Thanks, KC4. The texture is from an old 50s kitchen table with a very funky arbourite pattern on it. Very 3D somehow.

Lookout over the city, Westmount.

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

Inspiring stuff here. Fabulous cinematography from a 7D.

"Man in a Blizzard," by Jamie Stuart - Roger Ebert's Journal (http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/movies-1/man-in-a-blizzard-by-jamie-stu.html)

Inspiring stuff here. Fabulous cinematography from a 7D.

"Man in a Blizzard," by Jamie Stuart - Roger Ebert's Journal (http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/movies-1/man-in-a-blizzard-by-jamie-stu.html)

Very nice... thanks for sharing mrj.

Thanks, KC4. The texture is from an old 50s kitchen table with a very funky arbourite pattern on it. Very 3D somehow.

If it really is as 3D as it looks, I would be tempted to get a roller, smooth paper and some ink out to see if I could make some interesting prints with it.

Naww... it's just flat. Clever use of 2D texture, that's all. Two different grey shades on a third grey field.

Another shot from Montreal... this time from the old city.

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

^^^^Yeah baby....that's what I'm talking about.^^^^

Great comp and conversion!

Thanks kps.

Just discovered an old (as in 30+ years ago) friend who moved away from my hometown when I was just a wee one. He's now an accomplished photographer and instructor. So - here's a shameless plug to check out his art: www.MarcLangille.com (http://www.marclangille.com)

Max, your Old Montréal shot is gorgeous - well done indeed. Did you take any other shots? Been wanting to get down to OM myself so your image has a certain vicariousness for me and it would be a pleasure to see more. Nice macro too BTW; I've always been fond of this genre.

I've had an itch lately, which I may scratch in mid-January (still undecided). Though I intend to get a D7000 (I might consider a D90 if they're going cheap) sometime in 2011, I'll likely get a top-end compact well beforehand. I'm dithering between the Lumix LX5 and the Canon S95. I've been reading reviews & forums and both cameras have their adherents and proclaimers; I think I'd be very happy with either. I am leaning towards the S95 as it's perfectly pocketable (and I can get one for about $100 less than the LX5).

One thing that keeps me from using my Nikon more is that I find hauling gear with me a drag most of the time, it's conspicuous, and I'm always fearful of bad-weather damage (water etc.). A top-end pocketable camera would be liberating methinks, and my spontaneity & overall output will increase. See it, shoot it, move on.

A friend at work has a Canon G12 - very nice very nice but it's still a bit too large. Ditto the Nikon P7000 & similar cameras in this class.

Rumor has it that Olympus is going to jump into the fray with a camera somewhere between the LX5 and S95. Very interesting but by the time it's out I'll likely have made my purchase.

On va voir...

Thanks, Doug. Will see if I have any other nice ones. I have some great shots of the old town from mid-September when we stayed in an auberge there after we'd got hitched... a different vibe then, with more street action available.

I think both the Canon and Panasonic high-end compacts are well specified; you'd do well with either one. if memory serves, the Canon's a bit more pocketable as its lens fully retracts; but I dig the multiple aspect ratio and wide scope of my Lumix. Both are fine cams. I hear great things about the G12, too - we have an old G6 which is built like a tank and still takes great pix under optimal conditions - but yes, that camera is a bit large, especially compared to the S95. The Lumix is more expensive, certainly, although it's a tough little brick with a solid metal chassis. It feels very substantial in the hand and takes stupidly good shots. In any case, once you score your S95 we can see what the little beast can do!

If that's true about Olympus coming out with a small but large sensor compact, that'd be great news indeed.

This is from Sep 19th. The main east-west drag of the old town. Would that Toronto have thought more of preserving its oldest architectural gems; here, forsaking the past seems to be a major industry.

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

Anothah winnah, Max. Nice.

I prefer the specs of the LX5 but the form factor & size of the S95. The S95 has different aspect ratios as well, but these are achieved by an in-camera crop while you shoot. Whereas, the LX5 sensor can scale (or whatever) without auto-cropping. But the S95's in-camera cropping isn't necessarily a deal-breaker for me; I've downloaded some 16:9 S95 sample images and (dare I say it) the resolution & overall quality looks soooo close to what I'm used to with my Nikon D50 (admittedly ancient spec-wise and long discontinued but still quite the darling to me).

In any case I feel somewhat energised now that I'm considering a new toy that I didn't even know I wanted / needed three weeks ago...

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5248/5302559204_78322aa61a.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/studiogerk/5302559204/)
Face the Face (http://www.flickr.com/photos/studiogerk/5302559204/) by dalrealgerk (http://www.flickr.com/people/studiogerk/), on Flickr

Great lighting on that shot, mguertin. I'd crop a bit off on the right side, but that's just me.

Doug: I'm really happy striking a compromise in image quality for the sake of having a substantial carry-around camera that doesn't require a commitment to bring along wherever I go. That's the trick for me.

Go out and shop, good sir.

Oxford Street, NDG neighbourhood, Christmas Eve.

Gotta go prepare some grub for a potluck. Greetings and felicitations to a swell bunch of shooters and see ya next year.

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

Great lighting on that shot, mguertin. I'd crop a bit off on the right side, but that's just me.

Thanks Max. I tried a bunch of different crops but nothing felt right, too much off the right side and it felt very out of balance (especially considering the face is looking to the right). I just decided to leave it alone :)

Sometimes that's best, agreed. Happy new year, dude! Now I really gotta jet.

I think we had a great year in this forum, lots of great images. I'll raise a glass to all that is to come in the new year.

Here's my last image of 2010. The art work on the truck... compliments of my wife.

http://www.ikarl.com/pics/ehmac/2011/happy_new_year.jpg

CMOS versus CCD

Which camera do you have?

All my digital camera's have CCD

They are slower for focussing, But they are way more superior for picture quality.

I'm very reluctant to buy a camera that has CMOS.

Which camera do you have?

kps... great intro to the new year. Love the big-assed distortion on yer truck and the white vignetting. Well done!

Agreed... t'was a great year in here. Looking forward to more captivating captures over the coming dozen months.

Would that Toronto have thought more of preserving its oldest architectural gems; here, forsaking the past seems to be a major industry.



We have the same short-sighted, tear-down-the-old, do-it-for-the-money-now problem at City Hall here in Winnipeg, Max. Sorry to hear it's not just our city.

I'm enjoying your B&W conversions.


Here is one from a winter project of a friend and I.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5008/5311709739_cdc2d9eaef.jpg

We spend one evening per week at our Legislative Building practicing and honing our lighting skills. Having spent our whole evening this week lighting this one scene, it looks like it may be a long, long project. It is a very big building.

Lucky thing there is little chance of it being torn down in the near future.


Happy New Year, everyone.

kps... great intro to the new year. Love the big-assed distortion on yer truck and the white vignetting. Well done!



+1 from here, too kps.

What also catches my eye in your photo is the brick house. I'd forgotten how many people live in brick houses in that part of the country. Brick houses are rarely seen out west.

Thanks Max and iamunique127.

That's my mother-in-law's house from '08 and my old pickup after arriving during a mild snow storm. Wife could not resist leaving her mark on the snow covered rear.

Here's a shot from this year, same driveway, different angle and the new F150. 24mm on a full-frame, I'm in heaven. Just like the old days of film.

http://www.ikarl.com/pics/ehmac/2011/kps_d700_0102.jpg

We spend one evening per week at our Legislative Building practicing and honing our lighting skills. Having spent our whole evening this week lighting this one scene, it looks like it may be a long, long project. It is a very big building.


Good job on the lighting and good luck with your project.

Inspiring stuff here. Fabulous cinematography from a 7D.

"Man in a Blizzard," by Jamie Stuart - Roger Ebert's Journal (http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/movies-1/man-in-a-blizzard-by-jamie-stu.html)

When I first tried to look at the vid, it wouldn't load for me, so I tried it again today. Not bad, but I wish he set his WB properly, yellow snow just doesn't do it for me.

What I did find absolutely amazing and incredible in it's own way was Dziga Vertov's 1929 silent classic "Man With a Movie Camera" , the inspiration for the "Blizzard" video.

