Its not photography, its Farktography | soosh | Activity https://www.farktography.com/members/soosh/activity/ Activity feed for soosh. Sun, 19 Jul 2026 03:42:24 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 28b321307623576eb9abcd6a8846af24 soosh replied to the topic using incompatible lenses in the forum Hardware http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/using-incompatible-lenses/#post-45869 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:47:02 -0400 you could probably do that and get away with it.

just a thought, you can buy adapters for manual focus lenses to fit on your EOS mount for cheap, that work really well. I currently have screwmount, Contax/Yashica, Minolta manual focus, and a few others. Manual-focus macro lenses can be found for cheap. If you really want to get crazy, you…Read more

]]> b40b806e4273049b57d4db7da5962762 soosh replied to the topic Thoughts on new toy decisions? in the forum Hardware http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/thoughts-on-new-toy-decisions/page/2/#post-45115 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:13:24 -0400 I’ve been thinking about having my 20D converted to IR. hmm.

For a reasonably affordable semi-long fast prime, take a look at a used 200mm f/2.8L. I bought one this past fall from Japan for around $600. Good god, that thing is a joy to use.

]]> e2532189c3c174f6e0853c0c53616258 soosh replied to the topic Official Voting Change Review in the forum Farktography Pub and Grill http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/official-voting-change-review/page/2/#post-45668 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 21:55:13 -0500 I think it’d be cool to have votes for things like “most technically amazing” “most aethetically pleasing” and “best overall” but I’m not holding my breath or anything.

A return to the one-vote system would be my preference of likely scenarios.

]]> af4a67cacfaf39bc671fff2205f4ce05 soosh replied to the topic 03-07-12 - Instant Inspiration in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/03-07-12-instant-inspiration/page/4/#post-44726 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 21:50:34 -0500

good luck lokisbong.

on a personal note i got nothing for tonight. my stats must be totally screwed by now but i ceased to care. and am a better person for it. 🙂

definitely good luck to you, loki. If I had the money to lend you to keep you outta jail, I’d do it, but I’ve got $10 to last me a week.

If I’d known taking a few months off would…Read more

]]> d6ccd2add4959783c16b222f23e503f6 soosh replied to the topic 03-07-12 - Instant Inspiration in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/03-07-12-instant-inspiration/page/3/#post-44708 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:15:20 -0500

Yeah I am still at a loss for this one. Every time I open a book around here the first line I see is dwarves fighting monsters Or some scifi line I have no idea how to translate to pictures. Or people on horses and there are none around here that I have found in at least 6 months and they were not being ridden. I really should have done this a…

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]]> 2ebf54dd635fb8f1d181f2dfae7351c8 soosh replied to the topic Family heirloom - No.1A Pocket Kodak in the forum Hardware http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/family-heirloom-no-1a-pocket-kodak/#post-45579 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 01:45:51 -0500 I’ve got one similar to that, given to me by my grandmother. It has apertures of f-11 to f-32.

]]> 86ded274d65bebfbac83dfa31b246a4f soosh replied to the topic 02-29-12 - Parking Lots in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/02-29-12-parking-lots/page/3/#post-44638 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 05:22:44 -0500 yeah, that’s what I thought.

]]> 680aa748d2df3e97afb258cccc1fc762 soosh replied to the topic 02-29-12 - Parking Lots in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/02-29-12-parking-lots/page/3/#post-44636 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 05:14:45 -0500 can I get a judgement on this? is it enough parking lot or too much side of a building?

]]> 0c0920fc9b49f3a9fb5549f3ba7a57e2 soosh replied to the topic Ubuntu 11.10 in the forum Software http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/ubuntu-11-10/#post-45279 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:54:55 -0500 I can’t stand the recent versions of Ubuntu or Mint. I’ve been using Mint 10 now for a while and consider it to be a pretty good ubuntu-based distro.

]]> 781d5201fb76ca238889d860b8265b9f soosh replied to the topic Another solid haul in the forum Farktography Pub and Grill http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/another-solid-haul/#post-45129 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:54:21 -0500 it’s a really good thing that the nearest flea market is 900 miles away from me.

