MikeT156 Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Ha! That's awesome, Linda. Merry Christmas from Texas, y'all. IMG_5930 by Joe Stone Zone, on Flickr Hey Joe! Thanks for Posting such an interesting picture of what remains of the Alamo! Even though I am from PA, I still spend some free time reading about the Texas Revolution, and even more time arguing with Mexicans that keep saying we STOLE their Land. Even after the US-Mexican War, the US PAID Mexico 15 million in 1848 dollars for that land. They took the money, case closed. Merry Christmas! Mike T Quote Yamaha Motif ES8, Alesis Ion, Prophet 5 Rev 3.2, 1979 Rhodes Mark 1 Suitcase 73 Piano, Arp Odyssey Md III, Roland R-70 Drum Machine, Digitech Vocalist Live Pro. Roland Boss Chorus Ensemble CE-1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Muscara Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Ha! That's awesome, Linda. Merry Christmas from Texas, y'all. IMG_5930 by Joe Stone Zone, on Flickr Hey Joe! Thanks for Posting such an interesting picture of what remains of the Alamo! Even though I am from PA, I still spend some free time reading about the Texas Revolution, and even more time arguing with Mexicans that keep saying we STOLE their Land. Even after the US-Mexican War, the US PAID Mexico 15 million in 1848 dollars for that land. They took the money, case closed. Merry Christmas! It's a neat area to visit. OT about the Texas Revolution and I hope it's not political. When the MLS team was moving here from San Jose, there was a contest to name the team. The MLS teams have very traditional "football" style names. The name chosen was "1836" after the year that Houston was founded by the Allen brothers. Well, it so happens that was the year of the Texas Revolution as well. I'm still unclear as to why, but there was a dustup about that name and it was felt it would offend Mexicans (or maybe some Mexicans said it was offensive, I don't remember). Huh? It's not like once the Texians won they enslaved the Mexicans or something. AFAIK, nothing really bad happened to them, they lost some land. So they ended up renaming the team Dynamo. I thought that was really lame. We've also visited Washington-on-the-Brazos where the Texas Declaration of Independence was signed though I don't have pics. It's really funny how the Texas Revolution sort of parallels the American Revolution. 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...
xKnuckles Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 I am still LOVING my new camera. I went to London yesterday and had a go at photographing the Christmas lights. After an initial disaterous attempt when I had it entirely set on automatic (with resulting camera shake worthy of a pogo stick....), I set the time to 60 and trusted that the camera might manage.... I am really pleased with the great job it did! Oxford St Christmas decorations by Anne, 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 December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Lovely Christmas cards, Richie, Joe & Ken! Quote "Turn your fingers into a dust rag and keep them keys clean!" Bluzeyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Martin Posted December 29, 2015 Author Share Posted December 29, 2015 Incredible shot Anne!! 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...
Joe Muscara Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 That photo is awesome, Anne! 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...
Lindaru Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Magazine worthy, Anne! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjwilcox Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Cool photo, Anne! That's some of the great fun of digital, taking risky photos that would be a bear to do with film. Quote www.wjwcreative.com www.linkedin.com/in/wjwilcox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieP_MechE Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Well done Anne! A general rule of thumb for reducing handheld camera shake in full frame images is to use a shutter speed that's the inverse of your focal length or faster. So, for example, if you're shooting a 30 mm lens, your shutter speed should be at least 1/30. Now, your Fuji is a crop frame sensor, so you have to use a multiplication factor to get the full frame (35mm) equivalent focal length. Your Fuji has an APS-C sized sensor and the multiplication factor for full-frame equivalent is 1.5. So if you put a 50 mm lens on your camera, the equivalent full frame focal length would be 50x1.5 or 75mm. So to avoid camera shake for a handheld shot, you'd need to use a shutter speed of 1/75 or faster. Of course, if you're using a lens with image stabilization, this rule goes out the window. You can get away with using slower shutter speeds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xKnuckles Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Thank you so much for your nice, encouraging messages Mike, Joe, Linda, Bill & Richie. I have been dying to do some night photography for years now (probably because I am a fairly nocturnal person), so I am incredibly excited to have the tools to do it at last! Your rule of thumb sounds extremely useful Richie......especially since the shutter speed dial is located near my thumb.....(I wonder if that is where the term originates from.... ) I was using the kit lens 18-55 mm, so would it still apply? I had somehow got into my head the idea that 1/60 was about as slow as you could safely go without a tripod and be confident of avoiding any camera shake. I have taken photos at far slower speeds with my iPhone, but it is much smaller and easier to hold still..... Quote "Turn your fingers into a dust rag and keep them keys clean!" Bluzeyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenElevenShadows Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 The inverse of your focal length guideline is simply a guideline. Some people can hold the camera still enough with the guideline, some cannot, but it would apply to any lens without image stabilization. As always, you do get a sharper image when using a tripod regardless, and this is a reason a lot of landscape, portrait, fashion, and product photographers will use tripods even if they could technically pull off a handheld shot. There's other reasons as well, such as consistency and requiring the exact same framing, etc. Happy New Year, everyone! 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...
