date:20110131

Re: PESO: (Snow) Monster under the bed

2011-01-31 Thread David Mann

On Feb 1, 2011, at 3:06 PM, Brian Walters wrote:

> Sitting in my 'office' to escape the 41 deg C heat outside, I'm really
> appreciating seeing all of these winter shots

Yes it's a cool scene, reminded me of Calvin & Hobbes and the monsters under 
the bed.  Someone should get out the C+H books and do something reminiscent of 
their snowman scenes too.

I'm wondering what we're going to get in the next week as the prevailing winds 
tend to bring us your weather.  Will we get the heat wave or the cyclone?  I'm 
guessing the north island will get the wind & rain and us southerners will get 
the heat.

Dave
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Re: Which Macro Lens?

2011-01-31 Thread Rob Studdert

Firstly I assume from the focal lengths that you are fine with shorter
FL macros. For the type of work I do the 35mm sees more frames than my
50 or 125mm macro lenses and I used my A*200/4 so infrequently that I
sold it. Both lenses are reputably great performers but I can only
speak from experience about the 35ltd, It is quite sharp at all
apertures, it's got a little CA but otherwise is a great performer.
Its build is excellent and it's a very nice lens in use. That said I
still have both the A50/2.8 and FA50/2.8 macros and the A series lens
still gets a lot of work, it's a great little performer, tiny and
really well built.

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Re: PESO: (Snow) Monster under the bed

2011-01-31 Thread Rob Studdert

On 1 February 2011 13:06, Brian Walters  wrote:

>> http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2011/winter_carnival/content/IMGP7700_large.html
>>
>
>
> Now that is just bizarre!
>
> Sitting in my 'office' to escape the 41 deg C heat outside, I'm really
> appreciating seeing all of these winter shots

Ditto. I'd rather be where that photo was taken, it appears a whole
lot more attractive at the moment.

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Re: PESO 2011 - 020 & 021 - GDG

2011-01-31 Thread Ann Sanfedele




William Robb wrote:


On 31/01/2011 7:16 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:

Two new additions for PESO 2011 are now available for viewing, both 
in the "Communicating" series:


http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/5404222395/lightbox/



This one is classic.
Well done.


Yeah I agree. - really nice, Godders!

ann




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Re: PESO 2011 - 020 & 021 - GDG

2011-01-31 Thread Tim Bray

I like the first one; pity about the chair in the foreground -T

On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 5:16 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi  wrote:
> Two new additions for PESO 2011 are now available for viewing, both in the 
> "Communicating" series:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/5404222395/lightbox/
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/5404249085/lightbox/
>
> (Take "lightbox/" off the end of the above links if you have trouble viewing 
> them.)
>
> The "Communicating 2011" set top page is available at
>  http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/sets/72157625844414410/
> if you want to see the series as a whole.
>
> Thanks for looking, comments always appreciated.
>
> Godfrey
>
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PESO -- Snow got your goat?

2011-01-31 Thread P. J. Alling


The vehicle is called a Gama Goat thus the title.



Equipment: Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax FA 43mm f1.9 Limited

Notes:  Converted to B&W using Fotomatic B&W Plus Green Filter applied.

As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored.

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RE: finding pictures or making pictures?

2011-01-31 Thread John Coyle

My photography is a mix of both.  I always carry a camera on my morning (or
evening) walk,  and usually carry just one lens.  So a large proportion of
the images coming from those walks are found images.  But, if I see
something that demands more attention, I will revisit with the appropriate
gear and spend more time on it.  Probably then I'm 'making' my photos.
For big family occasions (hatchings, matchings and other celebrations,
including on one occasion a wake!) I will plan to take a full complement of
gear: it's likely I will need  to cover wide to long focal lengths, as the
light changes I may need flash for fill-in or prime lighting.  When shooting
film, I will usually have 400ASA film to ensure I can cover all natural
light conditions and deal with fast-moving children, who seem to comprise a
lot of my subjects nowadays.   So I guess those are planned shooting
situations, but where some shots will be spontaneous and therefore not
'made'.


John Coyle
Brisbane, Australia




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Subject: finding pictures or making pictures?

While waiting for my backdrop to dry at the laundromat, I had fifteen
minutes to kill, so I went for a short photo walk. On my way back, I
realized that the fast majority of my photography is mostly "finding photos"
rather than "making photos" where I set out with a particular idea planned
out.

I'm curious how often the people on this list work from even a rough plan,
versus just going out and seeing what they find.

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Re: What gear is on your "short list"?

