The "Post a Picture You Took" thread

[Ths71 472]

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[Anton Chigurh 3318]

A 4x5 TLR, good lord.

[DougO 5239]

Is that "the Hoff" with a Hasselhoff-blad?

[DougO 5239]

8 hours ago, Ths71 said:

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I think I had a book by the same title from the same author, Gowland, back in my college days, but it was modern, at least for the times. Pretty decent photo book, but not enough tips on how to get the whores to pose for you.

[DougO 5239]

 

 

[Ths71 472]

I think I had a book by the same title from the same author, Gowland, back in my college days, but it was modern, at least for the times. Pretty decent photo book, but not enough tips on how to get the whores to pose for you.

This is a 1967 revision of a 1954 copyright.
He does suggest not using your photography to get a girl “out in the woods” but no mention of whore posing.


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[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Some new and some re-edits of older photos...

 

Edited January 12, 2020 by Patricio Swayze

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

Cannot decide a favorite from this last group but as always the nature pics are tops along with the hearse and the ASMA train graffiti. The last one is as much for the graffiti as it is for the pic. Those artists are so talented!

@DougO your bird photos are awesome.

[El Diablo 4232]

Makes me imagine a picture of a tow truck hauling away the dead body of a hearse. 

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

It was sitting inside the gate of an abandoned funeral home. I wanted to try to find a way in, but too many folks walking around and it is not in the kind of hood you just fuck around in.

 

My Yashica came in, but I am disappointed in the quality. Part of that is my fault. I am looking to buy another and either sell this one or just keep it as a shelf piece.

 

[Anton Chigurh 3318]

It was sitting inside the gate of an abandoned funeral home. I wanted to try to find a way in, but too many folks walking around and it is not in the kind of hood you just fuck around in.
 
My Yashica came in, but I am disappointed in the quality. Part of that is my fault. I am looking to buy another and either sell this one or just keep it as a shelf piece.
 

Electro 35?

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Electro 35?

Yeah. Put in an offer on another.

[Anton Chigurh 3318]

Yeah. Put in an offer on another.

Another Yashica or another camera altogether?

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Another Yashica or another camera altogether?

Another yashica electro that is in good working condition.

[El Diablo 4232]

I started messing with off camera flash. I mean just started. Anyway, one of my cousins dropped by while I was playing with the toys and I made him sit for just a minute for me. I didn't focus, I'd had it "pre-set" on a cardboard box that I'd had in the chair so I'm not too concerned about it being out of focus. Generally happy with the result though. 

 

[DougO 5239]

7 hours ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

Cannot decide a favorite from this last group but as always the nature pics are tops along with the hearse and the ASMA train graffiti. The last one is as much for the graffiti as it is for the pic. Those artists are so talented!

@DougO your bird photos are awesome.

Thank you very kindly, sir! It has been nice to get out a bit more when the sun is actually not totally blocked out by thickass clouds so I can get some nature photos.

[DougO 5239]

Swayze, how are you feeling about your drone purchase? Would you choose the same again today? I'm starting to consider options on a moderately priced setup, but really know nothing about it. It would mostly be for use on the family property.

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Swayze, how are you feeling about your drone purchase? Would you choose the same again today? I'm starting to consider options on a moderately priced setup, but really know nothing about it. It would mostly be for use on the family property.

I am happy with it, although I am not flying it as much as I thought I would. Some of that is due to weather. Also trying to come up with interesting shots that haven’t already been done a million times is challenging. But I think it’s fun and gives a new perspective. I don’t think you can go wrong with the mavic 2.

[DougO 5239]

I'm not in it as much for creative purposes, but looking at our family property, getting some aerial shots for reference and time comparison, and in case I need to find one of the critters or something.  Probably wouldn't take it out on public much, especially now that they are pushing the license thing.

[naija 2851]

5 hours ago, El Diablo said:

I started messing with off camera flash. I mean just started. Anyway, one of my cousins dropped by while I was playing with the toys and I made him sit for just a minute for me. I didn't focus, I'd had it "pre-set" on a cardboard box that I'd had in the chair so I'm not too concerned about it being out of focus. Generally happy with the result though. 

 

Butterly lighting

[El Diablo 4232]

21 minutes ago, naija said:

Butterly lighting

Yeah, it's my first attempt at anything really. I need to stick with black and white probably just to keep things simple wrt to light and shadow. I might be able to get a job at the DMV though, could even work my way up to Sears some day.  

