The "Post a Picture You Took" thread

[naija 2854]

 

[UnivTex34 1763]

One trick pony with a drone is back. My wife is now a day past her due date, so not sure I’m gonna be able to get those sweet Saharan dust sunset pics, so you get this instead....

 

[El Diablo 4232]

I'm hoping that SOMEONE can make good use of this impending dust storm! 

Sad news for me, the equestrian place that I was planning on playing in this weekend has new more restrictive attendance policies going into effect. NO SPECTATORS. I'm still thinking that maybe I'll fill out one of their releases/indemnification forms and just show up and announce myself as the photographer and see if I can get in that way. Would be nice to have the place to myself. Sigh. Probably won't though. Furk. I had all my gear out last night and did all my pre-checks and packed my bags. Oh well, that cemetery photo has me thinking I could just head down to Fort Fisher or perhaps even Oakwood cemetery. There's a lot of pretty famous Texans buried there. Once upon a time I snapped a picture there of W.C. Brann's marker, the one with the bullet pock mark in it. Sadly the bust of Brann that sat on top of the grave has since been stolen, most likely by some Baylor frat fucks. Anyway, plans are a changing. 

[WBT 20580]

On 6/24/2020 at 9:19 PM, Patricio Swayze said:

I've about had it with these damn Mississippi Kites.  I just can't seem to get a shot of them that I like.  I was stoked about the Barred Owl. 

I take a lot of pictures of birds and kites are among the hardest ones to catch in fight.  They're really fast and change directions erratically without warning.  It's much easier if you can find them perched like that.  Swallows are the same way but probably worse.

Nice barred owl.  I got this one alongside a CR on the way to my parents' place.

 

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

WBT, that is a great owl shot.  Coloring of the feathers is much nicer than the one I captured.  You need to post more to this thread.

A few from the last couple of days.  Some not as sharp as I like.

[El Diablo 4232]

Was messing around with that little $150 70-300 this week. Just for the hell of it I took a couple shots at 300mm and 1/80s handheld. They looked like they'd been taken at 1/800s. Crazy what a little technology can do.

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

[Tailgate 3022]

[El Diablo 4232]

[El Diablo 4232]

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Picked up this pinhole camera for shits and grins. Shoots panoramic or 35mm. I haven’t shot with a pinhole since high school and that was with one made from an oatmeal can.

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Came across this Red-tailed Hawk today.  He was eating a Prairie Kingsnake...

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

A couple of others from this past week...

[El Diablo 4232]

Getting a bit bored so I decided to go back and play with the off camera flash again. I took "Monica" outside for the first time, in the shade on the patio with the pond and parking lot in full sun in the background. This is at ISO 200, f5 and 1/6400s. 2 speedlights, HSS. Not great but more a proof of concept and to get some idea of the limitations of my gear.

 

This is with just the available light, same settings but shutter speed at 1/60s.

[DougO 5250]

All you need is to slow down the shutter speed to match the exposure of the ambient background, perhaps with sight underexposure, and/or a reflector or second light to give some edge light to the hair to separate it from the darker part of the background. The key light looks good.

[El Diablo 4232]

23 hours ago, DougO said:

All you need is to slow down the shutter speed to match the exposure of the ambient background, perhaps with sight underexposure, and/or a reflector or second light to give some edge light to the hair to separate it from the darker part of the background. The key light looks good.

Yeah, I actually took the same picture several different ways and one of them was with the background more balanced, just slightly under as you say and it did give much better separation. 

Anyway, back to the caged animal well today. Fuck it was hot. These cats are frequently active unlike a lot of the critters but the enclosure has a huge plexiglas wall which I guess is better than chain link fence but it still fucks with the auto focus. You get kinda close to sharp but not really.

[El Diablo 4232]

23 hours ago, DougO said:

All you need is to slow down the shutter speed to match the exposure of the ambient background, perhaps with sight underexposure, and/or a reflector or second light to give some edge light to the hair to separate it from the darker part of the background. The key light looks good.

Sorry for the double quote, here's the shot that kinda is what you're describing. 

[El Diablo 4232]

3 light setup. 

