You Can See I'm Desperate For Subject Matter

hollydolly said:
Camper, drifter is stuck, with a serious illness , he can't go anywhere during this crises, he's going stir crazy.. he can't go out... the subject matter is simply all he has within his reach....

Might not be great subjects, not the greatest photgraphy, Driffter knows this more than anyone... but can we just help and try and appreciate all of us who are doing anything we can in any way we can... to stop screaming blue murder from boredom, ?
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He's a good photographer and he knows it. I can tell by the equipment. He doesn't want sympathy. He wants inspiration. I'm a photographer as well. Try macrophotography. A new challenge and dimension.
 
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My favorite tea glass, which I just emptied. I know, I know, a litrle childish on my part.
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I enjoy your photos, Drifter. I do the same thing. I look around and see if there is anything that would make a nice shot. Edward Weston made a great photo of a toilet.

Part of the fun is tweaking them to make them look their best. If you don't have a photo editing program, I recommend FastStone image viewer. It's free and very easy to use. Sometimes you can crop, change things like brightness or contrast and make a big difference.

I have a glass mug for tea too. It seems to taste better for some reason.

Don
 
Drifter. I know We will never meet personally, but i would just like to tell you that, if we lived near enough to each other we could become good friends. I consider myself to be a reasonable photographer but i was inspired by your recent images of Roses.
Stay safe and be happy my friend. :) :) (y)
 
Cee Gee said:
Drifter. I know We will never meet personally, but i would just like to tell you that, if we lived near enough to each other we could become good friends. I consider myself to be a reasonable photographer but i was inspired by your recent images of Roses.
Stay safe and be happy my friend. :) :) (y)
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Thanks, Cee Gee. Once upon a time I was capable and practiced the medium for a number of years. But regardles, I'm a friendly chap and no doubt you and I would hit it off and I suspect that association would be pleasure for the both of us.
 
Camper6 said:
He's a good photographer and he knows it. I can tell by the equipment. He doesn't want sympathy. He wants inspiration. I'm a photographer as well. Try macrophotography. A new challenge and dimension.
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Once upon a time I tried micro photography, had a couple of 1.1 lens, a 1.4 Olympus and Vivitar 1.8 and some Olympus magnifying equipment. Got knee deep into it, as deep as I could afford. A little deeper than my development abilities. Now days a camera is not much more than a play thing with me. I'm merely along for the ride as I admire you bonified phographer's work and I realize that. I know I can't bring back what used to be, but it's still fun. However, in the future I will try to be a little more discete. And I expect the management here would appreciate that as well as the viewers.
 
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Drifter -- It's not a contest. We take photos for fun, and it's fun to share them. Hopefully, someone will get some pleasure from looking at some of them. That's what is so great about digital cameras. They make it so easy to share.

I used to shoot film and did some developing and printing as a hobby. And it took a lot of time and effort to make something decent. Some of those prints are still around, but very few people have seen them.

Please keep posting your work. And consider trying a photo editor. I'm sure you would enjoy playing with it.

Don
 
Grampa Don said:
Drifter -- It's not a contest. We take photos for fun, and it's fun to share them. Hopefully, someone will get some pleasure from looking at some of them. That's what is so great about digital cameras. They make it so easy to share.

I used to shoot film and did some developing and printing as a hobby. And it took a lot of time and effort to make something decent. Some of those prints are still around, but very few people have seen them.

Please keep posting your work. And consider trying a photo editor. I'm sure you would enjoy playing with it.

Don
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Yeah, I decided developing and printing was not worth it. Maybe for Ansel Adams. I like digital. I've got
a so-so editor with my Apple photo program. I use it to tweak here and there.
 
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drifter said:
And something to do. It is really not my intension to lower the standard of this Photography Section But I'm getting a Little Stir Crazy. Please bear with me.

My night time companion when I can't sleep. Anyone still listen to a radio?
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I have the same exact one on my nightstand Drifter........just replaced the batteries in it.....was thinking if we have an electrical outage I can use it for music and any communication needed for an emergency ;)
 
I don't know if this will help but I'm tossing in my 2 cents anyway.
My first year here, the girls I work with had a birthday party for me. They got me cake and balloons and we ate in a Mexican restaurant and had margaritas. Two of the girls got me stuffed animals. The monkey is Coconut and the poodle is Rainbow.

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PopsnTuff said:
I have the same exact one on my nightstand Drifter........just replaced the batteries in it.....was thinking if we have an electrical outage I can use it for music and any communication needed for an emergency ;)
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Yeah, I listen to music and PBS during the wee hours.
 
Cee Gee said:
Drifter what is the wooden instrument on your first picture? What is the function of the item tied into it?:confused:
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They are leather tassels. It is an American Indian flute. The tassels hold that piece they are wrapped around in place so it will play and for decoration. Other tassels cover a hole to make it a five hole flute instead of six hole. Some o the leather strips and it has a number you can not see are merely for decoration. I'm not good on it like some of the native players but I play a little.
 
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Well Drifter, it does appear that you are easily entertained.

And those of us who read this thread from start to this point, … well we are easily entertained as well. It just doesn't take much these days.

But I will note that your pictures and comments have a "happy quality" about them and I greatly appreciate that given everything else that is happening on the planet.

and I have to add that I was a complete "bust" when I tried to learn how to play the harmonica. I sounded a bit like a horney cat.
 
Pecos said:
Well Drifter, it does appear that you are easily entertained.

And those of us who read this thread from start to this point, … well we are easily entertained as well. It just doesn't take much these days.

But I will note that your pictures and comments have a "happy quality" about them and I greatly appreciate that given everything else that is happening on the planet.

and I have to add that I was a complete "bust" when I tried to learn how to play the harmonica. I sounded a bit like a horney cat.
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Reminds me of the time I learned to play the tin whistle.
 
Pecos said:
Well Drifter, it does appear that you are easily entertained.

And those of us who read this thread from start to this point, … well we are easily entertained as well. It just doesn't take much these days.

But I will note that your pictures and comments have a "happy quality" about them and I greatly appreciate that given everything else that is happening on the planet.

and I have to add that I was a complete "bust" when I tried to learn how to play the harmonica. I sounded a bit like a horney cat.
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If it is any comfort, every body sounds that way when they first get a harmonica. I’ve read bios
of some of the best in the business and it is six, eight, ten years before they can seriously play one.
It is said of the harmonica it is rather easy to play the harmonica (compared to other, more complex instruments) but few can master it. I believe that last part.
 
Grampa Don said:
I enjoy your photos, Drifter. I do the same thing. I look around and see if there is anything that would make a nice shot. Edward Weston made a great photo of a toilet.

Part of the fun is tweaking them to make them look their best. If you don't have a photo editing program, I recommend FastStone image viewer. It's free and very easy to use. Sometimes you can crop, change things like brightness or contrast and make a big difference.

I have a glass mug for tea too. It seems to taste better for some reason.

Don
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Faststone seems to work only with Microsoft products. Or did I overlook something?
 
drifter said:
Faststone seems to work only with Microsoft products. Or did I overlook something?
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You're right Drifter. I didn't think about that. I'm not familiar with Apple software, but there must be equivalents. Gimp works in OSX. It's much more powerful, but also more difficult to learn. I have it, but haven't found the need to use it. You might find something on CNET. Sorry I can't be more help. Maybe someone else here on the forum knows of a good one.

Don
 

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