My dog and I were checking out an old farmyard.

This is the outside of a broken down garage (for reference).

And here is the inside
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Really like the light in the interior shot iamunique127. Very nice. :)

Holly crap kps... that doesn't even look real... looks like a staged shot you see a museum of natural history... Amazzzzzing. :clap:

Thanks. See attachment for the original out of camera shot.

Yeah, the building was shot with the Nikkor 10.5mm fisheye ,with no correction. One flaw with that image is the white area in the upper right. I couldn't bring it back and didn't want to artificially add clouds.

Really like the light in the interior shot iamunique127. Very nice. :)

+1 and the old kitchen counter makes it.

Thanks everyone.

@kps
it's actually an old stove and a ringer washing machine behind it.

Here's a shot from my studio today. Initially I dialed up kps' frisky "Edgy" preset (thanx dewd), then futzed with the clarity by bringing it down but bringing up the sharpness and messing with colour temps a bit. Finally, I took it into Photoshop for a little dodging, just to dig some details out of the murky spots.

Here's a shot from my studio today. Initially I dialed up kps' frisky "Edgy" preset (thanx dewd), then futzed with the clarity by bringing it down but bringing up the sharpness and messing with colour temps a bit. Finally, I took it into Photoshop for a little dodging, just to dig some details out of the murky spots.

Nice paintings Max (from what I can see of them). I would love to see more detailed documentation. But that should rightfully be in another thread. If I were start one would you have any interest in participating in some sort of "art" thread?

Just in keeping with the sentiment, here is photo of one of my paintings/sculpture/wall hanging. One of six panels in a complete piece called Count.

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Nice paintings Max (from what I can see of them). I would love to see more detailed documentation. But that should rightfully be in another thread. If I were start one would you have any interest in participating in some sort of "art" thread?

Just in keeping with the sentiment, here is photo of one on my paintings/sculpture/wall hanging. One of six panels in a complete piece called Count.

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http://www.ehmac.ca/everything-else-eh/43945-original-art-reveal-your-inner-dali.html

http://www.ehmac.ca/everything-else-eh/43945-original-art-reveal-your-inner-dali.html

Thanks for the link mr. j this thread was before my time... However I am not a fan of reviving dead threads. I would rather start a new thread with a different focus.. that being said I'm not exactly sure what it would be... maybe even more wide angle and bring in dance, theatre, music, etc... the thread you so kindly provided the link to only lasted 6 pages 3 years ago, I would hope to start a thread that could have the "legs" of the photo thread... only because I would like to see the arts gain as much significance here as the political threads do... Having been (continue to be involved with) both politics and art... art is so much more interesting to talk about... well maybe not more interesting but, generally speaking, much less confrontational. :) Especially if one starts from the premise that, "there is no accounting for taste", in the most literal sense. ;)

Oh... and in general talking about art is infinitely more relaxing than talking about politics. :) That is until the trolls start to post. ;)

Screature, while photography is something I'm happy to contribute to on da weeb, I'm not at all inclined to post examples of my work on an 'art thread.' I have ample representation of my visual work on my website and that's where I intend to leave it.

Cool marriage of hard-edged graphic and modelled, nuanced painting in your own work.

Screature, while photography is something I'm happy to contribute to on da weeb, I'm not at all inclined to post examples of my work on an 'art thread.' I have ample representation of my visual work on my website and that's where I intend to leave it.

Cool marriage of hard-edged graphic and modelled, nuanced painting in your own work.

Fair enough... Do you have a link to your website?

Oh... and thanks for the comment. :)

Screature, while photography is something I'm happy to contribute to on da weeb, I'm not at all inclined to post examples of my work on an 'art thread.' I have ample representation of my visual work on my website and that's where I intend to leave it.

Cool marriage of hard-edged graphic and modelled, nuanced painting in your own work.

What about a thread that just discussed art in its various forms and if one felt like sharing their own work that would just be part of the discussion?

Could do. I am not sure there'd be enough interest to sustain it.

Art is a tricky thing. We all think we know what it is - and even more vehemently, what it is not - but it's all too easy to get bogged down in a welter of definitions, justifications, snobbery and strenuous academic wrangling. It's just a turn-off to me... in a way, I'm done with trying to figure out what it is, or with getting people on board to understand my work - or anyone else's, really. It's just a waste of time to me and I'd rather get on with making stuff. After years of awkward wrestling with terms/concepts/definition, vague suppositions, weird entitlements and flaky posturing, blustery ignoramuses full of fear and loathing for the arts, etc., I'm far more interested in keeping on keeping on. Speaking for myself only, at this stage of the game it's all about diverting energy to serve only the most useful activities.

Let the younger folks defend, discover, declare. Right now I'm happy if I can pick up a brush and, from time to time, do something remarkable with it.

Occasionally I do feel there's discussions I can contribute to - making a living via the visual arts, for example. That and outlandish price schemes too many of my fellow artists shackle themselves to... that's a juicy topic right there. But a thread which goes on and on? Frankly, I don't think most Ehmac folks are all that interested. Politics and sports are much sexier draws for the masses.

That said, I hope you and others will prove me wrong.

Ex-gas bar, Leslieville. Dude standing behind the fence is remote-controlling a small steamroller unit that's down in the trough, out of sight. Shot from a moving streetcar, hence the blurred-out sign dead-centre.

Here's a shot from my studio today. Initially I dialed up kps' frisky "Edgy" preset (thanx dewd), then futzed with the clarity by bringing it down but bringing up the sharpness and messing with colour temps a bit. Finally, I took it into Photoshop for a little dodging, just to dig some details out of the murky spots.

Nice pieces, Max.

The thing about the 'edgy' preset is that most everything is cranked up on it, especially the blacks, vibrance and clarity. There is also some vignetting applied.

You might have been able to avoid going to Photoshop by pulling back on the blacks and the vignette to avoid dodging. Also if the colours are way off, pull back on the vibrance slider.

Just in keeping with the sentiment, here is photo of one on my paintings/sculpture/wall hanging. One of six panels in a complete piece called Count.

That's nice work.

That's nice work.

Thanks kps.. much appreciated. :)

Couple of things that caught my eye with the new Lumix. Still much to learn with this tiny little thing.

http://idisk.mac.com/plmnice/Public/P1020034.JPG

http://idisk.mac.com/plmnice/Public/P1020037.JPG

Sinc... great shots. Right up my alley, I mean. I guess we tend to like the kinds of shots we ourselves are naturally disposed to take. In any case, nice detail and colour. Keep shooting!

Kps: I realize that you can dial stuff back - or push 'em more, as the case may be. I tend to approach all presets as merely a launch point. I like your preset plenty as is because it's dramatic and vivid. Whatever preset I end up playing with (and sometimes I just go off on my own), I always then go into PS, if only to burn in my watermark and make use of the dodging and burning tools there, with which I am still as yet more comfortable. But that noted, more and more I push and pull the tone in Lightroom alone.

Keypad Macro.

Getting pretty arty there, SINC. Sure like the top one.

Nice shots SINC, nice camera too...enjoy

Max, I kind of knew you knew, but even I sometimes hit that 'edit in CS5' when I should just let LR do it.

ScanMan, you don't post a cool image like that without 'splain'n what it is and where you took it. ;-) Love it!

ScanMan, you don't post a cool image like that without 'splain'n what it is and where you took it. ;-) Love it!

Thank you. FDR monument Washington, dirty 30s memorial. A school tour clowning around the bronze (?) sculpture - the back wall is black. Cloudless sky blew out the highs so I decided to blow them out some more. B&W conversion with Channel Mixer, then USM layer 100/20/0, and again 200/.2/0. When I took this, I wanted it to be about the kid in the yellow shirt. But shirt happens.

Thank you. FDR monument Washington, dirty 30s memorial. A school tour clowning around the bronze (?) sculpture - the back wall is black. Cloudless sky blew out the highs so I decided to blow them out some more. B&W conversion with Channel Mixer, then USM layer 100/20/0, and again 200/.2/0. When I took this, I wanted it to be about the kid in the yellow shirt. But shirt happens.

