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Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2017 1:25 pm
by Octavious
Thanks I think I'm starting to get the hang of lightroom. I was overcooking a lot of my shots and didn't really realize. Which pretty much everyone does at first. This has to be the first hobby that I haven't gotten bored of. Well aside from gaming.
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2017 3:44 pm
by xwraith
Took this from a phone, but I like the mist, light, and shadow.
WP_20170525_08_31_55_Rich by
https://www.flickr.com/photos/124941473@N08/,
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2017 4:35 pm
by The Meal
Zaxxon wrote:Do it, man! I'm going to be driving a few hours north to populous Glendo, WY.
Do you have land squatted out? I haven't yet formulated a plan, but would certainly glom onto someone else's if convenient.
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2017 4:57 pm
by Zaxxon
The Meal wrote:Zaxxon wrote:Do it, man! I'm going to be driving a few hours north to populous Glendo, WY.
Do you have land squatted out? I haven't yet formulated a plan, but would certainly glom onto someone else's if convenient.
I'm not sure yet. I've purchased an eclipse-day pass to Glendo State Park, but I'm not sure how the day itself will go. This is a town of 205, and they expect 50,000 to 100,000 people based on the Glendo Eclipse Facebook page.
I am thinking of just heading up in the wee hours of the morning and hoping for the best.
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2017 3:56 pm
by Rumpy
I won't be taking pictures of it, but I'll be in Oregon for the eclipse.
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2017 10:19 am
by Zaxxon
Zaxxon wrote:The Meal wrote:Zaxxon wrote:Do it, man! I'm going to be driving a few hours north to populous Glendo, WY.
Do you have land squatted out? I haven't yet formulated a plan, but would certainly glom onto someone else's if convenient.
I'm not sure yet. I've purchased an eclipse-day pass to Glendo State Park, but I'm not sure how the day itself will go. This is a town of 205, and they expect 50,000 to 100,000 people based on the Glendo Eclipse Facebook page.
I am thinking of just heading up in the wee hours of the morning and hoping for the best.
And I meant to say that if you are looking to share a ride up there, I've got room so long as you're ok going early.
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 11:44 am
by Octavious
I really want to ditch my 80-200 as I almost totally missed this shot because the damn thing focuses like crap under 10 feet.
The eyes are just barely in focus. Anyone else would just look and say FOX cool!
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 11:54 am
by Daehawk
He looks sad or disheartened.
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 11:55 am
by Octavious
There were two people five feet from him aiming huge lens at him. That might have something to do with it.
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 12:15 pm
by Isgrimnur
Nope! Chuck Testa!
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 1:03 pm
by Octavious
Had to lookup what the heck that means.
It was very much alive.
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 2:15 pm
by Isgrimnur
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2017 9:40 am
by Zaxxon
Bring on the eclipse...
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2017 9:42 am
by Isgrimnur
Bring on the bigimg tags.
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2017 9:44 am
by Zaxxon
I blame Tapatalk. Yeah, that's the ticket.
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2017 11:28 am
by Moliere
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2017 11:29 am
by Isgrimnur
I was banned from the airliners.net photography forum by concerned moderators after the end of my lens started brushing against planes as they flew by.
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2017 12:59 pm
by Octavious
I hate little birds oh so much.
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2017 1:32 pm
by Enough
Zaxxon wrote:Bring on the eclipse...
Very nice, where did you all book?
Oh and a side note. Lexar memory cards are no more as of today. So much for competition.
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2017 1:35 pm
by Enough
Moliere wrote:
True, that is as long as you don't mind Coke bottle optical quality. I should know, because I am the guy who has stacked 1.4x, 1.7x and 2x converters. I discovered that a tripod more stable than an iron nucleus would likely be required.
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2017 1:37 pm
by Zaxxon
I'll be going to Glendo. As for booking the pass, I got it
here (available until 6/30).
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2017 7:10 pm
by The Meal
Thanks for the link. One orange 2015 MINI Cooper also now has a day pass.
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2017 7:48 pm
by Enough
The Meal wrote:
Thanks for the link. One orange 2015 MINI Cooper also now has a day pass.
Day trip for you as well?
Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 8:49 am
by The Meal
Enough wrote:The Meal wrote:
Thanks for the link. One orange 2015 MINI Cooper also now has a day pass.
Day trip for you as well?
Whatever it is we end up doing, it'll have to just be a day trip. Glendo will probably be our destination as well.
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 12:17 pm
by Enough
Coolness. We are camping. My original plan has been to find dispersed camping in the NF nearby center line somewhere in WY. Unfortunately I have not been able to head up for scoping out possibilities yet. We might end up far away from Glendo, but it looks like a great place and there's definitely a chance we end up there. I will message folks my cell phone info, just don't expect coverage if we are in the sticks. It will be fun if we all end up hooking up but obviously our priority is on seeing the eclipse. If I end up finding a cool location I will share if there's time. Fingers crossed for clear skies!
