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OLS

07-03-2013, 10:21 AM

Oops, I forgot to share that last tiger photo....I called this tiger melanistic, that was wrong.
I think it is even wrong to call it a cross-bred Bengal Tiger. This is just a recessive trait
from what I gather. This tiger is this color for the same reason that the White Tiger is white.
Not Albinism, just an expression of a recessive gene. This is what the zoo calls "strawberry colored".
We of course know that this is called a Ginger Tiger, lol.

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/OLS_0050sml_zps2b63bb43.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/OLS_0050sml_zps2b63bb43.jpg.html)

While I am on that subject, too, remember I said EVERY TIME the regular bengal tiger passed the
strawberry tiger, it caused a turf war response. They can be in the same enclosure, but the
Ginger Tiger takes offense when the other Bengal comes within a pre-defined space, and man,
does she flare back and roar....Here you see this in action. For what its worth, the regular Bengal
makes absolutely no sign that he even notices, but he doesn't LOOK at her either.

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/OLS_0031sml_zpsa12fcc7c.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/OLS_0031sml_zpsa12fcc7c.jpg.html)

Blak Smyth

07-03-2013, 10:21 AM

looks like Oliver The Humanzee

emopunker2004

07-03-2013, 03:56 PM

Todays fun...

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3782/9202697030_c907a027f6_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9202697030/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9202697030/) by emopunker2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/thestemens16/), on Flickr

equetefue

07-03-2013, 06:05 PM

The question is. Did you catch Bigfoot Justin

emopunker2004

07-04-2013, 10:19 PM

Trip to the Alligator Farm today. Got some pix of gators and such. Lots of birds too.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7303/9208879759_885c5919b5_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9208879759/)
IMG_6194 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9208879759/) by emopunker2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/thestemens16/), on Flickr
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7351/9211528604_58f05f72e7_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9211528604/)
IMG_6309 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9211528604/) by emopunker2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/thestemens16/), on Flickr
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7338/9211400320_b8c719696d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9211400320/)
IMG_6367 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9211400320/) by emopunker2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/thestemens16/), on Flickr
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2864/9208540859_a2941c5367_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9208540859/)
IMG_6404 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9208540859/) by emopunker2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/thestemens16/), on Flickr

OLS

07-06-2013, 09:29 AM

That looks like 3 species of crocodilians there. Bottom one's a Caiman, right? I know that middle one is a a Gharial

shark

07-06-2013, 04:37 PM

I have a whole sh** load of pics to post, but no way to post them here. I'm kinda in the wilds of upper Michigan right now, but will be back in Motown sometime tomorrow (after a 8 or 9 hour drive lol).

emopunker2004

07-06-2013, 09:53 PM

Heres some more from the trip. The two birds and the monkeys were shot thru mesh screens and the komodo was shot thru glass.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3769/9208551009_7d18c73c0c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9208551009/)
IMG_6397 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9208551009/) by emopunker2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/thestemens16/), on Flickr
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7373/9211344614_495270c896_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9211344614/)
IMG_6395 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9211344614/) by emopunker2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/thestemens16/), on Flickr
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5515/9208861077_6ec935859d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9208861077/)
IMG_6218 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9208861077/) by emopunker2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/thestemens16/), on Flickr
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2859/9211652438_8958f6b6f9_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9211652438/)
IMG_6214 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9211652438/) by emopunker2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/thestemens16/), on Flickr
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3682/9208850097_3f7aaef396_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9208850097/)
IMG_6240 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9208850097/) by emopunker2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/thestemens16/), on Flickr

shark

07-08-2013, 11:34 AM

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2807/9241948222_eed0048989_c.jpg

Au Sable Point lighthouse on Lake Superior. It began operation in 1874.

shark

07-08-2013, 11:38 AM

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3673/9241855648_a39c1b2282_c.jpg

What's left of a ship that wrecked along Pictured Rocks.

shark

07-08-2013, 11:39 AM

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2832/9239088613_212348d72d_c.jpg

shark

07-08-2013, 11:48 AM

Another wreck:

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5328/9241906434_5b27110d23_c.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7407/9239131719_860ac082b8_c.jpg

shark

07-08-2013, 11:49 AM

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3690/9241799706_90a246d097_c.jpg

OLS

07-08-2013, 11:58 AM

So I guess there is no longer any question that it was the camera all this time holding you back.
I bet you about 5hit yourself when you got home and saw the photos. Since you are not a Brad, and you don't
talk much about buying new this or that, I am guessing that is the 18-55mm? I never thought that much
about those lenses til I strapped it onto that D90. Turns out it can be razor sharp. And the D90 is a color master.
I am HIGHLY impressed by your color, clarity and crispness. The gauntlet has been thrown down, lol.

shark

07-08-2013, 02:21 PM

The lighthouse one and the one of the rocky ledge along the shore were the 18-55, but the others were the 50mm 1.8G

shark

07-08-2013, 02:29 PM

Not all sandy beaches. A lot of that rock is close to a half billion years old.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7299/9239027489_b30c15cd3a_c.jpg

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5477/9239110477_906a4285ca_c.jpg

shark

07-08-2013, 02:38 PM

This is called Miner's Castle. It doesn't look much like a castle anymore, since a chunk of the formation broke off a few years ago. This is also the 18-55 lens.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7423/9238866641_46738e1a9e_c.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7394/9238834619_87511399ed_c.jpg

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5325/9241607752_2b3e822998_c.jpg

shark

07-08-2013, 02:48 PM

Plenty of waterfalls in this region of the Western Upper Peninsula, too: 70-210mm lens, 1/5 second, f/29

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7415/9238879187_4f36e6cf22_c.jpg

shark

07-08-2013, 03:07 PM

Laughing Whitefish Falls:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7367/9243523364_506d458757_c.jpg

Same falls, from down in the gorge:

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5454/9238697985_41acfd958d_c.jpg

shark

07-08-2013, 06:45 PM

Ship parked at an ore dock in Marquette, MI early in the morning. Even at 3200 ISO this is pretty good:

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3805/9241372764_342766cf97_c.jpg

OLS

07-08-2013, 07:12 PM

I will offer one bit of advice to you, although from what I see, you might not need it.
If you could pick up a $15 neutral density filter, you could use the shutter speeds you
want for waterfalls and still keep a nice healthy aperture opening, likely something approaching
f/11 or even f/8. Lenses stopped down towards the very end of their range tend to have greatly
reduced sharpness and detail due to diffraction. But again, your shots look nice as is.

OLS

07-08-2013, 07:16 PM

Those 18-55s are a REAL surprise to me. I really thought they would be utter crap,
and when I pay attention, I am just so surprised by the acuity they have. They
really pass on the color to the sensor. half a billion years, huh? So about as old as
my johnson.

OLS

07-09-2013, 06:42 AM

I wanted to post this photo just to show how much it sucks when you don't pay attention.
When I get to the zoo, I bolt for the Lions and if they are out, I just start shooting away.
They are SO DAMN photogenic. Same in N.O., I get there and I am so excited to begin
shooting that I always screw something up, leave a setting tweaked wrong, forget to set
auto-focus, I do something EVERY TIME the shot is on the line. I set up the D90 with a
70-300mm lens, a slow one, and started shooting away with it. I didn't check the histogram
on the first shot, I barely even reviewed the results and adjusted from there. It is my best
camera, why would I think it would shoot poorly? So I shot on this all day, not knowing
that I should have dialed in -.07 in exposure compensation. All my shots were washed out
to some degree. So I had to FIX this shot, and still barely escaped with anything I would
want to show somebody. But the subject matter, this was great. You have to hang
around this enclosure for hours to see this bear do this. But I sensed he was gonna do it.
He usually does soon after he sits down on his butt and holds his feet, which he did a few
minutes prior to this shot. I am getting to know these animals so well, lol.

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/_DSC0128sml_zpsbf62f063.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/_DSC0128sml_zpsbf62f063.jpg.html)

shark

07-09-2013, 08:36 AM

Dancing Bear! Didn't the Mamas and Papas record a song along those lines? :r

shark

07-09-2013, 09:31 AM

The Mighty Mac, AKA the Mackinaw Bridge between the two Peninsulas. It connects Mackinaw City to St. Ignace:

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2880/9241313328_9004a99356_c.jpg

shark

07-09-2013, 09:43 AM

Mighty Mac from St. Ignace, in the UP. Total bridge length is 5 miles, total length of the suspension part is 8614 feet, and at mid-span your vehicle is 200 feet above the surface of the lakes, and that water is 295 feet deep at that point

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7344/9241267250_a68ca68020_c.jpg

shark

07-09-2013, 05:10 PM

Another of the Sturgeon River:

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5502/9246833837_44bb2fa9c6_c.jpg

shark

07-09-2013, 05:12 PM

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3757/9246845151_5db782f6e3_c.jpg

shark

07-09-2013, 05:13 PM

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shark

07-09-2013, 05:14 PM

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7373/9249674196_50f37de5f8_c.jpg

hotreds

07-09-2013, 05:58 PM

Battle Creek fireworks

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/1044742_10152017515093238_1907137929_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/600242_10152017514863238_1348872955_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/1005082_10152017514883238_747567257_n.jpg

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shark

07-10-2013, 05:09 AM

Nice shots Hotreds! What F stop and shutter speed did you use for those? I've never been able to get very nice fireworks shots.

OLS

07-10-2013, 01:23 PM

For Hugh, and for them what cares, here are some shots I took from the Wilber's Bar-B-Que parking lot at the
end of the runway back in what was likely 1981. I was stationed at Seymour Johnson AFB, and while I was often
at the end of the runway running checks of systems prior to takeoff, there were no cameras allowed there.
So if I was shooting these shots, it was at Wilber's. Just a note to anyone travelling along the interiors of NC
and you are looking for great BBQ, albeit NC style, check out Wilber's GREAT FOOD.

I never will forget the day I was walking in to eat, a F-14 flew over to land, and I had had up to
that point, NO IDEA how large that aircraft was, I thought it was like a F-4 or similar. That sucker
had to be at least twice the size of a F4. I was stunned.

I had an old "Sears" SLR camera made by Mamiya, and likely the slowest lens you could get, lol. It had the
now rare to find screw mount. SORRY to all about the color and contrast...shooting into the
sun never looks good.

Likely just back from the Dare County Range out near the Atlantic, you can tell its landing
because of the drogue chute.