I thought I'd check out a few minutes of the Vertov film, but after watching, it just got better and better. I couldn't stop and ended up watching the whole hour and six minutes of it.

CMOS versus CCD

Which camera do you have?

All my digital camera's have CCD

They are slower for focussing, But they are way more superior for picture quality.

I'm very reluctant to buy a camera that has CMOS.

Which camera do you have?

A camera's ability to focus has nothing to do with the sensor, it has everything to do with the engineering of the camera itself and the lens it uses. Some lenses have focusing motors built in, some don't, with point&shoots, the in camera AF motors have always been slow.

CMOS is considered better by a long shot, but CCD quality varies greatly and therefore there are inconsistencies in IQ. With both, a great deal depends on the sensor size and application. A CMOS or a CCD sensor in a $5000 camera will be a lot better than one in a $500 camera.

So um... I've had my Lumix FZ20 for what, nearly six years... and only noticed today that it has a 16:9 mode. Duh. :o

Dolawren: it's my understanding that, all other factors being equal, CMOS is significantly better than CCD. I've never run across anyone attempting to champion CCD as the superior chip - until now, that is.

iamunique127: nice shot. I love that building... have shot its exterior a couple of times. And your Exchange District rocks. I think it's quite unique in North America and the impressive heights of those old grande dames really lends that quarter an impressive elegance. I wish we had something similar in Toronto; many of our greatest industrial buildings from the turn of that particular turn of the century fell to the wrecking ball decades ago.

Doug: great composition. I'm digging the angle and the strong linear element.

Thanks Max, 'twas but a test shot though.

Thanks Max, 'twas but a test shot though.

Yeah, nicely done for a test shot. Agree with Max on the comp.

Here's one using one of kps' presets as a starting point.

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

Very retro classic...and I'm not just saying that because you used that particular preset.

I also see that funky 2D wannabe 3D laminate tabletop from your knife shot.

You do indeed! That's my in-laws' digs... very elegant, solidly built brick four-plexes line their street... each flat is huge and nicely appointed with high ceilings, plaster mouldings and beautiful old wood trim everywhere; you don't see any of that in this shot because the previous owner had reno'd the kitchen with a more modern sensibility (even though it does admittedly feel retro in this shot)... the rest of the place is completely intact and incredibly lovely.

Passé as it is, I still love my Lumix FZ20. Fine old beast.

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

Nice...lovely lighting in that shot and if you look real close (and with a little bit of imagination) the stems look like a green creature with long fingers crawling on top of those tomatoes. :D

I used the FZ20's flash & bounced it using a piece of white cardboard - as makeshift as it gets, but effective. I hadn't touched this camera in ages but after picking it up again today for a bit of playtime, it didn't take me long to remember why I consider this device a keeper. There can be a fair amount of sensor noise even at low ISO but its images clean up nicely.

I used the FZ20's flash & bounced it using a piece of white cardboard - as makeshift as it gets, but effective. I hadn't touched this camera in ages but after picking it up again today for a bit of playtime, it didn't take me long to remember why I consider this device a keeper. There can be a fair amount of sensor noise even at low ISO but its images clean up nicely.

The proof is in the image...as long as you're happy with the results the camera is giving you, then that's all that counts.

Now...you're not having second thoughts about that new toy, are you?

Passé as it is, I still love my Lumix FZ20. Fine old beast.

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

Nicely done.

Although it reminds me of what I forgot to pickup yesterday when the stores were open...

Now...you're not having second thoughts about that new toy, are you?

Not at all - one can never have enough toys er tools.

I too see the mutated lizard, sprawling across the tops of them juicy red thangs.

Beauty of a shot!

Happy New Year everyone!

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5203/5301966401_1cda430e86.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/studiogerk/5301966401/)
Party Baloons (http://www.flickr.com/photos/studiogerk/5301966401/) by dalrealgerk (http://www.flickr.com/people/studiogerk/), on Flickr

Happy New Year to you too, mguertin!

Happy New Year everyone!

Happy Happy to you too - all the best in 2011. Now, where's the champagne to go with those balloons? :D

Starting off the new year with a candid portrait of a family friend. This wonderful lady turned 90 this year, reads the whole Toronto Star from front page to the last every day and loves to talk politics.

http://www.ikarl.com/pics/ehmac/2011/kps_0226.jpg

Great shot - wowza, we should all be so fortunate to reach that age!

A most formidable face! Well done.

A corner of the same Montreal kitchen.

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

Max, odd how that kitchen shot sent me out to our kitchen, eerie in the similarity, yet totally different.

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

I see what you mean, Sinc! Nice shot, by the way. Using your Lumix there?

Yep, the Lumix for sure.

Hi all.

Been a while and I thought I would share a couple of shots I took while on our annual vacation to Florida, namely Universal Studios and the Animal Kingdom.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5161/5316150806_f7f4cfe219.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5201/5316151278_858dd4ae35.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5247/5315558595_2a12679418.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5130/5316151932_3d105f6b48.jpg

iamunique127: nice shot. I love that building... have shot its exterior a couple of times. And your Exchange District rocks. I think it's quite unique in North America and the impressive heights of those old grande dames really lends that quarter an impressive elegance. I wish we had something similar in Toronto; many of our greatest industrial buildings from the turn of that particular turn of the century fell to the wrecking ball decades ago.



Thanks Max. Yes, it really is a spectacular building with a very intriguing history. Although the ultra-wide lens came in handy, I can see the benefits of a Perspective Control or Tilt Shift lens if a person is doing very much of this type of photography.

The Exchange is truly unique in Canada and for that reason many movies are shots there for the period authenticity. It is also much less costly than shooting them in America. Another friend and I plan on doing some night photography there. I will post something if it comes about.

Being a member of the local film & TV industry and having several friends who have worked alongside us in various projects over the years, we know of a few painters and carpenters who have gone to Winnipeg to work there for period films. The Exchange District is a gold mine. I love the solidity of those old buildings with their grand architectural appointments... the kind of thing you don't see much of elsewhere in this country.

Gotta see if I can't find a good shot from that nabe that I haven't already posted before.

I'm pouring over my past Libraries as well, looking for the movie-set photos I took a few years ago.

While I'm doing that I'll include this wide shot from a portrait session I did this past summer in one of the loading dock tunnels in the Exchange.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5241/5316340121_5c834760f8_z.jpg

Nice...lovely lighting in that shot and if you look real close (and with a little bit of imagination) the stems look like a green creature with long fingers crawling on top of those tomatoes. :D
I see the skinny green creature too! In fact, now that it has been pointed out, that's what I see first! Cool!

Hi all.

Been a while and I thought I would share a couple of shots I took while on our annual vacation to Florida, namely Universal Studios and the Animal Kingdom.



Hee hee.. Speaking of green creatures.... My fave is the second one of your green creature shots MaxPower!

Hee hee.. Speaking of green creatures.... My fave is the second one of your green creature shots MaxPower!
I'm starting to like that one more and more. If only her face was in focus.

Here's one from the Exchange District... I've posted another shot of the same subject before, this one's a slightly different angle.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/634123/WinnipegExchange2002.jpg

Happy New Year everyone!

I was laying on a cot on the beach in Jamaica, looked up at this and figured I'd try to frame it somehow. Unfortunately the sun was high and the colours aren't what I thought they would be, but I was going more for composition than anything. I might play with the colour later, but for now, enjoy :)

A boring night and just messin' with my Lumix. Couple of closeups out of my micro tool kit and the little guy the boys at the pub gave me for Christmas.

http://homepage.mac.com/plmnice/.public/macro1.jpg

http://homepage.mac.com/plmnice/.public/macro2.JPG

http://homepage.mac.com/plmnice/.public/macro3.JPG

@MaxPower: nice capture on #1

@iamunique127: nice portrait, I'm sure he was happy with it.

@SINC nice job on your still life images. I guess you'll get rid of the Nikon now. lol

Well kps, that old Nikon still puts out some nice images, so I'm thinking I might just use it a time or two again. But experimenting with the Lumix has given me a few thoughts on how I can put it to good use simply because of its portability. Can't even count the times I've wished I had the Nikon with me, but now, I can always have the Lumix in my jacket pocket and who knows, I might even capture something worthwhile one day. ;)

Playing with the macro lens....
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Love the top macro. Both are good, for different reasons. Nicely done, KC4.

