Real life photography/photo editing

[Messiah 2]

you have a very different type of Daddy Long Legs to us in the UK then

although during my google search (wahey) it seems that every nation has its own interpretation of the daddy long legs. I think another name for them is the Harvest Men... but that may be a particular species.

[DBR_ONIX 0]

I was cleaning my keyboard today, for some reasons I thought this'd make an interesting picture

It was.. horrible..

- Ben

[the_shadow 0]

i hope you remembered in what order the buttons where :P

[Messiah 2]

google

[theavonlady 2]

you have a very different type of Daddy Long Legs to us in the UK then  

http://static.flickr.com/19/22604972_6f3884b626_m.jpg

although during my google search (wahey) it seems that every nation has its own interpretation of the daddy long legs. I think another name for them is the Harvest Men... but that may be a particular species.

Isn't that a crane fly?

I should know. My husband had to show me the encyclopedia entry to assure me that they would not eat me.

EDIT:

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b392/mr_dbr/RealAlphabetSoup_Web.jpg

I was cleaning my keyboard today, for some reasons I thought this'd make an interesting picture

A morning breakfast's key ingredients.

[da12thMonkey 1943]

you have a very different type of Daddy Long Legs to us in the UK then  

http://static.flickr.com/19/22604972_6f3884b626_m.jpg

although during my google search (wahey) it seems that every nation has its own interpretation of the daddy long legs. I think another name for them is the Harvest Men... but that may be a particular species.

Isn't that a crane fly?

I should know. My husband had to show me the encyclopedia entry to assure me that they would not eat me.

Yes it's a crane fly, they're colloquially known as daddy long legs' in the UK though. Like Messiah said, a daddy long legs is a nickname for all sorts of creatures depending on where in the world you're from: it refers to various species of crane flies, spiders and harvestmen.

From googling about, the spider in the killagee's pics is a 'daddy long legs spider' or 'long-bodied cellar spider': pholcus phalangioides.

[DBR_ONIX 0]

i hope you remembered in what order the buttons where :P

Vo fvursm I jijÅ

I took a picture of the keyboard before hand, and had it onscreen while reassembling it

Hmm.. Anyone care to simply explain what the lens measurements mean? Like "Nikon 70-300mm f/4-5.6G".. (the 70-300mm bit)

Focal lenght I'd guess, but doesn't seem right

- Ben

[GoOB 0]

Hmm.. Anyone care to simply explain what the lens measurements mean? Like "Nikon 70-300mm f/4-5.6G".. (the 70-300mm bit)

"I have been talking about focal length, f; what does focal length mean? If you can imagine a lens focused on an object at an infinite distance, so that light rays from the object are coming in as straight parallel lines, the focal length is simply the distance from the center of the lens to the point where those rays converge after passing through the lens (see Fig. 2)

Since items must always be focused on the plane of the film (which, therefore, is known as the focal plane ) Longer focal length lenses typically are longer in length. The longer focal length means that a narrower region of the subject is projected onto the film. This means that longer focal lengths result in an increase in the "magnification" of the resulting image ... see Figure 2. Therefore, "telephoto" lenses have long focal lengths and "wide angle" lenses have short focal lengths. A "normal" lens for a 35 mm camera is about 50 mm; such a lens is neither a telephoto nor a wide-angle. Its images correspond roughly to the perspective we would see with our eyes."

Dunno if that's comprehensive at all but yeah

[DBR_ONIX 0]

Vaaugly makes sense, short number = wide angle, bigger number = telephoto, that'll do

As for cameras.. I think the D70 is kinda on the expensive side for me (Å750ish..)

So I'm looking at either a Nikon D50, or Canon 350D.. And looking at the basic specs, the 350D is 8MPs (as oposed to the D50's 6), and both have similar lenses (18-50mm or something)

Not really looked into lenses (Aside from the lensebaby ), since not sure if I'll get a canon or nikon, so, again, open to recommendations for macro lenses (Edging on the Canon I think)

- Ben

[AfrographX 0]

A snowy early morning in Kiel. Thought the streetlamp made some interessting effect.