2011-01-31 Thread John Francis

On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 01:35:16PM -0800, Larry Colen wrote:
> 
> Speaking of equipment versus skill at cooking, I absolutely love my Le Cruset 
> cookware.
. . .
> Not only does it have all the advantages of cast iron for cooking, but I've 
> found the surface to be easier to clean and more durable than either teflon 
> or calphalon.

I'm not a purist, so I clean my pans in the dishwasher.  It doesn't get much 
easier than that.
I wasn't too impressed by Calphalon, but several years ago I switched to using 
Anolon Advanced
(some stainless steel, some hard-anodized aluminium), and I'm still happy with 
that decision.

But this is another one of those personal decisions.  For me, the cost/benefit 
ratio is about
right at the price point I chose ($50 - $100 for a typical mid-range pan). But 
I can quite
see that for some people that's pretty expensive, while for other people the 
high-end stuff
(copper saute pans, etc.) is worth the nosebleed prices.

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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?

2011-01-31 Thread Sam L

On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Darren Addy  wrote:
> I think several responders lost sight of the fact that the original
> poster is shooting with film.
>
> I also think that most shooting logs (like Kenny-boy's three versions:
> http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/exposure-log.htm ) leave off an
> important part of the equation (if learning is your goal). That is the
> METER'S RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE. If you are shooting every shot with the
> meter's recommended exposure, then you haven't learned the basics of
> photography yet. To truly learn, one should record the meter's
> recommended exposure and then how much you over or under exposed (and
> why). The same is true when evaluating other's shots. While the
> shutter speed, aperture and ISO provide some useful information, it is
> not as useful as knowing also what the meter's recommended exposure
> was for that scene (and metering mode).


True.  Obviously when I shoot with the K-x, the camera records the
ap/shutter etc for me.

And Igor those are good examples of good things to learn from the
photo settings.

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Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking film photos?

2011-01-31 Thread Sam L

On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 9:40 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi  wrote:
> You might also look for a database manager. I see a couple that look
> promising for this kind of stuff. I just downloaded "General DB" and
> will start experimenting with it. There's also "FM Go" from FileMaker
> that looks interesting.
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Thanks Godfrey,

I'll give those a look, too.


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Re: finding pictures or making pictures?

2011-01-31 Thread Paul Stenquist


On Jan 31, 2011, at 9:09 PM, William Robb wrote:

> On 31/01/2011 7:14 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
>> 
> 
> or, most taxing of all, shoot 20 cars in three days, with full sets of low 
> angle and high angle pics, front and rear, 7/8 and 3/4, profiles, engines 
> from two sides, and several interior wide angles. That tends to be somewhat 
> tedious, but it pays some bills/
>> 
>> Paul
> 
> Taxing, but I bet you have a gas doing it.
> I didn't do very much car as product photography, but I did shoot a lot of 
> Harley Davidson as product.
> For some reason, I always ended up doing babe on bike stuff, which would be 
> several levels of good taste and class below what you describe (but also fun).
> 
I enjoy shooting one or two cars. But one car after another for eight to ten 
hours a day isn't much fun. I'd much rather shoot babes on bikes:-).
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Re: finding pictures or making pictures?

2011-01-31 Thread Ann Sanfedele




John Sessoms wrote:


From: Larry Colen



More often than not, I don't find what I'm looking for, but sometimes 
I find something else.




Alas that's what happens to me when I'm shopping in thrift stores :-)
ann



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Re: finding pictures or making pictures?

2011-01-31 Thread Ann Sanfedele

Larry Colen wrote:

While waiting for my backdrop to dry at the laundromat, I had fifteen minutes to kill, so I went
for a short photo walk. On my way back, I realized that the fast majority of my photography is
mostly "finding photos" rather than "making photos" where I set out with a
particular idea planned out.

I'm curious how often the people on this list work from even a rough plan,
versus just going out and seeing what they find.

--
Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est

I can count on one hand the number of times I've planned to take a
particular shot - except, of course, for taking shots of stuff
I need to sell or specific assignments for hire, which I don't like to
do but will if I have to.

But if I go to the zoo with my camera, I'm expecting to take photos
of birds and/or beasts but nothing more than that.

If I travelled to southeast Utah I expected to come back with majestic
buttes , big sky, pretty cactus... and tumbledown ghost towns

because thats what's there that I like.

Don't often wait for shots - but have gone back to a place to get
something that I saw and missed because something wasn't quite right.

These days I don't always carry a serious camera with me, but I do
always put the P&S in my pocket just in case... I"d like to take
the ist D with me every day , everytime I go out, because you never
know depends on how much heavy stuff I have to carry

home from the grocers

ann

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