Heck of a telephoto: Shot this yesterday as part of my series "Traffic Along the Hudson River". This little tug is going into my chapter 'what's it'? I could make another book on the...

petercbrandt Loc: New York City, Manhattan

Shot this yesterday as part of my series "Traffic Along the Hudson River". This little tug is going into my chapter 'what's it'? I could make another book on the variety of tugs going along the river. All shot from my living room window to show you a nice zoom range. The land at the horizon is Edgewater NJ.

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manofhg Loc: Knoxville, TN

Very impressive. What is the zoom length?

bobmcculloch Loc: NYC, NY

Wow, BTW I've seen some unusual tugs when riding the ferry from Staten Island.

petercbrandt Loc: New York City, Manhattan

Agreed, i need to go there and find tug authorities to find out more info on the various models. I'm trying to keep my book 'Along the Hudson', though the harbor is part of the Hudson.

petercbrandt Loc: New York City, Manhattan

manofhg wrote:

Very impressive. What is the zoom length?

not sure I take the photos too quickly, though I could check the metadata. the camera shoots from 25mm to 1600mm, but 1000 to 1600 is interpolated.

spaceylb Loc: Long Beach, N.Y.

petercbrandt wrote:

Agreed, i need to go there and find tug authorities to find out more info on the various models. I'm trying to keep my book 'Along the Hudson', though the harbor is part of the Hudson.

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jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Impressive! What kind of camera?

pithydoug Loc: Catskill Mountains, NY

petercbrandt wrote:

Shot this yesterday as part of my series "Traffic Along the Hudson River". This little tug is going into my chapter 'what's it'? I could make another book on the variety of tugs going along the river. All shot from my living room window to show you a nice zoom range. The land at the horizon is Edgewater NJ.

Further north in the Kingston area the river is narrower so a big zoom is not needed unless you want to close in on the Captain's smile. I never go to shoot the "traffic" they just get in the way of my sunrises. This has ISO 1,200 as not much light and used shutter 1/160 with 24-105 at 50mm. Nothing spectacular just the last time i was there. Where I get enjoyment is shooting at night with multi-minutes shutter goijg under the bridge and only seeing the light trails of ships.

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petercbrandt Loc: New York City, Manhattan

pithydoug wrote:

Further north in the Kingston area the river is narrower so a big zoom is not needed unless you want to close in on the Captain's smile. I never go to shoot the "traffic" they just get in the way of my sunrises. This has ISO 1,200 as not much light and used shutter 1/160 with 24-105 at 50mm. Nothing spectacular just the last time i was there. Where I get enjoyment is shooting at night with multi-minutes shutter goijg under the bridge and only seeing the light trails of ships.

Very nice shot, like the light.. I'm in Woodstock NY on the weekends and do my shopping in Kingston every weekend. Your shot was just north of Kingston near the beach, am I right ?

petercbrandt Loc: New York City, Manhattan

jerryc41 wrote:

Impressive! What kind of camera?

The camera is a Leica V-lux 114, an all-in-one. Hope they are coming out with a new update soon.

bobmcculloch Loc: NYC, NY

Took the grandkids to Kingston Point Beach last summer, the ships come so close to shore that you have to get out of the water because of the undertows, should be a good spot to get photos, may try it myself this summer. Bob.

ScooterA13

Is your camera a full frame 42.4 mp mirrorless? I saw Gary Fong's photo of Hong Kong's Harbor from his vantage point somewhere at Sea coming in from a LONG distance away. He was using his Sony A7R ii, with a Zoom lens, can't remember what the specs were for the Zoon lens.

But OMG ... in this Tutorial he started enlarging and enlarging that photo and it was almost like you were flying over the water in a plane towards the coast.

When he had started, you couldn't even 'see' any buildings, just the landscape of mountains behind the coast. By the time he stopped enlarging that single photo, you could READ the Business Signs on the Buildings along the Harbor! That IS the Value of using a Full Frame 42.4 mp. camera!

