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Photo Forum / Film Photography / 35 mm / July 2007[SI] Effing lazy, no good Sloths!
http://www.pbase.com/shootin/sloth I can see you all went all out for this mandate... > http://www.pbase.com/shootin/sloth > > I can see you all went all out for this mandate... Hopefully more people will join in, Jim. There are always late submissions. Helen >>http://www.pbase.com/shootin/sloth >> >>I can see you all went all out for this mandate... > > Hopefully more people will join in, Jim. > There are always late submissions. Done. SI2@jlkra.... right? I was too lazy to look it up :-) It wasn't shot for the mandate but I think was within the legal time frame. > helensilverb...@hotmail.com wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > I was too lazy to look it up :-) It wasn't shot for > the mandate but I think was within the legal time frame. You realize that now I will have to change it? :-) > > helensilverb...@hotmail.com wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > You realize that now I will have to change it? :-) Well you could always use this one! http://www.annika1980.com/mansloth.htm ROTFL > http://www.pbase.com/shootin/sloth > > I can see you all went all out for this mandate... What better example of this mandate than to simply be too damned lazy to even submit an archive shot? To me it's the perfect response. The summer doldrums have set in... > I can see you all went all out for this mandate... ...I was blessed by the bricking of my camera, which I only just replaced. Sigh. Time to submit an oldie. - Solomon  SignatureSolomon Peachy pizza at shaftnet dot org Melbourne, FL ^^ (mail/jabber/gtalk) ^^ Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. ICQ: 1318344 > http://www.pbase.com/shootin/sloth > > I can see you all went all out for this mandate... I see Bret celebrated a bit prematurely..... http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/82785041 mike > http://www.pbase.com/shootin/sloth > > I can see you all went all out for this mandate... I'm still thinking about mine... I'll get back to you, cheque's in the mail, yawn... > http://www.pbase.com/shootin/sloth > > I can see you all went all out for this mandate... It's bad enough that only a handful of people submitted to the SI, but no critiques either? :( Helen Slothful behaviour, I have not selected a SI subject yet, but I see you found a model that was down for the task and prepared to wait as long as was needed and more. So far my fav Seriously I like your BW shot for this mandate. He might wake up later today, maybe tomorrow, maybe not. w.. > > http://www.pbase.com/shootin/sloth > > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > no critiques either? :( > Helen > Slothful behaviour, I have not selected a SI subject yet, but I see > you found a model that was down for the task and prepared [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > - Show quoted text - LOL. Thanks Walter. He was the easiest subject to shoot. He woke up briefly for just a moment. He didn't move he just asked if I wanted a drink. I declined, he shrugged and went back to sleep. Helen <helensilverburg@hotmail.com> wrote in message > LOL. Thanks Walter. He was the easiest subject to shoot. He woke up > briefly for just a moment. He didn't move he just asked if I wanted a > drink. I declined, he shrugged and went back to sleep. > Helen That, "Clean Team" hat is a nice touch........ > <helensilverb...@hotmail.com> wrote in message > > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > That, "Clean Team" hat is a nice touch........ Thanks Bill. Helen Silverburg wrote: > Jim Kramer wrote: > >>I can see you all went all out for this mandate... > > It's bad enough that only a handful of people submitted to the SI, but > no critiques either? :( Bowser - Capital Building http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/82784990 Clever interpretation of the mandate. Normal focal length sure can look weird for architecture sometimes and that's really noticeable because of the oblique viewing angle here but I think it's well executed. Again, the intent of the photo is supposed to be unsettling. Helen Silverberg - Drunk Man, Passed Out http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/82785041 Great shot! The cropping is a bit odd, but maybe that's OK because it's not the sort of scene that's supposed to make you feel comfortable. Canonet is a rangefinder? Jim Kramer - Black Cat in a Coal Mine http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/82785072 LOL is that a feather in the lower-right? Somebody sleeping off a well earned songbird meal... :-) As with the others, the exposure is right on, this is a tough subject. The distractions on the left bug me though. Paul Furman - Elephant Seals http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/82788903 I took a lot of shots this day, many came out well, this was one of the best, largely due to the cute factor but I think it's a pretty competent capture. Full pixel crop & more of the shoot here: http://www.edgehill.net/1/?SC=go.php&DIR=1_nature/z-Wildlife&PG=9 Solomon Peachy - Every Pig has it's Day. http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/82800300 Cute factor again here... kind of sloppy background but that's part of the story so it's forgiven. SignaturePaul Furman Photography http://www.edgehill.net/1 Bay Natives Nursery http://www.baynatives.com > Helen Silverburg wrote: > > Jim Kramer wrote: [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > Paul Furman Photographyhttp://www.edgehill.net/1 > Bay Natives Nurseryhttp://www.baynatives.com