It's not the gear SINC, if a small pocketable camera makes you shoot more, that it's far better than a big expensive dSLR in the closet.

@KC: yeah, the top one fer sure.

Detroit in ruins: the photographs of Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre

In downtown Detroit, the streets are lined with abandoned hotels and swimming pools, ruined movie houses and schools, all evidence of the motor city's painful decline. The photographs of Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre capture what remains of a once-great city – and hint at the wider story of post-industrial America



Detroit in ruins | Art and design | The Observer (http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2011/jan/02/photography-detroit?picture=370173064#/?picture=370173054&index=0)

Wow!

Detroit in ruins | Art and design | The Observer (http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2011/jan/02/photography-detroit?picture=370173064#/?picture=370173054&index=0)

Wow!

Unbelievable. Nicely captured images but what a shame.

Here's one from the Exchange District... I've posted another shot of the same subject before, this one's a slightly different angle.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/634123/WinnipegExchange2002.jpg

Yup, that's the Confederation Life Building on Main St., if memory serves. Lovely composition and colours.

It is entirely faced with terracotta. There is a lot of terracotta work in our downtown.

@KC4
very interesting depth of field in the second macro

I'm a little late with the Christmas lights but yesterday was the first chance I had to capture this when conditions were right.


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Thanks for the comments on the macros gang. The one good thing about photographing these subjects is that if the models don't cooperate, I just eat them.

@mrjimmy: Those are amazing pictures, quite effectively showing the grandeur of what it once was and the tragedy of now, what it is.

Hoping to get a macro lens one of these days.

This pic is from my cousin's baptism last weekend. (Don't get me started on how I felt about that whole shindig :P )
I had a perfect angle until my plaid shirted cousin jumped up from his seat. I should have gone to the choir balcony I guess. Ah well.


*ps* Does anyone else see no feedback when uploading pics here? It just hangs for a min then says failed, or pops the pic under this box when it works.

I'm a little late with the Christmas lights but yesterday was the first chance I had to capture this when conditions were right.

LOL, great capture.

Hoping to get a macro lens one of these days.

This pic is from my cousin's baptism last weekend. (Don't get me started on how I felt about that whole shindig :P )
I had a perfect angle until my plaid shirted cousin jumped up from his seat. I should have gone to the choir balcony I guess. Ah well.


*ps* Does anyone else see no feedback when uploading pics here? It just hangs for a min then says failed, or pops the pic under this box when it works.

You're lucky to get that. The last baptism I was at, the minister didn't allow any photography...

I was relegated to this. LOL!

One more for good measure....

http://www.ikarl.com/pics/ehmac/2011/kps_0069.jpg

You're lucky to get that. The last baptism I was at, the minister didn't allow any photography...

I was relegated to this. LOL!

I think if he tried to stop me (or anyone of the many others with PAS cams) he would have had 2 grandmothers and a great aunt ready for war ;)

And I wouldn't have got nice candid shots like this :)

Very nice moment, they'll be very happy, but you need to fix the white balance.

Very nice moment, they'll be very happy, but you need to fix the white balance.

Yes, time being the fickle little minx it is, I sent it like this with the caveat of some adjustments required.

One more for good measure....

http://www.ikarl.com/pics/ehmac/2011/kps_0069.jpg

Nice shot kps! It has a bit of a stormy look to it which adds to the mood.

I think if he tried to stop me (or anyone of the many others with PAS cams) he would have had 2 grandmothers and a great aunt ready for war ;)

And I wouldn't have got nice candid shots like this :)

Cute! Yep, there seems to be a wide variety of rules for photography when it comes to services performed within. One church would not allow any photographic capture, even video of the actual wedding ceremony itself. Hard situation for the couple, it being their family church and really wanting a video of their big moment.

Nice shot kps! It has a bit of a stormy look to it which adds to the mood.

Thanks KC. :)

I always talk to the minister about what I'm allowed and not allowed. Most have issues with flash photography only, some are far too self centred to care about the bride and groom's big day. I used to second shoot Orthodox Greek weddings for a guy way back in the late 70's and those priests had no issues with flash photography or even us going up on the altar platform to get a shot. Perhaps that has changed with the proliferation of the point & shoot paparazzi guests and they've become as restrictive as the Protestants. LOL

I always talk to the minister about what I'm allowed and not allowed. Most have issues with flash photography only, some are far too self centred to care about the bride and groom's big day. I used to second shoot Orthodox Greek weddings for a guy way back in the late 70's and those priests had no issues with flash photography or even us going up on the altar platform to get a shot. Perhaps that has changed with the proliferation of the point & shoot paparazzi guests and they've become as restrictive as the Protestants. LOL

Hee hee. I typically ask right up front. Usually, photographs are allowed, with some restrictions. Sometimes I wished I hadn't asked. It's annoying when the one that is supposed to be taking photographs is obeying the rules with camera down, but others ignore the rules and flash and snap away - and most of time, without getting busted for it. This really chokes me at entertainment venues.

Sometimes, however, when I ask very respectfully and explain what I am doing and why, I will be allowed to take pictures in the most surprising places:

Behind the velvet ropes (removed by a church official so that I could enter) the candle room at the Basilica of our Lady of Guadalupe:
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This room was quite warm, with huge, multi tiered rack after rack of burning candles, each one representing someone's prayer.

That's quite a candle collection.

It's always best to know the rules, read the signs and ask permission...then break the rules, ignore the signs and do whatever you think is best to get the shot.;)

The Christmas season was so busy here that I didn't get out to photograph the lights.
Now I'm finding I have more time for photography.

This is Father Winter Blowing Into Winnipeg's Exchange District
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5289/5333328498_e641a609e5_z.jpg

Cool image. Highly processed to the point of being surreal, but I dig it. Those cars especially. Strong linear element going on. Bravo, iamunique127!

Trying out the updated release of Camera+ on the iPhone 3G.http://184.72.239.143/mu/d0360e63-ab0d-6413.jpg

Spidery steel sculpture at the foot of a modern tower, Distillery district.

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

About 3000km off on that one. Athletes entrance to the training hills at Utah Olympic Park. My son trains here 5 days a week giving me time to skulk around.

EDIT: sorry Max, your picture didn't show up and I thought you were guessing at my photo.

No worries! That athlete's entrance looks almost utilitarian, like it was a secondary or rear entrance to an apartment building, no?

That vignette... does that come with that particular camera app for iPhone?

Yeah, that's a border they call viewfinder. It adds the grain along with the round edge and the little bit of border tilt.

Cool. Nice retro touch. Especially the tilt; old school.

I've been seing Camera+ around a lot lately.
I'll have to check it out for my phone. Thanks
I like the images you are producing from it. Macified.

Snow day in Toronto.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5208/5336077524_5c3a659c34_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/robcrawford/5336077524/)
Snow day. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/robcrawford/5336077524/) by robcrawford (http://www.flickr.com/people/robcrawford/), on Flickr

The Christmas season was so busy here that I didn't get out to photograph the lights.
Now I'm finding I have more time for photography.

This is Father Winter Blowing Into Winnipeg's Exchange District


Agree, a touch over processed, but I dig it too. Very nice.

@Max
@kps
Thanks
I'm glad you liked Father Winter.
It was intentionally processed like that for the effect.
I wasn't happy with any of the traditional processing of my Xmas lights.
Here is one of our Legislature done up for Christmas and processed in a similar manner.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5083/5333455316_599bf01814_z.jpg

To me it looks like there should be zombies roaming around.

Wow.

Not sure if I like the framing with the Christmas trees being off-centre and not entirely in the frame, but the view beyond is gorgeous and I like how crisp it is. What a magnificent interior. Nicely finished, iamunique127.

Cube thang, Distillery district. Not sure if this is a dwelling or an office of some sort. Pretty mysterious. Lots of these in the Netherlands but this is the only one I've seen on this side of the pond.

