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2013-06-02 14:55:00 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

So maybe the next doctor should be a woman.

How about Jane Seymour, she's British, and she's already played a Doctor! <G>

2013-06-02 01:27:22 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Flash Speed and Power

Hi,  In the most recent episode of #KelbyTV  s Photography Tips & Tricks, +RC Concepcion had an interesting look at the motion stopping capabilities of different flash units.

He compared the Yongnuo YN560-II (which happens to be the strobe I own) to an Ellinchrom studio flash.

He showed that at full power the little Yongnuo strobe it couldn't stop the motion of a spinning card. He did say at full power, but it was subtle and I didn't hear that until I'd already run these experiments and listened to the show again.

I wanted to use a more controllable subject than a hand-flipped card.  I happen to have a small lathe, so I decided to use that.  Here are a series of photos, have a look at the captions and notes.

The studio flash didn't actually completely eliminate motion blur, to my eye it was abit ... more »

2013-06-01 23:34:00 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

Certainly big Doctor Who news today.

Actually 3 seasons as the Doctor is pretty close to the average.  between classic and new who, there have been 33 series of TV and 1 TV movie.  So right around 3 series on average for the 11 Doctors.

1st Doctor 3 series + 1 story
2nd Doctor 4-6 3 series - 1 story
3rd Doctor 7-11  5 series
4th Doctor 12-18 7 series
5th Doctor 19-21 3 series - 1 episode
6th Doctor 21-23 2 series + 1 episode
7th Doctor 24-26 3 series
8th Doctor 1 movie
9th Doctor 1 series
10 Doctor 3 series + specials
11 Doctor 3 series + specials

So Doctors 8 and 9 balanced out Doctors 3 and 4 every other Doctor ran just about 3 series.

2013-06-01 18:10:23 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

THIS IS THE OFFICIAL 2013 SUMMER ROUND SIGN UP
for the +Chrysta Rae Photography Scavenger Hunt!

Don't know what that is?
It's an amazing game that has turned into so much more.
If you love photography, and you have a camera,
you can play!

After sign ups (500 spots are open) I will be giving you an item list -
10 simple things to take pictures of.
I give you an amount of time to get those shots done (approximately a month).

You do NOT need to be a professional shooter. 
You do NOT need to feel any hesitation on your skill level, as this group of Scavengers is one of the most supportive groups of people around.
This is just FOR FUN.
To get you using your camera in ways you might not do otherwise,
It's to push yourself to try.
Take a good look at the photos below to see examples of just how easy, or howt... more »

2013-05-29 23:15:57 (10 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

I'm mentioned that I've been working through all of the classic Who TV stories in order.

Today I watched "The Pirate Planet", the first of three stories written by Douglas Adams.

Near the very end, I noticed that the "bridge" set contained what had to be the main instrument panel from an Apollo Command module.

I googled, and I can't seem to find any mention of this.

Not the first time Apollo hardware has featured in both classic and new Who.  Of course "The Impossible Astronaut", "Day of the Moon" and "The Wedding of River Song" had strong references to Apollo, but in at least two cases NASA stock footage of a Saturn V launch appeared in classic Who episodes for the launch of rockets which in other settings, looked nothing like a Saturn V.

2013-05-29 22:40:42 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Ruby

+Chrysta Rae recently posted a photo of her and her Canine photo assisstant, I mentioned in a comment to that post that +Deborah Deck DeNatale and I recently became the "parents" of a puppy.

This is Ruby now a 6 month old American Bully.  She's cute and knows it and gets away with murder.  For example, less than a week after I got my new 15" Retina MacBook Pro, she found the power adapter and killed it with her teeth, and that's just one story.

But we love her to pieces.

2013-05-27 15:05:07 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Memorial Day

2013-05-23 18:41:34 (11 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

I just watched "The Name of the Doctor" for the third time, and have some thoughts.

There has been a lot of discussion here and elsewhere about where the John Hurt "Doctor" fits in.  Many seem to be taking the theory that he was between the 8th and 9th doctors, which would mean that

1) Ecclestone was really the 10th, Tennant the 11th and Smith the 12th. and
2) The Doctor would only have 1 more of his 12 regenerations left.

I don't think either is true, independently of each other.

Let's take the second one first.  Moffat has already said that the 12 regeneration limit is not unsurmountable, and there has already been evidence that previous Time Lords (and Ladys perhaps) have been granted additional regenerations.

