Camera Talk

People slag lenses like that one all the time. Lenses absolutely matter, but so much of what goes into a portrait lies elsewhere; many many lenses are capable of good work as you proved here. Sure, you'll find a disappointing piece of glass here and there, but I've found you can do good work with ju...

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Feb 11 -- birthday of William Henry Fox Talbot
Aug 4 -- birthday of Richard Leach Maddox
Aug 30 -- birthday of Frederick Scott Archer

In the late days of film there was the "Panorama" mode in some cameras, which was nothing more than a cropped 35mm (13x36mm) but the resulting effect was pretty cool. I had a Pentax MZ7 (ZX7) which had that, I'll have to dig to find some of those pictures. Ha ha, yes, I even have a small ...

I've always enjoyed the "cinematic" point of view given by pano aspect ratios. It bugs me to do it by cropping, although that's personal and irrational -- you've got good results here at considerably less pain and expense than the alternatives. I hope you keep going with it! I still haven'...

You should definitely print it.

I wonder if there's an issue with having or not having a Flickr membership cookie and/or Flickr access settings on the file. I see both, too, but am a Flickr member so would have the various cookies associated with that.

A nice shot of the bridge and f-holes. It loaded for me. Try again, perhaps?

LOVELY.

Scott, I would love that. Could involve some shooting, too. I'll bring the plates. :-) Side story: I not only have a mandolin, it's a family heirloom, which is the only reason I have one. My grandfather was a musician who played guitar and violin (and apparently mandolin) both with touring groups th...

Holy cow, that really bites! I mean, wow. Best wishes for a speedy -- and complete -- recovery. FWIW, I had a similar injury to my other foot this year, but so far (knock on wood) not requiring surgery. Not healed yet, but getting slowly better. Price of an active lifestyle, I guess (both ultimate f...