]]> 1c7bc79d30c9b97a6cb9bf9e1b0fce06 soosh replied to the topic some recent night shots in the forum The Gallery http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/some-recent-night-shots/#post-45125 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:34:11 -0500

I’m really wanting the 35mm f/1.4 now.

So did I until they said they were releasing a 24/1.4 in a few weeks. MMmmmm…..

hmm. I’ve already got a sigma 20mm f/1.8 that’s crazy good for night shots. I still want the 35mm length in f/1.4.

]]> bb3aa6425ffd0d1686fd2a67d93265bc soosh replied to the topic some recent night shots in the forum The Gallery http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/some-recent-night-shots/#post-45123 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:13:55 -0500

wow, those long exposures really make for a fantasy sky. Hard to pick a favorite.

Was that fisheye one of these, by any chance? They’re sold under several brand names…neat thing about them is that they’re marketed as EF-S, but function on EF mounts…

that’s the very one.

I’m really wanting the 35mm f/1.4 now.

]]> d79b533fefddcc0a52d753fcd10f2752 soosh replied to the topic some recent night shots in the forum The Gallery http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/some-recent-night-shots/#post-45119 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:15:49 -0500

By any chance, did you get the 85mm or 800mm?

I did get the 85mm f/1.4. It’s pretty awesome.

]]> 788e8466201aaa114f19d93765da0ce5 soosh replied to the topic 02-01-12 - Go Out and Get Some Strange in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/02-01-12-go-out-and-get-some-strange/page/8/#post-43547 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:36:22 -0500

I was bummed that I’d used my favorite bus shot already in a B&W contest.
http://sacredartichoke.com/coppermine/albums/11-14-2006/normal_img_8868.jpg

Nice, reminds me of:

he certainly smelled like grain alcohol.

]]> 63a208b898dbf12ded86fdda2711a338 soosh replied to the topic 02-01-12 - Go Out and Get Some Strange in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/02-01-12-go-out-and-get-some-strange/page/8/#post-43543 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:03:32 -0500 I was bummed that I’d used my favorite bus shot already in a B&W contest.

]]> 43cc6dbb6fdbea57e91ed4df3141e95e soosh replied to the topic Southcentral Texas. A furnace with character. in the forum The Gallery http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/southcentral-texas-a-furnace-with-character/#post-36544 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 02:02:20 -0400

A couple of bats there huh?

a few. took about fifteen minutes for them all to get out.

apparently in October, it gets really crowded.

]]> 96e31e809487fb63123f8273e9f60d1b soosh replied to the topic Southcentral Texas. A furnace with character. in the forum The Gallery http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/southcentral-texas-a-furnace-with-character/#post-36547 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 01:47:54 -0400 both boys have really strong blue eyes. mine are kind of greenish-blue-grey and the ex’s are green.

we were surprised as hell that neither boy ended up red-headed. ex is a red-head, and my beard is about half red.

]]> b5d87986a262e19f9dbd27b6d31dd91b soosh replied to the topic Southcentral Texas. A furnace with character. in the forum The Gallery http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/southcentral-texas-a-furnace-with-character/#post-36549 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 01:16:27 -0400 going back home to see the boys’ grandparents and uncle. They’re in OKC/Dallas, but we made a grand driving tour of the hill country and gulf coast the last week of June.

It was hot, but it wasn’t the brutal kind of hot that august can bring.

]]> 853086644ab1dfce7bdacae6e828a6b9 soosh replied to the topic 07-20-11 - Stairway to Heaven in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/07-20-11-stairway-to-heaven/#post-30423 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 22:50:08 -0400

What, exactly, is the frame rule? I’m not seeing an issue with the shot…

generally, only a plain black outline of a few pixels is allowed as far as framing your image in software. Addition of picture frames or other adornments isn’t allowed.

]]> aef4d6ec0f3246aa2bf3d0884770c25f soosh replied to the topic 07-20-11 - Stairway to Heaven in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/07-20-11-stairway-to-heaven/#post-30425 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 21:39:50 -0400 doesn’t MaudlinMutantMollusk‘s entry of 2011-07-20 09:55:58 PM, the stairs at the Bret Harte Hotel, violate the frame rule?