Sure as shirt, it does...still a great image and thanks for the details. :-)

Nothing new to report...so, a few from my reno hell of '06-'07.

http://www.ikarl.com/pics/ehmac/2010/kps_0962.jpg
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http://www.ikarl.com/pics/ehmac/2010/kps_0378.jpg
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and in homage to this thread:
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http://www.ikarl.com/pics/ehmac/2010/kps_0964.jpg

An Inuit parka on loan to me for photo documentation purposes

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5086/5213161107_53eea2f49d.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4092/5213756226_4cfff646cb.jpg

It is normally stored at the Winnipeg Art Gallery in the Inuit Art vault

Here's a shot from my studio today. Initially I dialed up kps' frisky "Edgy" preset (thanx dewd), then futzed with the clarity by bringing it down but bringing up the sharpness and messing with colour temps a bit. Finally, I took it into Photoshop for a little dodging, just to dig some details out of the murky spots.
Max - I like them all, but I'm really digging the bottom left one especially.

Nice paintings Max (from what I can see of them). I would love to see more detailed documentation. But that should rightfully be in another thread. If I were start one would you have any interest in participating in some sort of "art" thread?

Just in keeping with the sentiment, here is photo of one of my paintings/sculpture/wall hanging. One of six panels in a complete piece called Count.



Cool piece Screature! Would like to see the whole set.

I'd be interested in participating in an art thread. Heck, I started one as a "Social Group" a while back as you'll probably remember, but very few members participated.

Couple of things that caught my eye with the new Lumix. Still much to learn with this tiny little thing.


Cool shots SINC... very artsy! Woot!

An Inuit parka on loan to me for photo documentation purposes

It is normally stored at the Winnipeg Art Gallery in the Inuit Art vault
Wow.... very Nat Geo looking! The black background really adds to it.


Scanman - Love the image from the FDR monument!



There, caught up! (Phew!) This thread IS rockin' on!

I spend a lot of time wandering the back alleys of my neighbourhood (dog walks) and find them to be some of my favourite places to observe the essence of a community. The fronts of houses often don't tell the whole story.

Here are some from this morning's dog walk.

In keeping with this theme, I'm a fan of the work of Canadian painter Albert Jacques Franck, whose work was inspired by these urban treasures.

Albert Jacques Franck on artnet (http://www.artnet.com/artist/655375/albert-jacques-franck.html)

From the pedestrian bridge near Crowchild over Glenmore Trail yesterday morning. Taken with my old 3G iPhone.

http://www.ikarl.com/pics/ehmac/2010/kps_1983.jpg

This is a great shot kps. It does feel like a diorama.

KC4- thanks for the complements re the artwork.

MrJimmy - couldn't agree more about alleyways. Here's one of mine from south Riverdale, April 2005. Nasty little corner that it is.

This is a great shot kps. It does feel like a diorama.

Exactly.;)

Initially that wasn't my intention, but when I saw it while working the image, I knew I'd be keeping it.

In keeping with this theme, I'm a fan of the work of Canadian painter Albert Jacques Franck, whose work was inspired by these urban treasures.



I've seen his work and the numerous artists following in his footsteps (pun intended).

Nice slices of the neighbourhood, mrJ.

Nice slices of the neighbourhood, mrJ.

Thanks kps. It's a mutual admiration society in here.

Here's another from 4 years back.

KC4- thanks for the complements re the artwork.

MrJimmy - couldn't agree more about alleyways. Here's one of mine from south Riverdale, April 2005. Nasty little corner that it is.

Nice texture in that spiky little number Max.

Alleys are the best. Quiet and contemplative. A more natural urban experience, not dressed to conceal.

Lane tour with Charlie.

Could do. I am not sure there'd be enough interest to sustain it.

Art is a tricky thing. We all think we know what it is - and even more vehemently, what it is not - but it's all too easy to get bogged down in a welter of definitions, justifications, snobbery and strenuous academic wrangling. It's just a turn-off to me... in a way, I'm done with trying to figure out what it is, or with getting people on board to understand my work - or anyone else's, really. It's just a waste of time to me and I'd rather get on with making stuff. After years of awkward wrestling with terms/concepts/definition, vague suppositions, weird entitlements and flaky posturing, blustery ignoramuses full of fear and loathing for the arts, etc., I'm far more interested in keeping on keeping on. Speaking for myself only, at this stage of the game it's all about diverting energy to serve only the most useful activities.

Let the younger folks defend, discover, declare. Right now I'm happy if I can pick up a brush and, from time to time, do something remarkable with it.

Occasionally I do feel there's discussions I can contribute to - making a living via the visual arts, for example. That and outlandish price schemes too many of my fellow artists shackle themselves to... that's a juicy topic right there. But a thread which goes on and on? Frankly, I don't think most Ehmac folks are all that interested. Politics and sports are much sexier draws for the masses.

That said, I hope you and others will prove me wrong.

I hear ya Max. I loved my years at Ottawa U getting my BFA but the emphasis of the department there was on the conceptual and theoretical side of things which I bought into for much of my time there. However, once having graduated with all that conceptual and theoretical background filling up my head space it became an impediment to actually doing work. I felt I had to conceptually justify a piece and it's "meaning" before going ahead and just using my intuition and inspiration and not worrying about what it "meant" and if it was art and it's place within the context of "contemporary art". I also became totally frustrated, disenchanted and at times downright disgusted with the "ivory tower" mentality of the academic art world. I haven't set foot inside it since.

So my path totally changed and I became involved in video production, post production, graphic design and ultimately marketing and communication. I have now been in those fields for almost twenty years. But now I find myself more and more frustrated with doing someone else's bidding and I am focusing more and more on doing my own thing and be damned what anyone else wants or thinks. Probably because now that I am older I feel there is only so much time left to be able to do my own thing, whereas when I was younger I felt everything was just a stepping stone to somewhere else. Now what I am most concerned with is the here and now and life is not elsewhere or somewhere in the future... now is I all I can be certain of I bloody well better make the best of it.

Cedar gal, eyeing me up . . .

http://idisk.mac.com/plmnice/Public/P1020038.JPG

I see your "cedar gal" and raise you a gnarled gargoyle... ;)

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Screature, that's a great shot and very interesting! I first saw a raptor type of bird.

I see your "cedar gal" and raise you a gnarled gargoyle... ;)

Excellent!

I see your "cedar gal" and raise you a gnarled gargoyle... ;)



I recall seeing your gargoyle before...still excellent!

I recall seeing your gargoyle before...still excellent!

Thanks kps and a good memory... albeit in a different incarnation. It just fit within the general sentiment of the most recent postings.... so because it was somewhat of a repeat I felt I had to change it up a little by cropping it differently and apply different post applications just to make it a different version.

http://web.me.com/dougcg/iWeb/Site/artis%202_files/wood%20rot.jpg

Screature, that's a great shot and very interesting! I first saw a raptor type of bird.

Excellent!

Oh and lest I forget... thanks so much to MickMac and ScanMan... much appreciated. :)

^ Wow TD, what can I say...

Screature: we are on the same page with respect to the arts. The thing that often most peeves me is the pathetic reliance of many a contemporary exhibiting artist on obfuscating, heavily coded jargon. I find it alienating and often absurdly pretentious.

But back on topic; I wood like to contribute something too.

Screature: we are on the same page with respect to the arts. The thing that often most peeves me is the pathetic reliance of many a contemporary exhibiting artist on obfuscating, heavily coded jargon. I find it alienating and often absurdly pretentious.

But back on topic; I wood like to contribute something too.

+1 Absolutely agree.

I wood like to express my appreciation for your contribution.

Thanks, screature.

Another streetcar shot, from earlier today.

Doug, nice shot and processing on the burl.

Cool shot of the rocket, Max.

I woodn't want to miss out on the woody-fest in this thread.....
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Interior detail - 96 year old barn in Natchitoches. Louisiana, 2007

I'll see your wood creations and raise you an elephant (or is it a rhino?)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2238/2383636032_b42d45fb7d.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/studiogerk/2383636032/)
Elephant Tree (http://www.flickr.com/photos/studiogerk/2383636032/) by dalrealgerk (http://www.flickr.com/people/studiogerk/), on Flickr

wow Mguertin, that is just great! I love seeing photo's like that, I always say that I want to take those kind of photo's but I can never see them with my eye

Mountain Ash, back yard, late afternoon sun.

http://idisk.mac.com/plmnice/Public/mountainash.jpg

here is the view from my seats at the GreyCup yesterday watching BT (not BTO) during the half time show
Shot with my iPhone and a freezing cold hand out of my glove)

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/85195/ehmac/greycup.jpg

wow Mguertin, that is just great! I love seeing photo's like that, I always say that I want to take those kind of photo's but I can never see them with my eye

Thanks Trevor

This one was a no brainer ... it wasn't a trick of the view or anything, it was just like that from just about any angle you looked at it. That tree was in the private gardens of the castle atop the hill in Sintra, Portugal. Not the "real" moorish castle (which was half way up the hill) but one that was built in the 1700's by some rich folk that moved there ... it was so over the top it was (not) funny. Looked like it had just about every cliche "castle" sort of thing going ... but it was pretty spectacular. We took the "back" way down from visiting it, which included strolling through their gardens were this tree was. We ended up almost getting locked into the grounds for the night ... but that's another story for another thread ;)

I'll see your wood creations and raise you an elephant (or is it a rhino?)


