Posts for: Mike D.
Mar 28, 2024 20:08:48 #
What surprises me is the speed at which it's in. Day before yesterday the tree in front of the house looked like the branch in the first picture.
It was supposed to be a progression of events but I dropped the ball on number two, it wasn't quite what I want but so it goes sometimes.
Number three is the south side of the tree which is totally exploding with color.
It was supposed to be a progression of events but I dropped the ball on number two, it wasn't quite what I want but so it goes sometimes.
Number three is the south side of the tree which is totally exploding with color.
Mar 28, 2024 16:10:43 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Sometimes I arrive at just the right time when a thousand images will surely capture something.
How uncomfortably close to the truth.
Mar 26, 2024 19:23:38 #
Curmudgeon wrote:
Ninety years ago?
It was an off the cuff guess. Pick any time during prohibition,
Maybe I should have listened to my Dad more, Grandpa owned a Speakeasy during that time frame.
Mar 26, 2024 19:17:57 #
wdross wrote:
Thank you. I will be looking it up. It sound like something I would like to read. One can never learn enough.
You are not alone in that idea. To stop learning is to let the brain atrophy.
Mar 23, 2024 18:22:34 #
Ninety years ago (give or take), it could have been the smoke from the stills. 
Mar 23, 2024 18:11:46 #
I enjoy the challenges of learning the craft. I enjoy the chance to be creative.
Well said, Miles - that is certainly true for many of us.
Well said, Miles - that is certainly true for many of us.
Mar 23, 2024 17:24:08 #
joecichjr wrote:
I love dry leaves, and I have literally hundreds of shots of them 
Do I smell a series of leafy posts, Joe?
Mar 23, 2024 16:55:44 #
DJphoto wrote:
Thank you for your comments Mike. My recommendati... (show quote)
Our bucket list far exceeds the ability to fund said trips but we work it out. My wife and #2 son are leaving on Monday for a hiking trip around Ireland. We also want to visit the Tuscany Valley.
We went to England and Scotland last December and I brought home 6 bottles of the most divine Scotch. I will see if I can find the post for you, it's STILL funny,
Mar 23, 2024 15:56:37 #
wdross wrote:
The love and joy of seeing. And the capture, even if not perfect, of the memories of those moments.
I love the first sentence. Those six words run very deep. With that said, you may enjoy a book called, The Art of Noticing by Rob Walker. It might just be up your alley.
Mar 23, 2024 15:36:21 #
dustie wrote:
Either to our like or dislike, methinks the photo gear manufacturers have their ways of figuring value to put on that.
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I see G.A.S. as an internal problem that I largely ignore but I see your point.
Since I am long past the kit lens stage, my purchases tend to be well researched and for tangible reasons. This translates into bartering sessions with the CFO because they also tend to rather expensive.
It's all good but I need justification to spend money on my hobby and usually it needs to involve a visible improvement in what I do. Everyone has their reasons I imagine.
Mar 23, 2024 15:27:36 #
I like both versions of the tower.
Italy is on the bucket list but my knees won't allow me to climb much either.
Your post also reminded me of a trip to the Netherland about 6 years ago. My wife and I went to visit some friends in Delfgauw which is about 15 from Delft by car. There is a church there, just off of the main square that has a decided tilt to it and I captured a very nice canal shot where the trees were vertical and the church was not.
I posted here and almost fell out of my chair laughing when a fellow hogger "straightened it" for me.
Italy is on the bucket list but my knees won't allow me to climb much either.
Your post also reminded me of a trip to the Netherland about 6 years ago. My wife and I went to visit some friends in Delfgauw which is about 15 from Delft by car. There is a church there, just off of the main square that has a decided tilt to it and I captured a very nice canal shot where the trees were vertical and the church was not.
I posted here and almost fell out of my chair laughing when a fellow hogger "straightened it" for me.
Mar 23, 2024 15:07:34 #
It's been said in many ways and many of them apply to me as well, but the simple answer is that I enjoy making images, I enjoy sharing them with people, but most of all, a great many of them take me back to the spot that I captured them from.
It is not possible to put a value on that.
It is not possible to put a value on that.
Mar 10, 2024 18:34:48 #
SAVH wrote:
I recently purchased a Nikon Z8 and am interested ... (show quote)
It's been said but yes, there is a built-in option but my Vello FreeWave goes everywhere my camera goes and they are not terribly expensive. It has a range of about 300'. like I would ever get that far away from my beloved D 750 but it has come in handy.
Mar 10, 2024 18:29:23 #
Mar 3, 2024 14:40:13 #
johnny1950 wrote:
No idea what it is. Very interesting shot. Sparks peoples imagination.
Johnny
Johnny
I'm glad that it gave you something to think about Johnny, we must keep the brain bucket functioning.