Speedlinks: 01/22/2009
Greetings from Monteverde, Costa Rica, where we have learned the difference between hotels which have wifi, and hotels which have working wifi. (All of our hotels have been among the former.)
I am dropping this week's speedlinks in via the mooched wifi from the Pensione Santa Elena, which is a very cool hub for young travelers (I used to be one of those) in an amazing cloud forest community. So far, we have had extremely close contact with a five-foot iguana, toucans, white-faced monkeys and a scorpion (he was in our hotel room.)
Among the topics in today's speedlinks, after the jump:
Mooning people, stretching your TTL budget, cutting things in half and a portrait worthy of Hannibal Lechter...
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• Strobist reader Bjorn Holland has been on an epic, multi-continent motorcycle trip for months now, and you can follow his exploits at Panomoto.com. Of particular interest is his series of beautiful panoramas from some very rugged landscapes.
• DIYPhotography.net shows you how to extend your TTL cord with Cat5 wire.
• Two, from the very RSS-worthy Toxel.com: A collection of light graffiti shots and a series of photographers mooning people. (Thanks, DavidOnABus)
• Special this week: Nikon D3 and 14-24mm f/2.8 lens -- 50 percent off. (Thanks, Robert!)
• Best enjoyed with a nice Chianti and some fava beans: Theskinned stitched panorama portrait which is the third photo down in this F-Stop Mag story about a photo illustrator.
I am dropping this week's speedlinks in via the mooched wifi from the Pensione Santa Elena, which is a very cool hub for young travelers (I used to be one of those) in an amazing cloud forest community. So far, we have had extremely close contact with a five-foot iguana, toucans, white-faced monkeys and a scorpion (he was in our hotel room.)
Among the topics in today's speedlinks, after the jump:
Mooning people, stretching your TTL budget, cutting things in half and a portrait worthy of Hannibal Lechter...
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• Strobist reader Bjorn Holland has been on an epic, multi-continent motorcycle trip for months now, and you can follow his exploits at Panomoto.com. Of particular interest is his series of beautiful panoramas from some very rugged landscapes.
• DIYPhotography.net shows you how to extend your TTL cord with Cat5 wire.
• Two, from the very RSS-worthy Toxel.com: A collection of light graffiti shots and a series of photographers mooning people. (Thanks, DavidOnABus)
• Special this week: Nikon D3 and 14-24mm f/2.8 lens -- 50 percent off. (Thanks, Robert!)
• Best enjoyed with a nice Chianti and some fava beans: The
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26 Comments:
Please say hello to RAN at the Santa Elena from his friends at North Austin Medical Center.
Mack Hicks
It doesn't mention how he produced the image, but it can be done by rotating your subject relative to the camera and taking several photos, of which vertical strips taken from the middle are stitched together
here's one of myself, produced using a special camera on rotating rig:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/matt_grum/3217646675/
Here's a link to a C-Span show about New York Times photographer Doug Mills: http://www.qanda.org/Transcript/?ProgramID=1171
It has some useful insights about his work over the past few years.
David - I heartily recommend going across the street to Chunches, from where I write this comment. Ran & Shannon at the Pension are the nicest people around, but their wifi isn't as speedy. (Not that this is terribly fast...) Also, there's really cheap internet at the Institute, near the Cheese Factory.
I enjoyed the "Costa Rica Gear" post. While I'm living in Monteverde this year I have used most frequently the Nikkor 85 mm 1.8, as it's my sharpest lens. The 12-24 has been good for some cheesy landscape HDRs. I've got 2 SB600s as well, and got a great Owl shot onc night using both of them at full power.
Stop by the Bat Jungle to say hello!
Here's many Costa Rica albums, taken with the aforementioned equipment, if anyone's interested:
picasaweb.google.com/yweinste
I was all like: "HALF OFF, WOO HOO YAY"
Then I was like:
:(
I might not be a Nikon guy but that hurts!
