The 2nd official Random Discussion For TPBM Photo's and Photographers Thread (2)

[Skrim17]

We are going to the matine of my nephew's big show today!!

[puddlepirate44]

It's a rilly rilly ugly fish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ling_cod).

That article said that a Ling could get up to five feet long and weigh up to 26 lbs. I would hate to drag that one up on deck. Geez, the ones I caught were around two or three feet long, maybe 12 lbs, and they nearly beat the boat to death. Mean fish!

[puddlepirate44]

doncha love wiki?

They say it so much better than I do.... I just forget to check them before I rattle on. :o

We are going to the matine of my nephew's big show today!!

Ooo, sounds like fun! :D

[thomascanty]

That article said that a Ling could get up to five feet long and weigh up to 26 lbs. I would hate to drag that one up on deck. Geez, the ones I caught were around two or three feet long, maybe 12 lbs, and they nearly beat the boat to death. Mean fish!

I've never caught a ling, but I've caught plenty of other rock fish.

The best fighters though, are California Sheephead, especially the mature ones, after they've become male. You'll definitely know when one of those has latched onto your line. I've landed a few of them. Very tasty fish, too!

[puddlepirate44]

I've never caught a ling, but I've caught plenty of other rock fish.

The best fighters though, are California Sheephead, especially the mature ones, after they've become male. You'll definitely know when one of those has latched onto your line. I've landed a few of them. Very tasty fish, too!

Biggest fight I ever had from a fish was when I had a Ling cod on my line, and a Sea Lion decided he wanted it, too. Poor Ling was in the middle of a tug of war.

I won. ;) :D

[jothefish]

It's a rilly rilly ugly fish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ling_cod).

I am now edumacated...

Wait, you've been all over the world, and you don't know what's a Ling cod?

Wait for a second... I want to savor this....

A Ling cod is a type of rock fish, living waaaay down deep. Unlike the other cod fishes, like the Red, Rock, etc., the Ling is much, much uglier. Not that the others were great prom dates. The Ling has a large head, and a skinnier body, and is much larger/longer (couple of feet long) than the other cods. Oh, and it also has big sharp teeth... trust me, I know this first hand. Really.

As for eating? If you ever have the choice between regular rock cod and a Ling, go with the Ling. Very nice eatin' fish. Tender white meat, great flavor. Great BBQ'd or made into fish 'n' chips.

I don't fish when we travel... I don't even fish at home in the Bahamas...

Biggest fight I ever had from a fish was when I had a Ling cod on my line, and a Sea Lion decided he wanted it, too. Poor Ling was in the middle of a tug of war.

I won. ;) :D

Good thing you won... imagine if he won... you'd be fish food :lol:

[thomascanty]

Biggest fight I ever had from a fish was when I had a Ling cod on my line, and a Sea Lion decided he wanted it, too. Poor Ling was in the middle of a tug of war.

I won. ;) :D

That reminds of a time my brother handed me his fishing pole and said, "Here, hold this!" and ran to find a deckhand. He had caught a Calico Bass, then a Sea Lion took it. I was losing line pretty fast until it finally snapped. I saw that thing a few hundred feet from the boat, looking back at me...

My brother also caught a ray of some kind once. It took forever to get it up to the boat so the deckhand could unhook it. It was just dead weight from the bottom to the top, about like trying to reel in an old tire filled with cement.

Then, there was the time my brother caught a flying pelican (his line wrapped around it's wing in mid-flight as he was casting). He got it on the boat with the help of our deckhand friend Scott, and while Scott was trying to unwrap the line from the wing, the pelican panicked and regurgitated a stomach full of half digested mackerel. That was the most disgusting smell I've ever experienced! It cleared that side of the boat for a half hour... NOBODY would go there!

[puddlepirate44]

I don't fish when we travel... I don't even fish at home in the Bahamas...

The request still stands, if you eat fish.... You gotta try Ling cod. Right up there with Salmon, if it's done right.



Good thing you won... imagine if he won... you'd be fish food :lol:

NO KIDDING! That ol' Sea Lion looked pretty ticked. He must've sat out there for a half an hour glaring at me.

That reminds of a time...

Poor Pelican!!

OK, here's my Ling cod story. My dad was a commercial fisherman. He would wake me up at Oh Dark Thirty to go down to the harbor so we could get out to the canyon in time. My job, whether I wanted to do it or not, was to pick up the fish that was caught, put it into an old burlap bag and keep that bag wet. We had this huge run of fish. Cod all over the deck. I was busy picking up fish and putting them in the bag (I got 10% of the profits for the work... good money for a nine year old.) while Dad was busy yanking these things out of the Monterey Bay. The best way to pick up a cod where they didn't fight you and they didn't squeak out of your hands was to put your thumb into their mouths, and use their bottom jaw as the "handle". Works wonders. In the midst of all this, Dad calls out, "Hey, don't put your thumb in a Ling Cod's mouth".

I'm nine years old. At that point, I have no idea what is a Ling cod. I knew it was a fish, but outside of that, no clue.

There was a pile of about twenty cod on deck. I was busy picking up, bagging, earning my pay. There was this ugly dinosaur looking thing down there that needed to be "bagged". So I did what I was brought to do. I stuck my thumb into the mouth....

CHOMP.

The Ling bit down on my thumb to the bone and would not let go. Blood every where. I was screaming like a little girl. Dad, of course, was cracking up in the stern. He finally put his pole down, came back and pried the fish off of my thumb and then immediately stuck the bleeding digit into the Pacific.

Nice. Salt water in the a dino bite.

I never mis-identified a Ling again. And Dad never failed to tell that story over and over and over again.

