Lenspiration | thefarmhand | Mentions https://www.lenspiration.com/members/thefarmhand/activity/mentions/ Activity feed mentioning thefarmhand. Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:39:59 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 d62d8719ebabf7e5eaf2abfeda0fe54a Ezra Morley replied to the topic Security cameras... in the forum Photography Q&A https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/security-cameras/#post-20181 Wed, 07 Dec 2016 18:38:05 -0500 Interesting point, @JamesStaddon. That seems to confirm my theory that it was quite a bit darker on the the day that the photo of the car was taken.

@thefarmhand, it looks like you’re going to be better off sticking with 4 MP, which is likely the native resolution of the sensor. Your computer can do a much better job at interpolation than the…Read more

]]> ee40e80003f34f1cde38d9114f7c5101 Melanie Thomsen replied to the topic Product Photography Thanks :) in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/product-photography-thanks/#post-20152 Tue, 06 Dec 2016 02:11:01 -0500 Thank-you, Rachel @shilohphotography! 🙂

Great question, @thefarmhand! I’d like to think the harp was ‘looking up’. 🙂 It is also a CD of hymns which hopefully will point those who listen to ‘look up’ and fix their eyes on Christ.

]]> 2800ee927a9444456bd700233652414b Miranda Waite replied to the topic Summer Wheat in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/summer-wheat/#post-18563 Sat, 06 Aug 2016 22:42:53 -0400 @thefarmhand, thanks so much for taking the time to show me how you might edit the picture! I can see the improvement and I will keep it in mind for future pictures!

Also, thanks for explaining to me the “rule of 3rds”. I believe I understand it now. I had actually been taking pictures with that kind of concept but I didn’t know what it was…Read more

]]> 13fd39d8bfc3952da212978514ef2953 Miranda Waite replied to the topic Summer Wheat in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/summer-wheat/#post-18563 Sat, 06 Aug 2016 22:42:53 -0400 @thefarmhand, thanks so much for taking the time to show me how you might edit the picture! I can see the improvement and I will keep it in mind for future pictures! 🙂

Also, thanks for explaining to me the “rule of 3rds”. I believe I understand it now. I had actually been taking pictures with that kind of concept but I didn’t know what it was…Read more

]]> ee373d28506a049b70d0af728916125d Joshua Ong replied to the topic Summer Wheat in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/summer-wheat/#post-18542 Fri, 05 Aug 2016 13:20:05 -0400 @thefarmhand, can the rule of thirds be applied to portraits as it is applied to landscape shots?

]]> 0dfbdc562e9107df80fd8040d6b1e6ca Miranda Waite replied to the topic Summer Wheat in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/summer-wheat/#post-18462 Tue, 02 Aug 2016 00:05:44 -0400 Hello @thefarmhand! Yes, I remember you too!

Hmmm…I hadn’t thought of processing it as black and white. That sounds like a good idea! When I have the time, I will play around with it and see what happens. 🙂 Thanks for suggesting that!

The landscape behind the field wasn’t really the greatest for landscape shots. I had wanted to do some…Read more

]]> 32712668de7798c640f88e79ef516982 Abbie Camuso replied to the topic Water and plant in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/water-and-plant/page/3/#post-12499 Sat, 01 Aug 2015 16:20:50 -0400 @thefarmhand – Yeah, we have!! 😀 Thanks. My blog is abbie.exechos.com ( PW: ac2015 )

]]> d182b5e1a625c6dc2ac6cd49d3a3e82b Abbie Camuso replied to the topic Water and plant in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/water-and-plant/page/3/#post-12497 Sat, 01 Aug 2015 13:46:19 -0400 @thefarmhand, there are a few farms on our road also, and we have chickens.

]]> d4eec091d8a588c575c8c9a43c7f0512 Abbie Camuso replied to the topic Water and plant in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/water-and-plant/page/3/#post-12469 Fri, 31 Jul 2015 15:20:04 -0400 @thefarmhand, I see! That’s a nice view. 😀 Are there lot’s of farms in your neighborhood?

