Things that are AWESOME...

[SwampD]

This was my senior year of HS. I remember being at a party. Also remember not having seen a second of this.

[shrader]

12 hours ago, darksabre said:

Fox airing WrestleMania 3 in its entirety right now is awesome. I've only seen clips, but they really rolled everyone out for this thing in Pontiac, Michigan, 1987. Pretty cool! 

I randomly turned that on last night during the Hogan match.  My wife was laughing at me the whole time but I don't care.  Real American still gives me chills.  Some kids were watching porn through the scrambled PPV channels, I was watching WWF PPVs and every single one ended with that theme song.

[Ogre]

10 hours ago, shrader said:

I randomly turned that on last night during the Hogan match.  My wife was laughing at me the whole time but I don't care.  Real American still gives me chills.  Some kids were watching porn through the scrambled PPV channels, I was watching WWF PPVs and every single one ended with that theme song.

Real American plays at every Amerks game as the team takes the ice for warmups. A few years back this “my aged” dude jumped up and did the Hulkster’s “can’t hear you” bit. His kids were bewildered but I was too far away to high five. 

[Ogre]

A rare windless night at Baileyshire....

 

[sabremike]

Oh yes...

[shrader]

14 hours ago, sabremike said:

Oh yes...

I've been in NC for 6 years now and I haven't actually tried it.  I think the sweet tea scared me off from the favored local drinks.

[Weave]

3 minutes ago, shrader said:

I've been in NC for 6 years now and I haven't actually tried it.  I think the sweet tea scared me off from the favored local drinks.

One of our vendors is in Salisbury, NC. My first time down there I was told that I HAD to try Cheerwine.

They do like their drinks sweet down there.  Not a fan.

[Eleven]

On 5/13/2020 at 9:58 PM, sabremike said:

Oh yes...

It's $32 for a twelve-pack of soda?

12 hours ago, shrader said:

I've been in NC for 6 years now and I haven't actually tried it.  I think the sweet tea scared me off from the favored local drinks.

 

12 hours ago, Weave said:

One of our vendors is in Salisbury, NC. My first time down there I was told that I HAD to try Cheerwine.

They do like their drinks sweet down there.  Not a fan.

 

They have it at Wegmans.  I didn't find it to be anything special.  But yes, very very sugary.

[FogBat]

11 minutes ago, Eleven said:

It's $32 for a twelve-pack of soda?

 

 

They have it at Wegmans.  I didn't find it to be anything special.  But yes, very very sugary.

I’ll take Loganberry over that p!sswater anyday.

[FogBat]

13 hours ago, shrader said:

I've been in NC for 6 years now and I haven't actually tried it.  I think the sweet tea scared me off from the favored local drinks.

You’re not missing anything. But, hey. That’s what they get for not making something as good as Labatt Blue.

[sabremike]

3 hours ago, Eleven said:

It's $32 for a twelve-pack of soda?

 

 

They have it at Wegmans.  I didn't find it to be anything special.  But yes, very very sugary.

2 12 packs (24 cans total).

[Sabres Fan in NS]

7 hours ago, sabremike said:

2 12 packs (24 cans total).

That's not awesome.  That's insane.

It's not like it's Turkish coffee, or something.

[Indabuff]

12 hours ago, Crosschecking said:

I’ll take Loganberry over that p!sswater anyday.

I ***** love loganberry. 

[shrader]

Brand new fridge in my garage that is already filled with beer? Glorious 

[LTS]

Bought a new lens (200-600 f5.8-6.3) for the camera last week... since going out in natur e is still allowed.  It's peak bird migration season.  Snapped a few keepers.

Loving it, although now I need to update the tripod head because handshooting with this lens gets tiring... quick.

[spndnchz]

Cool. Had 2 Orioles singIng back and forth to each other yesterday. 

[darksabre]

1 hour ago, LTS said:

Bought a new lens (200-600 f5.8-6.3) for the camera last week... since going out in natur e is still allowed.  It's peak bird migration season.  Snapped a few keepers.

Loving it, although now I need to update the tripod head because handshooting with this lens gets tiring... quick.

Love it. I've been out on the Genesee Greenway trails a lot lately shooting my old Pentax K1000. I've been seeing lots of snakes so I decided to pick up some more lenses on eBay to see if I can capture them better, grabbed a 75-150 F/4 zoom and a 100mm F/4 macro. 

A couple more rolls of film and I'll be able to send a bunch out for processing. Then I can put my negative scanner back to work. At some point I'm going to develop film myself but I'm not shooting enough to make that investment yet.

It's really nice to get out on those trails. They're mostly empty which means I get to practice a sort of mindfulness as I allow my senses to heighten in a peaceful environment. 

Edited May 18, 2020 by darksabre

[Weave]

15 minutes ago, darksabre said:

Love it. I've been out on the Genesee Greenway trails a lot lately shooting my old Pentax K1000. I've been seeing lots of snakes so I decided to pick up some more lenses on eBay to see if I can capture them better, grabbed a 75-100 F/4 zoom and a 100mm F/4 macro. 

A couple more rolls of film and I'll be able to send a bunch out for processing. Then I can put my negative scanner back to work. At some point I'm going to develop film myself but I'm not shooting enough to make that investment yet.

It's really nice to get out on those trails. They're mostly empty which means I get to practice a sort of mindfulness as I allow my senses to heighten in a peaceful environment. 

