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I've been so fortunate to get free tickets to Giants baseball games. I think this was my 10th free game(?!!!) this season.
Justin Grimm was part of the trade package from the Texas Rangers (for a short Matt Garza rental) that also included Mike Olt and C.J. Edwards. Grimm is an interesting reliever to follow
Other arms I'd consider worth following are: Vic Black (in the Marlon Bryd trade, Black from PIT to NYM) last year. I've been keeping my eye on Damien Magnifico in the MIL farm system, R.J. Alvarez in LAA system, and Carter Capps who the Mariners traded to MIA for Logan Morrison. I liked ATL's David Hale this past year, and Nick Kingham for PIT is a guy I think highly of.
Well, other than all those, I sure wish the Giants signed the talented, young Jen-Ho Tseng. Who the Cubbies signed.
Obviously the Giants are loaded with prospect arms; both starters and (especially) relievers. Guys like Hunter Strickland getting healthy and watch for Andrew Carignan if he can too.
This is my Vivitar 200mm f/3.5 for the Konica AR mount. Shot at f/5. No crop, so there's plenty of detail in the frame. Daytime baseball is good for photography.
A member of the Exploratorium has invited me to join him for a visit this Friday. Awesome! I look forward to my first time at the new location along the waterfront. Lots to photograph there, for sure.
Walked all the way over to Gazebo Garden again last Saturday. Just to hang and use wi-fi. On my way home, I got something I never could've even dreamed of...
I had my shutter open while the train was crossing the Van Ness bridge. AND a car was going under. AND a car made the left turn. AND no headlights.
Problem is I can't exactly edit this into what I envisioned, using freeware.
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Again, I have a brand new in box Sony E-mount 20/2.8 pancake lens for sale. Flickrmail me if interested, $285 through Paypal includes shipping.
here's a shot of a canada dry ginger ale 2 litre bottle. just playing with my trusty reversing ring (nikon BR2) and old manual prime (nikkor n.c. 24mm f/2.8) on my D300. anybody else think these look like jewels? lol.
the dramatic lighting here is due to me just using one handheld flashlight off below the camera. it's a good pelican LED mitylite 2430, takes four AA batteries. i dunno candlepower or watt power though.
recently, an old photog pal from across the pond contacted me; and viewing his recent work using a reversed lens, i was motivated to get back to it... thanks to ed horsford for the motivation of this short series!
cheers.
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If you’d like to view my images larger… While I only allow my contacts to view my larger images (I generally upload at least 800px images on the long axis)…
a quick workaround I might suggest is to view my photostream as a slideshow. Works well for me. This is frequently how I view others’ ‘streams, and it will put a large image on black. just click the projector screen icon next to the stream or set. : )
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on 01 jan 2010, I began a new journey w/ a flickr 365 group that i formed. The idea is that I strive to push myself daily; by exploring techniques, ideas, and experiments.
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is it 'still photography'?
is it a 'motion picture'?
is it still a film negative if i used photoshop?
anyways, cross-processed sensia 200, shot w/ holga + raynox 0.66x wide angle converter + heliopan 3+ close-up lens attached. using self-modded remote cable attachment.
for some reason this film lab always get REALLY magenta in cross-process... i've gotta remember to go elsewhere for my xp's in the future.
thanks for looking. cheers.
Los Angeles skyline from Los Angeles State Historic Park. Field of Lupine and Desert Sunflowers in foreground. California, USA
Installation of a residential wind turbine is filmed for an episode of the DIY network show "This New House". Bob Hayes of Prevailing Winds and his crew install a Dyocore SolAir 800 I wind turbine which integrates two small solar panels into its design and is capable of producing up to 800 Watts at 12 mph. The two solar panels produce up to 45watts. Redondo Beach, Ca, USA
School Children learn about and tend the vertical garden at the Downtown Value School, a charter school in downtown Los Angeles. The vertical garden is provided by Woolly Pocket and is part of their Woolly School Garden program. The Woolly Pocket hangers are created from 100% recycled materials. The school also has a flower and produce garden that goes around the school grounds, a small greenhouse and a worm compost bin that students collect for after each meal. Los Angeles, California, USA
This is the interior of the old, vacant JCPenney building at Fulton Mall in downtown Fresno. So cool and interesting to get inside of and shoot.