Lindaru Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Happy new year, Keyboard Corner photographers! May 2016 be a year of expansion of color, texture, depth and feel for us all. I appreciate all of your guidance and inspiration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenElevenShadows Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Happy New Year! 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 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 My New Years resolution is 1024 x 724. Happy New year! Quote "Turn your fingers into a dust rag and keep them keys clean!" Bluzeyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindaru Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 My New Years resolution is 1024 x 724. Happy New year! Perfect! That will be a resolution you can keep for sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieP_MechE Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Your rule of thumb sounds extremely useful Richie......especially since the shutter speed dial is located near my thumb.....(I wonder if that is where the term originates from.... ) I was using the kit lens 18-55 mm, so would it still apply? I had somehow got into my head the idea that 1/60 was about as slow as you could safely go without a tripod and be confident of avoiding any camera shake. I have taken photos at far slower speeds with my iPhone, but it is much smaller and easier to hold still..... The rule of thumb applies to any lens without some sort of image stabilization. The Fuji kit lens has stabilization built in, so you should be able to easily get away with even slower shutter speeds. Like Ken says, it's just a guideline, so if you can hold it still, you can use slower shutter speeds regardless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Martin Posted January 2, 2016 Author Share Posted January 2, 2016 So happy this thread is still going strong. Post more photos in 2016! IMG_2038 by Mike Martin, on Flickr IMG_2034 by Mike Martin, on Flickr IMG_2047 by Mike Martin, on Flickr 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...
KenElevenShadows Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 May this new year be beautiful, sweet, creative, and happy for you. This is a 50-minute star trails photo, showing the movement of the stars created by the rotation of the earth as shown through long exposure photography. This photo also won Best Summer Photo for 2013 in the Los Angeles Times. I recently went to T.P. to take photos (along with some rather strange robot videos), and hope to share these new shots with you soon. Thanks! 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 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Greetings and Best Wishes for 2016 Friends , and may the Do Re Mi pour in . Really fantastic photo's going on (as usual) , love the bird pic's Mike , So love your night shot xKnuckles!. My night shots suck & are B.S in comparison , it's my equipment >> http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/x/potatoe-4507668.jpg << of course , not me >> https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bc/Garfield_the_Cat.svg/1280px-Garfield_the_Cat.svg.png Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xKnuckles Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Ha ha ha! Thank you very much Brett. You are right about the gear thing though - I guess I can no longer use the inferior equipment excuse.......will have to try and think up some other ideas: maybe the British weather might (as it so often does) prove useful here...... Incredible bird photos, Mike! I love the middle one of him skidding to a stop.... Wonderful photo, Ken! Can't wait to see your new ones - and hear about the robots..... 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 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Your rule of thumb sounds extremely useful Richie......especially since the shutter speed dial is located near my thumb.....(I wonder if that is where the term originates from.... ) I was using the kit lens 18-55 mm, so would it still apply? I had somehow got into my head the idea that 1/60 was about as slow as you could safely go without a tripod and be confident of avoiding any camera shake. I have taken photos at far slower speeds with my iPhone, but it is much smaller and easier to hold still..... The rule of thumb applies to any lens without some sort of image stabilization. The Fuji kit lens has stabilization built in, so you should be able to easily get away with even slower shutter speeds. Like Ken says, it's just a guideline, so if you can hold it still, you can use slower shutter speeds regardless. That is good to know. I think I just need to get used to it - and either get comfortable with using my right hand holding it, or adapt it so that I can hold it with my left hand like I want to.... Thank goodness for the image stabilisation! I dread to think what it would be like without 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...