I love the shot and voted for it, and then just really noticed the frame.

One of these days I’m going to remember to use this shot in a contest like this one.

]]> e77ae04af16d133b6627b64bb4bdcc0b soosh replied to the topic some more way-close macros in the forum The Gallery http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/some-more-way-close-macros/#post-33345 Thu, 05 May 2011 16:36:46 -0400

Blimey, I like that!
Is that a glass bottle it is on?

nope, that’s a thumbtack/pushpin

]]> 743812c278502079555c18b6955dfaea soosh replied to the topic Looking to extend my glass collection in the forum Hardware http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/looking-to-extend-my-glass-collection/#post-33280 Tue, 03 May 2011 08:40:12 -0400 that tokina is a hell of a lens. I have a gallery at the manufacturers web site.

http://www.thkphoto.com/gallery/g-07.html

]]> 6d892dec7f3465dfaf609f2237e28331 soosh replied to the topic 05-04-11 - Cloudscapes in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/05-04-11-cloudscapes/#post-13564 Tue, 03 May 2011 07:26:40 -0400

While you’re in a ruling mood, can I get a ruling on these:

http://www.fotojuju.com/fotojuju/fark/100901/S-IMG_0316.jpg
http://www.fotojuju.com/fotojuju/fark/100915/S-IMG_0317.JPG

Are either of those cloudscape-y enough or do they have too much of a terrestrial element to them?

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]]> f1745b318d59276a4865ecaa630bb1bb soosh replied to the topic Looking to extend my glass collection in the forum Hardware http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/looking-to-extend-my-glass-collection/page/2/#post-33293 Mon, 02 May 2011 23:42:01 -0400 well, with macro, I’m starting to think you can’t beat enlarger lenses and a bellows, and I may be moving on to microscope objectives pretty soon. fascinating stuff.

The Tokina 12-24 is one of my very most favorite lenses. I use it for all kinds of stuff.

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]]> bbc80636994ef426a7a190ef35160709 soosh replied to the topic some more way-close macros in the forum The Gallery http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/some-more-way-close-macros/#post-33352 Sun, 01 May 2011 01:56:51 -0400

ooh! So tell us, what software for stacking? Lots of detail, there…

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]]> 79c5c6300e12fbda7bfff0ed9e8e169d soosh replied to the topic Selling prints in the forum Farktography Pub and Grill http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/selling-prints/#post-32820 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 07:04:21 -0400 If there was a farktography shop for prints, well, that would turn me off of doing farktography quite a bit. One, because I think it would attract an element of people who didn’t care about the contests, they were just trying to market their photos. Two, if someone wants to buy a print of one of my shots, they can contact me and I’ll make them…Read more

]]> 93fca561d8db9235a8bbaba5bfd6f78f soosh replied to the topic Website Gallery Software in the forum Software http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/website-gallery-software/#post-33317 Sun, 24 Apr 2011 21:03:21 -0400 also, there’s a ton of photo gallery packages over at sourceforge.net. hundreds of them.

]]> 87e08d67ef45040eb87a9430358e1a9c soosh replied to the topic Website Gallery Software in the forum Software http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/website-gallery-software/#post-33318 Sun, 24 Apr 2011 21:00:25 -0400 http://www.pixelpost.org/

is what I run at my totally-unused photo blog. It’s pretty slick.

why no coppermine? I’ve been using it for years.

]]> 7b5bbca57cf371403ffe97fb90b0a587 soosh replied to the topic Prizes? In My Fark? It's More Likely Than You Think! in the forum Farktography Pub and Grill http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/prizes-in-my-fark-its-more-likely-than-you-think/page/3/#post-36769 Sat, 23 Apr 2011 20:10:04 -0400 I’m all for the sidebar recognition, but don’t care so much about the prizes. I think a link to the FSM somewhere on the main page would be cool, too.

A month of free TF for the winner each week might be a cool enough nod that doesn’t make people go all crazy trying to rack up votes.

