The Big Photography Thread

[RichieP_MechE]

The mobile site is fine (just checked on my iPhone). When I swapped it to the desktop site it was the same as on the iPad - no contact details etc. I am using safari.

Strange. I will have to do some more investigation on this!

[RABid]

All taken with a Sony RX100 IV

 

I think one of the hardest things in photography is shooting from a hotel window. I turned off every light in the room and tried to minimize reflections. Also had to turn off auto focus because the camera wanted to focus on the window.

 

 

 

Playing with perspective here. Wanted to get the fingers right on the axle of the wheel. The iPhone would not get close to the effect I wanted. My Sony got closer at full extension of the telephoto lens. Was wishing I had my Canon with the 100-400 lens to get the exact perspective.

 

 

This is the source of the arm.

 

The wheel was at the end of the pier.

[Mike Martin]

The mobile site is fine (just checked on my iPhone). When I swapped it to the desktop site it was the same as on the iPad - no contact details etc. I am using safari.

Strange. I will have to do some more investigation on this!

 

Ritchie,

From what I can see you have many menu items across the top. If the browser isn't wide enough, the ABOUT and CONTACT menu items aren't appearing. They just disappear.

[RichieP_MechE]

Ritchie,

From what I can see you have many menu items across the top. If the browser isn't wide enough, the ABOUT and CONTACT menu items aren't appearing. They just disappear.

So I just took my browser window and resized it and yep, you're right.

 

Further experimentation reveals that a certain header width is enforced, but if anything extends outside of that width it disappears. If I move the logo so it is overtop the menu items instead of to the left, all of the menu items fit within that width, and will all remain if the window is re-sized.

 

No settings exist for me to change this behavior, aside from pushing some of the menu items into the "Everything Else" dropdown so I have 6 across the top instead of 8, or putting the logo above the menu (which I'm definitely not going to do, it ruins the aesthetics.) When I started, I really wanted to have a menu bar on the left side, but you can only do that on the homepage; it's not an option for any of the gallery pages

 

Knuckles, try zooming out on the page webpage. Those two menu items should reappear.

 

[xKnuckles]

Ritchie,

From what I can see you have many menu items across the top. If the browser isn't wide enough, the ABOUT and CONTACT menu items aren't appearing. They just disappear.

So I just took my browser window and resized it and yep, you're right.

 

Further experimentation reveals that a certain header width is enforced, but if anything extends outside of that width it disappears. If I move the logo so it is overtop the menu items instead of to the left, all of the menu items fit within that width, and will all remain if the window is re-sized.

 

No settings exist for me to change this behavior, aside from pushing some of the menu items into the "Everything Else" dropdown so I have 6 across the top instead of 8, or putting the logo above the menu (which I'm definitely not going to do, it ruins the aesthetics.) When I started, I really wanted to have a menu bar on the left side, but you can only do that on the homepage; it's not an option for any of the gallery pages

 

Knuckles, try zooming out on the page webpage. Those two menu items should reappear.

I tried but it has no effect. Even if it did work though, it would be a poor solution, as people would not think to attempt it. As things stand, all of your important contact info is not accessible from an iPad. Maybe you could rename some of your categories with names with much fewer characters? I have made, and maintain, several websites, and had to make "mobile friendly" versions of all of them earlier this year. I had a similar problem with some of them and ended up renaming things so they would fit. Just remember that people who look at websites generally do so in a hurry. If they want something and cannot find it easily there is a very good chance that they will simply leave and look elsewhere. I have found it is worth going to great lengths to make the most important info on my websites extremely obvious.

[xKnuckles]

Rabid: what wonderful photos. I LOVE the hand turning the wheel! So clever how you did that. The nighttime one is really nice also.

