Graham, great captions! I think that at one time or another I have resembled all of them. :-)

I regretfully have to pass on this one 'cause my auto car wash won't allow me to run it thru.

Alas, another disappointment in the want and desire catagory!

Steve,

My reference to high ISO was a quote from the OP. I misread/misinterpeted his statement and was curious as to the implication that high ISO was being used as a creative tool to blur the photo by increasing digital noise ....not that he preferred high ISO noise to motion blur in his photos. My bad, sorry.

Back in the day of film I used grain as a creative tool with high ASA but only in B/W.

Myself, I have no problems using higher ISO since my photos are mainly taken in dimly lit churches, el/hi poorly lit sports venues or stage productions. My normal ISO is 3200 on my Canon 7D and 5D MIII and may at times go one or two stops higher. It is all about the light and required shutter speed and/or DOF. I reduce my ISO whenever I have the chance.

I do notice the decrease dynamic range at ISO 6400 and 12800 (compared to say 3200 or 1600). This decrease in dynamic range and increase in digital noise due to high ISO is always acceptable for me to get the shot. When shooting events there are very few do over opportunities.

Your Lake Donner photo is nice, especially under difficult conditions, although my personal preference would be to do a levels or curves adjustment in order to reduce the haze and increase the contrast.

I noticed that you prefer high ISO settings which produce digital noise ("grain to blur" ).

High ISO also decreases dynamic range. Dynamic range can be simplistically defined as the ratio of the maximum and minimum luminance which can be captured in a single exposure.

With better (higher) dynamic range a photo will appear less "flat".

I am curious as to why you prefer using high ISO for landscape photography since most try to use the lowest ISO setting possible to reduce noise and maximize dynamic range.

I apologize for the hi-jack (it appears that your high shutter speed question has been answered by others...it doesn't matter)....unless you are syncing a flash or need to show motion blur.

Thanks in advance for your explanation.

Additionally, I use Comcast as my ISP and ran into data cap problems. For more on that aspect see:
http://www.photographybay.com/2015/03/05/unlimited-online-backup-plans-just-dont-work-with-comcast-data-caps/#more-57045

My post was over 3 years ago. Jimmy Drive is no longer with us. The problem with cloud backup is upload speed if you have terabytes of data (photos, videos, etc.). I had a tad over 4 TB and was never able to get it uploaded to JD in over a year @ 24/7. Welcome to the Hog.

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Here are the stats on Public Sector Payroll Job Creation:

The winner is Reagan whereas the least were created under Obama's 1st term.

For more detail and commentary go to:
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2014/10/public-and-private-sector-payroll-jobs.html

My long belief that the GOP stood for smaller government and greater growth of the private sector has taken a hit by these stats. During the last almost 40 years government has grown by leaps and bounds under both the GOP and Dem admins but private sector job creation has been better under the Democrats.

Also, our present employment situation would be much better if public sector job growth under Obama had been anywhere near previous the growth under previous admins.

Public Sector Payroll Job Creation

Here are the stats on Private Sector Payroll Job creation.

The winner is Clinton whereas the least were created under G. W. Bush's 1st term. There was negative total Private Sector Job growth during G. W. Bush's eight years.

I will post the stats on Public Sector Payroll Jobs Added (Indication of the growth of Federal, State and Local Government) later.

Private Sector Payroll Job Creation

Reagan is a winner in one of the four catagories, Obama is not.

All valid points and definitely should be taken into consideration as also the timing of economic recessions.

Statistics will be from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Private sector jobs include both union and non-union jobs.

An interesting statistic....

Two questions......

1. Under which administrations (Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama) were the most and least US private sector payroll jobs created?

2. Under which administrations were the most and least public sector (federal, state and local government) US payroll jobs created?

Comments? Guesses?

The surprising answers later.

I be jus'showing off my short comings. You coulda'gone blind. :roll: :lol:

My avatar has not been wearing pants since day 1 and no one has complained. :oops:

Wouldn't want that....
For you, Brynnie:
Awwwwwwwww! :lol:

Graham,
I've one thing to say......
Awwwwww!!!