ExiledInIllinois Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 I know we have had threads started like this before, I think it was Poojer that was into it. I figured I would fire another thread up. If it goes nowhere it goes nowwhere. Back in the film days, I was into the Pentax line w/my old Super Program SLR... Lens, etc... That still works and fired it up for first time in years. It reignited the "bug" along with the bald eagles at work last month. Well... FF through the digital era, prices and tech finally shake out... Kids older, more discretionary $$$ AND Pentax finally realeased the full frame K-1 in 2016. I can use all my old film lens now on the new DSLR. Their K-1 Mark II comes out @ end of April too. Any camera buffs out there... "Pentaxians" even better! Again, open thread, post what you want... Just keep it clean. Would be nice to get some interesting macro shots and have posters try to guess what it is... I am still working on trying to secure a nice ring flash and extension tubes. Shoot away... Messing around with the RAW images of the bald eagle pix shot last month... Borrowed a co-workers Canon 6OD before I jumped headlong into the new K-1: 500mm w/1.4x teleconverter... [Does have to be compressed under 200kb for this site] 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoTom Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 (edited) Various stages of the Lunar Eclipse in 2003. Sony Cyber-shot 3.2 MP, with tripod. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A double rainbow over the college's science and math building. (Sometimes you leave work at just the right moment.) Taken with a cheap Samsung phone camera. Edited March 23, 2018 by WhoTom 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
707BillsFan Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 (edited) 41 minutes ago, WhoTom said: Various stages of the Lunar Eclipse in 2003. Sony Cyber-shot 3.2 MP, with tripod. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A double rainbow over the college's science and math building. (Sometimes you leave work at just the right moment.) Taken with a cheap Samsung phone camera. All I ever shoot now is w/ my cell phone camera...come up w/ great pix (my opinion). Don't really have any saved here on my work computer...but my old Samsung S8 was a fun phone to shoot with..just upgraded to so S9, haven't really had an opportunity to use it yet. Edited March 23, 2018 by 707BillsFan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Things Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 (edited) Northern Kaikoura Coast. Edited March 24, 2018 by Bad Things 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddy KGB Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Things Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 These file size restrictions are a pain in the... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted March 24, 2018 Author Share Posted March 24, 2018 1 hour ago, Teddy KGB said: f3.5? That's some shallow depth of field! Always comes back to 3.5! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 1 hour ago, Bad Things said: These file size restrictions are a pain in the... Yeah, I don’t know how to re-size or I have several more nice ones. A bald eagle and an oyster catcher from the same nature/photo cruise are my favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Things Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Adirondack loons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 (edited) We went back to Hilton Head Island where we used to live and an old friend insisted we stay with them. Our former vet now runs a nature cruise photo tour. Our hosts surprised us with this treat. I didn’t know this was going to happen or I would have taken my Canon (fairly new at the time and I was enjoying playing with it.) He lent me one of his, and it was 3-4 hours of amazing fun. OK, maybe not THAT one. 2 hours ago, Teddy KGB said: Did you take that yourself on your private runway? Wow, I AM impressed! Edited March 24, 2018 by Augie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 2 hours ago, Teddy KGB said: 14 minutes ago, Augie said: Did you take that yourself on your private runway? Wow, I AM impressed! My first impression was this thread was for pictures taken by the poster If this thread is open to pictures taken by others and sent to TSW members, I suggest marking this thread NSFW before boyst or I add contributions. Even then, there may be a need to tag NSFW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 4 minutes ago, /dev/null said: My first impression was this thread was for pictures taken by the poster If this thread is open to pictures taken by others and sent to TSW members, I suggest marking this thread NSFW before boyst or I add contributions. Even then, there may be a need to tag NSFW Well, I don’t think that was the intent, but it might not be all bad..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 2 minutes ago, Augie said: Well, I don’t think that was the intent, but it might not be all bad..... I've taken a few pics that might not be all bad, but mostly bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 3 minutes ago, /dev/null said: I've taken a few pics that might not be all bad, but mostly bad Crop it out??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 6 minutes ago, Augie said: Crop it out??? but that takes the fun out of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 3 minutes ago, /dev/null said: but that takes the fun out of it I just had a thought that might have had me banished for a healthy while. I’ll go back to wishing I could get my nature photos down to size so I could post. 5 hours ago, 707BillsFan said: All I ever shoot now is w/ my cell phone camera...come up w/ great pix (my opinion). Don't really have any saved here on my work computer...but my old Samsung S8 was a fun phone to shoot with..just upgraded to so S9, haven't really had an opportunity to use it yet. I’ve gotten to where I find it hard to justify carrying around the camera gear. I love playing with the big camera, but who wants to drag around a slide rule the size of a microwave? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted March 24, 2018 Author Share Posted March 24, 2018 1 hour ago, Augie said: Yeah, I don’t know how to re-size or I have several more nice ones. A bald eagle and an oyster catcher from the same nature/photo cruise are my favorites. Either compress or link it to a site where you store it. I surely don't want to chew up SDS bandwith. I gotta work on gettingba place where I can store my ****! Maybe Flickr? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 1 minute ago, ExiledInIllinois said: Either compress or link it to a site where you store it. I surely don't want to chew up SDS bandwith. I gotta work on gettingba place where I can store my ****! Maybe Flickr? I’m almost competent with english, and I had 6 years of french. That was a language I am not familiar with. Mrs Augie is sleeping. Maybe I’ll annoy her with that tomorrow. A bald eagle in person is a magnificent sight! The oyster catcher is just one of God’s masterpieces. I have no pic, but have you ever seen a painted bunting? Wow.... we used to get them in our backyard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted March 24, 2018 Author Share Posted March 24, 2018 47 minutes ago, Augie said: Well, I don’t think that was the intent, but it might not be all bad..... 2 minutes ago, Augie said: I’m almost competent with english, and I had 6 years of french. That was a language I am not familiar with. Mrs Augie is sleeping. Maybe I’ll annoy her with that tomorrow. A bald eagle in person is a magnificent sight! The oyster catcher is just one of God’s masterpieces. I have no pic, but have you ever seen a painted bunting? Wow.... we used to get them in our backyard. This is one from February... South Chicago (work Calumet River)... Literally next door to old SuperFund sites. Silent Spring is long gone. Somewhere Rachel Carson is smiling: 700mm, f18.0, 1/1000, ISO 500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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