hdr
learn the difference you fag
>> Anonymous
>>223470
That's actually really cool.
>> Anonymous
>>223470
>>223479
inb4 SHITSTOOOOORM
>> BurtGummer !!RRMHFHglFsy
>>223509

in after samefag...
>> Anonymous
>>223525
WRONG
people really need to stop saying that they are so often wrong.
im
>>223415
>>223417
>>223451

oh and was>>223464
sarcastic? solders an awful idea but i dont know what your tripod mount looks like, i could maybe do it with mine but im not the one asking.
oh and the reason id rather do that is because my camera wasnt as much as that thing costs so its more economic to buy a new camera than buy that thing and save my camera
>> Anonymous
>>223422
Srs critique fag, show some examples of yours please
>> Anonymous
>>223534

srs critique fag = Depressed Cheesecake
>> Anonymous
>>223470
>>223379

These pictures actually, literally give me headaches
>> BurtGummer !!RRMHFHglFsy
>>223527

Alright, calm down, jesus do you have sand in your vagina or what?

Yes solders a shit idea i agree, and you dont seriously think i was going to spend that much on a bloody boom do you?

I do know the difference between HDR and USM, ive presented examples of BOTH here in /p/, but you can achieve similar effects with USM if you fuck the saturation settings hard enough.

excuse my one off mistake before you go calling people fag, boy.
>> Anonymous
>>223379

OMG. Safeway?
>> Srs Critique Fag !2y1il5Qy0g
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>>223534
>>223537

I really post all my stuff as anon. I mean, say what you will about not having the balls to post photos under a trip (it's probably true), but I think too many people focus on the fact that a tripfag is posting them and automatically rage, you know? People expect tripfags to be the best photographers, but it's not always true.
tl;dr: I don't think that highly of my own stuff, really.

But here's one example of what I'm talking about.

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>> Anonymous
>>223594

you could be a good amateur porn photographer.
>> Anonymous
Haha i love OP's pic

Kudos for throwing away the 'rules' and coming up with something shocking. Every element of the photo adds to the idea. Keep at it!
>> Anonymous
Well, you could make a boom. If you're crafty like that.

Or, you could make friends with a local community college, gymnasium, etc with suspended walkways.

There's also scaffolding type things you could build.
>> Anonymous
>>223628

Not true. He focused on her face, not her tits.