Its not photography, its Farktography | CaptainJim | Activity https://www.farktography.com/members/captainjim/activity/ Activity feed for CaptainJim. Sun, 19 Apr 2026 03:09:40 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 587ad323ae6b53d68653b7d3a871dc09 CaptainJim replied to the topic "Pass the Farkamera" in the forum Projects http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/pass-the-farkamera/page/19/#post-3862 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:28:48 -0400 Wow, looking back through this thread I see that I had the camera in Dec. 2006. We need to do this again but faster.
Sorry I haven’t been around but I went over to another site. Farktography has really grown, I’m proud of you all.

]]> d8f6c2e8a18f73e0b112d378765ee05b CaptainJim replied to the topic What is your preference? in the forum Pollage http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/what-is-your-preference/#post-11549 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 03:15:40 -0400 I just wanted to say fark you and the horse you rode in on for not putting Sigma on the list. Then I thought better of it. So I will just ask about Mamiya, Leica, Olympus, Cabo, ect. 🙂

]]> 17342872a517d40f4f344082022573bb CaptainJim replied to the topic Product Photography in the forum The Gallery http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/product-photography/#post-9345 Sun, 29 Apr 2007 03:24:21 -0400 Honestly I think the scroll wheel is a little soft and as you pointed out the bottom of the mouse could have a tad more light on it. I didn’t realize that the logo was on the mouse pad, I thought you had added it(oops).

How many lights are you using? Sometimes for a simple shot I might use 5 or more lights and reflectors all wraped with cinafoil…Read more

]]> fc79252ac6ab03b079474ef69f3516a1 CaptainJim replied to the topic Product Photography in the forum The Gallery http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/product-photography/#post-9342 Sat, 28 Apr 2007 22:51:32 -0400 I’m sorry, I was in a bad mood last night so I scribbled suff on your picture that I’ve seen art directors do. Some of it makes scence and some of it is cryptic at best. I acually do like your picture though.

]]> 2e9639bce946db038d1b7efe85d9ee7f CaptainJim replied to the topic Product Photography in the forum The Gallery http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/product-photography/#post-9338 Sat, 28 Apr 2007 05:21:33 -0400 Here is what I would do

]]> a7f2c65436ecb8c6744fd755744da247 CaptainJim replied to the topic a bit off topic but.... in the forum Farktography Pub and Grill http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/a-bit-off-topic-but/#post-8992 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 04:44:56 -0400 I’m planning on donating. I never knew him but if there was ever a reason this is it.

]]> 065ccdea4c5161f3d89f3bd099117268 CaptainJim replied to the topic "Pass the Farkamera" in the forum Projects http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/pass-the-farkamera/page/11/#post-3734 Fri, 29 Dec 2006 04:35:02 -0500 Damit, I didn’t even think to look under the foam to find cool things. I could of hidden a WITFP(wennie in the farkamera package) in there.
😀 😀 😯 😀 😀

]]> 4c4daa157ac921db86833666b2ab1377 CaptainJim replied to the topic "Pass the Farkamera" in the forum Projects http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/pass-the-farkamera/page/10/#post-3718 Sat, 16 Dec 2006 05:03:12 -0500

Barbies? 😉

I don’t think the camera is any good till about 4′ so, I’ll do something outside nature wise. I think I’ll take it down to the creek. It would have been nice if it came with a log paper of what people have taken pictures of so that I don’t repeat anything.

]]> 73450cf3ff617249b35734226500164b CaptainJim replied to the topic "Pass the Farkamera" in the forum Projects http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/pass-the-farkamera/page/10/#post-3715 Sat, 16 Dec 2006 03:09:45 -0500 I just got it today. I have no idea what to take a picture of. Everything around here is dead and brown now:(

]]> 45f003bc4c6c66f2dab38879456297cb CaptainJim replied to the topic 11-15-06 - Flower Power (Farktography Classic ) in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/11-15-06-flower-power-farktography-classic/page/3/#post-6870 Mon, 27 Nov 2006 09:35:32 -0500 Just wondering if this is your pic and if you knew about it?
http://www.myopticalillusion.com/LuminosityIllusion.aspx?imagenumber=11283

]]> ebf03b17c2075c285846cb4114e1d054 CaptainJim replied to the topic "Pass the Farkamera" in the forum Projects http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/pass-the-farkamera/page/8/#post-3696 Mon, 20 Nov 2006 06:39:56 -0500 airmonos in minnesota or staplermofo after that I think it’s me then Elsinore. I can’t wait till it gets here. This is going to be a year long project.