[jothefish]

Here are two from the cruise...

[puddlepirate44]

Here are two from the cruise...

Wow, Jo, those are great... Were you able to disembark the ship and wander around some of those towns?

[jothefish]

And two more

[puddlepirate44]

Wow, Jo, those are great... Were you able to disembark the ship and wander around some of those towns?

Never mind. Apparently yes. :o

Very nice shots.

[jothefish]

Wow, Jo, those are great... Were you able to disembark the ship and wander around some of those towns?

Yes, we stopped in every port for a day and had our own guide to ferry us around. That way if I want to stop to take a photo -I just yell (and I do... scared the life out of few drivers in my time...) and if Alex needs to pee, which he always does st the most inopertune times (goes with being 10 I suppose) we don't have a busload of old people angry at us... :):)

[thomascanty]

I never mis-identified a Ling again. And Dad never failed to tell that story over and over and over again.

:lol: :lol:

All this reminiscing about the days when my brother and I practically lived on the sportfishing boats around here made me wonder how our old friend Scott is doing. He moved to Hawaii several years ago (his family is filthy rich). I just did a Google search on his name and it looks like he's captain of his own sportfishing boat now. In 2004 his boat won the 16th annual Maui Jim Fire Cracker Open fishing contest when they hauled in a 701-pound Blue Marlin. Cool! :cool:

[thomascanty]

Purdy pictures, mom! I really like the rambling rooftops one.

Were these from the Canon, or the Hassleblad?

[jothefish]

so we decided to feed the gulls so I could get some shots... we foudn out they eat anything...:lol:

[puddlepirate44]

Yes, we stopped in every port for a day and had our own guide to ferry us around. That way if I want to stop to take a photo -I just yell (and I do... scared the life out of few drivers in my time...) and if Alex needs to pee, which he always does st the most inopertune times (goes with being 10 I suppose) we don't have a busload of old people angry at us... :):)

Well, that's pretty darned convenient! Hey, have you posted a shot from your 'Blad, and if you have, which one? Or am I just showing my ignorance and the 'Blad isn't digital?

:lol: :lol:

All this reminiscing about the days when my brother and I practically lived on the sportfishing boats around here made me wonder how our old friend Scott is doing. He moved to Hawaii several years ago (his family is filthy rich). I just did a Google search on his name and it looks like he's captain of his own sportfishing boat now. In 2004 his boat won the 16th annual Maui Jim Fire Cracker Open fishing contest when they hauled in a 701-pound Blue Marlin. Cool! :cool:

Ooo, Marlin fishing. I've always wanted to try that, but I hear it's really expensive and all my money is already committed to be used for the futherance of my gear. ;) :D

[thomascanty]

Ooo, Marlin fishing. I've always wanted to try that, but I hear it's really expensive and all my money is already committed to be used for the futherance of my gear. ;) :D

Yeah, I don't see myself doing that anytime soon either, but now I know I have someone I can go to at least to get a discount. It would be fun to do it once.

[jothefish]

Here are two flowers from the 'blad...

I will find a couple of the travel ones...

[theague]

where was the cruise?

[Becky N]

Howdy everyone.

evaluative and spot are the only two I ever used.

You know, I have to get out and play with the different metering modes. It is one of those functions I don't think about and should.:rolleyes:

My broom is plenty fast, but I don't think it'll hold me and Lonnie and Ashley

Leave Lonnie.:p

It's good to be the aged. I can nap when I want and no one will think anything of it

Yep, Uh Huh, ZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Here's the books I'm getting

Lightroom (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0321492161/ref=pd_luc_mri/105-6363902-8444422?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance)

I'll vouch for the Lightroom book.

quick grabs for now

Great shots, Crissa. What software do you use for PP? Curt set up Noise Ninja way back when. I have no clue what the different settings do and he usually does that part of our processing in a batch. But, I have found the One Step Noise Removal in PaintShop Pro X works very well when I'm PP'ing single shots. It is all software driven, all I do is click and wait a few seconds. If your software has something similar you might be happy just using it.

edit: and Allie went from a size 11 to size 13 shoe overnight! Her feet have never grown fast before.

Just wait one night your kids will have grown into those feet...and yes I do mean ONE night, least ways it seems like it happened overnight.

Meet Jazz...

http://www.the-aperture.com/EE/photos/normal/IMG_4645.jpg

Love this shot, Pete. Looks like a great kitten, full of curiosity and fun.

Some shots from the Farmer's Market today:


http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1341/866276697_04ac107c9b.jpg


Very nice, I've been trying but yet to be successful at using the DOF to produce something like this.:cry:

The Boring Boys in Brass:

Oh greate just what this world needs, a couple of Bad Brass Boring Boys.:rolleyes:

Lightroom puts things automatically into folders by date regardless of body used.

It does? Is that the default? As I have it always go into the 30D folder then name a new subfolder. Usually by date and subject/place. I also have it do an autobackup into the EHD. Come to think of it, those on the EHD are in automatically put in a folder by date. So, erhm....nevermind.

No he had lens replacement.

Thats great, glad the first one went well, hoping for the same success on the second eye.

Here are two from the cruise...

Beautiful, great clouds in #2.

Went to a pre-second run cast party yesterday...I think I somehow, don't know how,:rolleyes: caught Jim's wee head pain syndrome.;) Much better since I ate some lunch.

[jothefish]

where was the cruise?

We went from Copenhagen up to Spitzbergen then over to Nordcap (midnight sun) and then down through the Fjords of Norway to Stockholm...

