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May 5, 2019 08:08:21   #
johnbhome2 wrote:
Come on, it has always been about the glass and always will be. The latest and greatest camera with a crappy lens will always be the latest and greatest with a crap lens. Comparing a Kodak Brownie to today's latest and greatest is ludacris at best.


Not sure what a rapper has to do with this post. I think the word you were searching for was ludicrous, it fits better.
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Apr 15, 2019 04:28:55   #
Wander1963 wrote:
First, let's be clear that the development of most different breeds of dogs isn't a result of natural selection, but rather human selection. Bloodhounds were bred to enhance and maximize their sense of smell. Bull terriers were bred to kill rats and, later, each other in pit fighting. Greyhounds were bred for speed; dachshunds were bred to pursue burrowing rodents; huskies were bred to pull dogsleds across miles of snow, etc. The list goes on and on.

And even more recently, many breeds of dogs have been bred to meet some "ideal" conformation at dog shows. For a while these "ideals" tended to create problems, such as the hip dysplasia in narrow-hipped German Shepherds. Fortunately, these damaging breeding trends have been recognized and are being walked back.

My point in bringing up dogs was to highlight the human influence on a species' development. If all the humans disappeared tomorrow, dogs would go feral. Many would die, but the tougher ones would survive. Great Danes might breed with German Shepherds, but not chihuahuas. We have artificially diverged dogs from their wolf origins into many breeds, and this is right on the edge of speciation - the point at which two populations cannot successfully breed.

(Having said that, I'd like to point out that many zoologists are now regarding speciation as an artifact of our human drive to classify and name everything. Back to dogs - the Great Danes can't breed with chihuahuas, but they can with a Labrador Retriever, which can with a terrier, which can breed with a chihuahua. So it's a spectrum, a continuum, in which one end can't breed with another, but both can with the middle.)

Darwin, in his Chapter 6, wondered about the lack of intermediate species - because he accepted the strict Linnaean classification of animals as separate species, though mutable through natural selection. We now have a bigger picture of life than was available to him, and we know that there are, and have been, many examples of intermediate species - especially across time. We can track the development of tyrannosaurs, for instance, from Daspletosaurus to Albertosaurus to T. rex - mainly an increase in size over the span of a few million years.

So Darwin's "missing intermediate forms" in many cases have indeed been found. If my hypothetical future paleontologist named Great Danes and chihuahuas as separate species of the dog family, based on their wildly divergent skeletons, the "intermediate forms" would be abundant.
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So, in your dog example, what new genetic code info have humans introduced? Dog sperm and dog eggs, whether combined in the lab or naturally still produces dog babies. Different dams and sires may be chosen to accentuate different characteristics in the dog DNA, but you still get dogs every time.

I’m pretty sure that Darwin would not be satisfied with your dinosaurs got bigger, hence were a different species argument. Humans in the last 500 years got bigger, but are still humans. Largely this was due to nutrition changes - like in your finch example.

In all your examples you are confusing variations in kind, bigger dino’s & finches, dogs with different canine characteristics, with evolution. You have not answered my original question and shown me an example of one kind transforming into another kind as evolution requires.
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Apr 14, 2019 22:08:35   #
Wander1963 wrote:
That is exactly how evolution works, how species diverge. Two groups from a similar origin focus on different foods, or different homes, and before you know it you have coyotes separating from wolves, otters from weasels, cattle from bison, and so on. One group moves, gets some physical distance, and the gene pools are separated and consolidated. That's the evolutionary process. The article I cited was a closeup on the process of speciation in action.

Humans have often had a hand in this, with domestication and selective breeding. Wild turkeys are quite different from farm turkeys. We have shaped cattle and chickens into dramatically different forms. Perhaps the most dramatic example is dogs - everything from chihuahuas to great danes, Rottweilers to dachshunds. A paleontologist ten thousand years from now would never guess the skeletons came from the same stock - and realistically, a great dane can't breed with a chihuahua. Are they still one species (canis familiaris)?

Evolution is real, and still happening.
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So, dogs mating keep producing dogs is your version of evolution in action? You need to brush up on chapter 6 of Darwin’s on the Origin of Species.
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Apr 14, 2019 16:08:59   #
Wander1963 wrote:
Here's a striking example from recent research:

https://www.wired.com/2016/10/legendary-biologists-clocked-evolutions-astonishing-speed/

The Galapagos islands are an excellent "laboratory" in which to observe evolution, as Darwin himself noted, because of their isolation and the pressure of survival. The finches there are famous examples of adaptation and speciation, but the story referenced above raises the bar. Read it and be amazed.


Finches producing finches with different finch characteristics because of a change of food supply is variation in kind. Nothing special there. Similar to the peppered moth observations.
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Apr 14, 2019 06:13:21   #
Wander1963 wrote:
The theory [evolution] itself stands strong, backed by mountains of evidence - first fossils, then observations of evolution in action, and more recently, genetic evidence. It all holds together under the most rigorous testing.