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/PIC_0031sml_zps1d6aa87c.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/PIC_0031sml_zps1d6aa87c.jpg.html)

Same aircraft likely

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/PIC_0027sml_zps73035a15.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/PIC_0027sml_zps73035a15.jpg.html)

Quick checks prior to takeoff

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/PIC_0022sml_zpsf5729706.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/PIC_0022sml_zpsf5729706.jpg.html)

Landing at Seymour Johnson, AFB

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/PIC_0016sml_zps91acbca8.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/PIC_0016sml_zps91acbca8.jpg.html)

hotreds

07-10-2013, 05:43 PM

Nice shots Hotreds! What F stop and shutter speed did you use for those? I've never been able to get very nice fireworks shots.

f8, bulb, ISO 100. Thanks!

hotreds

07-10-2013, 05:54 PM

Balloons!

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https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/942398_10152019643153238_571742057_n.jpg

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OLS

07-11-2013, 05:18 PM

Second round of the Seymour Johnson Slides.....

I guess I should have taken these into Photoshop and altered their odd white balance, but ehh, they were already uploaded to the bucket

B52-G landing at Seymour.......how they don't fracture into pieces every time they land is beyond me.

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/PIC_0013sml_zpse6c08c1b.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/PIC_0013sml_zpse6c08c1b.jpg.html)

Hell I GUESS they are G models, I am sifting through my memory of 30+ years ago...

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/PIC_0008sml_zps3368108f.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/PIC_0008sml_zps3368108f.jpg.html)

Phantom coming in on the downwind leg

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shark

07-14-2013, 03:47 PM

Kind of a mix of different time periods going on here...

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7322/9285576923_d654b5a41a_b.jpg

shark

07-14-2013, 03:51 PM

Actress in the show "Simply Gershwin", a musical comedy with dancing from George and Ira's time. It was part of the Ragtime Street fair at Greenfield Village.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7361/9285374611_5c6acb500d_b.jpg

shark

07-14-2013, 03:52 PM

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7282/9288067988_cd682e4989_b.jpg

shark

07-14-2013, 03:55 PM

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shark

07-14-2013, 04:02 PM

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shark

07-14-2013, 04:14 PM

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7363/9285245093_5692617160_b.jpg

hotreds

07-14-2013, 08:09 PM

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/1017552_10152029705828238_214130677_n.jpg

OLS

07-15-2013, 06:43 AM

That's the Doolittle Raid plane, right? My two guesses, without resorting to Guugle, are B-24 or DeHaviland Mosquito.
Am I wrong twice? In your last post, at least you told us they were balloons. ;)

hotreds

07-15-2013, 10:17 AM

B-25, plane used on Doolittle raid, in fact.

OLS

07-16-2013, 09:20 AM

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/_DSC0192sml_zpsde3cb0ee.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/_DSC0192sml_zpsde3cb0ee.jpg.html)

This made me laugh....I walked up on the wolves and they were howling up a storm, and even after the alpha saw me,
he kept on with it, but he was RIGHT NEXT TO a fence, and the shot was crap. So I walked around to shoot the
other wolves howling, but once they saw me it was over in an instant. And also, once they stopped howling,
pecking order immediately took over again, and this wolf was run off by a higher-ranking wolf. i like how he is not
only running away, but sticking out his tongue, haha.

OLS

07-17-2013, 08:07 AM

This is the saddest part of the lives of my new best friends at the Memphis Zoo. They have a really
cool area to hang out in, but it is NOT what they would like best. Sure there are tunnels, and yes there
is sand spread over the top of it, but concrete tunnels lead to scraped up noses, and I hate it for em.

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/OLS_0436_zpsf52728cb.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/OLS_0436_zpsf52728cb.jpg.html)

MrClean

07-18-2013, 01:29 PM

Finally had time to shoot a few pics. So much work and so little time.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7455/9308586919_e8e801ccff_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9308586919/) Infrared-1044.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9308586919/) by Jeff Carroll01 (http://www.flickr.com/people/jeffcarroll01/), on Flickr
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5324/9311361658_b9a99d3452_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9311361658/) Infrared-1039.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9311361658/) by Jeff Carroll01 (http://www.flickr.com/people/jeffcarroll01/), on Flickr
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3774/9311364480_d776e45881_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9311364480/) Infrared-1041.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9311364480/) by Jeff Carroll01 (http://www.flickr.com/people/jeffcarroll01/), on Flickr

OLS

07-18-2013, 02:52 PM

WOW, I like those, and as Ken Rockwell says, 'my work is all about color, "lol.

A moment of silence please on the death of a good friend today.

I picked up a third D200 two weeks ago at Ado, I keep a spare of all my favorite cameras,
at least the ones that are capable of full matrix metering on manual focus lenses,
since I have become heavily invested in them. But since I had a spare, this one
was going to my nephew...too good a deal to pass up.

Turns out when I got it and took a pic and checked the EXIF data, it had 105,000
shutter actuations. I thought the D200 was rated for 150k, so I was not worried
about 105k, outside of the general disappointment of getting such a nag, cheap or not.

SO I took it to work today to test some things and it crapped out. Last night it had
stopped reporting the proper aperture, I could turn the wheel all day and it stayed at
the max ap on the readout. Today I took it out to shoot an old El Camino out back and
it started having shutter errors. In a bit of a panic, I ran in to check the invoice, and
for ONCE in my life, I had two weeks to go til I would be out of luck on the return.
But ADO is nothing if not solid on returns, so I will get my $100 back and they will get
their camera back. My nephew....well he's a little bummed. I had told him it had 105k
but that it could crap out in a week or just as easily live longer than him with luck and care.
Turns out Nikon was just about dead on. SOMEONE took it 5000 clicks over, and I put
about 2-300 on it myself in testing pre-gift. I was hoping for option B, obviously.

OLS

07-19-2013, 12:30 PM

Picked up another good, cheap lens this week. $25...Gonna give it to my sister.
Nikon Series E 70-210mm f/4. it is a constant aperture lens, cheap used,
but cheap in it's day as well, in case you don't know the E-Series story.
But it has great bokeh, decently super sharp for a hand held, MF lens.
Even though this one has some visible dust inside, on a blue field it is not that bad.
She won't see it 95% of the time she uses it. BUT YOU WILL.....

All hand held at the long end....f/8, base ISO

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/Nikon%20Series%20E%2070-210%20f4/DSC_0177_zps075aa7c4.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/Nikon%20Series%20E%2070-210%20f4/DSC_0177_zps075aa7c4.jpg.html)

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/Nikon%20Series%20E%2070-210%20f4/DSC_0152_zps37e424d2.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/Nikon%20Series%20E%2070-210%20f4/DSC_0152_zps37e424d2.jpg.html)

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/Nikon%20Series%20E%2070-210%20f4/DSC_0145_zps721fc982.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/Nikon%20Series%20E%2070-210%20f4/DSC_0145_zps721fc982.jpg.html)

And sadly, one of the main reasons for the low price.....DUST...and not just dust.....BUNNIES.

I was gonna take it apart, I got a Sigma 70-300 back together and it worked, but
I don't think I got it PERFECT, as now it is a bit soft. So this one just has to have a bunny
farm.

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/Nikon%20Series%20E%2070-210%20f4/SKYdustfield_zpsbee92e0d.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/Nikon%20Series%20E%2070-210%20f4/SKYdustfield_zpsbee92e0d.jpg.html)

OLS

07-19-2013, 07:06 PM

I had another great opportunity tonight on my Greenway walk. i decided to take some more shots with the
70-210 Series E Nikon lens since soon it will be in someone else's hands and I like to thoroughly check
something like that out Before I let it go. Maybe I want to keep it, eh? But no, in this case it is certainly going
to be given away, but as you will see, I was sure glad I had it tonight.

When you walk up on a bird and think "OH man, let me stop dead and see if I can get a shot off.
nah, they always fly away. Well tonight I got a break. i walked up on a Mourning Dove and she didn't fly.
What a BEAUTIFUL EYE!

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/Nikon%20Series%20E%2070-210%20f4/x8_zps04244c48.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/Nikon%20Series%20E%2070-210%20f4/x8_zps04244c48.jpg.html)

A nice maple tree leaf shot.

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/Nikon%20Series%20E%2070-210%20f4/x7_zpsd6ae9eea.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/Nikon%20Series%20E%2070-210%20f4/x7_zpsd6ae9eea.jpg.html)

Pink Flowers

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/Nikon%20Series%20E%2070-210%20f4/x1_zps2d4297d9.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/Nikon%20Series%20E%2070-210%20f4/x1_zps2d4297d9.jpg.html)

I imagine butterflys like this

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/Nikon%20Series%20E%2070-210%20f4/x5_zps3269c30d.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/Nikon%20Series%20E%2070-210%20f4/x5_zps3269c30d.jpg.html)

Clouds...and that damn lens dust.

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/Nikon%20Series%20E%2070-210%20f4/x10_zps300d0b75.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/Nikon%20Series%20E%2070-210%20f4/x10_zps300d0b75.jpg.html)

MrClean

07-19-2013, 09:15 PM

Wow Brad, that cloud pic is awesome....damn bunnies!!

shark

07-20-2013, 01:09 PM

Odd moth that I spotted in the woods today. I looked it up online; it's called a Clymene Moth:

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3689/9327297013_c78f19bf9b_c.jpg

shark

07-20-2013, 01:27 PM

What can I say? I like horses.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5333/9285589809_e8a0d1e5a2_c.jpg

shark

07-20-2013, 01:30 PM

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shark

07-20-2013, 01:32 PM

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7435/9327429509_1ecd805bdf_c.jpg

shark

07-20-2013, 01:33 PM

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shark

07-20-2013, 07:32 PM

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2855/9329271483_0b34f49892_c.jpg

shark

07-20-2013, 07:33 PM

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5533/9332083244_d52dd3f029_c.jpg

Dave128

07-20-2013, 07:35 PM

Those cloud pics are neat.

shark

07-20-2013, 07:37 PM

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2820/9332091048_44de20a2ff_c.jpg

hotreds

07-20-2013, 08:01 PM

The Good Lord certainly gives us neat stuff to photograph!

shark

07-21-2013, 12:40 PM

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3767/9334658239_3a1d6c4572_c.jpg

shark

07-21-2013, 12:41 PM

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5549/9337424698_8cfb8da050_c.jpg

shark

07-21-2013, 12:43 PM

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7420/9334618357_8601d94cb4_c.jpg

OLS

07-21-2013, 04:05 PM

dang, what a fine crop of photos! Mine for the weekend are based on my semi-usual farmer's market shoot,
and a pool party I went to over the weekend. i had to be on Daiquiri and photography detail, enjoyed both,
kicked a55 in the drink making job.