[Becky N]

Whoa, Jo, you posted some more fabulous shots while I was typing. The roof picture is very cool and some great angles on the gull(s).

[thomascanty]

Leave Lonnie.:p

:p :p :p

[jothefish]

Whoa, Jo, you posted some more fabulous shots while I was typing. The roof picture is very cool and some great angles on the gull(s).

Danke, Danke... makes me nervous putting them up...

[Permagrin]

Wu news:
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showpost.php?p=3591253&postcount=1355


Nice photos Jo. What a lovely place to photograph!


G'mae everyone :)

[Becky N]

Hi, Permie. Thanks for the Wu News. Is the story at 9:00?

[jothefish]

Nice photos Jo. What a lovely place to photograph!




There are so many beautiful places to photograph... my list is a long one :) :)

[Permagrin]

Hi, Permie. Thanks for the Wu News. Is the story at 9:00?

Well, I don't know much more except that she actually SOUNDS better than I've heard her sound (this is my whopping 3rd convers. with her). She sounds up (though very tired) and encouraged (even though she's still got to job hunt and un-pack). Really, I'm very excited for her. I think this move is a very good thing!

[Becky N]

Well, I don't know much more except that she actually SOUNDS better than I've heard her sound (this is my whopping 3rd convers. with her). She sounds up (though very tired) and encouraged (even though she's still got to job hunt and un-pack). Really, I'm very excited for her. I think this move is a very good thing!


Fantastic news...I agree, she needed to get the heck out of Dodge.

[Becky N]

Signing off for a bit. I need to get a head start on my nephew reading Harry Potter. He has a book on reserve but is gone for the weekend.

There will be lots of copies of this book backstage next week, we all need to put our names in our copy.

[theague]

We went from Copenhagen up to Spitzbergen then over to Nordcap (midnight sun) and then down through the Fjords of Norway to Stockholm...
Very cool!!

Wu news:
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showpost.php?p=3591253&postcount=1355
G'mae everyone :)

Thanks for the update Permie!

Opinions on these two shots? Both of the same waterfall but obviously slightly different. :)

1.
http://suited.zenfolio.com/img/v0/p472870086-5.jpg

2.
http://suited.zenfolio.com/img/v0/p288198984-5.jpg

[jothefish]

Signing off for a bit. I need to get a head start on my nephew reading Harry Potter. He has a book on reserve but is gone for the weekend.

There will be lots of copies of this book backstage next week, we all need to put our names in our copy.

Just finished it this afternoon....

[jothefish]

Very cool!!



Thanks for the update Permie!

Opinions on these two shots? Both of the same waterfall but obviously slightly different. :)

1.
http://suited.zenfolio.com/img/v0/p472870086-5.jpg


The water looks pink :confused:

2.
http://suited.zenfolio.com/img/v0/p288198984-5.jpg

This is lovely...

[theague]

Yeah the rocks are that color so it makes the pool look lik that.. Couldn't really do anything about it. =/

[jothefish]

Got to go get an ice cream...

[short5]

Wu news:


G'mae everyone :)Hi Lisa thanks for the Wupdate.

Opinions on these two shots? Both of the same waterfall but obviously slightly different. :)


I like the second one best but I have never been a fan of the soft water look

[thomascanty]

Yuck. My monitor just suddenly started to take on a nasty blue tint in the lower left corner. I've been suspicious that it's been slowly dying for a while now. Looks like the end might be near... :( I loved this thing, and I don't want to go to LCD!!!

Oh, and I think the clock battery in my PC is dead. I powered the computer down for a while the other day (something I very rarely do), and when I booted back up, the date was somewhere in the 1980's. The computer is nearly four years old (the monitor is about three), so I guess I am pushing my luck here. Looks like I might be spending some money soon. And I was saving up for a 5D... :(

[Pete]

Hmm.. That's rough, Lonnie.

Why not just pick up a cheap laptop and use that for a while?

[Pete]

Have a kitten.

http://www.the-aperture.com/EE/photos/normal/IMG_4631.jpg

[cylentka]

Awwwww. He's so cute. Little black nose. Most cats have pink noses, I think

[thomascanty]

Hmm.. That's rough, Lonnie.

Why not just pick up a cheap laptop and use that for a while?

I already have a cheap laptop. It's older than the desktop... ;) (Only by a month, though...) The laptop is my "keep in touch via slow dialup while traveling" computer.

I've never been able to properly work on pictures on the laptop. The image quality on the screen just plain sucks. To date, I've only seen one LCD monitor I liked, and that was a $2,000 one we got to play with at work for a couple months maybe two years ago, before it was moved to it's permanent home in the Radiology Department.

[thomascanty]

Awwwww. He's so cute. Little black nose. Most cats have pink noses, I think

He is cute. Black Tabby's usually have black noses though, not pink.

[cylentka]

Less eyestrain for me on an LCD, so I likes 'em.

[Pete]

In that case, you could use that latop, but buy a cheap lcd or crt screen and plug it into the laptop?

[cylentka]

He is cute. Black Tabby's usually have black noses though, not pink.

I don't think I've ever seen a black tabby before, to be honest. Usually just yellow, orange, or gray. Jazz looks exotic to me, like a white tiger or something. :)

[thomascanty]

In that case, you could use that latop, but buy a cheap lcd or crt screen and plug it into the laptop?

Well, the PC works for now, as long as I don't shut it down. And even then, it only loses the date. So, I'd rather use it instead of the laptop. I just need to shop around for a new monitor (and CRT's are so hard to find any more). And eventually, a new computer anyway. Mine is a bit too obsolete, as it is.

I don't think I've ever seen a black tabby before, to be honest.