I find this exercise helpful due to the small number of moving parts and think it will help me see light better overall. I'm probably getting ahead of myself but I'm getting a second light to use with a little slip on soft box. A 3rd light and I could do some rim lighting.  I've got a fairly small living room but have rearranged it a couple of times just this weekend setting up and tearing down the gear. I can set up a reasonable facsimile of studio in about 15 minutes now. Not counting the stand the whole kit fits in a shoe box. I know me and I'm sure I'll lose interest in this aspect by spring but that's alright. I can come back to it next winter or just whenever.

[El Diablo 4232]

Tried to get creative. I unfortunately have white walls so couldn't get exactly what I was aiming for. I'd probably need to also fashion a snoot and would still need some black fabric to drape over things. Sigh.  A proper studio would be fun.

 

[Shoxthemonkey 1976]

On 1/5/2020 at 2:05 PM, Ths71 said:

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Holy shit, the memories!

I was a last minute replacement Ambassador from El Salvador to the Model UN in Wichita,  freshman year, 1966. We stayed at the Broadview Hotel and I bought that book from the lobby book and magazine shop. My very first porn purchase. I was able to smuggle it into the house in one of my Dad's hand-me-down attache cases that also held everything there was to know about El Salvador that could be found in Encyclopedia Britannica.

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[Ths71 472]

Holy shit, the memories!
I was a last minute replacement Ambassador from El Salvador to the Model UN in Wichita,  freshman year, 1966. We stayed at the Broadview Hotel and I bought that book from the lobby book and magazine shop. My very first porn purchase. I was able to smuggle it into the house in one of my Dad's hand-me-down attache cases that also held everything there was to know about El Salvador that could be found in Encyclopedia Britannica.

That’s not porn you lowbrow it’s art!


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[Shoxthemonkey 1976]

Tell that to my Mom (RIP).

[DougO 5239]

18 hours ago, El Diablo said:

Tried to get creative. I unfortunately have white walls so couldn't get exactly what I was aiming for. I'd probably need to also fashion a snoot and would still need some black fabric to drape over things. Sigh.  A proper studio would be fun.

 

Use the white walls to your advantage and bounce your flash off of them for softer lighting. It's one of the many cheap but effective things you  can learn from the strobist blog.

[DougO 5239]

I mean bounce the light from the flash. Don't literally chunk your flash unit up against the well, despite having the urge to do so.

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

So the Yashica Electro 35 GSN came in the other day. I am not sure if I am more disappointed in my rusty eBay skills, or the really dim viewfinder. It’s in ok shape, but certainly has issues. So I started to research some more and decided to get the GL model. I almost went with the Canonet that Anton Sugar has, but decided to stick with the plan of a non canon camera. It should be here from Japan in a couple of weeks. Looks near mint and the seller had a shot through the viewfinder and it was very bright. If this one doesn’t work out, I’ll give up for now and stick with my Canons.

Here is the GSN. Not sure what I will do with it. I have a roll of expired film in it now to test it.

[Anton Chigurh 3318]

My Canonets could use a cleaning of the internal viewfinder glass. One of them needs a viewfinder alignment too but is almost mint otherwise. Still need to send them to the repair guy.

[Anton Chigurh 3318]

So now we guess what you got I guess?

A Ricoh?

Konica?

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

So now we guess what you got I guess?

A Ricoh?

Konica?

No, another Yashica. Same camera, later model. Well, the model GL which came out just after the GSN.

[Anton Chigurh 3318]

No, another Yashica. Same camera, later model. Well, the model GL which came out just after the GSN.

Shit, I can’t read. Nice!

[El Diablo 4232]

5 hours ago, DougO said:

Use the white walls to your advantage and bounce your flash off of them for softer lighting. It's one of the many cheap but effective things you  can learn from the strobist blog.

If I need to do that, I'll bounce the flash off the walls for sure. I was trying to get a black background though, I got a little closer to what I wanted this evening. Had to use some contrast in post processing to get it where it ended up but it's aight I guess. I did this with just a bare flash. Figured I'd break it down to the basics. I made notes of what I was doing so I can set it up again if I want and play with it.

 

 

 

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

9 hours ago, El Diablo said:

If I need to do that, I'll bounce the flash off the walls for sure. I was trying to get a black background though, I got a little closer to what I wanted this evening. Had to use some contrast in post processing to get it where it ended up but it's aight I guess. I did this with just a bare flash. Figured I'd break it down to the basics. I made notes of what I was doing so I can set it up again if I want and play with it.

 

 

 

Oh! I like that. Very deft touch.

