Goesje Posted June 8, 2017 Member ID: 22843 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 5 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 264 Content Per Day: 0.08 Reputation: 223 Achievement Points: 1722 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/11/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 6, 2017 Birthday: 11/20/1988 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Thanks! I'm indeed liking it already xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Astronomer Posted June 10, 2017 Member ID: 2069 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 24 Topic Count: 214 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 2411 Content Per Day: 0.50 Reputation: 2409 Achievement Points: 18298 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 12/25/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 08/08/1966 Device: Windows Author Share Posted June 10, 2017 Street photography. This one screams "despair" to me, from his posture, his hands, to the momentarily empty street. From the moment I noticed him to the time it took me to move to the right, crouch, compose the image, and get two frames, maybe 3 seconds elapsed. EXTRAKAMIKAZE QC, AthenA, Olive and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
KicknDatAzz Posted June 15, 2017 Member ID: 833 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 41 Topic Count: 48 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 765 Content Per Day: 0.15 Reputation: 591 Achievement Points: 5688 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 26 Device: Windows Share Posted June 15, 2017 You all are posting some great shots here! I have been a photographer since I was 16. Started with Canon A-1s and AE-1s back in the day and have used them ever since. One of my first jobs was as a photographer on the beach shooting postcards and keychains for tourists. I used to do a LOT of darkroom work, developing and printing black and white and also developing slide film (E-6 process). I also used to do weddings but gave that up. I had my own business shooting Preschool kids during the week and pets on the weekends that I ran for several years. Also have done a lot of modeling headshots and the like for portfolios, etc. Since I have a great full time IT job, I mostly enjoy shooting people and landscapes/nature these days. I live on a lake and am close to the beach - good stuff. I am still shooting Canon and currently have a 70D with: Canon 50mm 2.5 macro Canon 28-104 F4 L Canon EFS 17-55 2.8 Canon 75-300 4.5-5.6 I just started playing with Lightroom last year, and have toyed with Photoshop for years as needed. I'll dig in to some recent stuff and post some when I have some time. Justice, Goesje, AthenA and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
BoomSlang Posted June 16, 2017 Member ID: 94 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 7 Topic Count: 58 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 552 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 367 Achievement Points: 3738 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 2 hours ago Birthday: 12/03/1955 Device: Windows Share Posted June 16, 2017 EXTRAKAMIKAZE QC, JohnnyDos, Gam3rGurL and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Smeggie Posted June 17, 2017 Member ID: 24118 Group: + COD4 Moderator Followers: 24 Topic Count: 54 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1070 Content Per Day: 0.36 Reputation: 2007 Achievement Points: 9940 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 02/19/16 Status: Offline Last Seen: 5 hours ago Birthday: 01/23/1962 Device: Windows Share Posted June 17, 2017 Two years ago, today: June 17, 2015. My wife and have taken some incredible hikes over the years. But the views during our hike around Byers Lake in Denali State Park (Talkeetna Alaska)...were epic. Truly one of the most beautiful places we have ever been. @AyaqGuyaq knows what I am talking about.... wishbone, Gam3rGurL, ChknFngr and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Astronomer Posted June 17, 2017 Member ID: 2069 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 24 Topic Count: 214 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 2411 Content Per Day: 0.50 Reputation: 2409 Achievement Points: 18298 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 12/25/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 08/08/1966 Device: Windows Author Share Posted June 17, 2017 2 hours ago, SGTSmeg said: Two years ago, today: June 17, 2015. My wife and have taken some incredible hikes over the years. But the views during our hike around Byers Lake in Denali State Park (Talkeetna Alaska)...were epic. Truly one of the most beautiful places we have ever been. @AyaqGuyaq knows what I am talking about.... Man, I am extremely jealous! Beautiful landscapes there. At the moment, I'm living in Boring Flatland™ Smeggie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Goesje Posted June 17, 2017 Member ID: 22843 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 5 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 264 Content Per Day: 0.08 Reputation: 223 Achievement Points: 1722 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/11/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 6, 2017 Birthday: 11/20/1988 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Don't like the crowd, or the fact I focused on the rear of the car but like