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Apr 30, 2018 01:15:56   #
I liked #3. There's a definite story, that I'd guess we all read differently. It's out there. Shrouded in fog. Looks like a meandering road starting from the left, maybe going there or just going that way.
#2 is too cropped. Parts of this here, parts there. Makes me interested in the picture that's not there.
#1 is "busy". I'd crop #2 off and make that a picture on it's own. Then make another- keep #2 in there and crop a little off the right, and make the foggy distance going towards the light the subject.


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Apr 30, 2018 00:45:13   #
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Now, back to the OP. No. You can't get the electronics to match. Electronic aperture control between makes and models doesn't exist. You may get smoke. Do it full manual- maybe an extra external light meter would help.
In the meantime, speaking of which, I just got my new adapter all the way from the Ukraine. I'm trying out my Zeiss Pentacon6 80mm lens on me Nikon. So far, f5.6 looks wunderbar.
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Apr 30, 2018 00:16:47   #
Rolk wrote:
Thanks Harry...got what you're saying, and truly appreciate!

I don't want to buy another computer, either. That's why I boot this Mac beast in Yose, ElCap, or Win10 as wanted. I tried Sierra- and yeah, some things seemed snappy, some just slogged. Yose runs well for me. For less than the price of one lens I have a new enough computer.
Ram was the biggest issue. You have a swap file, scratch file, programs, data, add ins all on one hard disk- and not enough ram, so your system creates itself a reversed ram disk. Wait wait wait. Chug chug grind goes the hard drive. I just checked ebay- 4 more gb for $10, 16 more for $20- and if you still have 4 slots open you won't have extras left over. (https://tinyurl.com/y8t7wjw4)
Some newer programs just didn't like thee olde video card. Including the new Mozilla. I'd get the "curtain" effect, also- a half a picture- wait- then the bottom half. Every . Large . Picture. And I think that "M" designation means "MMM manother $100 meow!" I've got an OK 4gb PC video card- half the price of the same Mac one. There's only two issues: I don't get the Apple boot screen- just a gray flash- then the mountain. And Yose didn't have a mention of the new fangled video stranger in it's install plist, so if I'm installing from a nuke-n-pave, I put the old card in, install the OS, then unplug and exchange the cards when done and before any other applications get loaded. Just the video card made a biiig difference in Elements, on both PC and Mac sides.
Been there. Boot, run Nikon programs, fix pictures, save files, reboot. Run NIK, molest settings, save files, reboot. Run Adobe programs, adjust pictures, save files again, reboot. Program #4? Or something else? Bleh!
Then I bought a 2tb HDD for @ $50- got real tired of burning directories of pictures to DVDs, then deleting them because AGAIN I got real snap happy at one more wedding/ reception/ dinner event. There just wasn't room anymore. OS and programs on the old, *everything* else worth keeping on the new. Made an obvious difference. (https://tinyurl.com/y8dhh8co)
So new programs and OS get bigger and better and need waay more room. And processing power (ebay, 2xX5450, $50, https://tinyurl.com/ycc58qy3). In the olde days, 50 pics with a 6mp camera, storage wasn't that big an issue. Now you have 500 pics from a 35mp, shooting raw + jpg, all before lunch. And you need to keep a copy of ALL iterations. Times Have Changed since PS3. For less than the price of one lens I have a new enough computer. Nikon, NIK and Adobe are happy. Wife i$ happy. I am happy.
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Apr 29, 2018 21:39:30   #
lonewolf456 wrote:
I have a Canon T4i with just one lens, an 18-135, so don't know what other lens, lenses this amateur needs. Being an avid sailor, I would definitely keep the Catalina 470. That to me, is the best of both worlds.

I would WAG and say that what you have will do at least 95% of what you want to do. Or for any of us too. MAYbe if you wanted to check the fuzz on a bee's toes you'd want better macro ability. MAYbe if you wanted yo take a snap of lions hunting you'd desire a longer reach. I have a basic 18-105 almost glued to my Nikon. Anywhere from down the block to across the couch- I'm in. I have a few others, but this one is always on. The OP probably has a specific reason for each of those lenses. I have major lust for the 2 biggies- but no reason to get them.
So, what do you want to do? Close up shots of the mites on a barnacle's gills? Or the topless sailorette 2 miles away? The better you can define the problem, the better you can define the solution.
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Apr 28, 2018 21:39:54   #
ballsafire wrote:
I resent your attitude using the phrase "cheap bastard" -- that makes you an extravagent "son of a bitch" who knows little about money and it's history. It is this attitude that sets up the public to get gouged by unscrupalas predators.

I resent your resentment! I am well known as being proud to be both a cheap bastard and a son of a bitch, with great dependencies on who is speaking and what they think I did/didn't. My present wife wants to pre buy my headstone- it'll say: "It Was A Good Deal!" THAT said:
There's other issues here. Like buying CPUs for a computer: AMD's version of an equivalent Intel chip maybe $400 cheaper- but add $200 to the AMD equiv and you'll be ahead. I'm replacing my incandescents and fluorescents with LEDs as they go out. I'm not replacing 60s with 60 equivalents, I get 80s and 100s. More better light and still saving money.
So, $1000 *extra*? Take $300 from that budget- you can get a really good Sigma for that. Or maybe a slightly used Nikon lens- maybe Nikon or KEH refurbed and warrantied? Does it bother you to do without? Can you hit ebay and buy the $50 POS Tamron in that range? Use it for now, and see if that is the range you really want.
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Apr 28, 2018 20:59:09   #
JohnFrim wrote:
Whoooaahh, Harry! You know that you are not permitted to criticize the attributes of the model!!! Are you perhaps bragging?

