Posts for: cytafex
Oct 28, 2017 11:15:33 #
Raider Fan wrote:
I have not seen very much anger at Adobe for pulli... (show quote)
Renting software is great for the bottom line of Adobe but I don't want to support it. I see the direction things are going and the Cloud is not my cup of tea! I recently downloaded a free trial of Luminar Neptune and will see how things go. I have CS6 Suite and mostly use Photoshop with no plans as yet go the subscription route unless I'm forced to. I've been using Photoshop since version 2, and every time a worthy competitor came along Adobe bought the company and where much of their ideas came from and eliminated the competition.
Oct 26, 2017 08:53:30 #
I've been numerous times in November and on the plus side it's not so busy but it can get quite cold at night. Chances for precipitation is on the low side with highs in the 50's. In my opinion a great time to go!
Oct 26, 2017 08:45:13 #
Recently purchased a refurbished Nikon D810 from Adorama. The shutter had over 50,000 clicks, but the deal breaker was more noise at higher ISO's than a D800E and I sent it back. As they didn't have any more refurbished bodies they refunded my money. So much for thinking refurbished have been gone over with a fine tooth comb. I ended up buying a body on eBay with 391 clicks but the grid in viewfinder needed to be fixed and sent it to Nikon and all is good and for less than the refurb, but took a while.
Oct 26, 2017 08:06:22 #
Charlie157 wrote:
Thanks for sharing yourself with us. Your photos are beautiful. Sounds like you have a very interesting life. You have followed your road and was able to see what was there. From one cancer patient to another, good luck and prayers for you.
Sorry to hear Charlie, being a member of the club sucks and thanks for your prayers and thoughts. May you find the path to health, it is I believe the most valuable thing we may have, without it, difficult to enjoy anything. I hope the best is yet to come for all of us. When I came back from this trip I didn't think that much about this image but looking 20 plus years later I think it's pretty good, along the White Rim Trail at Monument Canyon in Canyonlands NP.
Oct 25, 2017 19:37:28 #
PAR4DCR wrote:
Welcome to UHH Larry, glad you joined us. That is quite a life story you shared with us. Enjoyed every sentence until the cancer part came up. Wishing you all the best. I am sure with the courage you shared with us in your life's story you will have cancer on the run again!! Wishing you all the best my friend. Please share more of your great images.
Have fun, learn and enjoy the forum.
Don
Have fun, learn and enjoy the forum.
Don
Thanks Don, At some point I thought even the darkest cloud has a silver lining, the trick is to see it! After I was diagnosed I realized I have been very fortunate in experience and much to be thankful for. There are some who haven't lived yet and are gone and I'm still here and it's not what I've lost or don't have but what I have that matters. I'm rich, I just don't have much cash! Image from my 5x7 days from Canyonlands NP at Grand View Point at sunset from a trip in 1992.
Oct 25, 2017 17:08:00 #
Try that with a digital camera and see what you get!
Oct 25, 2017 17:05:21 #
Fotoartist wrote:
Nice! How long was this exposure?
Thanks, a bit over 8 hours. I was camped at Potato Bottom along the green River in Canyonlands NP on New Years Eve in 1989 and had a bit of a party for myself and got into some mescal in a big way. Woke up in the morning and relieved that my camera was shut down and besides me in the tent!
Oct 25, 2017 16:42:30 #
RichieC wrote:
Not just an AF deal... my prime Zeiss Milvus and D... (show quote)
Many times I'm make these images wide open and the idea is to have the stars in sharp focus. If not set on infinity, won't be in sharp focus, how can I be doing it wrong? I do expect lenses focused on infinity mark to have sharp focus on stars, and it would be nice if the lens hard stop was at infinity is what I'm getting at. Always worked in the past with manual focus lenses.
Oct 25, 2017 16:31:29 #
Thanks for the warm welcome! My last trip in the Canyon I didn't need to row all the time so I did get to take some pictures in the rapids. This made while running Granite Rapid, one of the big ones with Derek for something fun.
Oct 25, 2017 14:45:59 #
bwana wrote:
Yes, it is quite easy with all Samyang lenses. There are instructions online. I've adjusted infinity focus on both a Samyang 24 and 85mm lens; not because the infinity mark was off but because neither would reach infinity focus out of the box!
bwa
bwa
Thanks I'll look for links.
Oct 25, 2017 14:34:00 #
Fotoartist wrote:
In the heat of the moment not having a hard stop at infinity caused my eclipse shots to be off. Bummer!
I feel your pain, exactly what I'm talking about. A simple thing is more complicated, what the hell are the scales for if not accurate? In days of yore I could set lens for depth of field with f stop used and not have to double check, now I'm not so sure. For years I've been doing time exposures at night and never had a problem with focus just by turning the focus to the stop and go about my business.
Oct 25, 2017 14:26:58 #
John Howard wrote:
Sorry I did not really mean zoom. I meant using the focus assist enlargement so you can see better to sharpen focus.
I do but it's so much simpler with a hard stop at infinity. The 24mm f1.4 does focus at infinity at the symbol but the hard stop isn't close to that. With the 35mm f1.4 infinity is reached just before the mark and hard stop, close, but no cigar. All my lenses for the Hasselblad focus at infinity at the symbol and hard stop.
Oct 25, 2017 13:33:19 #
John Howard wrote:
And why would you want to focus on infinity anyway. You really want the hyperfocal point.
To make images like these...
Oct 25, 2017 12:34:48 #
Rich1939 wrote:
That, is really cool Well done and thanks for sharing
Thanks Rich, I've been to MV many times over the years and while there so much to work with I find it difficult to do the place justice. Still I try and look forward to my next trip there so can visit friends too!
Oct 25, 2017 12:24:49 #
I realize that I can view the image on lcd and zoom to check focus. I also prefer to set up the shot when it's light, but it often doesn't work out that way. Daylight into darkness is a favorite time to look for images and why I'm not able to set up before. I'm spoiled with the 24mm Nikkor and lenses for Hasselblad focusing at infinity at the hard stop, unfortunately the coma distortion lens performance not up to Samyang 24mm f1.4. Can the point of hard stop be changed?