[RichieP_MechE]

I tried but it has no effect. Even if it did work though, it would be a poor solution, as people would not think to attempt it. As things stand, all of your important contact info is not accessible from an iPad. Maybe you could rename some of your categories with names with much fewer characters? I have made, and maintain, several websites, and had to make "mobile friendly" versions of all of them earlier this year. I had a similar problem with some of them and ended up renaming things so they would fit. Just remember that people who look at websites generally do so in a hurry. If they want something and cannot find it easily there is a very good chance that they will simply leave and look elsewhere. I have found it is worth going to great lengths to make the most important info on my websites extremely obvious.

Good advice. So as much as I didn't want to alter my menu structure, I moved some things around and now all of the important information shouldn't disappear into the ether.

 

And I forgot that I actually to have an iPad - it's an old cheap 1st gen iPad that I use for controlling a Presonus mixer. Anyways, I looked at my site through both Safari and Chrome and all appears to be well with the new menu setup. Though it appears that purchasing options are not present at all on the iPad? That is frustrating because making that fix is beyond my control. Hopefully Zenfolio fixes these issues, otherwise I might be looking for a new website and selling solution when my year's subscription is up.

 

Anyways, we now return you to your regularly scheduled photography thread!

 

 

[KenElevenShadows]

 

Light painting during a full moon, auto salvage yard in the California desert. All color work and illumination was done during the exposure, and is not a post-processing creation. The star trails show the movement of the stars caused by the rotation of the earth during the long exposure.

[KenElevenShadows]

 

 

 

 

[Lindaru]

Wonderful, Ken!

 

Happy Dia de los Muertos!

 

 

[Brettymike]

Love all the pictures people!

 

Great photo site Richie , and tasty looking toadstools knuckles

Brett

[KenElevenShadows]

Thanks! iFeliz Dia de los Muertos!

[KenElevenShadows]

I wrote the featured article for a new e-magazine Lightscape Vision Magazine, "a magazine focused solely on sharing the stories behind world renowned photographers." And many of my photos are of course displayed as well! You may download this here after signing in: http://www.lightscapevision.com/

 

 

 

 

[KenElevenShadows]

 

Auto salvage yard in the Mojave Desert with some creative light painting. All illumination/color work was done during the exposure, and is not a post-processing creation.

[Lindaru]

Wow, Ken . . . on your light photography magic and for being a featured writer in a magazine!

 

[RichieP_MechE]

I wrote the featured article for a new e-magazine Lightscape Vision Magazine, "a magazine focused solely on sharing the stories behind world renowned photographers." And many of my photos are of course displayed as well! You may download this here after signing in: http://www.lightscapevision.com/

 

 

 

Way to go Ken! It's been a good year for Keyboard Corner photographers!

[RichieP_MechE]

Playing with perspective here. Wanted to get the fingers right on the axle of the wheel. The iPhone would not get close to the effect I wanted. My Sony got closer at full extension of the telephoto lens. Was wishing I had my Canon with the 100-400 lens to get the exact perspective.

Nice! I enjoy forced perspective shots like this.

[KenElevenShadows]

Thanks. The layout and overall look for its debut issue is quite beautiful. Really good photographers featured. It's an honor to be invited to write the feature article for such a magazine.

[KenElevenShadows]

 

Now let's do a little bit of digging around to find what's in the desert, which holds many mysteries.

 

This grain silo is part of the 100 year old ruins of Llano del Rio Colony, a socialist utopian community, established in SE Antelope Valley in 1914. Llano del Rio was founded by Job Harriman, a young lawyer who almost won a bid for mayor of Los Angeles in 1911, obtaining over a third of the votes. Not trusting the political system to enact social change, Harriman founded the community out in the desert north of Los Angeles. The cooperative thrived, its population exceeding 1000, until their water supply was diverted by an earthquake fault. They had one of the country's first Montessori schools, hosted a fertile intellectual and cultural climate, and had innovative low-cost housing, Social Security, minimum-wage pay, and universal health care services that predated the rest of the country by decades. Although Llano del Rio is today considered Western American history's most important non-religious utopian community, there is unfortunately no protection for the site despite being a California Historic Landmark.

