Comments for Forest Rat http://forestrat.wordpress.com rattus in silvam Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:33:21 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Glossy Digital Prints by forestrat http://forestrat.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/glossy-digital-prints/#comment-2317 forestrat Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:33:21 +0000 http://forestrat.wordpress.com/?p=765#comment-2317 Hey fencer, Getting a print that matches the vision you had when you pressed the shutter is a real pain in the... 'er a challenge. I am always tweaking my screen and the printer and throwing chicken bones and what not, but having that print in my hands makes it all worthwhile. MDW Hey fencer,

Getting a print that matches the vision you had when you pressed the shutter is a real pain in the… ‘er a challenge. I am always tweaking my screen and the printer and throwing chicken bones and what not, but having that print in my hands makes it all worthwhile.

MDW

]]> Comment on Glossy Digital Prints by fencer http://forestrat.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/glossy-digital-prints/#comment-2315 fencer Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:26:43 +0000 http://forestrat.wordpress.com/?p=765#comment-2315 Hi forest rat, I found your discussion of papers interesting, too. For digital, there's a real art getting the pixels out into the real world the way you want them. The whole printing endeavor seems so important, never mind all the tweaking one can do in Photoshop and the rest. Great photos... different subject matter than we've usually seen here! Regards Hi forest rat,

I found your discussion of papers interesting, too. For digital, there’s a real art getting the pixels out into the real world the way you want them. The whole printing endeavor seems so important, never mind all the tweaking one can do in Photoshop and the rest.

Great photos… different subject matter than we’ve usually seen here!

Regards

]]> Comment on Glossy Digital Prints by forestrat http://forestrat.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/glossy-digital-prints/#comment-2314 forestrat Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:36:45 +0000 http://forestrat.wordpress.com/?p=765#comment-2314 The ability to create a really good photographic print is a whole side of photography that is going by the boards due to the general frenzy for all things digital. For so many photographers the photographic process is all about the computer manipulation. Capturing the image in the first place and especially creating the physical photograph have been marginalized. I worry that someday photographic papers will go the way of film. MDW The ability to create a really good photographic print is a whole side of photography that is going by the boards due to the general frenzy for all things digital.

For so many photographers the photographic process is all about the computer manipulation. Capturing the image in the first place and especially creating the physical photograph have been marginalized. I worry that someday photographic papers will go the way of film.

MDW

]]> Comment on New Camera and Stuff by forestrat http://forestrat.wordpress.com/2009/09/08/new-camera-and-stuff/#comment-2313 forestrat Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:18:58 +0000 http://forestrat.wordpress.com/?p=755#comment-2313 Thanks K. It is hard to see on the small scale of this blog image, but some of the flying drops of water act like prisms and create little rainbow streaks of color here and there. I like it. MDW Thanks K.

It is hard to see on the small scale of this blog image, but some of the flying drops of water act like prisms and create little rainbow streaks of color here and there. I like it.

MDW

]]> Comment on Costa Rica Trip Part 4 by lookingforbeauty http://forestrat.wordpress.com/2009/08/23/costa-rica-trip-part-4/#comment-2312 lookingforbeauty Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:03:56 +0000 http://forestrat.wordpress.com/?p=745#comment-2312 I read this through again today. You paint the holiday in such vivid words that I felt like I was following not far behind you, seeing it all. It was a trip to remember. I'm glad you got out of the resort area. Resorts sure give you a safe and clean environment to operate from but they don't give you much feel for what the country is like. It's a whole world away from the day to day reality of most of the folks living in the country. K I read this through again today. You paint the holiday in such vivid words that I felt like I was following not far behind you, seeing it all. It was a trip to remember.
I’m glad you got out of the resort area. Resorts sure give you a safe and clean environment to operate from but they don’t give you much feel for what the country is like. It’s a whole world away from the day to day reality of most of the folks living in the country.
K