[DallasHorn26 586]

Where do you guys print pictures? I have some shots my stepdad took of my kids I want to print and would like something higher quality than say Walgreens or CVS.

[Anton Chigurh 3319]

I typically use FinerWorks. They’re a Texas company (San Antonio) and I have been happy with their quality. They don’t really advertise, but are the cheapest I have seen. They also have many fine art paper options to choose from. If you can wait for a sale it can be pretty cheap.

Their metal prints are good too, but I think I like metal prints from Pure Art Printer a little better.

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

I have used mpix for many years.  Been really happy with them and their customer service.  They drop ship white label prints for people who buy photos from me.  However, I love supporting Texas companies, so I need to check out FinerWorks.

Re-edit of an iphone shot from Zion 2 years ago...

Abandoned churches in Houston...

[DougO 5250]

These are from a couple of weeks ago, driving to a birding spot with limited walking. My knees are a lot better now, but catching up on fence work and dealing with the heat and lack of bird action is still stomping a mudhole in my photo activity.

 

 

[Anton Chigurh 3319]

A few film notes.

I have since acquired another Canonet G-III and sent it to the same restoration guy and this one is in even better shape than the last one. Almost mint. It even has an original working Canolite flash.



I took a chance on a cheap Canon EF on eBay. The EF was a pro/prosumer camera slotted just under the (old) F1. It has a combination of electrically and mechanically controlled shutter, depending on the speed. It has several long exposure speeds (1s, 2s, 4s, 8s, 15s, and 30s).

I was able to get them all to function, but the electronically controlled long exposure ones don’t seem accurate all the time. The mechanical ones seem like they’re probably okay. The meter kind of moves but the shutter speed indicator gets stuck in the viewfinder and it seems tired to that and doesn’t really work. It is a notoriously hard camera to repair. I took a stab at repairing the shutter speed indicator, but they loose part is way further in there than I want to get to.

I may throw some light seals in it and try a roll using sunny 16 and the mech speeds only. It is a tank of a camera, though. I guess I’ll just have to get an F1.

[Anton Chigurh 3319]

Portra 400, (now destroyed) Canonet G-III:

[Anton Chigurh 3319]

Ferrania P30 | Canon AE-1 Program | 50mm 1.4 S.S.C. that I took apart and cleaned the aperture blades on:

 

[Anton Chigurh 3319]

Ferrania 30 | Canon AE-1 Program | 50mm 1.4 S.S.C.

 

Ferrania is a ridiculously contrasty stock, and it has a really cool backstory that you can learn about here if you’d like:

 

 

 

The early batches apparently had some issues, but the new version seems a bit better, though the use case is still limited. It almost feels like I’ll have to treat it like shooting Velvia, except that it’s BW. Some of the scans were pretty extreme, but luckily the shadows were still very well preserved, and since the scans were tiffs, I was able to recover them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Great stuff Anton. I am curious about that film now because I love high contrast. Will need to pick some rolls up after I sell more prints.

[Anton Chigurh 3319]

Great stuff Anton. I am curious about that film now because I love high contrast. Will need to pick some rolls up after I sell more prints.

Thanks. FPP sells it but it’s out of stock all the time. You can get it directly from FilmFerrania, though.

https://usa.filmferrania.com/products/ferrania-p30-135-36

[naija 2854]

So Canon shooters.... who is getting the R5 or R6?

[Anton Chigurh 3319]

I’d like it, but, it’s gonna have to wait a while.

TBH I am not disappointed in my 5DIV in any way either. Seeing reviews and sample stuff may change my mind, though. The only thing I really “want” right now is more resolution, though it’s not like I am swimming in storage space or anything.

[OU Sucks 8833]

13 minutes ago, naija said:

So Canon shooters.... who is getting the R5 or R6?

Had my R5 and 100-500 order placed at 8:01am ET.  It's going to be the longest 2 month wait for that lens.

[nycHorn 3017]

So Canon shooters.... who is getting the R5 or R6?

I’ll probably pull the trigger depending on how work picks up. I’ll really don’t want to replace my lenses so I’ll get the adapter.

I should really be upgrading my laptop this year as well.

[deadshank 24653]

Late winter setting sun at the end of nice and cold, crisp day. .  Taken with iPhone 6+ out of deer blind window.   Setting sun makes the leafless brush appear to be on fire.   

