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#5699316 - 07/23/11 04:29 PM Re: Post one random shot *per day* [Re: scootergeek]
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#5699843 - 07/24/11 02:12 AM Re: Post one random shot *per day* [Re: scootergeek]
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#5699903 - 07/24/11 09:45 AM Re: Post one random shot *per day* [Re: Nate047]
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#5699910 - 07/24/11 10:02 AM Re: Post one random shot *per day* [Re: flyEX #1]
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i love skyline shots!
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#5700117 - 07/24/11 02:01 PM Re: Post one random shot *per day* [Re: scootergeek]
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 Originally Posted By: scootergeek

We call them red-winged blackbirds around these parts. Good shot, they tend to shy away from me so all mine are at a considerable distance (except a couple of females, but they are neither red-winged nor black).


Thanks. Check out this picture of those same two. I took these pictures at the bird sanctuary on Port Aransas Island down on the Gulf Coast. The birds there are used to people hanging around. I wish I could have gotten the background one in focus too. But I was just shooting away with the auto focus. I was lucky I got the shot below.


red tipped(winged) black birds by ewraven, on Flickr

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#5700137 - 07/24/11 02:14 PM Re: Post one random shot *per day* [Re: ewraven]
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A little more DOF!!! That's a great pic!
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#5700155 - 07/24/11 02:29 PM Re: Post one random shot *per day* [Re: LNXGUY]
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#5700183 - 07/24/11 02:52 PM Re: Post one random shot *per day* [Re: LNXGUY]
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 Originally Posted By: LNXGUY
A little more DOF!!! That's a great pic!


Thanks and thanks for mentioning the DOF. After reading your post, I watched a Youtube video on DOF. It explained quite a lot.

I also looked up those red winged black birds. Apparently only the males have the colors on their wings like that. They must have spotted a female in the sky. lol

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#5700191 - 07/24/11 03:03 PM Re: Post one random shot *per day* [Re: ewraven]
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 Originally Posted By: ewraven
 Originally Posted By: LNXGUY
A little more DOF!!! That's a great pic!


Thanks and thanks for mentioning the DOF. After reading your post, I watched a Youtube video on DOF. It explained quite a lot.

I also looked up those red winged black birds. Apparently only the males have the colors on their wings like that. They must have spotted a female in the sky. lol





When you've got two subjects like that, try to put the focal point between them to use as much of the dof as possible (note the bit of in-focus wood in front of the front bird). The general rule is that the dof is 1/3 before the focal point and 2/3 after, but in practice it sometimes seems closer to 50/50.

And here's a female red-winged blackbird for you:


female red-winged blackbird by scottspaeth, on Flickr
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#5700223 - 07/24/11 03:23 PM Re: Post one random shot *per day* [Re: scootergeek]
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Yup, male birds tend to be the colourful ones. My parents have 2 pairs of Orioles at their place this year. Such an awesome bird..
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#5700464 - 07/24/11 06:21 PM Re: Post one random shot *per day* [Re: LNXGUY]
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#5700554 - 07/24/11 07:35 PM Re: Post one random shot *per day* [Re: MetalheaD]
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#5700581 - 07/24/11 07:59 PM Re: Post one random shot *per day* [Re: Simon_the_Pieman]
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 Originally Posted By: Simon_the_Pieman
i love skyline shots!

Me too. I have some wider (17mm) + vertical shots taken from all over that bridge and those apartments to the left. I'm trying to narrow 160 pics down to 3-5, but I like them all. \:D

There was a camera crew there for this guy.


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#5700589 - 07/24/11 08:05 PM Re: Post one random shot *per day* [Re: flyEX #1]
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Who the fuck is that?
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#5700619 - 07/24/11 08:43 PM Re: Post one random shot *per day* [Re: scootergeek]
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 Originally Posted By: scootergeek



When you've got two subjects like that, try to put the focal point between them to use as much of the dof as possible (note the bit of in-focus wood in front of the front bird). The general rule is that the dof is 1/3 before the focal point and 2/3 after, but in practice it sometimes seems closer to 50/50.

And here's a female red-winged blackbird for you:


female red-winged blackbird by scottspaeth, on Flickr [/quote]

Thanks for the tip on the DOF. I'll remember that. I think it would have helped too if I'd been at F 11 or so instead of wide open at F 6.7.

That picture of the female is beautiful! It is amazing how much she differs from the male of that species.

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#5700644 - 07/24/11 08:59 PM Re: Post one random shot *per day* [Re: LNXGUY]
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 Originally Posted By: LNXGUY
Who the fuck is that?

I didn't ask. Vans showed up, he sang a song a few times, they left.

