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It was a religious march, I had not heard of it before. I have a few flag ones but they are not as picturesque as the horses!berkeman said:
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Nice mural of Geoff Hurst here too.
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Here's a few pics from about a week and a half ago in downtown San Diego.
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I got to spend a sunny afternoon practicing macro (55mm MicroNikkor) and tilt-shift photography (Vivitar 135/3.5), both are lenses I inherited, but this is the first time (for me) using a 135mm lens.
Some macro shots, all @ f/11, 1/1600s, auto ISO, images cropped as I see fit:
Hairy eyeballs are nightmare fuel (for me)...
One image showed a weird artifact- I think the bee took to flight just as the shutter operated, and it looks like a stroboscopic effect on the wings:
Now for the 135mm. There's a lot I like about this lens- it's small, well-made, and has a slightly longer 'reach' compared to my 105mm lens. But it's also slow. In sunlight, that's not a problem- stop down to f/8 and:
But in shade, the slowness is a problem:
For tilt-shift, here's a useful equation: tan(θ)= M * tan(φ). θ is the tilt angle of the lens, M the magnification of the lens, and φ is the angle between the object plane and sensor plane. For 'normal' photography, M is very small. M is not angular magnification but linear magnification: image size divided by object size. I estimated M ranges from 0.005 (15mm focal length) to 0.04 (400mm focal length); obviously these numbers depend on the object distance, the main point is that unless I am doing macro photography (M = 1-ish), the required lens tilt is almost always less than a couple of degrees- even when φ is close to 90 degrees. So.... here's the starting image:
The near objects are close to near focus point (about 5 feet), φ is about 80 degrees, and this was shooting wide-open f/3.5. If I wanted all of the flowers in focus, I would have to stop the lens down to something like f/128, which is 1) not possible since the lens only stops down to f/22 and 2) diffraction from that aperture would dominate the image, meaning everything would be blurry. However, by tilting the lens (in this case, θ was about 8 degrees) and stopping down to f/5.6 gives this:
Not bad! Now, full disclosure- I'm still a n00b with this method, but that second image took almost 20 minutes to compose... a small crowd actually gathered to watch, probably wondering what I was so intently trying to photograph. Like I've said before, tilt-shift is about the opposite of point-n-shoot....
Post-script: when I got home I needed to clean the sensor from all the lens change-outs. I have realized another advantage of mirrorless cameras- cleaning the sensor is trivial because 1) the flange distance is basically zero, so I don't have to reach down into the camera body to access the sensor, and 2) there's no physical object covering the sensor, so I can clean the sensor when the camera is off and also not worry about wrecking the shutter leaves by accidentally contacting them.
Some macro shots, all @ f/11, 1/1600s, auto ISO, images cropped as I see fit:
Hairy eyeballs are nightmare fuel (for me)...
One image showed a weird artifact- I think the bee took to flight just as the shutter operated, and it looks like a stroboscopic effect on the wings:
Now for the 135mm. There's a lot I like about this lens- it's small, well-made, and has a slightly longer 'reach' compared to my 105mm lens. But it's also slow. In sunlight, that's not a problem- stop down to f/8 and:
But in shade, the slowness is a problem:
For tilt-shift, here's a useful equation: tan(θ)= M * tan(φ). θ is the tilt angle of the lens, M the magnification of the lens, and φ is the angle between the object plane and sensor plane. For 'normal' photography, M is very small. M is not angular magnification but linear magnification: image size divided by object size. I estimated M ranges from 0.005 (15mm focal length) to 0.04 (400mm focal length); obviously these numbers depend on the object distance, the main point is that unless I am doing macro photography (M = 1-ish), the required lens tilt is almost always less than a couple of degrees- even when φ is close to 90 degrees. So.... here's the starting image:
The near objects are close to near focus point (about 5 feet), φ is about 80 degrees, and this was shooting wide-open f/3.5. If I wanted all of the flowers in focus, I would have to stop the lens down to something like f/128, which is 1) not possible since the lens only stops down to f/22 and 2) diffraction from that aperture would dominate the image, meaning everything would be blurry. However, by tilting the lens (in this case, θ was about 8 degrees) and stopping down to f/5.6 gives this:
Not bad! Now, full disclosure- I'm still a n00b with this method, but that second image took almost 20 minutes to compose... a small crowd actually gathered to watch, probably wondering what I was so intently trying to photograph. Like I've said before, tilt-shift is about the opposite of point-n-shoot....