Apparently, the landlord applied for funds to renovate, and th max. was supposed to be 13 months for approval. It's now been over 18 months and there's no resolution in sight. Who knows what will become of it?
In the mean time, so much interestingness for photographers. I loved the textures and all the peeling paint. Warm earth tones. Thanks for looking. Cheers.
Please don't even bother to ask if this is SOOC. lol. Yeah, I surely overcooked it in post.
It was dark, the fog covered close to the top half of the fireworks, the buildings at Fisherman's Wharf were not bright enough to create interest.
So I decided to pull up the brightness and make this into a pseudo-HDR. I think it looks about the same as pasta boiled for an hour- overcooked.
Oh well. Hope all had an enjoyable, safe, and wonderful Fourth. It sure would help if you weren't an SF Giants fan. *sigh*. Thanks for looking. Cheers.
yeah, so i know i'm cheating on my daily project. but seeing as how nobody else is participating much in the flickr group i started, and i think very few even care if i continue such a daily project... oh well.
my scanner is officially dumb-as-a-bag-of-hammers. i've been trying for two full days to get scans from my latest batch of chai-lenol snip tests... using my Sears TLS camera and a couple film stocks...
seriously, over 80 scan attempts- maybe over a hundred. and frames aren't in focus. not even close. i've tried all kinds of work arounds. to no avail.
so nothing new to post. just this photo from my 8 year old Canon S230 IS pocket cam. one of my fave captures for its simplicity and uniqueness.
so, back in 2003 or 2004; i went to an Orange Photography party, partied w/ the crazy bunch that is Orange and all its orange-ness. they handed out some kaleidoscope glasses- they looked a lot like el cheapo plastic 3-D glasses.
this was a simple shot of a strand of white christmas lights, with the funky glasses held up in front of my p&s camera's lens.
no editing, no photoshop. it is what it is. and nothing more.
i've been trying to find some glasses like these, but can't seem to.
i want some. : )
cheers.
I was lucky enough to get a free ticket to visit Alcatraz today. What a photographer's playground! I've a few tips:
- a fisheye would be really cool here, lots of tight spaces. If you don't own one, (IMHO) consider renting one.
- speedlite: just had mine delivered, plenty of chances to use it indoors here. I did. Wireless is helpful too.
- tripod: if for nothing else, to use as a 'boom' or extension for overhead shots. Totally worth carrying along for this reason alone, IMO.
- get as wide as you can. I brought my 18-55 kit lens and never took it off. Mostly used it as an 8mm "semi" rectilinear w/ my 0.45x wide angle lens adapter. That's the truth.
- I consistently recommend photographers buy knee pads. I almost always wear (just) one when shooting. Really helpful here, but it depends on how you like to shoot (obviously). Mine choice is the McDavid Hex pad knee sleeve type.
- I didn't follow the tour at all. Too crowded. Lots of the coolest places are off-limits. But there's plenty to stroll around and shoot.
- I took the tram to the top. Then walked my way down. Made sense to me. About 4 hours, I felt I took it all in.
- TONS of HDR opportunities, if you're into those. Tunnel & wall textures and aging relics all over the place. Think depth of lighting and shadows here.
- Bring a gray card. White balance is wonnky everywhere. I custom white balanced for almost every scene. It's due to the wall colors and mixture of incad lighting with diffused daylight.
- my opinion is Alcatraz is beautiful on a blue sky day. I realize tickets can sell out WEEKS in advance, and one can't know the weather like that. The golden colors and direct sunlight seem to lend to great images against a blue sky, if I were to have my way. It was a good day for shooting.