]]> 41ae5c5c508156022558ffd401298e82 CaptainJim replied to the topic 11-15-06 - Flower Power (Farktography Classic ) in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/11-15-06-flower-power-farktography-classic/page/2/#post-6861 Thu, 16 Nov 2006 05:40:26 -0500

The photo you posted at 8:03:16 would make a nice cover for that calendar. Outstanding shot — it has a really neat Van Gogh feel to it.

That is the only pic I took for this contest all the others are old. I found a fall bouquet at the grocery store for 2.99 and knew it would make a good subject.

]]> 2a9d1d532d201be9f1b7435dbfb02994 CaptainJim replied to the topic 11-15-06 - Flower Power (Farktography Classic ) in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/11-15-06-flower-power-farktography-classic/page/2/#post-6859 Thu, 16 Nov 2006 04:44:35 -0500 There are so many great photos all ready. I’m sure the top 12 would make a nice calender.

]]> 7d0e96638ed6e1d6b73cdc0a7720f283 CaptainJim replied to the topic 11-15-06 - Flower Power (Farktography Classic ) in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/11-15-06-flower-power-farktography-classic/page/2/#post-6857 Thu, 16 Nov 2006 04:25:49 -0500 Is Fark not updating for anyone else?

]]> cb95741f4795ea4e8ad7b7a05a184af5 CaptainJim replied to the topic 11-15-06 - Flower Power (Farktography Classic ) in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/11-15-06-flower-power-farktography-classic/#post-6846 Wed, 15 Nov 2006 07:16:25 -0500 The first pic has backlighting and the second has a pink filter applied evenly. What is better?


And if you wonder why it looks like a painting it’s because of an extreme crop and gaussian blur followed by unsharp mask.

]]> 9b7afe4161a4bc6574e804b1bead7502 CaptainJim replied to the topic 11-15-06 - Flower Power (Farktography Classic ) in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/11-15-06-flower-power-farktography-classic/#post-6841 Wed, 15 Nov 2006 05:23:35 -0500 I don’t mind it at all. However I must point out that the original seems more crisp and there is a lot of wasted negative space around around your main focus. Someone once said that God is in the details, get in there and show us what you see in it. You are a better photog than this shows. There is no excuse for having more than half the frame…Read more

]]> 8e0f620cdb4b15a738ef2ab2081c49d9 CaptainJim replied to the topic 11-22-06 Band Literal in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/11-22-06-band-literal/page/2/#post-6990 Mon, 06 Nov 2006 04:10:35 -0500

Ummm

so

what exactly is a “Dokken”?

When a person gets together with a donkey they are said to be “Dokken it”

]]> 10a3092c96852e376662adcb4d05871b CaptainJim replied to the topic 11-22-06 Band Literal in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/11-22-06-band-literal/#post-6983 Sun, 05 Nov 2006 06:12:55 -0500

About as long as mine if I decided to do the Barenaked Ladies. 😛

I was going to say I’ll shoot mine if you shoot yours then I realized that you would be on the loosing end. I do have a little 2″ tall surfer figurine though.

]]> 9c238824df2a979c36d99e417ec2e89a CaptainJim replied to the topic 11-22-06 Band Literal in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/11-22-06-band-literal/#post-6981 Sun, 05 Nov 2006 03:20:55 -0500 If I pay tribute to The Butthole Surfers how long do you think my timeout will be?

]]> 68aeacf420c4cd922c31735fcb19f6a5 CaptainJim replied to the topic 10-25-06 - Forks in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/10-25-06-forks/page/4/#post-6341 Thu, 26 Oct 2006 07:21:54 -0400

I wouldn’t even know where to begin other than beer bribery. How is it that they got folded in, given forums, regulated times, etc and Farktography didn’t?

I’ve wondered that myself. There has been no photoshop contest that I know of that has the number of participants that we do.
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]]> fbf2ed0f9b58e3c94ad8750f9fb9ac8d CaptainJim replied to the topic Rules clarification? in the forum Farktography Pub and Grill http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/rules-clarification/#post-6736 Mon, 09 Oct 2006 04:40:41 -0400

Does this mean correction of dust is allowable, even if it’s a spot treatment? I’m guessing it does, but I just want to make sure before I break out the clone tool that’s otherwise not allowed.