]]> 3f6da122b0d7b77bf0b199b5095c9a41 Abbie Camuso replied to the topic Water and plant in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/water-and-plant/page/2/#post-12466 Fri, 31 Jul 2015 13:00:36 -0400 @thefarmhand – I think I was mainly focusing on the morning glory leaves. Where I live, we have a stream/brook but by now it’s all dried up. This pic was taken at a river nearby. Up here in NH we’ve got lot’s of water places near our house, which is a blessing!! Was that pond that you took in one of the pictures near your house? I enjoy rivers for…Read more

]]> a51b3b5676f26f2bbb795d50d1c73ffd Abbie Camuso replied to the topic Water and plant in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/water-and-plant/page/2/#post-12439 Thu, 30 Jul 2015 13:54:01 -0400 @thefarmhand, I understand!! Besides, we’re talking about my mistakes, not yours! 😉 Sorry. 😀

]]> d9a5d74e76e18e80eaa88354e5295ace Abbie Camuso replied to the topic Water and plant in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/water-and-plant/page/2/#post-12422 Wed, 29 Jul 2015 15:09:36 -0400 @thefarmhand, I see. My brother teaches me how to use GIMP to edit photos, but I’m still a little “inexperienced” with it right now. 🙂

]]> fb26529a4f84c136ddd096ade25fbd16 Abbie Camuso replied to the topic Water and plant in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/water-and-plant/page/2/#post-12420 Wed, 29 Jul 2015 14:58:47 -0400 @thefarmhand – that’s fine. 😉

]]> c72c70598db02f2508c9dafbe782d533 Abbie Camuso replied to the topic Water and plant in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/water-and-plant/page/2/#post-12414 Wed, 29 Jul 2015 14:44:07 -0400 @thefarmhand–

]]> 8db9a93dc4dffefef51006520338f5f2 Abbie Camuso replied to the topic Water and plant in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/water-and-plant/page/2/#post-12414 Wed, 29 Jul 2015 14:44:07 -0400 @thefarmhand– no worries, that’s fine!! 😀

]]> 2d76a4d630ce64eef11674d19a89e6c4 Abbie Camuso replied to the topic Water and plant in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/water-and-plant/page/2/#post-12380 Wed, 29 Jul 2015 00:54:59 -0400 @thefarmhand – No, I didn’t use the histogram info, I just used a filter on GIMP. 🙂 I really like how that shot came out! I’ll be on the look-out for more!! 😀

]]> e36a563f1be7c0d4d4fede0445bef7f6 Abbie Camuso replied to the topic Water and plant in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/water-and-plant/page/2/#post-12379 Wed, 29 Jul 2015 00:51:34 -0400 @thefarmhand, that’s fine. 🙂

]]> 8315e08d9b8394a7127f187d40def591 Abbie Camuso replied to the topic Water and plant in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/water-and-plant/#post-12370 Tue, 28 Jul 2015 19:52:46 -0400 P.S. I also darkened them a bit. 😉 @thefarmhand

]]> e911bca0b4979874e7d305746b551dc4 Abbie Camuso replied to the topic Water and plant in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/water-and-plant/#post-12367 Tue, 28 Jul 2015 19:51:28 -0400 @thefarmhand,what if you did this to get two pictures out of one? I think it would be a little less distracting. 😀

]]> 992c858525ca2f856b26ca6b3a170c60 Abbie Camuso replied to the topic Water and plant in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/water-and-plant/#post-12364 Tue, 28 Jul 2015 19:44:43 -0400 @thefarmhand, thanks! Those are cool!! 😀 It adds some variety! Though, it also seems a little distracting with all the different objects to observe… but I like being able to see some sky! 😉 If you’re able to go to your neighbor’s side, that would be awesome!!! 😀

]]> 290e10952c2536fd7a036fd581ff7249 Abbie Camuso replied to the topic Water and plant in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/water-and-plant/#post-12302 Sun, 26 Jul 2015 21:06:45 -0400 @thefarmhand have fun with the Staddons! I’m sure you will enjoy your time. 😀 I’ll be looking for that example shot. 😉

]]> 9e54e19064c0cbb42491db7725cf924f Abbie Camuso replied to the topic Water and plant in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/water-and-plant/#post-12295 Sat, 25 Jul 2015 21:46:11 -0400 @DanCope, I like the idea of less sand!! @thefarmhand I agree, moving the camera a bit would be following the rule of thirds and it would also make it look better. 😀 Trying to get some sky in would have been a great idea also. 🙂 How does this look?

