Y'all hunker down if you're in Harvey's area of influence. This storm if going to set some records in damage, and I fully expect the death toll to rise significantly. We're praying for you, and would do more if we could.
Amazing to see Chandler that size. This thread started, and I had the great fortune to meet Jim, when he was just yay-big... wow, how time flies.
Been looking at the news of the devastation and flooding on the Gulf coast and kinda wished I hadn't. In case any may need something calm and cheerful.....
nickjohnson wrote:
Been looking at the news of the devastation and flooding on the Gulf coast and kinda wished I hadn't. In case any may need something calm and cheerful.....
So, Saturday I went downtown to shoot the APBA Gold Cup Hydroplane race. I finally got a shot I have been trying to get for some time now. Here's a few from my outing
Thea and I find it a very nice place to visit, at all times of the year. It's set in quintessential chalk downlands. It's also near Goodwood airfield so I quite often see and hear the Boultbee folks doing there thing.
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In Nick's spirit of calming beauty, I'll share this one.................
That will do it - all day every day.
Question, is that white balance as shot, or did you reset using the white cloud, or do some other thing? Just a further education enquiry. In my exploration of low light landscape work I've finally realised that the darker it is the more open to interpretation white balance is. I find messing about to achieve a pleasing result is often rather more helpful than something that it technically correct, but looks flat.
First, WOW! I had no idea that Spitfire experience existed, what a bucket list item! Wonder what they would do for you if you chartered the Bell by yourself, (bringing a Buddy of course ? Suppose they'd pull the doors?
On the white balance subject, Sheila would tell you that I can't differentiate between dark sock colors so I don't know if my white balance advice holds water. What is that verse in the Bible? Mark 6:4, Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his own town, among his relatives and in his own home." Glad to know that experience isn't limited to me
That image was captured on my Fuji 617 Panoramic Camera, just east of the Grand Canyon. I had a high res drum scan done of it for fine art prints. In answer to your question, when I'm proofing prints I guess I go for the whites in the clouds and let the rest fall. That was sunset so the light was pretty warm. I have another one that I captured a few minutes after that exposure and the full moon is rising just above the cloud layer on the left, it's pretty, but the formations during the exposure I posted are more dramatic. The print is titled "Virga Over The Painted Desert". I had 100 40" panos made on Cibachrome, only three prints remain. The image hangs in spots like the Exxon CEO's outer office, Trammell Crow's office (prior to his passing) and a number of equally lofty locations.
Unless Harvey has delayed them, I have 50TB of back up arriving this afternoon to replace the Drobo 5D that went toes up on me last week. Never had one do that before, just wouldn't boot. Usually it's the power supply in the cord, but this time it was the unit. Paranoia is a good trait to have when it comes to back up systems. Probably won't happen in my lifetime, but Gracie and Chili will one day transfer all my imagery to some solid state device the size of an iPhone.
far148 wrote:
So, Saturday I went downtown to shoot the APBA Gold Cup Hydroplane race. I finally got a shot I have been trying to get for some time now. Here's a few from my outing
First, WOW! I had no idea that Spitfire experience existed, what a bucket list item! Wonder what they would do for you if you chartered the Bell by yourself, (bringing a Buddy of course ? Suppose they'd pull the doors?
On the white balance subject, Sheila would tell you that I can't differentiate between dark sock colors so I don't know if my white balance advice holds water. What is that verse in the Bible? Mark 6:4, Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his own town, among his relatives and in his own home." Glad to know that experience isn't limited to me
That image was captured on my Fuji 617 Panoramic Camera, just east of the Grand Canyon. I had a high res drum scan done of it for fine art prints. In answer to your question, when I'm proofing prints I guess I go for the whites in the clouds and let the rest fall. That was sunset so the light was pretty warm. I have another one that I captured a few minutes after that exposure and the full moon is rising just above the cloud layer on the left, it's pretty, but the formations during the exposure I posted are more dramatic. The print is titled "Virga Over The Painted Desert". I had 100 40" panos made on Cibachrome, only three prints remain. The image hangs in spots like the Exxon CEO's outer office, Trammell Crow's office (prior to his passing) and a number of equally lofty locations.
Ah So, drum scanner and Cibachrome. That explains a lot. Oh, and a proper "edition" of prints too. Just so last century! On the subject of "editions", limited, customer abuse for the use of - I was much amused by a discussion in another place. Problem was that a printing paper manufacturer had stopped making a favoured item, and the "artists" wanted to know how they could continue to print their limited editions!
My Buddy Dee decided to fly his beautiful Phenom 300 to Ireland a few weeks ago. He stopped off in Iceland along the way as well. What an experience! I photographed Dee and his G36 Bonanza for Pilot Journal years ago and the thought he was in tall cotton then. He's moved on to a whole new crop! Dee now owns the most immaculate Ford Tri-Motor in the world, a beautiful Waco Biplane, a pristine Tucano, the Phenom and last we talked, he was trying to buy the nicest DC3 in existence. One of the beautiful things about Dee is, he doesn't even know he's "Dee".
Jim, you have a friend with a Tucano...and we haven't seen any photos of it. That plane was on my shopping list last week, that is, until my numbers didn't win the Powerball jackpot.
That plane was on my shopping list last week, that is, until my numbers didn't win the Powerball jackpot.