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Comment by aminstar posted on Pentax lenses for sale at 31/07/2009 - 20:49
Hi Emma
Basically any flash that is Pentax fit will do. Obviously there are some with more features and power than others, but as for working with the GX10 all Pentax fit will.
But I am sure someone will soon come along and give you a more indepth help with some more details and will give you a better understanding about what to get for your purposes.
It would be a good idea to give a brief detail of what you are looking to use the flash for. Is it for just general purpose or anything in particular?
Basically any flash that is Pentax fit will do. Obviously there are some with more features and power than others, but as for working with the GX10 all Pentax fit will.
But I am sure someone will soon come along and give you a more indepth help with some more details and will give you a better understanding about what to get for your purposes.
It would be a good idea to give a brief detail of what you are looking to use the flash for. Is it for just general purpose or anything in particular?
Comment by aminstar posted on which flash at 31/07/2009 - 20:42
Prieni wrote:
Well Amin,
no need for me to look for any smoke pics.
Very nice work and it's a pleasure to see your enthusiasm and creativity.
The bubble floating with the smoke is very nice. I like how you see parts of the room reflected in it.
The drops-n-bubbles are also very creative.
Enjoy the sarnies...
Prieni
Thanks Prieni ,Well Amin,
no need for me to look for any smoke pics.
Very nice work and it's a pleasure to see your enthusiasm and creativity.
The bubble floating with the smoke is very nice. I like how you see parts of the room reflected in it.
The drops-n-bubbles are also very creative.
Enjoy the sarnies...
Prieni
Comment by aminstar posted on Smoking gun? No thanks! I will take a smoking rose any day :) at 31/07/2009 - 15:29
Aiki wrote:
Hei Amin !
Enter the weekly comp with some of your smoke pics, win it, and then announce the new theme: water drops or bubbles etc
PS. Like the rose.
Aiki, that's a brilliant idea specially the part that I get to choose the theme for the following week Hei Amin !
Enter the weekly comp with some of your smoke pics, win it, and then announce the new theme: water drops or bubbles etc
PS. Like the rose.
And thanks, I am glad you like the rose. It was done in a hurry, I really had some brilliant ideas for it, but when I got to the rose shots I was already shattered spending hours on the drops first. Might give it another go today, after I check my stock of sandwiches in the fridge ha
Comment by aminstar posted on Smoking gun? No thanks! I will take a smoking rose any day :) at 31/07/2009 - 11:55
Mannesty wrote:
The last dog of mine that looked like that actually followed it up and bit me. I'd given him the benefit of the doubt a few months before when he bit me for the first time and I was playing a bit rough with him.
The second time we were on holiday and his attack was entirely unprovoked, except he wanted to come shopping with us, and he wasn't allowed. He jumped in to the back of my Mazda 626 eatate car and when I went to get him out, he leapt at me and pinned me up against the side of our caravan.
Within 30 minutes he was in the vet's and on his way to that big kennel in the sky. I couldn't risk having such an unpredictable dog around my then two young son's, one of which was actually about the age of the child in your photo.
That's him in my avatar, Keri. An otherwise brilliant dog but he got a very high opinion of himself. We'd had him about 6 years.
And thoughton is quite right, ears back and teeth barred, means 'one sudden move and I'll have you'. It is most definitely not smiling.
If this is not a trained stunt animal, please be careful with dogs that display this behaviour. One day you may push them just that little bit too far and come to regret it. Sometimes, just direct eye contact can trigger this behaviour with a dog that's having an 'off' day.
I trained dogs for about 12 years and worked with RAF dog handlers. I've seen this expression plenty of times and it most often ends in grief.
Peter,The last dog of mine that looked like that actually followed it up and bit me. I'd given him the benefit of the doubt a few months before when he bit me for the first time and I was playing a bit rough with him.
The second time we were on holiday and his attack was entirely unprovoked, except he wanted to come shopping with us, and he wasn't allowed. He jumped in to the back of my Mazda 626 eatate car and when I went to get him out, he leapt at me and pinned me up against the side of our caravan.
Within 30 minutes he was in the vet's and on his way to that big kennel in the sky. I couldn't risk having such an unpredictable dog around my then two young son's, one of which was actually about the age of the child in your photo.
That's him in my avatar, Keri. An otherwise brilliant dog but he got a very high opinion of himself. We'd had him about 6 years.
And thoughton is quite right, ears back and teeth barred, means 'one sudden move and I'll have you'. It is most definitely not smiling.