Tam and I have been working hard on our collaborative light painting project. She's making lots of LP tools, I'm doing some concepts, rigging, and scouting,. We're both doing a lot of research and testing.
This is a $3 LED that has five (white) lights, I custom made gels to create the blues. Just a simple gel test here.
Our experimentation goes on. We're committed to spending a lot of time, effort, and even money... In our quest to make some epic images together.
Shot w/ my Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 28mm f/3.5. Not that it matters. I'm deciding if I can shoot my Zeiss Jena 80/2.8 for our project. But think it's too tight and would move me way too far from our subjects.
I'm finding myself shooting a lot of the clichés. Bay Bridge, Cupid's Bow, Golden Gate Bridge at sunset. lol. Sheesh.
Doing some dynamic range toning. Creating some new workflow techniques for the various Topaz plug-ins. They're pretty darn awesome.
Oh yeah, I met a really cool dude visiting from Kazakhstan, who I talked to right after taking this shot. I hope he got to Twin Peaks on his short stay here in SF. Cheers.
for the 35mm take-up spool, i've wrapped the same (3/8" i think) flat elastic cording around the 120 spool. then wrapped black electrical tape around that.
for the 35mm canister holder... i've cut some packing styrofoam... i think i used a wine bottle shipping container, but doesn't matter what kind. i'm actually planning to re-do this with a different foam when i have some time.
you can see, i had to 'groove' the top & bottom of these inserts to fit the holga inards. i used black electrical tape to finish them and help stabilize them.
the thin black plastic cording on the film canister insert, i dunno where i got it. maybe a garment hang tag. maybe an old trim sample. it is a little stretchy, which helps. the knot faces outward when inserted in the holga. i use this knot to help pull the insert out when unloading my film in my lightproof camera bag.
my camera bag is a bag i made myself. an eco-friendly french terry liner and nylon faille outside shell (for lightproofness). made in the same basic shape as a Shoei (motorcycle) helmet bag, with hemp drawstring cords.
Ah, my requisite "motion blur" image (not really blurred, though). Had to wait a bit for someone to walk through my frame (around the offices- on a Saturday). But worked out alright in the end?
Statue of Spanish Explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, Cabrillo National Monument, Point Lomo, San Diego, California (SD)
Another in my "how a comet is formed" series. I wanted to get some earthy tones, to almost make this one appear like a landscape on some foreign planet.
Sony a3000 + Konica AR Hexanon 40mm f/1.8 pancake manually focused. This series was all shot at f/4, in-camera b&w JPEG, using +2 contrast, +1 sharpness, and Lv2 DRO.
Thanks for looking. Cheers.
I got an invite to visit the Exploratorium, for free! I liked how the paper weight -slash- magnifier caught the diffused sunlight onto this vintage map of San Francisco and the surrounding bay.
This magnifying lens isn't lighted. You can view all the windows in the catchlights. The glow is only from the light passing through the magnififer. Cool effect, I thought. And the old map of SF is way cool, too.
Here we see the small-sized circle lights become hexagonal in bokeh shape. They are not particularly bright, so there is no doubling. Overall, I'd say fairly pleasant and especially for a pancake lens... That cost about $10!
A bit of cyan fringing on the lights, but this also is due to street lighting conditions- not the lens elements themselves.
Pretty sure I destroyed whatever integrity this image had of a beautiful artist. Working on my progression to something, eventually. lol.
Time lapse using my Konica Hexanon 40/1.8 pancake.
Some who follow me know I "test" things exhaustively. I wanted to learn about the visual differences between using a wider (20/2.8 pancake) lens and a more standard (40/1.8 pancake) lens. Sure, I know what focal lengths are...
I mean, does contextual stuff (wider) retain the same importance/relevance- in a motion picture? I think the motion takes precedence, the width actually can detract IMO. Focus on the details instead. Yup.