Or maybe I was commenting of the use of ambient temperature to reduce an other wise distraction on the curves and poses and positions of the model. Maybe the OP wanted the actual physicality and attitude of the model to shine thru without being overly obvious. The OP seemed to be very good at using light, shadows, emotive positions, a bland background- and temperature- to showcase his interpretation of his vision.
Just sayin.
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Apr 28, 2018 20:47:13   #
drainbamage wrote:
Slightly inebriated? Bill Cosby used Quaaludes to drug women. He admitted it in his depositions. They became paralyzed, and some of them, who didn't become unconscious, were fully aware of what was going on as they were being molested and raped, but could not move to defend themselves or run away. That's pretty sadistic. Quaaludes were once legal, but are not any more: https://qz.com/446972/what-are-quaaludes-where-did-bill-cosby-get-them-and-why-arent-they-legal-anymore/

Still, years-decades- have passed, and not one said anything until it was popular. 50+ women, and no witnesses. This IS LA, and a lot of would-be actors "know" who to sleep with and what to do to get ahead. (pun!) And then it somehow gets around. Still, 30 to 80 other gossipy witnesses at an event- and it just slipped by? Over 50 times? I am major cynical.
Again, this is a part of ongoing parallel conversations, and study references. F'rinstance: I get ready for a major social event on Saturday by getting my $10 haircut on Thursday whilst I drop off my jacket for pressing; and maybe a small meal Saturday afternoon to last me 'til dawn. Designated arm candy hasn't eaten since Tuesday. We each have 2 drinks, my digestion settles and she is Snockered. She hangs on my arm, sucks on my face, and leads me to a quiet corner. Is this still consensual?
Quaaludes were kinda unpredictable, also. 40 years ago I could take one or two with a glass or 2 of rum- and have a nice warm glow. My girl had cramps, she had 1/2 a Lude and a beer- and drifted thru the party like a spinning top in a pinball machine. She could have been consensual and not known it.
High school and college, 50 to 60 years ago. A bottle of Sloe gin and a joint or 2 would help enable a girl to get to do what she really came to do. Sometimes I turned it down if she's too sloppy and sleepy. And for some of those, her BFFs would come up and tell me that if I had tried a little harder I could have gotten a little more. Sorry, I ain't no necro.
I believe there was waay more consenuality on the female's part. Just sayin.
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Apr 28, 2018 02:13:45   #
Well, I've seen a few. From the fat puffy with all the bits inside, to the purple softball glove. Some are short front to back, some are loooong. But one caveat- I believe these women are representative of those who think that they are pretty down there. And yes many women have no idea what they look like. For those who do, most times it was one or two quick glimpses from squatting over a mirror. Maybe this series will take some of the taboo aspects out.
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Apr 28, 2018 01:32:41   #
Good work. But how cold was the venue?
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Apr 28, 2018 01:08:34   #
The folk that I know that would like a df kind of camera are looking for old school simplicity, utility and sturdy. Ness. They get tired of endless menus to change a setting. They'd really like, and say they would buy, the df2. Get rid of all the bozo modes (Party, Baby, Food, etc). Install the d610 sensor and system. 2 dials on top- PASM and Shutter. I should be able to adjust my focus and aperture from the lens any time. Simple and reliable. And it looks like a Nikon.
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Apr 27, 2018 23:56:36   #
EdJ0307 wrote:
Maybe they should revisit that Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill controversy.

Oh yeah. Me too, also. She should be taken out back and spanked- with the big rod.
A black man hands her a can of soda. There's a short curly hair on it. She gets hysterical because she truly believes he put pubic hair on that can in order to seduce her. WTF ?!?! Did she ever think it could have fallen off his head? Maybe his arm? NO! She's dyed and straightened and molested her own hair so much for so long she didn't recognize it. And then the early "me-too" roots started growing. "Just because it wasn't true doesn't mean she's not experiencing victim hood- and we should respect that!" Umm, no, I don't. The one I really liked "Just because the symptoms are psychosomatic doesn't mean they're not real!" Nothing Thorazine can't handle.
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Apr 27, 2018 23:35:51   #
I bought a camera that had Lightroom bundled- I didn't buy that, either. Kinda. I like Elements better .
I've bought, sold and traded computers with pre installed commercial software, that I may have used.
There are also myriads of idiots out there who upgraded, then give/sell their old software discs away.
There are folk like me who have single licensed software on more than one computer- nobody else uses these, and one copy isn't always recognized by the mothership.
Stuff Occurs
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Apr 27, 2018 23:19:57   #
Also because of the tendency of many people to "leave their mark". Pr like the "Disrespecting a national treasure" post. We did the Petrified Forest bit, and some aholes had written their names on the walls of ruins, and some petroglyphs. There was a famous rock arch that was a photog meme until a couple of punks dismantled it.
Is there a cultish belief system, like ISIS, that entitles people to destroy? Or just poor parenting that makes these folk damage things because they're fowl feces based attention whores?
I'd believe the photog had a mix of motives: protecting his own discoveries for his sole profit, and protecting the location from aholes. Or even telling is not to bother trying to duplicate his work- go thou forth and make your own.
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Apr 27, 2018 22:57:19   #
JohnFrim wrote:
The theme is bondage, and I am sure there are other "pieces of kit" that would be more appropriate to the theme of the photo.

I saw this, and thought the theme was "censorship". Does she have a nice face if she can;t talk? Does she have nice breasts without nipples? Is she more of an object of desire when she is more of an object?
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Apr 27, 2018 22:22:06   #
Check ebay: Maxpedition Jumbo S-Type
Or maybe not- I'm bidding, too!
But check ebay for the "Maxpedition" search.
D'oh! check ebay for "camera model" case. Most "leather" is "pleather", tho.
I had also seen silicone camera body covers.
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