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Nov 10, 2022 09:10:11   #
Just Fred wrote:
What if you don't do Facebook?


Just look up Wall Printer in YouTube and you'll see dozens of videos like this one. Same type of product.

ML
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Oct 12, 2022 07:23:57   #
Racmanaz wrote:
https://m.dpreview.com/articles/0808364202/put-your-drone-to-work-how-to-make-money-and-what-you-need-to-know


Excellent article. Thanks for posting this.
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Sep 3, 2022 06:56:13   #
kymarto wrote:
People who stick to the old name brands are missing wonderful opportunities with new optics. Brands like TTArtisan, 7Artisans, Samyang, Meike, Viltrox, Irix, Youngno, and Laowa are pushing the bounds with their offerings, which are not often mechanically and optically excellent. For example the Yongnuo YN 85mm F1.8S DF DSM is ranked third highest of all lenses in the DXOmark database in optical quality, and it costs $345.

Laowa makes some unique super macro lenses, as well as the world's widest rectilinear lens (9mm). All excellent quality.

The 7Artisan 50mm f0.95 is for MFT, but TTArtisan makes a 50 0.95 for full frame, which is very good. I recently purchased a 7Artisan 10mm f2.8 fisheye lens for FF, which is amazing: optically superb, beautifull crafted, and around $300. Here is an example using HDR, shot in Budapest a few days ago. Extreme HDRs are one of the best ways to test the optical quality of a lens, in terms of contrast and transmission, and this lens come through with flying colors, also sharp corner to corner.
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Thank you for such an intelligent and informative reply. And that shot is stunning!

Marylea
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May 21, 2022 07:45:37   #
I'm pretty sure Shutterfly does this.
https://www.shutterfly.com/photo-gifts/coaster+photo--photo-coasters?icid=HD%7CSub%7CC1S2%7C042222%7CHomeAccents%7CPhotoCoasters
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May 18, 2022 06:03:46   #
Incredible!
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May 8, 2022 08:59:31   #
Nice!! My favorite woodpecker. They're just now coming back to our area after years of being very much absent.
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May 6, 2022 08:36:28   #
pecohen wrote:
My favorite, the original Topaz Studio, has unfortunately been abandoned by Topaz. The major structural difference with Studio 2 is that Studio 2 uses a filter paradigm whereas the original Studio, Studio 1, used a layer paradigm.

The layer paradigm allowed for image layers that are sometimes quite useful. Personal preference for the layer paradigm may come into it as well, but somehow I do find it easier to predict what a series of layers will produce. Although Studio 1 still works, it seems a bit slower than the now supported Studio and it produces a confusing warning about expired login information each time I open it.
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I'm totally with you pecohen! I love the original version and have loads of my own favorite presets built in that. I also get that annoying warning every time i open it, but i'm not going to quit using it. Hated Studio 2.

Marylea
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Mar 19, 2022 08:30:56   #
dennis2146 wrote:
Agreed. Sometimes just getting the person has to suffice.

Once while on a hunting safari in Zimbabwe I noticed a native woman sitting next to a campfire doing some kind of work. It was one of the most inviting photograph opportunities I think I have ever seen. I wanted that picture as is. While moving to her side to capture her in the fire light she saw me and started to move around. I tried in whatever language I could, sign, voice to have her remain as she was. The hunting guide was right there and he asked what I wanted her to do. After I explained and he explained to her in her native language, Ndebele, she happily sat back down and tried to appear as if she was working. I took a few shots but the magic was gone.

Dennis
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Agghh! Tough one. You really stood out in that environment where there isn't a lot of hustle and bustle going on, so she was bound to notice you. Same for me with my fisherman. While i did feel that the magic i'd first envisioned had been compromised, i still liked his jaunty posed version! Would love to see your shot of her.

Marylea
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Mar 19, 2022 08:25:44   #
PAR4DCR wrote:
Like you David, I engage the person in some conversation and try to put the person at ease. Don't approach someone that might be iffy, so to speak.
Both of the attached images were taken in the New Orleans French Quarter. In the first one, a down on his luck vet I gave him a few bucks. In the second I bought his dog some food.

Don


Love these, and the BW!

Marylea
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Mar 18, 2022 08:17:04   #
dennis2146 wrote:
I used to ask permission, never again. When you alert the person you want a photograph it changes the parameters. The person is no longer who you wanted a picture of. Now they are posing, being a model, on their best behavior rather than another person on the street you found interesting enough to photograph. Just my opinion.

Dennis


This is so true! When i asked my fisherman friend for a shot, he immediately started to pose. It was nothing like the shot i would have had if he were just fishing. But so it goes . . .
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Mar 18, 2022 07:30:25   #
daldds wrote:
There have been a lot of posts during the last couple days on street photography, so I decided to start a different thread about technique and shooting strangers. I’ve been doing it for about 15 years now, and I am completely comfortable with it, which is exactly the opposite of when I started.
If I see someone who looks interesting to me, for any reason…hair color, clothing, action, I never ever just start shooting. I do not want to grab a shot and run. I want to be able to “work the scene.“

I start a conversation with my camera over my shoulder, that conversation begins with something about the person. I engage the person so that he/she/they know that they are being heard. Only then do I express my interest in photographing them. Many times they will ask why I want to shoot them, and I answer with one of several stock replies: hobby (true), camera club (true), taking a photography course (sometimes true)…you get it.
None of the four images here is the first shot. Nor are any of them wall hangers. I just want to show that even in a city like New York, perfect strangers can we models.
Do I ever feel threatened? No, because I don’t wander around in areas that are threatening. Also, at nearly 87, I don’t think I look threatening either, nor did I when I was in my early 70s.
If any of you hogs would like to share your experiences on learning to be street photographers, and show some examples, feel free to put them in this thread.
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I would love to do more "on the street" portraiture, but just get antsy about asking and/or taking the shot. But yesterday i feel i got lucky with it. I was out at an offshoot of Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge and found this older gent fishing. He had quite the setup, with a wagon full of what he needed to sit for while. Like you suggested, we talked for a while, and then i kept walking. On my way back, he was still in his spot, but quickly started packing up. I ended up helping him load his gear back into his old pickup truck, and finally asked if i could take his picture. He immediately stood more erect, and tilted his hat. So i grabbed this shot, adding my own effects. Would love to be able to do more of this, but i guess i just get too shy about it.

Marylea


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Mar 12, 2022 07:43:43   #
Firstshot wrote:
Having trouble setting up back button focus. Also would like help setting up for bif. Purchased Alex Whites guide and only led to more confusion.


I stumbled upon this RX10IV user in a FB group, and really liked his settings for BIF. I've been using them with some luck. He likes to use JPEG, but you can easily change that to RAW if you like that better (i do).

https://psnp.info/psnp_/?p=1525

Here's a couple i've shot after programming his settings into MR mode.

Gene51 really is the expert though. Hopefully he'll chime in here also.

Marylea


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Dec 31, 2021 06:36:03   #
Fstop12 wrote:
What is the model of your drone?


I'd like to know that too . . .
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Oct 28, 2021 05:49:46   #
Love what you did with these!! I'll bet it was really exciting to see these come to life in BW! Bravo!!

ML
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Oct 12, 2021 05:38:14   #
Bluefish wrote:
Wow, superb.


Thank you!
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