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  1. tonyturley

    Strange YouTube trends

    I like to use my smart TV to browse YT videos. Woodworking and stringed instrument videos are among my favorites. I have noticed a weird trend lately in the "recommended" section: cryptids. Bigfoot and similar creatures, supernatural monsters in the Appalachian Mountains (especially ones that...
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    Ah, poo.

    Coronavirus has visited chez Turley. My wife tested positive a few days ago, and I tested negative my first attempt a couple of days ago, but last night was miserable, and I had a rapid and strong positive test this morning. Our GP called in Paxlovid for both of us. Probably didn't help that...
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    Unknown Fuji lens link

    Never heard of this outfit. I stumbled across the link by accident: (Pre-order)ARTRALAB NONIKKOR-MC 24MM F1.7 (APS-C)
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    PSA to the gang

    Some of you may remember that my wife had a quadruple bypass in early December, and my mom had a severe heart attack on Christmas Eve. I am pleased to say they have both recovered marvelously. I can see just watching them that they both feel much better than they have in years, for which I am...
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    It's a mystery

    Have you ever bought something and forgot you bought it? I'm sure there are one or two of you deep pocketed folk who have a Summarit lens or two hiding in a drawer. :D In my case, it's several magnitudes more mundane. I was rooting around in a mostly unused and forgotten cabinet drawer in my...
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    time for a new smart phone

    My lease is about to expire on my Pixel 3A. I'm not going to keep it . . . I don't care much for the thing. It has a mind of its own, often changing settings randomly, like turning on DND, or turning on Airplane Mode, or turning off BT. It's annoying. I have seriously thought about reactivating...
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    Am I the only one that does this?

    Perhaps the writers in the crowd can help me out with this. Sometimes when I'm tapping out a message, I leave out words, but a quick glance at what I've written sounds perfectly fine to me. It's only after I go back and look at the message again later that I realize the sentence I had composed...
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    Nikon 1 V2 with a Nikkor AF-S 55-200 VR II

    First outings today with my new Nikkor AF-S 55-200 VR II on the 1 V2. Very pleased with the results, especially considering I learned when I came back in the house that the VR switch was set to "OFF". I also need to learn how to tweak the focus manually, as the lens kept locking onto twigs just...
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    That was 6 minutes I'll never get back

    I was idly surfing through photography videos on my Vizio this morning, and came across a Nikon 1 V3 "review" by Tony Northrup. Knowing full well that many find the Northrups annoying at best, I decided to hear what he had to say. At first, he was just describing the camera and saying who it...
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    Cycling and photography

    Here's an interesting post I saw today. Many of us on these forums are into both cycling and photography, and here's a lad that's found a way to do both for a living. His choice of gear: 5D Mk III + 24-70/2.8, with an 85/1.8 occasionally along for the ride. He actually says he's not concerned...
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    Question for the audiophiles

    My wife has asked for a record player for Christmas, as the turntable on our old stereo broke years ago and we never replaced it. I'd like to get her a decent standalone turntable with speakers. I don't want to spend the cost of a Fuji GFX camera, but I don't want to get her a cheap mass market...
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    Birds Birds in the rain

    A rainy day always brings out the avians.
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    Fuji Fuji XF 70-300

    This lens should not tempt me, but it does. For cycling, it would be useless, unless I carried it in a backpack and swapped to it when I wanted to use it. Certainly not an ideal situation. But for short walkabouts, it could be useful. I still like to occasionally photograph songbirds around the...
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    Fuji Fuji XF 10-24 Mk II

    https://www.fujirumors.com/yes-fujinon-xf10-24mm-f4-mk-ii-is-weather-sealed-and-announcement-in-october/
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    Fuji New Fuji camera?

