July 31, 2009 3:41 PM PDT
Indecent Exposure 57: Introductory experiment
The week's big news, a philosophy of watermarks, and the clockwork photography contest. Plus, an assignment experiment: what happens in 1/30th second.
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Last topic: Time
Winner: Thursday Night
Honorable mention: Time Captured And Lost
Next topic: Blue. Deadline 12 p.m. ET on August 6
Note: To minimize confusion, we're now providing entry deadlines. They'll usually be Thursdays at noon Eastern time. You can still post links after that, which might still get included, but to ensure they get entered that's the time you should target. To enter, please use the blog comments to provide a link to your entry, plus any background information you'd like to share with us and other listeners.
Note: To minimize confusion, we're now providing entry deadlines. They'll usually be Thursdays at noon Eastern time. You can still post links after that, which might still get included, but to ensure they get entered that's the time you should target. To enter, please use the blog comments to provide a link to your entry, plus any background information you'd like to share with us and other listeners.
Senior Editor Lori Grunin has been covering digital imaging for two decades, but her memory's kind of sketchy on the details. You can hear about it every week on Indecent Exposure, the podcast she co-hosts with Matt Fitzgerald.
Lori Grunin has been an avid photographer for almost 30 years, and spent the past 15 attempting to master every aspect of technology.
Matt Fitzgerald has been involved with digital camera technology and the photo industry for more than 15 years. Matthew's background includes work as a professional photographer, a technical representative, and a repair technician.
View from Seattle aquarium:
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/4TcdT9Pe6ZH4jNZZEzO4Nw?feat=directlink
I hope that's blue enough! :)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobmcclenahan/3739412351/
Here's my blue photo. I love the way blue ights at concerts change the colors of everything. It is actually rather impressive how little this is edited in Photoshop. Was a 6 second exposure on a tripod from rather far away.
http://www.gcthawk7.semicreative.com/files/general/indecentexposureentry/blulight.jpg
Hope you like it.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/37791728@N07/3780875990/
highgloss
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobmcclenahan/3739419653/
Yes, I realize the irony of wanting to get rid of a halo around a church...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/adambindslev/3578660305/
I was trying to convey the feeling of being just a little child in a big blue world. Wide open to the possibilities ... and completely unaware of the perils.
Still working on the 1/30-thing
BTW - on Watermarks. Personally I use the watermarking-feature in Picasa. It simply superimposes text in the bottom right corner - and adapts the tone to the tone of the photo. Might not be artistic - but it is very easy. It is not on this picture, since this is taken before I began my photoblog.
I have a Canon 40d and will be traveling internationally. What would be the best all around lens to take? What is the best all around lens to just leave on your camera most of the time?
I've heard the 17-55, f2.8 is great. I was looking at the 24-105, f4, but I've read full frame lenses aren't good on these size DSLRs. I'd love to know what you think.
Heidi
I also have the 40D and for full frame glass you need to add the crop factor to the lens which would make the 24-105mm a 38-168mm. If you like the wide angle stick with the EF-S 18-200mm if you can afford to carry a second lens I love the 50mm. The 1.8 you can get for about $100.00 / 1.4 about $380.00 and the 1.2 about $1600.00 they are an excellent normal lens. The bokeh is great. This is my all around lens (1.8) that I use more than anything else. If you want a little longer the EF 28-200mm ( 45-320mm) is a good choice.
I have heard the the mirror my not clear the full frame glass although I have never seen this, It would be my only concern and any possible vignetting.
You should take a look at the revues at amazon and get a feel from there, though drop the very best and very worst and you should get an accurate view.
Keith Macke
i heard that full frame glass tends to be heavier, pricier and have slightly better sharpness on crop sensor bodies. the sharpness according to some websites are attributed to the sensor only sees more of the centre of the lens where lenses are usually softer in the corners. having said that i used a tamron 28-300mm on a crop sensor and it was giving me wicked chromatic abberations at the telephoto end.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22756141@N06/3782467037/?editedcomment=1#comment72157621802237071
This is at a music festival and the guitars were just beautiful against the sky
http://www.flickr.com/photos/setesh/3140591197/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/owenmartin/3683896757
http://www.flickr.com/photos/owenmartin/3747365047
http://www.flickr.com/photos/owenmartin/3683902487
I chose these images because of the different shades of blue and amount of noise in each of the images. The images were all taken from my back garden with various different equipment and settings.
Owen Martin
Taken on Sunday, Posted on Sunday, dead on Monday. That's life for a flying thing.
Here's my entry for the blue contest: http://www.flickr.com/photos/leeadc/3785136997/sizes/o/
On the reversing ring subject, on my 50mm lens it has an aperture ring that can be set manually when not connected to the camera. That how I got this shot, a previous contest entry (http://www.flickr.com/photos/leeadc/3732434563/).
I am still working on the 1/30th second assignment...But loving the challenge.
Lee.
Just thought I would share something with you all this week. I recently upgraded to a new iMac and it came with the new version of iPhoto. One of the great new features is locations.
But, as I don't have a GPS logger...or so I thought, I had to manually add the locations into the photo's.
Then last week I realised that my mobile phone (Nokia E71) has built in GPS. So after a little research I came with the following solution to add GPS location data to my photo's.
I use two free software program's. The first is called 'Nokia Sports Tracker' (http://sportstracker.nokia.com/nts/main/index.do) which logs the GPS data while I am out shooting. What makes the software great is the ability to export the data as a .GPX file, a standard format for GPS data. On the mac I use 'GPSPhotoLinker' (http://www.earlyinnovations.com/gpsphotolinker/) to add longitude and latitude data to the exif data on photo's (either RAW or JPEG). It does this by matching the time stamps of the GPS data to those on the photo's.
This new addition to my photography is significant for me as I take a lot of wildlife photo's and having the location embedded in the exif makes remembering where photo's were taken a thing of the past.
Hope this is useful (and makes sense!)
Lee
I know in the US the iPhone is more dominant than Nokia so iPhone users might be interested in 'MyTrack' a 0.99c download that does the same as the Nokia software and that looks like it can export .gpx files.
Lee.
http://www.apptism.com/apps/mytrack
Lee.
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p58/super6s/cnet/Blue-1small.jpg
markitect
(mark)
A friend told me it is a Spiny lobster... kind of anticlimactic, I know. Just in case anyone was dying to know.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lukedebruijn/3680566058/
Thanks, Luke.
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by joeyjoeyjoey
August 3, 2009 10:13 PM PDT
- Blue lights, blue mask, blue shirt...
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