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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. :lol:
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Took this from a phone, but I like the mist, light, and shadow.

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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.
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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.
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I won't be taking pictures of it, but I'll be in Oregon for the eclipse.
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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.
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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! :lol:

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He looks sad or disheartened.
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There were two people five feet from him aiming huge lens at him. That might have something to do with it.
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Nope! Chuck Testa!
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Had to lookup what the heck that means. :lol: It was very much alive. :lol:
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:wink:
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Bring on the eclipse...Enlarge Image
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Bring on the bigimg tags.
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I blame Tapatalk. Yeah, that's the ticket.
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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.
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:lol: I hate little birds oh so much.
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Zaxxon wrote:Bring on the eclipse...Enlarge Image
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.
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Moliere wrote:Image
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. :P
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I'll be going to Glendo. As for booking the pass, I got it here (available until 6/30).
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Zaxxon wrote:I'll be going to Glendo. As for booking the pass, I got it here (available until 6/30).
Thanks for the link. One orange 2015 MINI Cooper also now has a day pass. :D
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The Meal wrote:
Zaxxon wrote:I'll be going to Glendo. As for booking the pass, I got it here (available until 6/30).
Thanks for the link. One orange 2015 MINI Cooper also now has a day pass. :D
Day trip for you as well?

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Enough wrote:
The Meal wrote:
Zaxxon wrote:I'll be going to Glendo. As for booking the pass, I got it here (available until 6/30).
Thanks for the link. One orange 2015 MINI Cooper also now has a day pass. :D
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.
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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!

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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.
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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.
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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.

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What a nice pastoral scene with perfect sky. Super pretty and kudos for getting out!

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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.

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I haven't shared any photos in awhile, so I figure it's about time :) Sunrise on the Georgia coast, about a month ago.

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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.

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geezer wrote:
50MP Canon 5dsR with a $135 plastic lens :lol:
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.
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Very nicely atmospheric Geezer, love it!
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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.
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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.

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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.
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Ah k. I've heard of them, but never seen/used one myself.
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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).
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My latest cityscape - Savannah, GA

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