--- It's always a shame to see a great company in < mtnbker1951 > 2020-08-09 19:42
its last throes of life. But companies, like everything else, have life cycles. Kodak may reemerge in a new, unrecognizable form, or may disappear forever, but its legacy and its importance to the history of photography will be here forever. My first camera was a Kodak Instamatic.
bmg When I say shadow I mean shadow detail < jetcode > 2020-08-09 16:26
a hard shadow may print to zone 0. Also I am talking about landscape photography exclusively. How would you shoot a landscape on Tri-X Pro 320 in a scene with 9-10 stops of light using a incident meter?
lou Sunset Photographer < SLO100 > 2020-07-28 17:17
My daughter who is also my wedding photography partner. Two weeks ago in Perdido Key, FL. SB900 at full power in a 26" Octabox camera left.
--- I have never had an art or a photography class, < captfht2 > 2020-07-28 14:00
but I have taught photography at the Denver Community College, and as I said above, I make my photos to please my eyes without any thougt of rules, so I didn't teach any rules there. I taught a begining class and a class focused finding work as a photogrpher. Here are examples of syemmetry and a bulls-eye from my collection. I apologize for neither.
--- Infrared photography. That was the one. ยง < mlup > 2020-07-27 21:09
--- Thanks for that; here's the explanation... < criticex > 2020-07-27 19:17
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/photography/features/who-killed-infinity-focus%3F For decades, the Canon FD and EF lenses have featured a variable infinity setting. Canon has two reasons for this: Thermal expansion Allowances for infrared photography
gsp I'd like to drive, which car? Best advise < r1ch > 2020-07-24 13:54
Really broad question without any info. What kind of birding? Birds on the ground/perching/nesting or BIF (birds in flight)? The latter requires more money. What kind of camera do you have, does it have good fast focus? Would you be happy with used gear or do you want new? What is your budget? Without any of this info and answer is not going to be good advise. The best advise would be we learn by doing, we progress through study (internet research, books, meetup.com groups) we buy what we can afford or save up for things we can't (don't go into credit card debit) I will answer your question with what I think the answer is to your question assuming you have a decent camera. Buy a Canon or Nikon 600 F4 used around $7000 (assuming you have a Canon or Nikon camera if you have a big budget and you are sure this is something you want to get into because it gets expensive quickly), Tamron 150-600mm g2 which is $1199 if that is in your price range is a great lens, if you are on a tighter budget a Sigma 150-600 contemporary at $899. There is very little used gear less than $899 that will beat the Tamron or Sigma for birds in flight and it is unlikely you will find these lenses used (unless they have problems, most people don't sell these if they are working properly, they work well for many other types of photography including motorsports, wildlife, airplanes and such). The Tamron or Sigma are game changers in the field of birds in flight. If you have the gear to shoot BIF, then you will have no problems shooting perching/nesting birds. mxphotos.net/album/displayimage.php?pid=341 mxphotos.net/album/displayimage.php?pid=337 mxphotos.net/album/displayimage.php?pid=350 mxphotos.net/album/displayimage.php?pid=353
cos Question, is this forum just for my area? < r1ch > 2020-07-24 12:57
I am looking for someone locally who isn't sick (covid), is interested in photography enough to want to wake up early or stay up late and shoot landscape, astrophotography, or wildlife/BIF in my area. I have read a number of these entries and am still not sure if the forums are specific to my state Colorado like the classified are or if this is US wide. It is better to go with someone hiking in the mountains or at night so that if there is problem the other person can hear you say "I have fallen and I can't get up". R1ch
--- i see what the problem is < m2knyc > 2020-07-23 23:14
first of all, not everything has composition. a lot of it is shitty composition, as in, mother nature is NOT always right. and it is up the the artist to make it right. the photographer shoots as is because he believes it as is. essentially you are a recorder. anyway, because much of composition is shitty, composition is not in all things. COMPOSITION IS INTENT TO ORGANIZE. to say that there is bad composition but it is composition nonetheless is false. bad composition is no composition. i think i know the problem. the problem is you're all photographers, and as photographers you are taught the concept of light. light lights and blackest blacks. light rules your world to the point where you have morphed concepts of light into composition and it is flat wrong. light illuminates but the things it illuminates require organization to tell the story. the story has a beginning middle and end. in other words it has structure. that's composition. in music, art, GOOD photography, literature. that's how you tell the story.. to say everything has composition good or bad is to excuse your way through the art. the very essence of your art is accept things as they are and record them. that is why you take the position.
abi GAF is from the 70's correct? < noodlenoggin > 2020-07-22 09:30
The only film I shot similar to that but not color was Kodak 2475 recording film. 1000 ISO police film. Golf ball size grain. Soft diffused look. The last batch I shot about 7 years ago on a Hassy Xpan was fogged badly but I was able to process it and make photographs. Some of Sarah's work looks like it was shot on 4x5 polaroid film with a soft focus or an old portrait lens. There is a smoothness that comes with large negatives and diminished sharpness. Some of it looks like pinhole but exposures are long with pinhole and there is no motion in her subjects. Interesting image. It's work to find a unique rendering. The fun bit is experimenting. Have you ever shot through texture screens? That was as close as I could get to something in the genre of early photography. This image was shot through a texture screen on LF.
--- This is a great photo in every respect. Thanks < captfht2 > 2020-07-20 00:18
for sharing. I agree completely with the importance of the "you" in all photography, and also agree that nature photography can be great, but I don't limit myself in any way. If I see something or have an idea about putting something together, I go with it. I'm never troubled when someone looks at one of my photos and asks: What is it?
sfo You unleashed the alligators < noodlenoggin > 2020-07-19 07:50
because the post just wasn't good enough on its own it needed improving. It had to meet your standard and expectation. And judging by the opening phrase "Again, why not name the photographer?" you appear to have an agenda you have been executing in this forum for quite some time because in your mind you are the top dog, the teacher, the humanitarian who will save photography by promoting the practices that govern your world. In reality the link I provided contained all the information necessary. That's where you got the information you felt you needed to share on everyone's behalf. Because no one else has access to the link. I suggest you spend time looking at your motivations and how you interact with people here. This is a public forum and no one needs to tow the line because you exist and demand it.