Doctor Who, and other SF/Fantasy/Fictional universes are never truly logically consistent.  They don'tfo... more »

2013-05-20 22:53:40 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Puckett Cabin - Blue Ridge Parkway

I shot this on the, long, way home from Photoshop World in Orlando.  

This is the former home of "Aunt" Orlena Hawks Puckett (1837-1939), who became a midwife after age 50, attending the delivery of over 1000 babies on or near the crest of the Blue Ridge, up to the year she died at age 101 or maybe 102.

You can purchase a print of this image at http://bit.ly/Z8YP3V

#hdr #blueridgeparkway  

2013-05-20 22:13:32 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Here are more of the photos I took at the Orlando Photoshop World Photo Safari to Fantasy of flight.

Prints of these and others of my images can be obtained at my site http://photos.denhaven2.com

2013-05-09 18:40:46 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

Since +Tamara Pruessner has been sharing before and after images. I thought I'd take a chance and de/re-construct one of my recent images which got some attention on 500px.  I'm showing snapshots of the PSD file, layer by layer

The album contains

1) The final image

2) The original image as captured as a RAW file and processed by ACR/Lightroom.

3) The original image copied to a new layer (by Cmd-J, probably the most-used PS command).  I then used a variety of retouching tools, like the spot healing brush and the patch tool, to eliminate some of the major distractions.  Note that I've lost part of the plane in this layer.

4) A copy of that layer with the oil paint filter applied.  

5) The next step was to copy the original image, and move it to the top of the layer stack, then apply a mask to only show the plane, allowing the'... more »

2013-05-09 15:53:52 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

I just watched a recent episode of +Trey Ratcliff and the gangs "Trey's Variety Hour" discussing "Gear vs Post-Processing"

There was a great deal of discussion of how many photographers manipulated photos before Photoshop.  Ansel Adams being a prime example.

I was interested when +Karen Hutton used Maggie Taylor as an example of masterful Photoshop work.  Maggie does composites often using objects captured with a flat bed camera.  Maggie is the 3rd wife of Jerry Uelsmann who is nearly 30 years owner than she.

I've been a fan of Jerry Uelsmann's since the 1970s.

Uelsmann http://www.uelsmann.net/ is a master of doing composites with multiple film negatives, using a combination of sandwiching film, and multiple print exposures with masks.  He had his first exhibit at MOMA in New York in 1967.

Lynda.com has adocume... more »

2013-05-07 03:16:16 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

One of my photos from the Photoshop World Photo Safari to Fantasy of Flight made the popular and upcoming lists on 500px,

2013-05-01 20:08:41 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Watching #thegridlive  to see where Adobe is going for photographers

2013-04-29 19:03:46 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

for #photographingphotographers    curated by +Thorsten von Eyb  and +Michael Rutta

+Frank Doorhof does a bit of concert photography at the After Hours Party at Photoshop world a couple of weeks ago. #psw2013

2013-04-29 18:58:24 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 11 +1s)

For "Play"

Taken at the Photoshop World After Hours Party.

2013-04-28 17:47:50 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Photos from the After Hours Party at last weeks Photoshop World #psw2013

2013-04-28 16:56:30 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

We just got back from a trip to Photoshop World, then the Blue Ridge, Shenandoah Valley, and Washington DC on our circuitous way back home.

Fodder for a series of articles on my photo blog.

#psw2013   #aircraftphotography  

2013-04-19 15:08:21 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

At #psw13 about to learn about social networking with +Scott Kelby +RC Concepcion and +glynn dewis

2013-04-12 16:41:48 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Okay I'm looking for advice on where to photograph in and around

* Beaufort SC
* Savannah GA
* St Augustine FL

2013-04-12 15:25:20 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

I've been working through classic Who from the beginning for the past month or so. Currently on episode 5 of "the War Games."

I'm going to miss the second Doctor, but thankful no more telesnap reconstructions of lost episodes. And I'm still wondering about Jamie wearing a wristwatch. Did I miss something here?

2013-04-08 00:30:13 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Saw a great exhibition at Duke University's Nasher Museum this afternoon. The thesis of the exhibit is that photographs are never as objective and truthful as conventional wisdom holds. "Understanding of photographic media suffers from the long-standing myth that a camera is an ‘innocent eye’ that transparently records an image of the world as if through an open window."

Photographers with works on display include some who would be obvious to show manipulated work, Jerry Uelsmann, for example, and others usually viewed as exemplars of objective realism, like Ansel Adams, Brett Weston, and Henri Cartier-Bresson. Other favorites of mine represented included Robert Franks, Sally Mann, and Minor White.

Well worth a visit if you can make it.

2013-04-07 23:20:36 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Aragorn, You Don't Happen to Know the Timelord word for "Friend" Do You?"

#lotrhumor   #doctorwho  

2013-03-24 19:26:55 (17 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Okay, here's my first volley in this game.

2013-03-24 18:50:58 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Anyone else going to Photoshop World?

I'm excited to be going to my first PSW in Orlando in just 3 weeks.  My wife and I went up to DC last spring, but only went to the expo.  This is my first time going to the full conference.

If you're going, particularly if I don't already know that you're going, feel free to comment here, maybe we can get together.

2013-03-24 01:38:00 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Rick DeNatale was tagged in Rick DeNatale's album.

2013-03-24 01:37:20 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Added photos to The Selfy Sunday Project.

2013-02-27 13:53:40 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Hi,

I'd already posted this to my photographer circles, before +Windy Sawczyn invited me to this group, so I'm re-sharing it here.

I'm planning to drive back and forth between Wake Forest (the town north of Raleigh, not the Universty) and Orlando in mid-April so that I can attend Photoshop World.

I'm looking for suggestions of a few places to stop on the way down and back which are photogenic, particularly places I haven't yet been.  I've already been to Charleston, I'm thinking Savannah, and maybe St. Aug.  Any comments on those or other suggestions would be welcome.  We could come back either via I-95 again, or if there are interesting places via I-75 through Macon and Atlanta.  Any and all ideas would be welcome.

2013-02-03 20:51:04 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Having just discovered another one. I struck me how many fabulous photographers who happen to be Canadian women.

2013-01-13 02:06:45 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Added photos to The Selfy Sunday Project.

2013-05-17 23:38:21 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Variations on a Selfy

I recently got some off-camera flash, and played around with it.

Then I picked one and did a few variations.

A blue-eyed version of myself.
A monochrome version with split-toning
The 'original' color version.

2013-01-01 23:23:55 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

I picked up the recent book about Ansel Adams, a long time photographic hero of mine. I love this book and just published a review and my ideas of how he might be using today's technology.

2012-12-31 21:56:49 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

You know you want this.  I do.

2012-12-30 13:16:36 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

 My general photography circle has been updated.  If you're a photographer of any type and would like to be in this circle, please leave a comment.  I will check your stream for original images (original meaning they are your images) and add you if appropriate.

I've cleared out a few profiles that I found to be too spammish.

#circleshare #photographers #photography

2012-12-23 19:08:23 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

Merry Christmas everyone.  :)

2012-12-23 19:07:42 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

I decided to open a 500px account.

2012-12-21 14:16:43 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Wonderful combination of writing, photography, video, and web technologies, to tell a tragic story.

2012-12-20 20:03:17 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Whoever decided to make me a moderator without asking me. Please undo it. I barely have time to pay any attention to this let alone moderate.

2012-12-20 00:08:44 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Here's the video from a great storage panel I was on at  +Amazon Web Services re:Invent Conference.  

Sorry the Q&A is missing (it was great), I'm asking AWS if they have it somewhere.  The moderator was very good about repeating questions, so it should be good video if it turns up.

My other session (where I'm the sole speaker):  https://plus.google.com/+DonMacAskill/posts/dtvhGtPrXcy

And slides from that session:  https://plus.google.com/116570889542655364711/posts/YQSVnBfNwSD

2012-12-19 01:25:00 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Win a free +NAPP membership (or renewal) every minute on Tuesday, Dec. 18 at 7:30pm EST during our non-stop Photoshop NAPP-a-thon with +Scott Kelby, +Matt Kloskowski, +RC Concepcion, +Corey Barker, and +Pete Collins
*RSVP to enter to win and get an event reminder at: http://photoshopuser.com/webcasts/ *

With the addition of full-length classes and the ability to join +Adobe Creative Cloud without the prior CS version requirement, it's easy to see why NAPP is the place where everyone learns +Adobe Photoshop 

2012-12-17 14:03:21 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Since it's #aviationmonday  by +Mike Criss I thought I'd share this image I captured at this years air show at Cherry Point M.C.A.S in Havelock, NC

it you are interested prints of this and some of my other images can be purchased  at http://photos.denhaven2.com  For aviation related photos the gallery is at http://photos.denhaven2.com/p129665166

2012-12-10 13:10:15 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

I've got a question about something I seem to have forgotten how to do.

At the top of your home/stream page on G+ there is a list of buttons with a few circles, like "All", "Some Circle", "Some other circle", "More V"

The more button shows a list of all of your circles.  If you click on a button or pick a circle from the more list then only that circle will be shown.

Now, I know that at some point I picked which two of my circles were up there next to All, I'd like to change that, but I can't for the life of me figure out how.

Anyone know?

2012-12-09 17:38:02 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

*Japan, 1989*

Another re-capture of a slide I took on our trip to Japan in the fall of 1989.  I'm pretty sure that this is in Yokohama. I did some basic cropping and exposure/clarity adjustments in LR, but no other 'special' effects.

2012-12-09 16:44:39 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Looking for Ideas

I actually shot this on slide film (probably Ektachrome but I'm too lazy to pull the slide again) on a trip to Japan in 1989.  I've done some light processing in LR and kind of like this but I feel like I need to work on it a bit more.

I've got some ideas, but I'm curious what y'all might suggest.

2012-12-09 16:35:45 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Kabuki, Tokyo, October 1989

I'm gradually recapturing old slides using the slide copier I made.

In October 1989 I took my first of two trips to Japan, tagging along with my mother-in-law, and my wife to visit my wife's Aunt and Uncle in Yokohama, along with a friend. During our visit the Loma Prieta earthquake occurred in California.  Deborah's uncle Watanabe-san had tuned into the Armed Forces Radio station so that I could listen to game 3 of the world series, and when news of the quake hit, he switched to Japanese TV to watch the coverage.

We made quite a few side trips, during one into Tokyo we went to the Kabuki theater where I took a few surreptitious shots before being chastised by an usher.  I decided to process this on in LR as a B&W and use split toning to give the shadows a slightly cold cast to reflect the winter scene.

2012-12-09 14:50:00 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

We finally went to see "Lincoln" yesterday.

By no means a thriller but a great movie.  What a collection of performances.

Daniel Day-Lewis in the title role, Sally Field as Mary Todd "Molly" Lincoln, David Strathairn, and Tommy Lee Jones all gave inspired acting.  But one of the highlights for me was James Spader as V. N. Bilbo as one of the behind the curtains political operatives recruited by Secretary of State Seward to lobby for opposition party votes in the house for the 13th amendment.  In Spader's hands Bilbo was slightly over the top, and, for me at least, felt like a 19th century version of Alan Shore, without a Denny Crane to play against.

2012-12-09 03:17:11 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

I'm not sure exactly why, but I'm starting to get an uneasy feeling that the new 'communities' feature of G+ just might cause more harm than good.

I've been on Google+ for over a year, and have seen several communities grow organically.  The overall photography Community is the best example. I'll refer these organic pre-existing communities as a Comunity with a capital C.

Now with the 'communities' feature things seem to be fragmenting.  I've already joined something like 7 separate photography related communities, and there seems to be an endless supply of new ones every day.

The problem is that each of these is separate, and needs to be visited separately, in fact many have sub-sections each of which needs to be visited separately on it's own.

Is it just me or is this just making things harder?

2012-12-07 01:26:43 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Phew!!!

Last December 7th, the day before my birthday, I started a 366 project.  It was a 366 project because most of it would occur during 2012, a leap year.

So today is the 366th day of the project, and it's time to wrap it up.

IMHO, some of the photos in this album are pretty good, most are okay, and a few are there just to have something for a day which was rushed, or when I wasn't in a photogenic place.

I started out posting each photo to G+.  About 2/3 of the way through though, I decided that I didn't really need to publish each and every shot.  This was mostly an exercise, and after watching an episode of +Scott Kelby's "The Grid" where 365/6 projects were discussed, and +RC Concepcion made the comment that most such projects were like "watching a fat guy doing push-ups."  I decided to stop inflictingall ... more »

2012-12-06 21:48:23 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

Phew!!!

Last December 7th, the day before my birthday, I started a 366 project.  It was a 366 project because most of it would occur during 2012, a leap year.

So today is the 366th day of the project, and it's time to wrap it up.

IMHO, some of the photos in this album are pretty good, most are okay, and a few are there just to have something for a day which was rushed, or when I wasn't in a photogenic place.

I started out posting each photo to G+.  About 2/3 of the way through though, I decided that I didn't really need to publish each and every shot.  This was mostly an exercise, and after watching an episode of +Scott Kelby's "The Grid" where 365/6 projects were discussed, and +RC Concepcion made the comment that most such projects were like "watching a fat guy doing push-ups."  I decided to stop inflictingall ... more »

2012-12-05 14:02:07 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Rick DeNatale was tagged in Rick DeNatale's album.