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Forum: General Talk
09-26-2023, 08:19 AM
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Based on what I often hear from the posts, I thought the favorite snack would've been gripes.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
07-22-2023, 02:55 PM
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[/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2oR8FYp]Jonathan_3DAZ2291 -1[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/dazt/]Dean Zierman[/url], on Flickr" target="_blank"> Jonathan_3DAZ2291 -1 by Dean Zierman, on Flickr |
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Forum: General Talk
07-15-2023, 08:15 AM
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Forum: General Talk
04-01-2023, 10:41 AM
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Electrifying the mules seems cruel to me.
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Forum: General Talk
12-17-2021, 02:04 PM
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It is still better to be the chicken at breakfast, than the pig. The chickens is involved, but the pig is committed.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
02-23-2016, 07:49 PM
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Forum: Lens Clubs
02-22-2016, 04:15 PM
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Probably one of the 1st things you should learn about is perspective, perspective distortion and the different ways that perspective distortion can present itself, for example keystone distortion. For a lens as wide as this understanding where to stand with how and where to point the lens is paramount in getting the best out of this lens.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
06-07-2021, 06:06 PM
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I wanted to take a relatively long exposer night photo of the Seattle skyline. For this I would need both high resolution and very low internal lens reflections. My Pentax M 50MM 1.7 lens seemed perfect for this. The resulting photo is a stitch of 2 separate exposures on a Pentax K20 ISO 100, 15 seconds and I believe f8. I liked this photo so much I had it printed on 2 three-foot wide aluminum panels that take up over 6 feet of wall space.
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Forum: Pentax K-3 III
06-12-2021, 03:52 PM
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That is a good question. As I have access to both the camera and a portable battery power supply I decided to investigate.
BLUF answer is no. The camera will only charge when the camera is off. It will only run from its internal battery and will not draw power from the USB went on.
Anker PowerCore Speed 20000, 20000mAh Qualcomm Quick Charge3.0 & PowerIQ Portable Charger. The Powercore has blue lights that give the state of the charge of its battery and that it is providing power to an external device. These blue lights will only be on continuously when it is providing power to another device.
Normal output on both ports 5V 2A.
On both Quick Charge ports 5-8V 3A, 8-10V 2.4A, 10-12V 2A. One port is Qualcomm Quick Charge3.0 & the other port is PowerIQ.
All of the following is the same for both ports.
As I had just updated the camera to firmware 1.02 and it had a new fully charged battery in the camera. With the camera off and plugged into the portable charger the red light on the back of the camera and the blue lights will illuminate for a few moments. The lights will then turn off. This indicates that the battery pack in the camera is fully charged.
I turned on the camera, unplugged from the battery pack,and have it run continuously for about 45 minutes with the back screen as the viewfinder on to drain the camera battery some. Even after 45 minutes the battery indicator on the camera did not even show one bar of depletion. I then plugged in the USB on the camera into the battery pack. The camera had the blinking stuttering red light on and the battery pack had continuous blue lights on.
I verified that it was continuing to charge for about 15minutes. At which point I turned the camera on and the blue indicator lights on the battery pack would then go off. This indicates that the camera will only run off of its internal battery and not draw any power from the USB to run the camera.
I continued charging the camera from the battery pack for a total time of approximately one hour. At which point the camera battery was fully charged and all the indicator lights went off. The camera battery was not even half depleted and it probably would’ve been faster to remove the battery from the camera and put it on its dedicated charger.
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Forum: General Talk
09-13-2020, 10:15 AM
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Wouldn't that be "never dare an idiot until you have your camera ready"?
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Forum: Photographic Technique
03-17-2019, 11:55 AM
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I too am very much in agreement with Wheatfield’s opinion on B&W. I have not shot anywhere near as much B&W as he has, but I did also start mostly shooting B&W. Color is mostly eye candy to the eye. It can very easily distract from some of the more important photographic compositional elements in the photo. This is part of the reason why it is somewhat difficult for photographers who start in color to transition to B&W. It can also make it more difficult for these photographers to progress beyond these limitations. There is some logic to saying that photographers should start with B&W and then progress to color, but that’s is not going to happen anymore.
