Comic trade show, the attempt

20100124-PhotoFu0080, originally uploaded by gservo.

There was this small local Comic trade show in North NJ, today, i went , in an attempt to get some pictures of dealers doing their thing etc. Everybody seemed so uncomfortable with me. Well not me, the camera, i was a little nervous having to approach people to take pictures. In the end, I got this one at the entrance. I will stick to the bigger shows where people expect camera's. Ive taken pics at New York Comicon with no issues. crazy amounts of people love the lens there

Photo Fu Physical Training quick note

On Advice from friend BaristaOnDuty

@gservo I'm Gonna Give you A Quick Tip ;) If you are Up 16 hours A Day and  you Do 10-15 Pushups Each Hour you Get More Out Of It Than Say 100 in 2 Sessions ;)

A Geek Taking pics and tasting @FlyingDog Horn Dog Barley Wine

Tasted By : GServo


Location tested: Home at Dining room table, watching Mighty Boosh live, on a cold evening, in New Jersey




Special notes: I let this, Flying Dog Horn Dog Barley Wine Sit for Almost a year



 Got this in a Flying Dog 7oz Canis Major pack

Brewer: Flying Dog Brewery



Style/TypeBarely Wine Ale ABV: 10.2%

Package ; amount  7 Oz Bottle

Glass used: Snifter

Appearance (head, color, clarity): The Barley wine Pour a dark slight redish Chocolaty Brown  with a contrasting off white head. It was not a clear bear



Aroma/smell: I think because of the almost a year of sitting, it had a smooth Malty Aroma, I let my wife smell it, she’s not a big fan of beer, she thought it smelled good

Taste/Flavor (Sweetness, acidity, bitterness etc): Zomg , let it sit for like a year, crazy, the flavor increased so much, so good, maintained a great sweetness, but was so very smooth

Body/Texture: Great Lightly Syrupy Mouth feel , lightly carbonated
After taste (quick or Long?, Smooth or Harsh?, Hoppy, Malty Roasty?):Smooth Malty after taste, at this sitting



Comic Pairing:  This is Would be best, as is, with Conan the Cimmerian from Dark Horse Comics, good well thought out Stories go best with this beer.

Food Pairings: anything Chocolaty would due, for me, Dinner wise, I would love to have this with a Lamb burger with Goat Cheese and caramelized onions.

Overall Impression : FlyingDogs Horn Dog Barley wine, I will let it sit from now on, dear god that's a good glass of ale, when aged.

Company Website/More:  information on beer: By far the biggest dog in the yard... Horn Dog Barley Wine is a dark and malty English-style Barely Wine that is aged for a minimum of three months before being packaged. Like a fine wine, this beer will only get better with age when stored at optimum conditions.

Quick Photo FU Thoughts: exercise

Quite the sword, Steady the camera.

Quite the sword, Steady the camera. I believe great image creation can benefits from strength, fitness, coordination, balance, focus and control.

One part of my photo fu training, learning photography, has become exercise. No, not taking pictures of people exercising, actually exercising. Getting in better shape. I think being in better health will help me greatly when creating better images.

The best exercise for photography, in my opinion are pushups. This exercise has the best overall benefits, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pushup)Strengthens the arms, the back, stomach etc. Having strong arms can help you steady your shot.

“Benefits of push ups are so obvious that there is no secrets about them. Plain and simple. You just need to take a few minutes each day to perform them and you are going to see their incredible impact on your body very soon. Every week your could notice great changes on the shape of your body, while watching yourself in the mirror. Every week!”

The other important exercise in photography is walking. This is also very easy. Because you can take your camera with you it also makes Great Photo Fu practice. This does require decent weather though. You can catalog your neighborhood, you can go to other areas, parks, whatever makes you happy and take decent pictures.



Another Great exercise I like is bike riding. This is something I don’t carry my DSLR (Cambot Mk3) with,though. I generally have my phone or a point and shot. “The best camera you can have is the one that’s with you” Anyhoo When biking you get places farther, and when you rest, and take pictures, you have a decent map of where you have gone and using a smart phone, you get GPS coordinates to go along with it.

All in all, your physical health should be part of your photography. You can get a lot more done the healthier you are.

I have Launched A Red Bubble Store

Photography is Freaking Fun and Smegging Fantastic, but a little costly at times. I am hoping this lets me offset some of my PhotoFu cost.This is  also another outlet to share my work also. If you ever see me post an image you think i should add for sale let me know.
I have uploaded a Few of the Recent Fractals i have created as well as some Recent images. I will be creating New Fractals, maybe 1 a week as well as updating selected photos My RedBubble with Selected photo's. Thanks for your support.

