Re: Dickens Fair and the 35/1.4
> On Dec 2, 2019, at 10:27 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote: > > I may be misunderstanding your problem, but have you tried using the spot > focus function instead of the Select-1, locking the focus on your main > subject and re-composing as necessary? I’m not sure what the difference between spot focus and selecting the center focus spot. But that’s basically what I try to do, and I was still having the problem. > I don't use any of the multiple focus point or Select modes unless I'm > shooting sports with AF-C. With dancing (or martial arts) I’m basically shooting sports, though I’ve traditionally had poor luck with AF-C in low light conditions. I usually need to pre-focus and lock focus (using the af button). Unfortunately, it seems to then lock focus on something in the background. > If you're shooting a lot of movement you might try using one of the Expanded > Area modes, but they only work using AF-C I may try AF-C again, I don’t remember how long it has been since the experiment where it didn’t work, things could be fixed by now. > > -p > > > On 12/2/2019 5:40 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> About a week ago we went to the Dickens Christmas Fair at the Cow Palace >> (Daly City, very close to Brisbane). In theory, the 35/1.4 would be an >> ideal lens for photographing dancing in crowded, low-light conditions. I >> seem to keep running into the opposite of the vocalists microphone problem. >> Rather than focusing on some random object in the foreground, I keep getting >> all of these photos that are perfectly focused on the wall, 10, 20 or 30 >> feet behind the people that I’m trying to photograph. My guess is that it is >> not a problem with the lens, but with geometry. The wider angle lens has so >> much more background in the frame, the camera has more opportunities to >> focus on the sharp edge in the background. >> >> The last time I ran into this I was using my standard select-1 autofocus >> mode, this time I tried using select-9 in the hopes that it would select the >> object in the foreground. It didn’t work. I don’t know if it would work >> better using AF-C rather than AF-S, if it has a different algorithm to >> select the moving object in the foreground. I do wish that just like there >> are different auto exposure modes, there were different auto-focus modes, >> i.e. select the the object a little further back so that you get the >> vocalist rather than the mic, select the object closer so that you get the >> person rather than the wall behind them, or only try to focus on objects >> near infinity so that when you’re trying to photograph a bird it doesn’t >> rack the autofocus all of the way to the closest and back out while the bird >> flies out of the frame. >> >> I did try checking out my previews, but on such a small screen, everything >> looked like it was in focus. Another feature I would love would be similar >> to the blinkies that show clipping, have the focus peaking edge detection >> active on preview so I can easily see in the preview what the camera focused >> on. >> >> In any case, Dickens Fair can be a fun outing, and does provide some fun >> photographic opportunities (even if they don’t allow you to take photos at >> the naughty French Postcards show), and I do recommend it for folks in the >> Bay Area between Thanksgiving and Christmas. >> >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157712035774796 >> >> >> -- >> Larry Colen >> l...@red4est.com >> >> >> >> > -- > Paul Sorenson > Studio1941 > > Sooner or later "different" scares people. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Dickens Fair and the 35/1.4
I may be misunderstanding your problem, but have you tried using the spot focus function instead of the Select-1, locking the focus on your main subject and re-composing as necessary? I don't use any of the multiple focus point or Select modes unless I'm shooting sports with AF-C. If you're shooting a lot of movement you might try using one of the Expanded Area modes, but they only work using AF-C -p On 12/2/2019 5:40 PM, Larry Colen wrote: About a week ago we went to the Dickens Christmas Fair at the Cow Palace (Daly City, very close to Brisbane). In theory, the 35/1.4 would be an ideal lens for photographing dancing in crowded, low-light conditions. I seem to keep running into the opposite of the vocalists microphone problem. Rather than focusing on some random object in the foreground, I keep getting all of these photos that are perfectly focused on the wall, 10, 20 or 30 feet behind the people that I’m trying to photograph. My guess is that it is not a problem with the lens, but with geometry. The wider angle lens has so much more background in the frame, the camera has more opportunities to focus on the sharp edge in the background. The last time I ran into this I was using my standard select-1 autofocus mode, this time I tried using select-9 in the hopes that it would select the object in the foreground. It didn’t work. I don’t know if it would work better using AF-C rather than AF-S, if it has a different algorithm to select the moving object in the foreground. I do wish that just like there are different auto exposure modes, there were different auto-focus modes, i.e. select the the object a little further back so that you get the vocalist rather than the mic, select the object closer so that you get the person rather than the wall behind them, or only try to focus on objects near infinity so that when you’re trying to photograph a bird it doesn’t rack the autofocus all of the way to the closest and back out while the bird flies out of the frame. I did try checking out my previews, but on such a small screen, everything looked like it was in focus. Another feature I would love would be similar to the blinkies that show clipping, have the focus peaking edge detection active on preview so I can easily see in the preview what the camera focused on. In any case, Dickens Fair can be a fun outing, and does provide some fun photographic opportunities (even if they don’t allow you to take photos at the naughty French Postcards show), and I do recommend it for folks in the Bay Area between Thanksgiving and Christmas. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157712035774796 -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com -- Paul Sorenson Studio1941 Sooner or later "different" scares people. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT IG handles