My Tupper (the brat) is a black tabby. Actually, I believe he's a Maine Coon because of how freakin' ginormous he is. I just did an image search on Google for "Maine Coon" and found this (http://peter.stillhq.com/jasmine/blog/ny-maine-coon3.jpg). Yep... That's what my Tupper looks like. He's bigger than Ashley!

[Woolburr]

Try a Samsung SyncMaster 226BW Lonnie...way better picture than most of the pricey CRTs floating around. I am very impressed with mine.

[thomascanty]

And now that I look at Pete's mom's cat again, he looks more gray than black. I doubt that one is a Maine Coon...

[cylentka]

My Tupper (the brat) is a black tabby. Actually, I believe he's a Maine Coon because of how freakin' ginormous he is. I just did an image search on Google for "Maine Coon" and found this (http://peter.stillhq.com/jasmine/blog/ny-maine-coon3.jpg). Yep... That's what my Tupper looks like. He's bigger than Ashley!

LOL Lonnie. I'd hate to have one of them sleeping on me all night! Life is rough enough with two 14 pound cats.:p

[Pete]

Try a Samsung SyncMaster 226BW Lonnie...way better picture than most of the pricey CRTs floating around. I am very impressed with mine.

What's the max resolution on those things?

[thomascanty]

Try a Samsung SyncMaster 226BW Lonnie...way better picture than most of the pricey CRTs floating around. I am very impressed with mine.

Thanks. I'm Googling on it right now. But, if I can find another ViewSonic p95f+ somewhere, I'm getting TWO, so I have another to fall back on in another three years...

[Permagrin]

Jothefish, I went to your website...you have some beautiful shots there...of some really amazing places. Very nice :)

[thomascanty]

LOL Lonnie. I'd hate to have one of them sleeping on me all night! Life is rough enough with two 14 pound cats.:p

And Tupper does like to sleep on my chest so much! :lol: Makes it a little hard to breathe sometimes.

I weighed him once, about three or four years ago. He was 36 pounds at the time. :shock:

[cylentka]

He was 36 pounds at the time. :shock:

:shock: :shock:

[Pete]

Jothefish, I went to your website...you have some beautiful shots there...of some really amazing places. Very nice :)

Totally agree. I've got the feeling that she's Athena's twin sister. The incredibly effortless talent is uncannily similar...

[cylentka]

Having exotic places to shoot probably helps a lot, too.

[jothefish]

Yuck. My monitor just suddenly started to take on a nasty blue tint in the lower left corner. I've been suspicious that it's been slowly dying for a while now. Looks like the end might be near... :( I loved this thing, and I don't want to go to LCD!!!

Oh, and I think the clock battery in my PC is dead. I powered the computer down for a while the other day (something I very rarely do), and when I booted back up, the date was somewhere in the 1980's. The computer is nearly four years old (the monitor is about three), so I guess I am pushing my luck here. Looks like I might be spending some money soon. And I was saving up for a 5D... :(

Hope you have everything backed up double just in case you wake up to a nasty surprise... I just got a Eizo screen to hook up to my laptop here in Vienna - It is awesome with the colours... might have to get one for home...

Have a kitten.

http://www.the-aperture.com/EE/photos/normal/IMG_4631.jpg

What a pretty kitty, what a pretty picture of a pretty kitty...

Jothefish, I went to your website...you have some beautiful shots there...of some really amazing places. Very nice :)

Thanks - I love shooting people... have to practice more with landscapes though. My last coupleof trips are not up yet as we are under website renovation, hopefully I can get it up after the summer...

Totally agree. I've got the feeling that she's Athena's twin sister. The incredibly effortless talent is uncannily similar...

shhh... don't tell anyone - we were seperated at birth...she went with Mummy, I went with Daddy... Athena - are you a gypsy too?

[Permagrin]

Thanks - I love shooting people... have to practice more with landscapes though. My last coupleof trips are not up yet as we are under website renovation, hopefully I can get it up after the summer...


You are very good at portraits but personally I was most struck by your urban type scenes...European street shots...you have a very good eye for composition.

[thomascanty]

Hope you have everything backed up double just in case you wake up to a nasty surprise...

I learned my lesson when my last computer suffered a fatal hard disc attack. All of my RAW files are immediately backed up two two external HDs (one of which is then immediately unplugged and turned off afterward) before I even look at them. My edits and documents are backed up to another external HD pretty regularly as well. If this PC were to die for some reason, I wouldn't lose very much...

[Guineh]

Christopher's 2 month photo shoot...

[Guineh]

Couple more...

[Guineh]

One more, a sepia toned image ...

[short5]

He looks like you mike:)

[thomascanty]

Nice, Mike! :)

[Pete]

High Awwwww factor from the right-pondians....

[jothefish]

You are very good at portraits but personally I was most struck by your urban type scenes...European street shots...you have a very good eye for composition.

Thank you... I am going to take the Hasselblad out next week to get some of the churchs here in Vienna...

I learned my lesson when my last computer suffered a fatal hard disc attack. All of my RAW files are immediately backed up two two external HDs (one of which is then immediately unplugged and turned off afterward) before I even look at them. My edits and documents are backed up to another external HD pretty regularly as well. If this PC were to die for some reason, I wouldn't lose very much...

Oh good...

One more, a sepia toned image ...

babies... I love babies...

[cylentka]

Awwww, Mike. You're cuting me to death here!! I wanna hold him!

[Permagrin]

Mike, he's a DOLL!! What cute photos :)

Thank you... I am going to take the Hasselblad out next week to get some of the churchs here in Vienna...


Which Hassy do you have? And how do you compare the IQ to your 1DsII (isn't that the one you've got?)

