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Richard Butler, from The Psychedelic Furs, at a music and arts festival a couple of years ago
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Wifey had a Muay Thai private lesson today.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8531/8...6b9c51d9_b.jpg IMG_3483 by emopunker2004, on Flickr http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8404/8...5bd0cf41_b.jpg IMG_3516 by emopunker2004, on Flickr http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8266/8...dcac8660_b.jpg IMG_3524 by emopunker2004, on Flickr http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8534/8...f7e406a8_b.jpg IMG_3543 by emopunker2004, on Flickr http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8395/8...f128468b_b.jpg IMG_3583 by emopunker2004, on Flickr |
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She needs to keep that right arm down... :)
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We had a darkroom that could be used by anyone back at Seymour Johnson AFB. I had a
great time in that darkroom. I never processed any film, but I had a good time working over all of my old negatives that I gotten back with my lab film developing. Saw an enlarger at Goodwill last time I went. But that is one slope I will never slide down. On a related note, I am going to give my D100 to my best friend in New Orleans. Its a small price to pay for all the free lodging I get when I have time to go down there. A place to stay in that city is worth WAY more than I paid for that camera. And way more than I can ever give him. Gonna send down my $25 35-80mm lens, too. After that he is on his own. I hate that I have to go over so many issues and warnings on that camera with him, but Nikon Aquisition Syndrome requires a place to PUT all that crap, and it will be easy to see it go. I did not go to New Orleans this weekend, I want the area clear when I go down to make the shots better. A giant festival is no way to promote quality architectural shots. Missed some hot girls in little, tiny clothes I'm sure, but that can be found any weekend down there. So I am just going down next weekend. If the weather holds out, it should be nice. Stayed in Memphis this weekend, and got schooled again as usual. For some reason, I always forget to pay attention to something. This morning I had 150 shots in before I realized I needed to get out of spot metering. It all looks great through the lens, lol. http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/a...psf2f8f739.jpg http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps9cfaba26.jpg |
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Shitty iphone pic but got there early to get a great spot at this awesome show earlier this year
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Good friend trusted me to shoot a trash the dress session last year. Technically not the best but this is my favourite frame.
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Brad, I think most people scan their negatives to digital now.
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SLOW weekend for the old Photography Thread......
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That's the wife haha
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Wow, going old school. I used to love shooting Fuji 800. Fast, punchy colors.
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just ordered the Epson V600 instead. it was $100 cheaper and it'll do everything i need and more. :noon
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I was gonna just PM the boy, but is anyone else curious as to why ole' Shark won't get out and shoot his D100 and post
up some photos?? I am SO curious. I will grant you that I found it to be a bucking bronco and almost impossible to tame, and thus, hard to show my results in public, but come on Sharky-boy, let's see some pics. Your public is waiting. On a related note, I gave Shark a whole 24 hours to out-buy me, but I couldn't wait any longer. I have a history of making BAD $75 dollar camera buys, and also a history of not being able to resist them. I bought that Fujifilm S1500 that turned out to be the most sluggish camera I ever used. I gave it to the kid downstairs from me for $25. But Ado had a Nikon D50 with two defects, it had a tight power switch and a missing rubber flap that covers the I/O connectors for file transfer and TV plugging in. Let me say that the power switch IS TIGHT, and a nice black piece of gaffer's tape has covered the I/O area I never use since I use a card reader. That is by far and away the best $75 I ever spent on a camera. JUST PERFECT image quality (for my lenses) and it sits very nicely among my embarassingly, ever-growing collection of Nikon bodies. |
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Two bits of old gear today, the Nikon D50 I got so cheap, and for another $40, I picked up another Nikkor 70-210mm
lens for my sister. The lens has issues with the CPU, and it REALLY needs to be babied to get shots. It goes from smooth as silk in it's push/pull zoom action and perfect pics, to messed up, rough action that produces flashing and erratic numbers on the LCD status display and shoots either a all black or all whited out shot when it does so. When it starts that $hi+, I jerk off the zoom a bit and it smooths out and takes great pics again. It has fine optics and makes the D50 look like a great camera...For the life of me I cannot figure out how it messes up it's action. The CPU issues I can see. http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/...ps074f1d8b.jpg http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/...ps4f54bdd0.jpg This last shot is properly metered, but as the guy was smoking down the street, I couldn't exactly set in any exposure compensation to overcome the camera seeing his headlights and the dappled late afternoon sun. I just liked the pic. The camera perfectly stopped his motion while still giving a dynamic feel to the shot. Yes the rider is dark, but I explained that earlier. I had to just shoot it or miss it. http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/...ps2c3e2fdb.jpg And again, these are just walking around lens and body test shots, but so far, this body and lens have produced the best test pics I have taken since I began this odyssey. |
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I shot some flowers this morning, among other things, while the wife was at the doctor. Ill mess with and post them later
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Ok here we go. First the theme pictures for the week..