]]> 959356b5557dca718a0497fa2fb5b381 tjons replied to the topic Banded Longhorn Beetle Macro in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/banded-longhorn-beetle-macro/#post-12291 Sat, 25 Jul 2015 20:04:11 -0400 @Abbie @thefarmhand I agree. I wish I had gotten some more of this bug in focus. I don’t know if either of you have had the opportunity to work with a 1:1 true macro lens, but I can tell you that depth of field is usually REALLY thin.

thefarmhand, I actually shot this with my Sigma EX DG 105mm f/2.8 macro lens. With magnification being at approx.…Read more

]]> 281cfc1ec5de67414537e27be7b481e1 tjons replied to the topic Banded Longhorn Beetle Macro in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/banded-longhorn-beetle-macro/#post-12291 Sat, 25 Jul 2015 20:04:11 -0400 @Abbie @thefarmhand I agree. I wish I had gotten some more of this bug in focus. I don’t know if either of you have had the opportunity to work with a 1:1 true macro lens, but I can tell you that depth of field is usually REALLY thin.

thefarmhand, I actually shot this with my Sigma EX DG 105mm f/2.8 macro lens. With magnification being at approx.…Read more

]]> cc2911017fd4f75cd8696f8e47eeb91f James Staddon replied to the topic Uploading Photos in the forum Photography Q&A https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/uploading-photos/#post-12075 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 15:11:01 -0400 Thank you @nasa, @buddingphotographer and @thefarmhand for sharing your experience, recommendations and advice! Very specific and helpful. I’ve learned quite a bit from this thread myself!

]]> 2c7fa093ae1fa40138c0726320682b25 James Staddon replied to the topic Snow Leopard (in a zoo) in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/snow-leopard-in-a-zoo/#post-12074 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 15:05:20 -0400 Impressive subject for a picture, @joseph. It was the right thing to do to get as close to the fence as you could to shoot through it. It blurs the fence so much that you can hardly tell its there.

Which underscores what @thefarmhand said about how to create natural blur in your pictures. The things he listed will help create natural blur in your…Read more

]]> 199db32360025d5522e21f8f93121bb1 Joseph Camuso replied to the topic Snow Leopard (in a zoo) in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/snow-leopard-in-a-zoo/#post-12067 Wed, 08 Jul 2015 14:33:26 -0400 @thefarmhand, I did some heavy editing and this came out.

]]> 00a0d54a4815c753798476dca28d7f53 James Staddon replied to the topic Purple Flowers in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/purple-flowers/#post-11864 Wed, 24 Jun 2015 14:57:48 -0400 Two observations.

First, notice how the shot was improved when the focus was emphasized on the one element in the picture that would be considered as the subject (what was physically in focus). The bright highlight areas (that attract attention) were cropped out, the background was made darker, the color was saturated, and the vignette made the…Read more

]]> aff8160ffe53f31bd28a8b72c2b22799 Abbie Camuso replied to the topic Purple Flowers in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/purple-flowers/#post-11787 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 19:56:51 -0400 @buddingphotographer, thanks for the “secrets” and explanations of how you edited it! @thefarmhand, thanks for your help also. 🙂

]]> 06d59345813c54867610c03042d9a35e James Staddon replied to the topic Art in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/art/#post-11769 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 14:34:11 -0400 In my opinion, tilted far too much to easily read the words.

My eye is attracted more to the bright background than it is to the canvas. It’s good that the background is blurry, but more blur would be better. If you’re zoomed in all the way, step in closer and use as wide an aperture as possible.

Dido the @thefarmhand‘s comments.

