Yond Cassius posted:

His inaugural project would be the highest-resolution, most lovingly-rendered Bristol Stool Chart ever created.

polyester concept posted:

He was also planning on going balls deep into a large format set up, both 4x5 and 8x10

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I have dreamed about going into large format for 4 years. The things I want to photograph on large format include landscapes, wild flowers, and landmarks. I am an outdoors person. I already have a portfolio of my best photos. I strive to make my photos unique, beautiful, and professional grade. I have some details worked out and some that are not. The details that are worked out include:

-The light meter will be the Gossen Sixtomat F2 Exposure Meter. The fancier ones from Sekonic are overkill.
-I will use my navigational skills along with reading forecasts to figure out when to be where.
-The camera will be from Intrepid. If I could use a 4x5 reduction back for the 8x10 camera, I would. I selected this brand because even the 8x10 camera is not that heavy. After all, what is the point of a fancy camera that is too much of a burden to take along?
-I will look around the area for interesting things to photograph. Later on in the trip, I will return to the interesting place at well before the right time so I can setup the camera. I will wait patiently for the everything to be just right.
-I will need a 150mm lens and a 300mm lens. The 300mm must be compatible with 8x10. Besides shooting 8x10 with the 300mm, I will use it as a telephoto lens for 4x5. I originally wanted 4 lenses but I made compromises. -Wild flowers will be captured on 4x5. The broad scenes that don't demand reduced exposure times will be shot on 8x10. Scenes with water may be shot on 4x5 instead of 8x10.
-For color positives, I will bring the filters specified on their specs sheets. -My goal is to have a 3D look to a 2D medium.
-I will drum scan only the good stuff; it will be at 4000dpi. -The prints should look high end to the viewers who are laymen. The photos should look amazing in general.
-I will use Fujifilm Velvia 100F for the more moderate dynamic range scenes that benefit from high contrast (provided that I can still import the last of it from Japan). For moderate dynamic range scenes that benefit from more moderate contrast (such as flowers), I will use Fujifilm Provia 100F. For higher dynamic range scenes or scenes that benefit from intentional overexposure, I will use Kodak Portra 400 and/or Portra 160. If it were between 400 and 160, I would go with 400. The reason is that it is better to have too much sensitivity than too little. The Portra 400 will make it easier to use intentional over exposure.

The parts not confirmed include:
-What book should I read for taking photos on large format?
-What grad ND filters to use if I should use any? I have never used grad filters.
-How many stops of dynamic range should I expect if I use the Tiffen Ultra Contrast filter to raise shadows and lower highlights to bring them closer to zone 5 (known as middle grey)?
-What is a good high quality loupe for obtaining critical focus? -How do I find the right ICC profiles for inverting color negatives? I preferably want one for daylight white balance and one for cloudy white balance. I would like the white balance set manually in the scanning phase.
-What is a good infrared based distance measurement device. This is to help with selecting what to focus on and selecting the right aperture.
-What is a good infrared measurement device that is low cost. This is to help with selecting the focus point and aperture.

I know that is a lot but I could use some advice. What should I do differently? What am I forgetting? How should I motivate myself to just get the stuff and do it? I have already been to great places and taken great photos. It is just a matter of doing it (I like the "now or never" mindset). If I decide to do large format, I need to start now while the good film equipment is still around. What advice do you have for me in general?

Helen Highwater posted:

Good news! He's decided to go with 8x10

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I dream about starting my own company to bring my ideas to life. They include:
...
New digital cameras. The cameras will have a new sensor technology that I thought of. It will improve the image quality. My cameras will allow users to install third party apps that help reduce guesswork associated with taking good pictures and video. They will benefit those who care about taking good photos but are not tech savvy. The cameras will use logarithmic A/D conversion to fit a high dynamic range scene into a manageable range of numbers without banding. The camera will be ISO invariant. If you use the same exposure time and aperture and save in RAW, the values saved will be the same regardless of ISO selected in camera. You can apply a LUT to raise or lower the tone values later. It will have a special light metering system that does not get confused the way today's current TTL metering systems do.
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I have at times thought about dropping out of college to pursue these ideas. If I do, I want to do it when the time is right.
How should I get started? How should I go about finding people to help me bring these inventions to life? How should I motivate myself to write everything down? Which ideas do and do not sound appealing? What advice do you have for me in general?

Helen Highwater posted:

Good news! He's decided to go with 8x10

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I will drum scan only the good stuff; it will be at 4000dpi. -The prints should look high end to the viewers who are laymen

Thom12255 posted:

His posts are stressing me out and it's not even my money.

NeuralSpark posted:

His post history is really something - terrible posts about photography, terrible posts on economics, and poop.

Yond Cassius posted:

I'm always weirdly fascinated by his photography posts, because it's like a Markov text generator from other, better posts. The words are familiar and most of them sound like posts by people who know what they're talking about, but they're completely disconnected from each other or any actual understanding.

polyester concept posted:

It reminds me of this really small skinny guy I'd sometimes see at the gym who would slowly add 45 lb weights to the squat rack, one at a time, until there was probably over 500 lbs on there. He would pace around the rack between additions, psyching himself up, but would never actually lift anything.

Bloody Hedgehog posted:

He sounds like a guy who's spent infinite amounts of time acquiring photography information on the web, but very little time actually taking any photos.

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The photographer's eye never rests,it's always attentive and trained to discover new scenes in different places and moments that to others may seem insignificant. It's my wish to share with you my discoveries.
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Sergio Pessolano PRO 5mo posted:

Great colors!

Thom12255 posted:

https://flic.kr/p/QLCSuD

Thom12255 posted:

https://flic.kr/p/QLCSuD

rio posted:

Gold Star Award - Level 1
You are invited to add this exceptional image to
GOLD STAR AWARD

(Flickr comments are cancer)

Kenny Logins posted:

The watermark right down the middle is really something special

And the tags... 'micropyle' it me i'm that.

xzzy posted:

"sexually" made it into the tags too.

I know a lot of creeps stalk flickr for fap material but a neon caterpillar is not something I would have guessed as a fetish.

ArmZ posted:

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Kenny Logins posted:

i'll send a robot dick to the world

Doggles posted:

I have many ideas I want to bring to life. I would like advice.
submitted 11 days ago

It's a whole list of crazy including new operating systems and internets, but I'll only post the photography-relevant part:


You see, he's already got the hard parts figured out. All he needs now is the magic secret on how to get started.