    Got any guesses? If it's a WR 1" sensor X40, I'm in! LOL . . . a man can dream. https://www.fujirumors.com/new-fujifilm-camera-registered-and-coming-october-16/
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    Cats Tasha

    In honor of our baby Tasha, I want to share some images of her through the years. I guess I've always photographed our fur babies, even way back when I was using P&S cameras. Tasha was a fun cat. She used to play fetch with us when she was young. We would throw one of those small cushy kitty...
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    Panasonic Panasonic FZ1000 II

    The rented FZ1000 II arrived this afternoon, and as the battery was already fully charged, I immediately loaded a card and headed out the door for a walk around the yard. It feels smaller than it looks in photos and simulations, and it took me a few minutes to figure out the AF spot setup. I...
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    Fuji Fuji XF 27 MkII

    Could be interesting. If it has an aperture ring and the price is right, it could find a home on my X-E2. RUMOR: Fujifilm to Launch Fujinon XF 27mm f/2.8 Mark II - Fuji Rumors
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    Daily Challenge Day to Day 2

    Didn't see Day 2, so here goes. Like many of us, my near vision isn't what it once was, and I struggle sometimes with using a ruler to get accurate markings, often having to erase the marks and retry to get it right. I decided to invest in a small precision ruler that has hundreds of small...
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    Fuji Going retro

    My one-owner X-E2 arrived yesterday. It really is in excellent condition. It just looks right with my Pen F 38/1.8. Time to go out and have a bit of photo fun.
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    Daily Challenge Daily May 19

    With apologies to Matt, I couldn't find a Day 19 thread, so here goes. I hope things are going well for you, Matt. I always personalize the headstock of my instrument builds with my last initial. Sometimes I've used a wood inlay, sometimes a Mother-of-Pearl inlay, and others have involved...
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    Linux Data recovery

    I have a 1TB drive that I accidentally started to format during a Linux upgrade, then realized I had selected the wrong drive from the pick list. I immediately stopped the process, but the partition table was already gone. I can use freeware data recovery software to scan the drive, and I can...
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    In other news . . . .

    . . . we've been watching too much British telly. I left my mobile on my desk while I walked out to pick up the post, and when I came back in my wife said "Someone just rang your phone." Then she paused and muttered under her breath "Rang your phone" and then laughed and shook her head. Just a...
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    Blah

    It has come to my realization that I'm kind of in a lull right now. and have been for a while. Other than the images documenting my instrument builds, my camera has been rather inactive. I've snapped a few images out on recent bike rides, but I've really not been highly inspired. That's...
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    Fuji Fuji on the move

    Fuji seems to be very busy these days. X-Pro3 recently released. X-T4 coming soon. X100V with flippy screen. XC 35mm F2. The XT200 looks like a very interesting camera, but it's not weather sealed. Nor is the XC 35mm F2. Given the XT200 and XC 35mm are shown together in Fuji's ads, I'm guessing...
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    Woodcraft

    I thought I'd start a thread for those of us who enjoy woodworking and photography both, as I didn't see anything similar in the forums. Here we have more music in the making, a tenor ukulele and a baritone ukulele. Warm-up projects for my dream build, a replica of a 1940 Gibson L-00, which will...
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    We have a guitar!

    Back in SiJ '19, I shared 31 days worth of images from my workshop, as I worked through a couple of projects. I put the finishing touches on the nylon string tenor guitar this morning. Almost a year in the making, I stumbled a few times, backpedaling to correct mistakes I had made, including...
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    WiFi security

    Our WiFi router, which was several years old, has been having hiccups recently, so I tossed it yesterday and installed a new one. I'm not crazy about the fact that I had to install an app on my phone and set up a Netgear account to set up the router, but I did. Twice while going through the...
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    Lens physics

    In my seemingly never-ending quest for "The One Camera to Rule Them All", I have bought, sold, traded, rented, and researched a lot of different cameras. Some of you have been producing some very nice images from the RX100 line of cameras, but I'm convinced those cameras would be much too small...
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    Published

    A photo I took a couple of winters ago has been published in the UK's "Landscape Photography Magazine". I had forgotten about submitting the photo, and it has been a while. I haven't owned that camera or lens since some time in 2017. I had to submit a mug shot with the image, as you can see from...
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    SiJy 2019 Discussion

    No pressure. I'm using a theme that I'm very comfortable with. Plus I don't have to go any farther than my basement workshop. :D
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    The Great Awakening

    Latest post from my personal blog. I thought it would be easier to just attach the link to the post than upload a bunch of pics and overload Kevin's server. ;) Lots of pics in the post. Enjoy. The Great Awakening - Creation's Glory Photography
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    Fuji Showcase Fujifilm Pro Negative High Film Simulation

    Camera X100S, ISO 200, f4, various shutter speeds, Color 0, Highlight -1, Shadow +1, NR -2, Sharp -2
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    Fuji Showcase Fujifilm Classic Chrome Film Simulation

