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Mar 3, 2024 13:00:13   #
hugEDhog wrote:
Promoters are afraid that someone in the audience is a better photographer than their “hired” ones.


I doubt that. The notion is almost comical. They want to control copyrights. Some goober in the crowd, with limited access is not going to get better shots than a pro, who probably has hundreds of such events under their belts. Just go and enjoy the concert.
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Mar 3, 2024 09:07:32   #
alexol wrote:
In answer to what difference does it make, the answer is speed. Reuters is news, not Art.

Reuters wants to receive a photo ready for immediate publication RIGHT NOW. For 99.9% of their purposes a reasonable JPG is ideal, and if a pro photographer can't turn in a reasonable JPG then he isn't much of a photographer.

No-one in the pro photo journalism world is going to faff-about with RAW. For their purposes, the adjustments that can be done to a JPG is sufficient.



That’s half the story but I agree. The RAW vs jpeg thing is a consistent discussion amongst rank amateurs. It’s low hanging fruit.
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Mar 3, 2024 08:59:02   #
BigDaddy wrote:
Makes no sense. Why do they care if the jpgs started out as raw only capture? I can see why they don't want gigantic raw files, and certainly jpgs are all a news organization would need, but how the photographer took them originally is a moot point I would think.


It’s actually a very common practice in photo journalism. The AP has very strict
Guidelines on what can and cannot be edited. For instance a photo can be cropped but people cannot be edited out. They don’t allow for a lot of leeway.

The point is that the photog is trying to capture an image that is documentary, not necessarily artistic. Al thought the good ones often do both. RAW simply requires too much editing and allowance for interpretation of the image.

A good example was years ago Time had a photo of OJ Simpson that they intentionally darkened his face with deep shadows to make him look more sinister. There were significant ethics issues involved and they clearly editorialized a photo through editing.

As usual a blanket statement, without context, is not often accurate or helpful. In this case the news agencies need accuracy and raw does not help. In some ways it hinders.

Often field photogs are uploading their pics on the fly. Others may be downloading them, determining what goes to publication etc. in addition They simply don’t have time to mess with each photo. Just like some wedding photogs and others. Time is money. And they’re on a very tight schedule.

I shoot almost exclusively RAW the latitude it provides my amateur skills. The news agencies are trying to achieve the exact opposite. Now if they could achieve neutrality and accuracy in reporting we’d all be better off.
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Mar 3, 2024 07:58:05   #
Yep. Although when shooting with my iPhone I often just point and shoot. The controls are so wonky that the scene is often gone before I could capture the shot. Also there is a bokeh setting that works pretty well.

More than you asked for but in the recent PSA magazine there are two articles on phone photography. Excellent work.

Look no further than the gallery to see just how interchangeable lens cameras serve trolls in their photography. Just sayin’.
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Feb 29, 2024 08:49:29   #
I've switched over to electronic almost exclusively when not shooting with a flash. It is helpful in museums and places where I want to be stealthy. Also, while on a nature walk in Africa our guide forbid the use of cameras until he found out I had a way to take shots without the cur-plunk of a shutter. That proved to be prophetic once we came across a rather cranky rhino. Couldn't see us but sure heard us.
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Feb 28, 2024 13:21:24   #
kbk wrote:
Traveling to Uganda to view the mountain gorillas. Need advice on lenses to take. Using Nikon d500. I'm thinking zoom lens like a Nikon 18-200 which gives a good range of zoom for portrait pics(85-105mm) and reaches out a bit(200mm) for some distance pics. Don't want to carry a lot of lenses because there is some hiking involved. PWould like some advice and hear what others think about my choice of lens.

I’m currently in touch with a friend who is there now. Posting great pics. She just verified she is using a Sony a6000 with an 18-200 mm. Says it was perfect for gorillas and people photography. She said shots were pretty close.

