Member Jack MacD

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]

David, as usual, has the fix suggestion for when you are taking the photo.

If you want to try and fix this after the fact in Light Room, you can do a local brush that is set to reduce clarity and or sharpness just a bit. Just apply it to the worst areas. It is pretty fast. Not perfect, but I would rather skip the AA filter to get the rest of…[Read more]

Your point on time consuming PS work was driven home to me when a relative asked me to “convert” a 2×3 into a 4×5 ratio by adding information into the ceiling and floor of a church. Just make your second shooters do that exercise once, and they will shoot looser.
While waiting for the 24mm I am continuing to do PS merges.

Kurt, your info says you are still in WI, I thought asia by now?

Leica cannot compete with Josh. But they are glad he exists.
As am I.

CS lenses? What CS lenses?

It is not difficult or strenuous. Well, other than the rough truck ride to the canyon. The Native Americans control the site and are excellent guides. When I was there the number of people going through was small enough so people didn't get in the photo.
Of course, you don't want to be in the canyon if it is raining, nor will they let you, as…[Read more]

The material is soft to the touch microfiber of some sort.
Net it feels good and is quiet.

I got my first M6 in the early 80's and preferred to use vests for photography back then.
I bought this vest then as the perfect combination of usable pockets and style. I ended up not using it as I preferred to downplay the brand of whatever gear I…[Read more]

Kipper,
So far your shot of the dead trees is one of my favorite images from that location.
Both David and I posted wide-angle shots of the location, and Joe privately showed me some excellent work. The dead trees was the best subject for all three of you.

However I did go back and of course try and convert one of my huge merges into a…[Read more]

Doug,
As you might notice from my other postings, I too prefer pockets over bags. I wear a sport coat as my purse, and it is because it has many handy pockets. On the Fall trip I used a rain jacket and a hunting jacket which had large pockets.

I had vests in the past. But I concluded they are clunky and the pockets are not big enough for S…[Read more]

Mark,
Just for our learning, would you reexport one of your images from LR with sRGB selected so we can see the difference please.

Meanwhile here are a few shots of you.

The one of you in the falls is my favorite. You were wearing the right color for the shot. I captured your right arm in movement.

For others viewing…[Read more]

Having seen the new display vs my old one, this replacement is worth losing the camera for a bit.

you have turned into a pano man. Nice.

I like it, but do it as a triptych.

Now Josh is famous:

http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2011/10/the-lucky-photographer.html

Pete,
David had advised all of us to get his system of graduated filters before we left on the trip. i ignored him, as I recalled how bad the old resin filters I had when I had a 6×7. I figured I would just do HDR post processing, or exposure blending.

But in the first five minutes of photographing with David, he pulls out his GLASS…[Read more]

The above shot will be next redone as a triptych.

Not that cold yesterday, but windy.
Sun out today, color at peak.
Yesterday we were shooting in rain for an hour and some of the best images came then.

Great leading on day 2 David.
Thanks,
Jack

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