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Comment by Don posted on Lightning images at 09/11/2009 - 23:52
greyhoundman wrote:
It is easy to build a lightning trigger that sees through the VF.
That way it only triggers when the lens sees lightning.
expensive though...It is easy to build a lightning trigger that sees through the VF.
That way it only triggers when the lens sees lightning.
my tips for lightning..
dawn or dusk is best...
catch the storm as it's rolling in towards you..
point the lens where there is some activity....
get your exposure and use multiple exposures...
9 - 3 sec exposures should catch a strike or two per image... tripod, cable release...
don't focus on just sky, get something interesting in foreground for scale.
Comment by Don posted on Lightning images at 09/11/2009 - 21:32
mikew wrote:
I seem to have migrated to primes with only the 10-20 being the exception. It's good to be forced to move around although there are times when a zoom is better but not it seems for the kind of shot I am taking at the moment.
Mike
perspective control is one area where zooms hurt photographers.I seem to have migrated to primes with only the 10-20 being the exception. It's good to be forced to move around although there are times when a zoom is better but not it seems for the kind of shot I am taking at the moment.
Mike
you gotta train yourself to move your feet, because changing focal lengths or zooming affects more than just fov..
last night we had a nice dinner party and Gerri wanted a family photo. at first she was annoyed that after setting things up, and posing people, I butted in and took over her shot. I moved a couple lights to the side, so I could shoot from further back without them in the frame... and swapped the 16-45 for a 50mm prime...
why? because I didn't want to have to photoshop out the areas on either side of the backdrop, and I also knew the wide angle she was gonna use would result in the ladies at the front having huge looking thighs, and the guys in the back looking like they had tiny heads...(two rows of people) of course she was happy I did it, when viewing the images in computer afterwards, her thighs looked alot thinner in the second set of shots done with the 50mm from further back.
only a longer focal length from further back, could pull this shot together perspective wise, even if the wide angle zoom seemed easier at first glance...
Comment by Don posted on Pancake lens or quality compact ?? at 09/11/2009 - 20:18
mattox wrote:
All I can say is, these shops like jessops, have a big commercial market for the big names and anything else they assume is no good. If they had a play with pentax they'd see how good they are. Half the time these shop assistants have got no idea what they are talking about in the first place. You've got to look at a pentax like what PC users looked at apple mac ten years ago. Those who had a mac back then knew where they were going.........now look where mac is, and Bill Gates is loosing money on windows.
I like your thinking... the sheer number of times and people that declared Apple dead or doomed is amazing...All I can say is, these shops like jessops, have a big commercial market for the big names and anything else they assume is no good. If they had a play with pentax they'd see how good they are. Half the time these shop assistants have got no idea what they are talking about in the first place. You've got to look at a pentax like what PC users looked at apple mac ten years ago. Those who had a mac back then knew where they were going.........now look where mac is, and Bill Gates is loosing money on windows.
but Apples recovery and success didn't actually come from the mac, but the ipod, which in turn saved the mac... lets hope Pentax can come up with a game changer, instead of just playing catch-up...
Comment by Don posted on Is Pentax about to fold? at 09/11/2009 - 16:04
pschlute wrote:
reminds of this time my wife, and this young lady who modeled for us were trying to find thier way out of the park, (seperate cars) so we could meet at a local coffee shop after the photo shoot.... twenty minutes of going around in circles, passing each other before turning opposite directions at the park gates...Hyram wrote:
Well Jessops is only being kept alive by its bank, which is a pretty precarious position to be in.
The blind leading the blind.Well Jessops is only being kept alive by its bank, which is a pretty precarious position to be in.
I called that one "Blonde leading the Blonde"
Comment by Don posted on Is Pentax about to fold? at 09/11/2009 - 15:13
Hey! Another Cannuck from the frozen wasteland we call hell, er, I mean HOME!
welcome...
We'll do Coffee?
welcome...
We'll do Coffee?
Comment by Don posted on Greetings all From Canada at 08/11/2009 - 20:50
Technoblurb wrote:
Sounds like good advice Doug, I will take all the suggestions given and have a look through some reviews. The 100mm Macro looks a good deal I was pondering if it was worth a punt and if I would still make my money back if I did not like it.
I have the 100mm macro.Sounds like good advice Doug, I will take all the suggestions given and have a look through some reviews. The 100mm Macro looks a good deal I was pondering if it was worth a punt and if I would still make my money back if I did not like it.
it and the 50mm1.4 combined with the 16-45 f4 have made enough money to pay for 2 macbooks, a360fgz, a trip to prince edward island, and a yamaha fz1, over the last year....
just sayin..
Comment by Don posted on Lens purchasing dylema, help before I drive my wife mad! at 06/11/2009 - 01:59
you could try pulling in the highlights with the highlight recovery tool, then selective ly adding some saturation and contrast... but I kinda like it as is.
Comment by Don posted on Enhancing skies at 05/11/2009 - 18:45
mikew wrote:
No offence Don but I can't see this is using your skills to their best advantage. If you hadn't mentioned vampires etc. it would never have occurred to me but then I probably lack imagination
Mike
thanx for being honest.No offence Don but I can't see this is using your skills to their best advantage. If you hadn't mentioned vampires etc. it would never have occurred to me but then I probably lack imagination
Mike
there is alot to be learned from self assignments that is for sure...
Comment by Don posted on lady in red at 05/11/2009 - 17:42