Lindaru Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Absolutely fabulous, Mike and Ken! I love these adventures into worlds we would never normally see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo Verelst Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Some nice shots around here. I like "magazine" photos just like the other guy, but there are some advises that hold for a lot of people in general, one of them being the idea of "depth" in you photos. How can you create a feeling of perspective, front and background at the very least that make your pictures stand out? Here's a picture I recently took with a Sony HC3, with some additional processing that draws a bit attention to depth effects: http://www.theover.org/Keybdmg/Pictures/dsc00838_hdr1_pm.png The processing is non-standard, and not easy to make a mental inverse of, but that's not the point. Of course I am aware of it that pixels are very in the way of proper depth perception. Did you have a look at those new 4K LED TV's ? There's a lot more depth possible there by natural methods, just like phones with a small screen and very many pixels. Most computer screen presentations fail in the department of natural depth perception because pixels are in the way... T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindaru Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Theo . . . that to me carries a lot of depth . . . angles, the play of light and shadow. Fabulous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenElevenShadows Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 My photo is featured on "The 101 Best Night Sky Photos of 2015" on the prestigious space.com! Just thought I'd share. http://www.space.com/30919-milky-way-over-arches-national-park-photo.html?cmpid=514630_20160104_56841406&adbid=10153237678896466&adbpl=fb&adbpr=17610706465 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...
KenElevenShadows Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 How can you create a feeling of perspective, front and background at the very least that make your pictures stand out? The short answer? Light. Illuminating some of the photo, but not all, and creating texture and depth. In the photos below, I've illuminated both so that they have shadows and texture. In my opinion, it has less to do with pixels, and more to do with lighting. Also, it has to do with the aperture setting as well, as smaller apertures will have more in focus than a wide (large) aperture. 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...
KenElevenShadows Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Your rule of thumb sounds extremely useful Richie......especially since the shutter speed dial is located near my thumb.....(I wonder if that is where the term originates from.... ) I was using the kit lens 18-55 mm, so would it still apply? I had somehow got into my head the idea that 1/60 was about as slow as you could safely go without a tripod and be confident of avoiding any camera shake. I have taken photos at far slower speeds with my iPhone, but it is much smaller and easier to hold still..... The rule of thumb applies to any lens without some sort of image stabilization. The Fuji kit lens has stabilization built in, so you should be able to easily get away with even slower shutter speeds. Like Ken says, it's just a guideline, so if you can hold it still, you can use slower shutter speeds regardless. That is good to know. I think I just need to get used to it - and either get comfortable with using my right hand holding it, or adapt it so that I can hold it with my left hand like I want to.... Thank goodness for the image stabilisation! I dread to think what it would be like without it ..... When you take a photo, you squeeze the button gently rather than poking or jabbing it, and that helps a lot. If you have a DSLR, you hold your left hand underneath the lens, propping it and the camera up, and then you gently squeeze the button. Holding and shooting a camera correctly makes such a huge difference.... And actually, someone else wrote about this, saving me from having to do so... http://improvephotography.com/1365/how-to-properly-hold-a-dslr-camera/ 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...
Lindaru Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Great picture and great article! Looks like you are on another world! I feel a sci fi story with this as the cover . . . congratulations on the recognition! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenElevenShadows Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 How can you create a feeling of perspective, front and background at the very least that make your pictures stand out? Part II: In my last post answering this, I mentioned aperture. Here are some examples of shooting with a wide (large) aperture, which creates a shallow depth of field, or in other words, creating a feeling of perspective. http://www.elevenshadows.com/travels/joshuatree2011april/images/571bottles.jpg This one below is a combination of a wide open shot with lighting to enhance that feeling of depth even more: http://www.elevenshadows.com/travels/miscellaneous/autumnlightsla2012-pershingsquare/images/2836spider092612-flat.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...
KenElevenShadows Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Great picture and great article! Looks like you are on another world! I feel a sci fi story with this as the cover . . . congratulations on the recognition! Thanks! Space.com is really cool recognition, and it gets a lot of people looking at it, so I'm happy about that. Best wishes for a happy, creative, beautiful, and healthy 2016...with tons of great music and images, hopefully! 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...
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