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#5700649 - 07/24/11 09:03 PM Re: Post one random shot *per day* [Re: flyEX #1]
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#5700781 - 07/24/11 10:41 PM Re: Post one random shot *per day* [Re: LNXGUY]
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$8000 Sachtler tripod right there. And some sort of Panasonic camera...can't tell which model, they all look the same from the "driver's side."

Another one from Rocky Mountain National Park


View from Pikes Peak's peak. (Elevation 14,110')



shit is bananas, if you've never been. We had a Nissan Versa rental and it made it up. Barely. Interestingly, they stop you about half-way back down the mountain to check brake temps with a pyrometer. He was "blown away" that my brakes were under 100 degrees, since I just coasted the whole way down in "L."

I saw one guy pouring bottled water on his hot brakes after he was told to cool them down a while. I wonder how bad they cracked with that move.

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#5700855 - 07/24/11 11:31 PM Re: Post one random shot *per day* [Re: ]
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I have some film pics from Pike's Peak taken in 1993. A friend and I tried a footrace and I made it maybe 10 yards before running out of air. We were more concerned about falling off the side than how the motor was running. There was snow on one peak and it was this time of year, maybe August.

Bottled water on brakes. lol

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#5700874 - 07/24/11 11:44 PM Re: Post one random shot *per day* [Re: flyEX #1]
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Yeah, right around 10k' is where you really start to feel the lack of oxygen. In RMNP, we took a stroll uphill @ around 12,000ft., maybe about a 1/4 mile up a paved pathway, and it was downright challenging. I had to stop a couple times to gather myself, and that was a simple walk. RMNP was surprisingly chilly, and had thick snow in places.

Driving off the side is still very possible...I don't know how those dudes race up that thing. It was cool to see a the skidmarks on the pavement.

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#5700938 - 07/25/11 12:13 AM Re: Post one random shot *per day* [Re: ]
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Another one from Rocky Mountain National Park





Interesting to see the difference in antler growth this time of year between high altitude and basically sea level.
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#5701154 - 07/25/11 08:37 AM Re: Post one random shot *per day* [Re: scootergeek]
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#5701338 - 07/25/11 10:10 AM Re: Post one random shot *per day* [Re: scootergeek]
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#5701344 - 07/25/11 10:12 AM Re: Post one random shot *per day* [Re: flyEX #1]
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I could look at skyline/night scene pics all day man, so simple, but so awesome.
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#5701764 - 07/25/11 01:51 PM Re: Post one random shot *per day* [Re: LNXGUY]
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agree. i gotta do some soon
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#5701923 - 07/25/11 03:09 PM Re: Post one random shot *per day* [Re: Simon_the_Pieman]
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Great skyline Mike, nice and sharp and well exposed.


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#5702267 - 07/25/11 05:56 PM Re: Post one random shot *per day* [Re: MugenFreakSI]
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Thanks! Never heard that many drivers honking at me at once.
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#5702804 - 07/25/11 10:48 PM Re: Post one random shot *per day* [Re: flyEX #1]
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#5704309 - 07/26/11 04:19 PM Re: Post one random shot *per day* [Re: scootergeek]
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Finally got my gear bag back from a buddy after I forgot it on his boat! (Yes those are water droplets on the lens, I was hanging overboard to get that pic, lol)


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#5704825 - 07/26/11 08:11 PM Re: Post one random shot *per day* [Re: LNXGUY]
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#5704886 - 07/26/11 08:49 PM Re: Post one random shot *per day* [Re: scootergeek]
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wow! how old is that pee wee poster?!
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#5704986 - 07/26/11 09:38 PM Re: Post one random shot *per day* [Re: Simon_the_Pieman]
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wow! how old is that pee wee poster?!


Shot Spring 1991 on Fuji Reala 100 ASA film with a Minolta XG-M camera/50mm f/1.7 lens. I scanned the 8x10
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#5705376 - 07/27/11 06:58 AM Re: Post one random shot *per day* [Re: scootergeek]
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Paris by scottspaeth, on Flickr

View from the top of the Centre Georges Pompidou. Paris September 1990

Shot on Fuji Reala and scanned from an 8x10 print.

Minolta XG-M with Sun 135mm f2.5 lens
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#5705831 - 07/27/11 11:49 AM Re: Post one random shot *per day* [Re: scootergeek]
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Paris by scottspaeth, on Flickr

View from the top of the Centre Georges Pompidou. Paris September 1990

Shot on Fuji Reala and scanned from an 8x10 print.

Minolta XG-M with Sun 135mm f2.5 lens


This would definitely make a great print...

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#5706455 - 07/27/11 03:49 PM Re: Post one random shot *per day* [Re: TheStupidFock]
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