The "Post a Picture You Took" thread

[El Diablo 4232]

Full sun and heavy shade = clusterfuck lighting for me. Anyway, here's a snapshot of some dude playing the stick guitar. It's like an air guitar but you use a stick as a prop.

 

[DougO 5269]

5 hours ago, El Diablo said:

Full sun and heavy shade = clusterfuck lighting for me. Anyway, here's a snapshot of some dude playing the stick guitar. It's like an air guitar but you use a stick as a prop.

 

Lefty stick, too. Must be playing Purple Haze.

[El Diablo 4232]

10 minutes ago, DougO said:

Lefty stick, too. Must be playing Purple Haze.

Might have been bass, couldn't really tell. So Sir Paul might be in play.

[DougO 5269]

A little dragonfly water sports pron from the other day.

 

[El Diablo 4232]

I think that if I buy another lens it's going to be the Nikon 80-200 f2.8D ED. Old technology but they still make them brand new and they're about a third of the cost of their 70-200 VR lenses. I don't know that I'll ever need VR. Used they can be had for $500 or so. The new camera body that I bought a couple months back has a focusing motor so it opens up these older lenses to me. I kinda like that because I like money.

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

A few recent ones.  Canon mirror less and iPhone.

 

[El Diablo 4232]

Looking ahead for events to shoot it looks like the WPRA (Women's Pro Rodeo) is going to be held, in part, in the actual coliseum and not just in the shitty lighting of the show pavilion. Looking forward to this. I think the last thing I shot in there was maybe in June? Hopefully since then I've learned a bit and also have some faster lenses to shoot with so should get results that are better. Schedule shows though that the better lit arena is going to be used for barrel racing and the team roping in the shitty lighting. Wish it was the other way around, barrels just don't make for as good a photo op.

[naija 3066]

On 10/11/2019 at 9:44 PM, Patricio Swayze said:

 

standout. even better than the usual ones

[El Diablo 4232]

Pleco on zucchini.

 

[DougO 5269]

Reminds me of a bind date I once had.

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

standout. even better than the usual ones

Thanks. I wish I could take a month and travel the Southwest by myself.

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Oh yeah, I need more photography documentaries to watch. Suggestions are greatly appreciated.

[Anton Chigurh 3338]

Oh yeah, I need more photography documentaries to watch. Suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Since you said more, what are the ones you have seen so I can watch them?

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Since you said more, what are the ones you have seen so I can watch them?

Damn...I am about to pass out. I’ll make a list tomorrow morning.

[Tailgate 3082]

Outside on the front porch tonight.

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Since you said more, what are the ones you have seen so I can watch them?

This isn’t a definitive list of what I have seen. There are moments where I consume a lot of documentaries and can’t recall all the titles. But here are most of them:

Finding Vivian Maier
Garry Winogrand: All Things are Photographable (UT professor for a few years)
The Salt of the Earth
Everybody Street
Magnum Photos - The Changing of a Myth
Get the Picture
The War Reporter
Traveler
The Many Lives of William Klein
Eugene Richards (lecture from 2010 on YouTube) I really like his work.

I tend to enjoy documentaries about street photography and war photography (and photojournalism in general).

I don’t think I have seen “The Rich Have Their Own Photographers” yet, so I will watch that.

[DougO 5269]

I can't think of many photo docs I have seen, other than the one about the four guys who had photographed every Superbowl since the beginning, which was several years ago.

I know I have seen a few, but not recently or any that pop into mind. The Mapplethorpe doc that was on HBO a few years ago was somewhat interesting, especially if you like pictures of dicks.

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

I can't think of many photo docs I have seen, other than the one about the four guys who had photographed every Superbowl since the beginning, which was several years ago.
I know I have seen a few, but not recently or any that pop into mind. The Mapplethorpe doc that was on HBO a few years ago was somewhat interesting, especially if you like pictures of dicks.

Hahahaha. I like how you qualified that.