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/DSC_0804_zpsf587300e.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/DSC_0804_zpsf587300e.jpg.html)

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/DSC_0286sml_zps44792388.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/DSC_0286sml_zps44792388.jpg.html)

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/DSC_0404sml_zps70c0b3ba.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/DSC_0404sml_zps70c0b3ba.jpg.html)

OLS

07-22-2013, 07:24 PM

man when I look at those photos above, I can't believe how I let the focus point get away from me.
The fiddle one was just an error, you can SEE the focus point clearly on the fiddle. The singer
that was just me being stupid. BLAZING sunlight and I bet I was near wide open in aperture.
Yep, I checked it and it was f/5, so at that zoom level, that was wide open. I continue to do the
same things again and again, too 'busy' to stop and think about how I am set up. In the film days,
there would be none of that. You were throwing away money for shooting stupid. On a day like Saturday,
I should have been at f/11. I guess I wanted some dramatically shallow DOF since the singer was excited
that a photographer was coming to shoot the party, lol. I wonder if he ever showed up, lolol.

In my defense, the 35-135 can be a little soft, it was hand held, and I was screwing up the settings.
but again, the camera was allowed to find it's own favorite point of high contrast to focus on, in that
case, the MIC and her MOUTH. And I can't necessarily holler, the D70 only has 5 focus points, and
I USED the right one. I just needed to be in f/8 or f/11.

Since Justin died, I guess I have to carry on around here. Pulled out the oldest DSLR I have, my old D100.
I wanted to test some lenses while I walked, and thought it would be best to go ahead and pull out some of
the oldies to have a variety of pics from all the bodies. I find it ironic that this old camera takes such a great
photo, and the D70 with a 'similar' lens could cough up such crap. In it's defense, the 70-210 is a better lens
than the 35-135, but not by much. They are almost identical in period. And the D70 is not a whole lot older
than a D100. The Nikkor 35-135 AF (shots above) is not all that different from the Nikkor 70-210 AF, which
was what shot this Day Lily today. That said, I find the 70-210mm 4-5.6 to be an excellent lens. It is thirsty
for light, but if you give it what it wants, it will reward you. But stop paying attention to your surroundings and
how they will affect your settings, you can have the best lenses there are, and you can get crap.

And in my defense, when I put on better glasses, the pics are not that bad, lol. but still TOO much light
to be wide open.

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/DSC_0087-d100-70-210_zps0d878490.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/DSC_0087-d100-70-210_zps0d878490.jpg.html)

shark

07-23-2013, 06:24 AM

I was messing with a couple of the cloud shots in Photoshop for various effects. It was near sunset and there they were, a huge bank of cumulus clouds right there catching the light. I was surprised the AF caught the detail so well
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OLS

07-23-2013, 07:23 AM

I was surprised the AF caught the detail so well
Posted via Mobile Device
When you think about it, its not a surprise. Once you focus on clouds, you are pretty much at infinity.
Same for flying planes, birds, ships, etc. They are also mostly immune from the localized haze you get
when you focus on a ship or something on the same plane as you. The lens can work better on clouds
than a ship or a far away building. That and you bought the best damn Nikon under $500.

shark

07-23-2013, 04:06 PM

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7369/9352290945_dc2b76806a_c.jpg

shark

07-23-2013, 04:08 PM

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3738/9352294995_a2bbd6ed18_c.jpg

shark

07-23-2013, 04:10 PM

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3747/9355084130_f3a71877c0_c.jpg

OLS

07-23-2013, 06:23 PM

Once again, everything old is definitely new again. Thankfully prices on all these old lenses have gone down,
I think there was a real rush when the D700 came out, and maybe when the D200 came out before it, to buy
up a lot of manual focus lenses that could stand in for the $1000-$2000 lenses that Nikon was selling to go
with their new FX cameras. The real stars are still priced pretty high, but it would seem that there are a lot of
hidden stars that people have already forgotten about or satiated themselves on, with everyone who wanted one
already having one. I have been very lucky, in my crazy desire to read everything I can about some of this stuff,
to have found a few real dandys for a crazy low price, at least in terms of the quality for the money.

The Nikkor 105mm f/2.5 AI was one, man what a great lens....not cheap, but for $99, I really think the images
are worth it.

The Nikkor 180mm f/2.8 ED AIS was CERTAINLY one, although I think I paid $184 for that one, so it was no 'bargain'.
My favorite lens so far in life. I'd say that $184 for the best lens you own is a good trade.

The one I am on and on about today is this Nikkor 200mm f/4 AI. I have had it for a month or better, and haven't put
it on a camera yet. I thought maybe the good times might end. Boy was I wrong. This is a KILLER LENS. Not sure yet
until I go to the zoo what I REALLY have on my hands, but the pics from my walk tonight seem to indicate it will give the
180mm a run for it's money. As ever, hand-held in fading early evening light. One thing I wanted to do but really couldn't,
was to shoot at f/8. But I at least stopped down to 5.6. These pics showed me good things.....sorry, the usual subject matter.
My hand-holding kind of softened them up a bit, for this is certainly a LONG lens, but the color and contrast are really
impressive to me. As similar as these look from the 70-210 stuff from yesterday, these are all new pics today. Not a whole
lot of variety on my walk....I like color.

With this lens, I see insects where others see only flowers...

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/_OLS2439-200mmf4-sml_zpsbfa322c2.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/_OLS2439-200mmf4-sml_zpsbfa322c2.jpg.html)

Check out the bee on the upper left.....

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/_OLS2429-200mmf4-sml_zps80c2115f.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/_OLS2429-200mmf4-sml_zps80c2115f.jpg.html)

This one really got me with the DEPTH it showed, in addition to the color and crispness.

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/_OLS2408-200mmf4-sml_zpsb90791b2.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/_OLS2408-200mmf4-sml_zpsb90791b2.jpg.html)

OLS

07-23-2013, 06:33 PM

Shark, are you using a tripod there?? Those pics are sweet.

OLS

07-24-2013, 07:35 AM

Ehh, the pics I took don't look very good on my work computer, lol. In fact the 70-210
looks better than the 200mm I was going on about. But still BOTH lenses were $40-$44
so I am still happy, lol.

shark

07-24-2013, 12:39 PM

No, I had the camera set up on a railing for the train shot. 1/2.5 sec., f5.6, ISO 1000 +0.7EV

E.J.

07-24-2013, 12:43 PM

One of my favorites from the game Monday....(noisey, but it is, what it is)

http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i397/EJB21/73_zps484a0a3c.jpg (http://s1091.photobucket.com/user/EJB21/media/73_zps484a0a3c.jpg.html)

OLS

07-24-2013, 02:12 PM

No, I had the camera set up on a railing for the train shot. 1/2.5 sec., f5.6, ISO 1000 +0.7EV

The one with the caboose looks like a stock photo by a pro. The one with the
locos could use the application of a curve in Photoshop, and then IT would also
be very close to a pro shot. Both very nice photos. Which lens did you use?

If I didn't have a band to shoot tonight, I would go back and try my flower shots
on a tripod. My laptop at home must be super sweet, it makes those pics look
great. I get to work and think "Oh Geez, what were you going on about?"

OLS

07-25-2013, 08:34 AM

Well, what a night. I regret only one thing, that I didn't stay longer. I try to get to bed
by 9:00pm on weeknights where work is looming the next day, and the nights are so long
with DST, that this outdoor gig kind of messed me up. The best shots in terms of overall
atmosphere were right before I left and the sky was dark and the little light strings were
beginning to overtake the ambient light. SUCKS I did that, but a free gig, ehh, I am gonna
get my beauty sleep. If I had been paid for this, I would have stayed WELL into the good
light time. You will feel like you already know these girls, I shoot em so much.
But I like to shoot them because they know me and I am not likely to bother them much
if I stand right in front of them and block the audience for a minute. MIDTOWN VIOLETS. (http://www.midtownviolets.com/)

This shot was not in focus, but I just LIKED the vibe....
(Nikkor 24mm 2.8 AI manual foc. lens 1/320sec f/4) Nikon D700

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/TheClashViolets-SML_zps3446850e.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/TheClashViolets-SML_zps3446850e.jpg.html)

The Sharon Stone with a "shot to the eye" look...
(Nikkor 105 2.5 AIS manual foc. lens 1/60sec f/2.5) Nikon D700

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/506-SIG_zps727e6fc1.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/506-SIG_zps727e6fc1.jpg.html)

These Girls can really play.....
(Nikkor 105 2.5 AIS manual foc. lens 1/60sec f/2.5) Nikon D700

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/357SIG_zpse09921c1.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/357SIG_zpse09921c1.jpg.html)

Midtown Violets on a D90....
Nikkor 50mm 1.8 AF-D f/4 1/200sec

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/NOstandard136-SML_zps71f1a005.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/NOstandard136-SML_zps71f1a005.jpg.html)

Ashlee K. Thomas..........
Nikkor 24mm 1/200sec f/4 Nikon D700

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/NOstandard125-SML_zps4547f581.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/NOstandard125-SML_zps4547f581.jpg.html)

357

07-25-2013, 01:44 PM

This is one that is a REAL trip...obviously not taken by my dad, lol, scrounged of the net, but you talk about juxtaposition.
These are Texas ANG A-10s and their KC-97s. End of one era, start of another..

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/051128-f-1234p-025_zps2f16fa72.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/051128-f-1234p-025_zps2f16fa72.jpg.html)

And here is the old man in Goose Bay Labrador....this was a place where the USAF was stationed to
make for the easiest, shortest, landfall in North America from Europe. I guess flying over water is no
fun, they want to get over land ASAP...

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/PIC_0232_zps540c193e.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/PIC_0232_zps540c193e.jpg.html)

How they get around in Goose bay.....

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/PIC_0229_zps1a595582.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/PIC_0229_zps1a595582.jpg.html)

My dad's Team....Nina, Pinta and Santa maria, lol....

