My Buddy Andy

[Steve Cavigliano]

Hello All,
I had the pleasure of shooting with my good friend Andy this afternoon. We had a ball as usual and we even got a few good pics....lol

Full Frame Andy (notice the large camera with the stock strap :lol3 )
http://www.pbase.com/image/37582611.jpg

Andy shows that where there's a will, there's a way. He needs to get to the other side of this little span of water.

The running start
http://www.pbase.com/slo2k/image/37582722/medium.jpg

Attaining max speed :lol
http://www.pbase.com/slo2k/image/37582728/medium.jpg

The lift off
http://www.pbase.com/slo2k/image/37582737/medium.jpg

The wet sneaker :rofl
http://www.pbase.com/slo2k/image/37582743/medium.jpg

Finally, Andy soaking up a little late afternoon Sun....lol
http://www.pbase.com/slo2k/image/37582628.jpg
We sure do have a good time shooting and we always end the day with an outstanding meal. Tonite it was calamari, clams, pastas and pizza :thumb Makes you wonder how we keep our girlish figures :lol3

Steve

[gubbs]

The grace of an antelope :rofl
The first one could be a contender for the challenge Steve!

Glad to hear you had a great time

[Dee]

Full Frame Andy (notice the large camera with the stock strap :lol3 )
http://www.pbase.com/image/37582611.jpg

I can't quite place where you guys are hanging out though! LOL

Love the sunset shot too... you guys are having way too much fun.

[Nir]

The grace of an antelope :rofl

:rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl

Andy, are you insured? :lol3

Thanks for the post Steve!

[briandh76]

I really like the sunset picture, that is really good.

Sigh.... I wish I had a shooting buddy.

[ginger_55]

I knew about the camera, but that lens looks serious, too.

And both were taken on a flying trip over mud and water (anyone but me know how slippery that stuff is?), they made it with some kind of landing in the middle.
Andy probably slid to the other side.

I love the photos! What else did you get? (Photos I mean)

ginger

[Andy]

Full Frame Andy (notice the large camera with the stock strap :lol3 )

I can't quite place where you guys are hanging out though! LOL

Love the sunset shot too... you guys are having way too much fun.

'morning, dee :D we were just down the road a piece from you, in half moon bay...


next time, i'll holler, this was a spur of the moment thing :deal

[Dee]

'morning, dee :D we were just down the road a piece from you, in half moon bay... next time, i'll holler, this was a spur of the moment thing :deal


I have a nice beach for you near Half Moon Bay if you haven't been there yet...

I have the next two weeks off too! :-)

[Steve Cavigliano]

I have a nice beach for you near Half Moon Bay if you haven't been there yet...

I have the next two weeks off too! :-)
Dee,
This trip was supposed to be a small detour to the summit of Hwy 92 to shoot towards the beach and then turn around and go up 280 to the City for some night shooting. It was pretty hazy, so the Hwy 92 idea didn't work :cry So we continued on to a couple of beaches North of where 92 hits Hwy 1. I think one of the beaches was Venice Beach. We did mention that this was your neck of the woods (so to speak) and that we should drop you an email next time we're here. Matter of fact, we talked about how many Nor Cal people are here at dgrin. Maybe we should set up a shoot for sometime in 2005, for the local dgrinners :clap



Steve

[DoctorIt]

Nice bag Andy! I have the same one.



Ah... memo to self, 1Ds mkII fits inside.

[Harryb]

Hey Steve,


What was he doing jumping in the water? It wasn't like he was going to clear it. Looks like he has put on a few pounds (no surprise). :rofl

The sunset shot of the lad is fantastic.