By the way, I watched “The Rich Have Their Own Photographers” and very much enjoyed it. Some moving and powerful images as well as an interesting story of how Milton Rogovin became a photographer. I always enjoy hearing about the path acclaimed photographers take to get to where they ended up. One of the best was Tim Page’s story (I don’t think there is a documentary, but his book is a good read).

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Well, I went ahead and watched The Mapplethorpe documentary. And it was as advertised by Doug haha. But it was pretty interesting, even for me as someone or really into studio photography. I wonder how many photographers, alive or dead, have had a single photo sell for more than $100k. I’m almost there, I have sold one for $150 hahaha.

[naija 3066]

Would watch the playlist on The Art of Photography's youtube channel. Gives good synopsis/breakdowns into various photographers.

I love the little short youtube video on Don Mccullin. Love that he is still rocking a Mamiya RZ 67 at 80+ years.

 

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

I’ll look into that. I did see “McCullin”.

 

Also need to add one I saw a few years ago, In No Great Hurry: 13 Lessons in Life with Saul Leiter.

 

He made me not feel bad about sometimes using a telephoto lens for street photography.

 

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Would watch the playlist on The Art of Photography's youtube channel. Gives good synopsis/breakdowns into various photographers.
I love the little short youtube video on Don Mccullin. Love that he is still rocking a Mamiya RZ 67 at 80+ years.
 

Just finished this one. I thought it was fantastic. Thanks for the suggestion.

[DougO 5269]

Some recent stuff, some from this morning and yesterday evening, and my first peregrine falcon from Saturday.

 

 

 

 

 

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Doug, is that Falcon tagged?  Looks like it has something on its ankles.

Went for a drive today...

[DougO 5269]

Yes, that is a band on the falcon's leg. Looks like it shows A8 on the visible side. From what I could find that is consistent with bandings of wild peregrines captured by biologists and released. It would be cool to know what the rest of it says so we could find out where it has been and how old it is and stuff.

Edited October 26, 2019 by DougO

[naija 3066]

[El Diablo 4232]

A couple shots from the Women's Pro Rodeo National Finals in Waco using @DougO 's loaner lens. High ISO but I thought they were okay. Still learning.

 

[El Diablo 4232]

Uno mas.

 

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Shot with an iPhone 11 Pro through tinted glass.

Another iPhone shot, 5th Ward Houston.

Edited November 3, 2019 by Patricio Swayze

[ChickenSandwich 9993]

Hoping for a camera upgrade for Xmas, will be listing my starter camera soon if anyone is interested. 
 

Sony Mirror-less A5000 w/2 lenses and small carrying case. Have the original box and instructions. 
 

lens one is 16-50mm OSS

lens 2 is a macro lens 2.8/16

only used a few times. 
 

$400

[Anton Chigurh 3338]

Here’s a few amateur attempts at some DSOs. Need more exposure time on them but not too bad for first attempts on standard photo equipment (no telescopes or specific astro cameras, etc.).

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[Your Mom 4985]

Thank you all for all the great posts in this thread.  Sometimes I sit down to Surly with a specific agenda of things to read and threads to catch up on.  After that if I'm not quite ready to get up and be productive yet, this is the thread I come too.  Great stuff you guys.  

[El Diablo 4232]

8 hours ago, Anton Chigurh said:

Here’s a few amateur attempts at some DSOs. Need more exposure time on them but not too bad for first attempts on standard photo equipment (no telescopes or specific astro cameras, etc.).

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Those are really nice, where were you? 

[Anton Chigurh 3338]

Those are really nice, where were you? 

 

Thanks! I was in Terlingua Ranch. The whole Big Bend area is a Bortle 1 zone, so the darkest the skies can get to our eye. Best stargazing you will ever see.

[El Diablo 4232]

37 minutes ago, Anton Chigurh said:

 

Thanks! I was in Terlingua Ranch. The whole Big Bend area is a Bortle 1 zone, so the darkest the skies can get to our eye. Best stargazing you will ever see.

