From: Tim Bray
That's an awfully nice picture. No, you don't need a 645D. I don't
need a 645D. Nobody needs a 645D. If anyone on this list gets one
I'm going to send a poisoned Bolivian dwarf to teach them the error
of their ways.
-Tim
Unless, of course, you invite the rest of us over to
On 11/20/2010 3:55 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
For the Bay Area Folks, this is shot from the frontage road, just
north of Black Road (Bear Creek exit off Hwy 17).
Just may be we could have a PUG theme of "Night Photography".
Boris
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> What shipping company would deliver a dead dwarf anyway?
>
> On 11/21/2010 2:26 AM, David Mann wrote:
> > On Nov 21, 2010, at 12:51 PM, Tim Bray wrote:
> >
> >> That's an awfully nice picture. No, you don't need a 645D. I don't
> >> need a 645D.
What shipping company would deliver a dead dwarf anyway?
On 11/21/2010 2:26 AM, David Mann wrote:
On Nov 21, 2010, at 12:51 PM, Tim Bray wrote:
That's an awfully nice picture. No, you don't need a 645D. I don't
need a 645D. Nobody needs a 645D. If anyone on this list gets one I'm
going to s
On Nov 20, 2010, at 11:28 PM, David Mann wrote:
> On Nov 21, 2010, at 10:24 AM, Larry Colen wrote:
>
>> On my cameras auto focus won't work in that light, and I didn't bring my
>> laser pointer.
>
> Funny, I'd never thought of using a laser pointer to assist AF. I don't have
> a cat so I nev
On Nov 21, 2010, at 10:24 AM, Larry Colen wrote:
> On my cameras auto focus won't work in that light, and I didn't bring my
> laser pointer.
Funny, I'd never thought of using a laser pointer to assist AF. I don't have a
cat so I never had an excuse to get one until now.
Cheers,
Dave
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On Nov 21, 2010, at 12:51 PM, Tim Bray wrote:
> That's an awfully nice picture. No, you don't need a 645D. I don't
> need a 645D. Nobody needs a 645D. If anyone on this list gets one I'm
> going to send a poisoned Bolivian dwarf to teach them the error of
> their ways.
If Pentax do send me one
On Nov 20, 2010, at 4:43 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote:
> Larry Colen wrote:
>
>> Thanks all for your comments.
>>
>> Ann, I did some pixel peeping on other photos in the set looking for
>> evidence of tripod shake. I think that one problem I'm having is accurately
>> focusing the 20/1.8 in the da
Larry Colen wrote:
Thanks all for your comments.
Ann, I did some pixel peeping on other photos in the set looking for evidence
of tripod shake. I think that one problem I'm having is accurately focusing
the 20/1.8 in the dark. I suspect that infinity is not exactly infinity.
That's true - a
On Nov 20, 2010, at 1:42 PM, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote:
> Larry Colen wrote:
>
>> Then I realized what I really needed was Ralf's nightscape skills.
>
> You're all far overestimating the role I'm playing in all this. 90
> percent of it is living near the right places and being there when the
>
On Nov 20, 2010, at 3:28 PM, Theodore Beilby wrote:
>> Pointing directly at the moon it wouldn't have made a difference, but do
>> polarizers have the same effect at night on darkening the blue >of the sky?
>> Can
>> they be used to bring out the stars better?
>
>
> Larry, light is light, ri
That's an awfully nice picture. No, you don't need a 645D. I don't
need a 645D. Nobody needs a 645D. If anyone on this list gets one I'm
going to send a poisoned Bolivian dwarf to teach them the error of
their ways.
-Tim
On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 5:55 AM, Larry Colen wrote:
> I was driving home
>Pointing directly at the moon it wouldn't have made a difference, but do
>polarizers have the same effect at night on darkening the blue >of the sky?
>Can
>they be used to bring out the stars better?
Larry, light is light, right. The main difference is the amount that is there.
It still has
On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
>
> On Nov 20, 2010, at 1:47 PM, Charles Robinson wrote:
>
>> On Nov 20, 2010, at 15:24, Larry Colen wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks all for your comments.
>>>
>>> Ann, I did some pixel peeping on other photos in the set looking for
>>> evidence of tripod
On Nov 20, 2010, at 1:47 PM, Charles Robinson wrote:
> On Nov 20, 2010, at 15:24, Larry Colen wrote:
>
>> Thanks all for your comments.
>>
>> Ann, I did some pixel peeping on other photos in the set looking for
>> evidence of tripod shake. I think that one problem I'm having is accurately
>>
On Nov 20, 2010, at 15:24, Larry Colen wrote:
> Thanks all for your comments.
>
> Ann, I did some pixel peeping on other photos in the set looking for evidence
> of tripod shake. I think that one problem I'm having is accurately focusing
> the 20/1.8 in the dark. I suspect that infinity is not
On Nov 20, 2010, at 7:55, Larry Colen wrote:
> I need to go to bed rather than going through all of my n-dimensional
> bracketing from three different shooting locations, but after a quick scan,
> this seems to be one of the more promising shots:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5191532097
Larry Colen wrote:
> Then I realized what I really needed was Ralf's nightscape skills.
You're all far overestimating the role I'm playing in all this. 90
percent of it is living near the right places and being there when the
light is good.
Yes, there is good and bad light at night. The time a
On flicker, especially, I'm noticing blockiness in the sky. I suspect that
I've got my jpeg quality turned down too low for a photo where I'm pushing
things this hard.
I suspect that these photos will go into the file marked
Near miss, try and learn from them.
I'm not sure, however what I can
Thanks all for your comments.
Ann, I did some pixel peeping on other photos in the set looking for evidence
of tripod shake. I think that one problem I'm having is accurately focusing
the 20/1.8 in the dark. I suspect that infinity is not exactly infinity. On my
cameras auto focus won't work i
Larry, I like this one except for the spot right in the middle of the frame
(porch light?) A little work and this might be a really good shot.
Ted
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Excellent shot. I find it very compelling. The horizon in the middle works well
with your subject here.
Paul
On Nov 20, 2010, at 8:55 AM, Larry Colen wrote:
> I was driving home from dancing in SF, and seeing the mist and clouds lit by
> the moon over some water I was compelled to stop and take
Larry Colen wrote:
I was driving home from dancing in SF, and seeing the mist and clouds lit by the
moon over some water I was compelled to stop and take a few pictures. At one point
when I was bracketing two cameras (K20 and Kx) two lenses (16-50 & 20/1.8),
several isos and exposures, my fi
Nice shot just the way it is, Larry. Monitors can display quite a wide
variation at this level of exposure.
Jack
--- On Sat, 11/20/10, Larry Colen wrote:
> From: Larry Colen
> Subject: The right tool for the job
> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List"
> Date: Saturday, Nove
On 20/11/10, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed:
>my first thought was that if I had a K-5 this would be so much easier
>because I'd at least know which camera body to use. Then I realized
>that for this shot I didn't need a K-5, I needed a 645D. Then I realized
>what I really needed was Ral
I was driving home from dancing in SF, and seeing the mist and clouds lit by
the moon over some water I was compelled to stop and take a few pictures. At
one point when I was bracketing two cameras (K20 and Kx) two lenses (16-50 &
20/1.8), several isos and exposures, my first thought was that i
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