Thanks Paul. Yes the Canonet QL17 Glll is a rangefinder. I had a hard time choosing a fave. Bowser's Capitol Building is a great shot. So is Jim's pic of his cat. It fit into the Mandate perfectly along with those cute Elephant Seals and Solomon's shot of that cute pig. Helen > Bowser - Capital Building > http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/82784990 Much as I appreciate the joke of slothful government, IMO Congress isn't a good choice because they're simply too active. Just imagine how much better off we'd be if Congress got half as much done as they do now. :) But back to the photo -- it's well framed and due to the perspective, looks rather ominous. > Helen Silverberg - Drunk Man, Passed Out > http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/82785041 One thing I didn't expect from this mandate was to feel guilty... but at the same time I was wishing for a stick for a "is it alive?" poke. The best of the lot, in my opinion. > Jim Kramer - Black Cat in a Coal Mine > http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/82785072 Aww, what other animal could epitomize both sloth and hypertension? It's cute, but I'm so desinsitized that it doesn't make the cut for me. My original plan (before my wife bricked my D70) was to stalk one of my (five) cats, two of whom like to sleep on their backs. > Paul Furman - Elephant Seals > http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/82788903 I love this! It definately wins the 'most pathetic' award. A large mass of smaller large gelatinous blobs that actually claim to be alive. > Solomon Peachy - Every Pig has it's Day. > http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/82800300 ...but in this case, it has them every day. It's hard work, being a hedonist in a petting zoo. - Solomon SignatureSolomon Peachy pizza at shaftnet dot org Melbourne, FL ^^ (mail/jabber/gtalk) ^^ Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. ICQ: 1318344 > > Helen Silverberg - Drunk Man, Passed Out > >http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/82785041 [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > The best of the lot, in my opinion. And it ain't even close. Excellent work, Helen! You Luddite.... > > > Helen Silverberg - Drunk Man, Passed Out > > >http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/82785041 [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Excellent work, Helen! > You Luddite.... Thanks Stuffed Crust. I was afraid to poke him. I had seen him earlier in the day and he was pretty steamed at somebody. I guess he found his solace in that bottle. Poor man. Thanks Bret! Coming from you I'm truly humbled. As far as being a luddite, well.........I wouldn't say that. Everyone is going to see a new Helen in the next Mandate I participate in! ;-) Helen > Thanks Stuffed Crust. I was afraid to poke him. I had seen him > earlier in the day and he was pretty steamed at somebody. I guess he > found his solace in that bottle. Poor man. Is your real name Helen Cartier-Bresson? There's a lot of HCB in that pic. You have captured more in that one frame than Rocha has in all his sorry attempts at street photography. Nice work. > <helensilverb...@hotmail.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > attempts at street photography. > Nice work. "Is your real name Helen Cartier-Bresson? There's a lot of HCB in that pic." Thank you so much Bret for that. You have truly humbled my heart. I am honored. Helen Bowser - Capital Building http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/82784990 Fair enough as a joke, but as a photo this doesn't work very well for me. The trees, the shadow, the people, the tilt ... don't come together in a harmonious or interesting way for me. If discord was the intent, it doesn't lead me to sloth. Helen Silverberg - Drunk Man, Passed Out http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/82785041 What a find! Well done. The distorted face and oversized pants add a cartoonish element. The bottle cap in the right hand reminds me of Michelangelo's David holding his rock. I'd like him to have a little more headroom and space on the left of the frame, so he's not so crowed into the top left. Jim Kramer - Black Cat in a Coal Mine http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/82785072 Eliminating distractions from the background would make this work better for me. Is that your underpants on the floor? Paul Furman - Elephant Seals http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/82788903 Bit of a bullseye composition, but great subject and spot-on for the challenge. Solomon Peachy - Every Pig has it's Day http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/82800300 Perfect picture of piggy pleasure. Well, not quite for me. :-) I don't know what to do with the combs and brush and the hands holding them ... are they meant to be in the image or not? > Jim Kramer - Black Cat in a Coal Minehttp://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/82785072 > > Eliminating distractions from the background would make this work better for > me. Is that your underpants on the floor? Life is full of distractions, they remind us we're alive and not in a blissful paradise. :-) Underpants? What are those? I believe that was the remnants of a plastic grocery sac that the lazy sac had been destroying prior to his idyllic drooling nap. Thanks for commenting. >> Jim Kramer - Black Cat in a Coal >> Minehttp://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/82785072 [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Life is full of distractions, they remind us we're alive and