GrauGeist's Photos - Page 3 - Aircraft of World War II

Clave · 04-11-2009, 09:57 PM

Nice variety of photos, I am inspired to organise and post some of mine soon..

GrauGeist · 04-11-2009, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Clave

Nice variety of photos, I am inspired to organise and post some of mine soon..

Thanks Clave, and I'll be sure to check yours out when you do!

This past week I had a little time to work with my SMC Pentax-D FA 1:2.8 100mm Macro lense.

A couple shots I liked were the little puffball (a relative of the dandelion) about 14mm across and a small hoppy spider that had just pounced on a little fly. It was a young female, about 1/4" (7mm) long.

I cropped both images, but didn't resize them.

evangilder · 04-12-2009, 02:26 AM

Nice macro work. I have been thinking about playing with a macro lens.

GrauGeist · 04-12-2009, 02:37 AM

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Originally Posted by evangilder

Nice macro work. I have been thinking about playing with a macro lens.

Thanks Eric!

A Macro lense puts you into a whole new world. My Sigma is also capable of Macro shots, but this 100mm is really cool for uber-detail shots. The spider photo was taken at about 8" from the subject. I could have gotten closer, but I didn't want to freak her out. (critters don't seem to appreciate a monsterous lense hanging over them for some reason)

I've been thinking about a 28mm fisheye for my next lense. But that'll have to be when the economy picks up a little.

Gnomey · 04-12-2009, 06:54 AM

Yeah, I have been thinking about a macro lens as well (probably when the economy is better as you say as I was looking at a couple of other lenses as well).

Really nice shots, I particularly like the spider shot.

Wayne Little · 04-12-2009, 09:03 AM

Excellent shots David, love the spider too!

Aaron Brooks Wolters · 04-12-2009, 11:40 AM

Very cool shots GrauGeist. I love the spider shot!

GrauGeist · 05-03-2009, 02:13 PM

The weather has been kind of rainy and gloomy here recently, but this morning while having my coffee & smoke, I noticed raindrops on a Pointsetta leaf. So I grabbed a shot using my Pentax with my Sigma 70-300 lense in Macro mode.

The shot was made at a distance of 6 feet at a shutter speed of 1/250 (the lighting was heavy overcast @ 7:00 a.m.), ISO was 400. The image hasn't been cropped or enhanced, but was reduced from 3008x200 to 1024x681.

Aaron Brooks Wolters · 05-03-2009, 06:57 PM

Nice shot GG!!

Lucky13 · 05-03-2009, 07:06 PM

I second that emotion!

Can't believe that I've missed this thread! Some amazing shots GG, outstanding! Just love the moon!

GrauGeist · 05-03-2009, 10:13 PM

Thanks guys!

Wayne Little · 05-04-2009, 09:45 AM

Excellent GG !

Rasenpfeil · 05-10-2009, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by GrauGeist

..... I could have gotten closer, but I didn't want to freak her out. (critters don't seem to appreciate a monsterous lense hanging over them for some reason)

Oh, I dunno... you got close enough to "Hootie" without freaking her out.. seemed quite comfortable with you in the creek bed, including dragging your gear in, and paid you no mind until those kids decided to make a racket..

awesome pics dude... any new additions to your flicker page? (duh, maybe I'll just go look)

GrauGeist · 05-10-2009, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Rasenpfeil

Oh, I dunno... you got close enough to "Hootie" without freaking her out.. seemed quite comfortable with you in the creek bed, including dragging your gear in, and paid you no mind until those kids decided to make a racket..

awesome pics dude... any new additions to your flicker page? (duh, maybe I'll just go look)

Owls seem to be indifferent to your presence if you catch them late in the day, but not too close to evening.

And yeah, between the kids and the Bluejays heckling it, I'm surprised it stayed around as long as it did!

As far as flickr goes, I added a few a while back, and I have a few new additions I need to post...

Speaking of "Hootie", here's one of the last photos I grabbed before they moved on to greener (quieter) pastures

evangilder · 05-10-2009, 12:22 PM

Nice!

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Clave Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Deep in suburban Surrey Posts: 1,876	Nice variety of photos, I am inspired to organise and post some of mine soon.. __________________

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evangilder "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA Posts: 14,803	Nice macro work. I have been thinking about playing with a macro lens. __________________ http://www.vg-photo.com 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

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Gnomey "World Traveller" Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK Posts: 15,214	Yeah, I have been thinking about a macro lens as well (probably when the economy is better as you say as I was looking at a couple of other lenses as well). Really nice shots, I particularly like the spider shot. __________________ "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

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Wayne Little Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Adelaide Sth. Aust. Posts: 12,487	Excellent shots David, love the spider too! __________________

05-03-2009, 02:13 PM	#38
GrauGeist Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Redding, California Posts: 3,345	The weather has been kind of rainy and gloomy here recently, but this morning while having my coffee & smoke, I noticed raindrops on a Pointsetta leaf. So I grabbed a shot using my Pentax with my Sigma 70-300 lense in Macro mode. The shot was made at a distance of 6 feet at a shutter speed of 1/250 (the lighting was heavy overcast @ 7:00 a.m.), ISO was 400. The image hasn't been cropped or enhanced, but was reduced from 3008x200 to 1024x681. Attached Images __________________ "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 < Last edited by GrauGeist; 05-03-2009 at 04:49 PM. Reason: spelling issues...

04-12-2009, 11:40 AM	#37
Aaron Brooks Wolters Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Abingdon, VA. Posts: 2,283	Very cool shots GrauGeist. I love the spider shot!

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Aaron Brooks Wolters Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Abingdon, VA. Posts: 2,283	Nice shot GG!!

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Lucky13 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 15,121	I second that emotion! Can't believe that I've missed this thread! Some amazing shots GG, outstanding! Just love the moon! __________________ JAN "Felicis Tredecim" "I´m going back to the front to relax" "THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT" "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!" "When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!" Last edited by Lucky13; 05-03-2009 at 07:10 PM.

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GrauGeist Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Redding, California Posts: 3,345	Thanks guys! __________________ "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 <

05-04-2009, 09:45 AM	#42
Wayne Little Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Adelaide Sth. Aust. Posts: 12,487	Excellent GG ! __________________

05-10-2009, 12:22 PM	#45
evangilder "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA Posts: 14,803	Nice! __________________ http://www.vg-photo.com 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

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