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So, how do I do that using Flickr? I’m already doing the resize myself before uploading (multiple times in this particular contest). I’m just unsure how to embed the original.

I usually just use the Share > Grab the HTML/BBCode option and select the original size (and HTML code)

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I had to reduce the jpg quality twice before Fark would accept it from Flickr, even though the three files I uploaded were 215 kB, 189 kB, and finally 170 kB. I use IrfanView.

Flickr’s image processing is extraordinarily size-inefficient. For images with a lot of detail, I find quite often I need to create a 640px wide image myself and embed the original instead of using the flickr resized ones (and even in that case you need to use the original, not the medium 640 option).

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This red tailed hawk

The rule is it’s a red tail unless proven otherwise, but I think that might actually be a Red-shouldered hawk.

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In terms of shooting a silouhette against the sun, it’s possible to cheat a bit by focusing on your subject and leaving the sun out of focus – the circle of confusion for an out of focus sun will be bigger than the sun is in the sky. Take a look at these, both shot with a 300mm F4

Sun out of focus: http://www.flickr.com/photos/awrose/2623054436/
Sun in focus: http://www.flickr.com/photos/awrose/60492522/

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You know, I am kinda bummed I just received an Argus C3 that would’ve been perfect for this theme.

Those actually have a pretty decent lens on them if it’s in good shape, I’m not sure it’s low-fi enough to qualify.

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just what is this artifact called? The bloom, smeared look of the daisies.

It looks like there may be some motion blur in there too, but I think it’s mostly spherical aberration – very simple lenses can’t focus all of the incoming light into a single point, so you get a kind of halo effect.

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Frankly, when I see someone carrying a bunch of expensive gear around but *not* doing stuff like that I tend to suspect them of having more camera than ability…

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If I could find a screw mount macro prime lens I’d be all over it, but I’ve only seen zooms in the under $150 range.

55mm F3.5 micro nikkor: http://www.keh.com/camera/Nikon-Manual-Focus-Fixed-Focal-Length-Lenses/1/sku-NK069990544670?r=FE

http://www.flickr.com/photos/awrose/958739514/ (this is with a longer extension tube though)

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I think pretty much all of the bulk E6 and BW stuff that gets sent out (by the people that will still do it) goes to Dwayne’s Photo these days. They will do develop and scan without prints but I don’t believe they can put them online, they send back a CD.

http://www.dwaynesphoto.com/

There are also a bunch of smaller pro labs out there that will do processing, but while getting film processed by them isn’t always hugely more expensive, pro lab scanning tends to be extremely pricy. I’ve used Praus Productions for processing, but not for scanning:

http://www.4photolab.com/

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sleeping, love that railroad tracks shot.

Thanks!

A couple more, we finally got some sun today so these look more like typical IR stuff:

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A few more…

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At least that guy is technically correct, unlike say some of them in the bokeh thread….

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I should be getting my IR-converted NEX-3 back tomorrow 🙂 I had it done for terrestrial photography though. In the end I decided to go with a 720nm filter on the sensor instead of full spectrum because I didn’t want to have to deal with the additional filters to do true IR.

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the added IR sensitivity can be corrected in post for normal photography;

I’m fairly certain you’d need an IR blocking (Hot Mirror) filter if you’re going to use an unfiltered camera for anything resembling normal photography in daylight (and possibly stack it with a UV filter too). The results you’d get it daylight otherwise will look like this:

Digital Infrared Filter Comparison Photos – Full Spectrum Clear Filter Image

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found a couple shots of people using them!

http://graflex.coffsbiz.com/bigb05.jpg

http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/15/the-irresistible-sisto/ (scroll down)

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