The "Photograph" Thread.

[Timbuk2]

Loving the balloon pic EJ.

[earthJoker]

Tnx. There were even more of them, but I couldn't fit them all. I wonder if they often start from there. I usually don't wake up that early on Sundays.

[termite]

But the Sound of Music plays in Austria, you need to post a picture of Heidi

Noted!

[Bitter Jeweler]

Using a Tilt-Shift lense...I try to check out views from parking garage roof tops. I think the second images is the best image from my trip. Catching that guy, with the white hat in the shadow...

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[earthJoker]

I love the second, it really got that "miniature" effect that TS can establish.

[Timbuk2]

2nd is as good as I've seen of your tilt-shift images BJ.

[termite]

I love the second, it really got that "miniature" effect that TS can establish.

Yeah, it looks almost like a scene from something like Thomas the Tank Engine (when my kids were little it was a favourite).

[Bitter Jeweler]

Thanks guys!

Here's some abstracts:



Springbound








Mosaical







All In Wonder

[earthJoker]

I think this is a Gentiana clusii, which is one of the most iconic flowers of the alps. I wouldn't have seen it if it wasn't for my gf.

[Flixy]

Pretty!

[Bitter Jeweler]

It's such a big flower, for a diminutive plant!

[BalticSailor]

[Dreadnaught]

So many questions...

[Bitter Jeweler]

[Timbuk2]

A two-night trip to the ancient Roman city of Bath, my favourite of English cities ...

All taken on camera phone - neglected to take camera with me as usual.

The Royal Crescent





The cathedral, and the thermal baths



Pultney Bridge

[termite]

I took these a couple of years ago - pretty sure I never posted them here... shame they're phone pic quality.

[Dreadnaught]

Beyond the frame/exposed engine, what in particular distinguishes those types of motorcycles from the racing style motorcycles that have a much higher pitch?

[Flixy]

Beyond the frame/exposed engine, what in particular distinguishes those types of motorcycles from the racing style motorcycles that have a much higher pitch?

Awesomeness.

[termite]

Beyond the frame/exposed engine, what in particular distinguishes those types of motorcycles from the racing style motorcycles that have a much higher pitch?

Racing style bikes as you call them are designed to go fast, very fast, everything about those bikes tells you so from the shape of the bike to the position of the rider and the sound of the engine. I once owned a Kawasaki 900 Ninja that was just such a bike - they are amazing fun, for a short time. After long rides (which are awesome fun) I found myself almost requiring a chiropractor to unfold and peel me off the bike due to the "paper clip" shaped riding position (they do seem to be better suited to little guys). For me there was only one way to make myself comfortable on a bike like that - go faster! This is no joke, the way you lean forward puts weight on your wrists and hands which are also crucial to controlling the bike, if you go fast enough the effect of being lifted from the bike (inertia?) reduces the load on your forearms. I shit you not...the slower you go, the more painful the ride.

Whereas "those types" of bikes shown above are designed to be ridden not raced, essentially they are the cruisers of the motorcycle world - they go fast enough but not the 300+km/hr of your "racing style" bikes however they do have plenty of power. I am comfortable on my Harley, I can literally ride all day and into the next so long as I stop for fuel. I've done more than 2000km's in 3 days on my Harley and felt great at the end of it (in fact I find my mood stays up for days after a good long cruise) but on my Kawasaki I would have been in a world of hurt if I was stupid enough to try that.

While the look, the style and the speed of the bikes are clearly different the most distinctive difference for me has always been the sound - it is the one thing a picture cannot convey. When a handful of Harley's roll into a town it is a sight and a sound to behold...when 20 or more roll past it can lift your heart rate! I once rode in a procession of several thousand bikes through the city and the sound reverberating back and forth from the tall buildings was incredible to the point of giving you an adrenaline rush.

I have ridden bikes all my life (first monkey bike at 4 years) and I've ridden all sorts and enjoyed them all but I love riding my Harley.

[Nessus]

I have a growing fear that my mid-life crisis will involve getting a cruising motor bike. I wonder what the driving license laws will be like, then.

[Bitter Jeweler]

Termite, I appreciate bikes, but I could never ride one. I'm afraid to. Afraid to ride horses too.
I liked reading your post. It really gave me a sense of your passion for riding.

You might like the first ring pictured below, inspired by a tire.

