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Born in the year Sir Malc0m Campbell set the land speed record (1935). Small town Total high school enrollment was 72. I was class president. Barely made it through college. Good job, Good family. What excitement comes now? -
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25th Mar 2023 dcline35 commented on:
Wiglet showcase imageIt tells a story. from the bursting forth with open arms of lavender to the wilted, shriveled yellow of death. The solid brick behind the youth and the fractured casket of yellow.ViewDate:
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23rd May 2022 dcline35 commented on:
Purplepatsy showcase imageWonderful, So many interesting features A nature study, spines, droplets, center feature, background, depth of fieldViewDate:
23rd Mar 2022 dcline35 commented on:
Wiglet showcase imageYour portfolio shows lots of beautiful flowers. this is the best Your bugs are great also. Good workViewDate:
20th Mar 2022 dcline35 commented on:
Henglen showcase imageVery pretty, The Comma orange on green leaf is lovely contrast. The book shows a Question Mark butterfly that is similar, Next, I found a Hypen. (Poor spelling) There are a couple kinds of dash butterflies.ViewDate:
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9th Feb 2022 dcline35 commented on:
RonM367 showcase imageI like the confused fisherman under the left side of the spanViewDate:
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27th Jan 2022 dcline35 commented on:
dcline35 showcase imageThank you. I am hoping for emotional impact I have a similar photo with bees seeking pollen.ViewDate:
20th Jan 2022 dcline35 commented on:
wallers2 showcase imageGreat photo. Colorful weather, Well framed. It has emotional appealViewDate:
18th Jan 2022 dcline35 commented on:
WendyT26 showcase imageThe spider webs add character to the photo. Are the frozen dots transparent? Why is the frost white rather than a smooth sheet of ice? The background nicely complements the plant.ViewDate:
12th Jan 2022 dcline35 commented on:
dcline35 showcase imagejust checked. 9448 photos in library. 2000 family, 2000 travel, 500 wood, 500 spider webs, 1000 genealogy, 500 birds, unclassified. Maybe 1 in 100 is interesting. 1 in 500 has emotional impact.ViewDate:
7th Jan 2022 dcline35 commented on:
PhotographyKeep trying different the face to face lens for high magnification. There is no manual for this. I used bright illumination and let the camera select the exposure. I think your idea of a small aperture would improve the depth of field. I finally made a lever device so I could move the target focus by a couple thousands, If you play with lens spacing the small circle may be improved. The cedar target may lack interesting detail. Look at an illuminated zone your phone. Feel free to ask. DickViewDate:
5th Jan 2022 dcline35 commented on:
Am I unlucky or was I born to be a Carer?Lots of us have a similar burden. My wife of 63 years has Parkinson's, she had a stroke, had Covid. I Have developed home hobbies that keep my mind active. Gardening and photography do not require much investment. Try writing a family history. A DNA analysis will introduce you to new family, The life of your parents can be interesting.ViewDate:
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3rd Jan 2022 dcline35 commented on:
PhotographyUsing two lenses together for high magnification is not complicated. You probably have everything needed. It will take a couple hours to get started. Use a standard telephoto on your camera. An SLR is great as you can view the subject to achieve lens alignment. Focus at infinity. Position the short focal length lens facing the telephoto, accurately centered and parallel. A target, possibly a piece cloth or maybe microchip is placed at the normal focal plane. Again this lens is set at infinity focus. The spacing between lenses is not critical as the light between the two is parallel. The whole apparatus needs to be tied down to be stable, very stable. Look through the viewfinder of the SLR while you shift and focus to get a sharp view. Magnification is the ratio the focal lengths. The higher magnification is extremely sensitive. Start with a low magnification. This works and I ignored some other technical features.ViewDate:
2nd Jan 2022 dcline35 commented on:
PhotographyHelp me find the way to post photos. I have several hundred photos of spider webs, 80% are no good. a couple very nice. More difficult, are photos of the end grain of wood, very high magnification is required. I gave up bird photography at 80 when my knee gave out. Here is a history note that is hard to beat. I just discovered three photos of my childhood farm home, probably my very first roll of film, 72 years ago.ViewDate:
31st Dec 2021 dcline35 commented on:
PhotographyMy photos of insects are usually unsatisfactory due to depth-of field. When I see the little hairs on the front legs, the rear legs are fuzzy. Some insects have an amazing number of elbows.ViewDate:
26th Dec 2021 dcline35 commented on:
PhotographyIn the late 50s I used a 2 1/4 square Yashika. I made a few 16" x 20" photos that still hang on the wall. Using a standard hobby enlarger to get that large was difficult. The enlarger was rotated from the base with base sitting for the table. The photo paper was on the floor to give a working distance of nearly 1.5 meters. The projected light was so dim it took a five minute exposure.ViewDate:
26th Dec 2021 dcline35 commented on:
PhotographyI started photography in high school. The photo hobby was expensive with film costs and developing costs. I cut film cost by purchasing bulk 300 mm long rolls and winding them into empty cartridges. With an enlarger, prints of any size were possible. I could put a short strip on film in the enlarger to copy documents below. Many copies were done for the school yearbook. Photo editing was achieved by dodging parts of the projected image.ViewDate:
26th Dec 2021 dcline35 commented on:
Photographyjust a couple notes of interest. In photographing spider webs, it takes a macro lens with extension tubes and a dark background to photograph the color. It often requires multiple shots as the web moves with a gentle breeze and focus is never certain. Photographing wood grain takes very high magnification. I used two lenses, face-to-face. The magnification is the ratio of the focal lengths. Using a 30 mm lens facing a 300 mm lens means that the image on the focal plane is ten times the size of the object. Every type of wood has a fingerprint that is identifiable. There is a lot of beauty in small things that you normally ignore.ViewDate:
12th Dec 2021 dcline35 commented on:
PhotographySome similar history. I bought my voitlander Voitlander. in 1954. Later came Pentax twin lens, The Bronica looked wonderful but I could never justify the investment. I now have have the latest EOS R but mostly use the iPhone. For the past five years I have mostly worked photographing small features. I spent my career in technical optics but it was far removed from photography.ViewDate:
12th Dec 2021 dcline35 commented on:
PhotographyStarted with home darkroom in 1952. I still have fun with photography. Lately I have been photographing small things, The grain in wood is beautiful. Looking closely air a spider web shows a rainbow of colors. I would like to chat about any aspect of photography or optics. Here is a technical teaser. Do you know your camera magnification when you take photos? -
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