Photography?

[poser]

There are lots of photos on this site of climbers...well, climbing...a quick search of flicker shows a lot of Red River Gorge photos:

http://flickr.com/search/?q=red+river+gorge

So, what kinds of photos--besides climbing--do you take?
What kinds of photo gear do you use?

Post a few of your images to this thread?

Here are a few I've taken. If you only see a red "x", right click it and follow the bouncing ball. *grin* Or refresh. The site they're posted to seems ok with hotlinking, so maybe they won't disappear.

If you look closely, you can see me:



...and we've all had one of these guys climbing next to us, and laughing at us:



...the beautiful places:




Enough of my junk. I've shown you mine, now show me yours!

P.S.: Fickr's two-or-three-clicks-to-see-a-big-picture interface irritates me! And that silly spaceball image thing.

[dipsi]

Nice!

[Jammer]

those are really nice, what kind of a lens do you need for the ant? i see shadows on the ant but i can't make out a person

[Wes]

Nice! You should check out the non-climbing photo thread, as there is a lot of cool stuff people have posted, and it would be great to see more of your work on an on going basis.

[poser]

Nice!

Thanks!

those are really nice, what kind of a lens do you need for the ant? i see shadows on the ant but i can't make out a person

Unfortunately, the size and compression for polite web posting cuts out some of the detail. I wrote an article about macrophotography a couple of years ago:

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/68725

Since that article, I've switched to this camera, with a longer zoom, which also helps with macro:

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/O ... p550uz.asp

I don't use a Digital SUV, because--like a lot of gorge climbers--I already carry 8 pounds of water, a ton of sport and trad gear (ropes are heavy!), food, first aid junk (ok, I really am a jerry...), sometimes, even a laptop (...I'm much worse than a jerry)...well, you get the idea: a big camera and a bunch of big lenses would take me over the weight limit on the blue bridge. Yeah digital point & shoots!

Nice! You should check out the non-climbing photo thread, as there is a lot of cool stuff people have posted, and it would be great to see more of your work on an on going basis.

Thanks. I guess I hadn't checked out this site enough. I think this is the thread you're suggesting:

http://www.redriverclimbing.com/viewtopic.php?t=7989

Lots of good photos...Wes, you're a pro. I'll stop posting to this thread, and join that one. Sorry for starting a new one.

[ynot]

Damn lizards. I have yet to get a decent picture of one. They are faster than my camera and me. The detail in your shot is amazing.

[Myke Dronez]

Boris Sidis? - Hmm... Where have I heard that name?

[Toad]

I don't use a Digital SUV, because--!

Yeah. You gotta hate carrying an SUV. Digital or Analog - they're both really heavy and hard to carry - especially when loaded down with a few noisy kids and a MILF talking on her cell phone.