Rex has a shitty camera...

[CaptainHenreh]

...but he guesses he gets the job done?

[Mike]

...but he guesses he gets the job done?

nope, too shitty to make a good scene in to a good picture. where were you?

[CaptainHenreh]

...but he guesses he gets the job done?

nope, too shitty to make a good scene in to a good picture. where were you?

Mt. St. Helens nat'l Monument. I actually was tempted to go buy a new digital camera before I went, but decided to just stick with my shitty "don't worry about breaking it" camera.

Oh well.

[white_2kgt]

...but he guesses he gets the job done?

nope, too shitty to make a good scene in to a good picture. where were you?

Mt. St. Helens nat'l Monument. I actually was tempted to go buy a new digital camera before I went, but decided to just stick with my shitty "don't worry about breaking it" camera.

Oh well.

You can have a $3,000 body and a $10,000 lens, if you don't know how to use it the pictures will STILL be shitty (color would be better than above, but thats about it).

[Mike]

...but he guesses he gets the job done?

nope, too shitty to make a good scene in to a good picture. where were you?

Mt. St. Helens nat'l Monument. I actually was tempted to go buy a new digital camera before I went, but decided to just stick with my shitty "don't worry about breaking it" camera.

Oh well.

You can have a $3,000 body and a $10,000 lens, if you don't know how to use it the pictures will STILL be shitty (color would be better than above, but thats about it).

right. nobody is suggesting he go and do that, but a modern $200 (maybe even less? i don't know the market right now) camera will take perfectly acceptable pics given the photographer knows what he's doing.

my mom has one of those sub-$100 cameras and in the hands of a pro, pics would still suck (kinda like above). washed out, poor sharpness... just belh.

[CaptainHenreh]

right. nobody is suggesting he go and do that, but a modern $200 (maybe even less? i don't know the market right now) camera will take perfectly acceptable pics given the photographer knows what he's doing.

my mom has one of those sub-$100 cameras and in the hands of a pro, pics would still suck (kinda like above). washed out, poor sharpness... just belh.

This was my logic, my camera is a no-optical-zoom 3.2MP point'n'shoot. It's our "travel camera" so that we can take pictures and not have to worry about about losing/breaking/destroying our "nice" camera. That plan kind of fell down on my trip out here, because there was a ton of shit to take pictures of.

But I wasn't really looking for feedback, just trying to share the pretty pictures of the blowed-up mountain. When I took pictures @ FoW, I had a much nicer camera, and I think they turned out super, I'm sure the same would have been true here, but I was hardware limited.

[white_2kgt]

right. nobody is suggesting he go and do that, but a modern $200 (maybe even less? i don't know the market right now) camera will take perfectly acceptable pics given the photographer knows what he's doing.

my mom has one of those sub-$100 cameras and in the hands of a pro, pics would still suck (kinda like above). washed out, poor sharpness... just belh.

I'm aware of that. He said he was going to get a DSLR 'just before his vacation' to take nice pics. It takes time to get familiar w/ how a new camera shoots. I have been pretty impressed w/ the pictures from the little point and shoots in the hands of someone that knows what they are doing.

[CaptainHenreh]

I'm aware of that. He said he was going to get a DSLR 'just before his vacation' to take nice pics.

I did?

[Evan]

I'm aware of that. He said he was going to get a DSLR 'just before his vacation' to take nice pics. It takes time to get familiar w/ how a new camera shoots. I have been pretty impressed w/ the pictures from the little point and shoots in the hands of someone that knows what they are doing.

I bought a DSLR exactly 1 day before a vacation and took great pics. I guess some people just suck at cameras more than others

[CaptainHenreh]

I hate you guys. I try to share some nice pictures from the lower 48's only active volcano and you guys all whip out your camera-dicks.

[Dave]

well Rex, I enjoyed them. They're still better than the pics I'm famous for, and in my opinion they're pretty quality. I especially like the last one, great contrast there.
Personally, I don't get all worked up if I an't see a bug crawling out of the woods 20 feet away, but some people need the best and are willing to pay for it.

[Evan]

I hate you guys. I try to share some nice pictures from the lower 48's only active volcano and you guys all whip out your camera-dicks.

i...hate....you....guys


fwiw I like the pictures. I think any picture is better than none.
the 3rd is super cool with the coulds at the peak, but the flower actually spoils it a bit.

[Apoc]

This was my logic, my camera is a no-optical-zoom 3.2MP point'n'shoot. It's our "travel camera" so that we can take pictures and not have to worry about about losing/breaking/destroying our "nice" camera. That plan kind of fell down on my trip out here, because there was a ton of shit to take pictures of.

If you don't take pics when you travel (or when you wash your hatches) when do you use it?

Do yourself a favor and get something with at least some optical zoom. I think the Canon SD are very nice pocket cameras for the money.

[CaptainHenreh]

If you don't take pics when you travel (or when you wash your hatches) when do you use it?

Do yourself a favor and get something with at least some optical zoom. I think the Canon SD are very nice pocket cameras for the money.

We *have* one. *We* use it on trips when *we* travel. But I'm out here, by myself, working, and I didn't really anticipate doing anything that would warrant taking a picture, so I brought the shitty camera. Like I said, I almost bought a new one before I left but figured at the last minute but decided not to. I'm going to buy a nice camera AND learn to use it eventually, but right now I have more important things to buy.

the 3rd is super cool with the coulds at the peak, but the flower actually spoils it a bit.

I was going for the life & death duality of the scene, because it really defines the whole area. Signs of previous life are all around, but everything is dead and grey...until you look close, and you see life springing up to take back what the mountain had destroyed.

Take this for example:

Everything that was shielded from the blast in that little valley is bright and green (relatively speaking) but the tops of the opposite ridge, where the blast wasn't sheilded, is totally destroyed, it all looks like the third picture I posted.

Because of this destruction, I was really struck by the foxglove because it was a pretty flower in a very un-pretty place, It's too bad I'm a mongoloid jackass without a 3000 dollar camera and a 10000 dollar lens or I maybe could have brought a little more meaning to the scene.

Anyway, for you Evan:


And maybe "huge tree that was chucked from the valley below to come to rest 5 miles away" is better than "pretty flower":

[ScottyB]

Anyway, for you scotty:

hey, thanks man! sweet of you to think of me

but as this is my first post in this thread....i'd like to say they were nice pictures, glad you shared them with us.

[CaptainHenreh]

Bah, evan scotty what's the difference.

[ScottyB]

so, are you trying to tell me that my head's in the clouds?

and as to your above question, one man is filled with Hate, the other is not.

[Evan]

its a nurturing hate

[Feersty]

Nice scenery pics. Don't feel bad Rex. My camera is 2.0mp and takes 4 AA batteries. lol