[jothefish]

Here are a few from Papua New Guinea taken with the Hasselblad...

[thomascanty]

Time for me to get some sleep. It's way, way, way past my normal bedtime. I blame my supervisor at work for that. When I got to work at midnight this morning, I noticed I was scheduled to work my normal midnight-9:30am shift, like always. But, he left a gap... Next on the schedule was Elmer, coming in at noon.

So, I stayed late and got a couple extra hours of OT for the 5D/computer fund... :rolleyes: And it was a very frustrating day there anyway. Nothing but problems the entire 12 hours...

Nighty night, all...

[cylentka]

Nite Lonnie, sweet dreams

[jothefish]

and a couple of kids

[jothefish]

last two...

[jothefish]

Night baby boy.... sweet dreams

[cylentka]

Interesting photos! I don't understand their culture, but I'm sure they don't understand ours either.

[Pete]

Wow... National Geographic or what?

[jothefish]

Mike, he's a DOLL!! What cute photos :)



Which Hassy do you have? And how do you compare the IQ to your 1DsII (isn't that the one you've got?)

I have the H2 with a Phase One P45 (soon to be 45+) back. The 39 megapixels are extraordinary!!!

The canons I carry are the 1ds and th e5d... I figured if I was going to go up - I might as well go all the way up! :)

My husband thinks I am a little nuts becuase now I carry two sets of camera equipment around the world... and then I never show anyone my photos...

[short5]

I
My husband thinks I am a little nuts Him too?

[Permagrin]

excellent photos :)

and I don't blame you, if I had the opportunity, I'd take them both as well. I never thought I'd say the 1ds is light (in weight) but it probably is in comparison to the hassy. In any case, you use them well.

[short5]

When I added a EHD to back things up I used their software for back up but have decided I don't like it and want to backup differently. When I did this it created a dcm file for every picture i have. It is a pain in the but and I delete them every time I open a folder but that is a pain. I have tried to search for file name to get them all on screen at once and delete but it has not worked for me. Can someone more computer savvy tell me the best way to do this?

[jothefish]

Interesting photos! I don't understand their culture, but I'm sure they don't understand ours either.

They are very nice people -very unaffected although that will change. The two unaffected cultures I have seen int he last year... Bhutanese andd Papua New Guinea are already showing signs of Western invasion... lots of plastics coming in. Maybe not so much to the New Guinea tribes yet, we had to take three planes - progressivly smaller, a boat and then a jeep to get to the hotel. It is out in the Sepik River Basin. They discovered new tribes 10 years ago that had never been seen before, and there may be more out there. When you fly over the highlands of New Guinea - you can see how people can remain unnoticed...

A funny story for you... when the Christians decided to go on in and convert everyone, they showed them pictures of heaven and hell... and couldn't figure out why the locals all wanted to go to hell instead of heaven... wellt hey figured out that it was becasue of the images they showed... heaven was depicted as white angels floating around on clouds and hell was little black devils thrwng white men into burning pits.... the local (being cannibals) could relate better to hell than to heaven....

true story...

[Guineh]

He looks like you mike:)

Heh, virtually everyone I run into says the same thing.. :) Guess I can't deny him.

High Awwwww factor from the right-pondians....

Awwww, Mike. You're cuting me to death here!! I wanna hold him!


Thanks :)

[jothefish]

excellent photos :)

and I don't blame you, if I had the opportunity, I'd take them both as well. I never thought I'd say the 1ds is light (in weight) but it probably is in comparison to the hassy. In any case, you use them well.

The hassi isn't that mauch heaveir thatn the 1ds, it fits really nicely in the hand. The range of lenses isn't the best but when you so many megapixels to work with, a 100% crop is very doable as long as you are in focus. I wouldn't say it is a sports/action camera but it is interesting ot play with.
When we go to Kenya it will still be the Canon with the 300 2.8 that gets the biggest workout... I am a bit of a purest when it comes to taking photos, I find it hard to take a photot with cropping in mind...

[jothefish]

Him too?


You don't know me nearly well enough to consider me nuts..... yet ;) :) :p

[theague]

Some more Scotland photos:

1. Looking west towards Isle of Skye from the little outcrop of land I was standing on while taking photos of Eilean Donan
http://suited.zenfolio.com/img/v1/p501817109-5.jpg

2. Shot on Isle of Skye, looking West.
http://suited.zenfolio.com/img/v1/p28696710-4.jpg

[theague]

3. Harbor in Portree, Isle of Skye
http://suited.zenfolio.com/img/v1/p87160055-4.jpg

4. Same Harbor in Portree
http://suited.zenfolio.com/img/v1/p334978859-5.jpg

5. Bridge on Isle of Skye
http://suited.zenfolio.com/img/v1/p345708685-4.jpg

[Pete]

Just watching the news. Even more flooding in the UK over the weekend.

Last friday, our town was cut in half by a river that had burst it's banks. In order to get out to dinner, we had to drive around the town in a 30min journey that should take 5.

The flat we used to live in was flooded but 2-3ft of water, so we're glad we've moved before then. Those flats used to be very saught after, but after this, the value has nose-dived (there's never been floods there before).

The house that my mother used to live in is likely to be flooded out fairly soon (she used to live pretty close to the Thames).

[Pete]

Beatiful shots of Skye... I really must get up there sometime...!

[Permagrin]

Kody, seriously, your Scotland shots are the poster children for fantastic photos. I always think about them when people say they have to have the 1 series or L lenses for great photos. :rolleyes: You've done a most excellent job with this set. I'd like to see them all in your gallery (do you have a gallery?) when you are done processing.

