Posts for: therwol
Apr 25, 2024 00:57:13 #
andesbill wrote:
I bet you can tell the difference in certain prints.
Sure, but I don't make prints large enough to see any difference from a normal viewing distance. I shoot a wall hanger on occasion, but the biggest prints of my photos in my house are 12x18.
Apr 25, 2024 00:55:13 #
JimmyMac1953 wrote:
My sister, wife, and I went to Gulf Shores Alabama for four days. We took along our Electric bikes and rode them every day in the park. We saw Gators on 3 of the 4 days.I did not count the babies in that count.
This is an amazing picture. I grew up on Mobile. I spent many, many days at Gulf Shores growing up. I never saw an alligator there. I did see a couple in the bay when we visited the Battleship Alabama. They were filming Under Siege on the ship when we visited. Some people came up to us and asked if we were with the film crew. (It should have been obvious that we weren't. We had kids with us.) My wife said, "Yes. I'm the alligator advisor."
Apr 25, 2024 00:51:55 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Yes, I know. Most screwdrivers are cordless, but ... (show quote)
I've used the same Black and Decker cordless screwdriver for about 30 years. The OEM batteries are not still available, but the ones I've bought most recently work fine. I see no reason at this point to buy another one.
Apr 24, 2024 17:25:11 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
When I'm shooting airshows or wildlife, those cameras with the 24ish megapixels show their limits. I may get reasonable 'online sizes' that fill a digital frame, but those crops wouldn't print to larger sizes.
Go for it. You only live once.
Apr 24, 2024 13:50:13 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Here's an update on Gabby cat, presented in a quic... (show quote)
I use my 20MP Canon G7X Mark II more than any other camera. 20MP and an outstanding lens is all I need most of the time. I use my Nikon D850 when I need to use a macro lens or a lens that goes beyond the range of the little camera. I also use it when I don't have a lens long enough for the situation. Cropping is a viable option. The small camera is convenient enough to take anywhere. The big camera is not. Can I see the difference in photos taken with the two cameras? Yes, but it is slight or difficult to discern on a computer screen and only becomes apparent on magnified or cropped images.
Apr 22, 2024 17:49:25 #
joecichjr wrote:
Landed ten feet away from me. Shot taken after it saw me and fertilized my lawn 💩💩💩
Trying to keep a list of birds I've captured this year. About twenty so far...
Hopefully I will start remembering names 😳😳😳
Trying to keep a list of birds I've captured this year. About twenty so far...
Hopefully I will start remembering names 😳😳😳
Google says Pine Warbler. It's interesting that your actual photo shows up in the search results.
Apr 22, 2024 09:27:36 #
DaveyDitzer wrote:
I shoot B/W film for archival purposes. I have 90 year old prints that are sharp and interesting from the perspective of seeing a different place in time. Hopefully my descendants will have this opportunity.
I'm pretty sure that when I'm gone, all of my archived film from the past will go to the dump. My descendants will probably not know what to do with it or have the means to do anything with it. I've scanned all of it. I'm trying to pick out some photos of the family that future generations might be interested in. "Might" is the key word. No one in my family at this point seems even remotely interested in any of my pictures taken before they were born. Perhaps your situation is different.
Apr 22, 2024 09:08:21 #
I don't care if anyone wants to use film. Whatever turns them on. It would just be a waste of my time and money for what I consider to be inferior results.
Apr 22, 2024 09:05:55 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
Apparently, The Far Side folks objected. Read what therwol and I wrote in this thread re our messages from Admin.
I was thinking about what happened with this even before you posted. I think that the owner of the copyright of The Far Side noticed that their cartoons were posted here without compensation and objected. Copyright owners expect to be paid when their content is distributed. You don't see blockbuster movies posted on the free version of YouTube. Disney in particular is said to monitor YouTube and have their content taken down when they see it. (I was surprised recently when I saw a full copy of Song of the South posted on YouTube. I'm not going to bother to check if it's still there.) How would any copyright owner know if their content is posted anywhere? Probably Google.
Apr 21, 2024 17:39:42 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
The only people shooting film in 2024 are fossils, the idle rich and hipsters from Brooklyn.
Which one are you?
Apr 21, 2024 15:41:42 #
User ID wrote:
Even for those who seldom, if ever, have any creat... (show quote)
I feel the same way. If film gave me better results than I get with digital, I might consider it. It doesn't. I took thousands of pictures on film before going digital. All of my negatives and slides have been scanned. I look at them, and although some are great pictures and most are pleasing, the end result of the process is inferior (to me) to what I get with digital.
Apr 20, 2024 15:15:02 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I won't be posting any more cartoons or comics. Since they are copyrighted, that could be a problem. Play it safe and don't post anything that might be copyrighted.
This is a message I got from Admin about a Far Side cartoon I posted in a thread a few months ago. The position of UHH on this is very clear. Debating this will get you nowhere.
"This is an automated notice.
Your post inside topic "The Far Side" was deleted.
Action comment: image copyright. repeated copyright infringements will lead to account suspension.
Deleted post:"
Apr 19, 2024 18:40:40 #
I think that the pinnacle of the recordings of The Allman Brothers was the Filmore East album. Earlier albums were recorded rather poorly. This one was not. Mountain Jam (From Eat a Peach) was not included in the vinyl album or in the first CD release. It was actually recorded at that concert. Filmore East was released on CD again with Mountain Jam included, and I think some other shorter recordings from the concert. I don't think that anyone could touch them at that point in their career. What followed was very sad.
Apr 19, 2024 14:06:30 #
Phil Singer wrote:
A master carpenter once told me: "no matter how many times and ways you cut a board, you can't make it larger".
The application to digital images should be obvious.
The application to digital images should be obvious.
Upscaling photos and video is not a new concept. Information is added to the original in some intelligent way. The results can be quite good. I have a large number of DVDs. With upscaling, they play with near HD quality, not quite, but an improvement over the original.
Apr 18, 2024 18:59:07 #
Vince68 wrote:
Forrest Richard "Dickie" Betts, one of t... (show quote)
He lived to 80 by not crashing a motorcycle. But seriously, when they were at there best, they were the best in their genre.