PESO: Tiny Butterfly

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Another image of the tiny butterfly:

https://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2017/8/30/tiny2
Still trying to identify it.

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Re: Frame counter mystery

[Anthony Farr]

Dark frame subtractions, live view actuations, and the additional exposures
from a multiple exposure may also count as shutter actuations that aren't
justified by an image file.

regards, Anthony

On 30 August 2017 at 12:23, Igor PDML-StR  wrote:

>
>
> Besides "no-card" activations, I wonder if it might also count those
> actuations when you check the WB. And checking for the dust...
>
>
>  John Francis Tue, 29 Aug 2017 16:51:08 -0700 wrote:
>
> On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 09:23:09AM -0700, Larry Colen wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Gonz wrote:
>> > Hmm, but that only accounts for 6 lost frames no?  Or perhaps it skips
>> > other 000 instances, like from 999 to 001?
>>
>
>
> I was wondering when somebody else would notice that ...
>
> d'Oh!
>>
>>
>> I wonder if bracketing in Live View would do it.
>>
>
> I rather doubt that - I find it hard to imagine anything that would only
> result in a deficit of 50-60 frames if it was related to any mode setting
> on the camera. It would have to be something you only do once in every
> thousand exposures.
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, 28 Aug 2017, Igor PDML-StR wrote:
>
>
>> Wow!
>> The infamous "off-by-one" error in a somewhat unusual incarnation. :-)
>>
>> While I was reading your thriller, my guess was it would be due to the
>> shutter activations without a card in the slot.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Igor
>>
>>
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Re: Frame counter mystery

[Igor PDML-StR]

Besides "no-card" activations, I wonder if it might also count those 
actuations when you check the WB. And checking for the dust...



 John Francis Tue, 29 Aug 2017 16:51:08 -0700 wrote:

On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 09:23:09AM -0700, Larry Colen wrote:



Gonz wrote:
> Hmm, but that only accounts for 6 lost frames no?  Or perhaps it skips
> other 000 instances, like from 999 to 001?



I was wondering when somebody else would notice that ...


d'Oh!


I wonder if bracketing in Live View would do it.


I rather doubt that - I find it hard to imagine anything that would only 
result in a deficit of 50-60 frames if it was related to any mode setting 
on the camera. It would have to be something you only do once in every 
thousand exposures.





On Mon, 28 Aug 2017, Igor PDML-StR wrote:



Wow!
The infamous "off-by-one" error in a somewhat unusual incarnation. :-)

While I was reading your thriller, my guess was it would be due to the 
shutter activations without a card in the slot.


Cheers,

Igor




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Re: The department of "I should have known better"

[John]

On 8/27/2017 20:09, Larry Colen wrote:






4) A ballhead that is good enough for landscape work isn't necessarily
good enough for photographing the sun.  With the camera at that steep
angle, once I tightened it down, things would still flex, which meant
aiming took a lot of time.



About a third of the way through I figured out it was easier to leave
the ball head alone once I got it locked down & adjust tripod legs to
keep the image in the frame using Live View.

If I live long enough to make it to the 2024 eclipse, I'm going to have
some kind of astro-tracker that will mount two cameras and I'm going to
be on site the night before so I can set it up using the north star.

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Re: PESO Tramea Lacerata

[ann sanfedele]

ugly?  I disagree.. that neatly patterned purple is awfully pretty I 
think --

More interesting than a blue darter

ann

On 8/29/2017 12:06 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:

That appears to be the name of this particularly ugly dragonfly. The background 
is unfortunate, but it’s where he chose to land. He was flying when I spotted 
him, and I thought at first it might be a humming bird. Shot him with the K-1 
and the D FA 100mm macro, f14, 1/200th, and some flash fill.

https://www.photo.net/gallery/1091927#//Sort-Newest/All-Categories/All-Time/Page-1



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Re: OT - Hurricane in Texas

[John]

I stopped at the Walmart in Clarksville around midnight Sunday/Monday.

Realized I didn't have enough AA batteries for the AA adapters for both
of my BG6 battery grips. As it turned out, I didn't need to use them,
but I had the AA batteries.