Probably everybody here has heard the phrase; the photographer needs to see with the camera sees. In this case, the photographer needs to learn to see in B&W. Part of the problem is that even if we are born colorblind, we can’t help but see in color. The other part of the problem is even though B&W is by definition no color; color is extremely important in B&W. What I mean by this last part is color is not in the final photo, but different colors in the real world have different contrast levels. A red and blue color may look sharply different to our eye but could have an identical gray level in the final product. If these two colors are side-by-side, you could end up with just one gray blob.
If you’ve ever seen photos of a director or art director from the old silent film days, you may have noticed some things hanging around their neck. One of these items you might recognize was something called the Director’s viewfinder. The Director’s viewfinder was a lens to help the directors frame his possible shots. But the other device you may have mistaken for a monocle. Monocles were a popular quasi-fashion item at the time. But more likely it was a device like this.
Tiffen #1 Black and White Viewing Filter BWVF B&H Photo Video
What you would do is hold this filter up to your eye and close your other eye. You would look at the scene for several seconds; this would allow your brain to adapt and somewhat mute out some of the colors. You would then quickly remove the device from your eye and look at the scene again. This would help you determine if there were items in the scene that would not have enough black and white contrast. For example, you would not want the actress sitting on the couch in her dress and the dress on the couch blend together. So the director could order up changes before the scene was shot and not need to waste miles of film. It could also be used to check out the makeup on the actors to ensure they did not look too ghostly.
http://hair-and-makeup-artist.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Elaine-Shepard-BW.jpg
The makeup artists at the time would apply makeup with highly contrasting colors without regard to how the actors might look if seen in color.
This helps explain why B&W photographers used to use different colored filters to help bring out the contrast between different colored portions of a photo. We don’t need to do that now nor is it advised as we have much more control over the process by shooting in RAW and manipulating the colored filters in postprocessing. Wheatfield was probably very good at choosing his colored filters, but it most likely took him more than a few years to develop his eye for this.
Although the colored filter I mentioned above is one tool to help one see contrasting colors in B&W another way was what was mentioned in the opening post to shoot a JPEG in B&W. I don’t recommend either of these methods. The use of the filter was mainly a last-minute check that there wasn’t a contrast problem before shooting and wasting miles of film. It doesn’t help you learn to see in B&W. Shooting a JPEG in B&W can very easily turn into a crutch, and one will never learn to truly see the scene correctly. One needs to follow the process from beginning to end concentrating on each step of the process.
I start by carefully looking at the scene. I then either imagine myself or move around until I found the perspective point I wish to photograph. I deconstruct each of the photographic elements to choose my framing. At this point, I start contemplating color and B&W. If I think that this is going to make a good B&W photo, I then contemplate what the scene might look like if I exaggerate the colors. I do this because that is most likely what I’ll end up doing in postprocessing. So in postprocessing, my 1st step is to process the photo as if I was trying to make a good color photo. My next step is then usually to start boosting the color contrasts all out of whack and then comparing this to what it would look like when I turn it into B&W. I might go back and forth a few times until I have a somewhat good contrasty B&W photo. I’m still not finished with this photo though. I now convert the photo to B&W, but I apply various color filters as I used to when I was shooting with B&W film. The advantage of doing all of this in the computer postprocessing is I can very easily go back and forth learning how one part affects another part. Other than the order is reversed from the way we used to do it in B&W it is very much the same process. I do have some photos that I can point to if anybody’s interested in seeing some of the intermediate steps.
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Forum: General Talk
10-19-2019, 01:24 PM
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“A pun is the lowest form of humor—when you don't think of it first.” ― Oscar Levant
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Forum: General Talk
09-01-2019, 07:49 PM
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It is a good thing he didn't bring his friend nine, but that would have been odd.
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Forum: General Talk
05-30-2019, 03:49 PM
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We all need to be less resistant and mho conductive like Siemens.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
12-02-2018, 08:16 PM
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I've been traveling quite a bit of late. Traveling by airplane is a bit like being a pack dog on a dogsled team. Unless you're the lead dog the view doesn't change much. All I get is the same old boring views out the window.