]]> bc30a54bb6279165019aba4a81bdc565 Ezra Morley replied to the topic Purple Flowers in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/purple-flowers/#post-11717 Sun, 21 Jun 2015 02:00:15 -0400 @Abbie, here’s a topic I started that tells all the secrets about learning what camera was used, as well as all the exposure settings.

@thefarmhand, I just assumed you had used GIMP to edit that photo! 🙂 Lightroom definitely makes it easier to visualize the settings used. GIMP doesn’t really have any way to quickly show what edits were made.…Read more

]]> 149485ebe324930fba002f5930f43395 Ezra Morley replied to the topic Purple Flowers in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/purple-flowers/#post-11707 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 22:26:02 -0400 I’d say that’s actually pretty good, considering that the camera used is a video camera, and not actually “made” for taking still pictures. I like @thefarmhand‘s edit, although I might have backed off just a little on the saturation. 🙂

@thefarmhand, would you mind sharing the process you went through to edit the picture in question? (Nothing…Read more

]]> b94362485b0ffca69545b2bd3d532124 Abbie Camuso replied to the topic Purple Flowers in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/purple-flowers/#post-11703 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 15:43:48 -0400 @thefarmhand, I use GIMP, but how you edited it really did seem to bring out the colors of the flowers, and really made it look a whole lot better!! Thanks!

]]> 4a8bd239f1299a07e660263e20b4baae HeldInHisArms replied to the topic Purple Plant in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/purple-plant/#post-11338 Thu, 04 Jun 2015 16:00:43 -0400 @thefarmhand ~ thanks! The background was yellowish when I took the picture, but the sun was directly overhead so that may have had something to do with it.

@James Staddon ~ thank you! I used and 18-55 surprisingly, I took this a while ago when I was just starting out in photography. I’ll work on the editing some and see if I can make it have…Read more

]]> 719ff43f93af502b9ef8f99991c9a015 James Staddon replied to the topic Will a Windows 8.1 refresh affect Lightroom? in the forum Photography Q&A https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/will-a-windows-8-1-refresh-affect-lightroom/#post-11298 Tue, 02 Jun 2015 14:41:28 -0400 Thanks, @buddingphotographer for taking care of these questions. I’m just reading this thread for the first time! 🙂

@thefarmhand, I use Western Digital and recommend that or Seagate. Iomega is cheaper, but I had one fail on me after a year or so. 🙁 I’ve not had any Western Digital or Seagate fail on me . . . yet.

It seems awful expensive up…Read more

]]> 4d8efac6b4fa1c26dfa5d2138f9f9023 James Staddon replied to the topic Grumpy toad in the forum Photo Critique https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/grumpy-toad/#post-11292 Tue, 02 Jun 2015 13:29:56 -0400 Fantastic shot! I feel like going out and finding a toad to photography myself now. 🙂

Your shutter speed was definitely fast enough for this subject to move your ISO down a bit. 100 or 200 is what I would have use probably.

And great idea, @thefarmhand, to move the subject out into the light. Natural vignetting is very attractive.

]]> 114eaf2e4a1a032f798f8f0fbbc2253d James Staddon replied to the topic Canon 100-400mm Issues in the forum Photography Q&A https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/canon-100-400mm-issues/page/2/#post-10964 Wed, 20 May 2015 17:24:23 -0400 Wow, those are some great shots, @abigailblackstone. If you can do the tests that @nasa suggested then I think you’ll be able to narrow down where the problem lies. I wonder now if the lens doesn’t have a back- or front-focusing problem that would need micro-adjusting. If you have a friend with a camera that would allow that . . . I love @thefarmha…Read more

]]> 8b2e94c02f6789c8365fd586ec85d9af Nathanael & Samantha Frazer replied to the topic Canon 100-400mm Issues in the forum Photography Q&A https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/canon-100-400mm-issues/#post-10960 Wed, 20 May 2015 10:11:21 -0400 @thefarmhand yup, exactly. That’s a good idea borrowing another camera, and a lens too. Mix up the combos and see if ya can’t find a culprit. I’d give that a try; probably simpler than setting up a laboratory test like I suggested.