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8112/8...751a1301_b.jpg IMG_4202 by emopunker2004, on Flickr http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8120/8...d5fe00cc_b.jpg IMG_4213 by emopunker2004, on Flickr http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8104/8...9f03b5c7_b.jpg IMG_4214 by emopunker2004, on Flickr http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8111/8...60207bac_b.jpg IMG_4217 by emopunker2004, on Flickr |
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And now other shots from today...
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8099/8...b4918eea_b.jpg IMG_4229 by emopunker2004, on Flickr http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8115/8...9113ca5f_b.jpg IMG_4225 by emopunker2004, on Flickr http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8256/8...62283711_b.jpg IMG_4197 by emopunker2004, on Flickr http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8247/8...43f6f53c_b.jpg IMG_4195 by emopunker2004, on Flickr |
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I like weed eater man.
Flower assignment pics....pretty crappy in terms of composition and depth of field, but I was testing my sister's new lens and was not thinking about any of that much. Excuses, excuses, I know. Will keep going out with it until I figure out if I can fix the CPU issue or not. http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/...ps709d4b30.jpg http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/...psde911090.jpg I MISS BEES! |
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My Canon Élan 7N 35mm SLR has arrived.
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Here she is. Looks like she's in 98-99% condition. Now I need to get some CR123a batteries. :D
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Wow, in a strange way I am jealous. I like new cameras, and by new, of course, I mean used to hell and back,
and cheap besides. But there is no way I would want to mess with film again. I suck bad enough with digital cameras. Sharkie, baby, I forgot about the beer bottle, I had assumed that was a new shot. But you had posted so many vacation pics from years past, I thought that you had not posted new stuff yet. One thing I like most of all in the pic spectrum, its animals. Thanks for posting them. |
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The macaque monkeys and lions were behind glass barriers, in open air pens. Of course the glass was kinda greenish so getting the colors right was a PITA. I was startled that the ostrich and monkeys turned out so well. The ostrich was walking around below me, so I was waving my hand above my head, and it kept peeking up to see what it was...
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At an urgent care to see if my wife needs a couple stitches on her chin. Surf board caught her there. Friend from work was trying to teach her. Surf was too rough for them to stand. She got some good paddle practice in though. Shot some on the 60d and the waterproof Olympus AND put a 24 shot roll of Tmax 400 through the 35mm |
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Well no stitches. Just some surgical glue, butterfly bandage and a tetanus shot.
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yeah, I realized after I wrote that that it was 7 days ago you said they were sending a replacement.
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BAM! Stole another one!.....
Even though I have had no less than five DSLRs run through my fingers of late, I still want more. So I DO TROLL the used rack daily at Ado. And the other day I saw a Nikon D200, This one was $200, but the flaw was a "tight rear command dial" I thought, cha-ching, I can live with that, and quickly ordered it, not wanting to get skunked again like when I missed the $150 D200 while I was reading freaking reviews to see if it was worth it. Someone else snagged that one. But last night I panicked.....the rear command dial is how you set EVERYTHING. And if it was as tight as the on/off sw on my 'new' D50, I was doomed. SO as I had not gotten a shipping confirmation yet, I said, "excellent, there's still time" and emailed a cancellation request. This morning the CS person said, "I'm sorry, that item has shipped." I thought, yeah sure, that's why I have no shipping confirmation. But I thought, maybe it wsa an oversight. But today came in. Anyway, I get the camera to my desk and unpack it, and it is still in a box. I know some photogs keep all the packaging pristine, so when they can sell their used up junk, they put it all back in the box with all the plastic bags and stuff and line it all up just so, and they get more money for it since it looks new. So this camera is still 100% complete, and I mean 100% complete. So I go RIGHT FOR that command dial, spin it, and it's just a hair tight, barely noticable. Well the other thing they said was that the rubber grips were peeling. ONE was. On a magnesium alloy heavy body, the grips from Nikon don't stick well, and a good hot day is all it takes to start it sliding off. So I got some automotive trim adhesive at O'Reilly at lunch and this camera is now THE freaking BOMB!!! Heavy, expensive, BLAZING FAST and a freaking masterpiece. And all that for $2-300 off the going rate, and some $1000-$1200 off the new rate 5 years ago (i guess). |
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I like this Nikon D200 a lot. In fact I have told my sister she can trade in her D70 for what's
behind the curtain, or what's in the box Janice is holding. She can keep the D70, or trade it back in to me for a Nikon D50 that I stole from Ado, or trade it for a Nikon D90 that I stole yesterday for a song, but that will NOT auto focus, lol. What a choice. They're all good choices, but they all come with their own hazards. She can stay with what she knows in the D70, but I don't think she has been shooting it much. I can't STOP shooting these cameras, she seems not to have really started. She can take a tiny bump up in LCD size and a better Image Quality, or a huge jump up in LCD, video and live view, but no AF. Tough choice indeed. I checked the shutter on the D200 today also, and STOLE IT seems somewhat tempered by the relatively high count of 18,200. But I give the previous owner credit, they used it, but didn't abuse it much. It is cleaner'n Skeeter's peter. |
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Brad. Shutter life on a d200 is 100k actuations so I'd say you still stole it
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But you have to understand the perspective....I have gotten 'lucky' so far, so very lucky.