 DAZ50827 -1-1-Edit by Dean Zierman, on Flickr
 DAZ50756 -2-1-Edit by Dean Zierman, on Flickr
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
02-03-2018, 10:23 AM
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Thanks, it truly was inspired by Rupert.
Normally yes, they aresomewhat difficult to shoot but in this particular case no. When I took this photo, it also helped solve a minor mystery. In my yard,there is a crabapple tree. Every year Iwould see it grow if you crabapple’s, butI would never see them on the ground. Not that I one of the crabapples but the mystery was what was happeningto them? Part of the reason for metaking this photo is I wanted to see what it was eating. When I got the photo blown up on my computer screen, I could see that it was one of themissing crab apples. Otis and hisfriends were eating them all!
Rupert liked to point out that the best way to get Otis tohold still and not act so “squirrely” was to give him something to do,preferably by bribing him. A lot ofpeople use something like peanuts, but Iwouldn’t recommend that as it’s not good for Otis. Just about anything that can hold theirattention for a moment or 2 and make them predictable can be used. Something like dried corn or fruit may be preferable to something like nuts. The corn or the fruit they’re more likely towant to eat immediately whereas the nuts they may just scamper off and squirrelaway for later.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
02-02-2018, 08:12 PM
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
01-21-2018, 10:46 AM
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That is correct WPRESTO; it is the Barringe crater. For those that don’t know it is named Barringe crater after the man who 1st correctly identified it as a meteor crater. And when I refer to it as “really really big” it was not my intent to say it is the biggest. One of the things that is lacking in a photo,without something in the photo to give it a sense of scale, is the size of something. Other craters are larger and older, but this is considered the best-preserved crater. In this case, it comes down to that it is easiest to see that it is a crater. But even standing on the rim viewing it with your own eyes you don’t even get a sense of its scale then. I used a Sigma 8-16mm at 8 mm on an APS C camera to try to capture the crater. And even at 8 mm (about 120°), I couldn’t get it all in one frame. I’ve never had that problem before with this lens (said with a slightly sad and puzzled expression). Using your own eyes, you need to turn your head quite a bit to see the whole thing, and that is still not giving you a sense of scale. A few things to possibly help you put this into perspective. To the left of the lens flare on the crater rim is a large boulder. This is called “house boulder” because is said to be the size of a standard American house. But even that only helps a little bit. If you look extremely carefully at the crater floor, you will see that there are a few abandoned structures. Near one of those, they have placed an American flag the same size as the flag that was placed on the moon. Next to this flag is a life-size (6 foottall) white plywood cutout of an astronaut. Without this being pointed out most people (without optical aids) can not identify these objects nor even notice them.
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Forum: General Talk
11-01-2017, 07:57 PM
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Forum: General Talk
08-23-2017, 05:27 PM
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I decided to go see the eclipse. As it was predicted that so many people would be going to see this eclipse I decided to go 2 days early so I could be rested on the day of the eclipse. After driving most of the day I finally set up camp just before the sun was setting. Too tired to do almost anything else I crawled into my sleeping bag and looked up at my tent thinking I would at least have all day tomorrow to relax and rest.
In the middle of the night as the wind was lightly blowing across my face I looked up and saw the most glorious sight. It was so dark I could not see my hand in front of my face but I could see the sky was full of stars. I could see the Milky Way and all the constellations.
With all the awe-inspiring splendor above me, one and only one all-encompassing question came to my mind. Where did my tent go?
The answer, to this important and relevant question, was the gentle breeze had blown the tent flap back that I’d forgotten to zipper and my head was hanging out the door.
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Forum: General Photography
07-08-2017, 07:28 PM
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I've been practicing and trying different techniques. This is about my best so far, about a 50% crop. It really is annoying when you're subject won't hold still! Definitely still need to do more work. There won't be time to work out anything on the day it happens.
 DAZ57163 -1 by Dean Zierman, on Flickr
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