Posts for: TheDoctor
Jun 1, 2015 11:13:27 #
mariak wrote:
Does anyone know why a printer would have a limit on the length of paper you can use? I can understand the width limit because the printer is only so wide but why such small limits on the length of prints. I can go 13 x 20 but not 12 x 60 inches. Anyone know why or how to over ride the limitation.
thank you,
mariak
thank you,
mariak
I've heard the print head overheating could be one rationale for limiting paper "length".
Apr 4, 2015 09:13:31 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I've read lots of articles about celestial photography, but I'm wondering what lenses you people have found to be good for time lapse and long exposure shots of the stars and night sky. I know wide angle lenses with large apertures are preferred, but how about specifics of lenses that work and don't work?
Hi, I've had good results with Nikon 10.5DX fisheye; captures a wide swath of sky which is nice to show the Milky Way. Wide enough so you can compose to include some foreground elements if desired. Also like my nifty fifty for constellation shots. I usually try to stay with primes for night sky shots. The wider the lens--the longer the exposure you can use without stars "elongating" or trailing. I shot, I dunno, 600-700 some odd frames with the fisheye back in January on Spruce Knob in West By-God Virginia. 25-sec exposures at 30-sec intervals, then stitched together using StarTrails. Check it out here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jE-Ip-VcEU&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Mar 31, 2015 14:52:53 #
desertartist wrote:
When people tell me I have a good eye, I usually reply, "I should. I paid enough for it!" (I have an artificial eye.)
So, how many elements? ED glass?
Mar 29, 2015 13:12:02 #
Mudshark wrote:
my memory fails at the moment
old age
but the type of transparency used for large advertising displays
i.e. like in a department store
they are not "super expensive" to have made. I would think you could take one of or many of your photographs and actually make them into a lampshade
Love the lamp...
Love the lamp...
Maybe have prints laminated then wrap around a white shade for backlighting. You would want the paper used for printing to be logo-free on the back.
Mar 29, 2015 13:07:59 #
That is a very cool idea; even better end result.
Obviously no outside inspiration seems to be needed but for what it's worth for a shade idea: how about a small version of studio umbrella-style reflector.
Obviously no outside inspiration seems to be needed but for what it's worth for a shade idea: how about a small version of studio umbrella-style reflector.
Mar 27, 2015 09:25:49 #
Just one of the many ways to avoid condensation when shooting in humid environments.
Mar 21, 2015 16:02:55 #
Mar 21, 2015 08:55:24 #
Mar 21, 2015 08:40:22 #
Rain drops and dew drops on the leaves of my Bleeding Hearts. Sounds like it could be a line from a country song, "All she left was dew drops on the leaves of my bleeding heart..."
Anyway, pretty neat how drops behave differently on different types of plant leaves. Nothing else in my garden gets the leaf-tip dew drops like the Bleeding Hearts. Cool interplay of surface texture and surface tension.
Anyway, pretty neat how drops behave differently on different types of plant leaves. Nothing else in my garden gets the leaf-tip dew drops like the Bleeding Hearts. Cool interplay of surface texture and surface tension.
Mar 20, 2015 14:06:06 #
One of my photos entered in a show this weekend in Vienna, (not the one in Austria; the one in Virginia)
Mar 20, 2015 12:18:07 #
Shooting while looking "out" through a hotel window generally won't get you in trouble...shooting while looking "in" a hotel window...well just be careful, wear dark colors and try to blend into the background.
Mar 17, 2015 09:52:39 #
Anvil wrote:
Perhaps you are thinking back to that episode of "WKRP in Cincinnati?"
If I recall, Les reported that , "the turkey's hit the ground like sacks of wet cement"
Mar 8, 2015 11:04:48 #
OK, that's what caught my eye too.
Cool, so I'm not the only one with that impression.
Cool, so I'm not the only one with that impression.
Mar 6, 2015 17:58:52 #
Was in Vegas last July for business, (no really, business) Took some early morning walk about shots in and around the Venetian.
Wasn't until several months later, scrolling through reviewing and spot-checking backups, that I noticed a thumbnail that caught my eye. The sheets of water flowing from the fountain had created some cool abstracts.
Gave me a Rorschach moment. Tell me, what do you see?
BTW, Pareidolia is the psychological phenomenon involving seeing images in vague or otherwise random stimulus. Man in the moon is a common example, seeing faces in clouds; also can involve sounds. e.g., Beatles, Hendrix,
Wasn't until several months later, scrolling through reviewing and spot-checking backups, that I noticed a thumbnail that caught my eye. The sheets of water flowing from the fountain had created some cool abstracts.
Gave me a Rorschach moment. Tell me, what do you see?
BTW, Pareidolia is the psychological phenomenon involving seeing images in vague or otherwise random stimulus. Man in the moon is a common example, seeing faces in clouds; also can involve sounds. e.g., Beatles, Hendrix,
Feb 25, 2015 12:35:18 #