[blackdog~ 0]

DBR - look at this - I had to read it two or three times before I fully understood all the concepts but it was worth it.

http://www.canon.co.jp/Imaging/enjoydslr/p_1_001.html

[Ares1978 0]

I found this little bastard running around my bathroom this morning (less than 30 minutes ago). It looks like maybe a 3-4 week old and is just the right size for my snake. However, I let it go, despite the fact that it's a pest and that I have about two dozen like him in the freezer. I just picked it up with a pair of feeding tweezers, dropped it in the nearest bucket and took it outside.

I know it's a bad picture, but I just had to "document" it before letting it go.

[Supah 0]

Dude how can you feed something that cute to something so cold and slippery as a snake Have a heart man!

[Ares1978 0]

Dude how can you feed something that cute to something so cold and slippery as a snake   Have a heart man!

It's easy, mice are assholes.

[berghoff 11]

(less compression)

[Ares1978 0]

Nice one, BergHoff. Any idea what it used to be?  

[berghoff 11]

I think it was a male Blackbird:

Btw, here are some more pic from the same event

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[DBR_ONIX 0]

Hurry for the Flickr API (Used it to make up the BBCode)

More posts in a second..

- Ben

[DBR_ONIX 0]

These are all pictures I took in Barcelona by the way, think I posted one or two before, but here's more

- Ben

[DBR_ONIX 0]

And thats the lot

Incase anyones interested...

http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpflickr

and

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE"><?php

require_once("phpFlickr/phpFlickr.php");

// Create new phpFlickr object

$f = new phpFlickr("[Your API code here]");

// Change this to your flickr username

$username="dbr_onix";

$i = 0;

// Find the NSID of the username inputted via the form

$nsid = $f->people_findByUsername($username);

// Get the friendly URL of the user's photos

$photos_url = $f->urls_getUserPhotos($nsid);

// Get 36 photos of the users public photos

$photos = $f->people_getPublicPhotos($nsid, NULL, 36);

// Loop through the photos and output the BBCode

foreach ($photos['photo'] as $photo) {

echo "."]";

$i++;

// If it reaches the sixth photo, insert a gap (to make it easier to copy/paste

echo(" ");

if($i % 6 == 0){

echo("\n\n");

}

}

?>

Hm, I could upload the script and let people change the username/how many pictures it retrives, saves having to run it on your own server..

Not the best way of doing this, since it means you can only upload recently uploaded files, but this is really just for me, to save a few minutes

And just remebered about the EXIF data My friends camera was a EOS 350D, that I used..

- Ben

[GoOB 0]

Part of a series I'm trying to do called "Faceless features".

[DBR_ONIX 0]

Really nice picture (as always ) GoOB

I guess the trails (Mainly behind the white bag) was with a slow shutterspeed+flash?

Anyway, the DSLR.. Since the lenses that come with the cameras are going to be on the crappy side, it'd be a better idea to get a body-only camera, and get a seperate lens, which also has the up-point of looking less expensive (Å500, and two lenses, oposed to Å700 and another lens)

I'll probobaly go into a camera shop in town and talk to someone about lenses, plus that way it's easier to go back and complain if something breaks!

- Ben

[GoOB 0]

Really nice picture (as always ) GoOB

I guess the trails (Mainly behind the white bag) was with a slow shutterspeed+flash?

......

I'll probobaly go into a camera shop in town and talk to someone about lenses, plus that way it's easier to go back and complain if something breaks!

- Ben

Thank you The trails and blurriness is the lensbaby's "fault"

And also you get to feel how the stuff rests in your hands, which is always a plus. And sometimes a minus if they put something that is highly desirable, but also highly expensive in your hands (felt that with the D1x I tried when I was buying my D70s)

[killagee 0]

Ok enough if this. no more beating around the bush... I am going to buy a lensbaby, and thats the end of it. Goob i just love the atmosphere of ur photo's. At first glance they look manipulated but I know they are not. I like your idea for "faceless features". Try to get some people sitting on public transport with no heads...

Great work mate, post more!

[GoOB 0]

Thanks killagee - Means alot especially coming from the guy who more or less inspired me to go serious about photography

Well, I built my own "fisheye" today - Hehe. It's pretty crap, but for 60 SEK (probably less than 6 eur) and five minutes worth of work in the garage I'm pretty happy with the result, can't wait to try it out more seriously

BTW, the autofocus works even when the frontlens of my fisheye-extension is resting ON the subject, so macro is no issue (even though the bokeh gets a bit too extreme)