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/PIC_0122_zps256440f1.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/PIC_0122_zps256440f1.jpg.html)

Very cool pics Brad. BTW, you look a lot like your dad. :D

OLS

07-25-2013, 02:19 PM

haha, you should know, you've met me three times.....I look a lot like my mom, too,
but the DAD genes are definitely doing the heavy lifting. That's why I sweat like no
one you ever met...so did my dad. He's probably HOT in that picture, lol.

shark

07-25-2013, 02:25 PM

The one with the caboose looks like a stock photo by a pro. The one with the
locos could use the application of a curve in Photoshop, and then IT would also
be very close to a pro shot. Both very nice photos. Which lens did you use?

If I didn't have a band to shoot tonight, I would go back and try my flower shots
on a tripod. My laptop at home must be super sweet, it makes those pics look
great. I get to work and think "Oh Geez, what were you going on about?"

Thanks! But, which curve are you talking about? I'm still pretty much learning PS Elements. lol

OLS

07-25-2013, 02:52 PM

Thanks! But, which curve are you talking about? I'm still pretty much learning PS Elements. lol

Not sure Elements features the editing function "Curves"
In Photoshop, it is IMAGE>ADJUSTMENTS>CURVES, and then that gives you
a box with kind of a bendy 'wire' kind of tool, that you grab by various points
and it establishes little keyframes that you can move up or down to add
various degrees of color and balance effects to your open photo, then save it.
I will go home and post some screen grabs tonight to show you better.

What it does basically is take the photo and enhances or reduces various
attributes to make the photo more or less attractive. It takes a straight
line and allows you to make bezier curves in it....the straight line basically
represents your picture in it's current form. You use the curves to make
smooth changes to lightness, contrast, color, etc.

OLS

07-25-2013, 06:59 PM

A little cross-threading......
But to make it official, Nikon D100, Nikkor 35-80mm f/4-5.6 AF-D (Thank goodness for the flash)

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/babybackribs1_zps0744781a.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/babybackribs1_zps0744781a.jpg.html)

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/babybackribs2_zpsab2fd879.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/babybackribs2_zpsab2fd879.jpg.html)

OLS

07-26-2013, 10:28 AM

I know you all hate to hear this all the time, but I did it again....
I bought some more dregs from Ado. They threw up a metric TON of cameras today in the used sections.

There was one, a D200 that said "ISO and WB buttons do not work"....It was $150.
I can set those in the Menu, and don't REALLY change them a lot when I am shooting.
Just a GREAT OLD CAMERA that works with all the manual focus lenses, and I have a bunch.
In EX+ condition, it is basically 65% off for something I don't even care about.

I picked up a D90 for $200 that said "Flash will not stay down". Geez, half price for something
I can place a tiny strip of gaffer's tape on and have a camera THAT GOOD?
I almost never use a flash, and when I DO, I can just pull the tape tab. I much prefer
to use the ISO to help my shutter speed in low light, or fast lenses. Also in Excellent
condition, so that one is at least 50% off, and it's a killer camera.

And for $50, I got another D200 that said "front and rear command dials not working properly"......
Now that one is gonna be a problem, lol. But I tend to have great luck
with things I purchase there, so I figure it can be A.) a spare for parts, B.) a camera
that only shoots in one mode, whatever mode its IN, lol, or C.) It will work SOME of
the time and just give me a little trouble in the field, which I should be able to work
around. For $50, I can GUARANTEE that I will be able to use it to take pics. I am
guessing in rainy conditions, super-dusty and dirty conditions, or high crime areas.
They are VERY well sealed. And you can swing one and KILL a man, and if you don't
kill him and he takes your camera, ehh, it was $50. I know they are old, but they
WORK SO WELL and are SO DAMN versatile. And if all I get from it is a shutter mechanism,
I am fine with that. The large, bright viewfinder ALONE is worth having 4 D200s, haha.
I have old man eyes. But I will give at least one away to friends and family.

Basically now, though, I have to stop. I have stockpiled these cameras not because
I am a TOTAL idiot, but something more along the lines of genius. I KNOW that I do not
care if I EVER have a camera over 12 MP. Nikon has had Japanese law dictate that they
cannot use open contact batteries anymore, so after about the D300, all of their batteries
have been changed over. I can run D100, D50, D70, D90, D200 and D700 all off the same
batteries. I have all the cameras in that list, and a good stock of batteries for them, after
getting one with each camera buy, lol. So I have a fortress of bodies protecting me from
too much progress in the digital age. I KNOW there are people who can use and actually
WANT a 24MP or 36MP camera....but that ain't me.

hotreds

07-26-2013, 12:42 PM

Coniwingo Dam, Md.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/971885_10152058651743238_1314230344_n.jpg

hotreds

07-26-2013, 08:48 PM

https://sphotos-a-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/945772_10152059084433238_1332067076_n.jpg

MrClean

07-28-2013, 01:23 PM

Spent last week in St Louis for work. Luckily we were about 2 miles from the arch. Found time to run down and take some pics. The sun was murder trying to get a decent shot.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3743/9371870715_22d668f461_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9371870715/)
St Louis Arch (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9371870715/) by Jeff Carroll01 (http://www.flickr.com/people/jeffcarroll01/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7397/9371826125_f12d002602_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9371826125/)
St Louis Arch (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9371826125/) by Jeff Carroll01 (http://www.flickr.com/people/jeffcarroll01/), on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3713/9371926261_b65b274d86_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9371926261/)
St Louis Arch (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9371926261/) by Jeff Carroll01 (http://www.flickr.com/people/jeffcarroll01/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7421/9371809113_dab7650499_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9371809113/)
Downtown St Louis Sunset (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9371809113/) by Jeff Carroll01 (http://www.flickr.com/people/jeffcarroll01/), on Flickr

OLS

07-28-2013, 01:38 PM

The sun was murder trying to get a decent shot.

Not just the sun, that structure is notoriously difficult to get a good shot of.
You would think it wouldn't have a bad angle, but when I was there, it seemed
they were ALL bad. That one you have with the whole arch in it looks great,
excellent atmospheric conditions, great sun, great color.

Mr.Weeee

07-29-2013, 11:26 PM

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/999834_196679543825740_1407679030_n.jpg

OLS

07-30-2013, 12:57 PM

I think when paradise is covered with algae, it stops being paradise, lol. Nice shot, sir.

I'd like to apologize to the group for running off Justin. :) I think I was too hard on him
with my constant cat comments.
I feel bad, cause he was one of the only steady contributors on those days when nothing
else was poppin. He will be missed. The rumor I spread that he died might be a little hyperbolic.

On a related note, I am THROUGH ordering cameras. Until the D700 becomes a $450 item
I will not order ANYTHING else.

emopunker2004

07-31-2013, 01:10 AM

Sup!?

Nah Brad I'm still here and now I didn't get offnded by anything :r

On a side note, I sold the 6D and got my 60D back. It was more than i needed and I wanted other toys.

This is one of the things I bought with that money....(Taken with the 60D)

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3807/9401720564_e702275022_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9401720564/)
IMG_6415 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9401720564/) by emopunker2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/thestemens16/), on Flickr

Mr.Weeee

07-31-2013, 01:53 AM

todays Sunset at Waimea Bay Beach
https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/59607_197957463697948_1881600179_n.jpg

OLS

07-31-2013, 12:09 PM

That's awesome Justin, you should be able to get bullets for it sometime starting in 2015. :D

emopunker2004

07-31-2013, 12:53 PM

Wtf u talking about brad? Ammo is back. Ak ammo is still like $6/20rds I just had a case of 1000 delivered today :)

shark

07-31-2013, 04:35 PM

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7420/9334618357_683c595deb_c.jpg

OLS

08-01-2013, 06:57 AM

OLS

08-01-2013, 06:58 AM

Wtf u talking about brad? Ammo is back. Ak ammo is still like $6/20rds I just had a case of 1000 delivered today :)

I don't have my finger on that pulse, you are right I guess. I ought to order at least 200 rounds myself.
That 5hi+ WILL happen again.

Maters..........

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/DSC_0261sml_zps258c25dd.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/DSC_0261sml_zps258c25dd.jpg.html)

Lightnin bolts......

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/DSC_0204sml_zps78ee947b.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/DSC_0204sml_zps78ee947b.jpg.html)

shark

08-01-2013, 04:18 PM

I could make a meal out of vine ripened tomatoes. :)

And I wish I had my camera handy today while standing behind a woman at the gas station checkout today....Tight athletic body, tank top, yoga pants....

emopunker2004

08-01-2013, 09:17 PM

OLS

08-02-2013, 01:07 PM

Picked up my version of bullets today, supposed to have fungus at the edge of the
rear element, Damned if I CAN find any. Looks like it rolled out of a box somewhere.
Nikkor 50mm F/2 AI lens....$45

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/Nikkor50mmf2AI_zpsee4627b5.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/Nikkor50mmf2AI_zpsee4627b5.jpg.html)

Steve

08-02-2013, 01:41 PM

Nice Brad! I have one of those in my old manual gear bag, used to love it!

MrClean

08-02-2013, 01:53 PM

Made time the second week in St Louis to take a trip to the Botanical Garden.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3672/9417610587_10f051be49_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9417610587/)
Missouri Botanical Garden (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9417610587/) by Jeff Carroll01 (http://www.flickr.com/people/jeffcarroll01/), on Flickr
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5506/9420373174_9b94306913_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9420373174/)
Missouri Botanical Garden (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9420373174/) by Jeff Carroll01 (http://www.flickr.com/people/jeffcarroll01/), on Flickr
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2847/9420075440_a4b2fb6ffb_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9420075440/)
Missouri Botanical Garden (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9420075440/) by Jeff Carroll01 (http://www.flickr.com/people/jeffcarroll01/), on Flickr
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5514/9420066896_15cd11fa5f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9420066896/)
Missouri Botanical Garden (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9420066896/) by Jeff Carroll01 (http://www.flickr.com/people/jeffcarroll01/), on Flickr

MrClean

08-02-2013, 01:56 PM

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7419/9417299661_c735955a4b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9417299661/)
Missouri Botanical Garden (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9417299661/) by Jeff Carroll01 (http://www.flickr.com/people/jeffcarroll01/), on Flickr
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3822/9419282766_27437f572c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9419282766/)
Missouri Botanical Garden (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9419282766/) by Jeff Carroll01 (http://www.flickr.com/people/jeffcarroll01/), on Flickr
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5340/9410973723_768fbd531f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9410973723/)
Missouri Botanical Garden (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9410973723/) by Jeff Carroll01 (http://www.flickr.com/people/jeffcarroll01/), on Flickr
All I can think is 'Feed me Seymor' :)

OLS

08-02-2013, 01:56 PM

Nice Brad! I have one of those in my old manual gear bag, used to love it!

