While the overlord awaits my demise I took the opportunity to snap his profile with the 70-200 Z + 2X to see how it does at ISO 12800...hoping I have a few years left before he serves a buffet to his buds...
JWilsonphoto wrote:
Whatever you had to do to end up with that image was worth it Bill! Hope you have a big blank wall somewhere, it deserves it!
Thank Jim,
It's in the Metal Print file with 20 others.
That picture turned out well, and you know how it is, some pictures just seem to turn out a whole lot better than others and you know just from the preview how good it's going to be when done processing.
Ray Swindle wrote:
While the overlord awaits my demise I took the opportunity to snap his profile with the 70-200 Z + 2X to see how it does at ISO 12800...hoping I have a few years left before he serves a buffet to his buds...
Bill Gass wrote:
One ugly azz burd Eddie Ray but they are necessary as well.
Better keep moving or he'll take a peck at ya
Yep, they can clean a deer carcass from my right of way in a day, they even move it off the road! The downside is my rancher buddy told me they will pluck out the eyes on calves when they are new born if they lay down too long and, after giving birth the mother is unable to defend the calf. (Of course the black vulture defense is that the calf was stillborn and they were simply coming in to clean up.)
Jim, your drone shots are as good as your stabilized shots from aircraft. Kinda of like going from an open cab tractor to an enclosed cab with air conditioning. Impressive.
Thanks Eddie Ray! You know, I haven't thought of it in a while but I have $25,000.00 worth of gyros that haven't seen daylight in a couple of years. These bodies are just so darn good. I'd think about using one for an air to air I guess, just so I could drop the shutter speed down to 1/30th. My aerial cinema rig takes two $8,000 stabilizers, don't believe that has amortized itself yet.........but you know what, it's great and it works perfectly. If Glenn would ever boot "Raptor Julie" out of the Bo, I might use it once or twice.........
Right now I'm coming to you from HQ, which is a delightful 72 degrees, quite a contrast to the 103/110 that is waiting for me outside. I have a helicopter scheduled for 7pm, heck, it will probably only be 100 by then, better bring a jacket............
Which brings me to a point where I might have to eat my words. You all know of my decades long love affair with a certain Swedish camera manufacturer. Well it seems that I find myself in discussions with that company and its new owners re: an upcoming updated release of their 100MP XQDII. The XQDIII is rumored to arrive sometime this year and, if what they are hinting at is true, it might well be the ultimate still camera. I'll never forget the first time I held my Hasselblad in my hands and pressed that clunky shutter, it was magical, and that feeling never went away, in fact, it was my Hasselblad that really started my business and spurred me on. The first evening I owned it I shot the Hyattt Regency in downtown Dallas at dusk, a few months later that image was the cover of their annual report. I always enjoyed hearing the deep breaths and seeing the raised eyebrows when I popped open three Halliburton cases filled with Blads. Maybe, just maybe, DJI has infused enough cash and marketing to revive the once great camera system to its former glory, "WeeBeeSee!" More on the negotiations when and if they progress.
Hey, did you ever see what it takes to store all those pictures that people take of what they are having for lunch/dinner? Well it takes thousands of these buildings..........................