I said, learning curve Well...trying xD Smeggie, Sven35i, Astronomer and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Astronomer Posted August 19, 2017 Member ID: 2069 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 24 Topic Count: 214 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 2411 Content Per Day: 0.50 Reputation: 2409 Achievement Points: 18298 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 12/25/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 08/08/1966 Device: Windows Author Share Posted August 19, 2017 New toy: a ~$100 MIDI controller. These are normally used as a music mixer for live music, DJ-ing, etc. My usage for it is quite a bit different: Image editing. The application that I use for image cataloguing and basic camera RAW image editing is LightRoom, from Adobe. Using a free plugin for LightRoom called "MIDI2LR", I've mapped the controller's dials, sliders, and buttons to LightRoom tools. It's easy. The first time I plug in the controller and once in LightRoom, I activate any control on the pad and MIDI2LR opens a dialog that lets me choose from organized menus which LightRoom tool I want to associate with that control. The process is very intuitive. I mapped it out in advance and had it set up in a few minutes. I only have to do this once and save the mapping file. The dials, in rows of 8, I've set for red, orange, yellow, green, aqua, blue, purple, and magenta adjustments. The adjustment rows are for adjusting those colour's Hue, Saturation, and Luminance. The sliders correspond to primary adjustments of Colour Temperature, Tone, Exposure, Highlights, Shadows, Whites, Blacks, Clarity, and Vibrance. The buttons let me navigate my photos, undo/redo adjustments, zoom in/out in increments, select white-balance presets, attach ratings to images etc. This will speed up photo editing greatly. This image was edited with the controller! Once I get to the point where I don't have to think of what control does what, I can just focus on the image and make my adjustments with my left hand. This will replace a lot of clicking around with the mouse to various tabs and on-screen sliders. I noticed that while navigating through my images, as soon as I touch an editing control, it takes me directly to the editing mode on-screen. The fine-control and having my most used tools handy on one physical device is game changing. If I need more controls, I can simply add another controller. There are many on the market, starting for as low as $40 with a few controls. I've just added coloured dots for the dials and I'm in the process of makeing lables for the sliders and buttons. I'll post an image of the controller again when it's all finished. ChknFngr, KicknDatAzz, EXTRAKAMIKAZE QC and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Astronomer Posted August 22, 2017 Member ID: 2069 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 24 Topic Count: 214 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 2411 Content Per Day: 0.50 Reputation: 2409 Achievement Points: 18298 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 12/25/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 08/08/1966 Device: Windows Author Share Posted August 22, 2017 2 of my eclipse pics: Merlin007, EXTRAKAMIKAZE QC, Gam3rGurL and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Merlin007 Posted August 22, 2017 Member ID: 2068 Group: +++ COD5 Head Admin Followers: 69 Topic Count: 1065 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 8394 Content Per Day: 1.73 Reputation: 7237 Achievement Points: 74551 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 64 Joined: 12/25/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 10 hours ago Birthday: 05/23/1973 Device: Windows Share Posted August 22, 2017 2 of my eclipse pics: Nice photos Astro.Sent from my SM-A520W using Tapatalk JohnnyDos, Smeggie and Astronomer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Hunter1948 Posted August 22, 2017 Member ID: 1850 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 98 Topic Count: 328 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 8620 Content Per Day: 1.75 Reputation: 4222 Achievement Points: 55994 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 09/29/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 29, 2023 Birthday: 06/19/1948 Device: Windows Share Posted August 22, 2017 Awesome eclipse Astronomer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Smeggie Posted August 22, 2017 Member ID: 24118 Group: + COD4 Moderator Followers: 24 Topic Count: 54 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1070 Content Per Day: 0.36 Reputation: 2007 Achievement Points: 9940 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 02/19/16 Status: Offline Last Seen: 5 hours ago Birthday: 01/23/1962 Device: Windows Share Posted August 22, 2017 1 hour ago, Astronomer said: 2 of my eclipse pics: Very nice! One of those 'dots' is the International Space Station (ISS) NASA published a few photos of it zoomed in and quite obvious. Good stuff! Astronomer and djMot 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Smeggie Posted September 7, 2017 Member ID: 24118 Group: + COD4 Moderator Followers: 24 Topic Count: 54 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1070 Content Per Day: 0.36 Reputation: 2007 Achievement Points: 9940 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 02/19/16 Status: Offline Last Seen: 5 hours ago