I decided on 15 sec spacing of about 1/100 sec exposures. What I don't understand is how I would deal w/ WB shift as sunset (~5800K to 3500K) turns to darkness (~8500K) turns to white balance for street lights (maybe 3200K).
Same goes for exposure. One frame is going to have to adjust by 1/3 stop (shutter speed) at a time. Won't that seem like a drastic "jump" from the previous series of frames? Ambient lighting would not 'tranisiton' well... Gosh, sure wish I could "micro-adjust" exposure by 1/9 ths of a stop for incremental, time lapse. Smooth out the changes over more frames. Would be nice.
I couldn't possibly build out the video at 24 fps, way too choppy- since I used faster shutter speeds. Had to go down to 8 fps video. I'll sure try dragging my shutter, then using 24 fps video in the future.
Lots to learn about time lapse & all things related to video.
BTW, I had an awesome time last night meeting up with Dennis Martin; a supreme talent in Hollywood CG, VFX, photography, and cinematography. He's worked on Thor, Transformers, Speed Racer, Pirates of the Caribbean, Mission Impossible, Matrix, and others. Wow. Awesome conversation. Met up after my time lapse shoot at Corona Heights. We talked shop for about an hour! Super cool dude.
not sure it was this EXACT shot, but this - or one very similar- earned me a Nikon Award many, many moons ago.
i've been fairly pleased w/ my initial test of interlacing images or layer masking images or whatever you want to call it. so, now...
using a roll of old, expired Efke 25 film i bought a couple years ago for long water exposures (and obviously never shot)...
processed in my homemade developer CaffandHalf.
four separate images here, two overlapped by two exposures. oh yeah, three different cameras used for these images... a canon S3 IS, my nikon F100, and a mamiya 645 AF-D medium format.
this is a scanned negative, exactly as it appears... the biggest problem i have is trying to find a place to cut my neg strip for scanning... the images all overlap. lol.
cheers.
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My photography blog has yummy ice cream you can download!
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If you’d like to view my images larger… While I only allow my contacts to view my larger images (I generally upload at least 800px images on the long axis)…
a quick workaround I might suggest is to view my photostream as a slideshow. Works well for me. This is frequently how I view others’ ‘streams, and it will put a large image on black. just click the projector screen icon next to the stream or set. : )
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on 01 jan 2010, I began a new journey w/ a flickr 365 group that i formed. The idea is that I strive to push myself daily; by exploring techniques, ideas, and experiments.
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Happy Fourth of July to all, even if it isn't. I mean, it might already be the 5th. I don't mean to infer it isn't happy.
I'm getting back to some of my wonky ways of experimental photogrpaphy. Well, kinda. So, I shot this really bland panning shot of a couple buildings.
I envisioned doing a cross-process looking technique, and think this was really close to what I wanted. I know, it's just blurry stuff. Yeah, I know. Thanks for looking. Cheers.
This is Zack, a camera operator for KMPH 26, the local Fresno affiliate for FOX tv. Zack shoots some indie film stuff on his own. He knows some of the same people I've already met.
so, yesterday i had made three anamorphic pinhole cameras and loaded them with kodak tri-x 320 film (120 format). this one (my very first anamorph exposure ever!) definitely turned out the best, with full frame coverage. i have a lot to learn about anamorphs! oh yeah, developed in caffenol C- with my new batch of vitamin C crystals! yay! i now have one pound of pure crystals to play with.
i took the negative, scanned it, and then photoshopped it to get to this 'fisheye-ish' complete oval image.
things are getting pretty interesting w/ my experimental projects, i'm starting to see lots of potential... and maybe even a few decent images along the way.i can't believe how much i've learned in just one month so far! (i really hope my next couple experiments turn out, i spent a fair amount of time & effort to set them up... stay tuned. or not. lol)
cheers.
