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#2361
Creepy guy in the mirror.
For anyone who has taken pics in Ontario, Canada... There is a contest on now at http://shareyourontario.com
The contest is even open to folks that don't live here, just needs to be a pic taken in Ontario. Have a look at the rules.
If you are so inclined to vote this link should take you to my image of a farm field. You do need to register though...
The contest is even open to folks that don't live here, just needs to be a pic taken in Ontario. Have a look at the rules.
If you are so inclined to vote this link should take you to my image of a farm field. You do need to register though...
#2362
Burning Brakes
Just ordered a 10 stop ND filter. Anyone ever use one of these? Love the idea of long exposures in full sunlight.
#2364
#2365
Creepy guy in the mirror.
I have a welding mask lens that works out to 12 stops. I havent used it yet for a 'real' photo. Just test shots that I deleted right away so I can't show you any samples. The welding glass creates a green tint that is easily removed in post so it is technically not true ND.
My plan was to take a shot of a farm with a wheat field on a windy and partly cloudy day. The effect would be motion blur in the field, motion blur in the clouds and the farmhouse would be still. Of course it will now be 8-10 months before I will see those conditions again. There is a whole thread of 10 stop ND photos in POTN.
My plan was to take a shot of a farm with a wheat field on a windy and partly cloudy day. The effect would be motion blur in the field, motion blur in the clouds and the farmhouse would be still. Of course it will now be 8-10 months before I will see those conditions again. There is a whole thread of 10 stop ND photos in POTN.
#2366
Burning Brakes
yeah that thread on POTN is what made me want one. They have some pretty awesome photos in there.
Going up to the mountains in NC this weekend. Should come in handy for streams and waterfalls for sure.
Going up to the mountains in NC this weekend. Should come in handy for streams and waterfalls for sure.
#2367
I have a couple that I don't have posted online yet, not with a 10 though, with a 6 and a 2 stop filter stacked.
#2369
I've used one once during a very bright day when I first got one, when I didn't have CPL with me.
#2370
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#2372
Earth-bound misfit
btw ran into a guy at the bar I shot at last night who owns 4 photo studios in Chicago. Specialty is weddings. He has 30 photogs on board and they do 600 weddings a year. I was like damnnn... I spent 30 mins talking to him about the business, etc showed him some of my work, he offered to hire me, I don't know if I'm interested in that kind of gig. It's not a boutique wedding shop, it's more of a "cookie-cutter" type of wedding shop. Do you have any thoughts.
#2373
Burning Brakes
I picked up a Smith Victor BH5 ball head last week. For less than $60 it's awesome! So if anyone needs a budget tripod head, I highly recommend it.
#2374
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just heard back from insurance.. they are sending a check tomorrow, enough for a 5D2. They are sending some details with it, if what I'm understanding is right, I have 2 years to replace it with an equivalent. So that would mean I *could* wait til the 5D3.. I think at this point, if I'm interpreting that correctly, that is what I'm gonna do.
#2375
Burning Brakes
just heard back from insurance.. they are sending a check tomorrow, enough for a 5D2. They are sending some details with it, if what I'm understanding is right, I have 2 years to replace it with an equivalent. So that would mean I *could* wait til the 5D3.. I think at this point, if I'm interpreting that correctly, that is what I'm gonna do.
#2376
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just heard back from insurance.. they are sending a check tomorrow, enough for a 5D2. They are sending some details with it, if what I'm understanding is right, I have 2 years to replace it with an equivalent. So that would mean I *could* wait til the 5D3.. I think at this point, if I'm interpreting that correctly, that is what I'm gonna do.
Last edited by dom; 10-13-2010 at 03:59 PM.
#2377
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#2378
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Do you have to send them a receipt or something? To verify you actually got a 5D?
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#2380
Creepy guy in the mirror.
It has been a while since I bought some new toys. I ordered a 85 1.8 and a sun sniper strap today. It will take a while to get it since I had it shipped to a friend in Detroit and then will get carried across the border and shipped to me. I will save about 125 in shipping and taxes that way.
#2382
Just over $1900 new, $1600 maybe a bit high, but not much. I'd hope for $1500.
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That's such a sexy lens
#2384
Burning Brakes
#2386
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this link pissed me off, not sure why I took it so personally. maybe because its mostly photos I love doing. LOL
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/photos
used to like that site but now i hate them, lol
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/photos
used to like that site but now i hate them, lol
#2388
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disagree, #7 gives us some of the best pics ever, check the Just Body thread haha
#2389
Girls taking pictures of themselves almost naked, never against that. Only the good one's get circulated around the internet and end up in the Pretty Girl thread.
#2390
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someone explained that list to me, i feel better now
I agree with all of it. Your club/bar photos are not what they are referring to, rather the horrible, blurry, and pretentious camera phone pictures that people post all over facebook to announce how wasted they got over the weekend are what they mean I'm sure. As for the rest of them, I can think of exceptions for all of them, but I keep picturing people's crappy cell phone pics of each one.
#2391
<a href="http://www.whattheduck.net/strip/1081" title="What The Duck"><img src="http://www.whattheduck.net/" border="0" alt="whattheduck.net"></a>
#2393
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there is a site that consists completely of NWS #7 pics.. I mean like, topless etc. it is a wonderful site, lol.
#2394
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found a pic of the bride for that bachelorette party... I posted her in the Just Body thread... she's in the middle...
#2395
Photography Nerd
I just made 25 prints today for an art show I'm in next weekend. It literally took me a full day to make that many prints, but now I've got to mat/mount them all. I got the mats pre-cut but I'm doing the mounting myself for the first time.
I hope they sell, otherwise I'm going to have every wall in the house covered. I've given my family fair warning that they all might be getting some prints for Christmas.
I hope they sell, otherwise I'm going to have every wall in the house covered. I've given my family fair warning that they all might be getting some prints for Christmas.
#2396
Earth-bound misfit
Ooo, good luck! I imagine that's an impressive collection of prints. Take some pics of them hanging!
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#2400
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so a friend of mine said she wants me to take photos of her new baby, in the hospital, on delivery day. And I was like sure, no problem. What I didn't know is that she wants me to be in the surgery room, during delivery. so I'm like uh... sure! haha. might as well! could be interesting. I don't know if they'll let me in with a camera though? She claims she's a "cranky pregnant woman" and so she will get her way lol. She is quite assertive as it is. LOl