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  1. CalvinFold

    Using Cane or Walking Stick + Camera or Binoculars

    [Hope this is the correct forum…] Anyone have tips or gear recommendations for someone who uses a cane (or walking/hiking stick) to walk but also enjoys using a camera and binos while walking? How do you juggle/hold/holster/handle the cane while using the camera/binos?
  2. CalvinFold

    Canon SX60HS in Action

    Okay, I'm curious...which recommendations? |=)| I'm assuming the adjustment of the exposure compensation, based on your pics.
  3. CalvinFold

    Canon SX60HS in Action

    Also I've noticed the SX60 likes the more even (less contrasty) light on overcast days. I've had my best photos on medium-overcast days. I suspect most small sensors prefer this sort of environment; it plays well to their limited dynamic range.
  4. CalvinFold

    Canon SX60HS in Action

    kawwauser, what would you say, 50m maybe? Not bad at all. :t:
  5. CalvinFold

    AGW and rising sea levels

    So, we're down to "magic" now? So you're the anti-Purple Heron? Chosun, I have found your posts very fascinating, and even enjoy the pseudo-religious leanings (as I lean that way myself), but this really changes the conversation to a degree that the conversation itself can't be had. Science...
  6. CalvinFold

    AGW and rising sea levels

    I see nuclear offered as a solution. Reactors have, in theory, more safeguards if anyone can ever manage and fund one of the new-generation ones with all the failsafes and reduced complexities. What I have not heard about is the latest advances in waste disposal: not just how to secure store...
  7. CalvinFold

    More alarmism 'Ecological grief':Greenland residents traumatised by climate emergency

    If Trump can't buy a border wall, what special presidential powers does he have for buying a country?
  8. CalvinFold

    Keep your cat inside during spring

    :t: :clap:
  9. CalvinFold

    Tell me how does a digiscope helps?

    1. Yes it is slow to set-up. See my signature links to see my digiscoping rig (2013 and 2014 links). I only used this in areas where I was shooting specific species and I knew where they'd generally be. I'd set-up, sit, and wait. 2. Yes, very heavy. I even purposefully carried a heavy tripod...
  10. CalvinFold

    request advice upgrading from bridge camera to DSLR

    +1 on looking at micro-4/3 cameras. I currently have the SX60, which granted is nowhere near DSLR quality, but I still think far better than a "record shot." Helps I have alot invested in Photoshop tricks and plugins. Before purchasing the SX60, I was strongly considering micro-4/3...
  11. CalvinFold

    More alarmism 'Ecological grief':Greenland residents traumatised by climate emergency

    Not so sure where we are now is entirely "forward" if we have sacrificed our planet, and possibly our own species, to get there. One of the sci-fi tropes I enjoy is when a species is shown that has a higher level of technology than humans, yet still lives in harmony with nature. So imagine if...
  12. CalvinFold

    Keep your cat inside during spring

    I admit I skimmed, and it was kinda odd when every time I stopped to deep-read, it was repeating the same concept. Are all research papers like this? |:S| In any case, did I miss something or did this paper not actually tackle the problem of feral cats head-on, but just cover the basics of how...
  13. CalvinFold

    Resizing images for posting and losing quality

    It's always good practice to use software at your end to size down to the final size, in this case the 1024x900 used by the gallery. Then sharpen-up the image a bit; down-sizing a photo always causes some amount of blur. Most online resizers seem to be horrible at their job; don't rely on them...
  14. CalvinFold

    More alarmism 'Ecological grief':Greenland residents traumatised by climate emergency

    Bored, checking on new posts, and ran into this old thread (which to my surprised, I participated in)...interesting that it's still going, if "round and round" counts... Sounds like a good description of many of the more obnoxious "regulars." We're only missing one other person in this thread...
  15. CalvinFold

    Favourite camera manufacturer poll

    The problem is that we're not brand loyal. Between the two of us we have Nikons, Sonys, and Canons (so I went with "other" because just myself I use a Canon and Sony regularly). When I was shopping for a MFT, I was leaning Olympus. You could argue I'm locked-into Canon now because of one...
  16. CalvinFold

    Keep your cat inside during spring

    Pretty much. I've heard far more benefits to keeping them indoors or not having them at all (if you think indoor-only is cruel) than letting them be outside.
  17. CalvinFold

    Keep your cat inside during spring

    Only once PH introduces 5G to exonerate the complicity of the cats...
  18. CalvinFold

    Keep your cat inside during spring

    Okay so I thought you were being snarky at first but...I looked up that CatBib and I have to admit, that's pretty cool. :) Though there are alot of other reasons to keep a cat indoors, but for the purposes of the OP, this does seem like a realistic option. Though I will note that it does not...
  19. CalvinFold

    Can cassowaries see UV light?

    Here stateside, hot areas use "sun screens" which are large fixed screens permanently mount to the outside of a window to cut down on radiant heat. I've photographed through them before but...might not be idea since the mesh is rather large in size. But combining an outside screen frame with...
  20. CalvinFold

    Can cassowaries see UV light?

    Thanks. Now I know *three* variations of this term. :)
  21. CalvinFold

    Can cassowaries see UV light?

    Are you talking about stickers that reflect UV light, or are you referring to the common practice of "UV coating" which is actually one of two things: --A coating to protect the substrate (the sticker) from fading in UV light (sunlight). Doesn't reflect UV light in any special way that I know...
  22. CalvinFold

    Self-Published Photo Book

    Even in a small run for friends as a "coffee table book," self-publishing can yield nice results. Where I work, we created the portfolio for our internal agency using professional tools (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop) and used Adorama to produce the printed books. They came out quite...
  23. CalvinFold

    Osprey nest on San Francisco bay

    OMG, wasn't paying attention to them being back! *goes to obsess over the video feed*
  24. CalvinFold

    Canon SX60HS in Action

    An example I can give is I have used the SX60 to photograph a Harrier Hawk hovering out near 100m and a Black Vulture soaring at nearly 120m—with only optical zoom (to be clear, that's BiF, albeit not faster movers). Photos I actually was happy enough to put in my gallery after a little work...
  25. CalvinFold

    Compact and lightweight point and shoots for birding?

    If you were closer, would let you try mine. :) Etudiant is correct, they are a complicated beastie to get the best out of. To be fair though. Sony sells the RX100 as "a DSLR in your pocket" and I didn't find the menus any tougher to wade through than the Nikon D700 (a full-frame DSLR)...often...
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