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

Snow day in Toronto.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5208/5336077524_5c3a659c34_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/robcrawford/5336077524/)
Snow day. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/robcrawford/5336077524/) by robcrawford (http://www.flickr.com/people/robcrawford/), on Flickr

Crawford- by design or chance, this is extremely clever. You assaulted central focus (with subtle diagonals) and won. Congratulations.
There is one glaring bright spot that has me wondering. The two picket openings in bottom right quadrant. Did you leave them as is, or alter them in processing? They looked washed out. The whitest part of the photo (otherwise) is the roof line diagonal on the right garage, which would be perfect if not for the two picket whiteouts.
What did you shoot with (brand, pixels, etc)? Just wondering.

I'm good with that composition as is. The high-value areas between the picket is probably a mound of snow.

Funny, the different things that can bug us - or draw us, for that matter.

@Fellfromtree, thanks for the compliment. You know, I didn't even notice the washed out / over exposed the area between the pickets until you mentioned it. I mostly focused on the composition / framing. Max is correct, it's so white because of the snow and also because of the B&W effect. It was taken with an iPhone4 using Instagram (http://instagr.am/p/6vEh/).

awesome thread and this is my photo
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/2969/dsc7533t.jpg
By nasserradi (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/nasserradi) at 2010-11-11

Charlottetown, PEI

Cool pic. Welcome to the forum, and this thread in particular!

Interesting framing method. I'm finding the heavy black bands top and bottom distracting but I love the shot, particularly the two foreground figures.

... this is my photo ... at 2010-11-11
Charlottetown, PEIVery strong photo. I'm looking forward to more of yours.

@Nasser Radi
very powerful image

@crawford
I like the Snow Day shot more and more each time I look at it.
That's pretty amazing quality for a phone camera.

Here's a snow shot out in our back yard showing just how much we got over the weekend. That wishing well stands 30 inches tall to the top of the round well.

http://homepage.mac.com/plmnice/.public/P1020181.jpg

awesome thread and this is my photo

Charlottetown, PEI

Nice capture, good job on processing.

Been a while, have a massive backlog to process! Nice shots folks, really like the tone of that image above, NasserRadi.

Decided this year as a pet project to get some shots of the set-up efforts for Winterlude in Ottawa. The snowmakers were busy at work yesterday.

http://bit.ly/e4WmzM

http://bit.ly/ibB43U

Love the top one's background polywog, as Max would say...very painterly.

Love the top one's background polywog, as Max would say...very painterly.

I was thinking the same thing. I would crop it out and use it own its own but that's just me.

Yup - I agree on the top image polywog... It does look like a dreamy landscape painting in the top LH quadrant. Very nice.

Thanks for the feedback. I'll definitely be trying a new crop once I get through my Christmas backlog!

This page needs a pic...

Old scan of some RR tracks. Looking east toward Union Station. Don't recall where I took the shot from.

http://www.ikarl.com/pics/ehmac/2011/kps_h_1.jpg

Seventies, I take it? Digging the wiggle in the tracks just right of centre, near the top. Did you pull a vignette on this one, kps? Gives it a cinematic feel.

Flatiron building, last Friday.

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

Seventies, I take it? Digging the wiggle in the tracks just right of centre, near the top. Did you pull a vignette on this one, kps? Gives it a cinematic feel.

Flatiron building, last Friday.


Very good Max, the70's is correct, and so is the vignette. I wanted to give it that 20's hand cranked film look. Gonna use it as a WordPress header.

Good shot of the flatiron, most take it head on. Nice work, I like how the CN tower is peeking around corner of the building.

Here's another recent one from downtown. A hallway, nine stories up in a brand new building by the St. Lawrence Market. I call this one "Condo Living."

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

@kps
nice old-time feel to the tracks.



A friend and I have been going out to the Manitoba Legislature regularly on Tuesday evenings to practice our lighting. Here is my shot from this week.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5168/5351817591_0ed2120e6c.jpg


These ladies overlook the grand staircase and are difficult to get close to for a photograph. This week I brought all long lenses to capture some details I can't get with other lenses. This is the full-frame I shot with my Nikkor 300mm lens from the third floor balcony. I was able to walk right up close to the statue though, and hold the gelled flash just out of the frame. Hence the colour.

@kps: 8 track shape...definitely an old (but a good) image!

@Max: Like the hallway shot- I am attracted to the look of the long distance vanishing point perspective images:

Walk where ancient turds have floated...
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Wish that traffic light wasn't there. (hmmpf!) No matter how I try to straighten this image, it still appears wonky to me (double Hmmpf!)
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Lyle: Like the ladies-in-red!

Wish that traffic light wasn't there. (hmmpf!) No matter how I try to straighten this image, it still appears wonky to me (double Hmmpf!)


What traffic light...what wonkiness?

Yup...too much time on my hands too. :D

Slick work, kps. I still like the original better. I like the traffic light in there. A bit of the unexpected and it's cool that it's perpendicular to that long penetrating angle down the hallway. As for crookedness, sometimes it's better when stuff is off kilter.

Shop 'till ya drop.

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

Interesting shot...concrete, steel and grub. Looks like Costco, just don't get busted by their loss prevention gang. They might think you're spying for Walmart.

Totally Costco. Good eye. I was careful... but hell, no one cared. Zombie shoppers have their own distractions.

What traffic light...what wonkiness?

Yup...too much time on my hands too. :D

WOOT! Thanks kps! That looks great! Amazing job disappearing the lights!
(See officer, there were no lights there!)

Wish that traffic light wasn't there. (hmmpf!) No matter how I try to straighten this image, it still appears wonky to me (double Hmmpf!)
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Here's a view from the other end of that corridor, including the short little traffic light LOL.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3267/2382801841_250274abbe.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/studiogerk/2382801841/)
Portico (http://www.flickr.com/photos/studiogerk/2382801841/) by dalrealgerk (http://www.flickr.com/people/studiogerk/), on Flickr


I bet we have a lot more photos in common too :)

Here's a view from the other end of that corridor, including the short little traffic light LOL.

I bet we have a lot more photos in common too :)

Where you guys on the same 30 cities in 5 days European bus tour?;)

Where you guys on the same 30 cities in 5 days European bus tour?;)

LOL no, but apparently we both took cameras for a visit to Portugal ;) So far we have similar shots from both Sintra and now Lisbon.

Here's a view from the other end of that corridor, including the short little traffic light LOL.

I bet we have a lot more photos in common too :)
Hah! How cool! Incredibly small world sometimes. I was there just last summer. You?
P.S. I really like how the lights stack up in your shot. I think my shot was taken on the fly.

Where you guys on the same 30 cities in 5 days European bus tour?;) Hee hee...For me, it was more like 5 cities in 20 days, which included Spain....

LOL no, but apparently we both took cameras for a visit to Portugal ;) So far we have similar shots from both Sintra and now Lisbon.

Yup! Your turn mg...(to post one to see if I can match it)!

Auto Shop
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http://www.ikarl.com/pics/ehmac/2011/kps_06_0053.jpg

Cool... I'm digging the distortion and those flanking support columns toward in the mid-ground and in the BG.


Pedestrian ramp in winter, lower Don area.

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

Great shots folks.

Max - lovely B&W shot. I was in Toronto last week visiting my brother - I think the VIA train passes right by that, or another ramp similar to it. Saw it out the train window and thought to myself that it'd be interesting to explore with a camera.

Cool shot of the ramp, like how you captured it.

Two more from the auto repair shop, Max you may recognise the building.

http://www.ikarl.com/pics/ehmac/2011/kps_06_0052.jpg
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http://www.ikarl.com/pics/ehmac/2011/kps_06_0055.jpg

Hah! How cool! Incredibly small world sometimes. I was there just last summer. You?
P.S. I really like how the lights stack up in your shot. I think my shot was taken on the fly.

Hee hee...For me, it was more like 5 cities in 20 days, which included Spain....

Yup! Your turn mg...(to post one to see if I can match it)!

Yep, my trip was about the same but we did a few more cities and it did include Spain as well! I went in Feb '08. Started and ended in Madrid and included about 4 places in Portugal too.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3111/2383625228_2b88abe3f5.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/studiogerk/2383625228/)
Plaza De Espana (http://www.flickr.com/photos/studiogerk/2383625228/) by dalrealgerk (http://www.flickr.com/people/studiogerk/), on Flickr

Doug: that was indeed the ramp in question. The VIA train would have zipped right by it.