> On Dec 2, 2019, at 6:12 AM, Eric Weir wrote: > > >> On Dec 1, 2019, at 9:44 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: >> >> Larry it's definitely a pain to share pics that don't originate from >> the phone cam or the app directly, they really don't want desktop >> access > > Try Flume. Desktop only. But as they say, a “beautiful Instagram experience. Thanks a bunch, I just spent the $20 for the pro version, and tested it out by posting a couple of photos from the past year. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Dickens Fair and the 35/1.4
About a week ago we went to the Dickens Christmas Fair at the Cow Palace (Daly City, very close to Brisbane). In theory, the 35/1.4 would be an ideal lens for photographing dancing in crowded, low-light conditions. I seem to keep running into the opposite of the vocalists microphone problem. Rather than focusing on some random object in the foreground, I keep getting all of these photos that are perfectly focused on the wall, 10, 20 or 30 feet behind the people that I’m trying to photograph. My guess is that it is not a problem with the lens, but with geometry. The wider angle lens has so much more background in the frame, the camera has more opportunities to focus on the sharp edge in the background. The last time I ran into this I was using my standard select-1 autofocus mode, this time I tried using select-9 in the hopes that it would select the object in the foreground. It didn’t work. I don’t know if it would work better using AF-C rather than AF-S, if it has a different algorithm to select the moving object in the foreground. I do wish that just like there are different auto exposure modes, there were different auto-focus modes, i.e. select the the object a little further back so that you get the vocalist rather than the mic, select the object closer so that you get the person rather than the wall behind them, or only try to focus on objects near infinity so that when you’re trying to photograph a bird it doesn’t rack the autofocus all of the way to the closest and back out while the bird flies out of the frame. I did try checking out my previews, but on such a small screen, everything looked like it was in focus. Another feature I would love would be similar to the blinkies that show clipping, have the focus peaking edge detection active on preview so I can easily see in the preview what the camera focused on. In any case, Dickens Fair can be a fun outing, and does provide some fun photographic opportunities (even if they don’t allow you to take photos at the naughty French Postcards show), and I do recommend it for folks in the Bay Area between Thanksgiving and Christmas. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157712035774796 -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT IG handles
Here is something useful for those that don't want to use their phones to upload to IG but it does require having a Facebook page. Schedule Instagram Posts From A Desktop Computer https://youtu.be/0HMi4DEbm7I Jeffery Johnson | Photo Captures by Jeffery https://www.PhotoCapturesbyJeffery.com On 12/1/19 9:43 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: Larry it's definitely a pain to share pics that don't originate from the phone cam or the app directly, they really don't want desktop access so that's why most solutions end up failing, not quite sure of the rationale there. That said I don't find it too onerous, I just have an IG folder in Dropbox which I pre-load from my desktop then export to IG from the DB phone app. On Mon, 2 Dec 2019 at 10:38, Larry Colen wrote: I set up an instagram account because people kept asking me about one, it took a fair bit of work to get so that I could post my work there, and then facebook broke things so that you cannot post to either facebook or instagram from lightroom so f-them. But, here is what went up before they broke stuff https://www.instagram.com/redforestphoto/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO Leura Gardens Festival 2019
Great set, Rob. I'm embarrassed to say I've never been even though Leura is only 45 minutes away. Must try in 2020. (Nice couple of waratahs in there, I notice) Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ https://500px.com/supera1000/galleries > On 02 December 2019 at 09:35 Rob Studdert wrote: > > > Hi Guys, > > I don't get much time to pop in here these days, I'm still shooting > Pentax regularly but most of my work is done using Nikon gear these > days. > > If you are into gardens I shot this set of images recently, all hand > held using the 645z and superb 28-45 zoom, PP in LR, I did post this > link a while back on FB for those that are connected with me there. > The challenge of the day was not to capture 50+ random people in each > shot. > > https://www.dropbox.com/sh/w7ek04hwdz6dplb/AABUhPBdgvRUI-Y1arSAEbVWa?dl=0 > > Cheers, > > -- > Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) > Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT IG handles
