spospe Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 The title says it all. Lets have a thread showing photographs which have some technical merit (this does not stop them from being 'artistic' as well). The photos below were all taken by me using a Fuji Digital camera running in video mode and show the stages of ignition of a Brown Bess flintlock musket. The individual frames were extracted using Pinnacle Studio 9 software and represent the best that I can do without the use of (expensive) high speed camera equipment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hymer C 9. Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Wow they are really interesting and show what can be done, great pictures. Carol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyH Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 How long before some 'elf 'n' safety bod says that you should have had a glove on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avongas Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 And safety goggles and helmet and earmuffs! That would have slowed the Civil War down! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davenewellhome Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 Calm down folks, it was only a flash in the pan :D . Good photos ;-) D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spospe Posted January 1, 2009 Author Share Posted January 1, 2009 Actually David, that is where the expression comes from (a flash in the pan) as does 'lock, stock and barrel' and 'keep your powder dry'. The Health and Safety elf will be pleased to know that the man firing the musket was wearing both hearing and eye protection, as was the man taking the pictures (me). But, come on folks, have none of you got any interesting 'technical' photos? Before I forget ......................... Happy New Year to you all !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davenewellhome Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 "Actually David, that is where the expression comes from (a flash in the pan) as does 'lock, stock and barrel' and 'keep your powder dry'." No...............Really???? >:-) >:-) Did it not occur to you that that may have been the very reason for my comment???? By the way the name's Dave, that's spelt D A V E. The ONLY people who call me D A V I D are my parents. As for technical photos, would a shot of a timing belt be technical enough? Or a leisure battery installation perhaps?? Or how about a pre-Victorian steam locomotive with me at the helm?? Happy new year to all :D :D D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michele Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 Come on then wheres you at the helm show us :D I aint got what you may call techincally interesting ones ..Way2 go has ..and probably many others have . Does that mean you dont want to see any others then ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davenewellhome Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 I'll try to find it later Michele, they're all on my old PC upstairs. D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howie Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 Don,t know if this is technical, but the Falkirk Wheel connecting the Clyde and Union canals as always fascinated me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROON Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 Crumbs! More clever people. I feel like I'm on an Open University site since I came back.... please keep them coming. Dumbo :'( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spospe Posted January 1, 2009 Author Share Posted January 1, 2009 By technically interesting, I mean photographs, which have represented something of a challenge to take. That is, photographs which have required a bit more expertise and knowledge than just 'point and shoot'. The two below illustrate this point. The first was taken inside the Cathedral of Images near Les Baux in Provence and shows part of the Van Gogh exhibition of 2008. The Cathedral is in an old limestone quarry, which has been turned into a canvas to show huge and changing pictures illuminated by digital projectors. The challenge here was to take a satisfactory image of an image without the use of a tripod. The number of people who were trying to use flash was depressing and made me wonder just how much they knew about photography. The second is of Chartres cathedral illuminated by laser light, shows the building coloured as it was when originally built. This picture required the ISO setting on my camera to be at the maximum (only 800, sadly) and me to be wedged tightly at the top of a short flight of steps, with one hand shielding the lens from rain. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malc d Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 There's some technically messed about with photos on the " Piccys Only " thread. :-| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geof Angi Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 Howie The boat lift was my dream when I owned a boat, but never got up that far, but who knows what the future holds, maybe when we get the next one Geof Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michele Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 That is, photographs which have required a bit more expertise and knowledge than just 'point and shoot'. You'll be playing on your own then I see :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz43 Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 is this the type of photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hymer C 9. Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 I'd call them pretty technically interesting Gaz (Happy New Year) :-) Carol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz43 Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 hi carol happy new year to you thanks been playing again :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly58 Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 I hope this pic qualifies for this posting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly58 Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Here's another one I did earlier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly58 Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 And another one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spospe Posted January 2, 2009 Author Share Posted January 2, 2009 Excellent contributions! Some notes on equipment / software used would be nice. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly58 Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Pics taken on my old Fuji finepix6900z and then worked on with Photoshop software and pc.My new camera is a Sony A200 with which i am able to use my old Minolta AF lenses but have not had the right pics yet to manipulate something for the future. I have a landscape I have done of the Millau Viaduct by stitching five pics together,but need a printer and paper to print a 5 foot wide photo for the full effect or stick 5 photo's together ,but it would not have the same impact as a single print. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROON Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Agree with spospe. I can never hope to be as clever as you all, but am still thinking of a new Digital/fully manual camera and would learn a little from seeing what you all use. Boy, are you all brilliant. Keep them coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spospe Posted January 2, 2009 Author Share Posted January 2, 2009 Here is a 360-degree panorama taken from the orientation table at Madone d'Utelle. This view has been made by stitching together a total of 11 separate photographs using Panorama Maker version 3 software. My apologies for the somewhat cramped appearance, but to do the image justice, you would need a monitor screen about six feet wide! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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