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Sent: 14. juli 2005 23:16
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: PESO - Herding Livestock
http://www.oksne.net/paw/herdingants.html
Those little critters are hard to keep in focus when working hand
held. It's pretty much hit and miss, and this is the best I've managed
so far.
One particular problem
On 7/14/05, Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.oksne.net/paw/herdingants.html
Those little critters are hard to keep in focus when working hand
held. It's pretty much hit and miss, and this is the best I've managed
so far.
One particular problem with ants is that their hide is
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Subject: PESO - Herding Livestock
http://www.oksne.net/paw/herdingants.html
Those little critters are hard to keep in focus when working hand
held. It's pretty much hit and miss, and this is the best I've managed
so far.
One particular problem with ants
On 7/18/05, Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks, Frank!
Yer welcome!
Btw, did you see Cotty's spider with the ringlight in every one of it's eight
eyes? :-)
I just did now. Thanks for the heads up, Jostein. Cool shot, Cotty!
cheers,
frank
--
Sharpness is a bourgeois concept.
http://www.oksne.net/paw/herdingants.html
Those little critters are hard to keep in focus when working hand
held. It's pretty much hit and miss, and this is the best I've managed
so far.
One particular problem with ants is that their hide is
- Original Message -
From: Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.oksne.net/paw/herdingants.html
So you had some tropical nights, hadn't you? ;-)
About two weeks of them, actually. I'm not adapted for that sort of
thing.
Me is pulling through the hottest days of the
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.oksne.net/paw/herdingants.html
Pretty darn good for hand holding Jostein.
I like the cripsness of the ants and the eriee science fiction movie
feel to it.
Thanks Dave.
Cheers,
Jostein
and maybe half a body in one frame, flash or
not...:-)
Jostein
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From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 12:27 AM
Subject: Re: PESO - Herding Livestock
Why do you need flash?
Shel
Jostein wrote:
http
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From: keithw [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.oksne.net/paw/herdingants.html
[...]
Most impresssive shot, Jostein, Sir!
You're fortunate the aphids are pretty slow movers, or you'd have a
heck of a time of it!
Thanks, Keith.
hehe... You're right. That would
William Robb wrote:
Matte spray.
From: keithw [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You know, I thought of that too, but figured it would make them look
like residents of Pompeii or Herculaneum!
Speaking of which,
Does anyone know if they've uncovered the villages on Montserrat after
the eruptions in the
From: Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2005/07/15 Fri AM 09:45:05 GMT
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: OT - pyroclastic flows (was Re: PESO - Herding Livestock)
William Robb wrote:
Matte spray.
From: keithw [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You know, I thought of that too, but figured
- Herding Livestock
Jostein wrote:
http://www.oksne.net/paw/herdingants.html
Those little critters are hard to keep in focus when working hand
held. It's pretty much hit and miss, and this is the best I've
managed so far.
One particular problem with ants is that their hide is hard
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From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 1:03 AM
Subject: Re: PESO - Herding Livestock
Nice shot. I would probably Photoshop the highlights out of there. I
don't know if a ringflash would help either. You'll still get some
flash
Thanks, Markus.
Now that you've said it, I might pester the list with a few more as
summer passes...:-)
Cheers,
Jostein
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From: Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 7:40 AM
Subject: RE: PESO - Herding Livestock
Jostein wrote:
IIRC, John Shaw also recomments the kitchen bowl accessory in closeups
in nature. It seems more and more like a good thing to try. Thanks for
nudging me in that direction.
I suspect that I will need a fairly small bowl, though. I measured the
working distances of various lens
I wrote:
Does anyone know if they've uncovered the villages on Montserrat
after
the eruptions in the nineties?
From: mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I remember seeing some aerial pictures in the last three months or
so that suggest not. Can't remember the URL.
Google is my friend. I'll see
- Original Message -
From: Tom Reese [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Jostein,
I've been thinking about the actual requirements for using a bowl.
You'll have to do something to keep the bowl from flopping around.
My guess is that you'll need to glue a couple blocks of something
(styrofoam?) on
: Friday, July 15, 2005 12:44 PM
Subject: Re: OT - pyroclastic flows (was Re: PESO - Herding Livestock)
I wrote:
Does anyone know if they've uncovered the villages on Montserrat
after
the eruptions in the nineties?
From: mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I remember seeing some aerial pictures
From: Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2005/07/15 Fri AM 10:44:30 GMT
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: OT - pyroclastic flows (was Re: PESO - Herding Livestock)
I wrote:
Does anyone know if they've uncovered the villages on Montserrat
after
the eruptions in the nineties
Jostein wrote:
When shooting with the 50mm reversed, I use a bayonet lid (with the
center removed) to protect the lens contacts and the aperture lever. My
thought was to glue it onto that lid.
that should work but it increases the unit cost.
I see a marketing opportunity for these things
Jostein wrote:
Speaking of which,
Does anyone know if they've uncovered the villages on Montserrat after
the eruptions in the nineties?
So THAT's what Ivan and Jeanne and Dennis and Emily and all their
siblings are so busy working on over there!
What is wrong with ring flash for this type of shot?
Jostein wrote:
http://www.oksne.net/paw/herdingants.html
Those little critters are hard to keep in focus when working hand
held. It's pretty much hit and miss, and this is the best I've managed
so far.
