random pics that YOU have taken.......

[ben parrish]

Jim, those are Poplar trees and they are HUGE. Seen the one there that has the fence around it? Supposed to be the largest poplar on the East Coast. That forest is beautiful.....Good looking family also. You can skip the sudo-sexy pose next time...kinda creepy!

Ben

[RoninLB]

Best representative of old growth forest in the SE.

[Steve Carlton]

Irvine, the 14 mo old guide dog-in-training. A sweet boy...

[campbellcj]

At the Malibu pier today

[nostatic]

shower, zuma

[}{arlequin]

nice todd. you've been getting better and better since you picked up the dslr.

[nostatic]

thanks. there are things that are much easier with a good macro lens. a few more, and link to other photos from the day...

http://nostatic.com/photos/xmas06/

[VaSteve]

Originally posted by }{arlequin
nice todd. you've been getting better and better since you picked up the dslr.

Everyone should have one. LOL

[VaSteve]

Some "helmet on" shots from my ride yesterday.

30,000 miles, only took 26 years. The blue building is a rural post office (overexposed the sign with this little camera).

[kach22i]

Nice barn, VaSteve.

[masraum]

taken yesterday and last night. Canon D Rebel XT and Sigma 70-300. The top picture is resized, the bottom picture is cropped and resized.

[VaSteve]

What were your settings. I tried taking a photo of the moon and it came out bad.

[kach22i]

Used one time, it worked to close the 4 inch gap from trailer to ground.

Still need to install the winch.

[masraum]

Originally posted by VaSteve
What were your settings. I tried taking a photo of the moon and it came out bad.

I found that if I let the camera expose, it comes out way over exposed. I have a center weighted that's a little better, but still over exposed, but the Rebel XT doesn't have a spot meter option at all.

Anyway...

the shot above.
Shooting Mode
Manual Exposure
( Shutter Speed )
1/500
( Aperture Value )
5.6
ISO Speed
400
Focal Length
300.0mm
Image Size
3456x2304
Image Quality
RAW
AF Mode
Manual focusing
Noise Reduction
Off

This is another shot that turned out about the same.

Shooting Mode
Manual Exposure
( Shutter Speed )
1/800
( Aperture Value )
5.6
ISO Speed
800
Focal Length
300.0mm
Image Size
3456x2304
Image Quality
RAW
AF Mode
Manual focusing
Noise Reduction
Off

[Craig 930 RS]

40 mpg vs. 4 mpg. Crap picture, but I like the contrast

[VaSteve]

Originally posted by masraum
I found that if I let the camera expose, it comes out way over exposed. I have a center weighted that's a little better, but still over exposed, but the Rebel XT doesn't have a spot meter option at all.

Anyway...

the shot above.
Shooting Mode
Manual Exposure
( Shutter Speed )
1/500
( Aperture Value )
5.6
ISO Speed
400
Focal Length
300.0mm
Image Size
3456x2304
Image Quality
RAW
AF Mode
Manual focusing
Noise Reduction
Off

This is another shot that turned out about the same.

Shooting Mode
Manual Exposure
( Shutter Speed )
1/800
( Aperture Value )
5.6
ISO Speed
800
Focal Length
300.0mm
Image Size
3456x2304
Image Quality
RAW
AF Mode
Manual focusing
Noise Reduction
Off

Way different than I would have thought. You know Sunny 16 for sun lit objects with 100 ISO @ 1/125. The moon is a sunlit object or so the guys NASA tell me. I'm glad I waited till the digital age to waste 16 frames experimenting. I'll try it again using your settings. Thanks.

[Gene Wilkes]

Yikes!

[rouxroux]

Looks like he was aiming directly to his T-hanger slot! WOW!

[curlesw]

Christmas Day at San Clemente State Beach:


We were "camping" in our bus (Bluebird):


What a great way to spend the Holidays!

[mjohnson]

Originally posted by VaSteve
Way different than I would have thought. You know Sunny 16 for sun lit objects with 100 ISO @ 1/125. The moon is a sunlit object or so the guys NASA tell me. I'm glad I waited till the digital age to waste 16 frames experimenting. I'll try it again using your settings. Thanks.

That's right, but moon rocks are pretty dark grey. To get the moon to look the way that I think it should I use the "Moony 11" rule.

I have no idea how a modern newfangled camera does this - I'm stuck in the past.



Pentax 6x7 chewing up PanF in Death Valley last month...



Turning around:



mike
'78SC