Random Photos
#51
Posted 02 February 2009 - 09:48 AM
10 - 22 at 10 worked great
Dave still at
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#52
Posted 18 February 2009 - 09:52 PM
BTW, I am still trying to figure out what precisely this is a reflection of. It appears that there is some kind of yellow writing on a white billboard. It is even possible that the glass on this building is bowed in a slightly parabolic shape and this reflected image is even farther away then you would think, kind of acting as a magnifier. I speculate...
#53
Posted 01 March 2009 - 09:48 PM
Trees are turning green.
And a false alarm. It may have just been a reaction to the price of books these days.
#54
Posted 07 March 2009 - 09:24 PM
A few shots, random indeed.
Neil P.
Electric Building, Carter Burgess and Neil P. (From Burnett Park)
A waxing gibbous moon in the briefcase man's head. (Warning: Dork alert)
#55
Posted 15 March 2009 - 08:43 AM
BTW I am buying all new photo gear this week. Likely tomorrow. Would be buying it today if Fort Worth Camera were open. I leaned many lessons about buying photo gear on line. Some on line stores are better than other but none as good as a store in your neighborhood.
The only thing left for me to decided is on a new lens for this new camera. Either a 24-105 F4.0L IS , a 70-200 2.8L IS or a 50mm F1.2. This is to say, speak or for ever (At least another 11 months again) hold your peace. My only piece of gear remaining will be my 400 5.6L. I will be parting with my new Rebel XSi, 10-22 and 60mm macro. Sadly. All 11 months old.
#56
Posted 15 March 2009 - 09:13 AM
Dave still at
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#57
Posted 16 March 2009 - 10:10 PM
I got my full frame 5D Mark ii tonight. It is crazy good. Had so much fun taking pictures and HD movies I did not have time to post any.
Is just amazing. (I know you are already hip to full frame. For me it is a 10 year old boy's Christmas!) Also bought a new lens. 70-200 2.8L IS . Wow... All from Fort Worth Camera at the same price as on-line. I did pay sales tax of course, but they were too fresh. And I didn't even get ripped off or told they had something they didn't or got my stuff switched with gray market stuff without a battery and warranty. Refreshing.
#58
Posted 17 March 2009 - 09:54 AM
I was introduced to this forum by my father (djold1) and have enjoyed your postings over the last year. I was on the printer side of digital photography and got back into the photo side this year with a Canon SX10 IS (and thank goodness for the IS part). I live out on Lake Weatherford and everything I want a picture of is 100 yards away, so the zoom was the essential part of that decison.
It's a great camera to learn on with a lot of manual control (and low initial cost), but I've had the pleasure of using several of Canon's full frame products and have seen the output on our printers, so I know the diff. I look forward to seeing you and your new camera in operation.
#59
Posted 17 March 2009 - 03:49 PM
I was introduced to this forum by my father (djold1) and have enjoyed your postings over the last year. I was on the printer side of digital photography and got back into the photo side this year with a Canon SX10 IS (and thank goodness for the IS part). I live out on Lake Weatherford and everything I want a picture of is 100 yards away, so the zoom was the essential part of that decison.
It's a great camera to learn on with a lot of manual control (and low initial cost), but I've had the pleasure of using several of Canon's full frame products and have seen the output on our printers, so I know the diff. I look forward to seeing you and your new camera in operation.
Great to have you on-board!
IS on a camera. I just used it for the first time with my new lens last night. That makes me last one on-board. I did not believe it could work. But it does. Pure witchcraft apparently. It works different ways in different cameras but is just amazing. I took a shot last night in the dark (near dark) at 1/13th of a second that is pretty stink'n sharp. Could hardly believe it. I would have guessed it to have been at least 1/60th or 1/125. Great news for me as there are two things I am famous for. Hating a flash and wandering the city in the dark. And my new camera does not even have a flash. So way handy.
