The 23rd (Dragon Tipping) Random Discussion for TPBM

short5 wrote in post #7678812
We ought go down with our birding lenses, set up by Lincoln over looking the Potomac and memorial bridge. We could get some neat B.I.F. shots. I froze the rotors on most shots I took. There is one I got a little blur but not enough.

For the whirlies? Yeah. Or take the short lenses down to Gravelly Point and catch everyone coming in to National. Aside from the inevitable f/32 dust showing up, I did OK on them, I think. Although I have one of the Huey where he was moving too fast (well, it couldn't have been camera motion, now, could it?) so he's blurred out too.

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Yay Solo!!

Home, but briefly ... gotta take the boy to the ENT doc today for his checkup...

sevillafox wrote in post #7676823
Ummm....I wasn't referring to that.....think like the dirty man you are.

You are very correct in your thinking.

FuryMe wrote in post #7676880
People.... I have spoken.

Wow...profound!

cfpackerfan wrote in post #7677453
Nikki update from Terri:

No baby yet, but water is broke. Cross all digits please.

All digits....crossed. Hope both mama and baby are doing well.

CrazieCricket wrote in post #7677468
Was pretty good!! The kewl manager was there. It's suprising how everything just goes better when you have a manager everyone likes. Everyone is willing to work harder for him ya know? whereas the ass wipe we have the other nights, people just don't give a rip and don't get all the work done. You would think that the yucky managers would be able to see this... but no.

Its amazing what a good manager can do for morale.

Skrim17 wrote in post #7677869
We bag, seal and pack the combs for a plastics company in a neighboring town, we get paid to do this work. Sometimes we bag toothbrush holders or soap dishes, sometimes we make little ditty bags with a few things in them, sometimes we do the Goodie comb sets you see in stores. The president and founder of the comb company was an ardent supporter of the Center and basically guaranteed us work ad infinitum. It is great as something to ground and settle my guys in between activities and it brings in a little bit of money.

That's really cool Crissa!

Jon wrote in post #7677989
It comes off . . .

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July would be good - much more pleasant weather there than in DC!

Gah, and there are the drag queen pics.

Jon wrote in post #7678027
Bunches and bunches of nice photos which I've been rushing to catch up on.

Here's the full bread line; I must say that last characcter in the line really is seedy looking . . .

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And Diane wanted to pet the nice doggy . . .

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LOL, he is rather seedy looking. I'm told you don't want to cross him, either.

Permagrin wrote in post #7678073
lol I'm still cracking up over that wig! (and I agree, she looks great in pink hair)

LOL, thanks Permie. Its been amusing.

cfpackerfan wrote in post #7678233
Hope got to stay with another volunteer family over the weekend (so she wouldn't have to stay in the shelter).

When Lorraine called them today to set up the meeting time for us to pick up Hope, they said that they didn't realize she was coming to me today (thought it was tomorrow), and that the kids were at school. They asked if they could keep her one more night so that the kids could say goodbye to her.

Of course we said yes. I was SO looking forward to getting her today, I've just been waiting and waiting. But it is SUCH a good sign that they want to keep her longer, you know?

So we won't get her till tomorrow afternoon. (I can't pick her up in the AM because of my Tuesday meetings and such). I'm bummed, but it's ok.

Awwwwww

Permagrin wrote in post #7678297
I don't. I had several and every time I attempted to use one, my images looked soft (so I've given most of them away).

I use one on each lens (kid finger prints)...doesn't seem to screw with IQ at all...

kumatron wrote in post #7678444
*muffled voice calling from under a pile of un processed pictures*

"help me!"

Hi Tif! Mine are processed, mostly, however not all backed up.

Becky N wrote in post #7678446
They are.

JON enjoying your DC pictures as well.


A Survivor

Awww to the story!

Woolburr wrote in post #7678495
How on earth did you get a shot at the Korea Memorial without 67 bazillion little trolls in it?

Seriously! And trolls....perfect word for those urchins!

Skrim17 wrote in post #7678650
I love the red hat ladies, when we were in Baltimore and went on a harbor cruise they adopted us and were dancing and having a ball with our clients. A few weeks later I got a note from one of them with photos she had taken thanking us for taking them there and allowing them to enjoy their company. It was very sweet.

LOL, cool

short5 wrote in post #7678707
Okay I just thought they were some funny old biddys on the mall. What's up with red hat ladies?

Sorry, I didn't realize you didn't know! They're EVERYWHERE....and sometimes NUTS.

Woolburr wrote in post #7678921
Trying to bounce back and forth between the two modes poses a bit of a challenge. Here we go with the multiple cameras again....hehehe

That's it....I need a camera caddy....they dial in the settings, change lenses and all that other good stuff...and I can just concentrate on getting the right shot!

Its called an assistant. Jenn has 2 of them, I'll bet she'd let you borrow one!

Good grief, gone 2 hours and end up with a huge mq...seems you guys talk a lot!

Woolburr wrote in post #7678843
Did someone say frozen rotors?

It was that cold?

gjl711 wrote in post #7678852
Looks like planes and trains might drop off of the list. All them wacky terrorists out there takin' pictures of trains and planes. That leaves animals.and it's just a matter of time before PITA finds that somehow the shutter sound scares them thus causing undue stress.

We haven't sunk to the level of the UK yet, but we're getting there. Thankfully, for the most part the authorities are pretty level headed here. I once wandered into the AMTRAK station here and started shooting the trains and nobody said a word...