Recyling - The High Line - A Great place for a Photo Walk

20091122-DSC_0153, originally uploaded by gservo.

Old Raised City Tracks
Trains, Flow over no more
Recycled as park

The High Line is located on Manhattan's West Side. It runs from Gansevoort Street in the Meatpacking District to 34th Street, between 10th & 11th Avenues. Section 1 of the High Line, which opened to the public on June 9, 2009, runs from Gansevoort Street to 20th Street.

For park information, please call the High Line Information Line: (212) 500-6035

Hours
The High Line is open from 7:00 AM to 10:00 PM daily.


Access
Access to the High Line is possible via any of the access points listed below.

In the event the High Line reaches capacity, you may be asked to enter via the Gansevoort Street stairs (or 16th Street elevator if you need elevator service) only, to ensure public safety and the safety of the park itself.

* Gansevoort Street
* 14th Street (elevator access)
* 16th Street (elevator access)
* 18th Street
* 20th Street

About the Park
EnlargeSection 1 Landscape
The High Line was originally constructed in the 1930s, to lift dangerous freight trains off Manhattan's streets. Section 1 of the High Line is open as a public park, owned by the City of New York and operated under the jurisdiction of the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation. Friends of the High Line is the conservancy charged with raising private funds for the park and overseeing its maintenance and operations, pursuant to an agreement with the Parks Department.

When all sections are complete, the High Line will be a mile-and-a-half-long elevated park, running through the West Side neighborhoods of the Meatpacking District, West Chelsea and Clinton/Hell's Kitchen. It features an integrated landscape, designed by landscape architects James Corner Field Operations, with architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro, combining meandering concrete pathways with naturalistic plantings. Fixed and movable seating, lighting, and special features are also included in the park.

Access points from street level will be located every two to three blocks. Many of these access points will include elevators, and all will include stairs.

teh Sb400Flash

So I've been thinking about a flash, last thing I really need for Cambot mk3 . I got the 3 levels of lenses I wanted and most of the odds & ends. The flash was the last piece I had to make a decision on.
I'm going with the SB400 because it's small and i can make it work with home made bounce card and defuser. It will fulfill my needs nicely

Some good info here http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/sb400.htm

Features of SB400

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  Compact, Lightweight Speedlight Unit
  Perfect for anyone looking for more power and coverage than a built-in flash.
  
  
  
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  Simple, Intuitive Operation
  Put it on, turn it on and shoot!
  
  
  
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  Flash Coverage
  As wide as 18mm on Nikon DX-format digital SLR cameras.
  
  
  
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  Great Flash Exposures Easily
  Utilizing Nikon's i-TTL intelligent flash technology for accurate flash exposures.
  
  
  
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  Convenient Operation
  Powered with two AA-size (1.5V) batteries.
  
  
  
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  Fast 2.5-second Recycling Time
  Keeps you shooting quickly.
  
  
  
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  Bounce Capabilities
  Reduces background shadows and diffuses light for more pleasing results.
  
  
  
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  Versatile Shooting Range From 2 ft. up to 66 ft.
  Provides flash power for distant subjects, group shots and close-up pictures
  
  
  

Ordered polarizing filters last nigh, for both lenses

I should of bought one when i ordered the camera i used them before on my cannon and got great shots

Polarizer info from Wikipedia

A polarizing filter, used both in color and black and white photography, filters out light polarized perpendicularly to the axis of the filter. This has two applications in photography: it reduces reflections from non-metallic surfaces, and can darken the sky.
Light reflected from a non-metallic surface becomes polarized; this effect is maximum at Brewster's angle, about 56° from the vertical (light reflected from metal is not polarized, due to the electromagnetic nature of light). A polarizer rotated to pass only light polarized in the direction perpendicular to the reflected light will absorb much of it. This absorption allows glare reflected from, for example, a body of water or a road to be much reduced. Reflections from shiny surfaces of vegetation are also reduced. Reflections from a window into a dark interior can be much reduced, allowing it to be seen through. (The same effects are available for vision by using polarizing sunglasses.)
Much of the light from the sky is polarized (bees use this phenomenon for navigation). Use of a polarizing filter will filter out the polarized component of skylight, darkening the sky; the landscape below it, and clouds, will be less affected, giving a photograph with a darker and more dramatic sky, and emphasizing the clouds.
The benefits of polarizing filters are largely unaffected by the move to digital photography: while software post-processing can simulate many other types of filter, a photograph does not record the degree of polarization, so the optical effects of controlling polarization at the time of exposure cannot be replicated in software.

D90-Servo

D90-Servo, originally uploaded by gservo.

This is my CamBoticon

in full armor with 35mm f/1.8 on