Nice mg... where was that shot? Never mind I just saw your subsequent post. :o

Mountain Ash, back yard, late afternoon sun.


Nice colour saturation SINC.

SINC: nice colours, contrast, saturation and composition. I love photos like that. Is it recent?

SINC: nice colours, contrast, saturation and composition. I love photos like that. Is it recent?

Couple of winters back as I recall, but it looks the very same this afternoon.

I walk my dog everyday and always have a camera with me (that's the best kind).

This photo is from walk in the park a few weeks ago. I kind of missed the wood theme but here it is anyway.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5084/5251848180_0eaf371483.jpg

This was also taken a few weeks ago before all the snow came

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4036/5128192209_21b368a057.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3449/3928428885_a455217975.jpg

iPhone photo. PP in the Photogene app

Thanks Trevor

This one was a no brainer ... it wasn't a trick of the view or anything, it was just like that from just about any angle you looked at it. That tree was in the private gardens of the castle atop the hill in Sintra, Portugal. Not the "real" moorish castle (which was half way up the hill) but one that was built in the 1700's by some rich folk that moved there ... it was so over the top it was (not) funny. Looked like it had just about every cliche "castle" sort of thing going ... but it was pretty spectacular. We took the "back" way down from visiting it, which included strolling through their gardens were this tree was. We ended up almost getting locked into the grounds for the night ... but that's another story for another thread ;)
Awesome shot mg!

There were castles up there? We didn't see any castles up on the hill in Cintra....
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You didn't even see the hill it seems! :) What a beautiful little town that is, very fairy-tale like. Would be a great setting for movie stuff.

This was also taken a few weeks ago before all the snow came

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4036/5128192209_21b368a057.jpg

Another delicious photo ! Keeping the bittersweet as desktop for awhile longer.

Any chance you would tell us about your camera/lens ?

Thanks - please keep posting your photos

Moon shot:

http://idisk.mac.com/plmnice/Public/ratersofmoon.jpg

KC4 – super shot, that Cinta Fog one!

Tonight's musings...red, gold, brown, green...

Little upchange in the colour. Was out in the garage yesterday and shot these two angles of my 1949 Meteor custom coupe.

http://homepage.mac.com/plmnice/.public/DSCN2653.JPG

http://homepage.mac.com/plmnice/.public/DSCN2659.JPG

A couple more from last summer. Sister-in-law's lillies and old steam tractor.

http://homepage.mac.com/plmnice/.public/IMG_0023.jpg

http://homepage.mac.com/plmnice/.public/DSCN3783.JPG

Sunrise over winter foothills...

http://tapa.tk/mu/d0360e17-48dc-3856.jpg

Another delicious photo ! Keeping the bittersweet as desktop for awhile longer.

Any chance you would tell us about your camera/lens ?

Thanks - please keep posting your photos


Thanks egremont. I'm happy you enjoy the photos.

As for the gear that produced them, I use Nikon. The D300S and D70S bodies both produce great results.

The photos you've seen have been taken mainly with my most used lens: Nikkor AF-D 28-105 f3.5-4.5 Macro.

Otherwise, I use a variety of Nikon fixed focal length and zoom lenses.

Then of course, there is the iPhone.

This one was taken with my only non-Nikon lens, the Tokina 12-24 f4
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2742/4158835991_c5c606c067.jpg
A greenway not far from my home in Winnipeg.

Sunrise over winter foothills...

http://tapa.tk/mu/d0360e17-48dc-3856.jpg

Macified....looks awesome, from what I can tell. Can you post it any larger?

iamunique127- The moose antler image is very cool. I think the power lines really add to it and balance it. Just great!

Here's the larger version. Taken and posted from an iPhone 3G through Tapatalk. Didn't realize it would just do the small image.

A shot from a series called, Into the Mystic.

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Jabba the Hut

Another one....

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A couple more from last summer. Sister-in-law's lillies and old steam tractor.


Nice composition on the lily shot SINC... I like it the way it is but if you have Lightroom or Aperture I think it could benefit from a little more contrast and saturation.... just IMHO. :)

Nice composition on the lily shot SINC... I like it the way it is but if you have Lightroom or Aperture I think it could benefit from a little more contrast and saturation.... just IMHO. :)

You mean like this?

http://homepage.mac.com/plmnice/.public/IMG_0023.jpg

A shot from a series called, Into the Mystic.

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Those are a couple interesting images

Can you elaborate on them? I'd be interested in the story and the series.

You mean like this?


I think it is a really good image but just in my minds eye I see the contrast between the red and the green as even more striking... just my personal taste. I don't really even know why I am saying this.... whatever works for you SINC... but this is more what I see if it were an image I shot and how I might adjust it....

I started this post so I feel compelled to finish it but seriously... whatever works for you is all that matters. :)

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Hey Screature, I love this Mystic series.. I believe I've seen one other piece that you posted before. Really, very cool.

Those are a couple interesting images

Can you elaborate on them? I'd be interested in the story and the series.

Sure iamunique127.... This is an old series that I shot at a fish and game club called Kensington that my Dad belonged to since the mid "50s and that I grew up with going to since I was a very young boy. The lake these particular shots were taken on was Blue Lake. The main lake was called Kensington Lake and it was surrounded by 19 smaller lakes (of which Blue was one ) that you could access from the main lake by going to a landing and then hike varying distances to reach one of the smaller lakes which depending on the size of the lake would have more or less row boats locked up at it on a landing at the smaller lake.

These pictures were taken in my twenties when I had already been going there for 15 years or more. They are Photoshop manipulations that reflect the feeling that I had of the place as being very mystical. I always felt a little bit afraid in the bush even though I loved it very much... like it was filled with powers or spirits I didn't quite understand but none the less appreciated and sensed.

Thanks

Like I said, very interesting. The "mystical" sure comes through.

Hey Screature, I love this Mystic series.. I believe I've seen one other piece that you posted before. Really, very cool.

Thanks Kim... This is the one that you would have seen before in the short lived "Arts" thread...

http://www.ehmac.ca/members/screature-albums-into-mystic-picture99-into-mystic-5.jpg

Just fooling with filters.

Just fooling with filters.

Really like this SC although the post processing is not my favourite part. The image is strong on it's own.

Here's the larger version. Taken and posted from an iPhone 3G through Tapatalk. Didn't realize it would just do the small image.

Great! Love the contrasts.

Just fooling with filters.

You fooled just right - terrific image. :clap:

Looks like it could be the Millennium Falcon's hangar...

TD and mrJ - Thanks. The shot caught my attention in colour, got better in B&W and IMO was asking to be played with. I like the shapes and tones...just seeing where it might go. In this incarnation, it certainly does look otherworldly/futuristic. If I was to print it, though, it'd be the punchiest straight B&W I could deliver.

This thread has gotten a little sleepy...

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Nice work folks.

Enjoyed the gallery shots, ScanMan, looks like you nailed the exposure under some difficult circumstances. Is that a Van Gogh she's copying?

Screatch, interesting mirroring in those Mystic images...liked it. Your Mexican dome is very nice.

KC, enjoyed your misty town.. very nice.


Me, well very busy at work, but here's one from today taken with the iPhone...once again, don't snitch on me to the cops.

Hwy 401 around Port Hope this aft, on my way to Belleville. Left lane covered, middle and right pulverized into slush by trucks. Not a salter or plow in sight.

Geez. I'm on that same road tomorrow afternoon. Hope that guck is not falling from the skies then.

Excellent work, all.

Here's a little something I picked up in a trade recently. Craigslist - my salvation and damnation.

*Man, that's nicely done!

And another for good measure. Haven't been shooting for a few days, then today I shot guitars for the sake of documentation. Couldn't help myself from doing a little bit of interpretive work anyway.

