KenElevenShadows Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Stunning image Ken Love this one Ken!! Awesome, thank you so much!!! Quote Ken Lee Photography - photos and books Eleven Shadows ambient music The Mercury Seven-cool spacey music Linktree to various sites Instagram Nightaxians Video Podcast Eleven Shadows website Ken Lee Photography Pinterest Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brettymike Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Totally awesome Bird pictures (as usual) Mike!!. I really love Pales Beetle photo too (those mysterious dots would be fitted camera's from TPTTTB..) Brett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xKnuckles Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Perhaps I have not been on this forum for long enough, Brett, because I haven't a clue what you just said! TPTTTB ?????? However, I HAVE been around long enough to do this: :idk Quote "Turn your fingers into a dust rag and keep them keys clean!" Bluzeyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xKnuckles Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Love the birds & arches Mike & Ken!! Your first medium format pic looks great to me, Richie. Presumably it looks even better to you in the flesh. Quote "Turn your fingers into a dust rag and keep them keys clean!" Bluzeyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xKnuckles Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Can you give me some advice about photographing the sun please? This is something which I have never done when using an analogue camera, for fear of damaging my eyes, but with an iPad or iPhone, I have started doing it as I presume that looking at the screen removes all danger. However, is there any danger of damage to the camera itself do you think? Here are a couple of pics I took in the Alps. You will see that each one has a small green "ball". The ball is in a different place in every picture, but there is always only one. What has caused this? Any advice you can give me about techniques for photographing the sun would be most appreciated. I can't help feeling that perhaps I shouldn't be doing it...... Many thanks. Quote "Turn your fingers into a dust rag and keep them keys clean!" Bluzeyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xKnuckles Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Les Houches, France by xxKnuckles, on Flickr Quote "Turn your fingers into a dust rag and keep them keys clean!" Bluzeyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xKnuckles Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 La Thuile, Italy by xxKnuckles, on Flickr Quote "Turn your fingers into a dust rag and keep them keys clean!" Bluzeyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brettymike Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Very nice photo's xKnuckles , that dot might be an orb Brett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brettymike Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Perhaps I have not been on this forum for long enough, Brett, because I haven't a clue what you just said! TPTTTB ?????? However, I HAVE been around long enough to do this: :idk Means - the powers that think they be Brett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieP_MechE Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Can you give me some advice about photographing the sun please? This is something which I have never done when using an analogue camera, for fear of damaging my eyes, but with an iPad or iPhone, I have started doing it as I presume that looking at the screen removes all danger. However, is there any danger of damage to the camera itself do you think? Here are a couple of pics I took in the Alps. You will see that each one has a small green "ball". The ball is in a different place in every picture, but there is always only one. What has caused this? Any advice you can give me about techniques for photographing the sun would be most appreciated. I can't help feeling that perhaps I shouldn't be doing it...... Many thanks. Some thoughts: It's ok to photograph the sun, though optics can sometimes make it not look so good. Those green dots you're seeing are lens flare. These are iPad/iPhone photos you took, right? The lenses and aperture are very small relative to something like an SLR, so the flare looks a little bit different from these tiny cameras sometimes. Expensive lenses have coatings on the glass elements that cut down on internal reflections and reduce lens flare. You should be fine taking pictures of the sun as long as you aren't pointing your iPhone at it for extended periods of time. The lens is taking all light from the scene and focusing it onto you camera's image sensor, so your sensor will heat up especially when pointed directly at the sun. However, the minute or two you spend composing the image shouldn't heat the sensor up enough to cause any sort of damage. I wouldn't be too concerned about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenElevenShadows Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Can you give me some advice about photographing the sun please? This is something which I have never done when using an analogue camera, for fear of damaging my eyes, but with an iPad or iPhone, I have started doing it as I presume that looking at the screen removes all danger. However, is there any danger of damage to the camera itself do you think? Assuming a digital camera, the only real danger if you are not looking through the viewfinder is overheating the sensor, which is rather difficult to do since you'd have to do that for a