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My new photography blog has yummy ice cream you can download! And fuel additives you can add to your car to triple your mileage!
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If you’d like to view my images larger… While I only allow my contacts to view my larger images (I generally upload at least 800px images on the long axis)…
a quick workaround I might suggest is to view my photostream as a slideshow. Works well for me. This is frequently how I view others’ ‘streams, and it will put a large image on black. just click the projector screen icon next to the stream or set. : )
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on 01 jan 2010, I began a new journey w/ a flickr 365 group that i formed. The idea is that I strive to push myself daily; by exploring techniques, ideas, and experiments.
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I literally almost stepped on this getting to the top floor. I immediately had to stop and shoot it. I dare say I don't think this bird minded being shot.
And to think of how much stuff there is to shoot here. I wouldn't have minded being locked in. Ha ha.
I lucked out on timing my climb up to this catwalk. A whole group of fire spinners soon came out and filled up my entire frame.
Just learning this lens, I missed focus on a bunch of these images. But I also tried shooting some video. Dang, I didn't figure on shooting 16GB and filling up my SD card. Video ate gigabytes in a hurry I guess.
The Sony 20mm f/2.8 pancake handled flaring quite well.
this turned out to be a kind of happy accident. i was shooting w/ my old nikon N80 (F80) because it has an on-camera flash to trigger my strobe. but for the first three or four frames, my speedlilte wasn't firing.
so, i put my camera into my changing bag, and unloaded, then re-loaded the film, and re-shot. and here, we have the overlap where the two met.
shot of my whole sumatra beans, on fuji NPH 400 film, developed in caffenol C. thanks for looking.
cheers.
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If you’d like to view my images larger… while I only allow my contacts to view my larger images (I generally upload at least 800px images on the long axis)…
a quick workaround I might suggest is to view my photostream as a slideshow. Works well for me. this is frequently how I view others’ ‘streams, and it will put a large image on black. just click the slideshow icon next to my stream or set. : )
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on 01 jan 2010, i began a new journey w/ a flickr 365 group that i formed, the idea is that i strive to push myself daily; by exploring techniques, ideas, and experiments.
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along the SF flickr meetup, a guy approached with a story about the house the kiddnappers of Patty Hearst lived in. this is his car. ultra-wide shot from less than 2 feet from the nearest headlight.
9.45mm at f/2.8 with auto focus? And macro capable. Total cost $205 USD (new lens + UWA conversion lens delivered).
here's a first scan of my newest homemade developer formula, i'm calling it Redinol.
The quality of the tonal range and detail retention are quite nice IMHO. i still have more negatives to scan, and still want to test this formula further. but for a first test, i am quite happy with the early results i am getting.
i'm hoping to be able to shoot a roll today to test a new soup i've been prepping & cooking for the last couple days. we'll see if my dog cooperates enough to allow me to run a roll...
cheers.
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My new photography blog has yummy ice cream you can download! And fuel additives you can add to your car to triple your mileage!
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If you’d like to view my images larger… While I only allow my contacts to view my larger images (I generally upload at least 800px images on the long axis)…
a quick workaround I might suggest is to view my photostream as a slideshow. Works well for me. This is frequently how I view others’ ‘streams, and it will put a large image on black. just click the projector screen icon next to the stream or set. : )
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on 01 jan 2010, I began a new journey w/ a flickr 365 group that i formed. The idea is that I strive to push myself daily; by exploring techniques, ideas, and experiments.
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I decided to risk buying an M42 lens adapter from China, that offers tilt. I used to love shooting with the Nikon 85/2.8 PC-E tilt-shift. I used tilt LOTS more than shift.
Here's another shot using my new tilt lens adapter that converts M42 lenses to my Sony E-mount. I'll hope to buy a more "standard" M42 lens in the near future to also use this tilt adapter. I'd eventually love the Voigtlander 21/4 Skopar pancake. But I could use a nice 60-85mm portrait lens more.