[El Diablo 4232]

Caged critters. East African Crowned Crane. Or as my nephew said, "That's one pimped out crane!". I call him, the bird, "Soul Crane". 

[naija 2854]

On 7/10/2020 at 9:40 PM, nycHorn said:

I’ll probably pull the trigger depending on how work picks up. I’ll really don’t want to replace my lenses so I’ll get the adapter.

I should really be upgrading my laptop this year as well.

how would it change what you do now

[nycHorn 3017]

16 hours ago, naija said:

how would it change what you do now

I have the 1dx mk ii and the 4k video codec is motion jpeg, which is an old clunky and inefficient codec.  Huge files.  If the video is really as good as they're touting on the R5 then it'll be nice to have a smaller camera, better codec, c-log and higher res options available.  Plus I'm curious about mirrorless and would love to have a camera to tote around that isn't massive.  

 

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Been a little slow lately.  Still trying to finish 3 rolls of film, one of which is from the pinhole.  Here are some recent digital and some older photos from my last visit to Brazil that I only recently edited.

Brazil...

[DougO 5250]

I might as well like in advance, since I haven't been let down yet. But my shitty internet really struggles with opening these flickr files.

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

I might as well like in advance, since I haven't been let down yet. But my shitty internet really struggles with opening these flickr files.

That sucks.

I still think it is my best option for storing and sharing photos.

[El Diablo 4232]

Boy meets otter.

[DougO 5250]

22 hours ago, Patricio Swayze said:

That sucks.

I still think it is my best option for storing and sharing photos.

I like having my own web space through my old website (which is otherwise basically unused) so I can just remember the directory and file name and post it anywhere. But now my host sucks they make you pay extra for ssl, and most sites are blocking non-ssl certified links to be posted. I can't even post pics to my frequently visited message boards hosted by proboards, and all my old ones disappeared from threads there. I'm gonna have to move soon or find another option.

 

[El Diablo 4232]

The local zoo has inhabitants that are not part of any exhibit, vultures. After the zoo was built the birds decided they liked the place so much that they've become a permanent fixture. Sort of like pigeons in the parks but Waco style.

[UnivTex34 1763]

First chance I’ve had to get the drone up. New kiddo means very little spare time...

 

Also thought y’all might enjoy my new skin....

 

also the reason for my lack of sleep. Go Rangers!

 

 

[El Diablo 4232]

Bought a 20" beauty dish (white), using it as the key and a soft box for fill. Bare speedlight from behind because why not? May have an actual live model too! Met a chick at the zoo and got to talking photography, turns out she's done some modeling and might be interested in trading. We shall see.

 

[DougO 5250]

6 hours ago, El Diablo said:

Bought a 20" beauty dish (white), using it as the key and a soft box for fill. Bare speedlight from behind because why not? May have an actual live model too! Met a chick at the zoo and got to talking photography, turns out she's done some modeling and might be interested in trading. We shall see.

 

Looks nice. Th'at's a good wya to practice lighting. I need to find one with boobs.

 

[DougO 5250]

23 hours ago, UnivTex34 said:

First chance I’ve had to get the drone up. New kiddo means very little spare time...

 

Also thought y’all might enjoy my new skin....

 

also the reason for my lack of sleep. Go Rangers!

 

 

Maybe you can program the drone to change diapers and stuff

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[El Diablo 4232]

11 hours ago, DougO said:

Looks nice. Th'at's a good wya to practice lighting. I need to find one with boobs.

 

Thanks. Long, boring ass summer. Wig head is alright but yeah, boobs would be nice. Arms, abdomen, legs etc... wouldn't hurt either. Hopefully I can talk this gal into letting me take some pictures. Full length body shots may require more space than I have but I can try.  

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Had to get the hell out of Houston yesterday, but I can't stray too far. Edit: Noticing a lot of noise in the first shot.  Might need to revisit it.

Edited July 19, 2020 by Patricio Swayze

[El Diablo 4232]

'Nother buzzard.

[Bevo&Pevo 5171]

It'd would cool to have a couple of those cinema signs in a man cave; working or not.