COOL PHOTO

I was cutting some plate the other night and my daughter took this photo. I thought not only was the photo cool but that she took it. Fun interacting with kids as they grow up.

That is good, if it was intentional she has a very good eye for composition! I pulled the Exif and saw she was playing with your camera. :)

I bought a 35mm f1.8 AF-S last night - that is a stunning lens!

I added a little contrast and dropped 2 points of yellow. It was a little cool. I did not crop it though. I told her I wanted a photo of cutting a steel plate. I let her do the composition but I told her to try lots of shots. We have been doing some photography together and she has come up with some really nice photos on her own. One thing that helps in this day and age is digital photography. I grew up on a K1000 and I shot 2 rolls of film, waited a week to get the film developed and went from there. Now you shoot a 100 photos, down load them and pick the one.

It's been fun teaching her f-stops, shutter speed, ISO, etc. Wish kids her age could still take a dark room class. I thought about giving one just for the background. I miss the burning nose form stop bath and the slimy fixers.

I am truly amazed every year at the level of quality in the image processors; on every brand of camera.

I mean for kids still in Jr high or high school. I looked for a summer course around here but no one did that any more.

Which black and white techniques are you talking about? There are now PS plug ins that let you simulate any b/w filter just like Ansel Adams. I used to have my own dark room 30+ years ago and would never go back!! The new mega pixel cameras are getting to have better resolution of even pan X It is also nice to be not have to worry about film costs.

Wow I like that :)

Digital cameras have made color photography a Godsend. Used to have to work all morning just to get one photo printed correctly.

Gary....wait 'til your daughter is a little older. A chick who can weld is gonna be REAL popular!! :D

Is it non zoom? I always found the non zoom lenses to have more clear photos.

And Joe, Phooey! I don't even want to think about it.

Have any of the black and whites you like to do to post?

I'm at work right now but I do have this, the photo the gun is on is one I took on SFX, I'll post the full scan of it this evening.

What kind of gun is that? I have a Ruger which looks similar but not from that era.

WWII Nambu, it's a Japanese officer's handgun, it was a war trophy that has been passed down through Saffyres' family.

Cool!

In High School in the early 1980's I was playing a lot with double exposures, lightning and things like that. I don't have a scanner big enough or good enough to scan this. This was just a poor snap shot but you get the idea.

This was all done in the camera; not the darkroom. Goofy I know but they were interesting experiments in film. Check out the high top tennis shoes:

Not exactly how I did that.

Here you go Gary, I dug two of them out:

When and where did you take them? Not very many Spitfires in the states.

The Spitfires were taken at Biggin Hill, the tower is Canterbury Cathedral, both probably taken in 1996.

They look like they could have been taken in 1944. I would have believed you.

And another:

All you need is a Sherman tank.