One particular problem with ants
Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
What is wrong with ring flash for this type of shot?
You get doughnut shaped highlights on all the convex reflective surfaces.
Tom Reese
J. Matyola [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 4:09 PM
Subject: Re: PESO - Herding Livestock
What is wrong with ring flash for this type of shot?
Jostein wrote:
http://www.oksne.net/paw/herdingants.html
Those little critters are hard to keep in focus
Thanks, Tom.
That, too.
Jostein
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From: Tom Reese [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: PESO - Herding Livestock
Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
What is wrong with ring flash for this type of shot?
You get
- Original Message -
From: E.R.N. Reed [EMAIL PROTECTED]
So THAT's what Ivan and Jeanne and Dennis and Emily and all their
siblings are so busy working on over there!
Or maybe the volcano is the reason why they're desperate to reach you
in such a hurry? :-)
Jostein
- Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola
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To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 4:09 PM
Subject: Re: PESO - Herding Livestock
What is wrong with ring flash for this type of shot?
Jostein wrote:
http://www.oksne.net/paw/herdingants.html
Those
Peter,
You're so predictable...:-)
Jostein
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From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 7:35 PM
Subject: Re: PESO - Herding Livestock
You know you want one.
Jostein wrote:
Dan,
I think the Pentax (for example
:35 PM
Subject: Re: PESO - Herding Livestock
You know you want one.
Jostein wrote:
Dan,
I think the Pentax (for example) ring flash has two tubes, and one
can choose to fire one or both in each blink. When using both tubes,
one ends up without shadows. That usually looks quite unnatural
On 15/7/05, Jostein, discombobulated, unleashed:
Besides, I don't have a ring flash, and fear the enablement powers of
this forum...:-)
The one I have allows turning either tube down in 1/8th power steps. :-)
Nut better than a ring flash is one of these:
http://tinyurl.com/93kcg
Is there a
On 15/7/05, Tom Reese, discombobulated, unleashed:
You get doughnut shaped highlights on all the convex reflective surfaces.
Like this:
http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/nature/images/pic24.html
But with lots of things it doesn't matter:
http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/nature/images/pic20.html
http://www.oksne.net/paw/herdingants.html
Those little critters are hard to keep in focus when working hand
held. It's pretty much hit and miss, and this is the best I've managed
so far.
One particular problem with ants is that their hide is hard and shiny.
With a bare flash, the
- Original Message -
From: Jostein
Subject: PESO - Herding Livestock
http://www.oksne.net/paw/herdingants.html
Those little critters are hard to keep in focus when working hand
held. It's pretty much hit and miss, and this is the best I've managed
so far.
One particular
- Original Message -
From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Does anyone know a good way to handle this [specular highlights]
without resorting to ring flashes?
Matte spray.
LOL.
Wow! Very interesting shot showing the ants at work. Nice work!
--
Bruce
Thursday, July 14, 2005, 2:16:18 PM, you wrote:
J http://www.oksne.net/paw/herdingants.html
J Those little critters are hard to keep in focus when working hand
J held. It's pretty much hit and miss, and this is the
Why do you need flash?
Shel
Jostein wrote:
http://www.oksne.net/paw/herdingants.html
One particular problem with ants is that their hide is hard and shiny.
With a bare flash, the highlights become specular and burned out. Using
a miniature softbox lessen the problem, but it's
Jostein wrote:
http://www.oksne.net/paw/herdingants.html
Those little critters are hard to keep in focus when working hand held.
It's pretty much hit and miss, and this is the best I've managed so far.
One particular problem with ants is that their hide is hard and shiny.
With a bare
On 14/7/05, Shel Belinkoff, discombobulated, unleashed:
Why do you need flash?
Not essential, but with flash you can stop right down and get the best
DOF available from the lens, and obviously use a higher shutter speed
accordingly.
The problem with close flash like a ringflash is that it
Nice shot. I would probably Photoshop the highlights out of there. I
don't know if a ringflash would help either. You'll still get some
flash burn.
On Jul 14, 2005, at 5:16 PM, Jostein wrote:
http://www.oksne.net/paw/herdingants.html
Those little critters are hard to keep in focus when
You need a small stop to get any depth of field. The resulting shutter
speed is probably too slow to handhold without flash.
Paul
On Jul 14, 2005, at 6:27 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Why do you need flash?
Shel
Jostein wrote:
http://www.oksne.net/paw/herdingants.html
One particular
William Robb wrote:
- Original Message - From: Jostein Subject: PESO - Herding
Livestock
http://www.oksne.net/paw/herdingants.html
Those little critters are hard to keep in focus when working hand
held. It's pretty much hit and miss, and this is the best I've managed
so far
Jostein wrote:
http://www.oksne.net/paw/herdingants.html
Those little critters are hard to keep in focus when working hand held.
It's pretty much hit and miss, and this is the best I've managed so far.
One particular problem with ants is that their hide is hard and shiny.
With a bare
Hi Jostein
keep up the work, very good already, I like it a lot.
greetings
Markus
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From: Jostein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 11:16 PM
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: PESO - Herding Livestock
http://www.oksne.net/paw/herdingants.html
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