Shot at f/4, we can see the focal plane tilted to a diagonal (top L to lower R corners). Due to its out of focus (OOF), I can say it was tilted pointing DOWN.
Meaning (looking from behind the camera's LCD): the point of the lens protruding *furthest* from the camera was the top right corner of the lens. The lens was angled downward on its axis- relative to the camera's flange.
Works great, as long as my focal point isn't at infinity.
One point of interest: we see the interaction of exposure on the defocus. I think our eyes are drawn to the lower L more than the upper R corner. It almost looks like an old-school treatment of smearing vaseline on a filter to achieve soft focusing. Almost/kinda distracting.
The upper right-hand corner hasn't this same issue, due to its darker exposure. It also isn't "thrown" as OOF. The focal plane is at 45 degrees, making a smaller top R corner and a bigger lower L corner. Things to keep in mind when composing tilt effect images.
Uh, do people even care about my notes and descriptions? Probably just seem really long-winded.
2783 panel Solar Array at the Hill Canyon Wastewater Treatment Plant. The Array provides about 15% of the facility's energy needs. Camarillo, Ventura County, California, USA
A week ago I had a chance to meet Benjamin Von Wong, hang out w/ him a bunch, and here he is at his shoot. My Zeiss Jena 80/2.8 using tilt effect. Ben is "sponsored" by Broncolor, so I just saw a photo opp. Hey Broncolor, contact me if you wanna buy my images. lol
I'm trying to help coordinate an AMA (Ask Me Anything) live chat for Ben on flickr. Hang tight, I think this can happen in August. If you ever wanted to directly ask a question to Ben (and other prominent photographers)... I'm trying to make this happen.
I'm actually considering starting a photography meetup group in SF. Yeah, I know they're a dime-a-dozen... But I'd strive to offer a heap more, hopefully making a great community. In talks w/ some photo organizations right now...
If you aren't familiar w/ Von Wong, well... His work is amazing, please check him out. On flickr, SmugMug, 500px, his interviews all over the internet (like dpreview, fstoppers, petapixel...), or his youTube.
another snip test, this is Ilford Delta 100 in my homemade developer Redinol formula 4.
i think i overprocessed this by a bit, so it is kinda washed out... but i like it for that too, i s'pose.
cheers.
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My new photography blog has yummy ice cream you can download! And fuel additives you can add to your car to triple your mileage!
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If you’d like to view my images larger… While I only allow my contacts to view my larger images (I generally upload at least 800px images on the long axis)…
a quick workaround I might suggest is to view my photostream as a slideshow. Works well for me. This is frequently how I view others’ ‘streams, and it will put a large image on black. just click the projector screen icon next to the stream or set. : )
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on 01 jan 2010, I began a new journey w/ a flickr 365 group that i formed. The idea is that I strive to push myself daily; by exploring techniques, ideas, and experiments.
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The sun painting exhibit at the Exploratorium had these prism-projected color bars on a wall, this is basically a straight OOC JPEG.
Installation of a residential wind turbine is filmed for an episode of the DIY network show "This New House". Bob Hayes of Prevailing Winds and his crew install a Dyocore SolAir 800 I wind turbine which integrates two small solar panels into its design and is capable of producing up to 800 Watts at 12 mph. The two solar panels produce up to 45watts. Redondo Beach, Ca, USA
San Diego Symphony Orchestra, Jahja Ling Conductor, Copley Symphony Hall, San Diego, California (SD)
This is part of what made this lens my #1 top priority when choosing my first prime on Sony E-mount. The round circular bokeh of lights, and the ability to work one type of harsh shooting situation with beauty.
You'll notice the leaves aren't doubling, color remains vibrant, center is sharp at f/1.8. No real issues with fringing or CA or blooming. Only the small leaf right about the stem of the flower shows any characteristics of "nervousness" IMO. Mostly that's due to overexposure. VERY well handled for a tough condition.