long period of time, and probably on a hot day. Aesthetically, what a lot of people, myself included, like to do is place the sun so that it is partially obscured, peaking out from a tree, building, or whatever, then use a small aperture to cause it to appear as a sunburst, such as this photo I took in a ghost town: http://www.elevenshadows.com/travels/alabamahills-monolake-bodie2012/images/1-013randsburgendofthetrail.jpg I do not know if you can do this on an iPhone or not since I have not tried, but obviously, you would have less control over settings ordinarily, so it might be more challenging. Quote Ken Lee Photography - photos and books Eleven Shadows ambient music The Mercury Seven-cool spacey music Linktree to various sites Instagram Nightaxians Video Podcast Eleven Shadows website Ken Lee Photography Pinterest Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xKnuckles Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Very nice photo's xKnuckles , that dot might be an orb Brett Thanks very much Brett! An orb eh........ ....got all excited there for a minute....thought you meant this: (Not my photo....) http://royalexhibitions.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/74001.jpg Quote "Turn your fingers into a dust rag and keep them keys clean!" Bluzeyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xKnuckles Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Thanks for the info Richie & Ken. So pleased to hear that I can carry on doing this without damaging my "i"s...... I also love partially obscured sun pics, Ken, but I don't know if I could achieve that sunburst effect..... I shall experiment when the opportunity presents itself. I have now switched to an iPhone from an iPad. I am seeing no difference in the photos, but it is a LOT easier to carry around. Also less difficult to control in the wind, but am terrified that I will drop it.... Quote "Turn your fingers into a dust rag and keep them keys clean!" Bluzeyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brettymike Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 That's very attractive xKnuckles . But real orbs exist , I've taken 1000's of photo's and have seen them in 2 pictures lately . Brett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xKnuckles Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Any chance you could show us your orbs Brett? Quote "Turn your fingers into a dust rag and keep them keys clean!" Bluzeyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Muscara Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Any chance you could show us your orbs Brett? Quote "I'm so crazy, I don't know this is impossible! Hoo hoo!" - Daffy Duck "The good news is that once you start piano you never have to worry about getting laid again. More time to practice!" - MOI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franz Schiller Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 I have been following this thread with great interest. I am in video production, and so I have great familiarity with using cameras, but I realized I don't have a decent video camera or even still camera. So, I finally made the plunge and got a Canon 700D. I don't know if anyone would be interested in my photos though. I like to take close up pics of weird things like peeling paint and stains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Martin Posted January 20, 2015 Author Share Posted January 20, 2015 Post away Franz, sounds interesting. Nice camera BTW. Quote -Mike Martin Casio Mike Martin Photography Instagram Facebook The Big Picture Photography Forum on Music Player Network The opinions I post here are my own and do not represent the company I work for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brettymike Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Any chance you could show us your orbs Brett? Hi xKnuckles , you are most welcome , I just rejoined Flickr today (joined years ago and lost my password) , and just have to find them in my archives , and hop them through Flickr to you via PM after I pull the right levers. They are 2 special family group shots where they appeared . Brett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brettymike Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Our cute dog Brandy just before hair cut time . If this dog wasn't trimmed every 3 months , she would turn into a living pom pom , relying on the wind to go from A to B like a tumble weed - I kid you not! . Brett xmas 2013 neecy's 092 by brettymike, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brettymike Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Any chance you could show us your orbs Brett? xKnuckles , I tried to send you the picture , but the message came up saying your PM's quota was full. Brett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenElevenShadows Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 I have been following this thread with great interest. I am in video production, and so I have great familiarity with using cameras, but I realized I don't have a decent video camera or even still camera. So, I finally made the plunge and got a Canon 700D. I don't know if anyone would be interested in my photos though. I like to take close up pics of weird things like peeling paint and stains. Whether people are interested in it rarely enters in to it for me. I take photos of what I want and how I want because, well, that's what I like to do. And by the way, that's really not that weird. There are thousands of people, including me, who LOVE what is often referred to as UrbEx (Urban Exploration), which basically involves going into abandoned places and photographing for art, documentation, interest, and fun. Some people also call this abandonography. There's a few other cute little phrases for it as well. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The first four shots are of the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in West Virginia: http://www.elevenshadows.com/travels/westvirginia2010/imagesforeverything/A-westvirginia2010/0122chippedpaint.jpg http://www.elevenshadows.com/travels/westvirginia2010/imagesforeverything/A-westvirginia2010/0255chairwall.jpg http://www.elevenshadows.com/travels/westvirginia2010/imagesforeverything/A-westvirginia2010/0256greendoorbluedoor.jpg http://www.elevenshadows.com/travels/westvirginia2010/imagesforeverything/A-westvirginia2010/0128decayingceiling.jpg ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ These last two shots are of Santa Laura and Humberstone in the Atacama Desert in Chile: http://www.elevenshadows.com/travels/chile2011/images/images-chile3/050chile-santalaura.jpg http://www.elevenshadows.com/travels/chile2011/images/images-chile3/069chile-humberstone2.jpg Quote Ken Lee Photography - photos and books Eleven Shadows ambient music The Mercury Seven-cool spacey music Linktree to various sites Instagram Nightaxians Video Podcast Eleven Shadows website Ken Lee Photography Pinterest Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xKnuckles Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Any chance you could show us your orbs Brett? xKnuckles , I tried to send you the picture , but the message came up saying your PM's quota was full. Brett On Flickr, Brett?? absolutely classic!! Clearly I am incredibly popular in photographic circles ....... .....Ok maybe not....... In reality, I have only ever had one PM on Flickr and it was a welcome message from............flickr (which I have yet to read....) Perhaps it was a v long document..... ? Or perhaps you sent the message to the wrong person, Brett? xKnuckles was already taken when I joined (gets more surreal by the minute! But True!!), so I had to alter my name slightly..... BTW - I like your dog photo. Really cute. Was hoping that you would post some photos at some point. Quote "Turn your fingers into a dust rag and keep them keys clean!" Bluzeyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xKnuckles Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Interesting pics Ken - nice to glimpse a completely different aspect of your photography. ....which basically involves going into abandoned places and photographing for art, documentation, interest, and fun. Some people also call this abandonography.... Perhaps you might enjoy photographing one of my jazz gigs then...... Quote "Turn your fingers into a dust rag and keep them keys clean!" Bluzeyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brettymike Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Any chance you could show us your orbs Brett? xKnuckles , I tried to send you the picture , but the message came up saying your PM's quota was full. Brett On Flickr, Brett?? absolutely classic!! Clearly I am incredibly popular in photographic circles ....... .....Ok maybe not....... In reality, I have only ever had one PM on Flickr and it was a welcome message from............flickr (which I have yet to read....) Perhaps it was a v long document..... ? Or perhaps you sent the message to the wrong person, Brett? xKnuckles was already taken when I joined (gets more surreal by the minute! But True!!), so I had to alter my name slightly..... BTW - I like your dog photo. Really cute. Was hoping that you would post some photos at some point. Thanks! . No , I mean your PM inbox is chocka full HERE! , you must be very popular! ....... Brett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xKnuckles Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Well, compared to the activity on Flickr, clearly my KC inbox is the electronic equivalent of Space Mountain, but I actually have a total of 6 messages, acquired over a period of 18 months. It says quota 6/400. This does not seem wildly excessive to me - but I have nothing to compare it with. The word "quota" is in red though. Is that signifigant? Is it a warning about potential dire consequences of such rampant, unrestrained messaging? Quote "Turn your fingers into a dust rag and keep them keys clean!" Bluzeyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brettymike Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 I'm buggered if I know , I can't understand it either. Another picture of the Pooch > xmas 2013 neecy's 146 by brettymike, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brettymike Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 The view from our campsite a few weeks ago .... xmas 2013 neecy's 254 by brettymike, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brettymike Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 A car I worked on last year , and had a lot of fun road testing SAM_0876 by brettymike, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Warren Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 A car I worked on last year , Snap! (well, I didn't work on the car, but I did design and build the automation. And take the photos) http://airsoundvision.com.au/site1308/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/1975CorvetteStingray01.jpg http://airsoundvision.com.au/1975-corvette-stingray/ Quote DigitalFakeBook Free chord/lyric display software for windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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