Re: GESO A little tractor and a little lens
Larry, I really like these, especially 3455--nice juxtaposition of hard and soft, grey steel and colorful flowers; and nice use of DOF. Have I ever mentioned that I hate Flickr? The stupid two-photo-at-a-time thumbnails, the need to click to see a decently large image (sometimes not available), the whole space-wasting layout--it makes looking at photos like walking with a pebble in my shoe. Nice photos, though! Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Sat, 4/11/09, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com Subject: GESO A little tractor and a little lens To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Saturday, April 11, 2009, 2:53 PM These pictures were shot on the West side of Hellyer for a change. There's a little red International tractor parked in a field next to a company parking lot. I stopped by for a quick shoot when I left work yesterday: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157616541528855/ As usual the DA40 was on my camera, and pretty much all of my other lenses were in my camera bag. There were arguments in favor of grabbing the bag so that I'd have all of my lenses with me, but for some reason, I just wanted to shoot with the DA40. I can't explain why I enjoy shooting with that one lens so much. The DFA50 macro would have been handy on some of the shots, but I don't like the bokeh quite as much, and maybe the 18-250 isn't quite as razor sharp, but that's about all of the bad things I have to say about the lenses I might have used. There's something, and I can't define it, that just makes shooting with that lens fun. I do think that I'll need to go back soon with the macro for some of the detail shots. I also need to get better at winnowing out shots. There are things in Lightroom for help with that, I just need to get off my duff and learn those features. CC, especially suggestions for improvement, welcome. -- The fastest way to get your question answered on the net is to post the wrong answer. Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://www.red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO A little tractor and a little lens
On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 4:09 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: snip [Flickr] makes looking at photos like walking with a pebble in my shoe. snip MARK!! (BTW, I agree with your sentiments completely, Rick!) cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO A little tractor and a little lens
On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 01:09:49PM -0700, Rick Womer wrote: Larry, I really like these, especially 3455--nice juxtaposition of hard and soft, grey steel and colorful flowers; and nice use of DOF. Thanks a bunch. On my way back from lunch I went back there again, but this time with the K20 and the FA31 and tripod. Someone had suggested that a couple of the shots would have worked better with more DOF, and it seemed like a good opportunity to test the repairs of my camera. Have I ever mentioned that I hate Flickr? The stupid I'm not particularly fond of it myself. It beats hosting the photos on my home machine and trashing my own bandwidth. two-photo-at-a-time thumbnails, the need to click to see a decently I tend to prefer the layout when you type flickriver rather than flickr in the url for the gallery. large image (sometimes not available), the whole space-wasting layout--it makes looking at photos like walking with a pebble in my shoe. When I got my Pentax I had several friends on flickr. For about $25 a year being able to upload unlimited photos for offsite backup is rather handy. It's also handy for some of the social networking features. Other than that, I agree with you that it sucks. My longer term plan, was to start off with flicker for my mass uploads. Once I start getting decent pictures, the plan is to upload the few good ones to a completely separate site. That way, when I'm showing off my photographs, rather than my snapshots, people will only see my better work. I think that I'm finally starting to get pictures worth showing off, and need to start looking for a site for the good photos. Unfortunately, I've not found any photo hosting sites that I actually like. I suck at web programming, plus I don't even have time to look for a site, much less create one, otherwise I'd do my own. I'd love to set up a site for useful CC of photographs. Something along the lines of a blogging site (live journal) where people can comment on photos, and where you can control who on your friendslist gets to see which posts. I'd also like to be able to have people rate photos, but not just a scalar, have them rate different aspects of the photo: technical: exposure sharpness focus artistic: composition subject It would also be nice to be able to rate people both as photographers and as critics. I've noticed, for example, that photographers will like different photos than non-photographers because we look for different things. But, I'll stop designing a website that I don't have time to build. Nice photos, though! Thanks a bunch. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Sat, 4/11/09, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com Subject: GESO A little tractor and a little lens To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Saturday, April 11, 2009, 2:53 PM These pictures were shot on the West side of Hellyer for a change. There's a little red International tractor parked in a field next to a company parking lot. I stopped by for a quick shoot when I left work yesterday: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157616541528855/ As usual the DA40 was on my camera, and pretty much all of my other lenses were in my camera bag. There were arguments in favor of grabbing the bag so that I'd have all of my lenses with me, but for some reason, I just wanted to shoot with the DA40. I can't explain why I enjoy shooting with that one lens so much. The DFA50 macro would have been handy on some of the shots, but I don't like the bokeh quite as much, and maybe the 18-250 isn't quite as razor sharp, but that's about all of the bad things I have to say about the lenses I might have used. There's something, and I can't define it, that just makes shooting with that lens fun. I do think that I'll need to go back soon with the macro for some of the detail shots. I also need to get better at winnowing out shots. There are things in Lightroom for help with that, I just need to get off my duff and learn those features. CC, especially suggestions for improvement, welcome. -- The fastest way to get your question answered on the net is to post the wrong answer. Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://www.red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- The fastest way to get your question answered on the net is to post the wrong answer. Larry Colen l...@red4est.comhttp://www.red4est.com/lrc -- PDML
Re: GESO A little tractor and a little lens
On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 4:09 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Have I ever mentioned that I hate Flickr? The stupid two-photo-at-a-time thumbnails, the need to click to see a decently large image (sometimes not available), the whole space-wasting layout--it makes looking at photos like walking with a pebble in my shoe. Nice photos, though! Rick There's a reason I always post a direct link to a large JPEG when I post flickr links. I like the site for some aspects (mostly social), but it has some serious warts as well. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO A little tractor and a little lens
On Apr 15, 2009, at 13:52 , Adam Maas wrote: On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 4:09 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Have I ever mentioned that I hate Flickr? The stupid two-photo-at- a-time thumbnails, the need to click to see a decently large image (sometimes not available), the whole space-wasting layout--it makes looking at photos like walking with a pebble in my shoe. Nice photos, though! Rick There's a reason I always post a direct link to a large JPEG when I post flickr links. I like the site for some aspects (mostly social), but it has some serious warts as well. There is also a serious frustration factor in having to open three separate windows one at a time to see your 3x5 images, guys. Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com “If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn’t need to lug a camera.” –Lewis Hine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO A little tractor and a little lens
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 7:56 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Whenever I see an old caterpillar tractor like that which was used for Actually, this is an International Harvester, not a Cat. snip I actually used a lower-case c for caterpillar quite purposely, so as to denote that I was talking about a continuous track vehicle rather than the brand name Caterpillar. I suppose I should have said continuous track instead... cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO A little tractor and a little lens
On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: These pictures were shot on the West side of Hellyer for a change. There's a little red International tractor parked in a field next to a company parking lot. I stopped by for a quick shoot when I left work yesterday: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157616541528855/ As usual the DA40 was on my camera, and pretty much all of my other lenses were in my camera bag. There were arguments in favor of grabbing the bag so that I'd have all of my lenses with me, but for some reason, I just wanted to shoot with the DA40. I can't explain why I enjoy shooting with that one lens so much. The DFA50 macro would have been handy on some of the shots, but I don't like the bokeh quite as much, and maybe the 18-250 isn't quite as razor sharp, but that's about all of the bad things I have to say about the lenses I might have used. There's something, and I can't define it, that just makes shooting with that lens fun. I do think that I'll need to go back soon with the macro for some of the detail shots. I also need to get better at winnowing out shots. There are things in Lightroom for help with that, I just need to get off my duff and learn those features. CC, especially suggestions for improvement, welcome. Whenever I see an old caterpillar tractor like that which was used for pulling farm implements, I think of The Grapes of Wrath. The corporate farmers who pushed the sharecroppers of the farms in Oklahoma used those things (as described in the book), both the till the farms and to raze the buildings of the sharecroppers. I really like this set of photos. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO A little tractor and a little lens
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 03:16:05PM -0400, frank theriault wrote: On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: These pictures were shot on the West side of Hellyer for a change. There's a little red International tractor parked in a field next to a company parking lot. I stopped by for a quick shoot when I left work yesterday: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157616541528855/ Whenever I see an old caterpillar tractor like that which was used for Actually, this is an International Harvester, not a Cat. pulling farm implements, I think of The Grapes of Wrath. The corporate farmers who pushed the sharecroppers of the farms in Oklahoma used those things (as described in the book), both the till the farms and to raze the buildings of the sharecroppers. One of my favorite short stories was written by Theodore Sturgeon and featured a Cat D-7: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killdozer!_(story) I was totally jazzed when it was made into a movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzqhAmP-gq4 I really like this set of photos. Thanks. There's something really cool about shooting old farm equipment. A buddy of mine up in Sonoma has a tractor with the same motor as his Triumph TR-2s, as well as a bunch of cool cars. I want to go up there for a photo shoot sometime. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- The fastest way to get your question answered on the net is to post the wrong answer. Larry Colen l...@red4est.comhttp://www.red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
