GKPE: General Ramblings thread

joeseph wrote in post #2930637
sounds awfully cheap for mechanics - how long ago was this?

it was about 14 years ago, in australia...

akiwi wrote in post #2930916
I Love your avitar! It's one of the best ones here. Fitting for a forum.

iKirst wrote in post #2930307
How quickly you forget I said I liked it ages ago

awww fankx u guuuuyyssss...

akiwi wrote in post #2931163
Change of subjects:
Yesterday I went to a brilliant Nature photography display. It was an international competition "Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2006".
WOW! Fantastic photographs.
What was nice was all the photos listed camera, lens used. And settings.
Loads of very expensive gear. 300mm f2.8 400 mmF4 etc. A lot of photos where taken also with the 2x converter which surprised me.

let me guess: it was the BBC wildlife photog. of th yr - ive been following that site for the past 5 years, collected a copy of every single photo on there cos they are so amazing. some of them are taken by TINY tots too - and are of stunning subjects like wild leopards etc. they also had some really groundbreaking web design ideas a few years ago (the old sites have not been archived however, only the pics. one of them was like an art gallery room, and one was like a movie projector slideshow seen from a side angle, really great concept)

weka2000 wrote in post #2931301
Ok 10 talking entrys requires 1 photo
Taken just now 1000mm TV 160 AV 5.6 ISO320 Tripod

:P tony just mooned us all...

theflyingkiwi wrote in post #2931315
nice shot tony, however it seems a little flat.

lol - tony is a member of the flat moon society...

somethingsimple wrote in post #2931377
lol - tony is a member of the flat moon society...

I thought it was flat earth society?

Are you an Ausy by any chance?

athy wrote in post #2931233
Sorry people, off topic a little bit here...

Wazza, hey just looked at some of your D1NZ photos, they are so sharp and u've done a great job rotating the image to get THAT angle!! They are all very nice!

Recently I've been trying out som panning shots on cars too.. but found it hard to nail the whole car, i mean from the nose to the tail are all SHARP... mine often seems just got the nose, the body or the tail... any tips on this perhaps??

Should i shoot with Tv or M?? And with all '9point focus active' mode, AIservo and Mode2 on my 70-200 2.8 should be the correct start?

Alrite, I m starting to get confused... need your help...

Tv mode is good - 2.8 is bad dof to shallow.. need to be around f14 - f16 esp for the 70-200 . shutter speed at say 160 - 250...i find that using the left side focus on the centre of the car gives you room for the car to move into (on a car moving from your left)..if the car is moving from your right then focus on the right.
you can also set this in manual mode.

theflyingkiwi wrote in post #2931315
......

you were just on tv..

weka2000 wrote in post #2931380
I thought it was flat earth society?

Are you an Ausy by any chance?

*pulls most disapproving face possible for a kiwi to pull when asked if they are an aussie in front of a possible bunch of watching australians they are not wanting to offend and yet still convey the point with no room for future debate or ambiguity*

in the words of the immortal Comic Book Guy (see: Simpsons)

"There is no emoticon for what I am feeling"

I married an aussy

akiwi wrote in post #2931234
in the words of the immortal Comic Book Guy (see: Simpsons)

"There is no emoticon for what I am feeling"

In the words of Homer..
"you don't make friends with salad, you don't make friends with salad"
*Does a little dance*

weka2000 wrote in post #2931408
I married an aussy

thats ok i think i covered my bases pretty well with that extensive disclaimer LOL

iKirst wrote in post #2931410
In the words of Homer..
"you don't make friends with salad, you don't make friends with salad"
*Does a little dance*

not to be petty but in the interests of accuracy:

"you dont win friends with sal-ad! you dont win friends with sal-ad!"

but yes, well played

somethingsimple wrote in post #2931412
thats ok i think i covered my bases pretty well with that extensive disclaimer LOL

I would have just said "yes or no" but Im not a woman

weka2000 wrote in post #2931420
I would have just said "yes or no" but Im not a woman

indeed

somethingsimple wrote in post #2931418
not to be petty but in the interests of accuracy:

"you dont win friends with sal-ad! you dont win friends with sal-ad!"

but yes, well played

I prefer the term pedantic

iKirst wrote in post #2931426
I prefer the term pedantic

Oh Oh I know what that word means

weka2000 wrote in post #2931430
Oh Oh I know what that word means

LOL it means, "it's on"

ok, so, bring it!

HAHAHAHA