Always like anything in wood and here are a couple of shots of my desktop mascot, my buddy the otter. Carved him quite a few years back as a letter opener, but like him better as my monitor monitor, so to speak.

http://homepage.mac.com/plmnice/.public/P1020044.JPG

http://homepage.mac.com/plmnice/.public/P1020045.JPG

Cool stylized otter, Sinc.

Yo, if you see me...wave!

The first is awesome...soooo crisp.

I find the second a little bright in the centre. Perhaps try a little recovery slider adjustment on it.

Nice carving SINC...great job!

Agreed, kps. Will see if I can do better with it.

If I see you... sure, I'll wave. LOL! I'll be in a little red bug of a car, going the other way. Cheers!

OK, here it is. Mo bettah? The treatment is very graphic... like a light pencil sketch.

Sho is.

Nice geeetar, too.

Maybe I'll see you on this road north of Brighton. Also today. LOL

I really like that image. Very painterly. Starkly atmospheric but very beautiful. Very nice job, kps.

We're getting iPhone 4s in the next couple of days. Look forward to shooting with it, funny as that sounds!

Thanks Max.

I'm still on the iPhone 3G. Perhaps next year I'll upgrade.

Yeah, kps, that last one is sweet. Very much like some of the older shots that come my way. Now, you're not doing your processing behind the wheel are you?!

Thanks.

I just got a new truck, 2nd day using it...it has radar, lane detection and smart cruise. I'm not kidding. Warns me when I go over the centre line or shoulder line, warns me if I'm getting too close to traffic ahead of me and the smart cruise slows me down when I approach traffic in front of me.

So yeah, perhaps I could do my processing in the cab. ;)

Radar video:
http://www.roadranger.com/ecm/groups/public/@pub/@eaton/@roadranger/documents/content/ct_193247.wmv

VORAD System:
Collision Warning (http://www.roadranger.com/Roadranger/productssolutions/collisionwarningsystems/index.htm)

...and this page needs a pic:

Also from today...leaving Oshawa...it's not going to be a good day:

Scary stuff! Looks like smog mixed with snow - lovely.

Getting away from guitars and black & white - jumping into Saturationville.

Nice capturation. No doubt another condo being planted. lol

Going up everywhere, they are. I'm an occasional visit to the skyscraper page (http://skyscraperpage.com/). Lots of stuff there for people interested in proposed and under construction towers around the world - including that fantastic, improbable category, the supertalls. Toronto is very well represented on the site - second only to New York for drawings and information on existing and new towers.

Mexico, eh?
.

I just got a new truck, ...

Ooooh, any pics of the new (18) wheels, grille, or dashboard, or , or...? I really like your road shots kps....the higher vantage really works well. The road conditions look nasty.

When I have to drive on highways like that I, er, follow behind the big rigs because I assume they (1) know what they doing, (2) can probably see better than I can and (3) they usually momentarily clear the lane tracks of snow and slush with their bigger double tires. I don't know whether this pi$$es the truckers off or not (hope not). I try to stay away from their blind areas.

Geez. I'm on that same road tomorrow afternoon. Hope that guck is not falling from the skies then.

Excellent work, all.

Here's a little something I picked up in a trade recently. Craigslist - my salvation and damnation.

That is a gorgeous guitar.
I like the composition and exposure, too.

Going up everywhere, they are. I'm an occasional visit to the skyscraper page (http://skyscraperpage.com/). Lots of stuff there for people interested in proposed and under construction towers around the world - including that fantastic, improbable category, the supertalls. Toronto is very well represented on the site - second only to New York for drawings and information on existing and new towers.

If you're into that kind of stuff, you may also like this site: SkyscraperCity - Powered by vBulletin (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/)

Ooooh, any pics of the new (18) wheels, grille, or dashboard, or , or...? I really like your road shots kps....the higher vantage really works well. The road conditions look nasty.

When I have to drive on highways like that I, er, follow behind the big rigs because I assume they (1) know what they doing, (2) can probably see better than I can and (3) they usually momentarily clear the lane tracks of snow and slush with their bigger double tires. I don't know whether this pi$$es the truckers off or not (hope not). I try to stay away from their blind areas.

Re: #1 ---never assume.
Re: #2 ---only if we didn't forget our corrective eye wear
Re: #3 ---or spray it in large chunks back at you
:D

I'll see what I can do about the pics of the ride. Tempted to bring my dSLR to work with me.

Mexico, eh?
.

After today, I was just about ready to swear at you Soy, but instead I'm searching travel sites. I have a week booked in January. :)

Nice...warm...memories in those images.

Nice Mexico shots SoyMac, especially the iguana one.

I have many, many Mexican images documenting the best and the worst....even iguanas.

iPhone 3G photo, CameraBag app, Instant effect

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5202/5225156793_3f6203823a.jpg

model release available if required

Re: #1 ---never assume.
Yes, silly me.
Re: #2 ---only if we didn't forget our corrective eye wear
Snort. Probably still see better than I can, especially at night.
Re: #3 ---or spray it in large chunks back at you:D
That's why I look for the rigs with the best mud/slush flaps.
I'll see what I can do about the pics of the ride. Tempted to bring my dSLR to work with me.
Yesss, dooo iiit.

iPhone 3G photo, CameraBag app, Instant effect

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5202/5225156793_3f6203823a.jpg

model release available if required

Interesting 127. Is that you? Great shot from an iPhone.
Camera Bag app? I'll have to check that out.

What happened to the moustache, KC4?

Maybe I'll see you on this road north of Brighton. Also today. LOL

I agree with Max. Beautiful moody shot. Allows the mind to wander.

Thank you Mr.J

What happened to the moustache, KC4?

Mowvember is over...

Cool shot ScanMan , where is that?

What happened to the moustache, KC4?

Screature is correct.
It got waxed.
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Biker doggie . . .

http://homepage.mac.com/plmnice/.public/mutt.JPG

"I wish I was in
Tijuana
(not) eating barbequed iguana."

Okay, just 2 more ..

Nice colours, SoyMac. Is the dog checking if your horizon is level?

Biker doggie . . .



Funny SINC....

"I wish I was in
Tijuana
(not) eating barbequed iguana."

Okay, just 2 more ..

Nice play on perspective in the first shot and love the colour of the ocean and of course the "pooch" in the second...

And no... no end of Mexico shots in sight... ;)

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Screature is correct.
It got waxed.


Holy crap KC4 I hope it didn't take all that wax to get rid of your "stache".... :eek: Oouuch!

Where is that shot?

Ghost berries . . .

http://homepage.mac.com/plmnice/.public/falll berries.JPG

Holy crap KC4 I hope it didn't take all that wax to get rid of your "stache".... :eek: Oouuch!

Where is that shot?
Hee hee.. Mexico Senor. I can't remember the name of the exact town at the momento, but I can deeg eet up for you, eef you waaant.

P.S. Love the sign on the banos. No language barrier there.

Ghost berries . . .


Awesome image SINC. I like dispersement of color and white/black.

Backyard shot from mid-summer, crystal butterfly, ominous sky, Virginia Creeper under a Maple tree with a dash of Petunia purple . . .

http://homepage.mac.com/plmnice/.public/DSCN0992.JPG

Just a couple of oldies to keep this thread rocking...

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http://www.ikarl.com/pics/magic/kps_1263.jpg
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http://www.ikarl.com/pics/magic/kps_1262.jpg

I like the angle you shot it at in the first one, kps. Rather jaunty skew to that roofline.

Pulley gear hanging in the gloom by the stone foundation walls of an old downtown Warkworth building.

I like the angle you shot it at in the first one, kps. Rather jaunty skew to that roofline.

Pulley gear hanging in the gloom by the stone foundation walls of an old downtown Warkworth building.

It wants to be a pagoda. lol All done in LR using auto lens correction from a fisheye original, then fine tuned in manual.

Interesting 127. Is that you? Great shot from an iPhone.
Camera Bag app? I'll have to check that out.

No, not me. It's my brother though.

I usually entitle the shot "1974" and at first ppl wonder how he looks the same in 1974 as he does today.

Camera Bag is a must-have app if you use an iPhone camera. As is Photogene (it's touted as Photoshop for iPhone). Sorry, don't mean to make this into a iPhone app thread.

[QUOTE=SINC;1036520]Biker doggie . . .

That is one mean looking dude.

