Evan's photography phun

[evangilder]

My wife caught this flattering shot of me enjoying my son's birthday cake.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

looks like you just stole it off him and are so proud of yourself you're rubbing it in his face by eating it infront of him

 

[evangilder]

hehe Nah, he had a nice big piece for himself. As a matter of fact, his was a bigger piece than mine.

 

[evangilder]

Stuff from today. I have a 80-400mm zoon lens on loan from a friend for the Chino shoot. So I gave it a little shakedown in the back yard. The weather here is real hazy, as witnessed with the plane shots. These were at a considerable altitude when they came over, but that lens ROCKS! Glad I could borrow it, it's about $1800.

 

[Nonskimmer]

Great pics. The cake eating one was...uh...nice...yeah.
I don't know many people who'd have the patience to photograph a fly.

 

[evangilder]

It was a bee that got stuck on the trampoline in the back yard. It's legs were all clogged up with beeswax. I don't think he could fly at that point.

 

[Nonskimmer]

Oh yeah, that's what I meant. A bee.

 

[Gnomey]

Sure you did

Good stuff Eric!

 

[Pisis]

Well, you're a lucky man to have borrowed that objective! Really nice shots.
The cake eating shot is cool, also. You look like Timothy Leary there, LOL. I think Les has a new pic of yourself for the Mug Shots.

 

[evangilder]

Yeah, that's a sweet lens, but boy is it heavy. But I will deal with the weight to get some killer shots.

 

[Wildcat]

I like that P-38 shirt!!

 

[evangilder]

Thanks. My wife got that for me a while back. I have so many airplane shirts now, I could probably got about 6 weeks without a repeat!

 

[Pisis]

How do you do it that your pictures are always so clean? My pictures are usually affected by the air distance, thus they go blueish... Like this one in the att.
Are your pix that clear because the altitude of the planes?

I like that P-38 shirt!!

What shirt?

 

[evangilder]

You may want to tweak the brightness and contrast a bit. Also on long shots a little unsharp mask and/or sharpen in photoshop helps. The glass you shoot through will make a tremendous difference though.

 

[Pisis]

Yeah, I know that, I work with all of my photos, but still the effect is unsatisfying.

 

[lesofprimus]

I think Les has a new pic of yourself for the Mug Shots.

Man, Im not THAT cruel....

 

[Pisis]

Our esteemed members, you know...

 

[lesofprimus]

Actually, it would fit in nicely with our other "esteemed" members.......

 

[evangilder]

hehe, I think I will keep the one in the mug shots that I have.

 

[lesofprimus]

Good choice...