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I can't believe I did this. Did you ever do anything this dumb?
I was shooting a friend and his wife today and kept thinking that I was
forgeting something. I checked the meter, the focus and all that, but couldn't think of anything. Then when I got home I started thinking about how I had trouble positioning the two on them for some shots. It was then that I realized I did the whole shoot in the horizontal position, and never did any verticals. I still can't believe I did something so dumb after taking pictures for over 40 years. Did you ever do something so dumb? Tell me so that I don't do something like that again. Ric in Wisconsin. |
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I can't believe I did this. Did you ever do anything this dumb?
On Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:52:07 -0500, "Ric Trexell" wrote:
I was shooting a friend and his wife today and kept thinking that I was forgeting something. I checked the meter, the focus and all that, but couldn't think of anything. Then when I got home I started thinking about how I had trouble positioning the two on them for some shots. It was then that I realized I did the whole shoot in the horizontal position, and never did any verticals. I still can't believe I did something so dumb after taking pictures for over 40 years. Did you ever do something so dumb? Tell me so that I don't do something like that again. Ric in Wisconsin. I once shot a whole day at a 45 degree angle. Didn't notice till I tried to mount the pics in my album. Boy I felt so dumb! Maybe I should stop drinking... It's like the steering wheel stuck in my crotch... I don't know what it's doing there, but it's driving me nuts. |
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I can't believe I did this. Did you ever do anything this dumb?
On 2009-07-25 19:52:07 -0700, "Ric Trexell" said:
I was shooting a friend and his wife today and kept thinking that I was forgeting something. I checked the meter, the focus and all that, but couldn't think of anything. Then when I got home I started thinking about how I had trouble positioning the two on them for some shots. It was then that I realized I did the whole shoot in the horizontal position, and never did any verticals. I still can't believe I did something so dumb after taking pictures for over 40 years. Did you ever do something so dumb? Tell me so that I don't do something like that again. Ric in Wisconsin. Do you mean you were lying down for the entire shoot? For a moment I thought you were going to say you had forgotten to dispose of the bodies. What is really dumb is to leave the WB set for Flash when you go out for some daylight scenery shots the morning after using your flash. (Only RAW will save you here.) -- Regards, Savageduck |
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I can't believe I did this. Did you ever do anything this dumb?
Ric Trexell wrote:
I was shooting a friend and his wife today and kept thinking that I was forgeting something. I checked the meter, the focus and all that, but couldn't think of anything. Then when I got home I started thinking about how I had trouble positioning the two on them for some shots. It was then that I realized I did the whole shoot in the horizontal position, and never did any verticals. I still can't believe I did something so dumb after taking pictures for over 40 years. Did you ever do something so dumb? Tell me so that I don't do something like that again. Ric in Wisconsin. I left the camera on small JPG from doing time lapse before, then spent hours doing long exposures in the cold only to get a set of postage stamps. -- Paul Furman www.edgehill.net www.baynatives.com all google groups messages filtered due to spam |
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I can't believe I did this. Did you ever do anything this dumb?
Ric Trexell wrote:
I was shooting a friend and his wife today and kept thinking that I was forgeting something. I checked the meter, the focus and all that, but couldn't think of anything. Then when I got home I started thinking about how I had trouble positioning the two on them for some shots. It was then that I realized I did the whole shoot in the horizontal position, and never did any verticals. I still can't believe I did something so dumb after taking pictures for over 40 years. Did you ever do something so dumb? Tell me so that I don't do something like that again. Ric in Wisconsin. What's the problem? Shooting this way allows you to crop to 4/3rds the "true" portrait aspect ratio or square. I bought a screen for my D700 and had the lines for doing this engraved into it. It is only when you intend to make extreme enlargements that any resolution issues might arise. |
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I can't believe I did this. Did you ever do anything this dumb?
"Ric Trexell" wrote in message net... I was shooting a friend and his wife today and kept thinking that I was forgeting something. I checked the meter, the focus and all that, but couldn't think of anything. Then when I got home I started thinking about how I had trouble positioning the two on them for some shots. It was then that I realized I did the whole shoot in the horizontal position, and never did any verticals. I still can't believe I did something so dumb after taking pictures for over 40 years. Did you ever do something so dumb? Tell me so that I don't do something like that again. Ric in Wisconsin. If you aren't going to print larger than perhaps 16x20, the 35mm negative can be cropped for vertical and it will still hold up. I've frequently printed 20x24 prints from 35mm and they look fine. |
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I can't believe I did this. Did you ever do anything this dumb?
On Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:52:07 -0500, "Ric Trexell" wrote:
: I was shooting a friend and his wife today and kept thinking that I was : forgeting something. I checked the meter, the focus and all that, but : couldn't think of anything. Then when I got home I started thinking about : how I had trouble positioning the two on them for some shots. It was then : that I realized I did the whole shoot in the horizontal position, and never : did any verticals. I still can't believe I did something so dumb after : taking pictures for over 40 years. Did you ever do something so dumb? Tell : me so that I don't do something like that again. Ric in Wisconsin. You didn't actually request an explanation of your behavior, but I'll provide it anyway: You subconciously snapped back to the 1950s and imagined that you were shooting in stereo, where verticals are, of course, forbidden. To avoid going insane, you may have to buy a stereo camera (possibly available on E-bay) and actually take pictures with it from time to time. Alas, you won't be able to use Kodachrome, but other types of film may be found if you look hard enough. Bob |
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I can't believe I did this. Did you ever do anything this dumb?
On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 21:31:05 -0700 (PDT), Annika1980
wrote: On Jul 25, 10:52*pm, "Ric Trexell" wrote: I was shooting a friend and his wife today and kept thinking that I was snip My mother's estranged oldest brother came home after 40-plus years to a reunion with 7 of his 10 siblings. It was the first time I'd ever met him, and I was in my early 40s at the time. I shot a whole roll of film of him with his siblings, and had an aunt shoot a couple of shots of me with him. There went 24 shots, and so I rewound and opened up the camera - no film. (I thought it rewound awfully easily.) Luckily one of my aunts took a lot of pictures as well, and so I got copies of hers. |
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I can't believe I did this. Did you ever do anything this dumb?
"Annika1980" wrote in message ... On Jul 25, 10:52 pm, "Ric Trexell" wrote: I was shooting a friend and his wife today and kept thinking that I was forgeting something. I checked the meter, the focus and all that, but couldn't think of anything. Then when I got home I started thinking about how I had trouble positioning the two on them for some shots. It was then that I realized I did the whole shoot in the horizontal position, and never did any verticals. I still can't believe I did something so dumb after taking pictures for over 40 years. Did you ever do something so dumb? Tell me so that I don't do something like that again. Ric in Wisconsin. Dude, that doesn't even compare to some of the dumbest things I've done. Here's 4 of my favs: 1. First day with my new EOS-1V film camera. Went to Atlanta and shot three rolls of Tiger Woods and other pros at the Tour Championship. Made Tiger stop his swing in the middle of his downswing when the Fabulous EOS-1V's motor drive sounded like a machine gun. But it was just a Pro-Am (practice round) so who gives a ****, right? Noticed something blinking "3" on the top of the camera and made a mental note to read the manual when I got home. Rushed back home (two hour drive) just in time to drop the film off an hour before they closed. Went back in one hour, eagerly awaiting all my great film shots of Tiger Woods. The guy said, "We have a problem. All your shots are black." Turns out I had accidentally bumped the EC setting to -3 stops underexposed. Oops. 3 stops? Strikes me that Photoshop should be able to salvage those....... |
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I can't believe I did this. Did you ever do anything this dumb?
Ric Trexell wrote:
I was shooting a friend and his wife today and kept thinking that I was forgeting something. I checked the meter, the focus and all that, but couldn't think of anything. Then when I got home I started thinking about how I had trouble positioning the two on them for some shots. It was then that I realized I did the whole shoot in the horizontal position, and never did any verticals. I still can't believe I did something so dumb after taking pictures for over 40 years. Did you ever do something so dumb? Tell me so that I don't do something like that again. Ric in Wisconsin. Dumbest couple of things I've done... Was on a rare trip to the Sunshine Coast (South-East Queensland). The sun was setting behind the Glasshouse Mountains and was absolutely gorgeous. Quickly drove to the carpark of a lookout, and ran up the hill (about 200m altitude rise in about 600m) and felt like I was going to have a heart attack. Got to the top just as the light was perfect. Puffing and panting I took the one remaining shot on the roll of Fuji 400 that was in the camera, so I could load a roll of Velvia. Then I realised - the Velvia was still in the car - 600m away and 200m below me. With no film I watched as the perfect light melted away, and did the best I could with my mobile phone camera. Grabbed one of my old classic cameras that I hadn't used in a few months and opened the back to load a roll of film - it already was half-way through a roll. A few months ago I did an hour long hike up a nearby mountain in time to catch the dawn. Reached the top, sat the GX10 on the tripod, switched it on, NOTHING. The battery was sitting at home on its charger. Fortunately it wasn't a complete loss, I still had a dozen exposures on the film camera I brought with me, and I used my S2IS that I intended to use for video to take a few shots. |
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