Post-script: when I got home I needed to clean the sensor from all the lens change-outs. I have realized another advantage of mirrorless cameras- cleaning the sensor is trivial because 1) the flange distance is basically zero, so I don't have to reach down into the camera body to access the sensor, and 2) there's no physical object covering the sensor, so I can clean the sensor when the camera is off and also not worry about wrecking the shutter leaves by accidentally contacting them.
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About 10 years ago I took a montage of pictures in the Olympic forest of a decayed log that died long ago. several trees, nurtured by nutrients released by its decay.
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My daughter went camping in the area last week and took another shot of the same log.
It is a hollowed out remnant of what it was ten years ago.
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My daughter went camping in the area last week and took another shot of the same log.
It is a hollowed out remnant of what it was ten years ago.
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Here is a Darth Vader toothpick dispenser:
https://nitter.net/Rainmaker1973/status/2085535143469457460#m
So cool!
https://nitter.net/Rainmaker1973/status/2085535143469457460#m
So cool!
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Same geography but always variations on water , wind ,light, atmosphere. Jomtien looking South West.Today
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Yikes, that did strange things to my skin!Andy Resnick said:
Only on PF!Andy Resnick said:
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My neighbor's cat stopped over yesterday to visit and model for portraits.
Figure 1. "Mr. Mittens in August." Natural light.
Figure 1. "Mr. Mittens in August." Natural light.
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A gorgeous flower!
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I saw totl sun ecclipse from Spain.
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A couple of musical artist shots...
I took a walk in the city during the yearly festival, and ended up in a square where the Swedish singer/songwriter Moonica Mac was playing live with her band. I wasn't quite prepared for such a shoot as I would have preferred to use a zoom lens, but I managed to get a few shots using only a 50mm lens by getting pretty close to the stage...
A shot of the entire band:
The band waving goodbye to the audience after the concert:
This was not a small concert; it was performed on the largest stage of the festival, and here is photo of a part of the audience:
(Gear used: Sony A6500, Canon nFD 50mm f/1.4)
I took a walk in the city during the yearly festival, and ended up in a square where the Swedish singer/songwriter Moonica Mac was playing live with her band. I wasn't quite prepared for such a shoot as I would have preferred to use a zoom lens, but I managed to get a few shots using only a 50mm lens by getting pretty close to the stage...
A shot of the entire band:
The band waving goodbye to the audience after the concert:
This was not a small concert; it was performed on the largest stage of the festival, and here is photo of a part of the audience:
(Gear used: Sony A6500, Canon nFD 50mm f/1.4)
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Started my first chemotherapy treatment yesterday. No side effects yet but it's still early. Here's a couple of pics commemorating the experience.
Figure 1. "Chemo and time left."
Figure 2. "Taken at familiar bus stop after first chemotherapy treatment." 50mm Summilux-M ASPH @f/16, 1/8 sec, ISO 64 (from auto-ISO).
Figure 1. "Chemo and time left."
Figure 2. "Taken at familiar bus stop after first chemotherapy treatment." 50mm Summilux-M ASPH @f/16, 1/8 sec, ISO 64 (from auto-ISO).
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So yesterday was the annual "World Photography Day" (August 19th, the date commemorating the Daguerreian process). If you missed it, well, I almost missed it too.
Anyway, the day started for me taking a bus back to the hospital (of course) to get some chemo tubes and stuff [temporarily] removed from my person. I took this photo at one of the bus stops (See Fig. 1).
Figure 1. "Bus stop poster reflection study #1"
All the poking and prodding of doctors and nurses was probably on my mind when I took the photo. I'm not the prominent one in the reflection (that was some other commuter), but you can see my reflection and camera in the poster woman's face if you look hard enough.
Here's a pic from outside the hospital (see Fig. 2).
Figure 2. Outside the hospital.
After the hospital visit I had some motivation left. Instead of going home I decided to take the camera down to the Seaport Village area (via bus and trolley). The location, Seaport Village, was not chosen for any particularly compelling reason, it was just a place to go.
Figure 3. Artwork outside a coffee shop near the Seaport Village trolley station.
I question the effectiveness of the crankshaft geometry (see Fig. 3). I don't see how either of the two piston/rod assemblies could transfer any torque to the system in that configuration.