Thanks, Colonel Potter, lol. Its not often someone comes up with one you still have.
Knowing you have greatly pared down, it must be a good one. I have a few faster,
but I don't think they are better. A series E 1.8 and a AF-D 1.8

Hey Jeff, my mother has been out of St. Louis for almost 15 years, but still gets the Botanical Garden
Calendar every year, that's how much she loves that place.

Steve

08-02-2013, 02:23 PM

Yea, I guess I'm a pack rat. I still have a couple F3's and an old F bagged up in the storage unit. I sold off most of my manual stuff years ago (still regret getting rid of the old 300 F2.8 :gary) but kept some of my favorites just in case. I still have 105 F1.8 and a 180 F2.8. Absolutely awesome portrait lenses!

shark

08-03-2013, 03:01 PM

Hopefully will have some good pics of Blues Traveler tonight! Night show with nothing but stage lighting, so this will be agood test of my photo prowess.
Posted via Mobile Device

OLS

08-03-2013, 07:32 PM

I still have 105 F1.8 and a 180 F2.8. Absolutely awesome portrait lenses!

OH WOW, the 180 2.8 is some lens....I forced myself to pay what they asked for a 180mm 2.8 ED.
I really like that lens, my favorite, very likely.

here is a pic that satisfies all your urges, Col. Potter....shot with the new 50mm f/2
Seeing as it is hand held at 7:30 pm or thereabouts, I am happy. Either 2.8 or 4 at
this point.

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/beefribsjuly2x_zps866f5a74.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/beefribsjuly2x_zps866f5a74.jpg.html)

shark

08-03-2013, 10:15 PM

John Popper, lead vocals and harmonica

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7397/9431275041_2992c04723_c.jpg

shark

08-03-2013, 10:17 PM

Brendan Hill on drums

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3726/9431260891_e143ba999e_c.jpg

shark

08-03-2013, 10:19 PM

Chan (Chandler) Kinchla on guitar

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5486/9431281263_cdff78edc7_c.jpg

shark

08-03-2013, 10:21 PM

Tad Kinchla on bass

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7330/9434055920_2cbc4f85b7_c.jpg

shark

08-03-2013, 10:23 PM

Annnnd Ben Wilson on keyboards

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5539/9434065182_28cd99cdb5_c.jpg

MrClean

08-04-2013, 01:00 PM

Ron, all those came out nice.

Chainsaw13

08-04-2013, 05:00 PM

emopunker2004

08-05-2013, 08:13 AM

Grabbed very few pics while shooting Saturday, was too busy shooting lol.

My buddy Arthur.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7338/9441977565_8943399b63_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9441977565/)
ART (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9441977565/) by emopunker2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/thestemens16/), on Flickr
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3725/9444810706_994c338a8e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9444810706/)
ART2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9444810706/) by emopunker2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/thestemens16/), on Flickr

Steve

08-05-2013, 08:46 AM

OH WOW, the 180 2.8 is some lens....I forced myself to pay what they asked for a 180mm 2.8 ED.
I really like that lens, my favorite, very likely.

here is a pic that satisfies all your urges, Col. Potter....shot with the new 50mm f/2
Seeing as it is hand held at 7:30 pm or thereabouts, I am happy. Either 2.8 or 4 at
this point.

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/beefribsjuly2x_zps866f5a74.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/beefribsjuly2x_zps866f5a74.jpg.html)

:dr:dr

Awesome!

OLS

08-05-2013, 10:05 AM

:dr:dr

Awesome!

You know what was BEST, Steve?? It was those chicken thighs....about an hour after this photo,
I cranked the coals up to the highest notch on the adjuster and crisped the skin on em and they were
freaking PHEnomenal. The ribs, ehh, how good are beef ribs ever? They weren't bad at all, but that chicken.
:dr

4WheelVFR

08-05-2013, 03:24 PM

These were all done with a point and shoot, so it's really a showcase of the subject matter as opposed to my "skills".
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i229/4WheelVFR/P1000486_Snapseed.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i229/4WheelVFR/P1000488_Snapseed.jpg

4WheelVFR

08-05-2013, 03:26 PM

Found these two guys on the trail just like this.
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i229/4WheelVFR/P1000550_Snapseed.jpg

Looks like he gave me a present lol, but it's just mud.
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i229/4WheelVFR/P1000544_Snapseed.jpg

4WheelVFR

08-05-2013, 03:28 PM

One more....this spider was easily the size of the palm of my hand. He's posturing to try to scare me off.
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i229/4WheelVFR/P1000590_Snapseed.jpg

4WheelVFR

08-05-2013, 03:30 PM

Was out in the garden today. Had plenty of big bumblebees buzzing around. Snapped this pic with my iPhone. Kinda surprised how well it turned out.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5475/9437656373_647aeae8b3.jpg

I'm not a photog by any means, but is there a shutter speed fast enough to capture those wings? I've seen it done with hummingbirds, but I believe bees wing beats are even faster.

OLS

08-05-2013, 04:15 PM

Of course there is a shutter speed that can do it, the problem is, usually when you are zoomed in, your lens may
have a variable aperture that can be pretty limiting in that regard. Add to that that people often use glass filters to
protect their lenses that can cut you down another half a stop. By the time you combine all the issues, you often
have no access to those shutter speeds. The best you can do is shoot these shots at a time of day when there is the most
light, and of course, have steady hands. You are gonna have to get up there past 1000, maybe as high as 1600, then you
might have a shot. If your camera can take it, you can pump the ISO up to 1250 or higher, and you can likely get
pretty close to the levels you need. With the I-PHONE.....nah, not likely. From the above shot, those look like
box turtles....in hand it looks like some kind of terrapin. Wish I was good on northern turtle species. PM sent.

4WheelVFR

08-05-2013, 04:45 PM

Chainsaw13

08-05-2013, 06:45 PM

I'm not a photog by any means, but is there a shutter speed fast enough to capture those wings? I've seen it done with hummingbirds, but I believe bees wing beats are even faster.

I agree with Brad, the IPhone wouldn't do it. I was surprised to see it did catch them a bit. Had I actually focused on the bee and not the flower, it might've caught them more. I need to break out my D70 to see if I can get a better shot.

OLS

08-05-2013, 07:07 PM

I got confused as to who was actually asking about that, sorry....offered 4wheel a camera, lol. What's worse, he
might BUY ONE one day, lol. Speaking of all that, took a new lens out for a walk today, the same 50mm 2.0 that
I used to shoot those ribs. It was dusk, and I used no discipline, so only about 5 of 20 were any good.

Little rose after the rain.....This rosebush died, the whole dead bush fell over without much provocation.
But cutting grass one day, I saw red new growth in the grass, where one of them had been. Two had died
the same basic death. And then a few weeks later, this......

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/OL3_5564-sml_zpsed829814.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/OL3_5564-sml_zpsed829814.jpg.html)

The hexagonal diaphragms on these old 50s makes for some grotesque light point bokeh. but they aren't SO bad in the end.

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/OL3_5539sml_zpse5b71c40.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/OL3_5539sml_zpse5b71c40.jpg.html)

And even on this photo, you see those hexes....weird

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/OL3_5556sml_zpse78dd125.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/OL3_5556sml_zpse78dd125.jpg.html)

OLS

08-08-2013, 02:28 PM

Is it the last one?? I certainly hope so....I know Capitol one doesn't.
There was a D50 at Ado the other day, $50....it said "Memory card will
not lock in place." I figured the spring mechanism was broken, and I could
put a little tail of tape on the card to have something to extract the SD card
with. Well, it came in, and THEY were right, as they sometimes are, about the
defect. THE SPRING was fine, in fact I could bounce the card in and out, doing,
doing, doing.....but it wouldn't lock.

SO I closed the memory card door on it to force it to the bottom of the channel,
but it wouldn't read the card. I started to sweat a bit, I did not feel like retuning
this thing for $50, it will be 1/3 of that just in postage....Then I rolled a piece of
duct tape into a tube and laid it on the top edge of the card, and closed the card
door, and it read the card and it stayed read. Took it to lunch, shot it up real good
and it is still reading the card. I imagine in time the tape will conform and it may stop
reading it, but tape is cheap, and SO was this little camera. I ordered a $25 dollar
lens for it, so for $75 I have a nice small, entry-level Nikon.

Anybody want to buy a small, entry-level Nikon? :r

OLS

08-09-2013, 09:42 AM

Bring on the apocalypse......provided I can charge batteries.

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/NikonDisease_zpsea438e37.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/NikonDisease_zpsea438e37.jpg.html)

Best thing is there is not one of them that I paid anywhere near the perceived value for,
except for the last D90 which I bought for my sister in a rush before I saw her, still paid
$100 less than going rate. And thanks to Shark, who traded his abandoned D100 for cigars.

shark

08-09-2013, 06:05 PM

So how is that D100 working for you? Pics still coming out bluish without tweaking anything? I knew how to do it, I just didn't like that, and the fact that the metering was all over the place, at least for me. I'm very picky, as I've said before!

Missed out on some shots of three hawks flying overhead at work. I was outside and saw them, right overhead beginning to ride the thermal currents, so I ran to my car and got my camera, but they got up there pretty high really quick! I need a longer telephoto. I'm sure my coworkers were wondering WTF, because I was in plain view of the windows.... :D

shark

08-10-2013, 09:14 AM

I like old architecture:

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5479/9477426159_7d9db0fa00_c.jpg

shark

08-10-2013, 09:15 AM

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5469/9480208454_70491c1014_c.jpg

shark

08-10-2013, 09:16 AM

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3680/9477407921_1ca3a317a4_c.jpg

shark

08-10-2013, 09:18 AM

Nice way to get some business. Ford Model A:

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3791/9480108892_803b4428e1_c.jpg

shark

08-10-2013, 09:20 AM

This is Lake Erie Metropark, where the Detroit River empties into Lake Erie, maybe 1.5 hours after sunrise:

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3761/9480122732_3339d23284_c.jpg

shark

08-10-2013, 09:25 AM

I like Rose of Sharon blossoms:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7385/9480188336_5025cdd03f_c.jpg

shark

08-10-2013, 09:26 AM

White and rose/magenta are very nice, too:

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5447/9480002126_71c8c1e8a2_c.jpg

MrClean

08-10-2013, 11:48 AM

Nice pics Ron! The sun rays coming through the clouds, I love those scenes, nice captures.