[theague]

I have all the PP'd photos in a gallery that I've started.

http://suiteD.zenfolio.com

I upload to it as I get them done.

[theague]

Kody, seriously, your Scotland shots are the poster children for fantastic photos. I always think about them when people say they have to have the 1 series or L lenses for great photos. :rolleyes: You've done a most excellent job with this set. I'd like to see them all in your gallery (do you have a gallery?) when you are done processing.

I've been thinking of posting them in the Kit (Show us your best 18-55) thread. :) Thanks for your compliments. I'm more and more amazed the further along I go in these photos. I'm really happy with how many good ones I've taken. :)

[jothefish]

I LOVE number three!!! LOVE IT! That's what I want to be able to do...see stuff like that...

[jothefish]

Off to bed... nighty night

[theague]

Thanks Jo. :) All it takes is a polarizer filter and a shutter finger. :) I really didn't do much other than compose and shoot. A couple minor tweaks in CS2 and viola!

[Permagrin]

Hey Lonnie, I found a laptop (bold, pink) for ya (ignore the name :) )

http://www.overstock.com/Electronics/Xtreme-ChicBook-Cel-1.6Ghz-1024GB-DDR2-12.1-inch-Notebook-Computer/2333339/product.html?IID=prod2333339

[Jamie Holladay]

g'MAE All
Really not time to catcy up thourghly. I did hear about some drama in the drama factrory (WF), Pretty Baby photos, and Nekkid folks (I know they are natives and are supposed to be). Any way I have a little Rant for you guys

RANT ON:
I went to Barber Motorsports Park today to shoot the Porsche race. I had a great time. Shooting a race is really work though. I am sun burned from all get out. I have never ever in my life seen as many freaking N!k*ns in my life. I could have visited all the circuit city's, Best buys, Wolf Camera in Birmingham and there would not have been that many in stock. What is the world is this world comming to. Is someone feeding people propaganda? Poor people they have got to be confused or on drugs. I saw 2 out of 7 pros with N. OMG I almost got sick to my stomach. I almost went home. I was walking proudly with my new 30D/70-200f/4.0L/1.4XTCII and they just looked at me like I was white trash. (or was that envy?) Short lenses too. Click Click Click. I did not get it. No one was panning so what the he(( were they shooting the bushes in the background. Oh and this one "Pro" that could not have been more than 19, chimped more than I did. And I chimpped a lot because I was not used to the 30d. Disgusting.
Rant off.

Carry on with your regularly scheduled Chatting.

[Permagrin]

g'MAE All
Really not time to catcy up thourghly. I did hear about some drama in the drama factrory (WF), Pretty Baby photos, and Nekkid folks (I know they are natives and are supposed to be). Any way I have a little Rant for you guys

RANT ON:
I went to Barber Motorsports Park today to shoot the Porsche race. I had a great time. Shooting a race is really work though. I am sun burned from all get out. I have never ever in my life seen as many freaking N!k*ns in my life. I could have visited all the circuit city's, Best buys, Wolf Camera in Birmingham and there would not have been that many in stock. What is the world is this world comming to. Is someone feeding people propaganda? Poor people they have got to be confused or on drugs. I saw 2 out of 7 pros with N. OMG I almost got sick to my stomach. I almost went home. I was walking proudly with my new 30D/70-200f/4.0L/1.4XTCII and they just looked at me like I was white trash. (or was that envy?) Short lenses too. Click Click Click. I did not get it. No one was panning so what the he(( were they shooting the bushes in the background. Oh and this one "Pro" that could not have been more than 19, chimped more than I did. And I chimpped a lot because I was not used to the 30d. Disgusting.
Rant off.

Carry on with your regularly scheduled Chatting.


well if it's any consolation Jamie, the NFL is requiring all the photographers (whether they are canon shooters or NOT) to wear vests that say CANON & Addidas (I think). LOL :lol: :lol: (really I think it's SUPER dumb but hey, is that an indignity or what if you are a nikon shooter)

[Jamie Holladay]

BTW Patrick Dempsey from that TV show was there Driving a car I'll post one later.

[Jamie Holladay]

well if it's any consolation Jamie, the NFL is requiring all the photographers (whether they are canon shooters or NOT) to wear vests that say CANON & Addidas (I think). LOL :lol: :lol: (really I think it's SUPER dumb but hey, is that an indignity or what if you are a nikon shooter)
Well if Canon and Addidas are sponors, that is probably a part of their contract. If I were a N shooter I would be pissed. Same if it was vica versa.

[Permagrin]

yeah, I wouldn't want to be a billboard on one hand and yet on the other, these photographers make a bundle from those nfl shots...and why should I think I was above the players (who do have to wear sponsor logos) who participate in the sport and also make a bundle. But as you can imagine, the photogs. are up in arms about it...

[Athena]

Athena how goes the house selling?This is something I need about a week before I can elaborate on. ;)

Opinions on these two shots? Both of the same waterfall but obviously slightly different.

2.
http://suited.zenfolio.com/img/v0/p288198984-5.jpghands down - this one. ;)

Totally agree. I've got the feeling that she's Athena's twin sister. The incredibly effortless talent is uncannily similar...What a lovely compliment Pete - thank you. :D

shhh... don't tell anyone - we were seperated at birth...she went with Mummy, I went with Daddy... Athena - are you a gypsy too? I guess the secret is out.
Gypsy...now that you mention it, I guess I could qualify. I've always just said I'm nomadic. :D

One more, a sepia toned image ...He is SO cute Mike. I love this one the best. :)

Heh, virtually everyone I run into says the same thing.. Guess I can't deny him. Babies should look like their Daddy. Everyone already knows who the mommy is. ;)

The house that my mother used to live in is likely to be flooded out fairly soon (she used to live pretty close to the Thames).Are all the areas around the Thames flooding? How is Richmond?