    Following Andrew's Acros example, I thought I'd go ahead and start a CC thread. I took the image I posted in Andrew's Acros thread, and used the in-camera raw software to convert it to CC, bumping up the shadows to +2. Maybe not the best film simulation to try on a gloomy day. What do you think?
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    My new-ish blog

    Earlier this year I started a Wordpress photo blog. Nothing fancy, just some posts sharing images and talking about some of my travels. Here's the latest: www.creationsgloryphotography.com/glade-creek From there you can follow links to the earlier posts. Suggestions and critique are welcome.
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    Glade Creek

    I took a road trip from my house this morning down to my favorite playground in WV, Fayette County. A lot of activity down there revolves around the New River Gorge, and Glade Creek is no exception. It is one of the wildest streams in the canyon, frothing its way through Babcock State Park...
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    Birds Birds in the snow (image heavy)

    The feeding frenzy started early today. The first image was taken right at daybreak with the G80 + Konica AR 50mm/1.4. After that I switched to the AR 135/3.2.
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    Nature Photographer

    Anyone here familiar with a publication called Nature Photographer? I picked up a copy at a local book store, and it's a nice publication, much thicker than most magazines and printed on heavy glossy paper, with many large high quality images in the articles, and the covers are thicker and...
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    Contemplating my future

    I am one of the 800,000+ Federal employees not being paid during the partial US government shutdown. I’ve served 31+ years in the field of aviation safety, and I’ve long been ready for a new chapter in my life. The current political drama is the last straw. Our POTUS today threatened to keep us...
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    Show: Tools, fixtures, and jigs

    I searched and poked around the forums and didn't see a similar thread title, so here goes. This thread is a showcase of tools, fixtures, and jigs used to accomplish one or more tasks. Feel free to add your own. I'll start with a simple contraption I made to cut and glue the scarf joint for a...
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    Fire and Ice

    Winged Euonymus, aka "Burning Bush".
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    Birds Raptor workshop

    A few images from a recent photo workshop I attended at an avian rescue center. These birds can never be released into the wild, some because their injuries were so severe they cannot fend for themselves, and others because they were human imprinted. Unfortunately, some misguided individuals...
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    minor theft

    I was expecting a couple of parcels from Amazon yesterday, and tracking showed they arrived at my front door at 1009 local. They were nowhere to be seen when I arrived home. My wife never saw them, my neighbors never saw them, they were not in the bushes, on the back porch, nowhere. I talked to...
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    Something a little different

    I spent a very pleasant weekend at a woodworking school in the US midwest this past weekend. Wonderful place, with an upbeat, family atmosphere, and a very well equipped, well organized layout. I left my good photography gear at home, taking only the S95, but even that never came out. My...
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    Watoga

    I may have mentioned that my wife and I took our little dog for a 7 day stay in a rustic cabin at Watoga State Park in Pocahontas County, WV. Pocahontas is a county of contrasts; river valley farmland quickly gives way to hills climbing up to plateau farmland, which gives way to steep hill...
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    Morning walk (image heavy)

    From a morning walk with the FZ2500. Some are kind of grainy from the low light in spots, but overall not bad.
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    There's a new sheriff in town . . . and he's been sent packing

    Like Jock and Sue, I have joined the bridge camera brigade. I found a store demo Panasonic FZ2500 from Adorama (with a warranty) at a significant discount from the new price, and it is arriving tomorrow. I think many of you have heard me mention off and on about the yearning for a single “do it...
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    Pentax Tuesday Throwback

    I grew up in an era when digital meant “relating to fingers or toes”, personal computers were the stuff of Star Trek, and cameras recorded their images on something called celluloid. I’ve long had a fascination with photography, and when my parents presented me with my first camera and a large...
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    Stunning landscapes

    I came across this guy's work while skimming articles on fstoppers. As someone who rarely ventures more than a few hours from my home, I'll likely never see or photograph scenes like this. His landscapes are bold and colorful, but the gear he's using is massive! The Sony A99 II and 16-35mm f/2.8...
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    Rafters (image heavy)

    A lot of recent rain has swollen our rivers, giving the rafters some extra action. These are from the New River in southern WV, at the town of Thurmond. Check out the dude with the bull horn helmet.
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