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HDR - High Dynamic Range / Re: Post your HDR images:
« on: May 12, 2013, 01:34:57 PM »
I don't know, any good? I tried to get the sun behind the steeple but couldn't get an angle on it.
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Animal Kingdom / Re: Wrong Photography Ethics?
« on: May 10, 2013, 03:35:55 PM »Most of us are not forensic photographers who shoot crime scenes and dead bodies ... photography for me is a passionate hobby and an art form ... I'm no good at drawing or painting or sculpting ... the closest I can hope to get to any decent art form is making images and manipulating them the way I like ... I am happy to manipulate and change images so they are pleasing and/or compelling to look at ... even if it mans adding a lighting bolt or removing an ugly wire or add an extra cheetah or make a fat person look a little slimmer (in fact I routinely use liquify tool to make people, with a big paunch, look a little slimmer) and as a photographer it gives me great joy to see people feel good about themselves when they look at the images I've manipulated ... I don't give a damn if the so called "purists" think it is unethical ... I thank God everyday that photography is my hobby and that it gives me a chance to look for beauty in the world around me and if I can't see it, I'll just manipulate that scene in photoshop, and I don't need to worry about being unethical coz I am not a forensic photographer shooting crime scenes and dead bodies.
Couldn't agree more...only thing I would add to crime scenes and dead bodies is news.
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Software & Accessories / Re: Adobe to Stop Making Packaged Software
« on: May 07, 2013, 04:32:25 PM »A swap to this model of using Adope CS6 will cause some problems for big organisations that have to secure their datas .
The head of the IT department in the organisation where I work, is in doubt whether the state bureaus is allowing to open the firewall/safety-solutions to use this cloud based software. It is to risky. They are in fear to get hacked.
And we own really a lot of CS6 licences.
Okay, repeat after me: This is NOT a cloud application. This is Not a cloud application.
From Adobe's website: "And, as always, your applications live on your desktop, not in a browser and not in the cloud."
It is just a confusingly-named marketing scheme.
The problem I have, regardless of whether the software resides in the cloud, on your desktop or on Pandora, is a requirement for an internet connection so that every time you start the application a license check is performed. That would cause a great deal of heartburn on my part.
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Software & Accessories / Re: Adobe to Stop Making Packaged Software
« on: May 06, 2013, 07:39:20 PM »I'm thinking Adobe hired that ex-ceo from Netflix
More like JC Penney!
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Software & Accessories / Re: Adobe to Stop Making Packaged Software
« on: May 06, 2013, 06:12:42 PM »
Software providers have been drooling over a subscription model for years. They have a semi- version of that now. If you read the EULA you will find you don't own most software you just plunked down $$'s on.
I don't know sales numbers, I assume before they do something like this they analyze it with some care. That said, there was quite an outcry when they tried to change the upgrade path the last go round. They were going to offer upgrade pricing for current version users only, all other upgrades would be full price. Didn't follow it super closely but I don't believe that worked out too well for them. So maybe they don't care or don't know what will happen.
However, I find it hard to believe they won't lose massive numbers of customers. They will most definitely lose me.
I don't know sales numbers, I assume before they do something like this they analyze it with some care. That said, there was quite an outcry when they tried to change the upgrade path the last go round. They were going to offer upgrade pricing for current version users only, all other upgrades would be full price. Didn't follow it super closely but I don't believe that worked out too well for them. So maybe they don't care or don't know what will happen.
However, I find it hard to believe they won't lose massive numbers of customers. They will most definitely lose me.
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Animal Kingdom / Re: MY dog
« on: May 06, 2013, 12:35:21 PM »
Koa - named after the wood from Hawaii...
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Speedlites, Printers, Accessories / Re: Tripod and multiple camera straps
« on: May 04, 2013, 04:18:31 AM »I, also, am paranoid about having a single point of attachment. With this setup, I made a 1" loop with a long velcro strip, wrap it around about 3 or 4 times, around the corner of the L-Bracket, then bought a small, high-strength carabiner and attached it through both the Blackrapid carabiner and the velcro. Now, if the Blackrapid or Spider clamp fails, the L-bracket should save the camera. Wasn't meant to be if the L-bracket fails!
Would you mind posting a photo? I think I know what you are doing, and it would certainly help ease my restless mind, but a pic would really be nice.
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Speedlites, Printers, Accessories / Re: Tripod and multiple camera straps
« on: May 03, 2013, 02:32:44 PM »Blackrapid double strap, Kirk 1" clamps on the ends of the straps, Arca-Swiss type plates on bodies/lenses and an AS-type ballhead clamp.
I took your advice on this setup...and I really like it. But...(there is always a but isn't there...)
I am having a really hard time letting go of the camera, I just can't get myself to trust a single point connection...I know a regular strap is really just a single point connection as well...but still...
I mean...am I nuts, paranoid, stupid or do others feel this way as well...
Woollybear now ducks
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Lenses / Re: Why aren't zoom lenses faster than 2.8?
« on: April 18, 2013, 06:43:26 PM »Reading these last few posts reminds me of how surprised I am that my 135/2 isn't larger, especially compared with my 200/2.8
135 / 2.0 = 67.5
200 / 2.8 = 71.4
Only 4mm different...
Is that different than 67,5 and 71,4?
Easy now....just adding a little humour.
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Lenses / Re: Why aren't zoom lenses faster than 2.8?
« on: April 18, 2013, 06:45:33 AM »It is quite easy actually. If you want to know what size it would require just divide the focal length with the required f-stop and you'll see what size the front element diameter would be. So, for a 100-400mm f/1.2 the front element would be 33,3cm in diameter.
If you divide the focal length with the diameter of the front element you'll get the maximum f-stop for that lens.
33,3 cm...wow!!!
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Third Party Manufacturers / Re: "I am boycotting Nikon" campaign
« on: April 15, 2013, 05:35:09 PM »
politics is merely another word for hypocrisy
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Site Information / Re: Minimum CR Forum IQ?
« on: April 11, 2013, 05:28:45 PM »Rather than a straightforward minimum IQ score, I propose the following criterion for forum participation:
(IQ score / your camera's DR score) > 9
The smaller denominator gives more of a chance for us dumb Canon shooters to participate in this forum.
Damn...really...9 ?!? Well, at least I have something to shoot for (PI). Off to ebay for a DCS-100....
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Lenses / Re: What shall i get next ?
« on: April 02, 2013, 05:48:29 PM »
To paraphrase Polonius...
Repetition is the soul of wit
Repetition is the soul of wit