Harry

[lynnma]

Caaauuuute!... also love the sunset shot... looks like a real good time. Ginge? I'll be your shooting buddy :lust


:rofl

[dkapp]

Dee,
This trip was supposed to be a small detour to the summit of Hwy 92 to shoot towards the beach and then turn around and go up 280 to the City for some night shooting. It was pretty hazy, so the Hwy 92 idea didn't work :cry So we continued on to a couple of beaches North of where 92 hits Hwy 1. I think one of the beaches was Venice Beach. We did mention that this was your neck of the woods (so to speak) and that we should drop you an email next time we're here. Matter of fact, we talked about how many Nor Cal people are here at dgrin. Maybe we should set up a shoot for sometime in 2005, for the local dgrinners :clap



Steve

I know our local group would love this. If you need any help planning, let me know. I will do anything needed to make it work.

Thanks,
Dave

[Steve Cavigliano]

Hey Steve,


What was he doing jumping in the water? It wasn't like he was going to clear it. Looks like he has put on a few pounds (no surprise). :rofl
Harry
Hey!! I ressemble that remark :lol It's a good thing he tried it BEFORE dinner. Otherwise, he may not have gotten off the ground:rofl

He wanted to cross this little rivulet because there were like 10,000 seagulls just sitting on the beach, on the other side. Andy thought he could get some good "winged rat" shots :scratch All he wound up doing was scaring them. He'd get close and they'd fly away. I think that BIG Canon skeered em.....lol Either that, or they were watching when he made his "leap of faith" and figured he was not a person to be trifled with :wink I mean, they probably thought that anyone who would do this, while holding on to an $8000 camera with a $1700 lens attached and around $5000 worth of glass in his backpack, might be very, very dangerous. Little do they know :lol3

Steve

[Steve Cavigliano]

I know our local group would love this. If you need any help planning, let me know. I will do anything needed to make it work.

Thanks,
Dave
Sounds good Dave :thumb I'll contact you after the holidays ;-)

Steve

[Steve Cavigliano]

Caaauuuute!... also love the sunset shot... looks like a real good time. Ginge? I'll be your shooting buddy :lust


:rofl

LOL Lynn. Love your Xmas look. Andy and I need to do more shooting and less eating. Or, we'll wind up looking like a pair of St Nicks, ourselves :yikes

Thanks for the comments,
Steve

[Tim Kirkwood]

I really like the sunset picture, that is really good.

Sigh.... I wish I had a shooting buddy.

Brian...where in Ohio are you? Mel Lammers and I go shooting from time to time you could join us. We are in the Dayton/cincinnati area.



Tim

[gus]

Steve...that late afternoon sun shot is the ducks guts. Photos taken in full midday sun should be banned. I keep looking at it wishing i could get this type of clarity in my sunset shots. :thumb

[John Mueller]

Nice captures Steve,sounds/looks as you two had a great time.
Andy and sunset is awesome:thumb

[Ann McRae]

Great shots, Steve - does Andy have the complimentary set of you?
Love the sunset, Now, about the food...........:thumb

ann
We sure do have a good time shooting and we always end the day with an outstanding meal. Tonite it was calamari, clams, pastas and pizza :thumb Makes you wonder how we keep our girlish figures :lol3

Steve[/QUOTE]

[Dee]

I know our local group would love this. If you need any help planning, let me know. I will do anything needed to make it work.

Thanks,
Dave

Since I'm new to dgrin -- who are you all? I live on the coast near San Francisco, but work in Fremont, so driving 40-60 miles around here is nothing new for me.

I'm looking for a photo buddy, preferably someone with a lot of patience, cause I can't walk that fast or far, or stand that long and at my age it's all about the bathrooms. Other than that I get around!

Chime in everyone!

Next week I'm off to Walnut Creek, CA to photograph some antique gas pumps, for example.

[gus]

Stay close to me Dee...there are some real weirdos in here.

[Dee]

Stay close to me Dee...there are some real weirdos in here.

I was born and raised in New York City? Gee, Andy didn't mention any weirdos?

Are you local to the area of the great San Francisco Bay?

[dkapp]

Since I'm new to dgrin -- who are you all? I live on the coast near San Francisco, but work in Fremont, so driving 40-60 miles around here is nothing new for me.