I was going to say that the moonless nights I saw at sea probably matched but then again there's reflection off of the water, even of just starlight. I had 20/10 vision at the time and could pick out Andromeda with my naked eye sometimes. Awe inspiring, regardless. 

[Goredho 17663]

Taken from my deck a couple days ago...

Edited November 8, 2019 by Goredho

[Armybrat 41464]

On 11/4/2019 at 7:46 PM, El Diablo said:

I was going to say that the moonless nights I saw at sea probably matched but then again there's reflection off of the water, even of just starlight. I had 20/10 vision at the time and could pick out Andromeda with my naked eye sometimes. Awe inspiring, regardless. 

Sailing back & forth across the Pacific in the late 1950s brought some spectacular stargazing from the fantail of a military transport ship. The evenings on the return trip were very pleasantly spent cuddled with a cute blonde - we were both 14.
No pics, but nice memories.

[DougO 5269]

Weather for nature photography has been challenging lately. Getting out when I can, but activity has been low, too. The osprey and last couple of deer photos are from this afternoon.

 

 

 

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Some recent ones, most are cross posts from the UP Big Boy thread...

[Anton Chigurh 3338]

A few cross posts for me as well as some West Texas stuff.













This is a gigantic pano so it probably won’t show well but we will try.



Here’s the full res. Pretty happy with the sharpness on this one. Using a zoom to make panos is fun.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49026107943_24a077cd38_o.jpg

[Anton Chigurh 3338]

A few film shots as well. These are on a Canon AE-1 P, 50mm 1.8, Velvia 100, and Tri-X 400. Velvia 100 is a bit hard to use in scenes with even a little bit of contrast, and a little too specialized for 135 format, IMO, and unfortunately is not nearly as good as 50 is. Would like to try Ektar 100 or maybe Provia or the new E100 stuff next time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Anton Chigurh 3338]

I think I may also try to snag a Canon EOS 1 or EOS 3 so I can use my modern EF mount glass with 35mm.

[El Diablo 4232]

I was messing around with the D7500 a few weeks back and set the ISO to 50K just to see what it would do. I think I had a hall light on adjacent to the room I was in and that was pretty much it for lighting. It was a bit like Blair Witch Project meets game cam. I was surprised at the level of light it could take a fairly decent photo in. Not sure how I'd ever use it but it was fun.

[El Diablo 4232]

More messing around with DougO's 180mm.

 

[DougO 5269]

I don't know if Canon has the same thing in its custom picture settings, but what the feck is "clarity" supposed to do, if anything?

Yeah, maybe I need to make my pics  look foggier.

 

 

[El Diablo 4232]

24 minutes ago, DougO said:

I don't know if Canon has the same thing in its custom picture settings, but what the feck is "clarity" supposed to do, if anything?

Yeah, maybe I need to make my pics  look foggier.

 

 

Has to do with "micro" contrast. I think it could come in handy maybe when trying to clear up blotchy skin or similar? That's all I know.

[Anton Chigurh 3338]

Has to do with "micro" contrast. I think it could come in handy maybe when trying to clear up blotchy skin or similar? That's all I know.

 

It is, but using the texture slider in the negative direction is what was created for skin smoothing. It is also to enhance stuff going the other way. Texture is a more subtle version of clarity that mostly adjusts mid tone contrast and sharpness. Clarity increases global contrast and makes images very punchy.

 

These tools are in Lightroom and ACR, but I haven’t seen them on built in camera settings (I shoot Canon).

[El Diablo 4232]

3 minutes ago, Anton Chigurh said:

 

It is, but using the texture slider in the negative direction is what was created for skin smoothing. It is also to enhance stuff going the other way. Texture is a more subtle version of clarity that mostly adjusts mid tone contrast and sharpness. Clarity increases global contrast and makes images very punchy.

 

From what I've seen in just messing with the controls, using clarity+ AND sharpness+ is no bueno. It's like they're fighting over pixels.

[El Diablo 4232]

Any tips on taking an outdoors family portrait type photo? Coworker is volunteering her family as guinea pigs. Lighting? Metering method? Not even sure what I need to be asking really.