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**** This Week Through Your µ4/3 (10/17/2010) ****

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As one who has spent time in the philosophical world, you are making assumptions about what "truth" is :) On the surface, of course, I know exactly what you mean. Film, silver gelatin, digital, our eyes, a rabbit's eyes, how do we know what is true ? What separates us from other creatures is our imagination.

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Hello from a cold, wet and windy LA. No photography as such while I've been here (my E-PL1 isn't water proof) but here is the view from my balcony at the Intercontinental:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jason_hindle/5101378092/



As you may have gathered from the subject line, this photo isn't perfect. If you look at the full sized photo (available from the link above the photo), there is blurring...... What could this be? Camera shake? OOF area (I selected the rightmost focus point)? Could it be because IBIS was switched on?

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rezarp,

What lens are you using? I like the images, but their is a lot of linear distortion in the last shot. I particularly like the 3rd shot, it took me a while to gather it was a reflection.

As a westerner (from New Zealand), living in Doha, is Isfahan (and Iran in general) an approachable place to travel? It would be a shame to be so close and not experience Iran (or Persia as it is referred to by many living here...."No, I am not Irani, I am Persian", my friend Ismail chides me regularly).

I understand that the mountain region is amazing, and the skiing very good, plus the chance to buy a carpet from the workshop directly would be special. Not that we don't have a great choice here.
Regards, Tom
rezarp said:
Once again I was in Isfahan for just one day (Business Trip) and spent sometime in the part of the city where the Christian (Armenian) community resides.
Hope you like them. C&C is appreciated.

p.s. All shot in Raw processed in LR3









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DonTom said:
rezarp,

What lens are you using?
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All the pix were taken by the M.Zuiko 14-42 Kit Lens, but I'm also using some Nikon prime legacy glass with my EP2. Like 55mm F1.2, 35mm F2.8, 135mm F3.5 and some others.
DonTom said:
As a westerner (from New Zealand), living in Doha, is Isfahan (and Iran in general) an approachable place to travel? It would be a shame to be so close and not experience Iran (or Persia as it is referred to by many living here...."No, I am not Irani, I am Persian", my friend Ismail chides me regularly).
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of course it's accessible for you it's just on the other side of the Persian Gulf, Qatar Airways have several flights per week to Tehran, and from there you can arrange for domestic flights. The country is extraordinary and it's really diverse in terms of geography and climate. And tell your friend Persia does not exist anymore as a country and it's only Iran, just tell him u won't judge him by his president and he'll be cool! ;) there are a only a few Persian things remained from the old times like Persian Cats, Persian Carpet, Persian Poetry... so if he insist to be a Persian he has to be one of these!! :)
DonTom said:
I understand that the mountain region is amazing, and the skiing very good, plus the chance to buy a carpet from the workshop directly would be special. Not that we don't have a great choice here.
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There are excellent ski resorts with light powder only 1.5 hours away from Tehran by car ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dizin | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shemshak ). But it's not only Skiing, you can go Diving in Kish Island on Persian Gulf coast, lots of trekking routs are also available, and of course visiting Persepolis in Shiraz, and so many ancient sites if your interested in historical sight seeing.

I recommend to get the "Iran Lonely Planet" before visiting. And of course you can drop me a line if you get serious about vising.

Cheers,
Reza

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rezarp said:
DonTom said:
rezarp,

What lens are you using?
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All the pix were taken by the M.Zuiko 14-42 Kit Lens, but I'm also using some Nikon prime legacy glass with my EP2. Like 55mm F1.2, 35mm F2.8, 135mm F3.5 and some others.
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Before today, the kit was my only lens, but I have just picked up a Vivitar Series 1 200mm F3: brand new in the box, had been on the shelf since the early 1980's....waiting on an OM converter now. Busting with excitement!
rezarp said:
rezarp said:
As a westerner (from New Zealand), living in Doha, is Isfahan (and Iran in general) an approachable place to travel? It would be a shame to be so close and not experience Iran (or Persia as it is referred to by many living here...."No, I am not Irani, I am Persian", my friend Ismail chides me regularly).
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of course it's accessible for you it's just on the other side of the Persian Gulf, Qatar Airways have several flights per week to Tehran, and from there you can arrange for domestic flights. The country is extraordinary and it's really diverse in terms of geography and climate. And tell your friend Persia does not exist anymore as a country and it's only Iran, just tell him u won't judge him by his president and he'll be cool! ;) there are a only a few Persian things remained from the old times like Persian Cats, Persian Carpet, Persian Poetry... so if he insist to be a Persian he has to be one of these!! :)
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I'll leave Ismail to his own understanding: he hasn't been "home" for 60 years at least. He is a merchant in the local Souq, lovely man.
This is one of our "Persians" by the way, the others are on the wall and floors:




rezarp said:
rezarp said:
I understand that the mountain region is amazing, and the skiing very good, plus the chance to buy a carpet from the workshop directly would be special. Not that we don't have a great choice here.
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There are excellent ski resorts with light powder only 1.5 hours away from Tehran by car ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dizin | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shemshak ). But it's not only Skiing, you can go Diving in Kish Island on Persian Gulf coast, lots of trekking routs are also available, and of course visiting Persepolis in Shiraz, and so many ancient sites if your interested in historical sight seeing.

