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Oil spots? WTF; Nikons get oil spots? Do you live near the La Brea Tar Pits, or Houston?

Mine seems to have a deep sump, since I clean and clean and still get crap like this and this. It’s bad enough I try not to shoot less than f11 anymore.

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I’ll dig through my archive, but I don’t think that I have anything. I’ve been in Texas for work for the past week+ and didn’t think ahead about this one before I left. If I can miraculously get home in time I’ll try to come up with some old stuff, of which I have too much. I’d like to dig the ’79 Scirocco from the garage for this one, but I know that’s not possible. My wife would say that it fits “your junk people see and know you’re old” perfectly.

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orionid wrote:

Nikon service has had my D600 for 5 weeks now for oil spots on the sensor. Supposedly they are replacing the mirror assy & the shutter but the parts are on backorder. Needless to say I’m not real happy about that.

Good luck! They had my D7000 for oil spots and a line on the images for just shy of three months. That does include them returning it to me unfixed the first time and me shipping it right back. I’m afraid to send my D600 in and have been cleaning the sensor myself, a lot.

What I read recently from another guy is that it cost over $600 to get new filter threads and a new AF motor on a 24-70. I’m not sure how long it took. I think that I would rule out Melville unless needed. I did recently get an older 24mm f2 lens that could use some TLC inside, so thanks for advice on where to send it.

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I went and saw this exhibit at the Dallas Museum of Art today. I wholeheartedly agree, to see these images full-sized and not on a computer screen made all the difference in the world. It’s not my cup of tea photographically speaking, but what an incredible display of her vision and execution.

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Welcome! As Yoyo said you can use a GND filter or you can try the magic cloth technique. I’ve only tried it a couple of times but it seemed to work pretty well, plus it is free.

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Sounds like a dream! And reminds me a little of Blue Highways Revisited which chronicles the book Blue Highways through photographs.

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I get a daily newsletter from PictureCorrect and one of yesterday’s topics was outdoor portrait tips: http://www.picturecorrect.com/tips/tips-on-taking-outdoor-portraits/

Portraits are something that I have never really tried but would like to. I’ve done a couple of staged outdoor nature shoots and I imagine that it is similar. Less fill flash on an overcast day and more in the sun to take away shadows. I’m not sure how to deal with people though.

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I don’t know if it would change participation much if it appeared in the Contest section all week or not. I would like to see it appear in Contests instead of/in addition to the standard submission queue just so it is easier to find for me. I suppose it doesn’t much matter to me.

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Thanks CISS, a version of that is hanging on the wall in my office at home.

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This story also made me think about another abuse story in the news in Coshocton: “Doctors determined Christopher Jon “C.J.” Starkey suffered cigarette burns and bites; fractures to 12 ribs, the right femur and a fibula; extensive bruising to the head and face; and a suspected liver injury, according to court documents.” The worst part is that C.J. was three months old. The mother just plead guilty and this all happened right after the father was release from jail for domestic abuse.

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orionid, I grew up in Coshocton, down in strip mine country. That industry was huge in the 50s and 60s and when that slowed down the factory jobs picked up at GE, Pretty Products (auto floor mats), Edmont (gloves), etc. Now all of those companies are gone and the only two places left are a stinky paper mill and a steel mill. Even the Country Club has closed and been sold. The fact that the city is an hour and a half from anywhere probably didn’t help it. I feel the same way when I go back except I know that it is much worse now. It’s like part of the town is stuck in the past while most of the town has fallen to waste. Once you get out into the country a little it seems that the poverty is even worse. I remember one house that didn’t even have indoor plumbing as of around 1994 and I’m sure that more still exist.

My dad’s side of the family is from just outside of Lancaster and my aunt taught school in Somerset, where the couple in the article lived. I’m not sure what will happen to all of the small ex-manufacturing towns in Ohio but the outlook is dim.

I’m glad that this woman got out of that situation. It seems that when there is a family member that can help it makes things a lot better. When somebody is all alone there aren’t many options.

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I was saddened but not shocked by the article. I grew up near there in Eastern Ohio and that guy doesn’t look too out of place. The area is severely depressed and while my mother still lives there, I won’t move back. It’s a downward spiral of no jobs, drug abuse, and crime.

I wonder if the photographer hadn’t been there if it would have been much worse?

/Used to love going to the Millersport Sweet Corn Festival as a child.

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I have thousands of photos taken on lakes, but not too many with the lake as the main feature. I think that I have been able to dig up three that work. I almost used this one but even though it has a frozen lake it might not fit the theme properly.

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I’ve been working in CT for the past few weeks and arrived the Sunday after the big snow hit here. I thought three feet wouldn’t be that big of a deal but I was wrong. It was a mess here with just small tunnels plowed for the roadways. Some people couldn’t even get out of their houses because the snow had drifted against their doors all the way up. They did a pretty good job and cleaned it up though. I did drive my 4×4 truck instead of my VW car though and I’m glad I did.

I imagine it is worse in Amarillo since they probably don’t have much for snow removal. They used mostly front-end loaders up here since the snow was so deep.

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I’ve looked at some of the stock sites before too and considered trying but from what I have learned is that the people who seem to actually earn any considerable amount of money are those who submit a lot and very often. So I would be prepared to spend a lot of time with it.

I never did it because: not sure my photos are technically good enough, I don’t have time for it, and I’m not really sure that my photos would be desirable for stock images. I suppose I’m kind of an idealist and shoot only to please myself since I am not driven by trying to make any money from it and I’m worried that might change if I started trying to make stock photos. So I believe that if I tried to sell any images I’d try to do it as art as fluffbunny has said.

You seem to have a much wider scope of photos than I do and I really admire your photos so this might be a good fit for you. There doesn’t seem to much info available about Stocksy so I don’t know what their niche is.

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