Re: PESO: Japanese Maple Seeds

[Bill]

On 8/29/2020 6:38 PM, David Mann wrote:

I find the macro lens hard to use but very rewarding.  I was using it handheld 
and at that magnification, with limited usable ISO on the K10D, I had a fairly 
narrow DOF.  It took me a few attempts to get the seeds in good focus.

I wouldn't normally use the 400 for flowers but those ones are high up with 
awkward backgrounds.  I would dearly love to see what a more modern body could 
do with that lens.  The AF on the K10D is frustrating to say the least.

Ann, the FA macro lens is also very heavy.

Thanks for the comments, everyone.  I have a couple more photos to post later.



Hey Dave, do you have software that will process focus stacking? That 
and don't use AF for macro work. It's guaranteed to frustrate.
I've had really good success shooting macros off of a focusing rail and 
using Photoshop to focus stack a series of images to secure the depth of 
field that I desire.


bill.

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Re: PESO: Japanese Maple Seeds

[David Mann]

I find the macro lens hard to use but very rewarding.  I was using it handheld 
and at that magnification, with limited usable ISO on the K10D, I had a fairly 
narrow DOF.  It took me a few attempts to get the seeds in good focus.

I wouldn't normally use the 400 for flowers but those ones are high up with 
awkward backgrounds.  I would dearly love to see what a more modern body could 
do with that lens.  The AF on the K10D is frustrating to say the least.

Ann, the FA macro lens is also very heavy.

Thanks for the comments, everyone.  I have a couple more photos to post later.

Cheers,
Dave


> On Aug 29, 2020, at 8:58 PM, Alan C  wrote:
> 
> Dave
> 
> This & all those flower shots are very good. Your presentation too! It seems 
> to me that the FA*400 actually does better than the Macro. I haven't really 
> got to grips shooting Macros with the FA100 I bought recently. Focus & DOF 
> always seem to give me trouble shooting macros but as a 100mm short tele it 
> does very well.
> 
> On 29-Aug-20 10:24 AM, David Mann wrote:
>> These seeds are still clinging onto the tree from last season.
>> 
>> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1085/#peso
>> 
>> K10D, FA 100mm f/2.8 Macro
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Dave
>> 
>> 
> 
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Re: Home in CA?

[Larry Colen]

I just got the updates, I’m in zone FEL-E004, I’m inside the evac zone by maybe 
100 yards

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/f0121f7f2f0941afb3ed70529b2cee75

> On Aug 29, 2020, at 2:55 PM, Larry Colen  wrote:
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> 
>> On Aug 29, 2020, at 12:52 PM, Rick Womer  wrote:
>> 
>> Larry, are you back home?
> 
> Not yet.  I hope to have the evacuation order lifted today or tomorrow.
> 
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Re: Home in CA?

[Larry Colen]

> On Aug 29, 2020, at 12:52 PM, Rick Womer  wrote:
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> Larry, are you back home?

Not yet.  I hope to have the evacuation order lifted today or tomorrow.



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Home in CA?

[Rick Womer]

Larry, are you back home?

Rick

> On Aug 26, 2020, at 4:24 PM, Larry Colen  wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> On Aug 26, 2020, at 7:25 AM, Igor PDML-StR  wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> HAR!
>> 
>> Fun story! That's funny how people give names to the wild creatures.
> 
> Gertrude is a lot easier to say than "that mother turkey who has two children 
> that keeps a bit separate from the rest of the flock of wild turkeys in the 
> neighborhood".
> 
> 
>> 
>> Glad to hear that the fire-situation is improving for you, - I am thinking 
>> about you every time I am listening to the news on the radio or TV.
> 
> Thanks.  We were incredibly lucky with the lack of wind.  Cal Fire was 
> stretched incredibly thin, had very few resources they could spare us, and 
> the smoke was so thick they couldn't get air support.  I saw a report that if 
> the fire reached downtown Boulder Creek, Cal Fire was just going to abandon 
> the whole San Lorenzo Valley and use the resources on much more densely 
> populated areas under threat.  The fire seems to have come within a few 
> hundred meters of that point.
> 
> 
> You folks may find this damage assesment map of interest
> https://www.santacruzcounty.us/FireRecovery/DamageAssessmentMap.aspx
> 
> They seem to only be marking houses safe in areas that were under specific 
> threat.  
> 
> I live on Hwy 9 a bit south of Glen Arbor, between Brackney and El Solyo on 
> the logical east, geographic north side of hwy 9
> 
> the map shows the fire boundary as getting to about 3/4 mile, a bit over a km 
> from my house.  
> 
> 
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Igor
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Larry Colen Wed, 26 Aug 2020 02:56:11 -0700 wrote:
>> 
>> Today was the first day in over a week where both the air quality and 
>> temperature were conducive to a bike ride.  As I was riding past the Happy 
>> Valley Conference center I saw some turkeys foraging on the lawn, so I 
>> grabbed my camera, mounted the 55-300 and got some photos.  About the time I 
>> was done, A woman, holding a walkie talkie, asks me if she can help me in a 
>> very "what are you doing at my place, and I'd better like the answer" tone 
>> of voice.  When I mentioned that I was photographing turkeys she said "Oh, 
>> Gertrude and her two babies" and became a lot friendlier.
>> 
>> 
>> There aren't any amazing shots in the set, but I wanted an excuse to tell 
>> the story:
>> 
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157715640806533
>> 
>> Comments are welcom
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Re: PESO - from my dirty office window last Sunday..