not in a > blissful paradise. :-) Photography should offer an alternative. :-) > Underpants? What are those? Everything you'll ever need to know - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underpants > Thanks for commenting. No worries. It's so much easier to sit back and comment on others work. :-) > >> Jim Kramer - Black Cat in a Coal > >> Minehttp://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/82785072 [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Photography should offer an alternative. :-) It does and can, but I usually prefer the "real world look." > > Underpants? What are those? > > Everything you'll ever need to know -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underpants And more. :-) To think I almost didn't mark National Underwear Day on my calendar (August 8) Some people have too much free time - they contribute to Wikipedia. > > Thanks for commenting. > > No worries. It's so much easier to sit back and comment on others work. :-) And I've found the opposite to be true. :-) >> Jim Kramer - Black Cat in a Coal >> Minehttp://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/82785072 [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Thanks for commenting. I prefer the lighter version: http://www.pbase.com/image/82895422 > >> Jim Kramer - Black Cat in a Coal > >> Minehttp://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/82785072 [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > - Show quoted text - I had this exact conversation with someone else :-) The problem is I know that the black cat is black, that the dark grey chair is really dark gray. It is (in my mind) supposed to be dark. Now having said all that have a look at (Peter Boorman's site) http://www.bard-hill.co.uk/CalibrationSheetDownload.html Follow the directions and download the Calibration Sheet. Open it up and look at the blacks column. When can't you distinguish the blacks apart anymore? I suspect the 91-100% all run together and it is pretty hard to tell 90 from 80? That being the case, you don't see the image the way I do on my monitor and I don't see the image you put up the way you do on mine. Try adjusting your monitor see what you've been missing. :-) >> >> Jim Kramer - Black Cat in a Coal >> >> Minehttp://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/82785072 [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > way you do on mine. Try adjusting your monitor see what you've been > missing. :-) I have tried....My monitor is quite old, and has no adjustments for calibration.....I really should buy another one....... > >> "JimKramer" <j...@jlkramer.net> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] > > - Show quoted text - I don't need to come out there and torch it do I? :-) >> >> "JimKramer" <j...@jlkramer.net> wrote in message >> [quoted text clipped - 48 lines] > > I don't need to come out there and torch it do I? :-) Hey, if you did, it would give me an excellent excuse (for my wife) for me to buy that $500 Sony LCD flat screen monitor I've been thirsting after..... > Bowser - Capital Buildinghttp://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/82784990 > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > what to do with the combs and brush and the hands holding them ... are they > meant to be in the image or not? I agree. As a matter of fact it bothered me, because I distinctly remember checking all four corners of the frame to make sure I composed it properly, remembering I left room at the top, as I wanted to add a bit of the doorway he passed out in front of. I checked the negative and I was right. The lab cropped off a bit too much on the top. I didn't notice until I got home, and I was too exhausted to go back to the lab, which is miles away from where I live. I left it as it is. But if I ever have it enlarged, I'll make sure I'm specific about what not to crop out. Thanks for your comments Wilba! :) Helen Helen wrote: >> Helen Silverberg - Drunk Man, Passed Out >> http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/82785041 [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > back to the lab, which is miles away from where I live. I left it as > it is. Don't ya hate that?! I took some photos at a Dire Straits concert in the mid 80s. It looked fantastic in the postcard print from the developing lab, all saturated and silhouettey, but the 10x8 I ordered came back all washed out and grainey with a band member cut in half. > But if I ever have it enlarged, I'll make sure I'm specific > about what not to crop out. At least these days we can easily print a copy to give to them. > Thanks for your comments Wilba! :) No worries. You done real good. :-) > Helen wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > No worries. You done real good. :-) "Don't ya hate that?! " You want to believe it! Too many times I've had my pics ruined by a lab. Chalk up another advantage for digital photography! Helen > Solomon Peachy - Every Pig has it's Day > http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/82800300 > > Perfect picture of piggy pleasure. Well, not quite for me. :-) I don't know > what to do with the combs and brush and the hands holding them ... are they > meant to be in the image or not? I had tried to get just enough of the combs/hands in the image to show what was going on, so while I might be able to crop it slightly more, they were very much intended to be there. Here's the same hog about a year later: http://www.shaftnet.org/po/photo.php?photo=17864&ver=17786 It just doesn't have the same impact as the first, mainly because the kids (&combs) aren't