BlackDog

08-11-2013, 07:50 PM

Here are a few bird pictures I took this winter. I really enjoy watching the birds that come to my feeders. Haven't been playing with the camera much lately.

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh29/blackdog1101/Pileated112712b.jpg

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh29/blackdog1101/Cedar_Waxwing_122412_zps4a774345.jpg

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh29/blackdog1101/Red_Belly_122512_zps3e62633a.jpg

MrClean

08-11-2013, 08:23 PM

Warren, those are beautiful bird pics!

OLS

08-12-2013, 06:08 AM

So how is that D100 working for you? Pics still coming out bluish without tweaking anything?
I have yet to even take a series of photos with that camera. It is in a bag of potpourri right now,
trying to knock out the smoke that is embedded deep in the rubber and electronics. You must
smoke an awful lot of cigars and cigarettes inside, I guess it having been winter and all.

E.J.

08-12-2013, 04:18 PM

From a soccer tourney that my Little One's team won this week/weekend.... This is after she scored the first goal in the Championship Game...

http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i397/EJB21/MC1_zps2757488b.jpg (http://s1091.photobucket.com/user/EJB21/media/MC1_zps2757488b.jpg.html)

MrClean

08-12-2013, 11:15 PM

Love seeing pics like this E.J.
The excitement on her face is awesome!

OLS

08-14-2013, 07:06 PM

Well, we all know what week it is, right??

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/elvis2-sml_zpsfbe5893e.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/elvis2-sml_zpsfbe5893e.jpg.html)

OLS

08-15-2013, 01:13 PM

Nikkor 50mm 1.8....what a lens. I picked this second copy up used at the usual place,
(thanks Justin for the tip) for a measly $50. NOTHING I can find wrong with it. It DOES
have a 16th of an inch GOUGE in the plastic on one side, like it hit something like a...gouge
I guess. But damn, it is better in a lot of ways than even my brand now out of the box one.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7345/9516451033_f9a7a28394_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/65096778@N05/9516451033/)
Last bits of Summer (http://www.flickr.com/photos/65096778@N05/9516451033/) by Brad-OLS (http://www.flickr.com/people/65096778@N05/), on Flickr

Beagleone

08-16-2013, 09:49 AM

A few people from the Texas herfs might recognize this lovely lady that posed for me recently.

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i272/beagleonenet/Annie_Z_613.jpg (http://s74.photobucket.com/user/beagleonenet/media/Annie_Z_613.jpg.html)

Outlaw God

08-20-2013, 03:54 PM

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=986&pictureid=8063

Outlaw God

08-20-2013, 04:01 PM

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=986&pictureid=8064

Outlaw God

08-20-2013, 04:06 PM

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=986&pictureid=8065

shark

08-21-2013, 04:30 PM

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=986&pictureid=8064

OK, you got my attention! :banger

Outlaw God

08-21-2013, 04:41 PM

OK, you got my attention! :banger

Copenhagen chew girls, had to take a coupon card for Copenhagen to get the picture, was well worth it:D

Steve

08-22-2013, 06:36 AM

I am going to list this in the BST later, but thought I would put it here first as it is a bit of a specialized item.

While cleaning out the back office/bedroom/storage warehouse this weekend, I found my old Domke Photo Journalist's vest. It is the older style, in barely used condition. I think I only used it a handful of times at best.

These are webshots of a similar vest, if anyone is interested PM me and I will get pictures of the actual vest and send them.

http://oldchurchbbq.com/sharedpictures/zDomke%20Vest/Domke%20Vest%20-%20Front.jpghttp://oldchurchbbq.com/sharedpictures/zDomke%20Vest/Domke%20Vest%20-%20Back.jpg

If interested, make me an offer.

Steve

hotreds

08-22-2013, 07:57 AM

sunset at the SH

http://memberfiles.freewebs.com/51/41/45334151/photos/2013-Shack-herf/DSCN0454.JPG

stearns

08-22-2013, 08:08 AM

sure is pretty out there aint it :tu

http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/1976/t1bd.jpg

shark

08-22-2013, 04:22 PM

It sure is

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7440/9570791003_fc0c5aa4f9_c.jpg

Outlaw God

08-22-2013, 04:46 PM

Patrick Wayne
http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=986&pictureid=8076
2006 Rose Parade
http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=986&pictureid=8077

hammondc

08-22-2013, 06:44 PM

Outlaw God

08-22-2013, 06:51 PM

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=986&pictureid=8078

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=986&pictureid=8079

pnoon

08-22-2013, 11:08 PM

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=986&pictureid=8079

If you look closely, you can see plume. :D

AdamJoshua

08-22-2013, 11:18 PM

*insert Dick Hacker joke here*

Awesome shack pics guys, looks absolutely gorgeous. One of these years...

Outlaw God

08-23-2013, 01:56 AM

If you look closely, you can see plume. :D

Yea, sure not mold :D

shark

08-24-2013, 07:11 AM

This is fencefixer's dog Sushi:

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5545/9538217303_e1d38f31fc_c.jpg

shark

08-24-2013, 07:12 AM

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2884/9541024624_04843d3b99_c.jpg

shark

08-24-2013, 07:15 AM

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7340/9538251609_09f883a3ef_c.jpg

shark

08-24-2013, 07:10 PM

This is something that I found on my computer. It was likely a point and shoot shot with my Panasonic camera. I was approaching Detroit Metro Airport

http://pic80.picturetrail.com/VOL836/862623/22554540/405198519.jpg

Outlaw God

08-24-2013, 07:23 PM

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=986&pictureid=8080

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=986&pictureid=8081

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=986&pictureid=8082

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=986&pictureid=8084

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=986&pictureid=8083

Outlaw God

08-24-2013, 07:24 PM

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=986&pictureid=8085

shark

08-24-2013, 07:31 PM

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=986&pictureid=8079

Awww jeeze :sl :dr

shark

08-24-2013, 07:35 PM

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=986&pictureid=8085

Now that is some serious attention to detail. I love how the cloud is reflected in the lake like that

Outlaw God

08-24-2013, 07:46 PM

Now that is some serious attention to detail. I love how the cloud is reflected in the lake like that

Thanks that's at Silver Lake, Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, Salt Lake City

4WheelVFR

08-24-2013, 08:15 PM

Anyone here still mess with film photography? Do they still do that anymore lol? I kinda miss my old slr's, getting film developed, and having actual photographs to peruse.

OLS

08-25-2013, 08:02 PM

I think that Emopunker does........unless he bagged it after a few rolls.

My old lady, sittin on some rocks....shot with my long lost D50 that had the
tight power switch...the best $50 camera I ever got. On the front of that
D200 is a Nikkor 135mm 3.5 AI lens

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/D200posegrass_zps6348e273.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/D200posegrass_zps6348e273.jpg.html)

Dave128

08-26-2013, 10:39 AM

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=986&pictureid=8079

Looks like she just let on hell of a fart!

OLS

08-30-2013, 09:30 AM

Sister's dog window surfing the Blue Ridge Mountains last week...Nikon D50 w/ 50mm f/1.8 AF-D.
Since I was zone focusing and in manual focus, and not looking through the VF, I should have used
a higher F-stop. This did not autofocus on the dog's nose, it just seems that way. I just stuck the
camera out the window backwards and fired away. Many shots taken, few worked out.

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/louie_zps01d26a97.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/louie_zps01d26a97.jpg.html)

shark

08-30-2013, 09:23 PM

hotreds

08-31-2013, 08:07 AM

Virginia Beach:

Cotton Mouth
http://images2.snapfish.com/232323232%7Ffp543%3A3%3Enu%3D3292%3E%3B78%3E732%3E WSNRCG%3D393%3A956%3B%3C332%3Bnu0mrj

Yellow and Black Garden Spider
http://images3a.snapfish.com/232323232%7Ffp734%3A8%3Enu%3D3292%3E%3B78%3E732%3E WSNRCG%3D393%3A956%3B%3C432%3Bnu0mrj

Tree frog
http://images2.snapfish.com/232323232%7Ffp83232%3Euqcshlukaxroqdfv5439%3Dot%3E 2383%3D%3C69%3D823%3DXROQDF%3E2%3A2%3B865%3C%3B623 %3Aot1lsi

Komodo Dragon
http://images3a.snapfish.com/232323232%7Ffp734%3A%3A%3Enu%3D3292%3E%3B78%3E732% 3EWSNRCG%3D393%3A956%3B%3C%3B32%3Bnu0mrj

http://images3a.snapfish.com/232323232%7Ffp7349%3A%3Enu%3D3292%3E%3B78%3E732%3E WSNRCG%3D393%3A956%3B%3C%3A32%3Bnu0mrj

OLS

08-31-2013, 06:55 PM

Zeke Johnson...used to be a teacher, picked up a guitar again after a LONG time away
from the blues. Plays mostly OLD blues standards, Furry Lewis, Robert Johnson, etc.
At Memphis Farmer's Market

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5343/9641197106_afe189527a_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/65096778@N05/9641197106/)
Zeke Johnson (http://www.flickr.com/photos/65096778@N05/9641197106/) by Brad-OLS (http://www.flickr.com/people/65096778@N05/), on Flickr

shark

08-31-2013, 10:29 PM

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5338/9642961914_5ec2b3a3b9_c.jpg

shark

08-31-2013, 10:34 PM

Stephanie Calvert from Starship...yeah you remember them don't you?

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7460/9639758155_89421dbe72_c.jpg

shark

08-31-2013, 10:43 PM

Mickey Thomas and Stephanie singing "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" It was like I was time tripping back to high school or something. I thought they would be kinda lame, but they put on a surprisingly good show. Lots of energy, and they seemed like that they really loved performing for Arts Beats & Eats Festival

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7442/9639801059_38e4f67408_c.jpg

OLS

09-01-2013, 11:34 AM

shark

09-01-2013, 05:23 PM

When reading some info to make sure that this girl was not Grace Slick's daughter or someone,
i read something I never knew. One of my top 5 favorite songs of all time, by Elvin Bishop, "Fooled Around and Fell In Love"
I always thought was sung by Elvin Bishop. I know my music to a certain extent, but I guess I never knew that Elvin
Bishop was not a singer per se. No, that legendary song was sung by none other than Mickey Thomas. New info is
always good.

