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#285936 - 24/08/2006 15:19 Best pictures.
jbauer
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Registered: 08/05/2000
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Loc: San Francisco, CA
Ok, since the video thread seems to be a hit, let's start one for pictures. Here's some I like:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonbauer/197221978/
http://www.funmansion.com/html/Beautiful-China.html

- Jon

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#285937 - 24/08/2006 16:23 Re: Best pictures. [Re: jbauer]
lastdan
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Registered: 31/05/2002
Posts: 352
Loc: santa cruz,ca
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Ok, since the video thread seems to be a hit, let's start one for pictures. Here's some I like:


http://www.funmansion.com/html/Beautiful-China.html

- Jon


amazing!

(no offense to the umbrella girls)


Edited by lastdan (24/08/2006 16:25)

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#285938 - 24/08/2006 16:29 Re: Best pictures. [Re: lastdan]
JBjorgen
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Registered: 19/01/2002
Posts: 3582
Loc: Columbus, OH
I'm guessing those China pics have some heavy color enhancment, but they're still fantastic.
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#285939 - 25/08/2006 07:17 Re: Best pictures. [Re: JBjorgen]
furtive
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Registered: 14/08/2001
Posts: 886
Loc: London, UK
Blowing my own trumpet, but here is a random collection of my photos

http://www.furtive.co.uk/portfolio
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#285940 - 25/08/2006 07:38 Re: Best pictures. [Re: furtive]
peter
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Registered: 13/07/2000
Posts: 4172
Loc: Cambridge, England
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Blowing my own trumpet

Oh, well, if we're doing our own photos:



Peter

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#285941 - 25/08/2006 07:41 Re: Best pictures. [Re: peter]
furtive
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Loc: London, UK
And this is a guy I know. He has some stunning photos

http://www.esses.co.uk/
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#285942 - 25/08/2006 11:07 Re: Best pictures. [Re: jbauer]
mlord
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Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14478
Loc: Canada
I personally believe the video thread has degenerated into just a random spattering of rubbish now. Early on, it had a few excellent links, but now..

Still photos are a much dicier proposition. There's just too many bad pictures out there, and empegbbs.com is not dpreview.com, which is where many of us would rather see all of the cat and potato photos posted.

So how about some guidelines here? I propose the photos must involve empegbbs people, either as the shooters, or as the subjects or background.


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#285943 - 25/08/2006 11:08 Re: Best pictures. [Re: mlord]
mlord
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#285944 - 25/08/2006 12:15 Bastille Day [Re: mlord]
mlord
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Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14478
Loc: Canada
From a visit to Paris, two weeks after the 2003 Owners' Meet.

Fireworks.


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#285945 - 25/08/2006 13:12 Re: Bastille Day [Re: mlord]
Schido
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Registered: 29/03/2005
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Loc: Probably lost somewhere in Wal...
Panorama of a thunderstorm in the distance, just a few 100 metres from my home:


The cascade of Coo, in the belgian ardennes:


My sister and my friend walking in the ardennes:


And of course the 'sidehackin' pic:
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#285946 - 25/08/2006 13:15 Re: Best pictures. [Re: mlord]
jbauer
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So how about some guidelines here? I propose the photos must involve empegbbs people, either as the shooters, or as the subjects or background.


That sounds like a good idea to me.

- Jon

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#285947 - 27/08/2006 12:35 Re: Best pictures. [Re: jbauer]
thinfourth2
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Registered: 13/04/2001
Posts: 1742
Loc: The land of the pale blue peop...
My new toy off to play



A tour of mates workshop



a couple of miles from my house



heavy going



mates 340R




And finally the office




more shot here

http://thinfourth.smugmug.com/
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#285948 - 27/08/2006 17:53 Re: Best pictures. [Re: thinfourth2]
loren
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wow that's a big engine
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#285949 - 27/08/2006 18:15 Re: Best pictures. [Re: jbauer]
webroach
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Registered: 23/07/2003
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Loc: Colorado
A macaque and her baby... pic I shot in Jigokudani-Yaen Koen in Japan, near Nagano...



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Edited by webroach (27/08/2006 18:16)
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#285950 - 27/08/2006 19:29 Re: Best pictures. [Re: loren]
thinfourth2
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wow that's a big engine


Actually its a gearbox the turbine is the little silver thing in the corner
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#285951 - 28/08/2006 01:12 Re: Best pictures. [Re: thinfourth2]
TigerJimmy
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Registered: 15/02/2002
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1 turbine, 2 screws? Is that possible? I absolutely *love* that big stuff. It's the whole reason I became a mechanical engineer.

I hope it isn't uncouth to ask, but is there any chance I could get a real engineer's tour of that ship????? Please???

Cool stuff!

Jim


Edited by TigerJimmy (28/08/2006 01:16)

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#285952 - 28/08/2006 04:56 Re: Best pictures. [Re: jbauer]
tanstaafl.
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Registered: 08/07/1999
Posts: 5539
Loc: Ajijic, Mexico
I have linked this picture on the bbs before, but it is one I am unabashedly proud of, so here it is again.

And thanks again to JBjorgen for hosting it! (It's too big to actually place on the bbs)

tanstaafl.
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#285953 - 28/08/2006 11:51 Re: Best pictures. [Re: tanstaafl.]
Cris
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Registered: 06/02/2002
Posts: 1904
Loc: Leeds, UK
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but it is one I am unabashedly proud of, so here it is again.



And so you should be, that is a great picture Night time photography is something I am really interestd in, but I am having problems, even with a tripod getting the images as sharp as that, what is your secret?

Edit - Attached is a recent attempt at night time wildlife, looks ok when shrunk and sharpened, but not good enough to print, spider was about 2cm, so not bad I don't think?

Cheers

Cris.


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#285954 - 29/08/2006 23:30 Re: Best pictures. [Re: Cris]
tanstaafl.
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Registered: 08/07/1999
Posts: 5539
Loc: Ajijic, Mexico
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Night time photography is something I am really interestd in, but I am having problems, even with a tripod getting the images as sharp as that, what is your secret?



The "secret" is long exposure at small aperture to get depth of field.

This shot was about a 10-second exposure, probably around f8, with the camera sitting on a rock wall with the lens propped into position with a few pebbles. Then I used the camera's self-timer to actually trigger the exposure, as physically pressing the shitter release button would have introduced vibration.

Somewhat to my surprise, I guessed right on the exposure on only the third attempt.

tanstaafl.
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#285955 - 30/08/2006 00:15 Re: Best pictures. [Re: tanstaafl.]
AndrewT
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Registered: 16/02/2002
Posts: 867
Loc: Oxford, UK
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pressing the shitter release button would have introduced vibration.

Having spent most of tonight watching Bottom, I can't begin to describe how much that typo made me chuckle! I'll go and clean the monitor now, goodnight.

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#285956 - 05/09/2006 14:55 Re: Best pictures. [Re: AndrewT]
dr_dos
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Registered: 02/03/2002
Posts: 134
Loc: Bendorf, Germany
CN Tower Toronto



Toad somewhere in a pool in Toskany



Butterfly on Mainau Island



View from Mainau Island



Meersburg at Lake Constance


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