On 8/28/2017 18:12, Igor PDML-StR wrote:



Thank you!
It would've been nice to have a pleasant company there.
(We ended up watching it from McGregor Park Riverwalk.)


We hadn't known that we'd be going that way either, until just a day
prior to the eclipse.
We were set for Nebraska, but the weather forecast got worsened
in the last 2-4 days. So, Friday night (or Saturday morning?) I made
a reservation for a hotel on the way to Carbondale, IL,
and then Sunday early morning, I've pushed it even farther east, toward
Clarksville, TN, for which the forecast was the most promising.

In any case, most likely we wouldn't have had time to use your
hospitality: On the way there, we stayed  overnight in Jackson (which
was more comfortable for the 1st day of travel), from which Clarksville
is just about 2-2.5 hours of driving.
We left within an hour after the totality, and our plan was to drive
back in one day (into the night). But due to the delays on the road, we
stopped in Texarkana, and finished our travel next morning.

Igor



 Gonz Mon, 28 Aug 2017 14:57:07 -0700 wrote:

I didn't know you had traveled to Clarksville!  I would have invited
you over to the cabin we rented.


On Mon, 28 Aug 2017, Igor PDML-StR wrote:




The projected path of the hurricane rather closely resembles our
last week's travel to the totality path (Clarksville, TN).
http://42graphy.org/misc/HurricanHarvey-PathToTotality.jpg

As my friend commented: "There seems to be aspiration towards totality
in Harvey's path".


@Gonz: Glad to hear a confirmation that you are alright too, neighbor!
:-)


Igor


Gonz Mon, 28 Aug 2017 10:16:14 -0700 wrote:

I forgot that you were at TAMU.  Glad you are safe and did not take
the brunt of the storm.  Though please continue to be careful as the
storm is forecast to go back in the gulf then turn north.









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Re: Frame counter mystery

[John Francis]

On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 09:23:09AM -0700, Larry Colen wrote:
> 
> 
> Gonz wrote:
> > Hmm, but that only accounts for 6 lost frames no?  Or perhaps it skips
> > other 000 instances, like from 999 to 001?

I was wondering when somebody else would notice that ...
 
> d'Oh!
> 
> 
> I wonder if bracketing in Live View would do it.

I rather doubt that - I find it hard to imagine anything that would only result
in a deficit of 50-60 frames if it was related to any mode setting on the 
camera.
It would have to be something you only do once in every thousand exposures.

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Re: Instax gratification

[Doug Brewer]

I have an Instax I bought before going to Lisbon a couple years back. 
It's a fun doodad I trot out now and again for quick shots to give away.


There appears to be a thriving community of people doing very good work 
with them. I don't count myself among that number.


On 8/28/17 8:17 PM, Igor PDML-StR wrote:



I know that some enthusiasts-photographers (including some PDMLers) like 
photographing with a film camera. In some way it is similar to listening 
to vinyl LPs, and doing that through the lamp amplifiers, etc...


I am surprised that "Instax" from Fujifilm receives considerable number 
of buyers. It's a sort of a "Polaroid" of 20-teens:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B014CGOHFQ

I think that the main reason for that is the instant gratification in an 
easily form that people get from this camera.
(Many users of digital cameras, or phones these days, never print any 
photos, but just look at them on the back screen of the camera or on the 
phone.)
I suspect that some people might do it for nostalgic reasons (cf. 
Polaroid). And, I am guessing, some younger users might be finding it 
"hip".


I find this rather interesting that in the digital era, some people opt 
for non-digital. (I think it is still a small "niche".)


Igor




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Re: PESO Tramea Lacerata

[Jack Davis]

So ugly that I'd have feared it might 
crack my lens, especially with such
sharp detail. :-)

J


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> On Aug 29, 2017, at 10:02 AM, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:
> 
> Quite elaborate in its markings.  You captured it quite well, as usual.
> 
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> On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 12:06 PM, Paul Stenquist 
> wrote:
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>> That appears to be the name of this particularly ugly dragonfly. The
>> background is unfortunate, but it’s where he chose to land. He was flying
>> when I spotted him, and I thought at first it might be a humming bird. Shot
>> him with the K-1 and the D FA 100mm macro, f14, 1/200th, and some flash
>> fill.
>> 
>> https://www.photo.net/gallery/1091927#//Sort-Newest/All-
>> Categories/All-Time/Page-1
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Re: PESO Tramea Lacerata

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Quite elaborate in its markings.  You captured it quite well, as usual.