I've been challenged by people at the zoo about using flash on the animals. In all the time I've been shooting in zoos I have seen only one animal react to flash and that was Winston, the crotchety old silverback Gorilla at the Wild Animal Park. The person who was the zoo's photographer for many years actually recommended using flash at the zoo. I think most of the animals are used to it given how many people don't know how to control the flash on their P&S cameras.

short5 wrote in post #7678897
I hear nothing but good things about them.
Yeah that's what I meant. I need to make a custom mode for panning so I can just dial it in quick. I was doing that a bit yesterday. Going between trying to Fraze the action on the jumps then pan as they ran by. It worked at this venue last year.

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When I'm shooting an air show, I set my Tv to a shutter speed suitable for props and rotors and my Av to an aperture that gives a good compromise between shutter speed and aperture for the jets. The big problem is remembering to switch between the two. One of the photographers I met at Luke AFB commented about wanting a camera with voice recognition settings... All you had to do was say "jets" or "props" and the camera would automatically switch to the correct settings.

JWright wrote in post #7679175
We haven't sunk to the level of the UK yet, but we're getting there. Thankfully, for the most part the authorities are pretty level headed here. I once wandered into the AMTRAK station here and started shooting the trains and nobody said a word.....

I haven't been hassled yet either. I took some shots inside O'hare terminal and a few out the window and no one said a word.

Woolburr wrote in post #7678921
That's it....I need a camera caddy....they dial in the settings, change lenses and all that other good stuff...and I can just concentrate on getting the right shot!

I have one though she missed the last few races.. She even got a finish line picture that has sold prints already and will be posted on Maryland's steeplechase page
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cfpackerfan wrote in post #7678946
Solo went to his new home. We met the guy and talked to him for quite some time. Seems like a very decent fellow, has a couple kids at home, and a chocolate lab.

That's great. It has to be very rewarding. You should keep a journal and try to get contact info. It would be fun to see or hear about your fosters later on.

Guineh wrote in post #7679024
Home, but briefly ... gotta take the boy to the ENT doc today for his checkup...

Good luck.

short5 wrote in post #7679206
That's great. It has to be very rewarding. You should keep a journal and try to get contact info. It would be fun to see or hear about your fosters later on.

I was just thinking about that today.

I am keeping photos of all of them... eventually one day, I'd like to make a collage of some kind with all the pictures.

I like that pic of Leyla. Tell her congrats for the sold/published photo! (Can we see the photo?)

JWright wrote in post #7679175
I'm shooting an air show, I set my Tv to a shutter speed suitable for props and rotors and my Av to an aperture that gives a good compromise between shutter speed and aperture for the jets. The big problem is remembering to switch between the two. One of the photographers I met at Luke AFB commented about wanting a camera with voice recognition settings... All you had to do was say "jets" or "props" and the camera would automatically switch to the correct settings.

good idea. I shoot the horses at 1/1000 in servo. Slower for panning also in servo ring of fire on the AF. I switch to one shot center focus and AV mode or manual for the crowd and non sporting horse shots. At Arlington Wool and I were shooting a Honor Guard walking back and forth. At the ends he would be in front of dark green or woody stuff so I would have to set the camera about 2/3 underexposed so the camera would not make him overexposed. In the middle he is walking in front of white marble the camera desperately wanted to make 18% gray so I had to spin the EC up a stop. Back and forth he went, a spinning the dial I went.

DoodleBunz wrote in post #7679123
Good grief, gone 2 hours and end up with a huge mq...seems you guys talk a lot!

I want you to note that I am not the one that posted "those" pictures....

And I really do want a caddy....not an assistant...and as much as I like Jenn's two assistants...I am not sure I want to put several thousand dollars worth of cameras and lenses in their hot little hands. hehehe At least not quite yet. Sean is getting close, but Alex has a long ways to go yet.

short5 wrote in post #7679292
good idea. I shoot the horses at 1/1000 in servo. Slower for panning also in servo ring of fire on the AF. I switch to one shot center focus and AV mode or manual for the crowd and non sporting horse shots. At Arlington Wool and I were shooting a Honor Guard walking back and forth. At the ends he would be in front of dark green or woody stuff so I would have to set the camera about 2/3 underexposed so the camera would not make him overexposed. In the middle he is walking in front of white marble the camera desperately wanted to make 18% gray so I had to spin the EC up a stop. Back and forth he went, a spinning the dial I went.

Shooting the Honor Guard was definitely a challenge...conditions changed from step to step...

BTW...Leyla is going to put a knot atop your head if you aren't careful....

Woolburr wrote in post #7679294
I want you to note that I am not the one that posted "those" pictures....

And I really do want a caddy....not an assistant...and as much as I like Jenn's two assistants...I am not sure I want to put several thousand dollars worth of cameras and lenses in their hot little hands. hehehe At least not quite yet. Sean is getting close, but Alex has a long ways to go yet.

And I am grateful that you didn't post "those" pictures. I don't think Jon likes me.

LOL to the assistant/caddy thing. I want an assistant...someone who can do the extraneous crapola, while I take pics. Let them talk to ppl, change lenses on command, er, request....that jazz.

short5 wrote in post #7679292
good idea. I shoot the horses at 1/1000 in servo. Slower for panning also in servo ring of fire on the AF. I switch to one shot center focus and AV mode or manual for the crowd and non sporting horse shots. At Arlington Wool and I were shooting a Honor Guard walking back and forth. At the ends he would be in front of dark green or woody stuff so I would have to set the camera about 2/3 underexposed so the camera would not make him overexposed. In the middle he is walking in front of white marble the camera desperately wanted to make 18% gray so I had to spin the EC up a stop. Back and forth he went, a spinning the dial I went.

Maybe "M" for that? Or was the light on him changing too?