]]> Comment on New Camera and Stuff by lookingforbeauty http://forestrat.wordpress.com/2009/09/08/new-camera-and-stuff/#comment-2311 lookingforbeauty Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:53:44 +0000 http://forestrat.wordpress.com/?p=755#comment-2311 It's good to hear that you are back in operation after losing all your equipment. I'm sure it will take a while getting used to, until you are as comfortable with it as you were with your tried and true previous stuff. It's always the way. The two photos you posted are beautiful. I really love the dynamism in the top one. It's as joyous as fireworks. K It’s good to hear that you are back in operation after losing all your equipment. I’m sure it will take a while getting used to, until you are as comfortable with it as you were with your tried and true previous stuff. It’s always the way.
The two photos you posted are beautiful. I really love the dynamism in the top one. It’s as joyous as fireworks.
K

]]> Comment on Glossy Digital Prints by lookingforbeauty http://forestrat.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/glossy-digital-prints/#comment-2310 lookingforbeauty Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:43:33 +0000 http://forestrat.wordpress.com/?p=765#comment-2310 Hi Forest Rat, This is a good discussion on paper quality. Paper, to the artist and photographer, is such a critical issue. The wrong paper can really kill the project if it is not the right one. Your bolt painting is going Abstract! Nice composition. K Hi Forest Rat,
This is a good discussion on paper quality.
Paper, to the artist and photographer, is such a critical issue. The wrong paper can really kill the project if it is not the right one.
Your bolt painting is going Abstract! Nice composition.
K

]]> Comment on New Camera and Stuff by batterie http://forestrat.wordpress.com/2009/09/08/new-camera-and-stuff/#comment-2305 batterie Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:59:44 +0000 http://forestrat.wordpress.com/?p=755#comment-2305 Thanks for sharing your experience with us. It will guide some of us to get their best camera. Nikon D300 is a good choice for some advance photography. Thanks for sharing your experience with us. It will guide some of us to get their best camera. Nikon D300 is a good choice for some advance photography.

]]> Comment on New Camera and Stuff by forestrat http://forestrat.wordpress.com/2009/09/08/new-camera-and-stuff/#comment-2304 forestrat Sun, 13 Sep 2009 01:47:53 +0000 http://forestrat.wordpress.com/?p=755#comment-2304 I guess I would have to say that she can't go wrong by upgrading. The 300 is a nice camera. I think the important differences are the increased megapixels, reduced noise, and although I haven't used it yet, it has a self cleaning system for the sensor screen. The bigger preview screen is nice, but not all that exciting. So to upgrade is good, but unless your wife is concerned that the 200 can't produce large enough prints or she is frustrated by too much noise in high ISO shots, then I might suggest waiting until the D400 or whatever comes out. I'm afraid I don't often use long lenses. The highest I have is 300mm and I don't use it very often. I expect the 300 would be nice for long shots and the extra pixels help if you need to crop. MDW I guess I would have to say that she can’t go wrong by upgrading. The 300 is a nice camera. I think the important differences are the increased megapixels, reduced noise, and although I haven’t used it yet, it has a self cleaning system for the sensor screen. The bigger preview screen is nice, but not all that exciting.

So to upgrade is good, but unless your wife is concerned that the 200 can’t produce large enough prints or she is frustrated by too much noise in high ISO shots, then I might suggest waiting until the D400 or whatever comes out.

I’m afraid I don’t often use long lenses. The highest I have is 300mm and I don’t use it very often. I expect the 300 would be nice for long shots and the extra pixels help if you need to crop.

MDW

]]> Comment on New Camera and Stuff by fencer http://forestrat.wordpress.com/2009/09/08/new-camera-and-stuff/#comment-2303 fencer Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:35:48 +0000 http://forestrat.wordpress.com/?p=755#comment-2303 Hi forestrat, Very interesting about the D300... my wife has a D200 and has been thinking about whether she can justify the 300. With your experience now with both, do you think the 300 is that much better? Do you use longer lenses much at all? That's annoying about the change in RAW file format. Sounds like a Microsoft style change... (Fighting with Office 2007 at work...) I really like the second photo in your post... Beautiful with a kind of mysterious quality. Regards Hi forestrat,

Very interesting about the D300… my wife has a D200 and has been thinking about whether she can justify the 300. With your experience now with both, do you think the 300 is that much better? Do you use longer lenses much at all?

That’s annoying about the change in RAW file format. Sounds like a Microsoft style change… (Fighting with Office 2007 at work…)

I really like the second photo in your post… Beautiful with a kind of mysterious quality.

Regards

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