einsatz

You bought it, didn't you?

srika

MWalsh9152

maybe they were fake pics

srika

yeah could have been - the frame didn't look the best quality. but he appeared to be responsible for them - it really bugged me.

MWalsh9152

Im guessing someone stole them, anyone legit wouldnt waste their time selling it that cheap, could you even make any money?

LKLD

That explanation sounds reasonable. A cheap 8x10 frame is $10. Frame, paper and time to produce would be much, much more. If you had bought it, you would probably be wondering now, if you bought someone's stolen work.

TS_eXpeed

A decent print that large I'm guessing would cost at least $75-100. For the print alone.

srika

ok i feel better now

JS + XES

iTrader: (1)

Alright.. I'm thinking of getting a monopod for car shooting.. I rarely use my tripod due to me being too lazy..

My boss just bought this manfrotto one for like 130 bucks and i really like it alot! It's so much handier than a tripod..

Do you guys own any monopod before? Any recommendation? I don't need a fancy one!

srika

damn I feel like getting one too..

JS + XES

iTrader: (1)

Yeah! It's so awesome.. it was my first time trying it out, and i'm so in love with it!

Billiam

JS, what kind of head was on the monopod when you tried it? Also, when you say "car shooting" are you referring to taking pictures of cars or taking pictures from cars?

JS + XES

iTrader: (1)

it says manfrotto 234rc on the head and the bottom part is manfrotto 680b.

i was referring to taking pictures of cars. I'd like to shoot my cars during that golden hour alot, and the monopod would help me getting the fully focused images..

Billiam

You may want to consider looking int a small ball head instead of a basic tilt head like the 234.

The reason I asked about 'of cars' vs. 'from cars' is that if you're taking pictures of cars, you're likely going to want to be changing the height of your shots quite a bit. When push comes to shove you may find that making the height adjustments on your monopod ends up invoking the "lazy factor" nearly as much as using a tripod. Of course, if you're just looking for an excuse to buy something, there's nothing wrong with that.

BTW, take a peek at the Manfrotto 685B monopod. Relative to other monopods it's big and heavy. You may find the ease of height adjustment worth it though. It's definitely still less bulk to carry around than a tripod.
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/re.../monopod.shtml

JS + XES

iTrader: (1)

My tripod is HUGE and very heavy.. My boss gave it to me for free because he bought a new one. The one he gave me is Manfrotto too and works well, but it's so heavy... granted he bought it like 15 years ago.

srika

I wish my boss would give me free Manfrotto tripods. hell, I wish my boss would give me free any tripods. or anything.

srika

hey it sounds like its too heavy for you. i'll be glad to take it off your hands. i'll even pay for s&h.

JS + XES

iTrader: (1)

Manfrotto 685 looks pretty cool, but its like 170 bucks just for the leg..

Manfrotto 680 series is like 50 bucks!

Now what's a good small ball head from manfrotto?

srika

best news ever!

JS + XES

iTrader: (1)

Yeah, I was pretty surprised when he just gave it to me too.

srika

yousuck.com

JS + XES

iTrader: (1)

Billiam

The answer to that is almost certain to depend on how heavy your rig is. Or more specifically, what the heaviest glass is that you're likely to use.

JS + XES

iTrader: (1)

Tokina 11-16 f/2.8 for now.

einsatz

I've got a Manfrotto 484 RC2 which I've used with my 50D with the 70-200 2.8 on it and it still holds it just fine. Even on tilted/odd positions.

I think the 484 is the smallest they make?

srika

srika

does anyone know a good flickr uploader program for Windows where I can upload any file from any hard drive / directory to flickr, saving me the hassle of having to hunt for it in flickr or making a copy of it to the desktop or wherever and then uploading it? oh also, I need to be able to set Moderate rating when uploading... I tried a few today and failed miserably. I tried one called Flickr Sendto which added flickr to the Windows "Send To" menu - it seemed promising and worked as advertised, however it would not let me set Moderate on upload...

jupitersolo

I use flickr uploadr

srika

thank you sir! this is perfect. don't know why I didn't just look at the most obvious place for it. lol.

MWalsh9152

Rubin Dumass

srika

damn, dude...

MWalsh9152

I almost died laughing when you even called it by name when asking if there was something

Sorry Rubin

srika

yeah, i meant to do that...

actually ive used the program in the past, i just forgot about it

MWalsh9152

I do that with things I work with all the time

srika

flickr uploadr rocks!

jupitersolo

jupitersolo

It has a drawback, can only select 15 images at a time, when you right click.

srika

thats fine, i never upload that many at a time -

einsatz

LR3 has flickr uploading built right in... really cool - workflow from import to posting all in one app is useful. It's simplified things for me.

Speaking of flickr, I made an infographic with 2010's first half stats pulled using the flickr API with a Java app I made... I'm no graphic designer, so it's a little messy:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ep_jhu/...n/photostream/

srika

how do you deal with sharpening, out of LR? that's the obstacle I'd have - although with the 7, I don't think it's as big a factor, I mean I could get away with LR's sharpening.