Kps: yeah, that exterior is indeed familiar, although I can't place it... is it on Eastern near Broadview? Was just down there a half hour ago, having lunch at a fantastic Trattoria on Eastern, near the very train tracks Doug would have come in on.

Looking up to the Costco heavens:

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

Max: Building is at Carlaw and Dundas, place is full of artists, artisans and funky specialty design shops amongst other things.

Now for something more organic:
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http://www.ikarl.com/pics/ehmac/2011/kps_06_0333.jpg

Nice KPS. I like the way the trees lead the eye to the house.

Cookie please?

http://homepage.mac.com/plmnice/.public/P1020066.JPG

Dino choppers

http://homepage.mac.com/plmnice/.public/IMG_3240.JPG

To commemorate the truck I traded in yesterday, after seven years of faithful, if expensive, service.
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London Paddington train station just before we departed for Bath. I was lucky to get an empty platform. The picture was shot in colour and I made it B&W in iPhoto, that's all. Camera - Panasonic Lumix FZ-18.

For some reason, when I used Preview to reduce teh size to 2000x1500, the file size became 750+ KB from 2.2 MB. So, a lot of detail that I can see on my monitor within the Blacks are lost here.

Two more from the auto repair shop, Max you may recognise the building.



kps, sorry to get off topic but is that your regular shop? I've heard people rave about it.

London Paddington train station just before we departed for Bath. I was lucky to get an empty platform. The picture was shot in colour and I made it B&W in iPhoto, that's all. Camera - Panasonic Lumix FZ-18.

For some reason, when I used Preview to reduce teh size to 2000x1500, the file size became 750+ KB from 2.2 MB. So, a lot of detail that I can see on my monitor within the Blacks are lost here.

Lovely shot. Reminiscent of photographs past.

Lovely shot. Reminiscent of photographs past.

Thanks. Here is the original colour shot, again downsized to fit into EhMac's requirements. Now you see why I converted it to B&W :)

Cheers

Two views out of the same window - a friend's house in Atlanta GA. I wish I knew enough about exposures to have managed to get a Blue sky in the second picture.

Close-up of a table-mat - no zoom, no macro lens, no nothing. After having read a bit on photography I now see that the depth-of-field is all wonky.

Ah, something dear to our hearts - the Apple Store in Bath, England. :)

OK here are a few. Just a Canon P&S.

Skating on the canal ~2007 just after first light.
CN Tower reflection.
An old rock crusher.

OK, for some reason I can no longer upload any files to EhMac. It gets stcj at "Uploading Files" and never goes away.

Any chance you're using Safari, Tilt? If so, welcome to the Ehmac uploading bug. I used to have to go use Firefox to upload to this thread. Then I said 'screw it' and went back to using DropBox to host my pix.

Great series going here, people. Keep 'em coming! Chimo... the CN tower reflection capture is eerie. And I remember going down to the canal to skate and watch the girls. Good times. And Tilt: agreed, the train station shot looks best in black and white. Very slick.

Winter shot, out by the Scarborough bluffs.

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

Old style tow lift wheel on a brand new Olympic training hill...

kps, sorry to get off topic but is that your regular shop? I've heard people rave about it.

Been going there for over 20+ years. The owner and I have mutual friends and that's how I got to know him so many years ago...the only guy that touches my vehicles when they go off warranty. The problem is, he's so darned busy and I live in the burbs now, but whenever I'm downtown, I stop by for a chat.

Some cool images folks, glad to see this thread rocking again.

Any chance you're using Safari, Tilt? If so, welcome to the Ehmac uploading bug. I used to have to go use Firefox to upload to this thread. Then I said 'screw it' and went back to using DropBox to host my pix.

Yes Max, I am using Safari. Safari is my only browser. Oddly enough, the last few pictures loaded fine, and then - *poof* - gone!

Cheers

OK, one more try - this time from Firefox. This is a shot of the bridle-path to Windsor castle at the far end. It was taken about 20 kilometres away from the castle itself in terms of driving distance, but as the horse runs it could be around 6-8 KM away I am guessing.

I like the interplay between the shadows and the light, plus the bright colours, that's why I shot this.

Winter shot, out by the Scarborough bluffs.

Max, how is it you are able to post images wider than 2000 pixels? All of mine are 2000 pixels wide and you can see that they are nowhere nearly as wide as this picture of yours.

Cheers

Great series going here, people. Keep 'em coming! Chimo... the CN tower reflection capture is eerie. And I remember going down to the canal to skate and watch the girls. Good times. And Tilt: agreed, the train station shot looks best in black and white. Very slick.

Winter shot, out by the Scarborough bluffs.



Gorgeous shot Max.

Actually tilt, I generally link to images that are between 800 and 1000 pixels wide. I don't inline display them because uploading them to Ehmac via Safari has proven to be unreliable and annoying. Nor am I a fan of Firefox's interface, though the app itself does the job in question reliably; and the fact is, I don't want to have to launch a specific alternate browser just to upload an image, each and every time - which leaves me my now customary option of linking them using DropBox.

Bottom line: clicking on your vivid green lawn shot gives me an image that's much wider than my own recent winter shot. The advantage to me is that you don't have to click on the shot first to see it at full size - it's already as large as I want it to be. Making it larger is possible but I try to bear in mind that not everyone is looking at this thread using a huge monitor.

Whatever works for you.

Old style tow lift wheel on a brand new Olympic training hill...

I love the "veil" effect and the subtle colours in this one Macified.

Thanks. Here is the original colour shot, again downsized to fit into EhMac's requirements. Now you see why I converted it to B&W :)

Cheers

tilt although I really like the b&w conversion, I love the subtle interplay of colours in the original. Very nice.

Max, how is it you are able to post images wider than 2000 pixels? All of mine are 2000 pixels wide and you can see that they are nowhere nearly as wide as this picture of yours.


Because he, like many others here, host their images off site instead of attaching them to posts through the BBS software. Look carefully and you'll see your image bounded by a box which clearly states "Attached Thumbnail", so as a thumbnail, click your image (cursor change to hand) and a larger image will be presented in a viewer.

To be quite frank, why are some of you uploading such large files is beyond me. My 24" monitor can only do 1920x1200pixels at the best.

You'll soon run out of space for attachments and then start deleting your images from ehmac and really detract from this thread.

Make your images no bigger than 800px wide @72dpi or 96dpi which is the screen resolution. All the images I post here are 750px @96dpi and hosted on my server.

EDIT: I see Max answered while I was typing...

Two views out of the same window - a friend's house in Atlanta GA. I wish I knew enough about exposures to have managed to get a Blue sky in the second picture.

@ tilt

To keep the same exposure inside and add some blue in the sky outside you can try a couple different approaches.

First, keep your Aperture setting the same as it was in the original photo and use a longer Shutter speed or...

Second, point you camera outside and lock the exposure (and usually the focus) on the sky by pressing the shutter button 1/2 way down. Then recompose the shot and finish pressing the shutter button. Depth of field on Point and Shoot cameras is usually pretty huge so you should maintain focus inside as well as outside. You may lose some detail inside.

I'm not familiar with your particular camera. You will need some manual control to achieve the first technique. For demonstration purposes let's say the original was shot at f8 and 1/125 second. To get more colour in the sky, try using 1/30 of a second shutter speed instead (while keeping the Aperture at f8). If that is not enough you can continue to use shorter shutter speeds until you get the desired effect. You will need to rest or support your camera well to avoid movement blur.

For the second technique your camera may lock the exposure when you 1/2 press the shutter or it may meter again after you recompose. Just try it and see.

Hope that helps.

As far as posting photos, if you use a host such as Flickr or something you can just copy your image from there and paste the code in the Post Image pop-up. As others have said, no need to make them big. Yours look fine as they are. Personally, I keep mine to a max of 640 pixels on the longest side. I've had no trouble posting in this way using Safari.

(I see others have answered as I was typing- now you have lots of feedack).

BTW, I'm liking your photos especially Windsor Castle. Keep 'em coming.