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On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 12:06 PM, Paul Stenquist 
wrote:

> That appears to be the name of this particularly ugly dragonfly. The
> background is unfortunate, but it’s where he chose to land. He was flying
> when I spotted him, and I thought at first it might be a humming bird. Shot
> him with the K-1 and the D FA 100mm macro, f14, 1/200th, and some flash
> fill.
>
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> Categories/All-Time/Page-1
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Re: PESO Tramea Lacerata

[Gonz]

Very cool.  Almost looks like he has an alternate set of wings...


On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 11:06 AM, Paul Stenquist  wrote:
> That appears to be the name of this particularly ugly dragonfly. The 
> background is unfortunate, but it’s where he chose to land. He was flying 
> when I spotted him, and I thought at first it might be a humming bird. Shot 
> him with the K-1 and the D FA 100mm macro, f14, 1/200th, and some flash fill.
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Re: Frame counter mystery

[Larry Colen]

Gonz wrote:

Hmm, but that only accounts for 6 lost frames no?  Or perhaps it skips
other 000 instances, like from 999 to 001?


d'Oh!


I wonder if bracketing in Live View would do it.




On Sun, Aug 27, 2017 at 7:18 PM, Larry Colen  wrote:

One of my many quirks is to set my "name field" on my camera to be my
initials, and then a digit that represents how many times the 10,000 counter
has turned over. On this last trip both cameras that I brought "rolled
over". In the process of reconciling the file names I noticed that the last
image file was 20170827-LRC61567 while the metadata said the shutter count
was 61507. My first thought was that with LV images the shutter would only
open once per set of frames rather than once per frame.  But that was wrong.

When the counter rolls over, it goes from  to 0001, skipping . The
sixty "lost" frames were 1, 2, 3 ...

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PESO Tramea Lacerata

[Paul Stenquist]

That appears to be the name of this particularly ugly dragonfly. The background 
is unfortunate, but it’s where he chose to land. He was flying when I spotted 
him, and I thought at first it might be a humming bird. Shot him with the K-1 
and the D FA 100mm macro, f14, 1/200th, and some flash fill.

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Re: Frame counter mystery

[Gonz]

Hmm, but that only accounts for 6 lost frames no?  Or perhaps it skips
other 000 instances, like from 999 to 001?


On Sun, Aug 27, 2017 at 7:18 PM, Larry Colen  wrote:
> One of my many quirks is to set my "name field" on my camera to be my
> initials, and then a digit that represents how many times the 10,000 counter
> has turned over. On this last trip both cameras that I brought "rolled
> over". In the process of reconciling the file names I noticed that the last
> image file was 20170827-LRC61567 while the metadata said the shutter count
> was 61507. My first thought was that with LV images the shutter would only
> open once per set of frames rather than once per frame.  But that was wrong.
>
> When the counter rolls over, it goes from  to 0001, skipping . The
> sixty "lost" frames were 1, 2, 3 ...
>
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Mini-GESO: Tiny Butterfly

[Daniel J. Matyola]

This tiny critter is the smallest of the butterflies that frequent my
butterfly bushes.  It is difficult to capture well.  The second image
includes my wife's index finger to give a sense of the size of the
butterfly.  I have not yet identified it;  does anyone know whaqt species
this might be?

http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2017/8/29/tiny-butterfly-1

K-5 IIs, FA 100 mm F 2.8 Macro
Comments are always welcome.

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Re: Color explained

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Indeed.

xkcd.com is the first thing I check every morning, although unfortunately
it does not have a new strip every day.

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On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 4:41 AM, Larry Colen  wrote:

> Randall does it again
>
> https://xkcd.com/1882/
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Color explained

[Larry Colen]

Randall does it again

https://xkcd.com/1882/

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