Evan's photography phun - Page 59 - Aircraft of World War II

vikingBerserker · 08-30-2009, 01:00 PM

Dam, that blows.

evangilder · 09-13-2009, 08:46 AM

Here is an extremely helpful link on the technical bits of lenses, and how to use them properly.

Understanding Camera Lenses

Aaron Brooks Wolters · 09-18-2009, 08:20 PM

Thank you very much for the link Eric. That is a great site! I will be spending some time on it.

GrauGeist · 09-18-2009, 11:14 PM

Woa...how'd I miss that post?

Good info, Eric...thanks!

wheelsup_cavu · 09-20-2009, 03:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GrauGeist

Woa...how'd I miss that post?

I was thinking the same thing.

Thanks for the link Eric.

Wheels

evangilder · 09-20-2009, 11:19 PM

I got my D80 back yesterday after a 2 weeks stay at the repair shop for a thorough cleaning. My 18-200mm lens has to go out to Nikon for repair, so I am using my old 28-80 kit lens. Here are a few test shots from today of my display case and one of the missus.

GrauGeist · 09-20-2009, 11:29 PM

Dang...you think you can shoehorn one more airplane in that case?

Good to hear you got your camera back without a hitch...when I sent mine off a year or so back for a warrenty firmware upgrade, I was crawling the walls until it returned.

And that's a great shot of your better half!

Aaron Brooks Wolters · 09-20-2009, 11:32 PM

I'm with Dave on all the above but I also love the old radio in the bottom of the last shot.

evangilder · 09-20-2009, 11:46 PM

Cheers guys. Yeah, I had to stop picking up airplanes because that case is overflowing. It's a trick to get them all in. There is a Zippo that belonged to my grandfather, dated 1953, a USS Abraham Lincoln Zippo that was given to me while I was in the USAF, by a crewman off the Lincoln and my camouflaged Zippo that I carried for many years.

I also have a clock from an F4U Corsair, 2 inert shells (.50cal and 20mm) and a 30mm projectile (HE round). My medals and other assorted stuff round out the top of the case.

The bottom has my grandfather's old radio (It's a Westinghouse and it still works, although takes a bit to warm up). Most of the polished rocks in there are from a great uncle who was a paleontologist. A distant relative's Hockey card (Les Binkley rookie card) sites next to the pewter tankard my squad mates got for me when I got out. The F-111 model was one that I had a friend put together for me, and he did an awesome job.

More airplanes, a WWII soldiers Hebrew prayer book and some trucks from a business that is part of the family lineage round out the case 'o stuff.

Aaron Brooks Wolters · 09-21-2009, 06:15 PM

vikingBerserker · 09-24-2009, 07:46 PM

Nice!

Wayne Little · 09-25-2009, 07:18 AM

All cool shots Eric!

evangilder · 09-25-2009, 07:46 AM

Cheers guys. I have been working on some monochrome edits of shots from a ghost town in the Sierras and find that I like them better in black and white than in color. Here are a few samples:

Gnomey · 09-25-2009, 11:04 AM

Nice shots Eric! I enjoy the effect monochrome has on certain pictures especially of period pieces such as those.

Geedee · 09-25-2009, 05:21 PM

Quite simply...stunning !. Pics of derelict buildings and old relics just look soo much better in monochrome.

08-30-2009, 01:00 PM	#871
vikingBerserker Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: South Carolina Posts: 6,174	Dam, that blows. __________________ Take arrows in your forehead, but never in your back. - Samurai maxim

09-13-2009, 08:46 AM	#872
evangilder "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA Posts: 15,418	Here is an extremely helpful link on the technical bits of lenses, and how to use them properly. Understanding Camera Lenses __________________ For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. Leonardo Da Vinci

09-18-2009, 11:14 PM	#874
GrauGeist Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Redding, California Posts: 3,981	Woa...how'd I miss that post? Good info, Eric...thanks! __________________ "Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future." - Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome > I Support Doug Gillis <