OK, my turn. This is from about seven years ago, taken at a toxic industrial spot down by the waterfront. The site has since been cleaned up - somewhat - but it was, for several years, a real gold mine (that is, provided you're the sort who cares to document metal bric-a-brac and the ghostly remnants of industrial activity).

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/634123/Intoxica-Commish.jpg

We have one hill in Winnipeg. It was an landfill that was de-commissioned in the 1970's then made into a park. One use of the park today is an off-leash dog park. But given that it's a hill it gets lots of use by sliders and snowboarders as well.

This was taken last February but it will look very similar today after several days of fresh snow. This is our (modest) skyline.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5003/5360143109_346d935494_z.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5202/5360243669_13003fe850.jpg


I hope the subtle detail shows up on your monitors.

My my, that's tons of helpful feedback, thank you all.

Bottom line: clicking on your vivid green lawn shot gives me an image that's much wider than my own recent winter shot. The advantage to me is that you don't have to click on the shot first to see it at full size - it's already as large as I want it to be. Making it larger is possible but I try to bear in mind that not everyone is looking at this thread using a huge monitor.

Duh! I did not even know that you could click on the image and see a larger version!

tilt although I really like the b&w conversion, I love the subtle interplay of colours in the original. Very nice.

Thanks screature. I like the colour one too, but I prefer the B&W for this.

To be quite frank, why are some of you uploading such large files is beyond me. My 24" monitor can only do 1920x1200pixels at the best.

I am still new at this. I need to learn. I was under the (mistaken?) impression that even if your monitor could not handle high resolutions, since the pic's resolution is high and the monitor would display it in whatever resolution it could, the picture would still be displayed properly.

You'll soon run out of space for attachments and then start deleting your images from ehmac and really detract from this thread.

See, I was not even aware of this constraint. God, I really need to go read some stickies.

Make your images no bigger than 800px wide @72dpi or 96dpi which is the screen resolution. All the images I post here are 750px @96dpi and hosted on my server.

So, I just go into Preview like I have been doing and resize it to 800 wide and that's it? Do I have to do this even if I were to, say, host it somewhere else like you and Max do rather than "attach" it to my post?

To keep the same exposure inside and add some blue in the sky outside you can try a couple different approaches.

First, keep your Aperture setting the same as it was in the original photo and use a longer Shutter speed or...

Second, point you camera outside and lock the exposure (and usually the focus) on the sky by pressing the shutter button 1/2 way down. Then recompose the shot and finish pressing the shutter button. Depth of field on Point and Shoot cameras is usually pretty huge so you should maintain focus inside as well as outside. You may lose some detail inside.

I'm not familiar with your particular camera. You will need some manual control to achieve the first technique. For demonstration purposes let's say the original was shot at f8 and 1/125 second. To get more colour in the sky, try using 1/30 of a second shutter speed instead (while keeping the Aperture at f8). If that is not enough you can continue to use shorter shutter speeds until you get the desired effect. You will need to rest or support your camera well to avoid movement blur.

For the second technique your camera may lock the exposure when you 1/2 press the shutter or it may meter again after you recompose. Just try it and see.

Hope that helps.

As far as posting photos, if you use a host such as Flickr or something you can just copy your image from there and paste the code in the Post Image pop-up. As others have said, no need to make them big. Yours look fine as they are. Personally, I keep mine to a max of 640 pixels on the longest side.

(I see others have answered as I was typing- now you have lots of feedack).

BTW, I'm liking your photos especially Windsor Castle. Keep 'em coming.

Thanks Jamunique. The problem with me is that I tend to concentrate more on the framing and composition of the picture and completely forget about the exposure. I need to remember to take those into account too and plan for them. The colours and exposure coming out well is purely a matter of luck for me rather than design. I almost exclusicvely use my camera only as a point-and-click!

Thanks again all of you. I am reading more about photography now and will be practicing more.

Cheers

Given the weather, perhaps a switch to something a little more "summery" with this shot of the banks of the Assiniboine River in Moose Jaw, SK. in August of last year.

http://homepage.mac.com/plmnice/.public/DSCN4104.jpg

A creek, last April, somewhere in the Shield, south of highway seven, between Toronto and Ottawa.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/634123/BackRoads-Crick.jpg

Always difficult to shoot, even with a telephoto, skittish Pronghorn Antelope live out there days in the open prairie of SK. and AB. These does and fawns were gone from sight in seconds after this shot.

http://homepage.mac.com/plmnice/.public/IMG_0050.JPG

Meanwhile in the bush:

http://homepage.mac.com/plmnice/.public/DSCN3845.JPG

Yellowstone Lake, WY., still ice covered, May 2009.

http://homepage.mac.com/plmnice/.public/DSCN3711.JPG

Yellowstone. Nice pic.

Back to winter...

I hope the subtle detail shows up on your monitors.

Like both of your high key Winterpeg shots.:)

Funny how this thread kind of goes in spurts of activity. It's always welcome, especially when fresh blood comes 'a callin'.

Hardware shot.

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

My my, that's tons of helpful feedback, thank you all.

I am still new at this. I need to learn. I was under the (mistaken?) impression that even if your monitor could not handle high resolutions, since the pic's resolution is high and the monitor would display it in whatever resolution it could, the picture would still be displayed properly.



If I came across sounding "dickie", it wasn't my intent or directed straight at you.

Monitor screen resolution is generally 72ppi or 96ppi (pixels per inch), so a screen which is 20" wide on a 24" (measured diagonally) monitor equals 20"x96ppi=1920ppi period...full stop.

A monitor displays what it's told to display by software based on it's hardware capabilities. A monitor can not (on it's own), display an image, so it displays what the current software tells it to. Be it Preview, Photoshop, Word or Safari.

For example, my 24" monitor's top resolution is 1920x1200
Any image designed to be viewed strictly on the screen (such as on the web) should be reduced to a screen resolution of 72ppi or 96ppi. Anything higher and you're not only increasing the file size unnecessarily, you're also uploading extra pixels which are not needed. It is not going to make the image look any better. It's printers which need resolutions of 96ppi and higher to print accurately. Generally 144ppi to 300ppi and even higher depending on the size of the final output.

If I take a raw image from my 12.1mp camera with a sensor size of 36mmx24mm I get an image 4256x2832 ppi. I'd need a monitor 44"wide to view this image at the top resolution in a 1:1 ratio.

By simply reducing that image to screen resolution I get 1277x850 @96ppi. At this point the image can be further reduced by changing the hight and width of the image and leaving the resolution alone.

Here's an example of what I'm talking about. I took a photo of my desk, then uploaded the raw file. Viewing it full size (100%), at full resolution I get what you see in the top image...a tight crop of the photo at 240ppi original size 4256x2832ppi. Remember I'd need a 44" monitor to view this properly.

http://www.ikarl.com/pics/ehmac/2011/kps_0194.jpg

Image reduced to screen resolution of 96ppi. resulting size 1277x850. Whole image is seen and almost fills the screen because the monitor's resolution is set to 1920x1200
http://www.ikarl.com/pics/ehmac/2011/kps_0198.jpg

Now what do you think someone viewing this on a monitor with a smaller resolution than 1920x1200 would see? That's why I post most of my images less than 800ppi wide @ 96ppi resolution. I don't think there's anyone left out there using a monitor which is less than 800ppi wide.;)

If I came across sounding "dickie", it wasn't my intent or directed straight at you.

Hell no, you did not come across sounding like a dick - what gave you that impression? The info you gave was useful and relevant.

My question was more towards the point that in the past, irrespective of whichever monitor I have used, it always made the full image fit into the screen size so that I never had to scroll like you show in your 1080P picture. That being the case, what difference does it make - that was my question.

Cheers

OK, I created a Picasa account to upload my pics to. This is a test post to see if I, like Max and Kps, can link to a picture for everyone here to see.

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_nCph1kSM394/TTNsEsRBvQI/AAAAAAAAABc/k9KN0jF1_vg/P1010197.JPG

Hmm... that did not work the way I expected it to, so let's try uploading a URL: Update - that did not work either - I got an "Invalid File" error after the URL.

OK folks, I tried the two ways I know how. Now I need some expert help to hold my hand and guide me using words of one syllable please.

