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This is a 60 sec exposure with a 35mmS at 320 ISO f4.8

I used LR to color correct the sky and photoshop to quadruple the star brightness.
In 60 seconds the star trails are pretty short.

By quadrupling, I did a color select, selected the white of the stars, Duplicated the stars three times and moved the dupes sideways to get four times…[Read more]

I assume since you say you are a Leica Guy and in past posts looking for an MP and noctilux, you might not have any Nikon lenses? And you certainly appreciate Leica lenses? And if you are a Leica Guy you can afford both options?

Next I would ask what you are going to be using the camera for? If sports, go Nikon.

But I detect that your…[Read more]

It's winter and I have time to go back and work some shots again from the S2 New Hampshire trip. Unfortunately I was on the computer rather than Indianapolis.

These are a few versions of the same shot from Mirror Lake. Thanks to David Farkas who pointed out the shot to me.

I'd appreciate some suggestions as to which version is…[Read more]

Seagate Go Flex might be a solution for file swapping between computers for me.

I have an 2010 iMac without thunderbolt but with firewire 800 and also a 2011 MacAir with thunderbolt and USB 2.0.

My challenge was how to swap files between the two machines in the fastest manner?

Seagate is now making a thin 500Gig drive that can act…[Read more]

Whoa…

Well this photographer is using the tool well.
Glad you posted here as well as GetDPI.
I hope when you print them, you post a shot of how they look in exhibition.
Jack

Well, I much preferred the game result of the Viking game.
But i once again brought my M9 with WATE and took this sunset Lambeau Field shot set at 16mm.
If you enlarge the photo you will see Aaron Rodgers making one of his signature runs. He had more running yardage than any of the Packers.

This one photo completes my…[Read more]

The first shows the Leica bokah but all are quite nice. Time for a self portrait in the new landscape.
I think Kipper is correct on your B&W process question.
I'm off to a football game this weekend, too bad you are too far away for me to borrow your 180 again.

Stuart,
Your point about battery life is well taken. It is amazing. When one finally runs down, I always think something horrible has happened, as I see the camera so rarely down. Then I realize it's just the battery. This occurred once when shooting an event where i actually ran through a 64 Gig card before the battery ran down. I do have a…[Read more]

I prefer your white balance as you have it. I am shooting some overpasses from below and you are motivating me to do some night work on them. I can appreciate why you would like an S2 with the conditions you live in. Glad you are posting, not many of us get to your part of the world, and I like your eye.

Not difficult.
Just make sure you don't scrape the screen on the metal holder. It can scratch easily.
Also make sure you put it in with the right side up, or the holder will not close properly.
If you have to feel like you are forcing it to click closed, you are probably upside down.
Don't drink coffee before the move.

Josh says he is…[Read more]

This is a reply for Marc from “Re: Advice need from wedding shooter” copied to this thread on camera straps so it can be found by others reading about straps.

Marc,
Thanks for the advice on the hand strap from http://camdapter.com
and pointing me to the correct plate for RRS.
and mentioning fun colors for the leather. I got the red…[Read more]

The WATE indoors is best on a tripod for two reasons, to insure being level and to allow for low light options unless using strobes etc.

I have shot hand held in well lit rooms, but even a small tripod is a huge plus.
This bar shot was half a second in the very low light so the outdoors would not overpower the indoors and require artificial…[Read more]

I'm glad Green Bay and Phoenix football has been good to you. I hope your admiration of Aaron helps you get a WATE. I will relay your thanks to him. You really should drop the love of the Bears, as you seem like such a nice intelligent photographer.

Admittedly this photo of Aaron and Clay was not taken with the WATE but I can report that the…[Read more]

Thanks, I clearly prefer green.

FS or EL?
photo suggests EL or did Josh swap out your glass?

The SF-58 on the S2 does a fine job of flash in a difficult situation and has plenty of power for group photos.

Kipper, I now admit I have the RED in a “partnership” with a movie maker and I would only use it for video as the body is not waterproof and not easy to handhold with your models. But no question about the image quality. From a balcony in Las Vegas I works. Of course I would want the Leica cine lenses but they go for over $100,000.

A comment…[Read more]

Excellent work, and none would be improved by turning them into triptychs.

Well after suggesting to myself that I should have shot the former stadium shot with the WATE on 16mm, I went back today and did just that.

In the future which lens should be used? Both are merges, one certainly lets me go wider with the same three shots. But I could have gone wider with the 28 if I had taken five shots. Worthwhile clicking…[Read more]

David K

You guessed what I would suggest pretty well. However I do quadriptychs too. For Mark's size image my usual triptych would not work as well.
Please forgive me Mark for borrowing the image for an example.

You can judge for yourself if the technique is appropriate for this image.

I think each of the individual panels looks…[Read more]