You can crop forever it seems when using the 42.4 format, the photo stays in focus and is not blurry.
I saved up for two years and bought the Newer Sony A7R iii, with a Zeiss Batis lens. But, I drag around my little Sony A6000 frequently. It has a smaller zoom lens, but it takes excellent razor sharp mid to close range shots, even in Macro.

I used the Macro mode in our local C.S.I. Unit when I was working for the P.D., so yes, I was a 'professional photographer' after a fashion. Mind you they sent me to the Texas State Police ( Dept. Public Safety Academy) for Photography school.

Taught us to use the gray scale and light meters, and painting with light at night on Crime or Major Traffic Accidents with D.O.A.s involved (strictly training scenarios, no actual crimes or deaths).

Painting with LIGHT at night is a Marvel! You can keep the light off and then have someone LIGHT you up, turn off the light move to two or more positions and have them Light you up again. When the photo is finished you are in ALL THE PLACES at the same time in that single photo.

But then I returned to the Job here in town, and they handed me a Rapid Grayflex bellows ( '40's era ) camera. And was told, we don't have Light Meters, they are too expensive! I had to 'bite' my tongue to keep from asking (sarcastically) "why did you send me UP there in the first place, then?"

ScooterA13

On that Rapid Grayflex bellows camera, Think - Jimmy Olsen 'Scoop Photographer' for the Daily Planet Newspaper, and best friend of Clark Kent and Lois Lane!

petercbrandt Loc: New York City, Manhattan

Wow what a story. They couldn't swing for a meter? I stopped using a press 4x5 back in the mid 1960's.
My Nikon D700 is a ff, but only 16mp, I think? When doing a Job, one carries the weight of all that equipment. Today, retired I think of my work more as art.

petercbrandt Loc: New York City, Manhattan

ScooterA13 wrote:

Is your camera a full frame 42.4 mp mirrorless? I saw Gary Fong's photo of Hong Kong's Harbor from his vantage point somewhere at Sea coming in from a LONG distance away. He was using his Sony A7R ii, with a Zoom lens, can't remember what the specs were for the Zoon lens.

But OMG ... in this Tutorial he started enlarging and enlarging that photo and it was almost like you were flying over the water in a plane towards the coast.

When he had started, you couldn't even 'see' any buildings, just the landscape of mountains behind the coast. By the time he stopped enlarging that single photo, you could READ the Business Signs on the Buildings along the Harbor! That IS the Value of using a Full Frame 42.4 mp. camera!

You can crop forever it seems when using the 42.4 format, the photo stays in focus and is not blurry.
I saved up for two years and bought the Newer Sony A7R iii, with a Zeiss Batis lens. But, I drag around my little Sony A6000 frequently. It has a smaller zoom lens, but it takes excellent razor sharp mid to close range shots, even in Macro.

I used the Macro mode in our local C.S.I. Unit when I was working for the P.D., so yes, I was a 'professional photographer' after a fashion. Mind you they sent me to the Texas State Police ( Dept. Public Safety Academy) for Photography school.

Taught us to use the gray scale and light meters, and painting with light at night on Crime or Major Traffic Accidents with D.O.A.s involved (strictly training scenarios, no actual crimes or deaths).

Painting with LIGHT at night is a Marvel! You can keep the light off and then have someone LIGHT you up, turn off the light move to two or more positions and have them Light you up again. When the photo is finished you are in ALL THE PLACES at the same time in that single photo.

But then I returned to the Job here in town, and they handed me a Rapid Grayflex bellows ( '40's era ) camera. And was told, we don't have Light Meters, they are too expensive! I had to 'bite' my tongue to keep from asking (sarcastically) "why did you send me UP there in the first place, then?"

Is your camera a full frame 42.4 mp mirrorless? I... (show quote)

No, Leica V-Lux one inch sensor, 20mp sensor develops to a 57mb image.
Peter