You live in a great area. Get some pictures up in the "just out of town" or whatever that thread is called. If I lived where you do I would be busy with my telescope. (You might look for the space station with the shuttle attached in the far north tonight at at 8:13 and 8:14pm... ) I am foolish enough to try to get a pic of it!
#60
Posted 17 March 2009 - 09:59 PM
#61
Posted 21 March 2009 - 06:35 PM
New camera with my old (8 months) 400 X 2.
#62
Posted 23 March 2009 - 03:26 PM
(70-200 2.8L IS)
#63
Posted 23 March 2009 - 04:42 PM
www.iheartfw.com
#64
Posted 25 March 2009 - 07:54 PM
Got a 17-40mm 4.0L and a 50mm 1.2L . Just had time to play with the first before it got dark.
Here are three shots. I am very happy with it. Most of this pretty must be contributed to the just rain cleaned air but the lens is looking great to me.
This shot looks like I had on a gradiant filter or something. In fact, I don't even have a UV filter for it yet. It is just the weather heading East.
Hold on to that new camera!
#65
Posted 27 March 2009 - 08:36 PM
A foggy Friday morning in Fort Worth
#66
Posted 30 March 2009 - 07:58 PM
I am a big fan of big lenses mixing different neighborhoods together. (Like the Pier One Building and The Tower.)
#67
Posted 30 March 2009 - 08:47 PM
The photo is so clear, it looks like a painting..........very nice!
#68
Posted 30 March 2009 - 09:37 PM
The photo is so clear, it looks like a painting..........very nice!
Thank you. You know, as I look at the pic again I realized that to me it looks like model buildings. You know, a pretend kind of city that you take to your banker when you need a few billion to start construction of your skyscraper. It does have a surreal look to it in the strong setting sun lighting. (and a good lens and camera)
Speaking of models, they had a model of The Tower in the sales trailer that we all stared at for hours deciding on our next home. That model (Like 4' tall), is in the Southwest ground level office of The Tower. As Tony Landrum, the developer, has sold the building, he asked us what we should do with that model. (A VERY good model in extreme detail. People standing on a few balconies etc...) They said the would have to remove glass to get it out of that office and it would be a few thousand dollars. Go for it we said. Lets keep it and put it in the managers office. It meant a lot to us for the 18 months between giving them a bunch of money and seeing our condo's for the first time.
In this same picture, I can't help but want to give that South Tandy Tower a paint job. That North Tower looks 50 times better. City Place II or whatever.
#69
Posted 31 March 2009 - 07:50 PM
#70
Posted 04 April 2009 - 09:26 PM
#71
Posted 05 April 2009 - 08:22 PM
Fine and simple. Here is a shot I took this morning. Not the best way to showcase a lens like this but good enough. Remember the image you see has been reduced many fold. (Original is 5600 X 3700)
#72
Posted 07 April 2009 - 09:29 PM
I like this picture because the slight shadow on the Petroleum Building cast by The Tower gives it all kind of a 3D model look.
The Fort Worth Club Building
Side (North) view of The Fort Worth Club Building
Burnett Plaza. (And a nearly full waxing Gibbous Moon.)
#73
Posted 07 April 2009 - 10:24 PM
I wonder, BTW, where the foks at 1st Christian way back when got the idea to put up such a Greek-looking edifice. It looks more Greek (from the outside, anyway). than the old St Demetrios Church on the North Side.
#74
Posted 08 April 2009 - 08:35 PM
#75
Posted 13 April 2009 - 09:13 PM
My sweet new 17-40mm 4.0L
#76
Posted 14 April 2009 - 08:50 PM
#77
Posted 25 April 2009 - 11:01 AM
Amazing cars. In my opinion, the greatest combination of speed, handling, efficiency and cost of any vehicle the world has ever known. Thinking about getting in line for one. These things looked even better in person. Don't get in front of one!
#78
Posted 25 April 2009 - 02:03 PM
#79
Posted 28 April 2009 - 09:00 AM
#80
Posted 28 April 2009 - 05:11 PM
Great shots! Favorite? Picture #1. Fantastic.
