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I think you need to get much closer to the main objects, I'm afraid that they are lost. there is too much to look at in the frame.
Thanks for the commentsI think you need to get much closer to the main objects, I'm afraid that they are lost. there is too much to look at in the frame.
I am not looking to taking great pictures of power stations or wind turbines, I intend them more as illustrations.
The fact that the turbines are hard to distinguish is one of the points I will be making in the article, also the fact that the power station is so dominating is also part of the message.
Steve
Comment by stevejcoe posted on Choices at 05/02/2008 - 16:53
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Newspaper reproduction can be quite poor and I dont think any picture editor would choose #5, it is too difficult to make out the turbines I'm afraid. I think #1 works though.
Thanks for the commentsNewspaper reproduction can be quite poor and I dont think any picture editor would choose #5, it is too difficult to make out the turbines I'm afraid. I think #1 works though.
I agree, the towers are quite small in diametor but if I get closer I lose the surroundings, which I need. I have tweaked 5 a little around the turbines but I would rather not cheat with PS.
Steve
Comment by stevejcoe posted on Choices at 04/02/2008 - 14:57
The images below were taken to illustrate an article, that hope soon to submit in to a local newspaper. The aim of the article is to provoke a local debate on renewable energy. The primary purpose of each image is to show how the 'energy generators' sit within the local environment and for this reason they were shot from distance.
I think 1 and 5 probably work best but I am not really happy with any of them and would welcome any thoughts as to how I could make them stronger
The power station in shots 1-3 dominates the skyline and that is what I am trying to capture. (these were shot from around 20 miles away)
The wind turbine shots 4-5 were shot from around 800 yards
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I think 1 and 5 probably work best but I am not really happy with any of them and would welcome any thoughts as to how I could make them stronger
The power station in shots 1-3 dominates the skyline and that is what I am trying to capture. (these were shot from around 20 miles away)
The wind turbine shots 4-5 were shot from around 800 yards
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Comment by stevejcoe posted on Choices at 04/02/2008 - 14:09
http://www.news.com/8301-13580_3-9861087-39.html
and is this further evidence that Pentax are targetting the professional market
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&...
and is this further evidence that Pentax are targetting the professional market
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&...
Comment by stevejcoe posted on New higher end model planned for 2009 at 01/02/2008 - 15:42
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In 30 years time we will be storing images captured by our eyes onto an embedded chip, capable of radio transmission. We will have the ability to display the captured images at will onto room sized panels created from nano particles sprayed via an aerosol .johnriley wrote:
Do you think DSLRs or even digital compacts will ever become collector's items?
I wonder if they will and think that they just might, because they are rather nice bits of engineering, even if they do become obsolete as "users".
I'm not hoarding them though!
At least collectors of DSLR's in the future will not have to pay a premium for film (if they can find it) and processing. Stick some batteries in and it'll work straight away, or should. Maybe they will be sought after, but not for a while yet I think. And all that depends on whether the file formats will still be supported in 10, 20, or 30 etc years to come.Do you think DSLRs or even digital compacts will ever become collector's items?
I wonder if they will and think that they just might, because they are rather nice bits of engineering, even if they do become obsolete as "users".
I'm not hoarding them though!
Pentax will of course supply an image corection technology for our eyes
Comment by stevejcoe posted on Pentax K20D/K200D Launch Party 29th March 2008 at 01/02/2008 - 19:39
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Do you think DSLRs or even digital compacts will ever become collector's items?
For some maybe, but for me personally no. It does not matter how good the engineering inside is, the plastic body just does not do it for me and I say that as a 'ex polymer chemist'. Now if you put the K10 engineering into a LX or Super A body then that would be another matter.Do you think DSLRs or even digital compacts will ever become collector's items?
Steve
Comment by stevejcoe posted on Pentax K20D/K200D Launch Party 29th March 2008 at 01/02/2008 - 17:25
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It's never as clear-cut as we may think. When older items get sold on eBay then the genuine Pentax lenses go for very good prices and the sought after rarer lenses go for sometimes amazing prices. The independent lenses of the same era go for very little and sometimes don't sell at all.
I agree with your comment about lenses John, but in my opinion modern DSLR's are consumers electronics and semi obsolete before they hit the shops.It's never as clear-cut as we may think. When older items get sold on eBay then the genuine Pentax lenses go for very good prices and the sought after rarer lenses go for sometimes amazing prices. The independent lenses of the same era go for very little and sometimes don't sell at all.
If the current trend of a new model every 12-15 months continues and if each new model offers significant improvements, then I can't any 3 year old DSLR being worth very much at all.
Steve
Comment by stevejcoe posted on Pentax K20D/K200D Launch Party 29th March 2008 at 01/02/2008 - 16:21
Check out this link. You could always PM Ken and ask for his opinion
https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5606&highlight=copipod
Steve
https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5606&highlight=copipod
Steve
Comment by stevejcoe posted on Copy Stand at 25/01/2008 - 10:07
I can't comment on your question regarding the use of an enlarger stand, however Pentax copipods come up for sale on Ebay quite often and are usually not that expensive.
None for sale in the UK at the moment, but I found this link
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Honeywell-Pentax-Copipod-Vintage_W0QQitemZ290199540082QQih...
Steve
None for sale in the UK at the moment, but I found this link
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Honeywell-Pentax-Copipod-Vintage_W0QQitemZ290199540082QQih...
Steve
Comment by stevejcoe posted on Copy Stand at 25/01/2008 - 07:22
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for renewable energy sources, but my immediate is thought that you'd need an awful lot of those turbines to produce anything like the power of the power station, so that's something that you'll need to address - not only the visual pollution of hundreds of turbines around the place, but also the noise pollution. The odd couple dotted around make a noticable noise when you're nearby, if everyone had one in their back garden, I would imagine there would be a constant drone.
Unfortunately these are some of the problems facing proponents of renewable sources at the moment.
Dan
My article is merely aimed at promoting a local debate. In the recent past we had one councillor who lived several miles away and voted against the erection of these turbines because she did not want see them when she made a weekly trip to town.
Steve