If this is not a trained stunt animal, please be careful with dogs that display this behaviour. One day you may push them just that little bit too far and come to regret it. Sometimes, just direct eye contact can trigger this behaviour with a dog that's having an 'off' day.
I trained dogs for about 12 years and worked with RAF dog handlers. I've seen this expression plenty of times and it most often ends in grief.
that was a great post and very well explained. Seems you know and understand a lot about them. It was a great read and certainly learned a lot from what you have written and explained.
Am definitely much wiser regarding these animals now and their behaviour and attitude. It does take a very experienced person to be able to put it the way you did, and thank you for taking the time to put it all in such a well explained and exemplified manner.
Thanks
Amin
Comment by aminstar posted on Puppy Love? at 31/07/2009 - 11:00
The few remaining of these ones will be going to ebay shortly. If anyone is interested drop me a PM, otherwise will be listing them on e-bay.
Thanks
Amin
Thanks
Amin
Comment by aminstar posted on Samsung GX D-XENON 12-24mm 12-24 Lens Pentax digital at 31/07/2009 - 10:15
Gwyn wrote:
The dog is clearly issuing a warning which needs to be heeded.
That could well be a smile from Finlay. The ones closer to him are the ones who know him better as they would be used to his behaviour and attitude. Its easy for an outsider to misinterpret expressions and behaviour unless its an open unequivocal aggressive attitude from the dog.The dog is clearly issuing a warning which needs to be heeded.
Comment by aminstar posted on Puppy Love? at 31/07/2009 - 08:15
Mannesty wrote:
I hope your fire insurance includes your shed Amin. Although I guess with all that water about, you could extinguish any fire yourself.
Great pics and even greater dedication. Well done.
Thank you Peter, I hope your fire insurance includes your shed Amin. Although I guess with all that water about, you could extinguish any fire yourself.
Great pics and even greater dedication. Well done.
I better get on the phone to my Insurance broker and ascertain that . Oh and get an a bigger fire extinguisher too
Comment by aminstar posted on Smoking gun? No thanks! I will take a smoking rose any day :) at 31/07/2009 - 08:09
Daniel Bridge wrote:
Well Galoot, it's lovely to be mentioned in despatches, but I have to say inspiration works both ways, and when I look at shots of yours from New York or Shetland, or Amin's smoke pics (and smoke and bubbles, and roses and smoke, and droplets in bubbles on roses in smoke... :lol, and the countless other photos from countless other photographers on here, I take inspiration and it pushes me to try new things, and think about new photos.
But we all go through 'dry spells' I think, and a lot of the time it's when we've reached a plateau on the ability/self-criticism curve. When we first start out, every photo seems like the best we've taken, and it's a great new learning journey to be setting out on.
But there comes a point when the improvement in our technique slows down, yet we're more and more aware of the failings in our photos. It's good to be your own worst critic, because most people who will see your photos will say "that's nice", which as far as progressing your craft is concerned is next to useless. But it's all too easy to be too hard on yourself, and feel that no matter what we do, the photos turn out dull, or uninspiring. (This is normally when buying a new lens livens things up a bit! )
Never mind that technically, and almost certainly artisticly, the photos you produce now are streets ahead of those initial, thrilling images taken when you first started out; you still feel disappointed.
Gwyn, I'm sure this is what's happening with you at the moment. Sometimes I feel the same, and think "Oh, I can't be bothered to take a camera out today", but I always try to, even if it's with just my 50mm lens on. Something usually crops up to take a shot of, and it's a lovely combination to take out for a walk - much lighter than my full kit.
How many photos a day for me? Well to be honest, most of my 'pro' time these days is spent doing tuition, and I really don't take many photos at all doing that. The slides that I use are either ones taken on film years ago, or on my old *istD. That's what's mainly holding me back from the K-7; is it really worth it for me? An average of probably 100 shots a week is probably about right. And as far as 'keepers' are concerned, I'm sure we all have different ideas of what a 'keeper' is.
For me, there are two kinds - the technical keeper, and the artistic keeper, which overlap to a certain extent, but I have far more technical keepers than artistic ones. Of 100 shots, I might keep 40, but only be really proud of 1 or 2. It's a small percentage, but I think if most people are truly honest with themselves, it's probably similar for them too. It's not a failing, just how it goes.
Great images are rare - that's what makes them great.
