A space for KISS to show their efforts in photographic creativity and to be given helpful advice or just appreciation. KISS can join in and add to the themes, or not, as time and circumstances allow.
Monday, 12 May 2008
Flowers, new toy
For my birthday, I got a new 90 degree viewer useful for viewing the undersides of flowers. I also got an 8 gig card for the camera.
WOW that looks a useful bit of equipment. Specially since it saves you rolling around on the floor!! That's one big card you've got now! My biggest is 4 gig but I only get around 150 on that since I had my new camera and the RAW files are 3 times as big as they used to be with my old camera. So my Maxtor is filling up fast and I have to be more ruthless and delete pics that are not so good or at least only keep a jpeg of them. I'm not very efficient with transferring to CD's.
Great result with your columbine. So did you take these without a tripod? I find with macro that I really should use a tripod to get in focus but I hate being hampered by a tripod.
These were with no tripod. I have a nice tripod with a carrying case, but it's a pain to carry when we walk a long distance, we we did a lot at the Pinery. Better results, though, oftentimes. It was really BRIGHT there! The new toy is useful for certain things. Otherwise, more of a pain than not.
so here's the dummy question. how does it work. the concept is great. My arthritis lets me get down but very gingerly and sometines almost imporrible and getting up is worse. but you would still need to be on the ground with this, yes?
YES, but not as FAR down. They should make them taller so you could just bend a little.
I sued it today to try to photograph a bridge under another bridge--that is, looking under one (that was low) at another beyond it--dunno if it worked or not.
I quite agree they should make them taller. Or maybe we could be shorter but then we might have trouble taking shots of tall things. Hope the bridges are a success.
I quite agree they should make them taller. Or maybe we could be shorter but then we might have trouble taking shots of tall things. Hope the bridges are a success.
Jan 14 winter blues Jan 21 depth of field Jan 28 trees in winter Feb 11 smudge painting Feb 18 hands Feb 25 kisses Mar 3 hand colouring black and white Mar 10 frost/ice Mar 17 black and white Mar 24 complementary colors Mar 31 openings Apr 7 churches Apr 14 spring awakenings Apr 21 storefronts/stores/sidewalk vendors/farmer's markets various color themes Apr 28 red Apr 29 blue Apr 30 purple May 1 yellow May 2 orange May 3 green May 4 white May 5 eyes May 12 flowers May 19 insects, butterflies Jun 2 summer lushness Jun 9 macro Jun 16 farm scenes Jul 7 barns Jul14 uncropped and unmanipulated Jul 21 animals - wild and farm Aug 4 birds Aug 11 symmetry Aug 18 historical reenactment/ museums/historical houses Sep 1 orton effect Sep 8 shapes Sep 15 wide, normal and close Sep 22 POV Sep 29 harvest Oct 6 lines Oct 13 curves Oct 20 fall colour Nov 3 working the subject Nov 10 skies, weather watch Nov 17 water Dec 1 faces/portraits Dec 29 year end travel favourites Dec 30 happy mistakes Dec 31 year end favourites
7 comments:
WOW that looks a useful bit of equipment. Specially since it saves you rolling around on the floor!! That's one big card you've got now! My biggest is 4 gig but I only get around 150 on that since I had my new camera and the RAW files are 3 times as big as they used to be with my old camera. So my Maxtor is filling up fast and I have to be more ruthless and delete pics that are not so good or at least only keep a jpeg of them. I'm not very efficient with transferring to CD's.
Great result with your columbine. So did you take these without a tripod? I find with macro that I really should use a tripod to get in focus but I hate being hampered by a tripod.
These were with no tripod. I have a nice tripod with a carrying case, but it's a pain to carry when we walk a long distance, we we did a lot at the Pinery. Better results, though, oftentimes. It was really BRIGHT there! The new toy is useful for certain things. Otherwise, more of a pain than not.
so here's the dummy question. how does it work. the concept is great. My arthritis lets me get down but very gingerly and sometines almost imporrible and getting up is worse. but you would still need to be on the ground with this, yes?
YES, but not as FAR down. They should make them taller so you could just bend a little.
I sued it today to try to photograph a bridge under another bridge--that is, looking under one (that was low) at another beyond it--dunno if it worked or not.
I quite agree they should make them taller. Or maybe we could be shorter but then we might have trouble taking shots of tall things. Hope the bridges are a success.
I quite agree they should make them taller. Or maybe we could be shorter but then we might have trouble taking shots of tall things. Hope the bridges are a success.
Post a Comment