[naija 2851]

17 hours ago, El Diablo said:

If I need to do that, I'll bounce the flash off the walls for sure. I was trying to get a black background though, I got a little closer to what I wanted this evening. Had to use some contrast in post processing to get it where it ended up but it's aight I guess. I did this with just a bare flash. Figured I'd break it down to the basics. I made notes of what I was doing so I can set it up again if I want and play with it.

If you are talking about adding 2nd lights, 3rd lights, snoots etc, then I'd say you are going beyond the basics. 

If you want a darker background, just move the subject away from the wall. Even a White background will turn dark if things are positioned properly

[naija 2851]

Nikon FM3a, Fuji Acros 100, pushed 1 stop

Fuji GF670, Kodak Ektar 100

[El Diablo 4232]

1 hour ago, naija said:

If you are talking about adding 2nd lights, 3rd lights, snoots etc, then I'd say you are going beyond the basics. 

If you want a darker background, just move the subject away from the wall. Even a White background will turn dark if things are positioned properly

I had to leave room to place the camera, lol. It's a tiny room.

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Love the reds and oranges that ektar captures.

[DougO 5239]

19 hours ago, El Diablo said:

I had to leave room to place the camera, lol. It's a tiny room.

You can also fabricate a quick snoot by rolling some black paper or stiff fabric around your flash head, thus focusing the light towards the subject and eliminating most of the stray sidelight from bouncing off the walls.

[El Diablo 4232]

8 minutes ago, DougO said:

You can also fabricate a quick snoot by rolling some black paper or stiff fabric around your flash head, thus focusing the light towards the subject and eliminating most of the stray sidelight from bouncing off the walls.

I hadn't really thought of a cheap way to do it yet but I may give that a go. Thanks. HEB has black poster board for less than $2. I took a selfie last night with the miniature soft box (6"x5") that I bought ($11) and it's alright. I can shove it up much closer and still get the camera where I want it as opposed to using the umbrella. Light isn't quite as soft but I can think of ways to further diffuse it.

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Went for a drive yesterday.  Was hoping for more abandoned places, but only found a few farmhouses.  Sometimes I like the lens distortion, sometimes I fix it, sometimes I am too lazy.  Anyone know why all these old farmhouses are usually painted blue or green?

[Anton Chigurh 3318]

Better watch out for pocket sand when roaming around that train.

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Better watch out for pocket sand when roaming around that train.

Shasha-sha

[El Diablo 4232]

Now, now is that Dale Gribble or is that that bonehead Rusty Shackleford? 'Cause I can't tell the two apart. Bobby, can you?

[naija 2851]

On 1/18/2020 at 11:19 AM, Patricio Swayze said:

Shasha-sha

Which lens(es) did you buy for the Canon? the 24-105mm? seeing as almost all of them are expensive as hell

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Which lens(es) did you buy for the Canon? the 24-105mm? seeing as almost all of them are expensive as hell

They are expensive as fuck. But from what I can tell they are pretty damn good. The only lens I have for it is the 24-105mm. I was thinking about the wide angle that just came out, but it looks like home renovations will detail that idea. So I have just been using my old lenses with the adapter. In close quarters I usually shoot with a sigma 12-24mm. I usually don’t go crazy with the corrections because I hate losing a lot of the photo in the crop.

[Wild Bill 324]

On 1/4/2020 at 8:49 PM, Anton Chigurh said:

This beast showed up today. The sounds it makes are like a goddamn ASMR video. I love it.

Love the sound of an RB shutter release. Haven't used one of those for about 20 years now.

[El Diablo 4232]

I bought a second manual flash this past week and figured out how to get it to act as an optical slave. Sounds simple until you take into account that all of these flashes are not the same and are not intuitive, at all. Having 2 lights should keep me busy for a while.

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

On 1/15/2020 at 3:37 PM, naija said:

Nikon FM3a, Fuji Acros 100, pushed 1 stop

Fuji GF670, Kodak Ektar 100

Very cool. Love Chicago. Also love the little bird flying away as the children fly in circles.

 

@Patricio Swayze-- Love the old farmhouse pic with the stone. Those  metal toys look straight out of Antiques Roadshow. Amazing bits and pieces of people's lives.

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Very cool. Love Chicago. Also love the little bird flying away as the children fly in circles.
 
[mention=98]Patricio Swayze[/mention]-- Love the old farmhouse pic with the stone. Those  metal toys look straight out of Antiques Roadshow. Amazing bits and pieces of people's lives.

Thanks. I looked up those toys online and it looks like together they could fetch $350-400.