Anytime that I shoot something with a sky or pure white in the background I get about 20 dust specks. And you know what, I get rid of then with the…Read more

]]> bfa6c30eaf0d4e26cc371f08baab8aee CaptainJim replied to the topic 10-4-06 - Style in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/10-4-06-style/page/8/#post-6196 Thu, 05 Oct 2006 01:39:47 -0400

Any idea what time this goes to the main page?

It hasn’t been marked for green yet.

]]> 5d2a0012323159a291323598235a42ea CaptainJim replied to the topic 10-4-06 - Style in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/10-4-06-style/page/7/#post-6177 Wed, 04 Oct 2006 05:17:42 -0400

CaptainJim – that is priceless! Forget the contest: you’re this thread’s winner!

If that is true then I leave you with a Fark favorite “The Kiss”

]]> c60da807a53db9261f24593a94b73611 CaptainJim replied to the topic 10-4-06 - Style in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/10-4-06-style/page/6/#post-6173 Wed, 04 Oct 2006 03:37:01 -0400

I had to photoshop the camera so I won’t use it for a contest but it was fun to make

]]> 5914094d48abb37f1db33ddac43c8be3 CaptainJim replied to the topic 10-4-06 - Style in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/10-4-06-style/page/4/#post-6144 Tue, 03 Oct 2006 05:42:23 -0400

oh, would that geiger was a photographer…

Awsome Logomancer, This thread is better than Fark

]]> 17e6cd24a0c263a6473578955be44e75 CaptainJim replied to the topic 10-4-06 - Style in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/10-4-06-style/page/4/#post-6143 Tue, 03 Oct 2006 05:38:49 -0400

Only if Ken’s naked…

I have 3 Kens and 8 Barbies with every room ever put out after 1998.
I think “Pirate Ken” will take one for the team.

]]> 36dc05755fd787df0e3a05dca486f405 CaptainJim replied to the topic 10-4-06 - Style in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/10-4-06-style/page/4/#post-6140 Tue, 03 Oct 2006 05:32:35 -0400

*whew* – thought you were going to be going for maplethorpe there for a minute…

Great idea, Off to make a little whip.

]]> cafa56c1dc529131e59dea32668e5ccf CaptainJim replied to the topic 10-4-06 - Style in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/10-4-06-style/page/4/#post-6138 Tue, 03 Oct 2006 05:20:44 -0400

If anything, I think it’s too tame 😉

Just wait till you see my Helmut Newton Barbies.

]]> 3750a193dd29ca0214f03d9eaa10f164 CaptainJim replied to the topic 10-4-06 - Style in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/10-4-06-style/page/4/#post-6132 Tue, 03 Oct 2006 04:33:26 -0400

I was going for a David LaChapelle look without paying fof models. If my kid knew what I do with her Barbies at night she would faint.

]]> 2ddbdbcc31bb15475f142a084cc43792 CaptainJim replied to the topic 10-4-06 - Style in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/10-4-06-style/page/3/#post-6125 Sat, 30 Sep 2006 04:33:59 -0400

And now for the other side of my work:

That looks like an alien with a big peener and shaved pubes. I like it

]]> 1bd98fbc13cf52a3d909b25017c53826 CaptainJim replied to the topic 10-4-06 - Style in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/10-4-06-style/page/2/#post-6109 Fri, 29 Sep 2006 05:48:12 -0400

But style! I’ve got no style that isn’t my own. Do you think it would be OK to submit a few pics that reflect my style (whatever that is) without having them based on another’s work? Or should I just hold on to them until they fit another weeks’ topic?

I’m sure that will be OK but you could also look through this link and see if anything…Read more

]]> 7aa05ff98127a65242ef244ff85f5eaf CaptainJim replied to the topic 10-4-06 - Style in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/10-4-06-style/page/2/#post-6105 Thu, 28 Sep 2006 04:06:49 -0400

I’d hate for it to just become a PS contest, but I’m also wondering if relaxing the rules a bit for this one might make sense…

I don’t think it will become a photoshop contest but lets admit it, If you want to emulate Ansel Adams you have to dodge and burn because that is what he did. He would spend months making image after image each a…Read more

]]> 6ea86859fc79bc9876d614f00ec834d7 CaptainJim replied to the topic 10-4-06 - Style in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/10-4-06-style/page/2/#post-6102 Thu, 28 Sep 2006 03:11:05 -0400 The style That I usually sell is highly layered. Is this permissible for this contest.