there. The hog does look somewhat worse for the wear, though.. This was my other archival consideration for the SI: http://www.shaftnet.org/po/photo.php?photo=2284&ver=2267 - Solomon SignatureSolomon Peachy pizza at shaftnet dot org Melbourne, FL ^^ (mail/jabber/gtalk) ^^ Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. ICQ: 1318344 > > Solomon Peachy - Every Pig has it's Day > >http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/82800300 [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > Melbourne, FL ^^ (mail/jabber/gtalk) ^^ > Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. ICQ: 131834 LOL, that's another great one! The dog could care less about what's going on in the world. He doesn't even care about the slobber that's covering part of his snout! LOL. I can't help but feel sorry for that poor little piggy. Is he a pot belly pig? Some people keep them as pets. Helen >> This was my other archival consideration for the SI: >> http://www.shaftnet.org/po/photo.php?photo=2284&ver=2267 > > LOL, that's another great one! The dog could care less about what's > going on in the world. He doesn't even care about the slobber that's > covering part of his snout! LOL. Thanks! He was an old dog, and it was a *hot* day. > I can't help but feel sorry for that poor little piggy. Is he a pot > belly pig? Some people keep them as pets. Yes, and its name is.. wait for it.. "Itsy." Pot Bellied pigs are pretty docile, and that's a good thing when when you're relegated to the horrid, appalling existance of suffering through daily spa treatments at the hands of children in a petting zoo. I mean, you can just see Itsy thinking, "I'm going to kill each and every one of those @^$%^ people, starting with the one pointing that camera at me...ooo, that feels good...I'd have to get up...maybe after lunch... wait, that's naptime... hmmm.. ooooh, that feels good..." - Solomon SignatureSolomon Peachy pizza at shaftnet dot org Melbourne, FL ^^ (mail/jabber/gtalk) ^^ Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. ICQ: 1318344 > helensilverb...@hotmail.com wrote: > >> This was my other archival consideration for the SI: [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > Melbourne, FL ^^ (mail/jabber/gtalk) ^^ > Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. ICQ: 1318344 Awww poor Itsy. But I'm sure he enjoys the petting and people rubbing where he can't reach to relieve an itch. He has food and water brought to him and can sleep anytime he wants. Life is good for Itsy! Not too many pigs get that kind of luxury. Helen >> Solomon Peachy - Every Pig has it's Day >> http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/82800300 [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > what was going on, so while I might be able to crop it slightly more, > they were very much intended to be there. For me, they were not showing quite enough, so I'd prefer it cropped slightly less. :-) >> I had tried to get just enough of the combs/hands in the image to show >> what was going on, so while I might be able to crop it slightly more, >> they were very much intended to be there. > > For me, they were not showing quite enough, so I'd prefer it cropped > slightly less. :-) Fair enough, but these kids weren't particularly photogenic. I tried to include them in a composition, but I just couldn't make it work. I eventually tried something different, and what you see is the result. :) - Solomon SignatureSolomon Peachy pizza at shaftnet dot org Melbourne, FL ^^ (mail/jabber/gtalk) ^^ Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. ICQ: 1318344 >>> I had tried to get just enough of the combs/hands in the image to show >>> what was going on, so while I might be able to crop it slightly more, [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > to include them in a composition, but I just couldn't make it work. I > eventually tried something different, and what you see is the result. :) You clearly put some thought and work into it, so good on you for not being slothful. :-) > > Jim Kramer - Black Cat in a Coal Mine > >http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/82785072 [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > My original plan (before my wife bricked my D70) was to stalk one of my > (five) cats, two of whom like to sleep on their backs. I was being slothful; I didn't even make it out of the house to grab this shot. I can't argue with the apathy, or maybe I just won't. Thanks for commenting. > Jim Kramer - Black Cat in a Coal Minehttp://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/82785072 > LOL is that a feather in the lower-right? Somebody sleeping off a well > earned songbird meal... :-) As with the others, the exposure is right > on, this is a tough subject. The distractions on the left bug me though. A bit of the beast himself. Next time I'll toss the no good bum out of the chair and onto a nice distraction free surface; you should have seen it before I cropped it square :-) Thank for commenting > http://www.pbase.com/shootin/sloth > > I can see you all went all out for this mandate... Well, I could send you a late submission that was actually taken in the time frame but its not very good. Pete Signaturehttp://www.petezilla.co.uk On Jul 26, 4:00 pm, Peter Chant <REMpete...@CAPpetezilla.ITALSco.uk> wrote: > >http://www.pbase.com/shootin/sloth > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > --http://www.petezilla.co.uk Look at my submission; I'm not that picky :-) > http://www.pbase.com/shootin/sloth > > I can see you all went all out for this mandate... 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