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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4aQCiRjvZY At some point I will post something other than 3rd Reich humor. Now is not that point.

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Perfect for the Head-Caser:

More fun with IR: Moar later. Probably some visible spectrum pix as well. I can't remember what photos I have and have not posted to H-C.

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Think of them like military dress swords.

Seource.

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS THREAD I DONT GET IT. WHY ARE YOU PEOPLE POSTING STUFF IT DOESNT MAKE SENSE.

Each photo is a link to the respective Flickr page, and on there you should see a "more properties" link toward the bottom right. Just about all the shots are @ F/4, and in the 10-15 second range @ ISO100. That last one is F/6.3 (to increase the depth of field) for 30 seconds @ ISO 200.

AAAhahaha, I have been figured out by the West Coast Legal Team. Damn lawyers! The whole photo set was a clever ruse to get my own birthday thread, and I've had gotten away with it if it weren't for you meddling kids! Actually, I had told myself I was gonna post on H-C before the end of '09, and I did ...barely. Thanks for all the birthday wishes. I threw a small party at a friend's house that went from 10PM on the second until ...5PM on the 3rd or so. I'm getting too old for such things. I didn't work today, and slept through most of it.

Yep, it's me, however fleetingly. A few more from the same series: A somewhat gratuitous zoom burst, featuring the model who was present for some of the 2 1/2 hours I spent shooting the barn. I have a few more (normal) pictures with her in them that I'll get around to sifting and posting Real Soon Now. I used my camera's tungsten white balance preset, and found the results to be too yellow. I dug out my $4 Chinese Expodisc knockoff (one of the best invesments I've ever made TBH) and and exposed it in one of the beams of light. That's why the rest of the shots have such pure white light. Not really an "art" shot, but it shows the barn, installation and sign describing it. The sky is that color because of the white balance setting I used and the massive amount of arc sodium light pollution courtesy of UMASS. Of course, I have scores (if not hundreds) of other shots since I last visited H-C, but I don't have time to post any of them now. If'n you're curious, go here. Right now I have to go buy a bottle of Scotch for a party later.

Sup 'heads? Long time no 'case. I haven't had time for ...anything fun recently, and that includes H-C. I did manage to get out for a bit tonight and take a few shots of a local art installation, including this one: ...and so we say good bye to 2009, and the decade that still never got a proper name with a shot of the final night of the "Shedding Light" art installation. I stood outside for for 2 1/2 hours taking long exposures of this barn and this was one of the last shots I took before I packed it in. No edits other than the removal of one dirt spot. I've got a bunch more shots to wade through, including some of a model standing in front of the barn, but right now it's time to go out and take pictures of the reveling drunks.

I spent the week playing with this combination: There have been a few things that I have encountered that lived up to the hype that preceded them: Macallan 25 year (and 30 year!) scotch, Fuji Velvia 50, Chateu Margeaux '82, Biosphere's Substrata. I can add the Canon EF 85mm F/1.2L II USM to that list. It is 2 1/2 lbs of optical perfection, and at, oh, $750 a pound, it had damn well better be. I haven't posted any shots here in a looong time, and I don't have time right now either. I have to pick up two rolls of film I had developed yesterday and then find out if I'm doing lights/taking photos at a nightclub tonight. Maybe later this weekend I'll post some of what I've been up to the last 3-4 months. In the mean time, if you're curious, go here. EDIT: Okay, I lied. Here's one shot that shows off the amazing sharpness, dreamy bokeh (and razor-thin DoF) of the 85L:

Sup, 'heads, long time no 'case. I've been entirely too busy for things like headphones and sites ostensibly dedicated to them, but I did manage to log back in here. I just updated my email address with h-c, and an odd thing happened. I got downgraded to ...new user status? My PMs got limited to 50, and I couldn't post. I just received a confirmation email and clicked the provided link. Now things appear to be back to normal, but I haven't investigated that thoroughly. Err... is this what's supposed to happen?

Oooh. What wattage? How many lumens? What color temp? How much did they cost? Last month I bought a handful of half-watt LED nightlights, and I have been sorely disappointed with them. Out of the box they were blindingly bright, but in less than two weeks they had faded to 1/2 to 1/4 of their initial output power. That's pretty sad even by the standards of cheap Chinese knock-offs. I have looked at LED bulbs for conventional fixtures, but I haven't seen any in a price range where I'm willing to gamble on them yet.