]]> 739f1fdbf208fc1654c6dac6fa6246d9 CaptainJim replied to the topic My HDR tutorial in the forum HDR http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/my-hdr-tutorial/#post-5947 Thu, 21 Sep 2006 02:23:26 -0400 I just got the software last night and it is kinda fun. Will it be OK to get rid of the watermark with photoshop for this contest(yes I know it is against the rules)? I just hate to spend 100 bucks for a contest. Actually I guess if I have to spend the money I would rather just upgrade CS to CS2.

Here is my first one with the watermark removed by…Read more

]]> 801e3ccc79a6b45eebfb2467cf680df7 CaptainJim replied to the topic Question about contest in the forum Farktography Pub and Grill http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/question-about-contest/page/2/#post-6276 Tue, 19 Sep 2006 21:14:08 -0400

The forks theme hasn?t come to pass yet but it will eventually (or was this a serious proposal?).

Not serious at all, Just an example. Believe me when I say that I wasn’t trying to criticise the picking process. I just wanted to know what people preferred. Sorry if I came off too harshly.

]]> 6262503a2240209ea5c66d24d4365ce4 CaptainJim replied to the topic Question about contest in the forum Farktography Pub and Grill http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/question-about-contest/#post-6267 Tue, 19 Sep 2006 08:49:40 -0400

😳 That last comment of mine sounds about a thousand times snottier than it is intended. I just think there is room for all of it. Variety is the spice and all of that.

Then you need 1000 whacks with a wet noodle. 😆 😆 😆

]]> 929762f5d12eb43d7084ad2055fd9c11 CaptainJim replied to the topic Question about contest in the forum Farktography Pub and Grill http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/question-about-contest/#post-6263 Tue, 19 Sep 2006 04:55:16 -0400 Apparently I don’t know how to quote on here

]]> 22eac463b220d5f0f13e531fd3dc09a4 CaptainJim replied to the topic Question about contest in the forum Farktography Pub and Grill http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/question-about-contest/#post-6262 Tue, 19 Sep 2006 04:52:31 -0400

the style theme coming up has me intrigued probably the most of any of the upcoming themes.

I love David Lachapelle and am trying to find a large woman to let me wrap her in cling wrap and lay her down in a field and then take the picture with a wide angle lens. You would see the figure and be able to know that it was female but no details would…

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]]> 09c3d72eb1069e9285d8df8b7653c2f5 CaptainJim replied to the topic HDR? in the forum HDR http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/hdr/#post-5717 Tue, 29 Aug 2006 04:10:34 -0400 I see no problem with it. Think of it this way, all the images to be combined are the same except for exposure. The rules state that any filter put over the entire image is acceptable and that you can use the curves feature in photoshop which is very powerful. By using curves you can take a flat sky and bring out all the clouds that were otherwise…Read more

]]> c236df9af7bd84741eaf646738d988e3 CaptainJim replied to the topic Our bodies ourselves in the forum Where old threads go to die http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/our-bodies-ourselves/#post-5302 Wed, 19 Jul 2006 21:15:44 -0400

so almost like abstract self portraits? i like it.

Exactly, It would be a new way to see ourselves.

]]> 2b9f1ea69ca499ce12b4c509c9fc7683 CaptainJim replied to the topic "Snow & Ice" theme? Hmmm... in the forum Farktography Pub and Grill http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/snow-ice-theme-hmmm/#post-4092 Sun, 01 Jan 2006 05:52:56 -0500 You can take a cookie sheet that has sides on it and put a leaf or whatever in it then fill with water and freeze. Take it out, prop it up, shoot through it and you get instant art. The point is to just think up crap.
If we had a mountian theme I would look for an ant hill and go macro because there are no mountains in Indiana.
Just remember, The…Read more

]]> fb75214c0a3fc3961420f969d4144db1 CaptainJim replied to the topic "Pass the Farkamera" in the forum Projects http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/pass-the-farkamera/#post-3592 Thu, 22 Dec 2005 10:40:35 -0500 I’m in, it will be fun using a camera without a pc terminal. And if you think I’ll not try to figure out how to use studio lights with it your nuts. Anyone got a holga we could pass around? I could buy the film and pay for processing.

]]> 4da3fe04d71daade594f6c8ad3c17641 CaptainJim replied to the topic Buffering...buffering... in the forum Farktography Pub and Grill http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/buffering-buffering/page/3/#post-3506 Thu, 22 Dec 2005 10:12:53 -0500 Just trying to see if I’m smart enough to figure out how to use this new fangled forum.
And good work people. Also I should say that I thought Monkeybort was a guy before tonight. I should read profiles more often. 😉

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