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North of Thermopolis Wednesday evening
Human head profile in the cloud
Human head profile in the cloud
Decided to play 
. I've done a lot of photography so why not!
This one is the 2016 Super Moon rising through clouds. I used a Nikon D750 with a 300mm Nikon lens, set to take three images is quick succession at three different exposures, then blended:
. I've done a lot of photography so why not!This one is the 2016 Super Moon rising through clouds. I used a Nikon D750 with a 300mm Nikon lens, set to take three images is quick succession at three different exposures, then blended:
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I wish I had a better camera. The other morning I got up to leave and it was snowing pretty good but you could see the moon up in the sky through the snow still.
Here's another, an action sunrise. Underexposed but it worked out great. This one is from 20 years ago in 2005. Taken with my first digital camera, a Nikon D70, probably still have it but I have so many cameras laying around!
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I wish I had light smoke coming out of the stove pipe for that photo but thanks for the compliment. I have thousands in pro Nikon gear but my iPhone 15pro does such an amazing job it keeps the “real” stuff in the closet.
Not enough pixels - Fixed it! For a while anyways.
Back when I was doing a lot of photography and people were buying my images I ran into a problem. A lot of folks wanted very large prints and I had to turn them down. From my perspective digital cameras, even today, are not up to the 40x60 and larger print task. Its a pixel problem, just not enough native pixels.
So... I decided to use a film camera again, but not just any film camera - image below. It's a 4x5 traditional but modern view camera, and that changed everything! A real challenge to use but it made incredibly detailed images. A 4x5 piece of film, when drum scanned to digital easily has 512 megapixels. That was a a game changer with 20 times the definition of my then 24 megapixel digital.
And because they are made to shoot at very small apertures, and can tilt the lenses, depth of field is unlimited!
I will do another post after this one with the first image I took with that view camera. Sadly film is dead. There are no drum scanner people around anymore.
This image below was made with a Nikon D750 and a couple of studio flashes
Back when I was doing a lot of photography and people were buying my images I ran into a problem. A lot of folks wanted very large prints and I had to turn them down. From my perspective digital cameras, even today, are not up to the 40x60 and larger print task. Its a pixel problem, just not enough native pixels.
So... I decided to use a film camera again, but not just any film camera - image below. It's a 4x5 traditional but modern view camera, and that changed everything! A real challenge to use but it made incredibly detailed images. A 4x5 piece of film, when drum scanned to digital easily has 512 megapixels. That was a a game changer with 20 times the definition of my then 24 megapixel digital.
And because they are made to shoot at very small apertures, and can tilt the lenses, depth of field is unlimited!
I will do another post after this one with the first image I took with that view camera. Sadly film is dead. There are no drum scanner people around anymore
.This image below was made with a Nikon D750 and a couple of studio flashes
You sure?Not enough pixels - Fixed it! For a while anyways.
Back when I was doing a lot of photography and people were buying my images I ran into a problem. A lot of folks wanted very large prints and I had to turn them down. From my perspective digital cameras, even today, are not up to the 40x60 and larger print task. Its a pixel problem, just not enough native pixels.
So... I decided to use a film camera again, but not just any film camera - image below. It's a 4x5 traditional but modern view camera, and that changed everything! A real challenge to use but it made incredibly detailed images. A 4x5 piece of film, when drum scanned to digital easily has 512 megapixels. That was a a game changer with 20 times the definition of my then 24 megapixel digital.
And because they are made to shoot at very small apertures, and can tilt the lenses, depth of field is unlimited!
I will do another post after this one with the first image I took with that view camera. Sadly film is dead. There are no drum scanner people around anymore
This image below was made with a Nikon D750 and a couple of studio flashes
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Learned about them through smarter every day.
Playlist created by him. Needs to be watched in reverse order.
Haven't used it but I do have a mamiya c220 that I got from my grandpa.
This is the first image I made with the view camera in my post above. The subject is the mouth of Tampa Bay just as a front had passed (from right to left in this image). The detail blew me away. Everything in the foreground is there. And so are trees and a lighthouse in perfect focus on the island, called Egmont Key, at the horizon. Impossible to see on this post because of sizing but Cristal clear on a 40x60 print.
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And here is that 40x60 print of the first image. The frame alone was $800 and that was in 2009 dollars! I order all my framing jobs with optical plexiglass. A lot safer and lighter than glass, but wicked expensive.
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From the 2025 blizzard here in SE Alabama yesterday
Thanks! I haven't shot film in a while, or that many images period. The problem was the Heidelberg drum film scanner, which is the scanner jewel, and I believe there are only 2 places left in the country that not only have them but know how to get the most out of them...
Wow! That is so nice. And for Alabama you don't get that opportunity very often. Well done!
I have never been but it's in my bucket list! Just beautiful and yes, I'm jealous!
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Pilot Peak, WY
Sunlight Basin from Dead Indian Pass, Chief Joseph Highway
Pilot Peak, WY
Sunlight Basin from Dead Indian Pass, Chief Joseph Highway
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Looking south from Meeteetse Creek Road, WY
I Love living here.
My wife and I were there December 2022.
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Looking across the Valley at the Northern End of the Sierras or more accurately the Southern End of the Cascades. They overlap some, differentiated by geology. The Cascades are Volcanic while Sierras are Metamorphic Upthrust.
Looking west toward Fort Pierce Florida while offshore fishing as thunderstorms form over the mainland.
Blue Ridge Sunrise 10/2014. Cold! 4X5 View camera. Scanned, resized, unedited. Velvia 50 Film, 220 film back.
My first digital camera sunrise. I have NEVER seen another one like this one and I've been shooting sunrises like forever.. Luck of the draw. Nikon D70, 2013.
My first digital camera sunrise. I have NEVER seen another one like this one and I've been shooting sunrises like forever.. Luck of the draw. Nikon D70, 2013.
Bridge of Lions at Florida's St. Augustine inlet and marina.
Beautiful! I took a picture right from where you did but yours is so much better!
I could have swore I posted this yesterday but, after the maintenance it was gone.....or I'm loosing it...lol. Evening ride over the trinity's yesterday.
Headed ice fishing. I bet John_in_WYO has been to this exact spot.
Cool! A REAL 4x4 on the left! Looks like Utah? Wanting to check some of those locations out since I have a decent 4x4 now.
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