SDN Photo-a-Day (Rules updates - read the OP)

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G - Comiccon? Great light, though Thor could use some hammer space

Yep. But it's not from the San Diego comicon. It's from the Metro Comics convention comicon here in Manila. Many of these figures are actually made by local sculpture studios to show their work and to get clients.

Everybody's favorite wisecracking mercenary... Deadpool!



Wolverine looks upset....

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Colossus vs Juggernaut!

[phongn]

Phongn - What's the minimum focus distance on that lens of yours? Pretty damn strong lighting for an indoor computer . (I like the wideangle, reminds me of the Cray I saw and shot in DC)

40cm minimum focusing distance; right now the Tevatron is undergoing maintenance so the two main detectors are also undergoing maintenance and the lab is offering tours to employees.

[phongn]

Here's some shots of DØ

[J]

When you gotta go, you gotta go...




Fountain on the CNE grounds




One of the CNE buildings

[Simplicius]

I have wanted to do an overview of my Konica Rapid Omega 100 for a while, but haven't made any especially good photographs with it. These three will have to suffice for illustrative purposes.



The Good:

-The rangefinder has a wide base, large & bright finding and focusing windows, parallax correction, and framelines for the 90mm, 135mm, and 180mm lenses.

-Safety interlocks with the dark slide prevent double exposures and accidental back or lens removal when the camera is loaded.

-Has 4 tripod lugs (landscape and portrait position, in US and metric thread sizes) and 3 cold shoes for accessory finders, flashes, Pez dispensers, etc.

-Fine lenses with built-in lens hoods, DOF calculators, and side-by-side aperture and shutter speed rings.

-Steady grip and leaf shutter allow handheld exposures of at least 1/15 sec. 'Holding' the camera by the focusing wheel and film advance knob on one side is not a problem. Film advance/shutter cocking action is fast despite the long throw of the lever, hence "Rapid."

-Cheaper than the Mamiya Press; very cheap, in fact.



The Bad:

-Winding on a roll of film is a slow and cumbersome process, so changing rolls in the field is a pain in the ass. (The pro version has a magazine back which I consider a must-have feature.)

-Handgrip is uncomfortably placed when the cameras is held to the eye, and shutter release is uncomfortably placed relative to the handgrip. (Using a cable for a thumb-release instead of an index finger release would help this.)

-Difficult to handhold in portrait format.

-Important camera controls are sited in three different places (left side, right side, front and center) even though most photographers have only two hands.

-Less versatile than the Mamiya Press system, which has film backs for a multitude of formats.



The Awesome: Three words: Pump-action rangefinder. KA-CHUNK!

Personal notes: 6x7 is my least favorite full-frame medium format, I think. It's too much of one but not enough of either, i.e. lost in the middle between 6x6 and 6x9. Also, the photo I posted of my Koni earlier in this thread is now the #2 Google Images result. Hooray for...web searching, I guess.

[phongn]

LN2 and He tanks outside of D0 again.



Simplicius - the colors in that first example picture just look ... off a bit. Almost faded - I think it fits well with the boarded-up building to the right.

[Frank Hipper]

Took this months ago...about five minutes before the caretaker ran us out to close up for the night.

[Instant Sunrise]

Frank, I think that the colors on the photo are nice and warm. It has a nice tonal range without being too contrasty and losing shadow detail.

With that said, I feel that this shold would have benefitted from the use of a circular porlaizer to bring down the sky a little bit. In addition, I would have gotten a bit farther away, and slightly lower and used a longer focal length. There is also the shadow of you taking the picture in the lower right hand corner that is a bit distracting. Moving back and zooming in would have fixed that. I would also suggest straightening the image in Photoshop. Since right now its obvious that you aren't level and I feel that it is somewhat distracting.

[Themightytom]

Taken in the early morning when there are cool colers that picture would be down right spooky

[Frank Hipper]

Frank, I think that the colors on the photo are nice and warm. It has a nice tonal range without being too contrasty and losing shadow detail.

With that said, I feel that this shold would have benefitted from the use of a circular porlaizer to bring down the sky a little bit. In addition, I would have gotten a bit farther away, and slightly lower and used a longer focal length. There is also the shadow of you taking the picture in the lower right hand corner that is a bit distracting. Moving back and zooming in would have fixed that. I would also suggest straightening the image in Photoshop. Since right now its obvious that you aren't level and I feel that it is somewhat distracting.

It was on Auto setting; I still haven't really learned how to use the thing with any proficiency.

I didn't even notice my shadow in there until I re-sized it to post.

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Sunset pic

[aerius]

Night time dirt jumping on a mountain bike. Kids, don't do this at home, it's a good way to get killed.

[Bounty]

A day at the beach:

[Frank Hipper]

That little mausoleum above, in February of 1989:





As in my AMP retrospective thread, these are photos of photos, and those were taken while it was snowing.

[Wicked Pilot]

A day at the beach:

There's a serious lack of breast in that photo. Under you avatar it indicates you're from Europe, WTF dude?

[Wicked Pilot]

Joyriding. Be aware this is a big photo. Fight amongst yourselves to figure out what city that is.

[Darth Wong]

Seattle?

[RRoan]

Definitely Seattle. Besides the needle itself, that ugly-ass curvy building near it is unmistakable.

[Bounty]

A day at the beach:

There's a serious lack of breast in that photo. Under you avatar it indicates you're from Europe, WTF dude?

The topless people were to the right. It would have been just a little bit sleazy for me to walk up to them and take their picture, wouldn't it?

[J]

The topless people were to the right. It would have been just a little bit sleazy for me to walk up to them and take their picture, wouldn't it?

Not if you took off your own clothes first and posed with them for a group portrait.

[Wicked Pilot]

Seattle?

Correct, though an easy one. To note, while making this pass I had my ramp and door open and the guys in the back where sitting on the ledge with their feet hanging off the back. You would think they'd take some kickass pics (not busy flying the plane, navigating around the airspace, avoiding small aircraft, shooting through dirty cockpit windows, etc), but they didn't.

One did get this on their i-phone.

It would have been just a little bit sleazy for me to walk up to them and take their picture, wouldn't it?

More boobies, less excuses.

[Bounty]

Fine.

Here's some stuff shot with my latest flea market find. It worked surprisingly well for being 45 years old and having spent so much time in direct sunlight it was hot to the touch.

[J]

That thing to the left of the wheelbarrow, is it a vagrant's home or is it some kind of pop up party tent?

[Bounty]

It's an airship. The park had decorations this summer.