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DanishDevil · Jun 17, 2010

WTF are they? I can't quite tell.

Black Panther · Jun 17, 2010

DanishDevil said:
WTF are they? I can't quite tell.

Look like moths :confused:

King Wookie · Jun 17, 2010

I think locusts. Moths don't crunch under your wheels.

Thought I'd share a little soccer world cup flavour.

Street vendor selling caps in SA colours

Most cars have small flags on them. This guy got serious.

Another street vendor selling flags.

viczulis · Jun 18, 2010

Canadian soldiers are what we call these bigger ones, every year early spring or so we get smaller ones we call sand flies. But the last few years these been coming in. Here's link, they sure are some ugly things. And they show up right out of the blue, was outside last night no signs of them wake up this morning and place is covered.

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...___US374&tbs=isch:1&ei=MqcaTNqbIYKglAf365SCCg

Wile E · Jun 18, 2010

Oh, mayflies. Don't have them over here in Western PA right now.

DanishDevil · Jun 18, 2010

Never seen or heard of them. I wonder if my girlfriend has (from Texas).

(FIH) The Don · Jun 18, 2010

is the Canon Ixus 130 any good?

looking in the 300$ range,

King Wookie · Jun 18, 2010

http://www.digicambuyer.co.uk/cameras/canon/ixus_130

Maybe google for some more reviews.

Black Panther · Jun 18, 2010

2 quick questions

- that camera attachment/cap which you buy and attach to the lens so that the sun's rays don't refract and show up rainbow colours in the sky - what is it called in English? (English's not my native language so I don't know proper terminological jargon...) :eek:

- would such cap be fitting universally on all lenses or would I need to purchase one specifically to fit on my Olympus E-330?

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Taken from my summer home on 6th June @ 17:40 on Olympus E-330:

DanishDevil · Jun 18, 2010

Polarizing filter I beleive is what you're looking for, and they come in various sizes (diameters) so I think you will need one with the same diameter as the thread at the end of your lens.

King Wookie · Jun 18, 2010

Wot he said . .

BTW, nice photo. Almost got the hang of the law of thirds.

Black Panther · Jun 18, 2010

King Wookie said:
Almost got the hang of the law of thirds.

What is this thirds or two-thirds? I got a couple of pm's about it regarding photos I posted here but I can't fathom what's it all about :eek:

Fourstaff · Jun 18, 2010

Black Panther said:
What is this thirds or two-thirds? I got a couple of pm's about it regarding photos I posted here but I can't fathom what's it all about

Same thing, this might help:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_thirds

ste2425 · Jun 18, 2010

Fourstaff said:
Same thing, this might help:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_thirds

OHHHHHHHH I GET IT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my camera has an option to show that grid from the wiki page you linked and i never new what it was for, untill now

viczulis · Jun 19, 2010

Sunset from my porch

Wile E · Jun 19, 2010

Black Panther said:
2 quick questions

- that camera attachment/cap which you buy and attach to the lens so that the sun's rays don't refract and show up rainbow colours in the sky - what is it called in English? (English's not my native language so I don't know proper terminological jargon...)

- would such cap be fitting universally on all lenses or would I need to purchase one specifically to fit on my Olympus E-330?

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Taken from my summer home on 6th June @ 17:40 on Olympus E-330:
http://images.gorillarape.com/hosted/20100618123436p6060145.jpg

DanishDevil said:
Polarizing filter I beleive is what you're looking for, and they come in various sizes (diameters) so I think you will need one with the same diameter as the thread at the end of your lens.

I think she is actually referring to a Lens Hood.

King Wookie · Jun 19, 2010

Wile E said:
I think she is actually referring to a Lens Hood.

Possible. Well spotted sir.

Pickles24 · Jun 19, 2010

I had some Tiger Lillies blooming in the front yard this morning.

BazookaJoe · Jun 19, 2010

Black Panther · Jun 19, 2010

Wile E said:
I think she is actually referring to a Lens Hood.

Yes it's a lens hood (I googled the picture and that's it)

They're according to sizes.

My lens is a zuiko 14-45mm so I guess that means I have to buy a 45mm lens hood for it to fit?

Thanks.

Fourstaff · Jun 19, 2010

Black Panther said:
Yes it's a lens hood (I googled the picture and that's it)

They're according to sizes.

My lens is a zuiko 14-45mm so I guess that means I have to buy a 45mm lens hood for it to fit?

Thanks.

No, the "14-45" refers to the focal length. You should measure the diameter of the lens(I think) and that will be the size you are looking for.

EDIT: Lens hood is specific to each lens, take a look at this:http://www.lenshoods.co.uk/

King Wookie · Jun 20, 2010

Seeing as this is a computing forum, thought I'd play with suitable subject matter.
It's a CM 120 LED fan.

Other than the 3rd pic, I used the flash stopped down to freeze the fan blades.

The closeups are here: http://forums.techpowerup.com/showpost.php?p=1935260&postcount=2050

Pickles24 · Jun 20, 2010

A Cannon 450D and Adobe Camera Raw are like having your own personal photo lab

King Wookie · Jun 20, 2010

Pickles24 said:
A Cannon 450D and Adobe Camera Raw are like having your own personal photo lab

LOL. One way of looking at it. In my case it's a Nikon D5000 and Nikon ViewNX.

Pickles24 · Jun 20, 2010

King Wookie said:
LOL. One way of looking at it. In my case it's a Nikon D5000 and Nikon ViewNX.

Ya man, my brother just bought one of those a few weeks ago and is loving it. He had been using Adobe cs3 and his .NEF had to be converted. Once he got to play with cs5(and didn't have to convert anything), he was grabbin for the credit card. :rolleyes:

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