This is sort of off topic, but any other Mac users having photo loading issues on Blogger? I've tried Safari, Firefox and Flock over the last few days with no luck. Keep getting error messages. I just know Hobby uses a Mac and his blog seems to be running ok.
THX
go dave go. minus the wifi hitch, i'm sure you & yours are having a blast.
adam
50% off? That was just wrong.
Yup, just plain cruel: I was in pain thinking I could have got my D3 and the lens for 50% less; was cursing the unknown retailer as the page loaded... Got me. Nice one.
Also got me on the "mooning" link.
I think I'll just slap a "sucker" sticker on my forehead before reading your blog from now on :)
Can't wait to see some results from your trip.
That slice in half of the D3 / 14-24 is HELLA COOOL!
I'd love to see photos of the laserbeam that cut that sucker in two.... That's be quite the sequence...
Wow... Wild...
Thanks!
HI David,
Thanks for the link! I gotta say it took me a bit by surprise and my bandwidth is now exceeded :(
Bandwidth should be "unmetered" and I'm talking to my hosting provider, so hope to have the problem solved soon.
About the Panoramas: They're done quick & easy: Pre-focus camera, testshots on brightest part of the landscape try to keep highlight detail, set camera to "M" with exposure from test-shots. I usually take 10-20 shots along the horizon line, overlapping each shot quite a bit (60%). Then stitch together in Photoshop (Photomerge).
Bjorn
Hey David
Hope you're enjoying Costa Rica! Be sure to do the zipline tour in Monte Verde, totally worth it! Only problem is that it's a little cold up there. If you've got any freedom there, I HIGHLY recommend a little town called Santa Teresa ( Beside Mal Paid ) of a small peninsula on the western side of the country.
Photobox,
I use blogger with a Mac -- the issues for me relate not to things once the blog is up but general functionality (e.g. formatted text) and getting to the photos to load in the first place.
Heipel, thanks bro. Yeah, that's what's getting me. My first few posts were ok, then all of a sudden, error messages every time I try to load images. Text gets funny too, but I can usually get around that. Not sure why it was fine and then blahhhh. I even reduced the sizes with no luck...
Wow, that work by Crossfield at f-stop looks like a mashup of Jerry Uelsmann and David LaChapelle! Cool Stuff.
Hello Dave, hello everyone! Just wanted to share with you the link for the 2009 Lavazza (the Italian coffee maker) calendar photographed by Annie Leibovitz. Really neat stuff by Annie as always. Dont forget to checkout the Backstage videos and photos. Here is the link:
http://www.lavazza2009.com/
Hi David,
Thx for another bunch of links!
Damn, I should've translated my TTL-cord mod instructions earlier, I could be in strobist.com right now :( I still haven't translated the instructions, but in case someone would like to see more detailed photos of the procedure, mine can be found here.
Thank you for the links, in particular for Bjorn's transcontinental trip - it is very inspiring and exciting.
Arpad
I'm a new reader to your blog, and to this point I am very happy I found it. Great work, and great links.
As for Monteverde, I had the pleasure of traveling there last May, and you are fortunate to be in a truly magnificent part of the world.
Keep up the good work!
Love the light graffiti. That's definitely worth a try.
love the article, here is a shot I took with the iphone as the blue "S"
http://www.3tp.com/photography/letter-S.jpg
Enjoy Monteverde! We were there (and elsewhere in Costa Rica) for our honeymoon last year. Make sure you do the ZIPLINE there... it's insane!
speaking of the links, i have one myself, guess most of people that read strobist already know this technique, but maybe there are still some beginners here :)
http://lewicka.deviantart.com/art/Flash-illusions-tutorial-110887716
Hi David,
I saw this article on reddit, and though it is not "strobe"ist, it certainly is off-camera lighting. Awesome stuff!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1142938/Pictured-The-stunning-light-graffiti-created-torches-camera.html?ITO=1490
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