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Richard CabesaRichard Cabesa Registered Users Posts: 155 Major grins
edited January 17, 2004 in The Dgrin Challenges
Hello all, I just came snooping around from ADVrider and this look like it sould be a good place. Thanks Baldy for another one. Do you ever sleep?
I've been casualy into photography my whole life starting with my grandmother renting to Brooks students from the time I was five. The first ones turned half of the garage into a darkroom and she just continued to rent to the students for about 30 years! In my teens I worked with Brookies at a grocery and later lived with one for a couple years. Now I have a couple that are both Brooks grads living in my rental unit upstairs. (made them sign a "no processing clause" in the lease) :deal: Even though I've been around all these photo bugs, I'm just a rank amature whose taken a bunch of pics. Kind of grew tired of film and the expence and all and hadn't done much in several years. Digital is new and has got me fired up again taking lots of shots. Picked up a real cheap point and shoot for a while and just bought a Canon A80. Now starting to work with Photoshop Elements. I hope to learn some tricks around hear.
Here's a panorama that I like.
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  • patch29patch29 Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 2,928 Major grins
    edited January 11, 2004
    I need to find some wide open spaces to try out some real panos. This is my first. It is four photos total. I used the new photo merge in PS vCS. It worked well and I cleaned it up a bit. The photos were shot handheld and having the rocks closer than the waterfall made it come together a little messy, but it gets the point across.
  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,936 moderator
    edited January 11, 2004
    Richard,

    I still love that shot.

    Try this one:

    1851354-M.jpg
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  • Richard CabesaRichard Cabesa Registered Users Posts: 155 Major grins
    edited January 11, 2004
    thumb.gif Nice Ian, and thanks. That shot is 10-15 miles from the Songdog. You coming down for the shindig in a couple of months? This spot can be on fire with wild flowers then and is part of 120mi loop with 40+ miles of dirt.

    David

    ian408 wrote:
    Richard,

    I still love that shot.

    Try this one:

    1851354-M.jpg
  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,936 moderator
    edited January 12, 2004
    Richard Cabesa wrote:
    thumb.gif Nice Ian, and thanks. That shot is 10-15 miles from the Songdog. You coming down for the shindig in a couple of months? This spot can be on fire with wild flowers then and is part of 120mi loop with 40+ miles of dirt.
    David
    I was talking to Arg/Bubba about that Saturday. Have to see the date and
    then I'll know.

    ian
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  • Richard CabesaRichard Cabesa Registered Users Posts: 155 Major grins
    edited January 12, 2004
    ian408 wrote:
    I was talking to Arg/Bubba about that Saturday. Have to see the date and
    then I'll know.

    ian
    I'm lobbing for the Apr 3,4 cause of the full moon. Arg/Songdog/full moon. Oh BOY :bgrin:
  • AceRphAceRph Registered Users Posts: 16 Big grins
    edited January 15, 2004
    Hello boys! This is what Carizzo Plains looked like last Spring.
  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited January 15, 2004
    Welcome AceRph, that's a beautiful shot. clap.gif
    Sid.
    Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
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  • AceRphAceRph Registered Users Posts: 16 Big grins
    edited January 15, 2004
    wxwax wrote:
    Welcome AceRph, that's a beautiful shot. clap.gif
    Hi waxy! Nice over here. It's like going from the poolroom to the art gallery.
  • patch29patch29 Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 2,928 Major grins
    edited January 15, 2004
    AceRph wrote:
    Hi waxy! Nice over here. It's like going from the poolroom to the art gallery.

    Hi AceRph! Glad to see you stopped by.
  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,936 moderator
    edited January 15, 2004
    AceRph wrote:
    Hi waxy! Nice over here. It's like going from the poolroom to the art gallery.
    Ace! Nice shot. Is that mustard?

    Ian
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  • Richard CabesaRichard Cabesa Registered Users Posts: 155 Major grins
    edited January 15, 2004
    thumb.gif Hi Ralph, great shot of color there. Songdog weekend I'm going to go out Elkhorn rd where I did the pano above and try to do the same shot under the full moon. Anyone got sugestions for exposure?
    David
  • patch29patch29 Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 2,928 Major grins
    edited January 15, 2004
    Richard Cabesa wrote:
    thumb.gif Hi Ralph, great shot of color there. Songdog weekend I'm going to go out Elkhorn rd where I did the pano above and try to do the same shot under the full moon. Anyone got sugestions for exposure?
    David

    Depending on when the sun sets and moon rises the best thing to do would be to shoot at late dusk, away from the sun (sun to your back) so you have some blue left in the sky and everything else will have a little light so it is not black. Shooting with moon light is tricky and typically requires a high iso or really long exposures. Once it gets completely dark experiment around to see what works best, if it is digital it will be tricky depending on what camera you have. Some have faster lenses and work better with long exposures.
  • AceRphAceRph Registered Users Posts: 16 Big grins
    edited January 16, 2004
    ian408 wrote:
    Ace! Nice shot. Is that mustard?

    Ian
    I know it's not that, but I don't know what it was. The faint smell was really nice. It was a gorgeous weekday. I rode for miles and saw no one.
  • BaldyBaldy Registered Users, Super Moderators Posts: 2,853 moderator
    edited January 16, 2004
    Ralph, is it really you?

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    My Smug Mug
  • AceRphAceRph Registered Users Posts: 16 Big grins
    edited January 16, 2004
    It's me, Chief! Nice site. thumb.gif
  • Richard CabesaRichard Cabesa Registered Users Posts: 155 Major grins
    edited January 16, 2004
    Baldy wrote:
    Ralph, is it really you?
    Baldy, nice shot of Ralph there and great photoshop work cutting out that second head of his friday.gif
  • BMWRiderBMWRider Registered Users Posts: 24 Big grins
    edited January 16, 2004
    AceRph wrote:
    Hello boys! This is what Carizzo Plains looked like last Spring.
    Ralphy ... sweet pic, man!
    Photographs are memories.
  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited January 16, 2004
    Alright Mr. Rider, time for you to post a pic. mwink.gif
    Sid.
    Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
    http://www.mcneel.com/users/jb/foghorn/ill_shut_up.au
  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,936 moderator
    edited January 16, 2004
    AceRph wrote:
    I know it's not that, but I don't know what it was. The faint smell was really nice. It was a gorgeous weekday. I rode for miles and saw no one.
    It looks like a great road to ride.

    I noticed a little blue flower in the lower left of the frame too.

    Time to dig out the flower book.

    ian
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  • Richard CabesaRichard Cabesa Registered Users Posts: 155 Major grins
    edited January 16, 2004
    ian408 wrote:
    It looks like a great road to ride.

    I noticed a little blue flower in the lower left of the frame too.

    Time to dig out the flower book.

    ian
    My panorama at the start of this thread was taken in November but the area is noted for it's wild flowers in spring. The ridge running up the left is the San Andres fault. Very interesting area, here 's a link. Quite a few miles of dirt roads in the area.
    http://www.ca.blm.gov/bakersfield/carrizoplain.html
  • FleasFleas Registered Users Posts: 38 Big grins
    edited January 17, 2004
    Good Job
    I love that panorama. Somehow mine doesnt look that nice. Thanks for posting
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