The random photo thread

[Skip]

Details: camera and settings, please.

The camera was a Fuji X E1.
The lens for both of these photos was the Fuji XF 60mm f/2.4 macro.

Natural light.

ISO was set at 200, camera tripod mounted, aperture priority--choosing the aperture to get the depth of field I want and letting the camera select the shutter speed. With the tripod, shutter speed is irrelevant (unless it's breezy). I try to shoot flowers on calm days.

Aperture for the first one was likely f/16 or f/22; second one f/5.6 or f/8, and I don't recall the camera-selected shutter speeds.
(1/3 stop over/under bracket.)

The first one was Photoshopped to isolate the flower against a digitally created black background and a digital filter was used to soften some detail. The second image is pretty much what came out of the camera.

When I have some time I'll dig up the files on my computer if you want more info, Skip. These two images were already uploaded to my Photobucket account. These are compressed files.

If I can stop buying pipes, my next camera will be another Fuji. Next one, full frame.

I used to work medium format and a 4X5 view camera when I was shooting film.
All that gear is long gone.

Cool, bro. Thanks. I have a slight interest in "beyond the typical" flower photography...

[durangopipe]

Details: camera and settings, please.

The camera was a Fuji X E1.
The lens for both of these photos was the Fuji XF 60mm f/2.4 macro.

Natural light.

ISO was set at 200, camera tripod mounted, aperture priority--choosing the aperture to get the depth of field I want and letting the camera select the shutter speed. With the tripod, shutter speed is irrelevant (unless it's breezy). I try to shoot flowers on calm days.

Aperture for the first one was likely f/16 or f/22; second one f/5.6 or f/8, and I don't recall the camera-selected shutter speeds.
(1/3 stop over/under bracket.)

The first one was Photoshopped to isolate the flower against a digitally created black background and a digital filter was used to soften some detail. The second image is pretty much what came out of the camera.

When I have some time I'll dig up the files on my computer if you want more info, Skip. These two images were already uploaded to my Photobucket account. These are compressed files.

If I can stop buying pipes, my next camera will be another Fuji. Next one, full frame.

I used to work medium format and a 4X5 view camera when I was shooting film.
All that gear is long gone.

Cool, bro. Thanks. I have a slight interest in "beyond the typical" flower photography...

Beautiful!

[mont974x4]

On top of them he hill in front of the house.


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[hugodrax]

On top of them he hill in front of the house.


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Open season a little early? Fine silhouette.

[durangopipe]

On top of them he hill in front of the house.


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Great "front yard!"

[mont974x4]

On top of them he hill in front of the house.


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Great "front yard!"

The hill is actually across the street and not on our property. We have about 150 feet or so over yard/driveway between the house and the road. The hill starts just east of the road.

[durangopipe]

Clearly an example of miscommunication. An instructor at the academy said, "One day, a scattergun chambered with 00 Buck will save your a$$ . . ."

[mont974x4]

This shredder is not teletubby approved.


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[Fainn]

[sweetandsour]

Wally Frank, sitting on the back porch.

[sweetandsour]

Sign on the front porch of a local bait shop/cafe. Not in view are a couple of picnic tables.

[sweetandsour]

The lab where I went to have a blood sample taken. The hand-written masking-tape label on the drawer reads "Labels".

[durangopipe]

The lab where I went to have a blood sample taken. The hand-written masking-tape label on the drawer reads "Labels".

Reminds me of the "Policy on Policies" email we got from the Provost.

[coco]

Someone invite him to join.

[Goose55]

Pic of my cat, Lucy, w/ me one evening on my front patio, when she was just a couple/ few months old. That's my tiny garden there, dormant in Summer, but which now has a small crop of beets in it.

[sweetandsour]

Pic of my cat, Lucy, w/ me one evening on my front patio, when she was just a couple/ few months old. That's my tiny garden there, dormant in Summer, but which now has a small crop of beets in it.

Now that's where a cat belongs ... on a leash.

[John-Boy]

Pic of my cat, Lucy, w/ me one evening on my front patio, when she was just a couple/ few months old. That's my tiny garden there, dormant in Summer, but which now has a small crop of beets in it.

Looks like a big litter box

[mont974x4]

Pic of my cat, Lucy, w/ me one evening on my front patio, when she was just a couple/ few months old. That's my tiny garden there, dormant in Summer, but which now has a small crop of beets in it.

Looks like a big litter box

Maybe it's for Goose?


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[John-Boy]

Pic of my cat, Lucy, w/ me one evening on my front patio, when she was just a couple/ few months old. That's my tiny garden there, dormant in Summer, but which now has a small crop of beets in it.

Looks like a big litter box

Maybe it's for Goose?


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Gooses are birds not felines.

[mont974x4]

Pic of my cat, Lucy, w/ me one evening on my front patio, when she was just a couple/ few months old. That's my tiny garden there, dormant in Summer, but which now has a small crop of beets in it.

Looks like a big litter box

Maybe it's for Goose?


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Gooses are birds not felines.

They still need a place to crap. Better there than your car, or head.


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