It looks like one who hangs out with the guys from Rescue Ink

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5010/5231368873_b8d709975e.jpg


http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5126/5231369149_9a1c67347d.jpg


http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5168/5231960622_dfb024c231.jpg


http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5049/5231960274_c727192f11.jpg

Nice shots Lyle... what's Rescue Ink?

Nice shots Lyle... what's Rescue Ink?

Rescue Ink was a National Geo TV show that featured a New Jersey biker club who rescued abused animals. Too bad it was cancelled, but I guess the public can only stand so many dog shows:

Rescue Ink | National Geographic Channel (http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/rescue-ink-unleashed)

Thanks SINC. :)

Nice shots Lyle... what's Rescue Ink?


Rescue Ink - We're the Army for the Animals (http://www.rescueink.org/).

They were on a promo and fund raising tour here in the summer.

I figured it was a good opportunity to get close-up shots of some bikers w/o any worries. I lived to tell the tale.

1956-57, 1/2 frame 35mm. For the life of me, I can't think of what camera shot that format pre-Pen. Just posted them cause they gave me a laugh as well.
ScanMan, I'm digging up your old post because I may have have stumbled upon an answer;

Is this the fossil you were talking about?:
Rare Canon Demi half-frame 35mm film camera - Ottawa Cameras For Sale - Kijiji Ottawa Canada. (http://ottawa.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-cameras-camcorders-Rare-Canon-Demi-half-frame-35mm-film-camera-W0QQAdIdZ244936712)

I see a lot of Canon 17-40 f/4 L's going here for $550-650 range. Fantastic lens, really really good bang for the buck. Probably of of the most affordable L series lenses you're going to find out there in fact. If low light was not a concern for me I would still be using mine! I upgraded to the 16-35 f/2.8L because I needed something faster as I started doing more band type stuff and less architecture :/...
mguertin, I somehow missed your excellent, informative post here - Thanks for this info!

Yes, I've been seeing the Canon 17-40 f/4 L, even new, at a good price.
I'm looking for one used, but not having any luck in the Ottawa area. If I don't find a used one in the next month or so, I'll probably have saved enough by then to buy a new one.

I'm also keeping my eyes open for the Sigma that kps suggested.

Although my impulsive nature finds it uncomfortable, it certainly won't hurt me to wait a bit longer. :o

Thanks, mg!

Amazing photos, EVERYONE!!

... a few from my reno hell of '06-'07.[/IMG]kps, you've taken something we usually consider mundane at best, and normally kind of unappealing, and made it ridiculously striking. Great job! Now, I have to reconsider holding off purchasing a wide lens. :rolleyes:

And your shot of the Bighorn Sheep is just ... ... damn you. :clap:
There. I hurled my camera out into the Rideau. Instead of taking any more photos, I'm going to lay on the couch and watch reruns of Three's Company.
(Great work , Man!)

ScanMan, I'm digging up your old post because I may have have stumbled upon an answer;

Is this the fossil you were talking about?:
Rare Canon Demi half-frame 35mm film camera - Ottawa Cameras For Sale - Kijiji Ottawa Canada. (http://ottawa.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-cameras-camcorders-Rare-Canon-Demi-half-frame-35mm-film-camera-W0QQAdIdZ244936712)

Sorry to have mislead you, but your post prompted me to re-examine the curious slides in question, and their image area is exactly 22mm square (smaller than 126 format). At first blush, I just thought they were half-frame. So it's still a mystery. The Canon you found is very cool, though. Here it is on a site I poke around in, from time to time: Canon Camera Museum | Camera Hall - Film Cameras (http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/camera/film/data/1956-1965/1963_dm.html?lang=us&categ=srs&page=demi)

Amazing photos, EVERYONE!!

kps, you've taken something we usually consider mundane at best, and normally kind of unappealing, and made it ridiculously striking. Great job! Now, I have to reconsider holding off purchasing a wide lens. :rolleyes:

And your shot of the Bighorn Sheep is just ... ... damn you. :clap:
There. I hurled my camera out into the Rideau. Instead of taking any more photos, I'm going to lay on the couch and watch reruns of Three's Company.
(Great work , Man!)

You all cought up now Soy?;)

Thanks for the kind words, appreciate it.

Those, as well as the building in post 3635 were taken with the Nikkor 10.5mm DX fisheye. It's a crop sensor lens but fills the frame, corrections can be performed in Nikon's NX software or as of LR3 with lens profiles built in.

I don't know if Canon has an equivalent, so I did'n go beyond recommending full frame lenses in the earlier post.

Pic time:

Not crazy about the centred composition, but here it is anyway.
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http://www.ikarl.com/pics/ehmac/2010/kps_06_0057.jpg

Nice, kps. Definitely my stomping ground. I love it down there. Must take a trip out there this week. I've a sense it will all change rapidly. Pinewood is intent on a massive expansion and the traffic is only going to intensify in the coming years. Much of what makes it work in terms of mood will inevitably change.

Great play of scale between the Hearn plant stack and the CN towah.

Hearn is a 'monster' isn't it? Love to get inside for some urban exploring, but since that unfortunate accident there, I doubt it would be easy.

mguertin, I somehow missed your excellent, informative post here - Thanks for this info!

Yes, I've been seeing the Canon 17-40 f/4 L, even new, at a good price.
I'm looking for one used, but not having any luck in the Ottawa area. If I don't find a used one in the next month or so, I'll probably have saved enough by then to buy a new one.

I'm also keeping my eyes open for the Sigma that kps suggested.

Although my impulsive nature finds it uncomfortable, it certainly won't hurt me to wait a bit longer. :o

Thanks, mg!

Glad you got caught up! No offence to kps .. but head to head I think that Sigma would be very hard pressed to show a similar IQ to the 17-40 L series lenses .. unless you really need to go extra wide like that I wouldn't bother with the Sigma ... you're using a full frame camera and 17mm is very wide, anything more and you start to get into that whole fisheye type experience.

Hey, no offence taken. The only reason I mentioned the Sigma was because as a Canon shooter I figured Soy would already be familiar with Canon's full frame offerings in the 'L' class. Especially when he indicated feeling very much restricted with the 24mm he currently owns.

As a side note, Sigma has been very well received in pro circles and I'm not above paying less for a lens that can give me quality approaching or even the same as an OEM lens. I saved $1000 getting a Sigma 70-200mm f2.8 vs getting the same from Nikon. Ok, it lacks the VR, but really, I've been shooting for 40years now without it. ;)

Those last 7mm from 24 down to 17 are big mm ;) I'm not against Sigma, but for wide angle lens bang for the buck lots of people call that 17-40 the best deal you can get on an L lens. Read a couple articles that directly compared them too and I think that Sigma would not be a great choice on a full frame, they complain that it's soft in the corners on APS-C cropped sensors ..on full frame I dunno what it would be like.

Been printing all day...a quickie to unwind.

Great particulate colour in that shot, man! Very textural and vivid.

Trump tower rising, Friday night after libations with my brother downtown:

^^^ Nice B&W conversion and composition Max.

Thanks screature. That same night I took a bunch of shots using the Intelligent Auto function (I've had good results doing macros in daylight hours using that mode), only to discover, once back home in LR, that it only saves jpgs rather than RAW... I'm not sure why it's doing that when in that mode but it's enough to turn me off off using it. I'll compensate for those night shots the old school way and see where it gets me.

What shots I did looked great while on the small screen but once in LR it's a different story. Somewhat soft and too noisy and not all that interesting anymore.

Still, it's well composed and gives you a sense of what's going on...and that includes the street light, it somehow belongs. So the TO Trump tower is going up, rather disappointed with the facade...expected better.

Great particulate colour in that shot, man! Very textural and vivid.


+1
the spider seems chameleonnesque, a match to it's surroundings.

I picked one of LR's black and white creative presets to get me going in that shot. Often one of them will make a good starting point.

The Trump tower has gone through at least one redesign since its announcement... it's been scaled back in height, for one thing, and perhaps its style has been reigned in as well. It remains to be seen whether it will have any character or simply resemble another forlorn box among a clump of glassy boxes. Hard to tell at this point, especially at night, standing at the foot of it; and I've not seen any impressive renderings of what it's supposed to look like once finished. There are some other new buildings downtown that at least offer up some interesting curves and angles. It's a denser skyline these days. I note also the rise of quite tall buildings clustered around the 401... real estate being what it is.

Another shot from the same night - as I work my way up to the Queen car.

^^^Nice toning Max... somehow it makes it feel like it is from another era.