 

 

The colony's local economy was almost totally self-sustaining. Their economy included agriculture, orchards, a paint shop, a print shop, and a fish hatchery. Despite the desert climate, their farms succeeded, their farmers using purchased water to create fertile farmland, and growing alfalfa, corn, and grain, stored here in this grain silo. By 1916, Llano Del Rio grew ninety percent of the food they ate. A world class rabbitry provided the colonists with their main source of meat; and a large stable complex just outside the colony could house up to 100 horses.

 

 

According to the LA Times, County officials and members of Llano Community Association have proposed a county park that would preserve the site and provide a historical display. There is fear that the area could be leveled by a developer.

 

But a park costs money, and the county does not have about half a million dollars that it would take. Even worse, the land where most of the substantial ruins are concentrated, including the hotel, commissary, bakery, post office, and horse barn, is owned by two doctors in Illinois, according to the LA Times. And unless the property is acquired, the ruins will continue to languish.

 

 

 

[Mike Martin]

I wrote the featured article for a new e-magazine Lightscape Vision Magazine, "a magazine focused solely on sharing the stories behind world renowned photographers." And many of my photos are of course displayed as well! You may download this here after signing in: http://www.lightscapevision.com/

 

 

Congrats Ken this is great!

[Lindaru]

I hope they can raise the money to preserve the ruins, but *sigh* should it get levelled, at least you have provided a long lasting recording of it with a unique and beautiful perspective.

 

 

[KenElevenShadows]

Thanks. I attended the 100 year anniversary, which was put on by several art collectives. I hope it gets preserved. The art collective seemed to approach it more from a feminist perspective, as they felt that Llano Del Rio had very progressive views toward women.

[KenElevenShadows]

 

Auto salvage yard in the California desert in this 185-second long exposure photo done at night. All illumination and colored lighting were done with a handheld flashlight during the exposure, and is not a post-processing creation.

[Brettymike]

^^^ Incredible, looks like daylight!.

 

Nothing exciting here folks, just looking at the culprit that was causing my electronic gizmo to shutdown - could also be dogging that Kronos over < there.

Through my binocular microscope , this small fitting looked fine to the naked eye, and was done up tight - but no.

 

 

crook electrical connector 019 by Brett Palmer, on Flickr

 

 

crook electrical connector 006 by Brett Palmer, on Flickr

 

 

[Lindaru]

 

Too bad there is not an antibiotic for corrosion.

 

So glad you discovered what the problem was, though. Incredible look at it! I am sure this would be of interest to a science class.

 

 

[Brettymike]

I don't like those crimp connectors either, look at the state of it - white rust , green rust/corrosion galore. The thing is only 10 years old, soldered joints are so superior.

Brett

[Brettymike]

Something completely opposite to ugly corrosion.

This magical creature is iridescent and holographic, and changes colour from green to blue depending on the angle of light.

A sad shame she isn't flying around anymore....

 

Majestic Green Swallowtail Butterfly from New Guinea 002 by Brett Palmer, on Flickr

 

 

Majestic Green Swallowtail Butterfly from New Guinea 010 by Brett Palmer, on Flickr

[xKnuckles]

R

^^^ Incredible, looks like daylight!.

 

Nothing exciting here folks, just looking at the culprit that was causing my electronic gizmo to shutdown - could also be dogging that Kronos over < there.

Through my binocular microscope , this small fitting looked fine to the naked eye, and was done up tight - but no.

 

crook electrical connector 006 by Brett Palmer, on Flickr

 

Actually Brett, these photos are extremely interesting and I particularly like the bottom one. How did you manage to take photos of something visible only in a microscope? Does the microscope have a camera?

[xKnuckles]

I wrote the featured article for a new e-magazine Lightscape Vision Magazine, "a magazine focused solely on sharing the stories behind world renowned photographers." And many of my photos are of course displayed as well! You may download this here after signing in: http://www.lightscapevision.com/

 

 

 

Congratulations Ken! A great magazine with such GORGEOUS photos in it!! I read your article and am more impressed than ever by the skill & effort you put into your photos. No wonder they are so good!

[Lindaru]

the flutterbyes.