Safe travels.
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Feb 28, 2024 10:31:16   #
CHG_CANON wrote:
I'd have to be paid in green to do more than my informal 'policing' of the things that interest me. As Linda noted, the subsections can (are) moderated a bit closer than the ADMIN-run main sections. I've only ever 'talked' to ADMIN via PM. The discussions are not very interactive, so one is left to 'sense' what ADMIN thinks rather than 'hear' directly. There seems to be a desire to maintain everything, in a total count sense. So, deleting old topics, users, posts is a last-case corrective action, based on my 'sense' of how ADMIN desires to operate the site. Freezing old topics seems to be outside their desired operating mode for their site.
I'd have to be paid in green to do more than my in... (show quote)

Agreed. My interactions were the same. Its his circus. So, I now, with some exceptions, I spend maybe 10 minutes a day looking at the site and move on.
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Feb 28, 2024 10:02:00   #
CHG_CANON wrote:
When was the last time you paid your monthly dues to fund this imaginary UHH content police force?


About the same time I pay my dues for Bogleheads...never.

Right now there are about 100 or so signed on the UHH. There are over 1800 signed on to Bogleheads. I get it a money site has a broader appeal, but clearly the appeal of UHH is pretty small. For instance, I know of no one in my camera club who views it...this from people who are very well regarded published photogs. A few told me they simply cannot take the rancor that comes along with visiting this site. If the site can't attract those kids of users, it will remain what it is.

You spend enough time on UHH to be a content moderator. You have a high degree of tech technical expertise and could recognize when something is going off the rails. Rather than wasting your time responding to (and sometimes generating) snark, make better use of time to moderate the site. If I owned the site, I'd give you and a few others, authority to freeze subjects, moderate content, etc. I would bet that clicks would increase as would satisfaction with the site.

Edit- With moderation, old threads could be frozen avoiding zombie threads. Takes a few clicks.

You have some very long posts that would actually qualify as wikis. Those should be available in specific section for people to retrieve as needed. All it takes is a bit of imagination about what could be vs. what is.
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Feb 28, 2024 09:14:33   #
MadMikeOne wrote:
Ed, that's what I understood Bill to mean, too.
And. . . I agree with your comment regarding "normalizing bad behavior". I, also, find myself spending less and less time on The Hog. That's primarily due to two reasons: 1) time constraints; 2) the increasingly argumentative, condescending tone of the responses of some of the members. Over the last year or so, I find myself spending more time on Steve Perry's site as well as some of the Nikon-centric sites.
For the most part, I've learned an enormous amount - photographically speaking, as well as having made some solid friends here, and for that I will be eternally grateful.
Ed, that's what I understood Bill to mean, too. br... (show quote)


Like you, I am finding UHH less and less helpful in my photographic journey. Inane arguments over gear, off topic rants, little focus on artistry. At least once a month there is a discussion on raw vs. jpeg or similar low-hanging fruit for petty argument.

What I do believe to be true is that a better moderated main site would dramatically improve the site. For instance, I started the travel section on UHH, but it competes with the main section. Travel posts are not moved from main to travel. Yet, simple display of photos are always moved to the gallery. So there is inconsistency there. If I were traveling to, say, Africa, it is not easy to put all that information together.

Could there be deep discussions disagreements on gear? Absolutely. Other sites do it well.

The culture of the site could easily be improved. I closely follow a site called Bogleheads. It is a financial site dedicated to low cost investing principles of John Bogle (Vanguard). It is very very informative. Rants and rudeness simply are not allowed. Intelligent disagreements are allowed. Name calling, idiotic gifs and photos will get a member excluded from the site. There is a "wiki" where select community members put together informative instruction, that stops the foolish rehash and arguments over various concepts. A beginner can start at the wiki, go though the documents and actually be quite educated on financial matters. It is what UHH could be with some thought.

Alas, the hands off approach to Admin on this site is probably due to the fact that the site is about clicks and advertising dollars. As the saying goes, if something is free (UHH) then you are the commodity. We are the commodity on this site, not the information presented.

Perhaps it is time to start over, but not for the reason initially presented. Because this free-for-all simply is not all that intelligent in many respects. It could be with some tweaking.
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Feb 27, 2024 00:13:13   #
Congrats.
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Feb 25, 2024 08:33:42   #
kliese wrote:
usually my camera is in my left hand as i wander around. sometimes in my back, the i have to stop unpack and take my shot. i have seen some ads for a harness type where it looks like it attaches and stays a bit more static
Any advice out there. headed on a multi city adventure this summer


My first question would be what camera? I have a small Sony RX 100 that I keep in a little belt holster. Works great for travel.