]]> b64a279dd8562f7c25262b99a39a2fff soosh replied to the topic 04-13-11 - Alphabet Photography in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/04-13-11-alphabet-photography/page/3/#post-39204 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 20:33:39 -0400 I think he might have been a wrestler. He would have graduated 86 or 87. I didn’t know him past about 10 years old.

]]> b85403c042a3579adae4419502ea2fa5 soosh replied to the topic 04-13-11 - Alphabet Photography in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/04-13-11-alphabet-photography/page/3/#post-39206 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 18:19:24 -0400 Yes, I graduated Memorial in 1987. Did she know Michael McVay at all? He was my brother, graduated in 1984. He was mostly a musician (classical piano & trumpet in orchestra and jazz band).

Did you know a guy named Brad Priest out in Bixby? We were friends in Elementary and he and his parents moved out to a farm there in the mid-70s.

]]> 62e99382c2e629f172ff69f537fcd0c7 soosh replied to the topic 04-13-11 - Alphabet Photography in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/04-13-11-alphabet-photography/page/3/#post-39208 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:08:32 -0400 That was awesome work, CauseISaidSo. If I have some time this weekend, I was thinking of trying to assemble as whole of an alphabet as possible from the entries.

And thanks for using my A!

side note: what part of Tulsa do you live and and how long have you been there? Have I asked you this before? I grew up in Tulsa from 1970 until moving to…Read more

]]> de58533973aa9c35a85baa070e990e7d soosh replied to the topic Birthday Party Picture Taking in the forum Farktography Pub and Grill http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/birthday-party-picture-taking/#post-36539 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:03:22 -0400 I have always taken photos of my kids parties and posted them online. If you wanted, you could let people know about it beforehand and offer to not publicly post pictures of their kids if they don’t agree. Or have a sheet at the party where people can put their email address, and you can let them know where the pictures are.

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]]> b9b3d1e2a64fc85e96e334f931eb9d29 soosh replied to the topic Mod Squad Changes in the forum Farktography Pub and Grill http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/mod-squad-changes/page/2/#post-32216 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 02:16:37 -0400

My only advice to the new moderators is rule through terror. Good luck, hire reliable henchmen.

In declining to moderate, I mentioned that my moderation style was probably a lot more Lord of the Flies than this place should have to tolerate.

]]> abcfb6d9d1210045c65abba40fd863c5 soosh replied to the topic 04-13-11 - Alphabet Photography in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/04-13-11-alphabet-photography/page/4/#post-39230 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 05:54:18 -0400

I have a ‘G’ like Kestrana’s. It was in a neighbor’s yard. Some sort of plant stabilizer stake thingie.

http://photos.imageevent.com/ulle17/fark/G_7100.jpg

And here’s another winter reed letter. My ‘A’ in the contest and this one were both done about two years ago – for this purpose if not directly for this…

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]]> 61142fe45ac9b7181545c6d1f5fc5209 soosh replied to the topic 04-13-11 - Alphabet Photography in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/04-13-11-alphabet-photography/page/3/#post-39214 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:02:52 -0400

You missed your ‘automatic win’ with that firework ‘V’, soosh 😉
/great bees!

check the thread. I have another V of fireworks that I liked better.

]]> 579e37b50ebe29374c131f0a74035617 soosh replied to the topic 04-13-11 - Alphabet Photography in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/04-13-11-alphabet-photography/#post-39176 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 23:45:15 -0400 bees.

T:

H:

W:

H again:

O:

V:

]]> 0b193752561909f6865cff64f630e70a soosh replied to the topic Yes you! (previously for At Large Mod candidates) in the forum Mod chat http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/yes-you-previously-for-at-large-mod-candidates/page/3/#post-40368 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:56:27 -0400

I’ll just leave these…

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]]> a93a6e6304bf6c038b4b3f04273932bc soosh replied to the topic 04-13-11 - Alphabet Photography in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/04-13-11-alphabet-photography/page/8/#post-39286 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 08:15:54 -0400 we’re a complicated people

]]> 202f04fabd7e466754b39d3bf397e819 soosh replied to the topic 04-06-11 - Artsy-Fartsy in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/04-06-11-artsy-fartsy/page/5/#post-39167 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 07:31:18 -0400

Congrats to todd_zilla, for the moon shot winner. Have to also mention soosh’s “fog at sunset”, that definitely belongs in a gallery.

