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10-20-2013, 09:37 AM   #1276
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Can you elaborate on 'red-stained' as in 'red pencil eraser, did he sweat blood trying to clean it, spill ketchup on it, or is this some jargon I'm not aware of?

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10-20-2013, 11:23 AM   #1277
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O/k, now I understand, I have both a 4 year old and a 2 year old grandsons, and have every sympathy!

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While I like the photo - to be honest I had to look twice to make sure it was a 'real' scene and not an extremely well photographed miniature. The slight over saturation of the red roofs and nearly identical shade on the picnic tables for all the world look like it came from the artist's same paint bottle.

This is the 'red-stained' as in 'red pencil eraser' camera? If so, you have done some very nice post-processing work.
Its been a very rewarding learning experience working with the camera. Being forced to stay wide and high-key/overexposed to avoid the worst of the yargh makes for a very limited kind of scope to play with.

Lenses I usually ignored or barely touched are finding new life simply because they work best in hiding the damage.

Now that the summer is done and we're headed towards that short gap before the holidays hit, I might see about either getting the camera sent in to get fixed, figuring out how to properly get rid of that rubber stain, or possibly seeing about converting the thing to IR (hey, when life deals you lemons...).

Its definitely made me get more abstract for lack of a better term in how I shoot now. Its less 'shoot and decide later what to do with it' as it is 'decide what I'm going to do, THEN shoot".

Sometimes, the pinkish cast actually helps as well.


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Early Autumn Morning in New Hampshire

Took this on my way to work. Gotta love this time of year.

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Pic is soft

Once again, after uploading to PF, the picture is much softer than the original. Suggestions???
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Once again, after uploading to PF, the picture is much softer than the original. Suggestions???
Get Flckr account and link to it?
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Get Flckr account and link to it?
Hmmm, that's a thought.

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Now that's a great shot.
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Now that's a great shot.
Thanks!
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Very nice moon photo. I've taken similar photos with my 300mm so I am assuming you cropped this image. That or the moon is a LOT closer to Spain than Lake Superior!
Tried it myself with the 55-300, handheld. Cropped, of course:



And ("not again!") a panorama:



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Tried it myself with the 55-300, handheld. Cropped, of course:



And ("not again!") a panorama:



Beautiful moon, and landscape. Top shots the both. 8)
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Juniper valley near my home town:
Liked this one.

p.s. I was born in Grigishkes near Trakai, don't know what my parents did there , they are not lithuanians though.
And I also liked Birshtonas - nice little town, I was staying there for 2 wks over 20yrs ago. I would appreciate to see pics of those areas If you have some.
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Wow that moon shot is amazing! Great Job! especially considering the Exif data
Exposure 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture f/5.8
Focal Length 300 mm
ISO Speed 100

Subject Distance Range -> Distant LOL indeed.

Do you happen to know the NR setting that was used?

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QuoteOriginally posted by Tsuken Quote
Beautiful moon, and landscape. Top shots the both. 8)
QuoteOriginally posted by OldNoob Quote
Wow that moon shot is amazing! Great Job! especially considering the Exif data
Exposure 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture f/5.8
Focal Length 300 mm
ISO Speed 100

Subject Distance Range -> Distant LOL indeed.

Do you happen to know the NR setting that was used?
Thanks, guys!

The settings were the following:
- custom image - natural
- all corrections off
- TAv mode
- spot metering

I have the NR set on custom and it starts to work at ISO 400. At ISO 100 and ISO 200 is off.
The key factor was spot metering. First I tried with center-weighted metering and manual mode, but the moon was too bright, the meter was fooled by the light and the photos came out over-exposed.
The photo was a bit of a challenge, because a friend of mine, who's a pro photographer, told me whithout any additional details that he took a shot of the full moon with a shutter speed of 1/500 seconds.
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