As far as a bigger interchangeable lens camera, I currently use an OpTech around the neck strap but wear it cross body (generally) so camera hangs on left side of body and I find it quite comfortable and can easily to deploy quickly. But, I may switch to the Peak Designs neck strap that has a rapid adjustment buckle, much like a rifle sling so the camera can be cinched up tight against the body or not with the push/pull of a tab. Very elegant. Pricey, but elegant.

I have tried and do not like the Black Rapid, attached to the tripod thread, straps. I found that the camera gets banged against things, exposes the lens to objects. I saw that in action by another photog on my last trip. That could have been operator error or lack of familiarity too.

I was on a trip recently where a guy had a peak designs clip attached to a thick belt and held his camera that way.

And I certainly do not like things wrapped around my wrist encumbering my primary hand. If you worked in the law enforcement world, you'd understand why.
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Feb 25, 2024 08:12:33   #
adm wrote:
I have read so many negative comments, here and elsewhere, about the customer service of most camera companies that I thought I would post something positive for a change. In early January, I purchased a reconditioned 75 mm f1.8 M.Zuiko lens directly from OM System. I have read so many great reviews of this lens and it was hard to pass it up at the price they were offering. I noticed fairly early on that I was getting overexposed images on the manual and aperture priority modes whenever I set the lens to any aperture smaller than about f8. This suggested that the lens was not stopping down properly. I called and got the instructions for returning the lens for warranty repair and shipped it back to them in the original packaging, which fortunately I had kept. I asked the rep for her best estimate of the turn around time. Her response was one to two weeks. I got it back within two weeks of the date they received it, which included shipping time from New Jersey to New Mexico. The aperture mechanism was replaced and lens firmware updated. It appears to work perfectly now. I have had some apprehension about to change from Olympus to OM System but if this is any indication, my concerns are not justified. Does anyone else have something positive to say about a camera company's customer service that met or exceeded expectations?
I have read so many negative comments, here and el... (show quote)


I've had similar service from Oly/OMD. So far so good. As a dedicated Oly/OMD user, I hope the company remains viable.
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Feb 25, 2024 08:10:48   #
Life's danged short and unpredictable. I wouldn't beat myself up too much.
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Feb 23, 2024 11:04:32   #
Tangentially related I am finding for many scenes I am using much slower SS. When traveling I now try to get people (not always) in the scene, even of historic places, but want the people blurred so they are noticeable, but not recognizable. The monument or what ever is crystal clear. Of course I also take the usual tourist pics trying to avoid people. I also do this near water features. I’m finding it kinda fun.

So SS is often on my mind. And having a hand held camera that allows for very long SS is key. The smaller sensor Oly I deploy is perfect for this. In fact, due to lacking good IBIS of my little Sony RX 100v6 I missed shots I would have liked in a recent international trip. Tradeoff was size of gear of course.

As chg commented the 1960s notions are outdated. IBIS and now coupled with lens stabilization has changed all that. I will also note that denoise post processing also figures into all of this. When doing mental math on SS-f stop- ISO images that were unusable before can now be salvaged into a good pic.

In summary, SS, IMO, has to do with motion. What is it you want to achieve?
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Feb 20, 2024 10:48:04   #
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Hip Coyote wrote:
This thread is full of excellent advice. A few added thoughts

The notion of using a phone... yes we are taking our iphone15's of course.

Re: Johannesburg: we are staying one day (buffer in order not to miss the start of tour.
Is it not the Anti-Apartheid movement ? :)

Yep...the museum is called the Apartheid Museum not the anti-apartheid museum.

And it was the Anti-Aparetheid movement that was coordinated at the Farm...I should have proofed better. My mistake. There was a raid there where many of the anti-apartheid members were arrested. Mandela fled and was taken into custody elsewhere. it is notable there were a number of whites involved in the Anti movement, including quite a lot from Israel. We found it fascinating.

If you're staying one nite only then just stay near the airport. Get in and get out which is what our tour operator suggested up front. My wife did some digging so we stayed in Jo'burg a few days.

Have a great time. Post pics for us to see
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