09-20-2009, 11:19 PM	#876
evangilder "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA Posts: 15,418	I got my D80 back yesterday after a 2 weeks stay at the repair shop for a thorough cleaning. My 18-200mm lens has to go out to Nikon for repair, so I am using my old 28-80 kit lens. Here are a few test shots from today of my display case and one of the missus. Attached Images __________________ For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. Leonardo Da Vinci

09-20-2009, 11:29 PM	#877
GrauGeist Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Redding, California Posts: 3,981	Dang...you think you can shoehorn one more airplane in that case? Good to hear you got your camera back without a hitch...when I sent mine off a year or so back for a warrenty firmware upgrade, I was crawling the walls until it returned. And that's a great shot of your better half! __________________ "Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future." - Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome > I Support Doug Gillis <

09-18-2009, 08:20 PM	#873
Aaron Brooks Wolters Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Abingdon, VA. Posts: 3,476	Thank you very much for the link Eric. That is a great site! I will be spending some time on it.

09-20-2009, 11:32 PM	#878
Aaron Brooks Wolters Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Abingdon, VA. Posts: 3,476	I'm with Dave on all the above but I also love the old radio in the bottom of the last shot.

09-20-2009, 11:46 PM	#879
evangilder "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA Posts: 15,418	Cheers guys. Yeah, I had to stop picking up airplanes because that case is overflowing. It's a trick to get them all in. There is a Zippo that belonged to my grandfather, dated 1953, a USS Abraham Lincoln Zippo that was given to me while I was in the USAF, by a crewman off the Lincoln and my camouflaged Zippo that I carried for many years. I also have a clock from an F4U Corsair, 2 inert shells (.50cal and 20mm) and a 30mm projectile (HE round). My medals and other assorted stuff round out the top of the case. The bottom has my grandfather's old radio (It's a Westinghouse and it still works, although takes a bit to warm up). Most of the polished rocks in there are from a great uncle who was a paleontologist. A distant relative's Hockey card (Les Binkley rookie card) sites next to the pewter tankard my squad mates got for me when I got out. The F-111 model was one that I had a friend put together for me, and he did an awesome job. More airplanes, a WWII soldiers Hebrew prayer book and some trucks from a business that is part of the family lineage round out the case 'o stuff. __________________ For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. Leonardo Da Vinci

09-21-2009, 06:15 PM	#880
Aaron Brooks Wolters Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Abingdon, VA. Posts: 3,476

09-24-2009, 07:46 PM	#881
vikingBerserker Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: South Carolina Posts: 6,174	Nice! __________________ Take arrows in your forehead, but never in your back. - Samurai maxim

09-25-2009, 07:18 AM	#882
Wayne Little Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Adelaide Sth. Aust. Posts: 14,786	All cool shots Eric! __________________

09-25-2009, 07:46 AM	#883
evangilder "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA Posts: 15,418	Cheers guys. I have been working on some monochrome edits of shots from a ghost town in the Sierras and find that I like them better in black and white than in color. Here are a few samples: Attached Images __________________ For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. Leonardo Da Vinci

09-25-2009, 11:04 AM	#884
Gnomey "World Traveller" Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK Posts: 16,500	Nice shots Eric! I enjoy the effect monochrome has on certain pictures especially of period pieces such as those. __________________ "Success is not Final, Failure is not Fatal, it is the Courage to Continue that Counts" Sir Winston Churchill "To him the People of the World Largely owe the Freedom and Liberties they Enjoy Today" Enscription on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-40) statue in London WW2 Talk: A WW2 Discussion Forum My Photo Collections on Flickr

09-25-2009, 05:21 PM	#885
Geedee Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 893	Quite simply...stunning !. Pics of derelict buildings and old relics just look soo much better in monochrome. __________________ Cheers Gary My P-51D Cockpit Project http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/sta...ect-18113.html Sex and Drugs and Sausage Rolls

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