That's the way I do it > On 2 Dec 2019, at 12:52, Doug Brewer wrote: > > I sync with mobile LR, then copy whatever I'm going to put on IG to my phone > photos. When I'm preparing a post I can just scroll through available stuff. > It seems clunky but I've done it so much that I don't have to think about it. > >> On 12/1/19 9:43 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: >> Larry it's definitely a pain to share pics that don't originate from >> the phone cam or the app directly, they really don't want desktop >> access so that's why most solutions end up failing, not quite sure of >> the rationale there. That said I don't find it too onerous, I just >> have an IG folder in Dropbox which I pre-load from my desktop then >> export to IG from the DB phone app. >>> On Mon, 2 Dec 2019 at 10:38, Larry Colen wrote: >>> >>> I set up an instagram account because people kept asking me about one, it >>> took a fair bit of work to get so that I could post my work there, and then >>> facebook broke things so that you cannot post to either facebook or >>> instagram from lightroom so f-them. >>> >>> But, here is what went up before they broke stuff >>> https://www.instagram.com/redforestphoto/ > > -- > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT IG handles
> On Dec 1, 2019, at 9:44 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: > > Larry it's definitely a pain to share pics that don't originate from > the phone cam or the app directly, they really don't want desktop > access Try Flume. Desktop only. But as they say, a “beautiful Instagram experience. Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net "He is the Picasso of pettiness, the Shakespeare of shit." - Nate White -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO Leura Gardens Festival 2019
Excellent set! Dark and dreary here now, so this was a delight. Paul > On Dec 1, 2019, at 5:36 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: > > Hi Guys, > > I don't get much time to pop in here these days, I'm still shooting > Pentax regularly but most of my work is done using Nikon gear these > days. > > If you are into gardens I shot this set of images recently, all hand > held using the 645z and superb 28-45 zoom, PP in LR, I did post this > link a while back on FB for those that are connected with me there. > The challenge of the day was not to capture 50+ random people in each > shot. > > https://www.dropbox.com/sh/w7ek04hwdz6dplb/AABUhPBdgvRUI-Y1arSAEbVWa?dl=0 > > Cheers, > > -- > Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) > Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT IG handles
I sync with mobile LR, then copy whatever I'm going to put on IG to my phone photos. When I'm preparing a post I can just scroll through available stuff. It seems clunky but I've done it so much that I don't have to think about it. On 12/1/19 9:43 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: Larry it's definitely a pain to share pics that don't originate from the phone cam or the app directly, they really don't want desktop access so that's why most solutions end up failing, not quite sure of the rationale there. That said I don't find it too onerous, I just have an IG folder in Dropbox which I pre-load from my desktop then export to IG from the DB phone app. On Mon, 2 Dec 2019 at 10:38, Larry Colen wrote: I set up an instagram account because people kept asking me about one, it took a fair bit of work to get so that I could post my work there, and then facebook broke things so that you cannot post to either facebook or instagram from lightroom so f-them. But, here is what went up before they broke stuff https://www.instagram.com/redforestphoto/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO Leura Gardens Festival 2019
Superb gallery, Rob. Gardens like that are good for the soul. Nothing like that around here. Alan C On 02-Dec-19 12:35 AM, Rob Studdert wrote: Hi Guys, I don't get much time to pop in here these days, I'm still shooting Pentax regularly but most of my work is done using Nikon gear these days. If you are into gardens I shot this set of images recently, all hand held using the 645z and superb 28-45 zoom, PP in LR, I did post this link a while back on FB for those that are connected with me there. The challenge of the day was not to capture 50+ random people in each shot. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/w7ek04hwdz6dplb/AABUhPBdgvRUI-Y1arSAEbVWa?dl=0 Cheers, -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO Leura Gardens Festival 2019
Hi Rick, Glad you liked them, I know that gardens aren't everyone's cup of tea but this lot were pretty spectacular, I'm aiming to get a preview before the crowds next year if I can manage it, then I could really go to town. Hi Ann, Thanks, given how the FB god stuff with the view algorithms I'm not at all surprised that you missed them. Hi Cotty, LOL, no nekkid ladies in this lot, I think you might have mistaken me for someone else with a 645z ;) I have a nice Nikon work kit now, no Nikkor glass though, it's all Tarom zooms and Sigma primes, I certainly can't complain. So butcher as many NIkkors as you like :) Hi Pete, Glad you liked them, there's a big bushfire front way too close at the moment, I think everyone is just crossing their fingers, I saw a shot from last night at Echo Point looking over the Three Sisters and there's just a wall of fire behind, very sad. Cheers, On Mon, 2 Dec 2019 at 10:17, Rick Womer wrote: > > Rob, I really enjoyed these. > > We have rain and sleet this evening, as winter approaches. It’s so nice to > see flowering trees and shrubs (I have a particular weakness for dogwoods). > > Rick > > > On Dec 1, 2019, at 5:35 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: > > > > Hi Guys, > > > > I don't get much time to pop in here these days, I'm still shooting > > Pentax regularly but most of my work is done using Nikon gear these > > days. > > > > If you are into gardens I shot this set of images recently, all hand > > held using the 645z and superb 28-45 zoom, PP in LR, I did post this > > link a while back on FB for those that are connected with me there. > > The challenge of the day was not to capture 50+ random people in each > > shot. > > > > https://www.dropbox.com/sh/w7ek04hwdz6dplb/AABUhPBdgvRUI-Y1arSAEbVWa?dl=0 > > > > Cheers, > > > > -- > > Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) > > Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
