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That autostitch program works very well, I’m impressed. I made this with it:

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Ooooooh. I’m not old enough to remember that.

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You’re an Elvis impersonator?

I have no idea what that’s supposed to mean, but I meant that I’m a television cameraman and I was working tonight, which is why I missed the chance to photograph the eclipse.

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I was shooting some TV tonight so I couldn’t see. It was probably too cloudy anyway.

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I live in Minnesota so the moon will just be rising as it leaves total eclipse…. I’m hoping the clouds clear up enough that I can actually see it, we’ve been getting snow for the last week or so. Minnesota’s not exactly the best place for astrophotography. =(

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The only concert pics I’ve ever taken was at a Heart concert way back in about 1979. I smuggled a kodak instamatic in my crotchal region. 😯

I take it tight pants weren’t the fashion at the time? Or do you mean a more… internal crotchal region. 😯

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A little more on getting into venues with your camera… Last night I went to one of the biggest clubs in town with my camera to get some shots. This venue has a no-camera policy, unlike most of the venues I’ve been to. What I did was show up on a night that a performer I’d previously shot was performing. I knew that this guy appreciated my photos the last time I shot him, so I asked him to get me on the guest list in exchange for more photos, particularly photos of him performing in a much larger venue. When I showed up at the venue I told the bouncer I was there shooting promotional photos for that performer and pointed to my name on the guest list. I’m in!

Having a big professional-looking camera in your hand, preferably with a hefty lens is a good Jedi Mind Trick in any situation where you want to gain access to a lightly secured area, i.e. any area where credentials aren’t required or are loosely enforced, but are still guarded. It’s always worth a try, especially since the worst they can really do is not let you in.

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I got the idea from extension tubes, but I decided to be a little ghetto and do basically the same thing as an extension tube, only without the tube.

I’m going to have to try holding my lens backwards in front of the camera. =D

EDIT: All I can say is… HOLY COW. Holding the lens backwards gave me even closer shots than the pseudo extension tube. Check out the macro gallery again and look at the last 5 shots.

Downsides: Metering is whack, I had to manually expose. There are parallax problems with the viewfinder, the full frame shot of the penny was centered in the viewfinder but appeared too low in the final image.

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Sigh, I was out playing rock music till 2am. Hopefully next time I can get my entry in while the contest is still hot.

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The Canon EF-S 10-22mm is f/3.5-4.5.

My friend loves his 350D. It is a little tiny, I definitely prefer the big feel and weight of the 30D in my hands. Getting a portrait/battery grip helps a lot in that department. It’s a a couple hundred bucks, but it means you can go twice as long on full charge and shoot sideways comfortably, as well as giving you a nice hefty-feeling grip.

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I personally use a card reader for everything. I don’t really have a set reason for it except it just seems more natural to me. Eh.

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Sorry I missed this thread and your other one earlier–Welcome Aboard 🙂 What kind of music do you play? Band/live music photography is definitely not my forte, so anyone who can pull that off has my admiration. And wow, 100-400L? Is it just crazy awesome??

Kind of an alternative/indie rock sort of thing… We have a web site here.

100-400L is crazy awesome indeed, if you have enough light. It’s not as fast as I’d like (f/4.5-5.6) for these usually badly-lit musical venues. Some are better than others, but I’m pretty much always having to go all the way up to 3200 ISO, and my shutter is never as quick as I’d like it to be. I’ve had to learn to pick just the right moment when the performer freezes a little bit to hit the shutter. In really dim venues I won’t even bother zooming past 100mm because I can’t afford the light loss from zooming in. In retrospect I probably should have gotten a 70-200 f/2.8 and a doubler. Oh well. For now I’m focusing on expanding my wide angle capabilities and getting some fast primes in the 35-80mm range.

I just got back from playing a gig (which was why I couldn’t enter this week’s farktography contest until a few hours after it went green, boooo), I’ve got photos of the other bands up here. 34 keepers out of 154 shots, which is pretty typical… Most of the rejects are from shooting several shots of the same composition and only keeping the best in the series. As I’ve gained experience I’ve had to reject fewer and fewer shots due to camera shake or subject movement, mostly due to better judgement of how much movement will end up being acceptable at whatever shutter speed I’m at.

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Oh, okay. I actually took a decent picture for this week’s contest so I want to get it posted as early as possible so people see it. Preview here.

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Hey, when do these contests go live? Does the contest for 2/21 go live the morning of 2/21 (i.e. midnight) or the evening of 2/21? ‘Cause I’m madly refreshing Fark right now and I’m starting to wonder if it’s in vain…

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Oh great, now I’m going to be arrested for child pron.

It’s a tough call, I’m personally okay with it but I can see how some more uptight folks wouldn’t be.

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