3. Harbor in Portree, Isle of Skye
http://suited.zenfolio.com/img/v1/p87160055-4.jpg

this is very pretty!

[Athena]

I did end up taking the 70-200 today. ;) I haven't looked through all the shots, but here's one of the first one's I took. The learning curve on this lense isn't bad afterall. It does get heavy after awhile though.

http://lifeprintsphotography.com/POTN/Indians_8985.jpg

[Skrim17]

Babies should look like their Daddy. Everyone already knows who the mommy is.

Didn't we cover this already??

[Athena]

Didn't we cover this already??

I dunno, did we?

Perhaps I need to keep notes - or better still, does anyone have the Cliff's notes I can borrow? :lol:

[Athena]

This guy has rubber arms. This is a normal shot of him, but I'll upload one of him that looks like it HURTS...

http://lifeprintsphotography.com/POTN/Indians_8989.jpg

edit: I'm too lazy to mess with the RAW files - these are the small sized jpgs. :o

[short5]

[QUOTE=Athena;3592749]I dunno, did we?

Perhaps I need to keep notes - or better still, does anyone have the Cliff's notes I can borrow? :lol:
Share them? I seem to missed this one to:confused:

[Athena]

Hi Zane. Set anything on fire lately? :)

[short5]

Hi Zane. Set anything on fire lately? :)

I throw a "jumping jack" fire work out the door occasionally. It seems to keep me pacified:rolleyes: I think it is the lighting the fuse routine I am so hooked on. Maybe I can try chewing gum instead:confused:

[Skrim17]

I thought I told my Eli and daddy in the store story in relation to kids looking like their dads it is apropos.

[Skrim17]

I still have fireworks I bought while we were in Ct. where they are legal. We never set any off on the 4th, I think we are going to wait until we go away in August.

[Athena]

I throw a "jumping jack" fire work out the door occasionally. It seems to keep me pacified:rolleyes: I think it is the lighting the fuse routine I am so hooked on. Maybe I can try chewing gum instead:confused:You'd need the kind with a fuse. Wait - do they make that? :confused: :lol:

I thought I told my Eli and daddy in the store story in relation to kids looking like their dads it is apropos.
Oh yes. That is an extreme case though. Every baby should look like his/her dad. When they pop out, it's obvious who the momma is.... I was implying that some visual similiarity helps the dad verify. ;) :lol:

[Skrim17]

Yes, exactly what must have made my husband so nervous!

[Athena]

Oh - a neat thing today. It was kids/family day and at the end of the game, all the kids were allowed to go down on the field and run (once) around the bases. Fun! :D

[short5]

I thought I told my Eli and daddy in the store story in relation to kids looking like their dads it is apropos.Oh yeah I didn't put it together

Oh - a neat thing today. It was kids/family day and at the end of the game, all the kids were allowed to go down on the field and run (once) around the bases. Fun! :D
Did you shoot or run?

[Skrim17]

that is very cool Athena, was this a pro or aaa game?

[Athena]

Ok - here's rubber boy doing his rubber thing. *shudder*

http://lifeprintsphotography.com/POTN/Indians_9065.jpg

[Athena]

Did you shoot or run?Not allowed to run - they seemed to think I was NOT a kid. What do they know... :confused:
I shot, but not from a very good location - just got their backs - because they needed me to walk them to the gate. Then I had to high tail over to the gate on the OTHER side to pick them. Some genius thought that part up. :roll:

that is very cool Athena, was this a pro or aaa game?
It was minor league. Is that what aaa is?

[Skrim17]

yes, minor league is usually aaa. Did the boys enjoy the game?

[Athena]

They got a bit restless. Would have liked to be allowed to run all over the place like some other people's kids were allowed to do (have a few of em's heads in my photos). :roll: :lol:

But they want to go back to the next game already. :D

[Jamie Holladay]

Those are nice Athena

[Athena]

Thanks Jamie. :D

These are the guys we were pulling for:

http://lifeprintsphotography.com/POTN/Indians_9062.jpg

edit: I can see that this isn't the ideal sports shooter lens. Something longer would have been nice. :)

[Jamie Holladay]

Everyone remembers what happened to Nifty Right?
Everyone remebers that I don't like beer Right?
Everyone remebers what I do like to drink Right?

NO?



Well Here is a reminder.... From the Barber Motorsports Park today.

http://www.24zero.com/BMS2007/Crown%20Royal/CR=001-pst.jpg

[Athena]

Aw - look, the other team missed. :( :lol:

http://lifeprintsphotography.com/POTN/Indians_9072.jpg

[Athena]

Well Here is a reminder.... From the Barber Motorsports Park today.
Nice pan Jamie! :D

[Guineh]

One more christopher picture...

[short5]

Ok - here's rubber boy doing his rubber thing. *shudder*

I guess if you are rubber boy you use it to your advantage:shock: .

I can see that this isn't the ideal sports shooter lens. Something longer would have been nice. :):evil:

No it is not:rolleyes: for the price it is a fantastic close up sports lens. Shooting across a field is not it's strong point. The problem is I am not thrilled with the 100-400mm and to get a fast prime 2.8 over 300mm is beyond my current budget.

[Athena]

Okay - someone tell me (because I don't have a clue) what are the hardest baseball shots to get?

The batter about to hit the ball (ball in the shot).
The batter just hit the ball (ball in the shot).
The batter missed the shot (ball in the shot).
The pitcher throwing the ball (ball in the shot).
An outfielder catching a ball (ball in the shot?).
Something else (tell me what it is). :D

[Athena]

No it is not:rolleyes: for the price it is a fantastic close up sports lens. Shooting across a field is not it's strong point. The problem is I am not thrilled with the 100-400mm and to get a fast prime 2.8 over 300mm is beyond my current budget.

To tell you the truth, I found F3.5 to F4 to be the best apertures (remember focal length is going to affect your dof too). 2.8 was a bit too narrow. 3.5 was thin, but adequate. Can you get into 300 at that aperture in your budget?

[short5]

Everyone remebers what I do like to drink Right?
Well Here is a reminder.... From the Barber Motorsports Park today.

Nice shot! You like the cough syrup that comes in the little purple velvet purse right:p :p ?

One more christopher picture...
I really like that Mike.

[Jamie Holladay]

Thanks

Okay - someone tell me (because I don't have a clue) what are the hardest baseball shots to get?

The batter about to hit the ball (ball in the shot).
The batter just hit the ball (ball in the shot).
The batter missed the shot (ball in the shot).
The pitcher throwing the ball (ball in the shot).
An outfielder catching a ball (ball in the shot?).
Something else (tell me what it is). :D

Where is the option for all of the above?

[Jamie Holladay]

Nice shot! You like the cough syrup that comes in the little purple velvet purse right:p :p ?


I really like that Mike.
Uh Huh!

[Athena]

The batter about to hit the ball (ball in the shot).
The batter just hit the ball (ball in the shot).
The batter missed the shot (ball in the shot).
The pitcher throwing the ball (ball in the shot).
An outfielder catching a ball (ball in the shot?).
Something else (tell me what it is). :D

Where is the option for all of the above?

really?? I got several of these. :D

[short5]

To tell you the truth, I found F3.5 to F4 to be the best apertures (remember focal length is going to affect your dof too). 2.8 was a bit too narrow. 3.5 was thin, but adequate. Can you get into 300 at that aperture in your budget?

Very good point I find I often have to shoot wide open to get the shutter speed I want. I would much rather stop down a bit. The 300mm is a bit of a stretch. I would sell the 100-400mm and put that toward it. I can do it I just shouldn't right now.I have been behind since last years slow down.

[Athena]

why don't you like the 100-400?

btw - has anyone checked that wedding thread Neil posted? It's STILL going!

[short5]

btw - has anyone checked that wedding thread Neil posted? It's STILL going!

LOL I will have to look.

[short5]

why don't you like the 100-400?



I feel it is a bit soft even after sending it to Canon. I have seen a lot of debate on this lens and some great shooters use it with great results. For me the copy I have is great for a bird at 15 yards zoomed in to 300mm+, it looks fantastic. A horse and rider at 100yards at 400mm wide open and it looks like it is soft.

[theague]

Jamie, this is an awesome shot!

Everyone remembers what happened to Nifty Right?
Everyone remebers that I don't like beer Right?
Everyone remebers what I do like to drink Right?

NO?



Well Here is a reminder.... From the Barber Motorsports Park today.

http://www.24zero.com/BMS2007/Crown%20Royal/CR=001-pst.jpg

[Jamie Holladay]

Thanks Kody.

[Skrim17]

the hardest shot to get is ball on bat, other than that when you are far away I find the rest are pretty much what you get when you shoot.

[Permagrin]

Everyone remembers what happened to Nifty Right?
Everyone remebers that I don't like beer Right?
Everyone remebers what I do like to drink Right?

NO?



Well Here is a reminder.... From the Barber Motorsports Park today.

http://www.24zero.com/BMS2007/Crown%20Royal/CR=001-pst.jpg

Very nice shot too Jamie :) (Of course, if it'd said tequila, I'd have asked you for a print ;) )

Aw - look, the other team missed. :( :lol:

http://lifeprintsphotography.com/POTN/Indians_9072.jpg

Nice baseball shots Athena. Glad you are liking your lens and it looks like you are doing well with it!

[Skrim17]

how do you physically tell all of the 1Dwhatever's apart? Is there some characteristic or do you need to see the model written on the camera?

[Permagrin]

how do you physically tell all of the 1Dwhatever's apart? Is there some characteristic or do you need to see the model written on the camera?

well I suppose the biggest difference is the LCD's because they are different sizes the 1D has 1.8" and 1Ds the same I believe and 1DmkII & 1Ds have a 2in screen and the 2n has a 2.5 in screen and the MKIII a 3in.

Otherwise there some differences in the body shape (but not a lot)...

[Permagrin]

here's a photo of the fronts of all of them (the discontinued ones are below)
http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-Digital-SLR-Camera-Reviews.aspx

[Woolburr]

What's the max resolution on those things?

1680 x 1050

[Athena]

the hardest shot to get is ball on bat
Ah - this makes sense - and sounds pretty hard to catch! Of the ones I've looked at so far, this is the closest I have to that.

http://lifeprintsphotography.com/POTN/Indians_9068.jpg

[Skrim17]

If I see that correctly looks like you got a shot of him breaking the bat, that is cool!!

[Skrim17]

much easier in T-ball!

[short5]

If I see that correctly looks like you got a shot of him breaking the bat, that is cool!!

Good eye, thats what it looks like

[Maxed Out]

GMAE everyone! I visited my brother at UCF in orlando

and we saw a movie (I Now Pronounce You: Chuck And Larry):D

I finally had time to walk downtown mt. dora and get a couple shots...only like 20 minutes:(

I'll post soon;)