Dan
Dan,Well Galoot, it's lovely to be mentioned in despatches, but I have to say inspiration works both ways, and when I look at shots of yours from New York or Shetland, or Amin's smoke pics (and smoke and bubbles, and roses and smoke, and droplets in bubbles on roses in smoke... :lol, and the countless other photos from countless other photographers on here, I take inspiration and it pushes me to try new things, and think about new photos.
But we all go through 'dry spells' I think, and a lot of the time it's when we've reached a plateau on the ability/self-criticism curve. When we first start out, every photo seems like the best we've taken, and it's a great new learning journey to be setting out on.
But there comes a point when the improvement in our technique slows down, yet we're more and more aware of the failings in our photos. It's good to be your own worst critic, because most people who will see your photos will say "that's nice", which as far as progressing your craft is concerned is next to useless. But it's all too easy to be too hard on yourself, and feel that no matter what we do, the photos turn out dull, or uninspiring. (This is normally when buying a new lens livens things up a bit! )
Never mind that technically, and almost certainly artisticly, the photos you produce now are streets ahead of those initial, thrilling images taken when you first started out; you still feel disappointed.
Gwyn, I'm sure this is what's happening with you at the moment. Sometimes I feel the same, and think "Oh, I can't be bothered to take a camera out today", but I always try to, even if it's with just my 50mm lens on. Something usually crops up to take a shot of, and it's a lovely combination to take out for a walk - much lighter than my full kit.
How many photos a day for me? Well to be honest, most of my 'pro' time these days is spent doing tuition, and I really don't take many photos at all doing that. The slides that I use are either ones taken on film years ago, or on my old *istD. That's what's mainly holding me back from the K-7; is it really worth it for me? An average of probably 100 shots a week is probably about right. And as far as 'keepers' are concerned, I'm sure we all have different ideas of what a 'keeper' is.
For me, there are two kinds - the technical keeper, and the artistic keeper, which overlap to a certain extent, but I have far more technical keepers than artistic ones. Of 100 shots, I might keep 40, but only be really proud of 1 or 2. It's a small percentage, but I think if most people are truly honest with themselves, it's probably similar for them too. It's not a failing, just how it goes.
Great images are rare - that's what makes them great.
Dan
That was spot on with regard to the dry spells and hitting a plateau. I think its a natural progression with anything we do and in any field. That's the reason why I keep on jumping from smoke to bubbles and then take a breather and go for the wine glasses and end up with drops, and then revert back to smoke, or should I start by smoking then drinking and then revert to smoking again while I try to look for something new again. At first it was obsession with birds and although the addiction hasn't died off but found that the relaxing times in the shed with a sandwich and drink while I smoke bubbles is more appealing than being in the cold waiting for the goldfinches is more appealing so kind of been neglecting the birds in the garden at the moment.
I do get bored pretty easily and my patience can wear thin at times so unless I have a certain goal or idea that I need to implement or even a certain improvement in a field that I am exploring I will end up not touching my kit for days on end. I know someone had the bad idea here on one of the threads of calculating that with 18000 shutter actuations within 7 months I averaged 85 actuations a day , actually its 19000 actuations in 7 months so my average is 90.48 actuations a day lol, we might as well be precise then ha , but the fact is I have had days and weeks that I just did not touch my kit. But when I do and for the macro work and exploring the stuff that I like when I start something it wouldn't be unusual to come out with a 4GB of my SD card full. I don't even dare to check how many that would amount to, all I know is when I sit here and start processing I open FastStone Image viewer and I keep one finger on the right cursor button and the other on the DELETE button and they work in such a synch that by the time I am done deleting the bad images I end up with hardly a handful for post processing.
So, true to the word, as you say we all go through moments of not wanting to take any shots but I think that is actually quite good as it gives us time for a breather and build again the enthusiasm for it and in the meantime acquire some inspiration also in different aspects of photography.
By the way Daniel, you know that I rightly called you a titan in the photographic field a few weeks ago , and reading your comment that you do get inspiration from what I attempt to photograph sometimes is a huge compliment . Thank you for that. That will keep my backside off the chair and get me more inspired to get smoking and bubbling again ha
Comment by aminstar posted on How many Pictures at 31/07/2009 - 08:00
Comment by aminstar posted on Smoking gun? No thanks! I will take a smoking rose any day :) at 30/07/2009 - 22:44
Sorry to everyone that have read my message, but I am not selling my gear anymore, it was a stupid idea.
Apologies to everyone for wasting time.
Regards
Unless its a very personal issue in which case I do apologise for asking