#81
Posted 28 April 2009 - 06:49 PM
#82
Posted 28 April 2009 - 07:29 PM
I agree. I the b/w format was to match existing artwork. For comparison here are a couple of color. I prefer the color much more.
#83
Posted 28 April 2009 - 10:56 PM
#84
Posted 29 April 2009 - 07:01 AM
Breathtaking. really. I sure hope we are not the only ones looking at that picture.
#85
Posted 29 April 2009 - 07:31 AM
For what it's worth, I prefer the black & white versions of the photos you posted to the color ones.
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Kara B.
#86
Posted 30 April 2009 - 05:28 PM
AG I don't see b/w as an old fashioned format. There are certain b/w shots I really like but they are as far as I'm aware of shot on B/W film. I guess what I am uncomfortable with is that I have this incredibly sophisticated tool (compared to a holga) that captures 1000s of colors and produces an image. I then discard most of that information in order to produce an image format that originated from a format that could only produce a monochrome image.
I have just inherited a Yashica-A and I'm going to try my hand at developing my own b/w film. I may be a little too OCD on the b/w thing and it may just take some learning and experimentation on my own to appreciate a b/w image produced from a digital camera. I wonder if I saw the b/w image first without seeing the color if I would like it more. Sorry for the ramble....
#87
Posted 01 May 2009 - 09:40 AM
All IMHO, of course.
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Kara B.
#88
Posted 01 May 2009 - 10:10 AM
I have seen an increase of some scenes (mostly in wedding pictures) that use black and white in most of the picture and just one or two areas of color - done in post processing. Some must like this style but of the ones I have seen I think they would be better left as either all color or all black and white.
Infrared pictures are interesting. You can get some interesting effects from landscape infrared - especially involving clouds or fog. Film cameras probably work best for this as you can buy infrared film and not have to modify the camera. Once you change the filtering in the digital camera for this it's pretty much useless for anything but infrared.
#89
Posted 07 August 2009 - 08:15 PM
8pm this evening. (Got my camera back from the repair center!)
#90
Posted 07 August 2009 - 08:41 PM
#91
Posted 07 August 2009 - 08:55 PM
I agree with Papaw. Glad you got your camera back. We have missed your photos.
#92
Posted 07 August 2009 - 09:26 PM
Thank you. (And thank you Mike.)
Never swapping my CF again. Though the blame really lies on my cheap card reader that a pin broke off on. And me for knowing I had a problem and still shoving my chip back in my brand new camera...
Bummer is, the patch cord is really slow compared to a card reader. Is hard on a type I like myself.
#93
Posted 08 August 2009 - 10:02 PM
Looking South From 5th.
Land Title Building.
A great place to eat.
Color Tile Building. And others.
I had never seen the Blackstone Lobby...
#94
Posted 09 August 2009 - 10:36 AM
#95
Posted 09 August 2009 - 08:11 PM
#96
Posted 09 August 2009 - 08:33 PM
John, that's pointing to the San Antonio Bennigan's...
#97
Posted 09 August 2009 - 09:20 PM
#98
Posted 10 August 2009 - 12:45 PM
A foggy Friday morning in Fort Worth
Very nice photo. I like it a lot
Fort Worth Texas
#99
Posted 10 August 2009 - 12:50 PM
Amazing cars. In my opinion, the greatest combination of speed, handling, efficiency and cost of any vehicle the world has ever known. Thinking about getting in line for one. These things looked even better in person. Don't get in front of one!
Those new Camaros (from the front end) Look more like an 88 Monte Carlo LS rather then an actual 68 Camaro. IMO Still a great car.
Fort Worth Texas
#100
Posted 10 August 2009 - 07:52 PM
A foggy Friday morning in Fort Worth
Very nice photo. I like it a lot
Thank you L/R
And I just realized it wasn't really fog but low clouds... I guess they never talked about low clouds in an Alfred Hitchcock movie tho.
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