The Big Photography Thread

[KenElevenShadows]

Best wishes for your dog, Mike and....oh. Cookies. Cookies!!!

[Joe Muscara]

Baked Heaven by Mike M Martin, on Flickr

That's just mean, Mike.

[xKnuckles]

+1 !!!

 

[KenElevenShadows]

[RichieP_MechE]

Any of you folks have experience with medium format? I'm getting the bug to shoot on film again. I bought a 4x5 view camera and a really nice scanner a few years ago, but the view camera has pretty much been sitting on the shelf since I don't have a good means to set up a darkroom at home to develop sheet film.

 

Medium format is attractive because it still has a large image size, while being more convenient, aka easier to carry around than a view and I can send of the rolls of film to get developed easily (I guess I could develop at home, but still the thought of having to get everything in place to do it seems like a hassle for something I may not do that often). I've been cruising ebay for the past couple days, a modular 6x6 like a Hassleblad or Bronica strikes my fancy the most, though there are some other cool cameras from Fujifilm and Mamiya. Just curious about opinions from anyone who's used any medium format camera before.

[MoodyBluesKeys]

I had a Bronica once, about 45 years ago. Bronica wide angle lens and bought a non Bronica normal lens. At the time I did have a darkroom, for B&W (I did develop a couple of rolls of 35 mm Etkachrome once).

Today, IWould much prefer a high res DSLR, but I have not kept up with the market, a 2-1/4x2-1/4 might be affordable now.

To me, the real magic in pictures is enhanced by the control of a darkroom or computer processing after the exposure is made. All I have is a Nikon point & shoot, with good res and zoom, but it exceeds my present camera-fu.

I did like the larger format. Also had the baby Speed Graphic with both sheet film and 120 roll film.

[KenElevenShadows]

Any of you folks have experience with medium format? I'm getting the bug to shoot on film again. I bought a 4x5 view camera and a really nice scanner a few years ago, but the view camera has pretty much been sitting on the shelf since I don't have a good means to set up a darkroom at home to develop sheet film.

 

Medium format is attractive because it still has a large image size, while being more convenient, aka easier to carry around than a view and I can send of the rolls of film to get developed easily (I guess I could develop at home, but still the thought of having to get everything in place to do it seems like a hassle for something I may not do that often). I've been cruising ebay for the past couple days, a modular 6x6 like a Hassleblad or Bronica strikes my fancy the most, though there are some other cool cameras from Fujifilm and Mamiya. Just curious about opinions from anyone who's used any medium format camera before.

 

I don't have any experience with medium format. What do you want to shoot with it?

[KenElevenShadows]

 

Wolfe Ranch, an old cabin in Arches National Park from a time long long ago. I light painted this long exposure photo with the Milky Way overhead.

[Brettymike]

^^^Another great picture!, I wonder how old that cabin is Ken?.

 

Brett

[KenElevenShadows]

Thanks!

 

It was built in 1906, so it's been there a while.

 

http://www.nps.gov/arch/historyculture/wolfe-ranch.htm

[RichieP_MechE]

I had a Bronica once, about 45 years ago. Bronica wide angle lens and bought a non Bronica normal lens. At the time I did have a darkroom, for B&W (I did develop a couple of rolls of 35 mm Etkachrome once).

Today, IWould much prefer a high res DSLR, but I have not kept up with the market, a 2-1/4x2-1/4 might be affordable now.

To me, the real magic in pictures is enhanced by the control of a darkroom or computer processing after the exposure is made. All I have is a Nikon point & shoot, with good res and zoom, but it exceeds my present camera-fu.

I did like the larger format. Also had the baby Speed Graphic with both sheet film and 120 roll film.

The 6x6/2-1/4x2/1/4 film camera prices are reasonable now. Something like a Bronica you can get for a few hundred bucks, an older Mamiya 6x7 or 6x4.5. Hasselblads are more expensive, seem to be going for around $800-$900 for 500 C series. I'm leaning towards a Hasselblad right now as they still make them so there are plenty of parts available if I ever need to make a repair.

 

Medium format digital backs are still outrageously expensive. I'm taking the hybrid approach here - shooting on film then making hi-res scans of the negative to edit on the computer.

 

I don't have any experience with medium format. What do you want to shoot with it?

Everything!

[KenElevenShadows]

A lone outhouse in the ghost town of Gold Point in Nevada. The inside is aglow. Could this be a ghost smoking a pipe while taking care of some business?

 

Title: The Outhouse At The Edge of the World (3493)

Photo: Ken Lee Photography

Info: Nikon D610, AF-S Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8G ED lens at 14mm, 260 seconds, f/8, ISO 200. 2014-07-14 00:33. I used an LED flashlight for light painting.

Location: Gold Point, NV, USA

 

[lightbg]

A lone outhouse in the ghost town of Gold Point in Nevada. The inside is aglow. Could this be a ghost smoking a pipe while taking care of some business?