Cheers

UPDATES:

1. Editing my link to follow Max's instructions following this post.
2. OK, took a few tries, but I think I managed to get it right, except that the picture looks huge. Well, I did not "downsize it, so I am going to try uploading a downsized file to Picasa and link that here.
3. OK, finally, the downsized image showed up properly. So, now I need to set up a workflow to display any picture in this thread :)

Thank you all :)

Try "yourphotoatitshostingsite.jpg"

Hell no, you did not come across sounding like a dick - what gave you that impression? The info you gave was useful and relevant.

My question was more towards the point that in the past, irrespective of whichever monitor I have used, it always made the full image fit into the screen size so that I never had to scroll like you show in your 1080P picture. That being the case, what difference does it make - that was my question.

Cheers

If you simply uplaod your photo using the using the attachment feature here on ehMac the original view of the image will be scaled to fit within the thread window. Then if you want to see it larger you simply click on the image to see it full size.

http://www.ehmac.ca/attachments/photography-focus/16733d1288885102t-photography-anyone-upload.jpg

Like this (click on the image to see it larger):

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Hell no, you did not come across sounding like a dick - what gave you that impression? The info you gave was useful and relevant.

My question was more towards the point that in the past, irrespective of whichever monitor I have used, it always made the full image fit into the screen size so that I never had to scroll like you show in your 1080P picture. That being the case, what difference does it make - that was my question.

Cheers

It wasn't your monitor...it was whatever software you were using to view the image. That was my point. If I live link to a really wide image, I'll bet you I can stretch this page to the point where you'll have to scroll...and scroll...and scroll...:D

The difference being, that you reduce the size of the file without sacrificing quality, gain more storage space and make things more compliant for all users.


Test Stretch----->
EDIT: Removed the stretcher ...all 4000 pixels worth.

If you simply uplaod your photo using the using the attachment feature here on ehMac the original view of the image will be scaled to fit within the thread window. Then if you want to see it larger you simply click on the image to see it full size.

http://www.ehmac.ca/attachments/photography-focus/16733d1288885102t-photography-anyone-upload.jpg

Like this (click on the image to see it larger):

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Thanks screature, but that's what I was doing earlier and do not want to do any more since it will chew up my allowed storage on EhMac :)

Cheers

It wasn't your monitor...it was whatever software you were using to view the image. That was my point. If I live link to a really wide image, I'll bet you I can stretch this page to the point where you'll have to scroll...and scroll...and scroll...:D

The difference being, that you reduce the size of the file without sacrificing quality, gain more storage space and make things more compliant for all users.


Test Stretch:

Owwwww!!!!!!!!!! You made your point :) I played around with Max's instructions and posted my ferris wheel picture - no photographic merit, just a test image :)

Cheers

Thanks screature, but that's what I was doing earlier and do not want to do any more since it will chew up my allowed storage on EhMac :)

Cheers

Ok, but just save your file to a reasonable size (72dpi) and compression and you should be fine. The file I just uploaded was only 560KB.

London Paddington train station just before we departed for Bath. I was lucky to get an empty platform. The picture was shot in colour and I made it B&W in iPhoto, that's all. Camera - Panasonic Lumix FZ-18.

For some reason, when I used Preview to reduce teh size to 2000x1500, the file size became 750+ KB from 2.2 MB. So, a lot of detail that I can see on my monitor within the Blacks are lost here.

I see what you are talking about now tilt, sorry I was late to the trail of posts... but when you click on the image the detail seems to be fine... from what I can see at least.

I use Firefox and have for years and years because it is bar none my favourite browser and it plays nice with the upload feature here as well. If you don't like Firefox as seems to be the case with Max (and others as well I am sure) then I would take the advice of kps and not go above 750 pixels wide when posting to the alternate server of your choice.

This (Windsor castle) is what was behind me when I shot the bridle-path photo. This was shot with 18x optical zoom from the same spot as the bridle-path picture. I just turned 180 degrees and zoomed in and clicked.

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_nCph1kSM394/TTNyNSXJN1I/AAAAAAAAABs/Gcz765ZRSBg/P1010205.JPG

Somewhere in the countryside in England. The river is The Thames. I liked the evening shot with the Red tree and the play of the sunshine and shadows. Since I pointed-and-clicked, the exposure was not perfect nd there is a complete washout close to where the sun was.

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_nCph1kSM394/TTN0JJ227pI/AAAAAAAAABw/R1H5pN6uXg8/P1010245.JPG

A couple of horses' asses (or should I say "arses" considering these are the Queen's guards?) :)

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_nCph1kSM394/TTN2QML8I7I/AAAAAAAAAB0/1Wazc_p-uDM/P1010401.jpg

Back to pictures.:)

SINC, nice run of images...enjoyed them all.

Macified, nice job on the snowboarder...is that Jr.?

tilt, nice travel pics and I think your ferris wheel has photographic merit.

Max, I'm going to play off your gheeeetar shot with a candid of a gheetar player.

http://www.ikarl.com/pics/FM/kps_4935.jpg

The seat of an iron chair on the deck of a friend's house. Took me a few minutes to find the right leaves for colour and for those that would stay on the chair and still retain their shape :)

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_nCph1kSM394/TTN3ADbCPtI/AAAAAAAAACE/bLvmM7ZjanI/IMG_0005.jpg

Close-up of a chandelier in Vegas - Mandalay Bay IIRC - or was it Venetian or Bellagio?

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_nCph1kSM394/TTN4PHe8ndI/AAAAAAAAACI/XToGSi-Zeyg/P1000325.JPG

From the "Eiffel Tower" in Vegas.

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_nCph1kSM394/TTN49665jMI/AAAAAAAAACY/aMs3UQ97oxk/P1000957.JPG

Ottawa, Parliament Hill. I liked the interplay of the Blue bits and the Silver on the old building.

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_nCph1kSM394/TTN7FKre8GI/AAAAAAAAACo/zLpYkI9Fb-Q/P1000934.jpg

Close-up of a chandelier in Vegas - Mandalay Bay IIRC - or was it Venetian or Bellagio?

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_nCph1kSM394/TTN4PHe8ndI/AAAAAAAAACI/XToGSi-Zeyg/P1000325.JPG

It is a DALE CHIHULY (http://govegas.about.com/od/bellagio/ig/Chihuly-Sculpture-at-Bellagio/chihulybell9.htm) piece at the Bellagio. DALE CHIHULY (http://www.chihuly.com/)

http://0.tqn.com/d/govegas/1/7/t/Q/1/chihulybell9.jpg

One of the greatest glass artists of all time...

At the zoo in Phoenix AZ. Liked the stacked turtles :)

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_nCph1kSM394/TTN-CIydKqI/AAAAAAAAAC4/WGeEPXbINNA/P1000856.JPG

At the zoo in Phoenix AZ. Liked the stacked turtles :)



That's cool tilt.

Thanks KPS. that is Jr. It was a warm training day (sunny and 1C). He took a couple of shirtless runs (kind of a tradition on warm days) but I gave him hell for that.

http://184.72.239.143/mu/4c173b72-82cc-4cfb.jpg

Downtown Toronto, Harbourfront actually. I liked the interplay of the colours and the geometric vibe.

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_nCph1kSM394/TTOCpCoqSGI/AAAAAAAAADI/v82WzrxFfS8/P1000666.JPG

Loved the dark Grey sky and the Turquoise water of Niagara.

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_nCph1kSM394/TTOD2SO7xQI/AAAAAAAAADY/WkCet3jGyFI/P1000578.JPG

Port Dover (where bikers from all over congregate every time it's Friday 13th)

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_nCph1kSM394/TTOEvKCKpKI/AAAAAAAAADo/JCvrSAtReLY/P1000611.JPG

That's cool tilt.

Thanks :)

Chain-link on the boardwalk, downtown Burlington.

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_nCph1kSM394/TTOGCyTiQ6I/AAAAAAAAAD4/3oZov44iRKA/P1000401.JPG

Wow... it is a tilt flood. :) Lots of nice shots my friend. :clap:

Wow... it is a tilt flood. :) Lots of nice shots my friend. :clap:

Heheheh, sorry folks, Max's tip created a Frankenstein's monster. It's all Max's fault - blame it on him ;)

Cheers

Here are a few from Chicago. Just an old Canon PS A620.