[GGT]

Bitter, my son is taking Photography as a HS elective. They have fancy digital Apple platforms to fiddle with digital photos (each color printer jets cost around $500, which sounds outrageous!), as well as Dark Room time using old fashioned film developing on Kodak papers, using cameras with ASA and f-stop settings. He's rather frustrated, yet intrigued, by the differences.

Which format do you find to be the "Best" teacher, artistically? How did you "learn" what you know?

[Bitter Jeweler]

First, get him the books "Understanding Exposure" by Bryan Peterson, and "The Photographers Eye", and "Learning to See Creatively". These are musts!

Digital is best for learning, because you can see the results immediately. Film has a delay, and can be frustrating while learning. Digital attaches the settings to the file, so you can always go back and see why you got the results you did, or a mentor can view it to trouble shoot poor image quality. That's priceless.

Artistically? I like digital because i can play with the processing in Lightroom, or Photoshop, much, much easier, and in more depth than I could in a darkroom. I see pressing the shutter as the beginning of the process. Digital almost always requires post processing in Photoshop, Lightroom, or Aperture. Digital files always need a degree of sharpening (many cameras do it IN the camera software), contrast, and saturation boosts. Again, many cameras inducing point and shoots do this as it converts and saves your image. Film has a totally different feel. You buy film for each brands strengths, or weaknesses, depending on what you shoot. You choose processing again for specific results. Including cross processing, using chemicals for one type of film on a different type for specific results.

There is really no difference using film or digital when taking pictures. Everything is the same. You use your light meter to guide your settings the same. ASA and ISO are the same thing. 400 speed film is virtually the same as setting the ISO on a digital camera to 400. You use them in the same way. The great thing about digital is you can change it after every picture if needed. With film, once you stick a 36 exposure roll of ASA/ISO 400 speed film in the camera, you are stuck using ISO 400, for 36 shots.

Developing your own film in the darkroom, is a wonderful experience. Someday I will have time to get back into it.

I wish him luck, and hope he enjoys it. Just a warning though. Photography is addictive, and can become a very expensive habit. If your son has any questions, feel free to PM me. But get him those books!!!

[Bitter Jeweler]

How did I learn? Reading tons of books. Authors say the same things in different ways, and something that doesn't click from one book, will in another. I look at tons of photography, via Flickr, and Googling popular past and present photographers. You can learn a lot by look at others work. There are free eBooks through the Guttenberg Project on American Photography in the 1920's that are fascinating!

Best way to learn anything, is to totally immerse yourself in it.


http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28015

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28024

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28023

[oldmunchkin]

P6 in all her glory!



And I'm teaching her to read too!

[termite]

I have a growing fear that my mid-life crisis will involve getting a cruising motor bike. I wonder what the driving license laws will be like, then.

Don't wait too long, I recommend having your mid life crisis as early as possible before you too're old to enjoy it!

Termite, I appreciate bikes, but I could never ride one. I'm afraid to. Afraid to ride horses too.
I liked reading your post. It really gave me a sense of your passion for riding.

I understand the fear, it is a perfectly sensible response to something that is dangerous and in 36 years of riding motorcycles I think fear has been something of an ally - if I had no fear I would have long since been seriously injured or killed. That and a hefty dose of uncommon sense goes a long way towards keeping you safe on the road...

I used to ride horses when I was younger but that's a different fear - they have a mind all of their own and if they want to ruin your day they will.

I'm planning on swimming with a whale shark at Ningaloo Reef in a few months and I can assure you that is my REAL FEAR! But I'll do it....I think.

You might like the first ring pictured below, inspired by a tire.

That's very cool.

[Draco]

^^I have a creeping interest in motorbikes! They seem like fun

A two-night trip to the ancient Roman city of Bath, my favourite of English cities ...

All taken on camera phone - neglected to take camera with me as usual.

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What a pretty town! I wanna make a trip of it one day, to drive around England and visit all these nice looking towns.

P6 in all her glory!



And I'm teaching her to read too!

LOL! Gotta love cats that photo with her under the book is just hilarious though

[Nessus]

Don't wait too long, I recommend having your mid life crisis as early as possible before you too're old to enjoy it!

Well, I don't have any student loans...

Hmm.

[Draco]

Brisbane's CBD:

[Dreadnaught]

Rando question: do you think of Brisbane as a costal city? I mean, it's not on a harbor, but it's certainly not seaside. Then again, it's not an interior city.

I realize you may be biased, but if I ever visit Australia again should I visit Brisbane or Melbourne? Or neither?