LOL!! They mentioned that in fact. And they did that song, too. I was lucky I guess, because supposedly people with good cameras were only supposed to shoot during the first three songs. Security didn't seem to care, but the band probably did because security started going after people with the more sophisticated cameras unless they had press credentials

shark

09-01-2013, 05:28 PM

Priceless! I was over side stage snapping away when they noticed me. One of them yelled "Photo Op!" and this is what I got: (They're called Stone Clover, BTW. Irish kinda rock sound, and that girl rocked the fiddle.)

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3697/9647559583_7102e0109e_c.jpg

OLS

09-03-2013, 04:44 PM

Double cool....Fooled Around and Photo Op.

hotreds

09-03-2013, 06:36 PM

It's getting ridiculous- I was at a concert and they wouldn't even let any cell phones in lest ANY pix be taken!

emopunker2004

09-03-2013, 08:06 PM

Our new kitty that my wife and some of the intake officers rescued from outside the jail early this morning.

We are big fans of TBBT so his name is Sheldon.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7285/9666589803_8aa122232d_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9666589803/)
Boom! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9666589803/) by emopunker2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/thestemens16/), on Flickr
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3784/9666599695_3ccac4d32f_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9666599695/)
Boom! 2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thestemens16/9666599695/) by emopunker2004 (http://www.flickr.com/people/thestemens16/), on Flickr

OLS

09-04-2013, 02:36 PM

THAT is one evil-a55-lookin CAT!
Is it's PAW gonna be curved like that forever, or is it just sitting in a littler box and trying to keep it clean?
I am sure it will love you forever, now.

Outlaw God

09-04-2013, 03:06 PM

Getty Museum
http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=986&pictureid=8099

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=986&pictureid=8096

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=986&pictureid=8098

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=986&pictureid=8097

emopunker2004

09-05-2013, 12:58 PM

It was just sitting like that. He likes to climb and play.

Outlaw God

09-05-2013, 04:41 PM

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=986&pictureid=8102

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=986&pictureid=8103

MrClean

09-05-2013, 06:10 PM

Daniel, the fountain pic is so cool! I love the perspective.

emopunker2004

09-05-2013, 07:16 PM

Anyone here still mess with film photography? Do they still do that anymore lol? I kinda miss my old slr's, getting film developed, and having actual photographs to peruse.

Yep. I have a local place that develops it still. I have a minolta MF all manual SLR and a Canon EOS Élan 7N film SLR as well. I bought a scanner that scans negs.

MrClean

09-07-2013, 08:27 PM

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7433/9695062361_e2380035fa_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9695062361/)
Infrared-1417.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9695062361/) by Jeff Carroll01 (http://www.flickr.com/people/jeffcarroll01/), on Flickr

My daughters new kitten. My mother in law's cat (which is missing a back leg) had kittens and this is one of them. He was born without back paws. He can still get around pretty good.

emopunker2004

09-07-2013, 09:38 PM

hotreds

09-08-2013, 07:56 AM

Something to consider: They do have kitty wheelchairs. He might adapt quite well to one being so young. My dog lost use of her hind legs and we got her one and she used it quite a bit. I doubt it would be too expensive, and worth talking to your vet about.

MrClean

09-10-2013, 08:48 AM

We thought about that also Hugh. The vet said since his back legs work, he would be just fine as long as he remains an indoor cat, which is the plan.

Jefft72

09-10-2013, 08:28 PM

Putzin around with the 50mm trying to get a decent snap of our new pup while she was still. The nose is out of focus as the room was poorly lit.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-iTv5HS4KBgI/Ui_WCSvBByI/AAAAAAAAFDo/QUz3H1gCDvg/w1342-h898-no/Bella_sleeping.JPG

OLS

09-13-2013, 06:18 AM

It was just sitting like that. He likes to climb and play.
Evil cats always DO.....Watch your back.

OLS

09-13-2013, 06:21 AM

Good Morning folks....been up to my butt in Flickr and pretending to work and vacation and other stuff.
Thought I'd let you see what I saw this morning on the way to work.

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b611/CameraTestsPage/OL4_3602x_zpsd036f0c0.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/CameraTestsPage/media/OL4_3602x_zpsd036f0c0.jpg.html)

Dave128

09-13-2013, 08:00 AM

That looks awesome, Brad.

MrClean

09-13-2013, 03:09 PM

Some shots from my work trip to Irvine, CA. Didn't have much time to shoot.
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5469/9626754904_78e4088c01_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9626754904/)
Irvine (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9626754904/) by Jeff Carroll01 (http://www.flickr.com/people/jeffcarroll01/), on Flickr
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5539/9626136886_37ee9dca6d_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9626136886/)
Huntington Beach (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9626136886/) by Jeff Carroll01 (http://www.flickr.com/people/jeffcarroll01/), on Flickr
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7336/9626053432_494c9d7752_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9626053432/)
Huntington Beach (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9626053432/) by Jeff Carroll01 (http://www.flickr.com/people/jeffcarroll01/), on Flickr
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5347/9626110882_b09871473e_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9626110882/)
Huntington Beach (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcarroll01/9626110882/) by Jeff Carroll01 (http://www.flickr.com/people/jeffcarroll01/), on Flickr
My stark white feet....:r

OLS

09-13-2013, 07:45 PM

Check that beach out on this weekend and I bet it picks up a bit, lol.

GWN

09-14-2013, 03:17 PM

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w149/GWNJeff/IMG_2371_zps336f59e0.jpg (http://s175.photobucket.com/user/GWNJeff/media/IMG_2371_zps336f59e0.jpg.html)

Year-end ball tourney was today. It was cold. 5C when I got to the diamond and there was frost on the outfield and the bases. But there's nothing quite like an untouched ball diamond to get your blood pumping.

OLS

09-15-2013, 09:22 AM

This shot was three trips in the making...Woke up early on Saturday THINKING I had a route to the river across from Memphis....
I was wrong. I drive around Arkansas for an hour trying to find a way past the sloughs and willow groves and all kinds of
dirt roads to no avail, even with having checked Guugle space maps. Then on the way out of the state, I took a chance
on a road that led me to the base of the three bridges downriver of Memphis. I was too late for even the sunrise, but I had
FOUND the spot. I went back that night and shot some night shots, and it was a STRUGGLE. Thank goodness for the
moon. There is nothing between where i park and where I have to shoot but 1/8 mile of loose rock revetment around the
supports on the river. RISKY in the dak, hell, risky in the day. I nearly slid into the river twice as the rocks shifted and gave
way, not to mention dropping two cameras. but somehow I kept it all together. But the shots did NOT impress me. So I got
up earlier this morning and drive right to it and decided NOT to risk the rocks again, since i did not feel the need to get the
Desoto Bridge in the shot. Here are the three bridged just downriver from Memphis from this morning, just a few hours ago.
Odd hwo the FLOW is the same, but the water last night was as turbulent as usual, and this morning it was GLASS, except
for a ton of fish swirls, they were feeding on top this morning. Wish I had brought a pole and some worms.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7289/9760225045_607a85f15c_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/65096778@N05/9760225045/)
Sunrise over the Memphis Bridges (http://www.flickr.com/photos/65096778@N05/9760225045/) by Brad-(OLS) (http://www.flickr.com/people/65096778@N05/), on Flickr

OLS

09-19-2013, 07:33 AM

Here is one I shot just last night.....

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3756/9818170073_907c92162b_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/65096778@N05/9818170073/)
Hernando DeSoto Bridge in Memphis, TN (http://www.flickr.com/photos/65096778@N05/9818170073/) by Brad-(OLS) (http://www.flickr.com/people/65096778@N05/), on Flickr

shark

09-19-2013, 06:03 PM

Hula Hoops....

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3822/9827267684_45a2cbac8e_c.jpg

shark

09-19-2013, 06:06 PM

All of those tats, meh. But she's still pretty cute

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7459/9827309145_5e61a21a83_c.jpg

shark

09-19-2013, 06:07 PM

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7401/9827327164_dd71faafb6_c.jpg

shark

09-19-2013, 06:08 PM

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5325/9827512753_6666d6d66f_c.jpg

shark

09-19-2013, 06:09 PM

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3686/9827493953_b129a56406_c.jpg

shark

09-19-2013, 06:10 PM

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3728/9827385714_f0b8f04e74_c.jpg

OLS

09-20-2013, 10:31 AM

TWO can play at that game my man!
Of course you had the better light, so it will be no contest.

Karen Waldrup gettin wild. Everyone needs an ultrawide lens!

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7331/9836782033_c69ebb3dc2_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/65096778@N05/9836782033/)
Karen Waldrup (Midtown Violets), Memphis, TN (http://www.flickr.com/photos/65096778@N05/9836782033/) by Brad-(OLS) (http://www.flickr.com/people/65096778@N05/), on Flickr

OLS

09-26-2013, 11:00 AM

Shot this at a friend's CD Release party....this is one of her friends that
supported her as a backing musician as she played through the album
onstage for her party-goers. They really made her look great, and she
said it 'was the best night of her life'. Sweet girl, her pic next.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5325/9897416653_be979872fd_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/65096778@N05/9897416653/)
Jobu Babin - Nikon D90 - Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G (http://www.flickr.com/photos/65096778@N05/9897416653/) by Brad-(OLS) (http://www.flickr.com/people/65096778@N05/), on Flickr

shark

09-28-2013, 11:48 AM

Praying Mantis

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7434/9984812125_f19bd8a566_b.jpg

shark

09-28-2013, 11:54 AM

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3782/9984916975_e9f30dc49d_b.jpg

shark

09-28-2013, 12:09 PM

The fall colors are just beginning in some spots. I can't wait until they're at 100%...

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3821/9985116856_a1ec76ebde_b.jpg

shark

09-28-2013, 12:10 PM

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7432/9985052064_819c2d2f8f_b.jpg

shark

09-28-2013, 12:12 PM

I like the contrast between the sky, the leaves, and that sorta reddish roof.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5526/9985088635_648b6478ca_b.jpg

Porch Dweller

09-28-2013, 12:17 PM

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3338/3555077856_8f600690d9.jpg

Taken by my wife a few years ago in the Old Jameson's Distillery in Dublin.

emopunker2004

09-28-2013, 09:25 PM

All of those tats, meh. But she's still pretty cute

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7459/9827309145_5e61a21a83_c.jpg

I agree. Sometimes tats are hot ;)

OLS

09-29-2013, 07:44 PM

Praying Mantis

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7434/9984812125_f19bd8a566_b.jpg

HO-LEE Crap! This looks like a cartoon character. I wish there was a way to make money from those quippy sayings that people put on great pics. This one would be a big seller. Great photo, my man.

