Comments on: Desktop Friday: The Tenth

By: Glenn Wolsey

Glenn Wolsey — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 08:58:20 +0000

I picked up a tripod over Christmas, but have only used it with my Cricket photography to date.

I’m still throwing up ideas for my birthday present, it’s on February the 9th.

By: Mary

Mary — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:29:46 +0000

I took a quick peek at your work and the photography forum. You asked about a 50mm 1.8 lens for your b-day as you heard it was a really “great lens.” I can’t be bothered to register in the forum so here are my comments. You already have that focal length covered so I wouldn’t bother with it. Also note that a f1.8 lens is hardly “great” under low light conditions or when you want to play with the depth of field. The glass may be slightly better that your zoom-lens with slightly less edge artifacts but (using this image as an example) that isn’t really your problem. I don’t know if the b-day has passed, but to really improve your shots, I’d ask the folks for a tripod and/or a basic photography course. Alternatively, if you are particularly interested in landscapes than take one in composition. Either of these courses (+ a lot of practice) will improve your shots immensely.

Keep in mind that most of the great landscape shots (and even those in calenders) are still taken with 4×5, 5×7, or 8×10 field cameras + a solid tripod. You may want to take a look at some of the work by Ansel Adams.

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 23:48:18 +0000

I’m going to steal your work.

Not really.
:-)

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 23:22:04 +0000

Hey guys, Glenn’s been really busy lately so he hasn’t been on. I have the wallpaper and I uploaded it. Here’s the link for you guys to download it.

http://riotwaredesign.com/michael/glenn_wolsey_sloping_hill.jpg

Have a good one.

By: Tucker MacDonald

Tucker MacDonald — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 22:59:19 +0000

I agree with James. It looks like the photo has some blur.

Also guys, check this out. Glenn was the nzmac.com podcast a couple months ago. Heres the iTMS link:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=82240495&s=143441&i=12338658

By: wphj

wphj — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 21:02:59 +0000

Nice one, I saw this on your Flickr page a while ago.

By: James

James — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 19:32:37 +0000

Is that an Apple tree? Why is it posted under ‘Apple’.

It looks like you need a tripod. The shot has a distinctive ‘camera shake’ look. You might want to check out some of the photography communities for pointers before posting more photos.

By: victor

victor — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:56:41 +0000

Can’t unarchive here either.

Great picture though.

By: bernd

bernd — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:41:14 +0000

hi glenn,

could you please try to download the file und unarchive it? i can’t do it… seems like the .zip file is corrupt.

someone else with the same problem?

ps: thank’s glenn for your weekly wallpapers, they are very nice.