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http://www.krages.com/phoright.htm Download it, read it, understand it. Make copies and keep one or two with you to give out to 'helpful' citizens. I have never had to use it but I am very clear on where I can and cannot be and what I can do. Above all else, be cool. The police have a job to do. La...

Congratulations!

Thanks Zack for giving me a reason to sort though all my old negs and slides.
I should be done in another ten years or so...

Im in ur yard
Markin mai territory

1. Sunpak = cheap junk. Go with Hoya, B&W or Tiffen. Hey! Thoose cost a lot more. Well there's a reason for that. Make sure to get one that is multicoated to help control flare. A cheap uncoated filter will reduce contrast. 2. There are two kinds of polarizers, the older linear polarizer and newer c...

I mean I don't understand how many do so well without having anything wider than 28mm on 1.5 crop sensors. It just seems like I don't have a lot of opportunity here to get the best out of longer focal lengths. I'm always backed into a spot where I end up needing wide angle, (bad planning maybe :P). ...

Conrail Jon wrote: Ok, forgive me, but what is an L lens? An L lens is a particular class of Canon optic where you look at the price and say "What the L!" I'm sure Zak's figuring his way to the 24-105 f4L IS :wink: Though I don't know how you guys do all that work on the long end of the glass. With...

Actualy I'm thinking tomorrow will be perfect. So far high of 75 and sunny
with scattered thunderstorms. We all know sun+thunderstorms = dramatic light.
Now I just have to figure the best place to take advantage of it!

Pentax Bodies: K1000, ZX-L, *ist, *ist DS (6mp) Glass: A 50mm f2, FA 28mm f2.8, FA 35mm f2, FA 50mm f1.4, FA 77mm f1.8 FAJ 18-35mm f4-5.6, DA 16-45mm, DA* 50-135mm f2.8, Sigma A 28mm f2.8 Sigma 28-80 f3.5-5.6, Sigma 70-300 f4-5.6, Tamron 28-200 XR Bronica: SQ-B (6x6 Medium format) w/80mm f 2.8 Konic...

Oh and you give up all rights to the image entered, winner or not. Once
they have your entry they can use and abuse it however they please. Credit
lines given to the photographer whenever possible. Thanks for nothing FRPS.

Not a chance.

:lol: Dane's original post was nearly 5 months ago. For all we know he's gone and picked one by now. If not here's my 2 cents. Read reviews, ask friends, if you know a pro talk to them about what they use and why. Come to a conclusion about what everyone else is using... and go in the opposite direc...

Hmmm... Having never seen the 1225 run I just may be tempted. It all
depends on the cash flow situation. Bad lighting? Well most of my
shots are in 'bad light' anyway (that's why black and white film was invented! )

Nice truck as long as someone else is paying for the gas.

Fluffy?

Sorry, the best ever shortline paint job was



That is all...

Hey Steve, I'm confused as to what you mean by 'high sun'. Do you mean you have too much light or overexposure or that when the sun is high you're dealing with blown out highlights (pure white) or blocked up shadows (pure black)? If your shots are consistently too bright you might have exposure comp...

Kind of a wide open question there. Can you post a couple of examples? It would also help to know 1. Camera model 2. ISO (sensitivity) you're using. The higher the ISO the more noise. 3. Resolution setting using. Some cameras can be set to lower resolutions, causing pixelation. 4. File quality setti...

I'm planning to get there and work around the town at 6:15am. Hopefully
a combination of sun/clouds/showers will result in a spectacular sunrise!

The shadow/highlight panel is at Image > Adjustments > Shadow/Highlight... As far as using unsharp mask try here. http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/understanding-series/understanding-usm.shtml A pretty thorough explanation. A good place to start is Amount 150% Radius 1 Threshold 0 But when...

I caught the Trunk unit with the 70 and the dash 9 in Imlay City and
at Emmett. At Imlay it was acting like a local and stopped to spot a
covered hopper and the elevator in town! Talk about an over muscled
local (though I think it was around 60 cars)! I'm going to go develop
the film right now.

Brian, which one of the guys where you?

Well along with being the guy who showed up late I was the person
who took the group photo. Only had one decent shot out of the day.

Sounds good. I'm sure with warmer weather I'll get there much earlier
than I did in January!