357

09-30-2013, 11:39 AM

Too true Brad. That mantis pic looks like she's winking after wooing her mate; who'll be decapitated by the end of it all.

s15driftking

09-30-2013, 02:39 PM

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=986&pictureid=8065

I spy an HK

OLS

09-30-2013, 05:35 PM

Man this was the coolest thing. I was shooting acts during the downtown Memphis Main St. Trolley Night, where
a lot of people congregate and watch acts perform in the area, ride the trolley free and see the area on foot and
hang out (and drink). Well this friend of mine was playing in front of a restaurant and this little girl became enamored
of him and kept giving him little tips in his case. he ended up making up a little song for her and singing it to her,
and I got this shot. Good Bokeh....but, the bokeh makes his face look like that kid in The Mask.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7343/9988112626_7f0a55cdd8_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/65096778@N05/9988112626/)
I Love You Julie (http://www.flickr.com/photos/65096778@N05/9988112626/) by Brad-(OLS) (http://www.flickr.com/people/65096778@N05/), on Flickr

shark

09-30-2013, 06:21 PM

Excellent shot, Brad.

shark

09-30-2013, 06:22 PM

Putting a design on a bowl:

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5534/10028953384_93de37b0d7_b.jpg

cjhalbrooks

09-30-2013, 06:52 PM

Pic taken by my mom

Steve

10-03-2013, 12:39 PM

http://oldchurchbbq.com/sharedpictures/Misc6/Undeveloped%20Country.jpeg

OLS

10-04-2013, 06:10 PM

Woke up early a few weeks ago and drove across the river, did a lil tresspassing and got this shot.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5539/10068678344_da5d01a606_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/65096778@N05/10068678344/)
Sunrise on the Mississippi (http://www.flickr.com/photos/65096778@N05/10068678344/) by Brad-(OLS) (http://www.flickr.com/people/65096778@N05/), on Flickr

Porch Dweller

10-04-2013, 06:45 PM

Great pic, Brad.

OLS

10-06-2013, 05:05 PM

This is a great pic with a lesson for ALL my pals....make sure to read the interstitial text between these two photos....

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7413/10126876006_752a80d2aa_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/65096778@N05/10126876006/)
JEN 2, and why you ALWAYS check your settings. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/65096778@N05/10126876006/) by Brad-(OLS) (http://www.flickr.com/people/65096778@N05/), on Flickr

Nikon D200, Nikkor 85mm f/2
This is why you ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS set up your camera before you shoot. If a fighter jet flies over and
you pop your camera on and up to shoot a quick shot, OK, do what you have to. But when you intend to fill your
memory card with 450 shots of the same thing, NEVER EVER leave your camera settings from the night before.
I was shooting a musician in a downstairs, dimly lit club in downtown Memphis, and had the ISO cranked to 1600,
which is EASILY twice what the D200 can handle without a lot of noise. But I had to do it or miss all the shots,
which i barely escaped with anyway. 10-20% success rate under those conditions. But I got ENOUGH to save it.
But then the next day, I was shooting in broad daylight, and I LEFT THE DAMN CAMERA set to 1600 ISO. I had a
super-choice Nikkor 85mm f/2 cranked onto it, which is a bokeh masterpiece, and delivers the sweetest portraits
you can imagine. Well, unless of course, you leave you camera crippled for the whole day. This is a great shot,
but look close.....just wrecked by noise. Of course, if you look TOO CLOSE, you won't CARE about the noise.

This next shot was the saving grace....I NEVER shoot anything good without a second camera.
I had a D90 with a 50mm 1.8 on it, and I shot a large pile of pics of this gorgeous lil monkey
with it, so while the best SHOTS are ruined by noise, the DAY was saved by the humble D90
and 50mm lens. See below. And see more of her here (https://www.facebook.com/art.photos.33)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7420/10111480093_17f23cbe4a_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/65096778@N05/10111480093/)
Jen (http://www.flickr.com/photos/65096778@N05/10111480093/) by Brad-(OLS) (http://www.flickr.com/people/65096778@N05/), on Flickr

shark

10-06-2013, 06:46 PM

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3805/10128679363_b5bf490868_b.jpg

shark

10-06-2013, 06:47 PM

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7305/10128525195_34296ab343_c.jpg

shark

10-06-2013, 06:49 PM

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7319/10128633226_03b91b4233_b.jpg

emopunker2004

10-06-2013, 07:25 PM

Brad D90>D200 for iq

357

10-07-2013, 09:08 AM

Love the fall colors in Michigan, Ron. Brad, that girl's not so tough on the eyes either. Good work capturing her.

OLS

10-07-2013, 03:50 PM

Brad D90>D200 for iq

YES, but short of carrying TWO D90s (which I can do, lol) you can't worry about IQ. Especially when
your D200 will mount any AI, AIS, AF, AF-D and AF-G lens in the bag, AND METER with them.
When I pull out a 1970s 85mm lens and start shooting away, the D200 has no reason to hang it's head in
shame, because the better images are coming from the D200 oftentimes. I just screwed up leaving my
ISO about pegged. MANYS the time I have come in here and told you and others about how I failed
to clear my head at the beginning of a shoot. HELL, my first 200 D90/50mm1.8 images were
WHITE, because I accidentally and inexplicably bump-moved the mode dial from A-priority to M and
wasn't checking in on the LCD often enough. Luckily her set was only half over, but I got some
STUNNING shots of this hot lil monkey and they were ALL blown out white. I finally chimped the pics
and saw what I had done and set everything up right. And I had lots of time to re-cap a lot of that
stuff. Sadly though, everything looked normal on the D200 LCD and I didn't see my huge error or even
think about it til I got home. I threw some Photoshop noise reduction on it, busted it with some curves,
and am not angry about it anymore. But I was furious Satuday night.

OLS

10-07-2013, 03:54 PM

Brad D90>D200 for iq

Above is the long answer. Short answer.....DUH. :D

hotreds

10-07-2013, 04:16 PM

Nice shooting everyone!

OLS

10-08-2013, 01:43 PM

Here is one of the shots I was set up for that caused me to have my camera all wacked out on High ISO settings the next day.
Not the camera's fault obviously, and hopefully I have learned my lesson. But this room was darker to me than it looks here.
And I threw a ton of 'curve' on this one to brighten it up, plus noise reduction, and it still sucks, outside of the fact that
there is no blur from slow shutter speeds which makes me happy. And even then this shot is only ISO 1000 on a camera that in
it's normal range will go to 1600. It sucks past 800, but that's another story. I still love the D200, but this is NOT the place for it.

This is HIS band...if you want to see him at his other job, check out this video on the yewtubes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eG85xxrk50)
he is soloing at about the 2:30 mark, gettin all kid guitar faced. He's a great kid with great skills.

Or about the 4:00 minute mark here: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-1ZeLJhFy4)

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3726/10156180643_d3e5a47157_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/65096778@N05/10156180643/)
Nick Black with the Big Band (http://www.flickr.com/photos/65096778@N05/10156180643/) by Brad-(OLS) (http://www.flickr.com/people/65096778@N05/), on Flickr

OLS

10-08-2013, 02:09 PM

Brad D90>D200 for iq

I wanted to add, Justin, that while you are RIGHT as rain, ironically in low light conditions, the D90
is ALMOST as bad as the D200. It starts getting REALLY squirrelly in High ISO situations, blasting
out color blooms and just pouring on the saturation. It seems to freak itself out. So in normal to lower
light conditions, it is fine, but you put it in a dim basement music stage sitcho, and neither camera is
really up to the task, if you intend to show your photos to anyone. The D90 looks a lot better at ISO1000
than the D200, but when it gets to 1600, it is beginning to come apart. Which in a way it should, that is
it's ceiling basically. But there is IQ and there is IQ. At 1250-1600, the D200 is still giving you the same
photo, just noisier. That is not the case with the D90. But now that I KNOW this, I can turn the color
settings to totally neutral next time I try to shoot D90 in low light.

emopunker2004

10-08-2013, 08:21 PM

i wanted to add, justin, that while you are right as rain, ironically in low light conditions, the d90
is almost as bad as the d200. It starts getting really squirrelly in high iso situations, blasting
out color blooms and just pouring on the saturation. It seems to freak itself out. So in normal to lower
light conditions, it is fine, but you put it in a dim basement music stage sitcho, and neither camera is
really up to the task, if you intend to show your photos to anyone. The d90 looks a lot better at iso1000
than the d200, but when it gets to 1600, it is beginning to come apart. Which in a way it should, that is
it's ceiling basically. But there is iq and there is iq. At 1250-1600, the d200 is still giving you the same
photo, just noisier. That is not the case with the d90. But now that i know this, i can turn the color
settings to totally neutral next time i try to shoot d90 in low light.

d700

OLS

10-09-2013, 07:35 AM

d700

Yeah, but I don't want to waste it, lol. It has 72,000 shots on it. I only pull it out when I know I have to have it. As you pointed out so well once, I could have three of em in the closet if I had only started there FIRST. BUT once I had finished shooting at that basement venue, I realized that THAT was one of the times I was saving the D700 for. I had never been to that venue before, my imagination was that of a reasonably well-lit irish pub. I got the last two words right.

shark

10-09-2013, 06:54 PM

The d700 is supposed to be good to 150,000

emopunker2004

10-09-2013, 09:20 PM

Well Brad, I am trading away the Canon 60D I have for a Canon G1X. It'll be a much better vacation camera for when I go to CA next yr. I still have my Elan 7N film SLR though :D

E.J.

10-10-2013, 12:05 AM

All you Nikon honks..... I'm still bouncing pulling the trigger on a 7D.... At this point, half wondering if I should wait for replacement. Not so much for improvement, but just the kick in the shorts at buying a second in 2 months....(assumption on time)

OLS

10-10-2013, 02:44 PM

Ron, I hear you on the fact that I am only halfway to death on that D700, but I am not in a hurry to spend
another 1200 bucks on a camera, so I only use it when I absolutely need it. What I DO need to do is start
CARRYING it to places where I am not familiar with the lighting just in case. In fact I was just telling someone
in New Orleans on Flickr that I am a fool if I don't take it this time, owing to the fact that I always shoot from
about 3am to sunrise in the French Quarter. I end up throwing away over half the shots cause they are bleary
and smeary. The D700 would tighten that up significantly. I never cared about losing so many shots, I shoot
many shots of the same thing by reflex and experience, but that's before I had my D700.