 

Title: The Outhouse At The Edge of the World (3493)

Photo: Ken Lee Photography

Info: Nikon D610, AF-S Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8G ED lens at 14mm, 260 seconds, f/8, ISO 200. 2014-07-14 00:33. I used an LED flashlight for light painting.

Location: Gold Point, NV, USA

 

 

Brings new meaning to bowling a 111.......(sorry if that's a bit obscure, but I'm hoping someone will understand).

 

Amazing photo.

 

Jake

[Brettymike]

Great photo Ken , that's the ghost of one of those brilliant digital keyboard pioneers , who still enjoys a good dumping of all objects .

He's hanging around earth to make sure sound quality doesn't progress too rapidly , and thus hurt sales at his beloved keyboard factory -- was suggested by someone here once

 

Brett

[wjwilcox]

A wooden fence detail in the Schoenberg Temperate House at the Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis:

 

Detail by wjw0608, on Flickr

[KenElevenShadows]

Great photo Ken , that's the ghost of one of those brilliant digital keyboard pioneers , who still enjoys a good dumping of all objects .

He's hanging around earth to make sure sound quality doesn't progress too rapidly , and thus hurt sales at his beloved keyboard factory -- was suggested by someone here once

 

Brett

 

I'm glad you know a lot about outhouse ghosts!

 

I hope he's also here to bring good tidings and analog synths to all.

[lightbg]

About 6 pages back I uploaded a still of my neighborhood shot from my quadcopter in daylight hours. I decided to see what a nighttime shot would look like, and this is the result:

 

http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL96/792815/1412465/410531548.jpg

 

It's actually facing away from Casio headquarters simply because nobody in that direction had any Christmas lights out.......yet. I'll try again soon.

 

Once again, no photographic talent, just combining one hobby with another to get a different perspective.

 

Jake

[Theo Verelst]

Area pictures are cool.

 

From the only place I knew since a kid by the name of Artis (the Zoo), taken from high definition video with processing (but only "global" no pixel messing):

 

http://www.theover.org/Keybdmg/Pictures/20130810155658%281%29lu1_bm.png

 

T.

[Mike Martin]

 

It's actually facing away from Casio headquarters simply because nobody in that direction had any Christmas lights out.......yet. I'll try again soon.

Jake

 

I expect to look out my window at Casio and see you buzzing by trying to capture images of a product prototype.

[xKnuckles]

This seems rather good.... Aviary iPad photo editing app - which is free of charge - is giving away ALL of its in app purchases FREE between now and early January. You will need an Adobe ID (which costs nothing if you do not already have one) All features & add ons will then be free - total value over $100! I have not used it yet but it looks very good and gets all 5 star ratings.....

Aviary app

[xKnuckles]

Further to this: just had a quick try of the app. Seems really excellent. Intuitive & fun to use. A good addition to my little app collection.

[Theo Verelst]

Another picture taken from HDVideo, with some processing (including a rotation), but again no painting or pixel level control:

 

http://www.theover.org/Keybdmg/Pictures/20140426174957%281%29bmrc.png

 

I think it's the original Veronica "pirate" AM radio ship that I heard the antenna's (on top of the masts) signal from on my radio as a kid (in the 70s).

 

T.

[Brettymike]

We've had a few "pirate" ships over the years , but they were useless , too scared to say anything "wrong" over the airwaves in case they were blown out of the water. One was sunk with explosives when it came into port once , I kid you not.

 

Brett

[Mike Martin]

Misty Morning by Mike M Martin, on Flickr

[RichieP_MechE]

Nicely captured, Mike. We've had a lot of dreary foggy weather around this area as well

 

Here is something a little different for me, a bit of "studio" photography. I don't have a legit lighting setup so it took a while to get this shot, but it came out good enough for not really knowing what I was doing. This is a gift I made for a friend who just had their first child.

 

Rocking Cat by rpantaleo, on Flickr

[RichieP_MechE]

Also, in regards to my medium format questions, I got myself a Christmas present from ebay:

 

 

The shutter sound is so glorious! Just have to pick up some film and I'll be ready to start shooting.

[KenElevenShadows]

 

This always seemed like a holiday photo to me. This is a long exposure star trails photo taken at night in Joshua Tree National Park on a very cold night in the California desert, showing the celestial movements around the North Star as we see it here on earth.

[Mike Martin]

WOW Ken, just WOW!!

[KenElevenShadows]

Thanks, Mike!!!!!!

 

I shot this a little more than a year ago with a D7000/Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8. I had a great time shooting this and the other photos.

 

I did, however, forget my tripod. I know, how can a photographer do that? But I did. I keep a back-up tripod in my car, however, and at the time, this was my Dad's old 1970s Sears tripod, which got rather cold as the night wore on since it was around freezing.

 

I got a lot of really good shots on this trip, though, so it was all good. And I had a really special feeling while shooting a lot of these during the holiday weekend, and really wanted to convey that sort of feeling in this star trails photo.

[RABid]

Going off in a tangent, what are some favorite how to photography books. I'm looking for books on composition and specialized skills.

 

My favorite set of books so far is the Photo Workshop series.