Simple Click – Movin’ Through
The gift of the Sierra, photographable weather!
Photo captured by D3s, 28f1.4AF on Lexar UDMA digital film
The gift of the Sierra, photographable weather!
Photo captured by D3s, 28f1.4AF on Lexar UDMA digital film
Simple Click – How Sharp is Sharp?
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The Green Heron, another favorite bird species of mine. I have so many images I’ve not been able to blog from the last month of shooting, thought I would throw up a couple this weekend as I sit by the fire doing my homework from Scott. This photo was taken at 1/6 at f4 with the D3x, 600VR & TC-17e at ISO 100. The background is what drew me in to make the shot. Knowing how the Green Heron freezes, the only movement and possible focus issues would come from my technique. Now is the image razor sharp? Sharpness is an interesting question I get quite often, just how sharp is sharp enough compared to razor. This image is NOT razor sharp, you could not make a 24×30 print from it. You could easily publish it in a magazine though. Interesting concept, the difference between razor and sharp enough. To help you see the difference, you can get a sense of what I’m talking about.
Keep in mind these two images are sRGB, 8 bit Jpegs and not the original ProPhoto RGB, 16bit files (part of the Zoomify process). How do I determine sharpness when going through my images? I use the Slideshow mode in DigitalPro to determine sharpness. It makes the image a bit bigger than what you’re seeing here with Zoomify. I hope this helps you a little understand a little more about image sharpness.
He’s Not Just Another Pretty Face!
Oh no, he most certainly is not! Jeff Snyder, I talk about him a lot here on the blog because he is not only my good friend, my dear glass pusher, but also a darn good shooter! He’s at the Super Bowl this weekend and is bringing us all (along with his son David) a behind the scene look. It’s pretty cool and since I know I won’t be making it here, it’s fun to see. You might want to check it out.
Where Did that Week Go?
So I’m back where it’s cool and the humidity doesn’t run down my cheek, back in the snow filled Sierra. I’m back from an amazing week in Kelby Land, that magical place where there is no limit to energy that drives the creativity. I’m incredibly lucky to have been able to spend the week with Scott as we wrap up my new book. Scott is the editor and man, I am so glad he is. Couldn’t sleep all week, just too darn excited. But while at NAPP shot more videos, Dtown, Photoshop UserTV and of course, hung out with my bud RC (we have a new workshop we’ll be announcing shortly). And of course my fearless assistant Stephanie was there the whole time making sure I wasn’t late, notes taken and hair in place for all the taping. I even got in a little shooting as you’ve seen here. But with all of that, there was no one Friday Thought and when the book comes out, you’ll understand why. But I wanted to leave you with a couple of things for the weekend.
Syl Arena has come out with his new book. LISLIPS or Lessons I Didn’t Learn in Photo School is a an insightful and humorous book looking at what it is we do as photographers. You’ll find a book full of one liners like, “You can’t create and edit at the same time.” and then a paragraph defining that statement. There is a lot of wisdom in his words and it is a good read. While I enjoyed reading it, one nagging question kept cropping up in my mind. Where are the photos? All this wisdom and not one visual. If nothing else, I would love to have seen one photo to know all this worldly advice came from a click I could relate to. It is a fun read and in this day and age of passing along “sage” advice, this is a great addition to your library. You can get your copy here.
Another book I want to recommend is from a Moose’s hero, Michael Forsberg. Michael is a marvelous photographer and his book Great Plains is a photographic treasure trove! The “flat” part of our country gets so little attention, I’m so glad Michael put out his great book drawing attention to this rich heritage. I can’t say enough about this book other than, I wish I had had the opportunity to make all those images and produce it myself. great read!
And finally, here’s a little for the photographer in you. My bud Jeff Snyder at Adorama hooked me up with the new TC-20E3. I’ve just started my testing of this new converter and I’m liking what I’m seeing. I wanted to give you a little preview so went out with the 200f2VR and made a quick, handheld click. It’s not a flat subject but I think you’ll see the quality is pretty schweet! The focus point is the trunk dead center in the photo, shot at f/2 with effective f/4.
You want to click here to open up aTC-20e3 image in Zoomify.
I’ll have a thought his week I’m sure for next friday. Have a Great Weekend!
Simple Click – Simple Subject
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American Coot, who ever takes time to stop and shoot them? I don’t, unless…..
Photo captured by D3x, 600VR w/TC-17e on Lexar UDMA digital film
Simple Click – The Old Men with their Cigars
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I don’t know why, they just remind me of a group of smokers I knew once who just sat around in a cloud of smoke. All the photos today are from one locale taken in just 60min. It was magical!
Photo captured by D3x, 600VR on Lexar UDMA digital film