Same boardwalk.

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_nCph1kSM394/TTONMpVDK-I/AAAAAAAAAEI/EH1PQwNERBU/P1000410.JPG

I need to learn how to shoot night-lights. Mine never come out well. Chimo, I like your 3rd picture more than the 4th.

Cheers

Hamilton, ON

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_nCph1kSM394/TTOW-my7x7I/AAAAAAAAAEc/PBpDAIt1hSQ/P1000282.JPG

Just playing around. I need to do this again when i have another opportunity, this time with glass glasses instead of plastic.

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_nCph1kSM394/TTOZXeZOedI/AAAAAAAAAEs/DyGKGrC5pDs/P1000224.JPG

Holy photo avalanche Batman!

Vase.

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

View from atop the bluffs, Scarborough, earlier today.

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

Nice textured feel to the vase image, Max.

Dragon Boat

http://www.ikarl.com/pics/ehmac/2011/kps_06_0064.jpg

Looks like a forlorn carcass, or an abandoned casket. Somehow sad, in either case. That boat needs some work! By any chance, was that snapped own by the Unwin channel?

Yeah kp...the dragon-boat image tells a tale of a tail. Excellent.

Correct once again Max. Taken somewhere down there, but don't recall exactly.

Here's some more tales of tails for you KC. :D

http://www.ikarl.com/pics/ehmac/2011/kps_06_0065.jpg

Keeping myself busy on Boxing Day while my wife shopped

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5163/5367494948_8727f17f6f.jpg


http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5128/5366883923_f4b95ab141.jpg


http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5285/5367494594_99c80e865a.jpg


http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5047/5366993249_499422b66d.jpg

Keeping myself busy Part 2- Outside

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5047/5367726754_854f0e92e3.jpg




http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5205/5366949537_306a89e081.jpg

Nice work, Lyle. Really like that last one - those pipes standing at various angles - very cool.

View of Lake Ontario from atop the bluffs at the Guild Inn, Scarborough, yesterday.

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

Nice work, Lyle. Really like that last one - those pipes standing at various angles - very cool.


Yeah, I like that one myself. Good job on the keeping occupied in the gourmet store too.lol

Here's some more tales of tails for you KC. :D


Wow. Great shot.
A dozen dragons now at rest.
Which one, I wonder, is the best?

Lyle, I would have no trouble entertaining myself in that kitchen supply store...in fact, my entertainment would be the trouble. Ka-Ching!

I like the last shot of yours the best as well, but for different reasons. I think the protruding rectangles shapes on the wall are the first thing to catch the eye. Very intriguing.

Thanks for the comments guys.

I was pretty taken with the Buhler Centre (http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/index/uw-news-action/story.265/title.-buhler-centre-transforms-downtown-campus) myself when I had the opportuntity to explore it up close. It houses the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Winnipeg.

John and Bonnie Buhler are local business people and HUGE philanthopists. They have funded buildings at least 2 hospitals and 2 of our Universities. Their names are everywhere. Great civic minded people.

The Housewares Dept. at The Bay was fun, too.

A few more taken taken in the far north about 20 or so years ago.

@chimo
I like the first one a lot.

The foreground, midground and background are well defined and the others are weighted to echo the curve in the foreground such that it seems we can see the curve of the earth.

Un-level horizons seldom work for me but this one does as it serves a purpose.

Nice images chimo, hope you post some more.

Agreed. I also like that top one in particular. Great tone. The horizon line doesn't bug me. Funny; often I'm pretty touchy about that sort of thing.

Plinth.

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

Nice, looks like the carver borrowed heavily from the ancient Egyptians.

Thanks folks. The last three were taken around N82 W62 - pretty far north. Even the small amount of vegetation and life up there was interesting.

A study in contrast, desert versus prairie.

http://homepage.mac.com/plmnice/.public/IMG_0067.JPG

http://homepage.mac.com/plmnice/.public/DSCN0406.JPG

Summit County Court House. iPhone 3G with minor shadow hi-lighting in Aperture.

Good colours from the phone.
I like the framing too.

Good colours from the phone.
I like the framing too.

Thanks. I recall that morning being damned cold (at least -20C). Perhaps there is less visual distortion at lower temperatures. I was surprised at the clarity of the stone edges from an old iPhone.

My wife called me today from work and needed a photo for something she was working on. She's an educator and needed a photo of the recently erected statues of The Famous Five (http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/people/influ_famous.html) located on the grounds of our Legislature. She needed it today.

I just bought an old Kodak Duaflex II view camera so I thought it might be just the tool for the job. I set it up on a tripod with the composition I wanted and took this photo through the viewfinder with my digital camera.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5284/5371415457_9d381195e9.jpg

It was a big hit at her workplace (despite the snow on the statues).

Sweet. Very authentic "old" viewfinder vibe.

My wife called me today from work and needed a photo for something she was working on. She's an educator and needed a photo of the recently erected statues of The Famous Five (http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/people/influ_famous.html) located on the grounds of our Legislature. She needed it today.

I just bought an old Kodak Duaflex II view camera so I thought it might be just the tool for the job. I set it up on a tripod with the composition I wanted and took this photo throught the viewfinder with my digital camera.

It was a big hit at her workplace (despite the snow on the statues).

Interesting (and successful) technique Lyle. I wouldn't have thought of taking a photograph through the viewfinder of another camera. Now I will. Thanks.

Countryside near Arco, Idaho.

http://homepage.mac.com/plmnice/.public/IMG_0078.JPG

BTW Arco does not stand for Atlantic Richfield. The AR tands for Atomic Research and Arco was the first city to be powered by atomic energy.

Feather and snow, Guildwood.

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

Another Through the Viewfinder

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5007/5374265610_43bbc7cf03_z.jpg

(In case I need it here, I do have a Model Release.)

SINC: Great contrast study between prairie and desert. Notice how your prairie skyline almost disappears into the background color of your post (at least it does on my monitor)?

Max: Your feather and snow portrait is a study in soft texture. Perfect.

Lyle: No image to admire! Whut? Whut?

Lyle: No image to admire! Whut? Whut?



Thanks for the heads up.
I could see both recent photos .
Did I fix it?


BTW an Update on The Famous Five photo (above): it is being published on a poster put out by the Manitoba Dept. of Education and Training to publicize a new grade 11 curriculum. It was worth going out on short notice that -23C day.

Good news on the Poster which will use your photo.

I really liked the photo for many reasons and I thought the snow showed their tenacious spirits. Reminding us that " neither rain nor sleet nor snow etc.... will keep us from our appointed rounds (destiny in this case).

Feather and snow, Guildwood.



Beautiful tones Max. Subtle.

Thanks, screature.

Lobby, Yonge & Sheppard, at the north end of the city.

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

I really did not notice the angle these trees were growing at when I stood on a hillside to take this shot of Helmcken Falls in Wells Gray provincial park near Clearwater, BC. Now looking at it makes me a tad dizzy.

http://homepage.mac.com/plmnice/.public/100-0001_IMG_3.JPG

Photographing a photo shoot in a beautiful room.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3150/2947362606_93b677675d_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/robcrawford/2947362606/)
DSC_0314.JPG (http://www.flickr.com/photos/robcrawford/2947362606/) by robcrawford (http://www.flickr.com/people/robcrawford/), on Flickr

Looks like a volcano went off there near the peaks. LOL!!!

http://homepage.mac.com/plmnice/.public/IMG_0067.JPG

Interior/exterior bar, Leslieville, earlier today.

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

Great capture, Max.
The tones are so rich and there is such a broad range of detail.

Looks like a volcano went off there near the peaks. LOL!!!

http://homepage.mac.com/plmnice/.public/IMG_0067.JPG

Yeah, that's what happens when you shoot from the driver's seat in a motor home doing 60 mph. The bugs on the windshield sometimes stick around for effect.

Yeah, that's what happens when you shoot from the driver's seat in a motor home doing 60 mph. The bugs on the windshield sometimes stick around for effect.


LMAO!!!! :lmao: