Sony Lounge Thread MKIII (All Sony cameras welcome)

rantercsr wrote in post #18966962
went to the "top of the rock" (Rockefeller) to photograph a proposal.. quick grab of the view..

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The night went well and the customer is satisfied with the photos he received of the proposal , posed photos after and then off to a restaurant / club where they met with friends and family to celebrate..

rather than show you thebest shots .. i'll show you my fail...

all was going well, though it was pretty dark and I should have b umped iso to 3200 and so I feel in some shots the flash was too harsh but I was able to get some very nice shots.

that moment where he slips the ring on the finger though..
while everyone around is clapping and "aawwww" ing while giving me room to photograph.. one dope walks right in front , camera catches focus of him and then struggles to reacquire focus.. I lower shutter speed to allow more light in thinking maybe its too dark.. I get up and move reall quick ..

and so yeah , not only too low a shutter speed and my movement caused an unsharp photo but I actually cut her off right above they eyebrows/mid forehead.

there was no way I couldn't give him a shot of the ring being put on her .. so I took a lot more time editing this one photo then I should have , considering its a budget shoot but it was my error so I took the time to get it as best I could with my limited photo shop skills ..,, blending in the top of her head from another photo and a lot of cloning I was able to give her a complete head for the photo.. . yeah I know its still a crap photo but it is the best I could do to fix my blunder... otherwise I got a a lot of good quality shots of him on his knees and of the entire night..

I learned a lot about how much more I have to learn on that night..

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2hRQ​wgf 0001 by Randall Herrera, on Flickr

been there...done that on a couple...I learned the hard way to get more than just one snap of any pose too...and then today failed doing just that...got one snap of one pose...its a bit off...can be fixed...but not as good as I want it...

actually put the AD400 to use in a real world session outdoors today too...I have a LOT to learn in that arena...

MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #18966900
Calorie counting is king.
We have a digital scale in the kitchen. If it isn't marked on the package/or something
I want only part of, I weigh it..then put it into MyFitnessPal. Here's where I am at
3:15 pm today.
Yep I could eat anything I want on my life-scheme but I avoid many foods altogether.
Entering into this app also helps me keep an eye on my daily sodium.
I've been doing it so long now we even took a small battery powered digital scale on the
Alaska trip and weighed food there.

1000 calorie goal...I would be mental...there is just no way...I would have zero energy.

Counting calories and weighing food is the only way to really understand how much food you need to eat (at least for me). I can get by on about 1800 calories and burn another 800 on a run a couple of times a week. The rest of the time I try to stick around 1800 a day. Unless of course I want to drink beer.

Miranda1 wrote in post #18966914
I assume that isn't a complete reported daily intake (744 Kcal ). if I recall correctly the recommended minimum for a male is 1000 Kcal, I set my goal to 1500Kcal max daily if I'm looking to loose weight.

Yes Jose, up to that point in time. My daily limit is currently 1400 cal/day.
I'm fully aware of recommended min's
For almost 4 months I limited to 750/day. Hit my goal and am slowly increasing daily cal goals on a weekly basis working my way up to maintenance.
Hope I didn't sound rude there...not my intention.

AngelofDepth wrote in post #18966997
Counting calories and weighing food is the only way to really understand how much food you need to eat (at least for me). I can get by on about 1800 calories and burn another 800 on a run a couple of times a week. The rest of the time I try to stick around 1800 a day. Unless of course I want to drink beer.

Well for exercise we use Endomondo which connects to Myfitnesspal. So if I walk 3 miles and burn 350 calories Endomondo
sends that to Myfitnesspal and Myfitnespal ups the cals for that day to 1750 (if it is set at 1400, which it currently is).
But I have to sometimes force myself to get to that 1750. I went so long on 500-750 a day I reset my hunger and metabolism.

That's OK. I'd hasten anyone to look at the longevity studies of those who did survive the concentration camps in WWII. Not that
I want to live forever, I truly don't, but for curiosity....and they were worked hard daily and survived on cals less than 500/day.
I found the results amazing, and there have been many other studies showing calorie deprivation and increased life span. Maybe too
much food is poison I know sure as hell salt is.

I (we) use Carb Manager and figure macros based on how much we want to lose.
25-5-70, with the high-fat content, my cholesterol has improved tremendously and I've been taken off of blood pressure and diabetes meds.

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Bill in Texas wrote in post #18967013
I (we) use Carb Manager and figure macros based on how much we want to lose.
25-5-70, with the high-fat content, my cholesterol has improved tremendously and I've been taken off of blood pressure and diabetes meds.

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The olive medley sounds awesome! I love olives, any and all, Poof sadly does not.

MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #18966900
Calorie counting is king.
We have a digital scale in the kitchen. If it isn't marked on the package/or something
I want only part of, I weigh it..then put it into MyFitnessPal. Here's where I am at
3:15 pm today.
Yep I could eat anything I want on my life-scheme but I avoid many foods altogether.
Entering into this app also helps me keep an eye on my daily sodium.
I've been doing it so long now we even took a small battery powered digital scale on the
Alaska trip and weighed food there.

That’s amazing you can go on such low calories, I usually eat around 2100 a day! In saying that, I do often have Starbucks Frappuccino and home made pizza for dinner so that doesn’t help.

MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #18966668
Poof just saw the pic and said I should have cleaned it first.
Yeah we live in a cat's world, three living breathing eating cats here.

There’s a way in PS to remove dust and scratches but I’ve never tried it before. I didn’t notice the dust so don’t worry about it!
I’m jealous, I’d love to own a cat again!

MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #18966683
OK DLee, more bokeh attempts
This time with the E 16-55G on the Riv

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2hRC​oTi Bokeh 16-55G by Stopitdown Stopitdown, on Flickr

Looking good, was it wide open? I find the size of the bokeh balls (specular highlights change quite a bit from f/2 to f/1.8.

So the 135L flaked out again today...when I got home I updated the MB adapter...it made it better, but not great. Today it wouldn't even work on the r2...which is unusual, it always worked on the r2. So as soon as I can get time...it has to go...135GM will have to be done...I can't afford to miss on paid gigs...thankfully the 85GM rocked everything else...68 of 72 images taken....

Used the AD400 here at 1/4 power for a little fill light in front...they were patient enough that moving the light around wasn't a big deal...anything that moves faster, using strobes is so cumbersome that I can't work fast enough...but I was happy with how a few of these turned out with the strobe. Particularly with the strong light we had today...limited schedule on when we could get this session in...

Yep wide open.
Calories. DLee remember I'm in my sixties....old folk don't need as many calories as you youngsters.

In Haines we'd work the river until too dark to shoot, and each night drive back to town...about 3 miles away. Saw this beautiful sky-Moon combo and tried. Didn't really
pull it off but you can appreciate that I did stop the car and get the tripod out

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On my recent trip to Red Rocks park in Colorado, I shot some detailed shots using my FE 100-400 GM. I combined them into this final image to convey the unique story of this awesome location.

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digital_AM wrote in post #18967077
On my recent trip to Red Rocks park in Colorado, I shot some detailed shots using my FE 100-400 GM. I combined them into this final image to convey the unique story of this awesome location.

IMAGE LINK: https://www.alfredomor​aphoto.com …oads/n-mNp4Hr/i-fLFTbNW/A

Lovely shots of the rocks and the sole tree!
I do wish something/person/thing was in the shot for scale?

MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #18967082
Lovely shots of the rocks and the sole tree!
I do wish something/person/thing was in the shot for scale?

Thank you sir. I also wish there was something for scale. The middle and right image were focused on the top of a large set of rocks. They were massive. I wish I would have taken a wider shot for comparison. Next time.

digital_AM wrote in post #18967077
On my recent trip to Red Rocks park in Colorado, I shot some detailed shots using my FE 100-400 GM. I combined them into this final image to convey the unique story of this awesome location.

IMAGE LINK: https://www.alfredomor​aphoto.com …oads/n-mNp4Hr/i-fLFTbNW/A

I'm not sure where Red Rocks Park is Alfredo but if you ever get the chance, be sure to visit Royal Gorge. Unfortunately, the one time I visited, the train that travels along the river at the bottom of the gorge was not running.

Here's a shot I took from the bridge at the top of the gorge. Hopefully, the size of the tracks gives some idea as to the scale here.

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