Time to start testing out solar filters and DIYing anything needed to use them. My plan is to test what I have pulled together this holiday weekend and do some dry runs on the midday sun.
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 1:02 pm
by Zaxxon
Awesome. If you find another spot I'd definitely be interested in hearing about it, as Glendo is sure to be swamped.
My solar filter came in last week... if only I had a camera with which to test it. Really hoping mine comes back from Fuji in the next couple of weeks.
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 9:56 am
by Octavious
Someone has a D750 with a 50mm lens for sale on Facebook market for 875. It has to be broken, stolen or they are complete idiots. Considering how easy it is to google prices I'm going with the first two, but damn that would be sweeetttttt. If it was a legit used D750 they could sell it for 1,200 body only no problem.
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2017 10:29 pm
by Octavious
Had an itch to take a picture of SOMETHING! Hadn't really gotten out at all lately. So I picked the most obvious thing I could find in NJ and that's the Red Mill in Clinton. Not the best time of day or year to go, but happy with the picture.
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 2:21 pm
by Enough
What a nice pastoral scene with perfect sky. Super pretty and kudos for getting out!
I am getting itchy to break in some new gear. I just received the Nikon 16-80, what a contrasty/3d-ish beast for DX! Forget that it's also sharp enough for the high resolution sensor on the D500, it's the native contrast of the lens and ability to perform under mixed conditions that impresses. It also appears sharper than it's Nikon 24-120 F4 equivalent brother on full-frame. Then on Friday, I'm going to be in Peak Design heaven. I have the 30l Everyday Backpack and a Peak Design camera strap system incoming along with a Mindshift holster bag that will better fit a gripped body with longer lens than my ancient Lowepro TLZ holster. I will get to try most of this stuff out on a quick trip out to Chi-town later this month and couldn't be more excited!
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 2:51 pm
by Octavious
That was with my 17-50 (99.99% is my 17-50 ) and a polarizer as it just so happened to be the right angle to use it woo. I have the poor mans strap setup which actually works really well.
This plate
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B014T ... UTF8&psc=1
Connected to an Opt/Tech sling. Works fantastic as I never have to take the plate off even when using a tripod. I setup both my cameras like that. Even with my 80-200 beast lens it's easy to hang on the side. And you can easily unclip the camera if you don't want to use the strap.
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2017 10:37 pm
by geezer
I haven't shared any photos in awhile, so I figure it's about time
Sunrise on the Georgia coast, about a month ago.
50MP Canon 5dsR with a $135 plastic lens
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2017 11:49 am
by Moliere
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2017 2:27 pm
by Octavious
geezer wrote:I haven't shared any photos in awhile, so I figure it's about time
Sunrise on the Georgia coast, about a month ago.
50MP Canon 5dsR with a $135 plastic lens
Nifty 50?
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2017 2:10 am
by gbasden
geezer wrote:
50MP Canon 5dsR with a $135 plastic lens
I have to say I've been really happy with my 5dsR. I've been doing a lot of portraits and it really excels. Not to mention it's really fun to be able to aggressively crop and still have something I can print large if I need to.
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2017 12:21 pm
by Enough
Very nicely atmospheric Geezer, love it!
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2017 12:38 pm
by Octavious
I think I'm done with my 80-200. I just can't get consistent pictures with it and it's heavy as hell. Hopefully I can sell it for something close to what I bought it for. I'm just going to save up for the Sigma 50-100. Sure it doesn't have VR, but I was getting killer pictures with it when I rented it and the focal length is a lot better for a crop sensor. With the 80 I have I stand like a million feet back to get a full body shot even at 80mm. Barf.
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2017 10:01 am
by geezer
Octavious wrote:geezer wrote:I haven't shared any photos in awhile, so I figure it's about time
Sunrise on the Georgia coast, about a month ago.
50MP Canon 5dsR with a $135 plastic lens
Nifty 50?
No - Lensbaby. An actual plastic lens
It's specifically designed to blur/distort edges, and you can tilt it around to move the point of focus. Remember when doing those tilt/shift miniature-look images was all the rage a few years back? I think it was designed to make that look accessible, but I've found it to work really well at isolating a straight-on subject and really blowing the background out.
@Enough - thanks
@gbasden - I'm really pleased with the 5dsR as well. The only flaw I've seen is that you can print nice and large, but those sizes really bring out the lack of corner sharpness in the lenses.
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2017 1:52 pm
by Octavious
Ah k. I've heard of them, but never seen/used one myself.
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2017 9:10 pm
by geezer
Octavious wrote:Ah k. I've heard of them, but never seen/used one myself.
They're a cool little toy if you're feeling creative and aren't using them for ultra-critical work (the results can be a little unpredictable when viewed full size).
Re: Perpetual Photography Thread
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2017 3:01 pm
by geezer
My latest cityscape - Savannah, GA
