Activity for Olin Lathrop
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| Comment | Post #289075 |
@#36349: I have deleted the erroneous part of my answer talking about imported content. (more) |
— | 12 months ago |
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— | 12 months ago |
| Comment | Post #289075 |
It looks like you are right. I think I was confusing this site with Outdoors. That makes the inactivity here even more pitiful, since it can't be blamed on search engine blacklisting. (more) |
— | about 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #289075 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
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A: Should Photography & Video go through the Community Proposals system? Yes, this is a good idea. If you do that, seed the proposal with the new top level posts generated here from the Q&A category. Skip the other categories for now. Contests is cute, but there is nothing much worth saving that couldn't get re-created if people actually want it. It's debatable whet... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #286820 |
@peter You may be on to something. The top picture looks a little worse (more staged and artificial) than the middle to me. That correlates with your bent wrist measure. (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #286820 | Initial revision | — | over 2 years ago |
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A: Why fold your hands, and center them, in portraits? Why? Probably because the photographer told the subjects to do that. Personally, I don't think it looks that great. The bottom picture seems better to me than the others in that regard, but I can't really say why. In any case, you'd have to ask the photographer why he thinks this pose looks bett... (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #284897 |
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| Comment | Post #286510 |
Small handheld meters are quite common, and are hardly specialized pieces of equipment. They are available at any hardware store or home improvement store. Lots of people have them as part of their overall toolkit. Anyone doing home auto mechanics, or general home "handy" stuff is likely to have o... (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #286508 |
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| Comment | Post #286510 |
You are setting a very unusual and bad precedence. I didn't know the direct answer, and don't have one of those devices to find it myself. There is nothing wrong with explaining the process to find an answer. Such answers have never been considered invalid before. It could have been useful to the... (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #286508 | Initial revision | — | over 2 years ago |
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Unwarranted answer deletion I wrote an answer a year ago to a question about how much power some consumer device uses. My answer was basically to measure it, gave a starting explanation of how to do that, and suggested to ask on the Electrical Engineering site with the results so that they would be properly interpreted. This ... (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
| Edit | Post #285951 | Initial revision | — | almost 3 years ago |
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A: How can a screenshot's file size ≥ original picture's file size? Because of compression and different sizes. The original JPG image you are referring to is 1080 x 790 pixels in size, for a total of 777k pixels. Since the image is true color, there would be 3 bytes per pixel in uncompressed form. That would require 2.3 MB. However, the image file is only 131 ... (more) |
— | almost 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #285598 |
@#8049, that wasn't clear at the time. Photographic flashes are sometimes referred to as "speedlights" or "flashlights" in certain photographic contexts. Note also that the OP originally wrote "flash lights", not "flashlights". (more) |
— | almost 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #285598 | Initial revision | — | almost 3 years ago |
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A: How go about photo'ing different flash lights' spots for comparison? Different flashes will have different brightnesses, so you don't want to fix the complete exposure across all the pictures. You should fix the ISO to a good value for your camera. Set it to 400 if you're not sure what the best is. That should be pretty good with most cameras, and the important p... (more) |
— | almost 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #277413 |
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— | about 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #285029 |
Things are a little different here, but most of the basic problems are the same. I have to go do some real work now, so don't have time for a detailed answer. (more) |
— | about 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #284897 | Initial revision | — | about 3 years ago |
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A: What is the difference between dot and pixel? Dots and pixels can be the same or different, depending on context. In a computer file, an image is usually made up of a rectangular array of color (or gray) values. We call those pixels, for "picture elements". "Dots" is usually used when trying to realize an image on physical media. Dots can ... (more) |
— | about 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #281901 |
Considering the first films didn't have associated sound at all, dubbing doesn't make any sense. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #281897 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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A: Apply unsharp mask before or after downsizing to final size? You could do it either way, but it is usually better to apply effects that depend on the size or resolution of the picture on the final-sized picture. This is assuming, of course, that proper anti-aliasing is always done along with any resolution reduction. The visual effect of blurring is depend... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Edit | Post #281607 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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A: Should near future smartphones replace professional cameras? No. Dirt happens. Phones don't magically get dirty less than lenses of high end cameras. In fact, the opposite is true. Even a semi-serious camera lens has a cap or hood. This is a simple mechanical barrier that minimizes dirt accumulation when the lens is not in use. Your question is also ... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280971 |
Your basic premise is incorrect, and there are many unspecified variables that would effect the answer in any case. This question should really be closed in its current state, but it would be better to clarify it instead. How wide a view? How fast across the picture is "movement"? How long a clip... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280981 |
Whoever downvoted this, please explain what you think is wrong. (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #280981 | Initial revision | — | almost 4 years ago |
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A: How long does the time lapse interval need to be to capture shadows during the middle of the day? First, let's clear up a misconception. Shadows move faster at the beginning and end of the day This is not true. The angle to the sun changes at a constant rate during the day. That rate is easy to calculate, since it's 360°/day = 15°/hour. Shadows can appear to move faster or slow... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #280752 |
You could change the title of the question to make more sense outside the Photography site context, like *"Photo Contest - Clouds"*. (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #75032 |
If you really want to revive this site from the dead, then any effort would be best spent getting the word out to the public that has photography questions. (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #279084 |
I don't understand the downvote. If something is wrong, misleading, or you think what I said doesn't address the question, please explain. I can't fix what I don't know is broken. (more) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #279084 | Initial revision | — | about 4 years ago |
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A: Program to strip EXIF data from images Instead of "stripping" EXIF data, think of it as making a copy that doesn't include it. My various image manipulation programs do that by default when writing JPG output files. This may have changed, but it used to be that JPG files didn't have provisions for meta-data, and I haven't updated the ... (more) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #278936 |
@Monica: I understand. Since you were wondering, I thought others might too, so I added explanation to the answer. (more) |
— | about 4 years ago |
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— | about 4 years ago |
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| Edit | Post #278955 | Initial revision | — | about 4 years ago |
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A: 2020 - November - Animals Mountain Goats (Oreamnos americanus) Image Glacier National Park, Montana, August 1974. I came across these goats on the Garden Wall Trail about halfway from Logan Pass to Swiftcurrent Pass. They let me get close enough to take this picture with a 105 mm lens. I highly recommend the Gard... (more) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #278936 |
@Monica: This was taken with a long lens at short distance, so the background is very out of focus. The background was just more forest with patches of sunlight. (more) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #278951 |
Most of those birds aren't ducks, but Canada Geese (*Branta canadensis*). You did catch a few mallards over at right. (more) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #278936 | Initial revision | — | about 4 years ago |
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A: 2020 - November - Animals Red Squirrel Image Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, Grand Tetons National Park, 21 June 1985. I was surprised how close this animal let me get. It was quite content to continue eating the pine cone, even when it filled the frame with a 300 mm lens. I was puzzled by the color, as it's one I don't e... (more) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #278389 | Initial revision | — | about 4 years ago |
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A: 2020 - October - Clouds Thunderstorm over Mt Elden Image 18 Aug 2014 northeast of Flagstaff Arizona. I was on the east side of the ridge, so didn't get much warning about this thunderstorm coming from the west. A few minutes later, I got caught in quite a thunderstorm with hail. The hail was big enough to sting a... (more) |
— | about 4 years ago |
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— | about 4 years ago |
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