Payin' Anything To Roll The Dice, Just One More Time

[Gypo Logger]

Hi There, I just got home and will post some pictures of the meet Robert put on at the Barage in Enumclaw Wash., this past weekend.
Thanks Robert,
John

 

[Gypo Logger]

The following 3 pictures were taken .6 of a second apart. Dennis or Robert can supply the actual times.
John

 

[Gypo Logger]

Sorry that the clarity isnt that good, but the ground was shakin'.
John

 

[Gypo Logger]

More Sawdust.
John

 

[Gypo Logger]

Here's Dennis and Hotsaw Bill plowing thru a 24" Cottonwood.
John

 

[Gypo Logger]

.6 of a second later.
John

 

[Gypo Logger]

Here's Bob, doing what he does best.
John

 

[Gypo Logger]

"Settin' the Woods on Fire."

Here's Robert "Settin the Woods on Fire". Check out the fireworks!
John

 

[Gypo Logger]

Hatchet Jack

Although blurry, here's my favourite picture of "Hatchet Jack".

 

[Gypo Logger]

Here's Robert giving axe throwin' instructions to Dennis Greffard.
John

 

[Gypo Logger]

A bullseye for Dennis, Robert taught him well.
John

 

[Gypo Logger]

Free Haircuts

Here's Dennis offering up free haircuts.
Gypo

 

[Gypo Logger]

Here's DG with the piped 271, cutting up my Alder veneer.
John

 

[spreaderman]

thread title

the thread title "Payin' anything to roll the dice, just one more time " is a line from the Journey song ''Don't Stop Believin'' .... Good pictures, Looks like you all had a great time

 

[Gypo Logger]

Hi Spreaderman, glad you picked up on that one. I heard the tune again while coming back home from the airport and it stuck for a title. So here I am at home playing Journey and having a few beverages and takin' in the ambiance.
John

 

[dbabcock]

As usual, your subject matter is excellent, but you execution sucks. Why not stop being so cheap and get a real camera rather than one of those point and shoot toys? Since you like taking pictures so much, I can't understand why you don't at least learn the basics as well. I'll send you a book on how to take pictures and a $3.99 disposable Kodak camera for Chanukah that, in combination with your good eye for composition, will put these excuses to shame.

 

[Gypo Logger]

Hi Doug, sorry bout the lousy pictures. After I undone the damage you reeked on my camera by instructing me on how to set it, I finally got a few good ones.
I think photagraphy is like sex, lousy sex is better than no picture at all.
I hope I wasnt being insensitive to anyones feelings.
Cheers,
Gypo

 

[dbabcock]

I hope I wasnt being insensitive to anyones feelings.

What's up with this drivel? What could this possibly have to do with your pictures. I'm sure no one is in tears because of them. If you had paid attention to what I told you about that camera, your pictures might have been better. You can't learn the mechanics over the phone in 15 minutes after you've had 7 half liters. Don't blame me. My reply was a wakeup call to you. You have the hard part down, as I've said before. The ambient light in those pictures makes it impossible to get shadow detail without flash fill. Some of the action shots require a much wider aperature than your camera will provide, hence the blur and again, the need for fill flash. The guide number (a figure of flash power) of your built in flash is probably the equivalent of a candle at 224 km. What this means is that under those lighting conditions, you'd have to be within maybe 10 feet to get enough flash illumination to get the job done. If you're farther away than that, you'll need an external flash. If your camera won't accept an external flash sync cord, then may I suggest either a Canon D60 or a Nikon D100. Both are digital SLR's in the $2K range. A multipurpose zoom lens for either would run another $500. Both have internal flashes that are much better than the one in your camera. If they aren't enough, then these cameras also accept external flashes via sync cord or hotshoe. The external flash will cost maybe $300. Save your toy, disposable camera for woods and skidder pictures when the going gets tough. $3000 is a lot of money to be sure, but the results will be well worth it. What's 3 months worth of beer or phone calls anyway.

Please stop with the sympathetic whining angle, will ya?

 

[Gypo Logger]

Hi Doug, I always did better with an SLR, but digital is so slow and not as user friendly I think.
I believe it is the fault, partly due to MGI Photo Suite, but as you know, a poor workperson blames it on their tools.
Sorry bout the drivel, but you know how I enjoin the conotations eh.

 

[spreaderman]

midnight plane

Next time you might call one, Midnight plane going anywhere, if you are on your way home..... Journey is one of my favorite groups, and the Excape album I have heard many times, lots of good songs on there......keep cuttin'