My D70 has 1008, my sisters, about 2400. Now as you know, that doesn't mean "LUCKY". in fact it could mean TAINTED. As in 'never was worth a $hi+ and was passed around from sucker to sucker. I had no baseline on IQ, and hell, IQ was never something people attributed glowingly to the D70. SO what did I know? I have had a real knack for getting low Shutter counts on these items so far. But after holding it, shooting with it, looking at the pics, I am quite happy with it [and wish I had gotten it for $75]. :D I decided a month ago that I did not intend to go full frame, unless I retire and decide that the PITA that is wedding photography was something I wanted to do, and even then, I am not sure I would necessarily go Full Frame. My lenses are all used, and outside of the cheap 50mm I got and the 35mm DX 1.8, I don't think I spent over $100 on anything I have. I figured why tempt fate with FF, seeing what the outer edges of my image circle have in store? I do not want to necessarily go into a collection of outstanding lenses, so to go to a D700 would be a 'loose board at the top of the stairs' for me. YES I want it, I held it and shot it and knew I WANTED IT. But even for a beat up model, it was still $1200. And boy did you ever say it right. Had I not bought ANY of my $75-150 cameras, I would have enough for that D700 today. I did not want you to be right, I have had a BALL buying and shooting and passing on all these cameras. But knowing all I do now, MAN would I love to have every cent back. I would still SPEND IT ALL, but I would spend it much differently. The only thing that remains really good is that there are three very happy people now with DSLRs and I still like that better than ONE happy dude. |
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OK here are my pix from yesterday with 60D and the Olympus
FROM THE OLYMPUS http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8124/8...d509013c_b.jpg P4170013 by emopunker2004, on Flickr http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8116/8...25ff9f2e_b.jpg P4170021 by emopunker2004, on Flickr http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8115/8...e48efc12_b.jpg P4170018 by emopunker2004, on Flickr http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8112/8...f5d7dd8b_b.jpg P4170016 by emopunker2004, on Flickr http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8101/8...e3baa16d_b.jpg P4170007 by emopunker2004, on Flickr |
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MORE FROM THE OLYMPUS
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8121/8...49c1df44_b.jpg P4170005 by emopunker2004, on Flickr http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8108/8...d251bdb6_b.jpg P4170004 by emopunker2004, on Flickr http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8103/8...55794fe4_b.jpg P4170001 by emopunker2004, on Flickr |
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OK THESE ARE FROM THE 60D
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http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8123/8...398f9034_b.jpg IMG_4271 by emopunker2004, on Flickr http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8108/8...f69c4cf3_b.jpg IMG_4269 by emopunker2004, on Flickr http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8100/8...6493b0fd_b.jpg IMG_4264 by emopunker2004, on Flickr http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8113/8...d1be12f8_b.jpg IMG_4263 by emopunker2004, on Flickr http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8112/8...29f86d40_b.jpg IMG_4255 by emopunker2004, on Flickr |
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AND MORE
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8106/8...6e7349b9_b.jpg IMG_4247 by emopunker2004, on Flickr http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8125/8...39aa30f8_b.jpg IMG_4245 by emopunker2004, on Flickr http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8110/8...32dee375_b.jpg IMG_4244 by emopunker2004, on Flickr http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8107/8...2d063deb_b.jpg IMG_4242 by emopunker2004, on Flickr http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8100/8...29b17f40_b.jpg IMG_4241 by emopunker2004, on Flickr |
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LAST GROUP
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I like the Silhouettes and the last gull the best, the one with the reflective surf line, and also the gull with the
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it was really BRUTAL in the beginning. The sun was so bright and the water glare was insane.
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