NEW RULES- Open photo assignment- Share your favorite random pics
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Fish
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Horrible pest grass on the farm bristle grass.
longball
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Fish
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I hope not for your sake! It grows too well over here especially in and around maize crops for us. Very little nutrients for animals and spreads like wildfire from the birds eating the seed and consequently excreting it everywhere.I thought it meant a long cold winter!
longball
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Saw some Honey Bees out in the yard, sticking their proboscis deep into the ovaries of some ripening Goldenrod flowers in order to lick out the sweet, moist, nectar. Pictures or it didn't happen, right?
I didn't realize how furry and cuddly they really are until I got up close.
Going for the gold!
I didn't realize how furry and cuddly they really are until I got up close.
Going for the gold!
Deach69
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Nice shots, what kind of macro lens are you using?
longball
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Hi Deach69!
Good to see you feeling better and posting again!
The lens is a Nikon AF-S Micro Nikkor 105mm 1:2.8G ED. Nice 1:1 Prime lens that takes great pics with a pleasing bokeh. Unfortunately, I am using a AP-C Crop Sensor bodied Nikon(D7500) camera. Expect to start seeing some really nice pictures Next Year!
Longball
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As usual, all photos taken at one of the Adirondack Nationals Car Show held in Lake George, NY each September. LG is located in Beautiful Upstate New York!
I believe it is a 1932 Chevrolet Business Deluxe Coupe but I can't verify it for sure. May be too modified to show up in the things that I looked at. Built at a time when people took pride in their work and craftmanship. Even radiator caps were works of Art!
Notice the crank start at the bottom of the radiator. Often good for a broken arm.
Before Cadillac invented the electric starter, to motor anywhere took a hand crank, a lot of muscle, and the imminent fear of breaking a wrist or forearm. The hand crank at the front of the car was connected directly to the crankshaft. The operator would connect the hand crank, wind it up a few times, and hope the engine started smoothly. Of course, that engine could kick back tremendously, breaking a thumb or a wrist, depending on how you held the hand crank. Pro tip: Use your left arm to reduce that chance, as we outlined in our How to Drive a Ford Model T.
I believe it is a 1932 Chevrolet Business Deluxe Coupe but I can't verify it for sure. May be too modified to show up in the things that I looked at. Built at a time when people took pride in their work and craftmanship. Even radiator caps were works of Art!
Notice the crank start at the bottom of the radiator. Often good for a broken arm.
Before Cadillac invented the electric starter, to motor anywhere took a hand crank, a lot of muscle, and the imminent fear of breaking a wrist or forearm. The hand crank at the front of the car was connected directly to the crankshaft. The operator would connect the hand crank, wind it up a few times, and hope the engine started smoothly. Of course, that engine could kick back tremendously, breaking a thumb or a wrist, depending on how you held the hand crank. Pro tip: Use your left arm to reduce that chance, as we outlined in our How to Drive a Ford Model T.
longball
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longball
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Total Failure: Took some pictures of fireworks this summer and every single picture came out absolutely terrible! A few months later I got some instructions for fireworks photography. Reading through I noticed that I did everything single thing, except one, wrong. The only thing I did right was that I got my ass out there and tried to take a picture.
My picture:
What is was supposed to look like:
My picture:
What is was supposed to look like:
longball
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Oh, I took the good picture off the internet. lol I'm still a dumbass when it comes to fireworks. We have scheduled two outings to photograph fireworks but it rained both times. The main things are a tripod, 20-30 second long exposure and a remote shutter clicker. I can tell you how I did it though!
Longball
longball
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Forgot something important to fireworks - if you have a Nikon DSLR you need to be in 'Bulb' mode for fireworks. For a Nikon D7500, set the camera on Manual mode and use the main command dial to select the shutter speed immediately after 30 minute exposure - Bulb. You then press the shutter button to start the exposure and press it again to stop the exposure. I used a remote to control the shutter as I didn't want to shake camera or tripod and introduce camera blur into the picture.
I remember now that in class there was a big video screen and the teacher showed a film of fireworks going off and we took pictures of them. They came out like they should. I had never heard of bulb mode until that day. I sure as hell didn't know how to find it! Canon also has a 'bulb' mode for long exposure. Not sure how to get to it. Most likely pretty similar.
Longball
I remember now that in class there was a big video screen and the teacher showed a film of fireworks going off and we took pictures of them. They came out like they should. I had never heard of bulb mode until that day. I sure as hell didn't know how to find it! Canon also has a 'bulb' mode for long exposure. Not sure how to get to it. Most likely pretty similar.
Longball