Maybe that's the point of the artwork: how two things so closely linked can also be so effectively isolated from one another.
Maybe I'm putting too much thought into it.
Anyway, here's a picture of a couple of people enjoying Seaport Village's view of San Diego Bay (See Fig 4).
Figure 4. A couple enjoying Seaport Village's view of San Diego Bay.
To be continued. ...
Anyway, the day started for me taking a bus back to the hospital (of course) to get some chemo tubes and stuff [temporarily] removed from my person. I took this photo at one of the bus stops (See Fig. 1).
Figure 1. "Bus stop poster reflection study #1"
All the poking and prodding of doctors and nurses was probably on my mind when I took the photo. I'm not the prominent one in the reflection (that was some other commuter), but you can see my reflection and camera in the poster woman's face if you look hard enough.
Here's a pic from outside the hospital (see Fig. 2).
Figure 2. Outside the hospital.
After the hospital visit I had some motivation left. Instead of going home I decided to take the camera down to the Seaport Village area (via bus and trolley). The location, Seaport Village, was not chosen for any particularly compelling reason, it was just a place to go.
Figure 3. Artwork outside a coffee shop near the Seaport Village trolley station.
I question the effectiveness of the crankshaft geometry (see Fig. 3). I don't see how either of the two piston/rod assemblies could transfer any torque to the system in that configuration.
Maybe that's the point of the artwork: how two things so closely linked can also be so effectively isolated from one another.
Maybe I'm putting too much thought into it.
Anyway, here's a picture of a couple of people enjoying Seaport Village's view of San Diego Bay (See Fig 4).
To be continued. ...
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... Continued from previous post.
I used to live near Seaport Village when I first moved to San Diego. I used to walk down here a lot and watch the ducks. I saw a generation of ducks come and go.
Figure 5. Ducks.
Figure 6. Ducks again.
While in the area, I had lunch at Kansas City Barbeque. It's a somewhat famous place in San Diego. This is the first time I recall ever actually eating food there. I think I've had a drink at the bar once or twice many years ago, but this is the first time for food.
Kansas City Barbeque is sort of famous because a couple of scenes from the movie "Top Gun" (the original) were filmed there. Not to be confused with high-end nightclub involving the "You've lost that loving feeling" serenade (that's a different place), Kansas City Barbeque was the bar for the more down-home, friendly, low-end bar scene involving "Great Balls of Fire." (Although later in the movie, Kansas City Barbeque is visited again with "You've lost that loving feeling" playing on the jukebox.)
Figure 7. Kansas City Barbeque restaurant and bar.
Figure 8. Kasas City Barbeque restaraunt area.
Figure 9. Kansas City Barbeque bar area.
Kasas City Barbeque sits adjacent to the Seaport Village trolley station. so, back to the trolley.
Figure 10. Woman waiting for trolley (photo taken from the trolley, 1/8 sec).
And finally, my favorite picture of the day (see Fig. 11),
Figure 11. "Roadside produce vendor. Photo taken from bus window. 1/8 second."
I used to live near Seaport Village when I first moved to San Diego. I used to walk down here a lot and watch the ducks. I saw a generation of ducks come and go.
Figure 5. Ducks.
Figure 6. Ducks again.
While in the area, I had lunch at Kansas City Barbeque. It's a somewhat famous place in San Diego. This is the first time I recall ever actually eating food there. I think I've had a drink at the bar once or twice many years ago, but this is the first time for food.
Kansas City Barbeque is sort of famous because a couple of scenes from the movie "Top Gun" (the original) were filmed there. Not to be confused with high-end nightclub involving the "You've lost that loving feeling" serenade (that's a different place), Kansas City Barbeque was the bar for the more down-home, friendly, low-end bar scene involving "Great Balls of Fire." (Although later in the movie, Kansas City Barbeque is visited again with "You've lost that loving feeling" playing on the jukebox.)
Figure 7. Kansas City Barbeque restaurant and bar.
Figure 8. Kasas City Barbeque restaraunt area.
Figure 9. Kansas City Barbeque bar area.
Kasas City Barbeque sits adjacent to the Seaport Village trolley station. so, back to the trolley.
Figure 10. Woman waiting for trolley (photo taken from the trolley, 1/8 sec).
And finally, my favorite picture of the day (see Fig. 11),
Figure 11. "Roadside produce vendor. Photo taken from bus window. 1/8 second."