Thanks! Here’s the whole set from that day. It was just spectacular. Just on the drive home from work.

http://sacredartichoke.com/sunsetfog

]]> 0f2423f90f1f5ddd293b5e30cb01e49e soosh replied to the topic 03-23-11 - Me Love You Long Time! in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/03-23-11-me-love-you-long-time/page/3/#post-38886 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 05:17:30 -0400

here’s one place:

http://www.ecrater.com/p/8743522/magnesium-ribbon-mg-thermite-ignition-75

I can see myself getting into a lot of trouble with this one.

What the hell is the point of being an adult if you don’t do all the stuff your mom would forbid?

]]> 47108296918b3af62a973fdcf63576d3 soosh replied to the topic 03-23-11 - Me Love You Long Time! in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/03-23-11-me-love-you-long-time/page/3/#post-38883 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 04:00:30 -0400 here’s one place:

http://www.ecrater.com/p/8743522/magnesium-ribbon-mg-thermite-ignition-75

]]> 8c264770d770101ee7d1482ce9e5570b soosh replied to the topic 03-23-11 - Me Love You Long Time! in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/03-23-11-me-love-you-long-time/page/3/#post-38882 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 03:56:45 -0400 I just googled it and found a place that shipped it to me. I’ve never seen it in a hardware store. I think you’d need more of a chemical supply house.

the place I ordered it from, I also got a bunch of copper sulfate for an electroplating experiment.

]]> aa7ea3459450f78a7faf308125d4f705 soosh replied to the topic 03-23-11 - Me Love You Long Time! in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/03-23-11-me-love-you-long-time/page/3/#post-38880 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 02:58:41 -0400

I LOVE magnesium ribbon. That stuff is so much fun.

I used to play with it in high school. We got it in chemistry lab. I had forgotten about it until a few years ago, when I found out one can buy it really cheap. 150 feet of that stuff for less than $15.

]]> 8fb8e37093afe98da8917e077c040427 soosh replied to the topic 03-23-11 - Me Love You Long Time! in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/03-23-11-me-love-you-long-time/page/3/#post-38877 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 01:36:51 -0400

U-Man, explain your steel wool on a wire burning thing. That looks way cool on photo.

http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2007-10/burning-metal

Steel wool burns. Who knew?! It doesn’t burst into flame, but it certainly gets hot and glows and falls apart – especially when you whirl it around. I bought some fine (grade 0000) steel wool, bent a 4…

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]]> 810351355acb4b9aa7e5dbff519a0054 soosh replied to the topic 03-23-11 - Me Love You Long Time! in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/03-23-11-me-love-you-long-time/page/2/#post-38871 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:38:35 -0400 U-Man, explain your steel wool on a wire burning thing. That looks way cool on photo.

]]> 0873aceceabb6c33179cc88d00007da5 soosh replied to the topic 03-16-11 - Black in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/03-16-11-black/page/5/#post-38810 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:36:24 -0400 seems to be getting better now.

]]> 5d4121be1b6e291bfef79ea605c9df2d soosh replied to the topic 03-16-11 - Black in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/03-16-11-black/page/5/#post-38809 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:35:17 -0400 The fark servers seem really slow right now. They’re timing out a lot for me.

]]> 6f84b6ff27ef87c919f5dc1a1293f0fe soosh replied to the topic 03-30-11 - Glass 2: Shattered & Stained in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/03-30-11-glass-2-shattered-stained/#post-38910 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:22:15 -0400 polarizing filter, for sure.

]]> ae4a3c8a8fc56cdd2d2cb683a661463a soosh replied to the topic 03-16-11 - Black in the forum This week's contest http://www.farktography.com/forums/topic/03-16-11-black/page/5/#post-38801 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 01:33:41 -0400 I hope that didn’t sound racist. I didn’t intend it as such.

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