GESO A little tractor and a little lens
These pictures were shot on the West side of Hellyer for a change. There's a little red International tractor parked in a field next to a company parking lot. I stopped by for a quick shoot when I left work yesterday: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157616541528855/ As usual the DA40 was on my camera, and pretty much all of my other lenses were in my camera bag. There were arguments in favor of grabbing the bag so that I'd have all of my lenses with me, but for some reason, I just wanted to shoot with the DA40. I can't explain why I enjoy shooting with that one lens so much. The DFA50 macro would have been handy on some of the shots, but I don't like the bokeh quite as much, and maybe the 18-250 isn't quite as razor sharp, but that's about all of the bad things I have to say about the lenses I might have used. There's something, and I can't define it, that just makes shooting with that lens fun. I do think that I'll need to go back soon with the macro for some of the detail shots. I also need to get better at winnowing out shots. There are things in Lightroom for help with that, I just need to get off my duff and learn those features. CC, especially suggestions for improvement, welcome. -- The fastest way to get your question answered on the net is to post the wrong answer. Larry Colen l...@red4est.comhttp://www.red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO A little tractor and a little lens
G'day Larry That's a good collection and the DA40 has done well. The time of day has helped as well - that afternoon light has a rich, warm glow that's very appealing for these detail shots. I really like 3421, 3425, 3426, 3461 (that tuft of grass is a bonus), 3477 (great abstract!). I can't really offer suggestions for improvement other than to try different DoF for the same composition. For example, I like 3486 but I might find it more appealing with greater DoF. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Sat, 11 Apr 2009 11:53 -0700, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: These pictures were shot on the West side of Hellyer for a change. There's a little red International tractor parked in a field next to a company parking lot. I stopped by for a quick shoot when I left work yesterday: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157616541528855/ As usual the DA40 was on my camera, and pretty much all of my other lenses were in my camera bag. There were arguments in favor of grabbing the bag so that I'd have all of my lenses with me, but for some reason, I just wanted to shoot with the DA40. I can't explain why I enjoy shooting with that one lens so much. The DFA50 macro would have been handy on some of the shots, but I don't like the bokeh quite as much, and maybe the 18-250 isn't quite as razor sharp, but that's about all of the bad things I have to say about the lenses I might have used. There's something, and I can't define it, that just makes shooting with that lens fun. I do think that I'll need to go back soon with the macro for some of the detail shots. I also need to get better at winnowing out shots. There are things in Lightroom for help with that, I just need to get off my duff and learn those features. CC, especially suggestions for improvement, welcome. -- The fastest way to get your question answered on the net is to post the wrong answer. Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://www.red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Access all of your messages and folders wherever you are -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO A little tractor and a little lens
Good set, Larry. Don't worry, the lens didn't get in the way... :-) LF Larry Colen escreveu: These pictures were shot on the West side of Hellyer for a change. There's a little red International tractor parked in a field next to a company parking lot. I stopped by for a quick shoot when I left work yesterday: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157616541528855/ As usual the DA40 was on my camera, and pretty much all of my other lenses were in my camera bag. There were arguments in favor of grabbing the bag so that I'd have all of my lenses with me, but for some reason, I just wanted to shoot with the DA40. I can't explain why I enjoy shooting with that one lens so much. The DFA50 macro would have been handy on some of the shots, but I don't like the bokeh quite as much, and maybe the 18-250 isn't quite as razor sharp, but that's about all of the bad things I have to say about the lenses I might have used. There's something, and I can't define it, that just makes shooting with that lens fun. I do think that I'll need to go back soon with the macro for some of the detail shots. I also need to get better at winnowing out shots. There are things in Lightroom for help with that, I just need to get off my duff and learn those features. CC, especially suggestions for improvement, welcome. -- Luiz Felipe luiz.felipe at techmit.com.br http://techmit.com.br/luizfelipe/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