I recommend to get the "Iran Lonely Planet" before visiting. And of course you can drop me a line if you get serious about vising.
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Thanks so much for the info, have just had a browse and Dizin is now on my list of places to visit. My kids had their first taste of skiing this year, are very enthusiastic about doing more. I'll let you know when I start the booking process!

Cheers, Tom
rezarp said:
Cheers,
Reza

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SLOtographer said:
As one who has spent time in the philosophical world, you are making assumptions about what "truth" is :) On the surface, of course, I know exactly what you mean. Film, silver gelatin, digital, our eyes, a rabbit's eyes, how do we know what is true ? What separates us from other creatures is our imagination.
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Stan, that will sustain me for quite some time. It's not only photography that I learn about on these boards. Sincerest. . .

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...Bob, NYC

'Well, sometimes the magic works. . . Sometimes, it doesn't.' - Little Big Man

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tinternaut said:
Hello from a cold, wet and windy LA. No photography as such while I've been here (my E-PL1 isn't water proof) but here is the view from my balcony at the Intercontinental:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jason_hindle/5101378092/



As you may have gathered from the subject line, this photo isn't perfect. If you look at the full sized photo (available from the link above the photo), there is blurring...... What could this be? Camera shake? OOF area (I selected the rightmost focus point)? Could it be because IBIS was switched on?
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Looking over it all, I can't discern shake evidence throughout (but I've missed such indicators before - hope someone else might confirm), so I'd look elsewhere. IBIS might at times influence edge blur, but I think what can be seen is the BG not quite in focus, a bit of distortion or IBIS blur near the extreme edges, and possibly the haze of distance on top of it all.

Whether tripod or hand-held, I usually take more than one shot to err on the side of caution, that the one shot may have erred (wind, someone walking by, my own heartbeat, a slight swaying, etc.). One shot's results might make one wonder, but one should compare several shots if only concerned casually. Shooting hand-held at the threshold of steadiness, a few continuous shooting mode frames usually insures at least one of 3 or 4 will be motion free. A 60 second exposure has lots of time for things to occur, including vibrations we might not be detecting ourselves (such as when near traffic routes, subways, or the imperceptible sway of a tall structure in windy conditions). I wouldn't be concerned about this, particularly.

It's a lovely night scene, as such scenes go. That moving cloud adds a welcome bit of atmosphere too. I especially like that phantom of a hill in the background, never having been out that way. :)

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...Bob, NYC

'Well, sometimes the magic works. . . Sometimes, it doesn't.' - Little Big Man

http://www.bobtullis.com
 
Nick G H said:
E-PL1, 14-42
42mm f/10 1/320 ISO200

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Nick, I'm not good for critiquing floral studies, but I have an opinion anyway [g].

I like where you were going, but first I question the saturation of the flower - it seems just a bit too hot. If you have an HSL (Hue, Sat., Luminance) control for color, you might want to see how pulling down either the saturation or luminance of Red sits with you. It's not uncommon for digital to do this with Reds, in general.

It was a good call to get a green background element for color contrast. I like the overlay of the leaves in the b/g, and the shadow between them, but the shadow as situated, along with the red stem behind the flower, pull my attention from the flower, drawing my eye ultimately to the right-most leaf. It appears you didn't have much choice here in the way of composition, though.

I still like it overall, but critically speaking that's what I see. It can be difficult, but assessing the background as strongly as the subject is probably more important for florals than for most other studies (though backgrounds are always important considerations). :)

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...Bob, NYC

'Well, sometimes the magic works. . . Sometimes, it doesn't.' - Little Big Man

http://www.bobtullis.com
 
EP2, 1/60s f3.5 ISO 3200 20(40)mm



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...Bob, NYC

'Well, sometimes the magic works. . . Sometimes, it doesn't.' - Little Big Man

http://www.bobtullis.com
 
Nice series. I like the tonality. The somewhat 'scruffy' (for lack of a better word) compositions really do it for me though - they really convey the fleeting moment.

-Dan.
rezarp said:
Once again I was in Isfahan for just one day (Business Trip) and spent sometime in the part of the city where the Christian (Armenian) community resides.
Hope you like them. C&C is appreciated.

p.s. All shot in Raw processed in LR3

















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http://rezarp.wordpress.com
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Here is the local department of water and power building. I live down the street from it and always thought it was interesting look building. Straight jpeg from the camera.
Bonus if you can guess the state or city.



 
prairieboy said:
An unusual but very welll seen perspective. Works well as a B&W. My neck hurts though thinking about how you captured that.
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And well it should. Good interpretation. ;)

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...Bob, NYC

'Well, sometimes the magic works. . . Sometimes, it doesn't.' - Little Big Man

http://www.bobtullis.com
 
Didn't work. These leaves are bright red in daylight, so I thought I could light them with a flash and have enough to catch the moon too. But the light is not right, I didn't use a tripod, and didn't have enough DOF. Ended up photo-shopping in a sharper moon.



 
Did you try with various amounts of flash EC? I'm mainly a natural light devotee, but when I do use flash for fill most often I find it needs to be set with negative EC.

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...Bob, NYC

'Well, sometimes the magic works. . . Sometimes, it doesn't.' - Little Big Man

http://www.bobtullis.com
 
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