Just curious what evidence you have seen for evolution in action that goes beyond natural selection in a kind.
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Apr 14, 2019 05:57:17   #
Floyd wrote:
The Ark is located a short drive North of Florence, Kentucky.


Cincinnati is a short drive north of Florence. The Ark is south of Florence - about 40 miles out of Cincinnati down I-75.
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Apr 14, 2019 05:47:43   #
Set auto focus to continuous and forget it. Press the BB Han hold = continuous. Press and release = single. BBF is how all cameras should be set at the factory.
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Apr 13, 2019 09:55:55   #
To answer your title question - yes, with film. Expensive lesson that taught me to check the camera settings when I pull the camera out of the bag.

With the D500, you can chimp on the first shot or two and ensure that you are set right. I hear you on keeping up with the family when they are not into photography. Sometimes I go by myself and take my time.

Frequently, museums have dramatically different light in different rooms. As you said, you could set the shutter and aperture and float the ISO. Your aperture settings will vary depending on what you are shooting and how you want the background to look. Shutter should be pretty straight forward at 1/focal length or faster. Metering style will vary depending on the subject and how it is lit. You have the screen on the back, I would play with the meter settings to see what looks best for the particular shot. A spotlit statue in a dark room will be different than a well lit room and a painting on the wall.
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Apr 9, 2019 07:29:48   #
I would start in Spokane and work my way west going around Mt. Rainer then up to the Olympic peninsula avoiding Seattle. Be sure to check on whether the passes are open and if there are restrictions regarding them.

Seattle is clearly on the decline. They have even gone so far as to erect a 16’ statue to their hero - AntonioReyna posted it above. For the historically challenged, that is V. I. Lenin and the results are trending the way history would predict. If you are looking to do some PJ work on a TWSH without leaving the USA, insure your camera (and life) and have at it. Personally, I would avoid Seattle for sure.
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Apr 9, 2019 06:01:32   #
Good way to shoot fat broads that want to look skinny. You know those gals that just know you can make them look thinner than they really are. Now you have just the tool.
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Mar 30, 2019 21:03:50   #
1. I like the darkroom.
2. I can’t afford a medium format digital body.
3. Shooting large format is a hoot.
4. I like the look of film.
5. Shooting manual bodies forces you to think things through and slow down.
6. I like the 5 focus points on my F100.
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Mar 23, 2019 13:50:40   #
What does your histogram tell you on the back of the camera?
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Mar 21, 2019 10:24:10   #
Looking for an economical way to set-up a video broadcast (youtube/skype/FB, etc) in a small auditorium. We can seat roughly 200 folks and already have an audio board that is well thought out. We are looking to put together an acceptable level of broadcast - think vlogger level - for folks who cannot make it to our events.

I am well versed in still photography, and aware that many vloggers use fairly affordable (sub US$2K) cameras to record their material. I am interested in what we would need to get and how to best set-up the equipment. I am thinking of a remote control of the camera from the sound booth and the camera mounted from the ceiling. Interested in thoughts from those who have actual experience in this area. Also, what is the easiest & cheapest forum to broadcast with?

I appreciate your thoughts.
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Mar 20, 2019 20:05:34   #
Shooter313 wrote:
They have claimed that for years..never received one yet.
Unless it's done voluntarily, it would never work. Just no way to really keep track of it all.
Normally everything I buy on line is taxed anyway. Almost everyone has a footprint in NYS. And if they have one here then they charge you just like you were at your local Walmart! :)
But, now and then I get lucky and buy something from a company with no NY connection. Hey..9% is money in my pocket to spend again! On what I WANT, not what NYS says I NEED!
I haven't paid less than 50% of my income in taxes in my whole life! Usually more! That's damn sure enough!
It's nice to be able to buy a new big screen monitor for MYSELF, instead of one for some big shot state worker, that's tired of their "tiny 27" one! Like my sister's boss does! He replaces better stuff than she will EVER get! They BOTH work for the state! So when they fix THAT crap..then maybe I will consider paying it..but not until.
Sorry for the rant pal..I know you were just passing on information. 😉
Take care!
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States come in varying levels of liberty. Moving might help that rant.
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Mar 20, 2019 05:50:32   #
MissMegan wrote:
Ah! Thank you Rubin... I forgot that I did switch to shutter priority and that must be why a handful of shots came out dark. Thanks for throwing some math out there for me. Is there anyplace on the internet that you can recommend for more information like this? I do not want to pay for an online photography school when there is a plethora of knowledge on the internet waiting to be found. Thanks again!


Sean Tucker has a 45 min video that explains the exposure triangle well. It shows the interrelation between each side and the effect of changing each side. Don’t be out off by the name of the video, the knowledge works in any camera mode.

https://youtu.be/LUtlZ3sahz8
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