Photography 2

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Hee hee.............. I found out how to make huge file sizes....... and it does make a difference. The scanner is talking to me more and more. I found that 4600 by 4600 is pushing 80 mb The end result I got on this one in it's full glory is better than the 80 mb file that my photo studio did for me a while back. There scan was 80 mb also.
In photos like this one with a lot of water, low resolution scans make the water look really bad. I'm happy now. This is the best scan I have ever gotten with this image. It's been a hard one to figure out because almost nothing in the photo is sharp, (it's foggy) and the slide was underexposed because it got dark too fast that evening. The pilot boat is probably 3/4 of a mile away from me.
I didn't have to resize the cropped part of the image much when singling out the pilot boat, so that means that my new full sized image is now 5 times as wide as that pilot boat frame. This might have to be my first test with a poster print to see how large a print I can get away with. I'm hoping that with a bit of luck, it might even do OK at 16 by 20


The downside I discovered in my learning curve, is that with the scans I have been doing, the program was set to save the scans at 90% quality level. Oh well, learned more tricks today to make em even better. Hope ya aren't getting bored with this one. I won't lay it on ya again.

 

[ws6owner]

My camera produces files right at that big and they are only 12mb on average for the raw file.

 

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I'm a confused newbie in the world of digital. How can the camera create such a large file and only 12 mb for the RAW file? I thought RAW was the largest file a camera produces?

 

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Not supposed to center your subjects?
OK................ so sue me.
These are some rocks that move and talk. I saw em by the beach.

 

[Jon]

Not sure Jon. Optical zoom is good zoom, digital zoom is fake zoom. I don't know how much good zoom the camera has. Digital has this old timer confused.

What is the difference photo wise between an optical zoom and a digital zoom?

 

[ws6owner]

I'm a confused newbie in the world of digital. How can the camera create such a large file and only 12 mb for the RAW file? I thought RAW was the largest file a camera produces?

Sorry I spoke wrong. They're 14mb. But it's still not huge. My camera is 12 mega pixels which is why they may be so small.

 

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What is the difference photo wise between an optical zoom and a digital zoom?

Optical is with the actual camera lens, and digital zoom is where the camera electronically enlarges the photo even further.
In all fairness, Jon.............. that camera would take better images with both optical and digital zoom than I showed here. I just scanned this up to make the point. Basically, it's like me shooting a photo with my film camera, then enlarging it further using the computer with one of my photo programs.
I think that camera will do petty well unless you decide to make a big enlargement to hang on the wall with the settings set at large digital zoom levels.
I'll do some searching on that issue.
I'd bet the manufacturer or an internet search will tell what to expect from that camera as it pertains to the maximum photo printing sizes with the camera setting. That will tell you a lot.
What is the largest print you would ever expect to have printed? Use that as a guide.

Ease of use is a big factor when buying a camera............ You don't want to have to get out the manual every time you make a shot.

 

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OK, found a new one that's been hiding in it's little gold Kodak box since September of 1995.
I have always loved making long exposures and Kodachrome was a difficult film to use for that. I would do a 2 minute, 4 minute, 5 minute 10, 15 and sometimes longer exposures one after the other in hopes that one would come out decent.

This is the McCullough Bridge which is our northern link to civilization on highway 101 heading north. Traffic is heavy on this bridge which was completed in 1936 and had held up amazingly over the years. The designer was top notch. No way could he have envisioned hundreds of 80,000lb log and chip trucks daily, let alone the thousands of cars per day that this bridge handles.
Anyway, the photo was a fun one. I don't know the exposure time............ I'd guess 4 to 15 minutes? I made a couple of photo modifications to remove a couple things. Color is not too far off from the scan. The city glow in the sky is reflecting off of the high fog and haze in the air. This was an easy one to get right with the scanner.

 

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12 or 15 minute exposure looking down onto a rest stop on highway I-84 from the old highway above the Columbia River near The Dalles, OR.

 

[ws6owner]

That bridge photo is awesome.

 

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Thanks, it's a beautiful bridge and that helps a lot.
I have other daytime images but I have to find em.

 

[Ernesto]

run maven run!

More photos: http://www.azcentral.com/photo/858

 

[havasu]

Holy Habib!

 

[DarisMulkin]

here is something that I got in a joke email. Kind of fits the subject of this post:

Japanese scientists have now created a camera with such a fantastic shutter speed that it is now possible to take a photograph of a woman with her mouth closed

Daris

 

[ws6owner]

here is something that I got in a joke email. Kind of fits the subject of this post:

Japanese scientists have now created a camera with such a fantastic shutter speed that it is now possible to take a photograph of a woman with her mouth closed

Daris

Impossible. I'll believe it when I see it.

 

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here is something that I got in a joke email. Kind of fits the subject of this post:

Japanese scientists have now created a camera with such a fantastic shutter speed that it is now possible to take a photograph of a woman with her mouth closed

Daris

Without a photo those are just words.
Considering the speed of light and accompanying photos, I might not even be able to see the photo anyway being that I am on dialup.
..........yes, it's still that slow.

 

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run maven run!

More photos: http://www.azcentral.com/photo/858

Gonna need a whole lot of soap to clean up the aftermath from that one........... here's a little bit to get ya started.

 

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Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww!
Photo take at the Winston Wildlife Safari about 80 miles from here. They even have tigers, lions and bears....... oh my!
I think the year was 1987. I shot this during a photography field trip.
Little Lemur is upset about something... mom don't care.
The image was actually taken right through a grid metal fence/screen. I used a tripod and was probably 10 feet away from the fence. The photo doesn't show the metal fencing of the cage because of the aperture setting I used. (magic)

 

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Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww!
Photo take at the Winston Wildlife Safari about 80 miles from here. They even have tigers, lions and bears....... oh my!
I think the year was 1987. I shot this during a photography field trip.
Little Lemur is upset about something... mom don't care.
The image was actually taken right through a grid metal fence/screen. I used a tripod and was probably 10 feet away from the fence. The photo doesn't show the metal fencing of the cage because of the aperture setting I used. (magic)

 

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Where did I take this one? ................no, really. Getting old and I'm not sure......... yet. I used to have this down pat.
I may try again, it's a bit dark.