Here is one from a friend's garden... some messin' about in LR and PS.

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..Another shot from the same night - as I work my way up to the Queen car.
Max, great shot (Deloitte)! Gee, could the sidewalk have been any more helpful? :)

a nearby swamp...

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^ Killer tone on that one!

Yeah, I'm digging that one too. Love the raking angle as well...so wrong it's right!

Soymac: thanks!

at Shediac beach....

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Yeah, I like the swamp image too. I'm generally not a huge fan of "the tilt", but it works in this image. Nicely done.

^ Killer tone on that one!

Yeah, I'm digging that one too. Love the raking angle as well...so wrong it's right!

Soymac: thanks!

Thanks guys...

Yeah, I like the swamp image too. I'm generally not a huge fan of "the tilt", but it works in this image. Nicely done.

Thanks kps...The "tilt" can definitely be over done, some people seem to use it as a cheap gimmick but with this subject matter it just seemed to "click".

at Shediac beach....



Self portrait?

That harsh mid-day sun is hard to deal with...you dealt with it rather nicely.

Self portrait?

That harsh mid-day sun is hard to deal with...you dealt with it rather nicely.

Well actually yes and no... it is me and my friend of 30 years. My wife took the photo and I did the post, so I guess it was a collaboration.

Well actually yes and no... it is me and my friend of 30 years. My wife took the photo and I did the post, so I guess it was a collaboration.

Well, since you're posting your wife's shots...;)

Getting back to the "tilt", my wife loves the tilt...the more severe the better. LOL

I know why she did it, but I just can't wrap my head around it when it's this extreme:

Her tilted image:
http://www.ikarl.com/pics/ehmac/kps_0886.jpg
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My image:
http://www.ikarl.com/pics/ehmac/kps_1752.jpg

the best our lilies ever looked... the year before the lily beetle infestation...

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here they are in colour...

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Well, since you're posting your wife's shots...;)

Getting back to the "tilt", my wife loves the tilt...the more severe the better. LOL

I know why she did it, but I just can't wrap my head around it when it's this extreme:


Yep I can see why she did it as well, but truth be told it makes me a little nauseous... kind of like being on a ship at sea... I prefer yours. :)

Whoa, NICE lilies, screature! Primo saturation!

Me, I'm in a different space, today. Thinking about ghosts of Korea, and the BS going on over there again.

Warning: Rant

I don’t know why so many locals (even some pros) think that one of the London Drugs Photo Labs here is so stellar. My experience has been abysmal, but I since I was redirected there again recently to resolve a problem, I thought I would give them one more try.

The problem: One new and full 8 GB Compact Flash card I purchased while visiting the Rock of Gibraltar (Hey, It was such a good deal at the time) seemed to be unreadable by my Mac. The image files were there – I could see them on my camera’s display. (I think I know what caused the problem. I believe, in my typical rush and the delirium of getting "such a good deal," I forgot to format the card prior to using it. D’oh!)

Yesterday morning I brought the card in to the LD photo desk and explained the issue. No thanks, I didn’t want prints made of any of the 840-something images. I just wanted the raw and jpg files recovered and burned onto a couple DVDs please. Especially the raw files please, I specifically noted. (The jpgs would be a bonus.) The guy said no problem and asked if I would wait while the contents of my CF card was being downloaded to the lab’s processing drive.

Yep, I’ll wait …and wait I did…over half an hour watching LD’s miserably slow card reader chew through the batch. I was convinced over a half dozen times that the system had hung up because the lack-of-progress bar completely froze for minutes at a time. “Yep! It’s really dead this time! It’s been on 43% for the last 7 minutes! That’s it. Phfft! Kaput! (waving over the attendant) ..Oh.. No.. Look! LOOK! It’s 44%! (Gawd. Where’s the Prozac aisle?)

I opted to return the next day for my DVDs, however, later that afternoon I received a message from the LD lab to call them as there was a “problem”. Of course the number he left for me to return the call was out of service. Naturally, when I found my way to the lab’s phone line from the main number, there was no one answering it and no way to leave a message. Finally after 4-5 more tries throughout the afternoon, the lab guy picked up the phone…WOOT!

Lab guy: There seems to be a strange problem. There are two copies of each image on your card. Do you want duplicate copies of the same images? Or do you want a duplicate disk?
Me: I shoot in both raw and jpg. That’s why there are two copies of each image. If I only get the raw files, that’s OK.. That’s what is most important to me.
Lab guy: You should have received special software with your camera that can process the raw files. We don’t have that software here. If you don’t have that program, contact your camera’s manufacturer to obtain it.

Me: Huh? Yes, I have that software already. My computer already has processed many raw files in this manner. It’s just this card that my computer is having trouble reading for some reason.
Lab Guy: A raw file is a data file. Many computers can’t read them because they are gibberish to them. It’s in a whole different language than jpg files.

Me: Um. Yeah, right. So, are you telling me that you cannot recover the raw files for me?
Lab guy: Oh yes, we can. They are converted to jpg files for you.

Me: I don’t want them converted to jpg files. I prefer to work with raw files.
Lab guy: You can’t work with raw files; you need more special software to be able to work with raw files. Raw files are data files, not image files.
Me: Um. Yeah, I got that part. I have both the full version of Photoshop and Lightroom on my computer. I have worked with raw files before. It’s just this particular CF card that I need the raw data files from. I was told that London Drugs had special software that could salvage/recover data from cards and such. Can you recover the files in raw data format?
Lab guy: Yes, but …as-I-said…our system automatically converts them to jpgs. You can work with JPGs in Photoshop. Many people do.
Me: ….
Lab guy: Maybe there is something wrong with your computer. Is it a Mac?
Me: Huh? No! I mean, yes, I have a Mac, but nothing is wrong with the computer, it’s just this particular CF card that seems unreadable.

Lab guy: Oooh, you have a Mac, that’s probably it…..we see a lot of people with Macs being unable to read these types of files. You will need to talk to our computer tech department to resolve this. Shall I transfer you?
Me: No! Er, not right now, thanks. Can I cancel this job please?
Lab Guy: We have the jpgs already on DVD for you if you like.
Me: Well, let me see if I can get the raw files recovered somehow, somewhere first. That is really what I want.
Lab guy: Could be that your card is corrupt. Probably the FAT file. The FAT file is like the librarian for all the files.
Me: Hm. Yeah, I know. Could you just hang on to the jpg DVDs for a day or so, and I’ll get back to you?
Lab guy: Except your librarian died and nobody knows how to get the files. They are still there though.
Me. Uh huh.
Lab Guy: It’s like traveling to Paris and you have to use the washroom but you can’t find one and nobody speaks your language! But there are washrooms there, for sure!

Me: Okayyy. I think it would be simpler if I just cancelled my job in its entirety, thanks anyway.

(I’m not making a word of this up – p.m. me if you want the number to contact this guy so you can talk to him yourself for whatever entertainment can be derived from it)

Rant over -

Warning: Rant
I don’t know why so many locals (even some pros) think that one of the London Drugs Photo Labs here is so stellar. ... -Sorry for your trouble, KC4.
And I wasn't laughing at your expense as I read it. I was laughing because,
1. This was well-written, and
2. because of all the times over the years I've heard, "Oh, it's because you're on a Mac that you're having a problem with (playing videos/seeing photos/using email/getting online/visiting websites/ your internet is slow/Macs don't handle colour/ wireless/ that kind of mouse ... ")

I'm not making this up: This year, my friend's 21 year-old-son claimed that Macs can't play video.

I hope you get those RAW files recovered and fast.

Whoa, NICE lilies, screature! Primo saturation!

Me, I'm in a different space, today. Thinking about ghosts of Korea, and the BS going on over there again.

Thanks ScanMan... where are these "ghosts" that you shot? Very haunting.

Thanks ScanMan... where are these "ghosts" that you shot? Very haunting.

Was just noodling some of my Washington stuff - Vietnam memorial, Korean memorial...

Walking among these guys marching out of the woods, is a sobering experience.

Warning: Rant....



Oh the horror....

Change of pace. Kawarthas Cup, Peterborough 1970. Arctic Cat 2nd from bottom, will take it.

A grey cold day outside and my wife has the flu and I have been tending to her and she has been in bed for the last several hours so I have time on my hands and I have been going over some older work.

