Comments for Blue Sky Photography

Comment on New One-on-One Photography Courses Announced by blueskyphotography

blueskyphotography — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:51:52 +0000

Thanks for your kind words and feedback. Hope you’re able to visit my site regularly and enjoy more wandering.

Kindest Regards,

Glenn

Comment on Selective Focus by Wandering American

Wandering American — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:37:08 +0000

Great shot- certainly better than what I could capture with my ordinary point-and-shoot digital camera when I was there recently (stumbled across your blog through a Google search as I was sorting my photos). I wish I had brought an SLR…

Comment on New One-on-One Photography Courses Announced by Paul O'Mahoney

Paul O'Mahoney — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:55:24 +0000

Hi Glen,

Hope your well. Just wondering if the studio course you mentioned is still going ahead?

Regards
Paul

Comment on CD and DVD Quality by blueskyphotography

blueskyphotography — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:33:33 +0000

Hi Michael,

Great to receive word from you. You’re spot on in relation to the capacity advantages of Blu-Ray. I haven’t as yet done any research into the archival characteristics of Blu-Ray and, as that’s what the article was about, it wasn’t appropriate to include it. No doubt folks who have invested in the Blu-Ray system would be disappointed. But just because it was mentioned, doesn’t mean its not worthy of merit. But, ultimately, I need to recommend a system that has significant market penetration and is likely to be available at least into the medium term. In that regard CD and DVD’s have the score on the board and, while I’ve never been a huge fan of employing them for long term storage (archiving), they deserve to be discussed.

But, because of your feedback, I’II post another article comparing CD/DVD’s with Blu-Ray for long term storage. Finally I’II take a look at a range of external hard drives and RAID systems.

I really appreciate your response.

Glenn

Comment on CD and DVD Quality by Michael Valli

Michael Valli — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:55:35 +0000

Hi Glenn,
Though I haven’t put the same levels of research into this as yourself I felt it worth mentioning Blu-Ray. Mainly due to it’s large capacity; single layer: 25GB, dual layer: 50GB. Compared the the largest DVD you’ll find is 8GB.

Comment on Black Boys_Millers Landing_Wilsons Promontory by blueskyphotography

blueskyphotography — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:54:59 +0000

Hi Sue,

Thanks for the positive feedback. A Leica R8 camera and Leica 90mm f2 Summicron lens were used to record the image onto Fuji Velvia 100F transparency (slide) film. I simply set the manual focus lens to the closest focus distance possible, then moved in to bring the image into focus. A tripod helped ensure the camera-to-subject distance didn’t change and the point of focus remained sharp.

All the best,

Glenn

Comment on Black Boys_Millers Landing_Wilsons Promontory by Sue Ward

Sue Ward — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:01:56 +0000

Glenn-

This one is stunning- inspiration for getting back to the Prom. I am exploring closeups of plants by visiting the Open Garden Scheme at the moment. Thinking of getting a set of Macro filters for my 50mm fixed prime lens.
What lens/camera settings did you use for this?

Comment on Rock Pools and Sky_Great Ocean Road by blueskyphotography

blueskyphotography — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:52:19 +0000

Hey Sean,

Great to hear from you. I guess New York is chilly this time of year. Though I’m sure there are lots of great photo opportunities. Lucky you. I’II look out for you on Letterman.

All the best,

Glenn

Comment on Rock Pools and Sky_Great Ocean Road by Sean McDonald

Sean McDonald — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:14:42 +0000

Hey Glen, i was one of your students first semester of this year. I left PSC, currently in New York holidaying!

Love the color version of this photo, amazing!

Keep them coming.

Sean

Comment on Rock Pools and Sky_Great Ocean Road by blueskyphotography

blueskyphotography — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:41:54 +0000

Hi Jimmy,

Thanks for the feedback. I’II post more panoramic images over coming weeks.

All the best,

Glenn