I'm looking for a photo buddy, preferably someone with a lot of patience, cause I can't walk that fast or far, or stand that long and at my age it's all about the bathrooms. Other than that I get around!

Chime in everyone!

Next week I'm off to Walnut Creek, CA to photograph some antique gas pumps, for example.

Hellow Dee!

I live in San Francisco & I'm a member of a local photo group. We are a small friendly crowd that likes to gather on the weekends and go shooting. We have a small forum run by one of the members to discuss outings & help each other with image processing.

Link to our forum (http://www.soocool.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=2)

link to our outing this weekend (http://www.soocool.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=234)

I'd love to see you out there. It will be a small group this saturday since it's getting close to the holidays.

There are a few other members of our group on this board.

Nice to meet you.

Dave

[DoctorIt]

Stay close to me Dee...there are some real weirdos in here.I didn't know they allowed computers in the burn unit...
:rofl

[gus]

I didn't know they allowed computers in the burn unit...
:roflThe mongrels booted me out mate...said i was a disruptive influence to the out patients in the psych unit. I was only trying to photograph some portraits, they said i couldnt title them.. 'loonies ive met'

[DoctorIt]

The mongrels booted me out mate...said i was a disruptive influence to the out patients in the psych unit. I was only trying to photograph some portraits, they said i couldnt title them.. 'loonies ive met'after the ears last week and the green face this week, I'm surprised they didn't try to keep you in there for impersonating a digital cartoon character.

[gus]

after the ears last week and the green face this week, I'm surprised they didn't try to keep you in there for impersonating a digital cartoon character.
The only real problem is that im scared to hell with what will enter my head for each challenge !

Please please please no fire ones 'eh ?

[Dee]

Thank you for the link. I'm usually tied up on Saturdays. I have lots to do this weekend to get ready for Christmas, but maybe your group will have something going on next weekend.

I do plan to get out to Treasure Island for the Embarcadero Center building lights, never even thought of going behind the Ferry Building. That's why it's so cool to be in touch with local photographers -- they know all the good spots.

I only recently started going to the city -- parking a problem, and I can't walk too far for too long. I did try to get all the Hearts in San Francisco, but they kept moving them on me! Finally got them all at the "Lot of Hearts" weekend.

We (hubby and I) go to Golden Gate Park more often as it's easy to park. I hadn't been to Stowe Lake in a year or so, and was surprised to see the logs at the northeastern end -- they were acting as perches for seagulls and sunning spots for turtles.

There are so many photo ops in the city that I really do need to arrange a car pool or something. There are some great houses on Fulton Street I want to photograph, and I want to go back to the Haight, and, and, and....

Dee

[Andy]

http://www.pbase.com/slo2k/image/37582628.jpg

Steve

my wife saw this pic and she said "wow - you look skinny there!!" :lol3


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[gus]

So andy is this a 'fast' lens in action ??


ie a low light & the waves/birds are caught mid action ?

[Steve Cavigliano]

my wife saw this pic and she said "wow - you look skinny there!!" http://dgrin.com/images/smilies/lol8.gif


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Unlike your expensive L glass, which always make me look fat (possibly because I am ;-), these cheap Sigmas produce a somewhat slimming effect http://dgrin.com/images/smilies/yelrotflmao.gif

I'm glad you're DW liked the shot. She's got to be a saint, like mine, to put up with our cr*p......LOL

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, to you and your familyhttp://dgrin.com/images/smilies/drink.gif

Steve

[Steve Cavigliano]

So andy is this a 'fast' lens in action ??


ie a low light & the waves/birds are caught mid action ?
Gus,
Actually, this was taken with the slowwwww Bigma at it's widest aperture (50mm's). Because I was shooting into the setting Sun, I was able to get a relatively fast, seagull and wave freezing, speed (1/3200), despite using a narrow aperture (F11).


Steve