So here are a few of the original shots from a project called Talisman Tide that was inspired from photos of the underside of a loading ramp on the "Princess of Acadia", the ferry that crosses the Bay of Fundy from Saint John, New Brunswick to Digby, Nova Scotia. They are the "originals" from which the rest of the series were created using PS many years ago. There are over 100 "daughter" images.

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Wow KC, that's a head-bang, a face-palm and a roll-eyes all in one.:D

Hope you have better choices out there or at least another LD with a more "stable" lab attendant because this guy is definitely whacked.

I've been porting my camera around hoping to catch a shot at a nice big buck I've been seeing. I was sad to not see him today (saw him yesterday, but he stood behind a cedar tree and I couldn't get a perfect shot :(

BUT, I was pleased to see some turkeys near the road. Not the most optimum shooting conditions with cars whizzing by, but I managed to catch them flying across the road and this one landing.

Don't often go for the straight up artsy stuff but do like this shot of coloured rocks a few inches under the surface of a rippling stream.

Roughly 135mm equivalent lens shot at 1/500 sec. Slight colour enhancement and moderate use of the sharpening filter.

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Pentax K7
1/1000
ISO 800
F 4.5
55-300 lens
BW done in photoshop

Pentax K7
1/1000
ISO 800
F 4.5
55-300 lens
BW done in photoshop
I love the framing in the branches!

Don't often go for the straight up artsy stuff but do like this shot of coloured rocks a few inches under the surface of a rippling stream.

Roughly 135mm equivalent lens shot at 1/500 sec. Slight colour enhancement and moderate use of the sharpening filter.

Yeah, I really like it, too. It's easily identifiable, yet still entertaining.

hey folks,

a friend forwarded me this forthcoming app and device.

might come in handy for any pros out there.

blueSLR (http://blueslr.com/)

Going through some older LR catalogs and came across this one

I love the framing in the branches!

thanks SoyMac! appreciate the comment. I actually bah'd at her b/c she was eating then she lifted her head.

I actually have one photo where she's chewing on a branch, but I screwed up the focus trying to get in between the branchs :( Would have been a neat one though.

Keebler27,
Great shot of that doe. This is what I want to get into is wildlife pictures.
How do you like the 55-300mm lens? I am looking at picking this one up soon to compliment my kit lens.
Any suggestions on a flash?

I can't see the photos that posted here. Could you kindly reposted it? Thanks.

I can't see the photos that posted here. Could you kindly reposted it? Thanks.

You usually have to be logged in to the site to be able to view the photos.

Don't often go for the straight up artsy stuff but do like this shot of coloured rocks a few inches under the surface of a rippling stream.

Roughly 135mm equivalent lens shot at 1/500 sec. Slight colour enhancement and moderate use of the sharpening filter.

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Hey that's real nice...good job.

Keebler, nice nature shots. Like the turkey image.

hey folks,

a friend forwarded me this forthcoming app and device.

might come in handy for any pros out there.

blueSLR (http://blueslr.com/)

Y'know, Keebler, I've been thinking about your pal's home page there off and on this afternoon, Now, maybe it's just me, but I think he's gotta find some other primary examples than the Eiffel tower and the Venice shot lying below it.

Perhaps some cool locale where the casual viewer has really no idea where it is. In such a case, a global location identifier would be worth having. But I'm not giving you money for something that tells me I'm standing 200 metres from a famous landmark, or that I'm adrift in a gondola.

Remind me where that thatched cabana is, in the Apple "Beach" screen saver...

Nice water shot, eMacMan... reads like a painting.

You usually have to be logged in to the site to be able to view the photos.

Its not about being logged in. I always having issues with veiwing picture attachements on Windows in IE when viewing this site. But don't have issues when I use my mac. I am at work and would like to look at pictures on this site as well.

I have mentioned it before.

Actually you do have to be logged in to see images posted as "attachments" vs images hosted elsewhere. In your case the issue may be IE.

Its not about being logged in. I always having issues with veiwing picture attachements on Windows in IE when viewing this site. But don't have issues when I use my mac. I am at work and would like to look at pictures on this site as well.

I have mentioned it before.

I've run into this with other forum softwares as well ... the problem is that the forum software tends to put in things like width="" and height="" ... which should work fine (meaning it doesn't know the dimensions of the images). IE takes those as width=0 and height=0 and processes them as such (meaning you don't see them). This is a long standing IE bug but most forum softwares have worked around this a while back. Maybe VB just never bothered ...

Its not about being logged in. I always having issues with veiwing picture attachements on Windows in IE when viewing this site. But don't have issues when I use my mac. I am at work and would like to look at pictures on this site as well.

I have mentioned it before.

Are the work computers locked down with no FireFox?

Are the work computers locked down with no FireFox?

Yep.

I've run into this with other forum softwares as well ... the problem is that the forum software tends to put in things like width="" and height="" ... which should work fine (meaning it doesn't know the dimensions of the images). IE takes those as width=0 and height=0 and processes them as such (meaning you don't see them). This is a long standing IE bug but most forum softwares have worked around this a while back. Maybe VB just never bothered ...

i don't think thats the problem, because ie should work. I have tested it.
These statement works fine when tested in IE.

<img alt="" src="Apple.jpg" />

Its not that you don't see them, the issue is you see the red X like the attachment is not there.

Hope you can see the attachment I did showing what I see at work.

EDIT: I can't even see my own attachment. I am going to start up my mbp just to make sure its there.

Might also be a mime-type problem that IE is choking on. Whenever I try to "view" an image that's an attachment here it seems to be a forced download (which is not a correct way of handling it) ... that may be what IE is choking on. There's also 4 errors and a couple of warnings on each page load I do and IE chokes on that type of stuff quite often as well.

Y'know, Keebler, I've been thinking about your pal's home page there off and on this afternoon, Now, maybe it's just me, but I think he's gotta find some other primary examples than the Eiffel tower and the Venice shot lying below it.

Perhaps some cool locale where the casual viewer has really no idea where it is. In such a case, a global location identifier would be worth having. But I'm not giving you money for something that tells me I'm standing 200 metres from a famous landmark, or that I'm adrift in a gondola.

Remind me where that thatched cabana is, in the Apple "Beach" screen saver...

I was thinking the same thing - probably a shot like up on a mountain or ridge somewhere overlooking a completely forested area (ie. uninhabited in the middle of nowhere).

To be clear, I'm don't know this person -I just posted it from their friend who emailed me.
I did look at the professional page and I can see some uses, but I was thinking that the CSI type folks would probably have a WIFI GPS chip and/or built into the camera.

And hey, if you find where that cabana is, let me know too! :)

Might also be a mime-type problem that IE is choking on. Whenever I try to "view" an image that's an attachment here it seems to be a forced download (which is not a correct way of handling it) ... that may be what IE is choking on. There's also 4 errors and a couple of warnings on each page load I do and IE chokes on that type of stuff quite often as well.


You mean an inline attachment like a photo? It actually downloads if you click to view it at at a larger rez? If so, man that sucks.

I find I have to switch to Firefox if I want to do an inline attachment in here. Which is annoying; Safari usually fails to complete the attachment process, without even so much as spitting out an error message. Maybe I ought to go back to the old way, which is just linking to my DropBox and leaving it at that.

I find that after uploading the attachment I also have to go back click on the attachment tool and select the attachment. After that second step the attachment is added to the post. Same whether using Camino or Safari.

Pickchurs

You mean an inline attachment like a photo? It actually downloads if you click to view it at at a larger rez? If so, man that sucks.

I find I have to switch to Firefox if I want to do an inline attachment in here. Which is annoying; Safari usually fails to complete the attachment process, without even so much as spitting out an error message. Maybe I ought to go back to the old way, which is just linking to my DropBox and leaving it at that.

No if you right click it and say "View in new tab" it downloads. If you click it it comes up in some crappy "lightbox" like setup and is no bigger (sometimes smaller in fact) than what you view inline in the page. I'm still hit and miss with adding in safari .. I've only tried a couple since the site upgrade last weekend but so far so good, they both worked without having to do anything special. Maybe it was something that the update fixed, at least I'm hoping so.

No if you right click it and say "View in new tab" it downloads. If you click it it comes up in some crappy "lightbox" like setup and is no bigger (sometimes smaller in fact) than what you view inline in the page. I'm still hit and miss with adding in safari .. I've only tried a couple since the site upgrade last weekend but so far so good, they both worked without having to do anything special. Maybe it was something that the update fixed, at least I'm hoping so.

What I found is that if the attachment is larger than the post allows it'll become available in the "viewer". The cursor will change into a hand to indicate that. Once in the viewer, if you miss the close box and click the image itself, it'll download to your hard drive.

That is why I prefer to host most of my images outside ehMac and link to them. Once in a while I may post an attachment, but it's rare. I also notice that members tend to delete their attachments once they start to run out of space and it detracts from this thread.

Awesome beach shot Soy!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/634123/SnowGarden.jpg

Nice Max.

Yep max, nice composition.

Thanks gents. I'd best resize it though. A leetle too wide senor.

I have shot quite a bit the last couple days but almost nothing looked half-way decent. Ever have a streak like that? Yikes. It's like I have the camera flu. Sometimes it doesn't pay to even get out of bed.

Camera flu...lol

No worries Max, get some Vistek or Henry's that'll cure you...and your wallet.

Any one for some vintage Yonge St pedestrian mall hippy shots? Found these today while looking at some old negs. Shows my inexperience back then...especially the second one, cut off feet and too much "head space" :D

http://www.ikarl.com/pics/ehmac/2010/kps_o_029.jpg
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http://www.ikarl.com/pics/ehmac/2010/kps_o_031.jpg

Great period shots, kps. Fantastic.

Thanks Max. Pretty cool time to be a young'n back then, Doesn't that guitar player in the first one remind you of Doug Henning?

...and how about that Steak Lunch @ $1.99.

Sure thing... the general scruffiness of the youngsters is evident, too. Different times. Even the typography.... funny how that stuff changes over the decades.

Allow me me to present one of those scruffy youngsters in a self portrait.

Dust and scratches inclusive.

http://www.ikarl.com/pics/ehmac/2010/kps_o_005.jpg

Great!

This reminds me. In the music world, one can buy applications which impart 'analogue noise' to entirely digitally-created music, thereby giving a techno song, for example, the feel of old vinyl via randomly generated hiss and pops. I wouldn't be surprised if in the future we see more filters producing similar effects for digital images - already we can use presets in Lightroom to mimic old faded film. Perhaps there's already treatments which can 'scratch' and 'pit' digital photographs.

Where haz u been, baby...the digital grunge look has come and gone a while ago.

I keeeed. Lots of textures and PS actions out there to give you pretty much any look you want...including any era or film that Kodak, Agfa, Ilford or Fuji ever produced.

I think I must be behind the curve! LOL

I'm betting a quick Google will reveal a wealth of analogacious presets and filters to get that nitty-gritty look.

OK, off to bed for this dude.

Camera flu...lol

No worries Max, get some Vistek or Henry's that'll cure you...and your wallet.

Any one for some vintage Yonge St pedestrian mall hippy shots? Found these today while looking at some old negs. Shows my inexperience back then...especially the second one, cut off feet and too much "head space" :D

http://www.ikarl.com/pics/ehmac/2010/kps_o_029.jpg
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http://www.ikarl.com/pics/ehmac/2010/kps_o_031.jpg

Very cool. That first shot would have been priceless if you had caught the policeman in shot. Because then it would tell a story.

An oldie I shot a few years ago:

Lars, that's great tone.

This is from the new covered lift chair at Canyons in Park City. Had to shoot through the orange dome...

Lump 'o rock, south of Warkworth earlier in the fall.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/634123/LumpoRock.jpg

Coupla innerestin' old rides . . .

http://homepage.mac.com/plmnice/.public/DSCN3349.JPG

http://homepage.mac.com/plmnice/.public/DSCN3336.JPG

Allow me me to present one of those scruffy youngsters in a self portrait.

Dust and scratches inclusive.


Love it!!! You sure you aren't a rock star by nature? :)

An oldie I shot a few years ago:

Love the composition but I can't decide if I want to see into "the light" or if it is perfect the way it is..... Hmmmmm... Great shot though either way. :)

Lars, that's great tone.

This is from the new covered lift chair at Canyons in Park City. Had to shoot through the orange dome...

Love it Macified...how did you manage to get that huge quarter moon in there? ;)

Coupla innerestin' old rides . . .

http://homepage.mac.com/plmnice/.public/DSCN3336.JPG

SINC.... the 2nd one is terrific.

Love it!!! You sure you aren't a rock star by nature? :)

Oh yeah...another self portrait at 16...scruffy rocker. lol
*http://www.ikarl.com/pics/ehmac/2010/kps_scn060.jpg

Great job Lars, nice long exposure.

Beautiful Macified... nice capture.

Very cool, SINC.

Max, love the low angle. Hope you didn't get too wet.

Okay, another blast from the '70s... trying to be artsy.

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http://www.ikarl.com/pics/ehmac/2010/kps_scn058.jpg

Love it Macified...how did you manage to get that huge quarter moon in there? ;)

Actually it's a reflection on the inside of the chair cover. Took the photo, edited to BW and posted from my old iPhone 3G so didn't have the tools to clean up the reflections and scratches.

Prairie boys adapt
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5170/5251265229_58b9762714_z.jpg

I'm not sure if it's usual or not because I'm not too up on snowboarding but I was impressed when, while on a dog walk, I came across some snowboarders doing some really impressive jumps.

Most impressive was the speed they were attaining. Now, we don't have much in the way of topography here in Winnipeg. It turns out they we using this winch to get the victims up to 60km/hr. on a really pretty gentle slope.

Prairie boys adapt
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5170/5251265229_58b9762714_z.jpg

I'm not sure if it's usual or not because I'm not too up on snowboarding but I was impressed when, while on a dog walk, I came across some snowboarders doing some really impressive jumps.

Most impressive was the speed they were attaining. Now, we don't have much in the way of topography here in Winnipeg. It turns out they we using this winch to get the victims up to 60km/hr. on a really pretty gentle slope.

That's cool, and if Winterpeg lives up to its rep, down right cold!:D

Great colour and crispness in that Winnipeg shot! Love those creamy yellow buildings in the mid-ground, especially against that cool blue snow.

Went for some Pho along the Gerrard Chinatown this afternoon. Yummers. Whipped out our cameras and shot for a bit before stepping in to chow down.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/634123/ChinatownTrioC.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/634123/ChinatownTrioB.jpg

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/634123/ChinatownTrioA.jpg

There is a lot of movement in that last shot, Max. Like it.

I'm continuing to scan many old negatives I haven't looked at in years. Man no matter how hard I try, I can't seem to get all the dust off of them. I'm using an antistatic cloth, a brush and compressed air, but still after I scan them there's dust.

First Snow c. '72-73
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http://www.ikarl.com/pics/ehmac/2010/kps_scn084.jpg

....but still after I scan them there's dust.


http://www.ikarl.com/pics/ehmac/2010/kps_scn084.jpg

Isn't that snow? It will take a magic cloth to get that off. :D

edit: sorry, I meant to add: very nice composition and tones.



I guess such a sick joke will cost me a photo.

My mutt this afternoon. -21༠C

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5007/5252711978_1625d98e97.jpg

Yes, kps. Great sepia shot there. I'm thinking this is west end Toronto. Am I right? I dig the line of funky cars and their different profiles - and the differing scales of the figures in your shot. Nice eye and the sepia take on the image works.

Construction site, Carlaw and Dundas, earlier today.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/634123/CarlawConstructionSite.jpg

One more before I take a break and hunt down some dinner... ceiling of a paint store, Queen St. East this afternoon.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/634123/PaintStore.jpg

Yes, kps. Great sepia shot there. I'm thinking this is west end Toronto. Am I right? I dig the line of funky cars and their different profiles - and the differing scales of the figures in your shot. Nice eye and the sepia take on the image works.

You are correct, Max. No recall of exactly where, but I'd imagine it's from the old hood around Dovercourt & Bloor.

Your construction shot looks almost like a composite, well done.

Paint store eh...artist's paints or the wall paint store that burned down a little while ago?

Paint store that burned down... well, sort of. Relocated a few doors down from the original site... one of the management types of the old company started up his own biz. We know him well because he sells so much paint to construction and paint shops for film & TV.

Isn't that snow? It will take a magic cloth to get that off. :D

edit: sorry, I meant to add: very nice composition and tones.



LOL, here are two that illustrate my dilemma. No snow, but lots dust.

The grain is normal, the result of the Kodak Infrared film used to take these.
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http://www.ikarl.com/pics/ehmac/2010/kps_scn046.jpg
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http://www.ikarl.com/pics/ehmac/2010/kps_scn047.jpg