I think I have all my old K1000 stuff.  If I can find it, it’s yours if you want it.  None of it was high end.  Bought it all on a newly weds budget almost 30yrs ago.

1 hour ago, LTS said:

Bought a new lens (200-600 f5.8-6.3) for the camera last week... since going out in natur e is still allowed.  It's peak bird migration season.  Snapped a few keepers.

Loving it, although now I need to update the tripod head because handshooting with this lens gets tiring... quick.

Cormorants....... grumble, grumble.

 

We had rosey breasted grosbeaks at our feeder for the first time ever.  Gorgeous birds.  Were only around a couple of days though.  Migrating through.

[PASabreFan]

1 hour ago, LTS said:

Bought a new lens (200-600 f5.8-6.3) for the camera last week... since going out in natur e is still allowed.  It's peak bird migration season.  Snapped a few keepers.

Loving it, although now I need to update the tripod head because handshooting with this lens gets tiring... quick.

The bottom one is a winner. Good use of the rule of thirds. The shadow helps to make the pic.

[darksabre]

Just now, Weave said:

I think I have all my old K1000 stuff.  If I can find it, it’s yours if you want it.  None of it was high end.  Bought it all on a newly weds budget almost 30yrs ago.

Hell yeah I want it.

It's funny, back in college I played around with an ME Super but I really never learned how to shoot it well. Ended up selling it to a U of R student.

So I decided back in the fall that I was going to mess with film again and bought another ME Super on eBay. I mentioned it on twitter and one of my followers said they had an old K1000 laying around they'd send me for free, so that's how I ended up with this one. And I haven't shot the ME Super at all because I like the K1000 so much more lol

I've also have a vintage Soviet era LOMO LC-A but I have my doubts about the film advance on it so I only put one roll through it so far. If it comes back a mess then I'll have to do some work on that little plastic box.

[LTS]

22 hours ago, PASabreFan said:

The bottom one is a winner. Good use of the rule of thirds. The shadow helps to make the pic.

Thanks.  The Prairie Warbler was centered as a request from the boss.  I prefer to include a bit more scenery, but since she let me get the lens, her opinions do come into play heavily. ?

Tweaked some focus settings and the image stabilization settings this morning and then took a shot in my backyard today.  It was definitively crisper which is nice.  I haven't contorted down the file size yet however.

Also ran into a newly fledged Eastern Screech Owl last night while walking down our road last night.  Ugly little bugger... in the cute kind of way.

 

[Eleven]

2 minutes ago, LTS said:

Thanks.  The Prairie Warbler was centered as a request from the boss.  I prefer to include a bit more scenery, but since she let me get the lens, her opinions do come into play heavily. ?

Tweaked some focus settings and the image stabilization settings this morning and then took a shot in my backyard today.  It was definitively crisper which is nice.  I haven't contorted down the file size yet however.

Also ran into a newly fledged Eastern Screech Owl last night while walking down our road last night.  Ugly little bugger... in the cute kind of way.

 

That looks like a baby Muppet Sam.  (Yes, I know that Muppet Sam is an eagle, not an owl.)

Edited May 19, 2020 by Eleven

[North Buffalo]

LTS, consider a monopod instead of a tripod.  Much easier to use when walking around.  Mine doubles a walking stick.  Also a lot lighter... they telescope for easy storage.  Use a 3 point stance... the mono serving as the third leg... no wise cracks from our resident Beevis... makes for good steady shoots and they make them strong and light weight.  Dont get a cheap one...

[darksabre]

1 hour ago, North Buffalo said:

LTS, consider a monopod instead of a tripod.  Much easier to use when walking around.  Mine doubles a walking stick.  Also a lot lighter... they telescope for easy storage.  Use a 3 point stance... the mono serving as the third leg... no wise cracks from our resident Beevis... makes for good steady shoots and they make them strong and light weight.  Dont get a cheap one...

+1 for the monopod. If you're shooting digital you don't need quite as much stability as you would shooting slow film. 

[LTS]

20 hours ago, North Buffalo said:

LTS, consider a monopod instead of a tripod.  Much easier to use when walking around.  Mine doubles a walking stick.  Also a lot lighter... they telescope for easy storage.  Use a 3 point stance... the mono serving as the third leg... no wise cracks from our resident Beevis... makes for good steady shoots and they make them strong and light weight.  Dont get a cheap one...

Considered... there are a couple of issues I am considering with a monopod.  I've used them in the past and the one I have won't work for this lens.  They are outstanding for landscape and similar photography where the subject matter doesn't move much.  My concern with a monopod and birds or things that move a lot is that you have to keep one hand on the monopod as a point of stabilization.  So you have one hand for the camera and that's a big lens to be moving around using just the camera to steer it.  For smaller lenses I definitely think monopod.

18 hours ago, darksabre said:

+1 for the monopod. If you're shooting digital you don't need quite as much stability as you would shooting slow film. 

And the other aspect of this is.. I will be shooting video, so having a monopod doesn't totally eliminate the shake or give me a total level of control.

Currently I plan on getting a gimbal head for my tripod.  I'm big enough to be able to haul it around okay right now I think.  My monopod will still work for my smaller lenses, but it can't hold the weight of the 200-600.

I have motorized gimbal (DJI Ronin-S).  It could actually work with the 200-600, but that's not something you bring around on the trail with you and I use that exclusively for other video work where I can control the camera movements from a game controller or I am walking around shooting video and I need to overcome the walking motions, etc.