Only a Picture Stops Time

12 Days till Christmas The New Ipswich Photo Club meets on the second Wednesday of the month from 6-8 PM at the New Ipswich Library. Each meeting we review photos taken with a theme and have discussions about the science and art of photography. We also plan a field trip and theme for the following month. The theme for our January 14th meeting will be "Abstracts" and we'll be discussing shutter speed. Meeting times and themes will be posted on my blogs under the Calendar menu  (top of page) I created a Flickr Group for the Club, which has a few of our group photos. A more extensive display is planned for an exhibition at the library. We discussed Aperture settings at the December meeting, as it related to depth of field. Aperture is the "iris" of the lens, the opening that allows light to strike the film or sensor. It is a ratio of the focal length divided by the diameter of the entrance pupil. The key point to remember is th...

In July of 2014 we took a trip to Odiorne Point State Park in Rye, NH. I took my old Olympus E-PL1 which I had converted to take infrared photos. On every visit to the park, I always make the effort to visit a wonderfully shaped apple tree. I liked the way it came out in infrared and have uploaded this shot to 500px which is a wonderful site for photographs. Click on the link to view in full resolution. I had the camera converted by LifePixel . The process involves replacing the existing filter with one that is equivalent to a Hoya R72 Filter/Kodak Wratten 89b Filter/720nm Filter. The difference is that the image can be viewed on the LCD screen or with a EVF. Exposure times and lens settings are normal. Use of those external filters would require long exposure times and the use of a tripod. This shot was taken at 1/1000 sec at f/4.0 By the sea by John Poltrack on 500px

Gnarled by John Poltrack on 500px What is the optimal file size for a digital photo for uploading to a web page? Most of the time I scale photos to 2048 pixels on the longest side, in that way Google will store them without charge, larger files will affect a storage quota which is a generous 15GB, exceed that and there is a slight fee. I do upload some photos at full resolution to 500px, a site which features excellent photography. They have provided a way for photographers to offer their work for sale. I've tried other venues for display but I think they do the best job of making the photos look great on the screen. This is one of my photos on 500px, a wonderful gnarled tree at Odiorne State Park in Rye, NH. This is an HDR shot of three exposures, 2 stops apart. I've made some changes to this blog and have adopted a new template which I believe does a better job for photos, Hope you like it.

Snowstorm "Pax" has arrived in New Hampshire! Is that guy frozen?