]]> 11353a700f08e153e4408f14d47697d7 Nathanael & Samantha Frazer replied to the topic Canon 100-400mm Issues in the forum Photography Q&A https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/canon-100-400mm-issues/#post-10947 Wed, 20 May 2015 01:14:56 -0400 Hi, I agree with all the others, that I’d more quickly fault a t3 than the lens, but I think it would be disappointing to upgrade the camera and realize that it was the lens after all.
Here’s the problem: you say that it hasn’t always done this. That’s odd, for an afma problem. If the combo was working perfectly, and then lately you pull it…Read more

]]> 4a694103129614907157b949b79e920d snmiller replied to the topic white balance blunder in the forum Photography Q&A https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/white-balance-blunder/#post-10753 Tue, 05 May 2015 00:51:33 -0400 @buddingphotographer, Yes, I have Windows Photo Gallery, and also Microsoft Office Picture Manager (part of Office 2010, I think). I’ll try both of these. If I have trouble, I’ll check back with you.

@thefarmhand, I believe I had my camera set on cool white fluorescent. Thanks for your generous offer, but I’ll probably have 40 or so to fix. I’ll…Read more

]]> 3eb2a2aaebe5a2189e71c1e848b21d12 Ezra Morley replied to the topic Will a Windows 8.1 refresh affect Lightroom? in the forum Photography Q&A https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/will-a-windows-8-1-refresh-affect-lightroom/#post-10561 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 00:32:25 -0400 Hi @thefarmhand!

I wrote you a little tutorial that hopefully covers everything you will need to know… It’s on my test website, so it may look rather funny, but hopefully it will work!

Let me know if you have any questions!

]]> 7003ecfa670ca7606e9b21619bf3c86d Ezra Morley replied to the topic Nikon Speedlights in the forum Photography Q&A https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/nikon-speedlights/page/2/#post-10497 Wed, 01 Apr 2015 14:09:40 -0400 @thefarmhand, you’re very welcome! Sounds like you’ve got enough light to keep you busy for a while! 🙂 I just recently found out that Yongnuo makes a macro ring flash, a clone of the Canon MR-14EX

I’ve been reading up on Don Komarechka’s methods for snowflake photography. He uses a macro ring flash with spectacular results, so it really…Read more

]]> f9378ba45fcc6319ca199f30152247f0 Ezra Morley replied to the topic Nikon Speedlights in the forum Photography Q&A https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/nikon-speedlights/page/2/#post-10106 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 21:53:25 -0400 Congratulations @thefarmhand! I hope it serves you well! Did it come with the snap-on color correcting filters? Those would really be handy! I wish I knew where I could get some that would fit the YN-560!

Buddingphotographer, will the 700 work as a master with the Chinese models if I were to purchase them later as slaves?

It won’t work for the…Read more

]]> ca6e512b8e254574a0512607e9134210 James Staddon replied to the topic Nikon Speedlights in the forum Photography Q&A https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/nikon-speedlights/page/2/#post-10103 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 16:35:58 -0400 Glad you guys connected! wow, it is a small world. Is that Matthew F. sitting there on the front row of Indoor-well-lit-room-1-of-1.jpg?

And glad you got your sleedlite @thefarmhand. If not just shooting as hobby, you can’t take a chance like @timtam said. Reliability is a necessity when you’re shooting assignments.

My two cents to add would be…Read more

]]> 041532046524e85b2692716df17d923c James Staddon replied to the topic Nikon Speedlights in the forum Photography Q&A https://www.lenspiration.com/forums/topic/nikon-speedlights/#post-10102 Fri, 20 Mar 2015 16:35:56 -0400 Glad you guys connected! wow, it is a small world. Is that Matthew F. sitting there on the front row of Indoor-well-lit-room-1-of-1.jpg?

And glad you got your sleedlite @thefarmhand. If not just shooting as hobby, you can’t take a chance like @timtam said. Reliability is a necessity when you’re shooting assignments.

My two cents to add would be…Read more

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