Posts: htbrown | Ugly Hedgehog

How do you store your memory cards?

I carry my spares in an old film can. Like several others have said, I don't use cards as long-term storage.

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Mar 13, 2021 13:31:43 #

Ok guys, get to work!!!!!

I have a picture of a bridge in Brooklyn I'll sell you...

Mar 9, 2021 12:19:57 #

Ourspolair wrote:

This is a beautiful image. Great tonal range, excellent focus and composition, in short excellent capture and rendering. Thanks for sharing. You are going to have lots of fun with the new camera, but since there was no EXIF info, you have left us guessing on lens and camera...tease!

Thanks!

Canon 90D, 15-85 EFS lens, ISO100, f8, 1.3 sec.

Mar 8, 2021 21:13:14 #

Harry0 wrote:

BUT that is part of the joy of living in California!
Pretty much any time of the year ...
I can go and see the Big Trees
I can go to the beach
i can go to Joshua Tree
I can go to the desert
i can go to the snow
I can go to Vegas
I can go to Mexico
And when I'm done
I can go home.

I wasn't complaining. I like the fact that I can be in the snow when I want and never have to shovel it.

Mar 8, 2021 16:38:50 #

John from gpwmi wrote:

Very nice shot with the new camera, Bill.

Thanks.. but my name isn't Bill :-)

Mar 8, 2021 16:38:22 #

Silverrails wrote:

You must live in an acceptable Climate for Winter Photography, at 70 in Michigan I am not to motivated to go outdoors, that for the younger healthier Photographers. I am sure I have miss many spectacular Winter images, but those days are gone for me, SPRING, SUMMER, FALL is prime time for me.

This is true. It's a topic of conversation here if the overnight low drops below freezing. The last few years we aren't even getting the rain we should. Every few years we get a frosting of snow on the high peaks and it's a newsworthy event. Most winters, if I want to see snow I have to drive over a hundred miles.

(General Chit-Chat (non-photography talk))

Mar 8, 2021 16:09:10 #

Another Coincidence

bigalw wrote:

In the uk a dado is a rail that goes around the wall of a room to prevent damage from chair heads, grooves are generally parts of wooden joints

In Amurrica, a dado is a housing joint that goes across the grain, and a groove is a housing joint that goes with the grain, except when it's not a housing joint and just a decorative feature.

Mar 8, 2021 15:16:43 #

Between lockdowns, work, and assorted health issues, I haven't got out much with my camera since the fall. I got a new camera in December, which should have motivated me, but other than a lot of mediocre test shots, nada. Yesterday I got out to the park and found this tree consuming a serpentine boulder. I still have a lot to learn about my new camera, but I think my photographer's block may be breaking.

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(General Chit-Chat (non-photography talk))

Mar 8, 2021 15:00:52 #

Another Coincidence

jerryc41 wrote:

Coincidences amaze me, and here's another. br br ... (show quote)

Americans also distinguish between dados and grooves, but in English both are a housing joint.

Feb 17, 2021 18:54:16 #

Client wants the Outtakes

fotoman150 wrote:

For you pros, or anyone with an opinion. br br Oc... (show quote)

Are they buying pictures, or the skill of the photographer? I would suggest the latter. They are not paying for pictures they didn't get, they are paying for the pictures they did get, done with skill. It's a little like demanding a painter's rags because otherwise they'd be paying for paint they didn't get.

Dec 25, 2020 13:21:46 #

which is better? any thoughts?

The pool of light on the wall below the boy is slightly brighter than his face. In the color photo, this is not so noticeable, but in the B+W, it draws the eye away from the face. That seems like an easy correction in post, depending on your skills and philosophy.

(General Chit-Chat (non-photography talk))

Dec 20, 2020 21:02:52 #

Ten Things Most People can No Longer Do

I can do nine out of ten. My penmanship was always the despair of my teachers.

Dec 20, 2020 20:40:31 #

Star of Bethlehem

PhotoPhred wrote:

There has been lots of debate about this between astronomers an theologians. There apparently was something like this around that time, give or take a few years. Also we don't use the same calendar today. So, we will probably never know for sure. The star of Bethlehem was in the East, this one is in the Southwest sky. It should look pretty cool. Hoping for clear skies.

Great Conjunctions occur every 20 years. They don't appear in the same part of the sky each time. The last one, in 2000, was lost in the sun's glare. It is probable that some would appear in the eastern sky.

However, like every other star in the sky, the planets appear to wheel from east to west as the earth turns beneath them. Any star that appeared in the east would, later that night, appear directly overhead, and still later would appear in the west.

I suspect this comparison with the Star of Bethlehem is happening because this one is appearing near Christmas. The last one was in spring, IIRC, and the next one (in 2040) will not be in December.

Dec 6, 2020 13:21:36 #

Jupiter and Saturn

jerryc41 wrote:

<snip> Or, you can wait 800 years for them to get close again.

Great Conjunctions, as they are called, occur every 20 years. The last one, in 2000, was lost in the haze of the sun. The next will be in 2040, which might as well be 800 years for all the likelihood I'll be around to see it.

Nov 29, 2020 11:54:25 #

Actual Light on ccd

grahamfourth wrote:

Does using a full-frame f/1.4 lens on an apc camera provide any more light than using an f/1.8 lens specifically designed for an apc camera?

The f-number is a function of the lens: focal length divided by aperture. It is a universal measure of the light hitting the sensor. A given is the same no matter which lens you mount. By switching between FF and APSC, you're just swapping out the size of the sensor behind the lens.

The difference between a lens designed for a FF camera and one for APSC, is the FF lens has to be good (enough) across a larger area.