[Bruce Nagel]

On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 05:09:11PM -0400,  Daniel J. Matyola" wrote:


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So, exactly where can I find these wild women of Manhattan?


MARK!


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Re: PESO: Japanese Maple Seeds

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Well seen and expertly rendered!  That is a fine image and quite original.

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On Sat, Aug 29, 2020 at 4:25 AM David Mann  wrote:

> These seeds are still clinging onto the tree from last season.
>
> http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1085/#peso
>
> K10D, FA 100mm f/2.8 Macro
>
> Cheers,
> Dave
>
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Re: How to present Panoramic photos?

[Daniel J. Matyola]

That is quite effective, Alan.

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On Sat, Aug 29, 2020 at 1:47 AM Alan C  wrote:

> Igor
>
> I've had considerable success creating Panos in Elements (probably the
> same in the full Photoshop) - cylindrical mode. If displayed at full
> height on the screen, one can scroll L & R at will. I posted this one
> last year:
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/49310801512/
> <
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/49310801512/in/datetaken-public/
> >
>
> I don't have Flickr Pro (therefore no control over display size) so you
> would need to download & increase the height to preserve the right
> angles of the road intersections. It is an 8 frame, 360° Pano of the
> intersection by my house.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Alan C
>
>
> On 28-Aug-20 05:00 AM, Igor PDML-StR wrote:
> >
> > Hi All!
> >
> > Some PDMLers have been shooting and producing panoramic shots,
> > including some great ones.
> > I like panoramas, and I occasionally make them, but not very often.
> > And one of the reasons is I don't know how to post them for effective
> > and efficient viewing.
> >
> > I was wondering if anybody has found any good way to display those
> > online, or even did any research on what is available out there.
> >
> >
> > Igor
> >
> >
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Re: PESO: Japanese Maple Seeds

[ann sanfedele]

Lovely  again , Dave
My old 100 smc f4.0 macro was one of my favorite lenses for portraits or 
macro stuff..  I believe that one went to Stan some years ago..

I couldn't hold it up anymore.  those lenses from the 70's were heavy.

ann


On 8/29/2020 4:58 AM, Alan C wrote:

Dave

This & all those flower shots are very good. Your presentation too! It 
seems to me that the FA*400 actually does better than the Macro. I 
haven't really got to grips shooting Macros with the FA100 I bought 
recently. Focus & DOF always seem to give me trouble shooting macros 
but as a 100mm short tele it does very well.


On 29-Aug-20 10:24 AM, David Mann wrote:

These seeds are still clinging onto the tree from last season.

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1085/#peso

K10D, FA 100mm f/2.8 Macro

Cheers,
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Re: PESO: Japanese Maple Seeds

[Alan C]

Dave

This & all those flower shots are very good. Your presentation too! It 
seems to me that the FA*400 actually does better than the Macro. I 
haven't really got to grips shooting Macros with the FA100 I bought 
recently. Focus & DOF always seem to give me trouble shooting macros but 
as a 100mm short tele it does very well.


On 29-Aug-20 10:24 AM, David Mann wrote:

These seeds are still clinging onto the tree from last season.

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1085/#peso

K10D, FA 100mm f/2.8 Macro

Cheers,
Dave





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PESO: Japanese Maple Seeds

[David Mann]

These seeds are still clinging onto the tree from last season.

http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1085/#peso

K10D, FA 100mm f/2.8 Macro

Cheers,
Dave


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