Birthday: 01/23/1962 Device: Windows Share Posted September 7, 2017 Snagged a couple of shots of a Bald Eagle when I was out boating on Memorial Day. Two of the better ones. Taken with Canon 5D Mark IV and Canon 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L IS USM lens. Eagle was about 100 yards away so these are significant crops. Also took my new drone out and got some footage I may post a little later. Cheers! KicknDatAzz, wishbone, djMot and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Smeggie Posted September 22, 2017 Member ID: 24118 Group: + COD4 Moderator Followers: 24 Topic Count: 54 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1070 Content Per Day: 0.36 Reputation: 2007 Achievement Points: 9940 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 02/19/16 Status: Offline Last Seen: 5 hours ago Birthday: 01/23/1962 Device: Windows Share Posted September 22, 2017 Here are some shots from the Outer Banks of North Carolina where I have been vacationing for a week. The week started out very rough with Hurricane Jose just offshore. We had ~50 mph gusts for the first three days. Beaches have been closed to swimming all week (unless you were a professional surfer here for the competition). Weather broke on Wednesday (beaches still closed) but at least it was nice and sunny. The waves were huge for this area and the surfers were having a blast. So I decided to grab my camera and make the most of it. The weather was also perfect for some night exposures at the Bodie Island Light House....although I had to fight with a group of clueless photographers one evening. Also had fun flying my drone around. Had a video to upload but I guess it's too large...I'll resize it and try again later. Oh....the surfer photos were taken with my Canon 5D MK IV and Canon 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens The lighthouse photos were taken with my Canon 5D MK IV and Canon 24-105 f/4L USM IS lens. On tripod (IS / AF disabled) with remote shutter on BULB at f/4 for ~13 seconds) One more night then back to reality for a few weeks. Cheers hope to see you all on the server in a few days! -Smeg (a.k.a Dave) Gam3rGurL, Astronomer, wishbone and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Smeggie Posted September 28, 2017 Member ID: 24118 Group: + COD4 Moderator Followers: 24 Topic Count: 54 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1070 Content Per Day: 0.36 Reputation: 2007 Achievement Points: 9940 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 02/19/16 Status: Offline Last Seen: 5 hours ago Birthday: 01/23/1962 Device: Windows Share Posted September 28, 2017 Finally got a chance to start looking at some of the other photos I took after I got home. I particularly like this Milky Way shot I got. Gam3rGurL, ChknFngr, EXTRAKAMIKAZE QC and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
KicknDatAzz Posted September 28, 2017 Member ID: 833 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 41 Topic Count: 48 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 765 Content Per Day: 0.15 Reputation: 591 Achievement Points: 5688 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 26 Device: Windows Share Posted September 28, 2017 On 8/19/2017 at 5:54 PM, Astronomer said: New toy: a ~$100 MIDI controller. These are normally used as a music mixer for live music, DJ-ing, etc. My usage for it is quite a bit different: Image editing. The application that I use for image cataloguing and basic camera RAW image editing is LightRoom, from Adobe. Using a free plugin for LightRoom called "MIDI2LR", I've mapped the controller's dials, sliders, and buttons to LightRoom tools. It's easy. The first time I plug in the controller and once in LightRoom, I activate any control on the pad and MIDI2LR opens a dialog that lets me choose from organized menus which LightRoom tool I want to associate with that control. The process is very intuitive. I mapped it out in advance and had it set up in a few minutes. I only have to do this once and save the mapping file. The dials, in rows of 8, I've set for red, orange, yellow, green, aqua, blue, purple, and magenta adjustments. The adjustment rows are for adjusting those colour's Hue, Saturation, and Luminance. The sliders correspond to primary adjustments of Colour Temperature, Tone, Exposure, Highlights, Shadows, Whites, Blacks, Clarity, and Vibrance. The buttons let me navigate my photos, undo/redo adjustments, zoom in/out in increments, select white-balance presets, attach ratings to images etc. This will speed up photo editing greatly. This image was edited with the controller! Once I get to the point where I don't have to think of what control does what, I can just focus on the image and make my adjustments with my left hand. This will replace a lot of clicking around with the mouse to various tabs and on-screen sliders. I noticed that while navigating through my images, as soon as I touch an editing control, it takes me directly to the editing mode on-screen. The fine-control and having my most used tools handy on one physical device is game changing. If I need more controls, I can simply add another controller. There are many on the market, starting for as low as $40 with a few controls. I've just added coloured dots for the dials and I'm in the process of makeing lables for the sliders and buttons. I'll post an image of the controller again when it's all finished. THAT sir, is BAD