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Post by Salem on Mar 8, 2013 18:10:23 GMT 10
I like how a thread which could easily have delved into the usual anti-gay doldrums has turned into one about night photography!! Love it! Art begets art Agreed Grim. Its nice.
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Post by jody on Mar 8, 2013 19:18:23 GMT 10
Ooh ... a bit of photographic snobbery creeping into the discussion? D'you see it as snobbery Earl? Interesting. No it is just Phil stirring the pot as usual.
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Post by jody on Mar 8, 2013 19:18:34 GMT 10
yes Grim it is nice.
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Post by caskur on Mar 9, 2013 2:36:42 GMT 10
you have to use a tripod at night... that goes without saying. Who said it's point and shoot? Because when you select 'night time portrait' or night time scenery' it is without doubt point and shoot. You push a button or select a position on a dial and the camera does everything for you from that point onwards - you simply frame your shot and press the shutter button. Jody describes using manual settings to achieve optimum results, where you have far greater control over the exposure/s. The creative modes of 'night time portrait' or night time scenery' are compromises where your camera is trying to give you what it thinks you want.you have to use a tripod at night... that goes without saying.Not always. Wouldn't that depend on the night time subject? The 'butterfly wing' shots above? Do you think the photographer would've used a tripod setup there in the middle of a parade? Tonight I used the camera at Cottesloe and sent my husband off with it later as well... I didn't use a tripod... he didn't either. I'm more of the expert on night shots. I did many hours practice last year. My husband doesn't get a chance.. more of his blurred... I had way less blurred shots. Yes... I do think the photographer used a tripod. I'm out and about in the public several times a week and next to boating, photography must be the most popular hobby out there.
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Post by jody on Mar 9, 2013 8:02:04 GMT 10
I sometimes prefer to use my monopod as my tripod (a manfrotto) is rather large and heavy. I bought a fairly heavy duty one as I can at times shoot in the weirdest places with very uneven ground which require a very sturdy tripod that you can trust 100%.
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Post by caskur on Mar 9, 2013 8:30:51 GMT 10
I have an Inca i5315...the cat crashed into it a couple of months ago and bent a leg... fortunately, my husband is a metal worker and straightened it for me.... stupid cat... I still love her though.
Here it is on youtube...
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Post by caskur on Mar 9, 2013 10:43:44 GMT 10
not the same thing as the Mardi gra but still work that I did... the chook is mine...the other skeleton sculpture taken by Kurt...
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Post by volk on Mar 9, 2013 12:53:41 GMT 10
I sometimes prefer to use my monopod as my tripod (a manfrotto) is rather large and heavy. I bought a fairly heavy duty one as I can at times shoot in the weirdest places with very uneven ground which require a very sturdy tripod that you can trust 100%. I too like my Manfrotto, heavy indeed, where I have a hook fitted to the bottom of central column to hang a plastic shopping bag with rocks and/or sand. Then it's a really solid unit. I was watching a motorcycle race years ago (1983 Castrol Six Hour at Amaroo Park, Sydney) and saw a photographer with a tent peg hammered into the ground under his tripod, then a short length of chain and a turnbuckle between the peg and a hook on his tripod. Now that wouldn't have moved even if a truck ran into it!
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Post by jody on Mar 9, 2013 13:18:46 GMT 10
I was quite adventuress whilst hiking up in around Gloucester Falls a few years back....I still can't believe what I did to get a particular shot. With my tripod and camera bag on my back, I scrambled over large boulders and loose rocks to get to point in front of the falls so I could shoot them with a slower shutter speed. Love my trusty manfrotto.
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Post by sonex on Mar 9, 2013 15:02:25 GMT 10
Did you keen photographers see the result of the National Photographic Portrait prize 1013? www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-08/by-a-whisker-2013s-national-portrait-prize/4561836Jody, you did a photo portrait of a very young girl some years ago, I thought it was a wonderful picture and I think you should enter it in the competition next year. In fact all you photographers could do the same thing, and we members can do a critique. ( Those that can do, and those who cannot criticize).
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Post by jody on Mar 9, 2013 16:05:36 GMT 10
That portrait is still my favourite Sonex. The little girl is my great niece and still has the face of an angel. That image is an award winner already....would be lovely to get a National Photographic prize though.
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Post by jody on Mar 9, 2013 16:08:03 GMT 10
That winning image is very good....the emotion it draws from the viewer is quite powerful.
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Post by Salem on Mar 9, 2013 20:05:51 GMT 10
Having been around cats all my life I knew as soon as I saw that photo before I scrolled down to see the article that the cat was ill. The state of the fur and posture gave it away. The anguished look in the owner's eyes really hits home to you. I've been in that situation twice before and am going through it again. Its really heartbreaking.
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Post by caskur on Mar 9, 2013 20:23:43 GMT 10
they're all good. I like the graffiti picture....
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Post by jody on Mar 9, 2013 20:28:24 GMT 10
I have lost two cats now Salem and my ragdoll is now 12 and I can see him ageing....I dread having to go through it again.
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Post by caskur on Mar 9, 2013 20:46:18 GMT 10
the average age of my cats have been 20 before I put them down.... showing signs of aging at 15... .my current cat has to be at least 10 by now... she's always been kitten-like... absolutely loves her life and has always been fussed over.
Kurt took her to get micro-chipped.... just threw her in the car, went for a drive, took her into the vets, let her walk around the waiting room and of course, she thought it was another place she owned and just an every occurrence. As long as Kurt or I am around... she thinks she's just another 4 legged furry human...lol
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Post by jody on Mar 9, 2013 21:19:59 GMT 10
I find moggy's do live longer. My burmese, a blue eye and pure bred died at 13 of kidney failure, my dearest friend Mindy who was a moggy, died at 17 from cancer. Jazz my ragdoll is a blue eye and a pure bred too, he is 12 (they tend to live shorter lives). I have Mickey (moggy he is 8) Sweety (moggy, she is coming up 2) and Riley (maincoon cross who is only 1). The average age for most cats is 15 years old.
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Post by caskur on Mar 9, 2013 22:56:22 GMT 10
moggies do live longer...
what they need to do in breeding is throw some moggies in... but they won't ... And while I like pedigree Rhodesian Ridgeback dogs... they are the only pedigrees I would have...
Everything else is going to be a moggie!
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