AZZ!!! Astronomer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Astronomer Posted October 24, 2017 Member ID: 2069 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 24 Topic Count: 214 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 2411 Content Per Day: 0.50 Reputation: 2409 Achievement Points: 18298 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 12/25/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 08/08/1966 Device: Windows Author Share Posted October 24, 2017 From this past weekend. Gam3rGurL, djMot and wishbone 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Astronomer Posted October 24, 2017 Member ID: 2069 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 24 Topic Count: 214 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 2411 Content Per Day: 0.50 Reputation: 2409 Achievement Points: 18298 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 12/25/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 08/08/1966 Device: Windows Author Share Posted October 24, 2017 Another one a little later in the morning. wishbone, Gam3rGurL and djMot 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Astronomer Posted October 24, 2017 Member ID: 2069 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 24 Topic Count: 214 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 2411 Content Per Day: 0.50 Reputation: 2409 Achievement Points: 18298 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 12/25/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 08/08/1966 Device: Windows Author Share Posted October 24, 2017 From July 2017. wishbone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
bds1961 Posted October 24, 2017 Member ID: 1213 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 19 Topic Count: 172 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 5349 Content Per Day: 1.04 Reputation: 13963 Achievement Points: 47101 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 174 Joined: 03/04/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 3 hours ago Birthday: 10/11/1961 Device: iPad Share Posted October 24, 2017 Finally got my replacement camera since my original gear was stolen. Still have a few more lens to replace. Astronomer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Gam3rGurL Posted November 21, 2017 Member ID: 22408 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 22 Topic Count: 34 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 381 Content Per Day: 0.11 Reputation: 750 Achievement Points: 3956 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 02/16/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 11 Birthday: 01/08/1986 Device: Android Share Posted November 21, 2017 this mornings sunrise Astronomer, djMot and JohnnyDos 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
JohnnyDos Posted November 21, 2017 Member ID: 77 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 111 Topic Count: 1018 Topics Per Day: 0.19 Content Count: 7527 Content Per Day: 1.41 Reputation: 9175 Achievement Points: 69486 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 47 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 8, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Nice but where in Ontario? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bds1961 Posted November 22, 2017 Member ID: 1213 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 19 Topic Count: 172 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 5349 Content Per Day: 1.04 Reputation: 13963 Achievement Points: 47101 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 174 Joined: 03/04/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 3 hours ago Birthday: 10/11/1961 Device: iPad Share Posted November 22, 2017 Made a trip through Tioga pass in Yosemite on my way to Reno djMot, JohnnyDos, Smeggie and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Astronomer Posted November 23, 2017 Member ID: 2069 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 24 Topic Count: 214 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 2411 Content Per Day: 0.50 Reputation: 2409 Achievement Points: 18298 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 12/25/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 08/08/1966 Device: Windows Author Share Posted November 23, 2017 On 10/24/2017 at 7:49 PM, bds1961 said: Finally got my replacement camera since my original gear was stolen. Still have a few more lens to replace. THAT is a sweet piece of kit! Congrats on getting what is arguably one of the best cameras out there. I just picked up a used Canon 6D full-frame. It's huge pixels and very low noise make it still one of the top cameras for low-light and night sky photography. I'm keeping my APS-C body for nature/birding etc. bds1961 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Gam3rGurL Posted November 23, 2017 Member ID: 22408 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 22 Topic Count: 34 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 381 Content Per Day: 0.11 Reputation: 750 Achievement Points: 3956 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 02/16/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 11 Birthday: 01/08/1986 Device: Android Share Posted November 23, 2017 On 21/11/2017 at 5:52 PM, JohnnyDos said: Nice but where in Ontario? Orangeville. Moved last year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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