Archive: 13 September 2024

Details

Limited to our Event Members current on dues, their Guest (2x) and to our New Trial Members. Four Years Running: Over 60 Events Annually. For more information Contact Rich Sears at: [email protected]

New Meeting Location:
MASON, OHIO. Mason United Methodist Church, 6315 S. Mason Montgomery Rd. Easy Access off I-71 and I-75. Near North-West corner of Tylersville and Mason-Montgomery Roads.

ENTRANCE: Enter church property off Tylervsille Road -Driveway with yard signs 400 ft. west of Mason-Montgomery Rd. Church Entrance is on North Side of their building. ENTER DOOR 2A, JUST LEFT OF MAIN ENTRANCE, INSIDE, FIRST DOOR ON LEFT.

ATTENDEES: ALL ATTENDEES SHOULD PLAN ON SUBMITTING IMAGES.

SPEAKER: FRED HAASER

CRITIQUE: DUSK OR NIGHT CITY IMAGE

PRESENTATION & PHOTOS: PHOTO SAFARI TO BOTSWANA
In November, 2021 Fred participated in a photo safari to Botswana in southern Africa, led by professional photographer David Shaw. Fred’s presentation will provide travel and in-country background on the trip in the event you might become interested in going yourself, along with representative photos. A short video will give you a good idea on how the safari is conducted. David Shaw has spoken to the OVCC in the past and will be a guest presenter again in early 2023.

FRED HAASER BIO:
Fred started out in Photography as a young teenager using a Polaroid Swinger Model 20, moved to full
35 mm film kit in 1980, and then digital in 2000. Today he is a serious amateur photographer using Nikon pro mirrorless equipment traveling on-location in search of the best images possible.

Fred retired in 2016 after a 36-year career as an engineering manager developing 3 gas turbines for GE
Aviation in Cincinnati. He is now Co-Organizer of the Ohio Valley Camera Club (OVCC) and working to capture images from all 63 US National Parks having completed 62 currently, and the last one (Denali) being planned for 2023.

See more of Fred’s work at:
https://500px.com/fredhaaser
Contact Information: [email protected]

SUBMITTING IMAGES:
Submit up to three images in JPEG FORMAT TO: https://ovcc.smugmug.com/upload/Hmcnv6/12345

FINE PRINT: We can only guarantee critiquing your first image IF You Rename Your File Accordingly: it includes FIRST, your priority number 1, 2 or 3. Then your NAME, and Title of your image. NAME is required only for administrative Purposes. For Example: “1 Jones D Shadows” Deadline for submitting images will be 10:00 PM of the Friday prior to our meeting.

IMAGE SIZING: reduce all images to Resolution of seventy-two, and, for horizontal images 1440 pixels wide. For vertical images 930 pixels high. • OFF TOPIC IMAGES will be deleted at the request of several members

Details

As this will be in a public location this event is open to all paid and non-paid members

What: Total Lunar Eclipse

Where: General James Taylor Park, Covington, KY (up on the platform)

When: November 8 (will arrive at 5 am and leave at sunrise); don’t forget that DST ends Nov. 6th so reset your clocks back one hour then.

Parking: lot in the park, free

Weather Permitting: need clear skies for this, so check the weather before heading down; current forecast is for no rain, maybe 20% cloud cover, temperature mid-40s.

Description: join me downtown to photograph the total lunar eclipse. The graphic above, made using The Photographer’s Ephemeris (TPE) shows that the maximum eclipse will occur at 5:59 am at about 285 degrees on the compass and 6 degrees off the horizontal. My goal will be to capture the eclipse just above the Roebling Bridge cables on the far side between the shoreline and the first pillar, and just to the right of the Bengal’s stadium. Click on the map image in the Photos section below. Bring coffee and some donuts for company.

Photo Gear: bring a sturdy tripod and camera release cable to reduce vibrations (or use your camera’s timer). I’d recommend a lens with an focal length range of 24-70mm to capture the wider shot, and 70-200mm or more to zoom in on the moon.

Camera Settings: exposure 1 sec or less, f8, ISO 100-800, bracket the exposures, try to keep both the moon and other subjects in focus

Details

Dues Paying Members and Trial Members Only can attend no cost. All others can attend for $12. Questions on membership or payments should be directed to Rich Sears – [email protected]

EVENT REGISTRATION WILL END ONE DAY BEFORE THE EVENT TO ELIMINATE LAST MINUTE REQUESTS & THE POTENTIAL CONFUSION REGARDING REQUIRED EMAIL ADDRESSES.

On the day before and again on the day of the workshop you will receive a Zoom link from Fred for the workshop. You will need to copy the Zoom link and paste it into your browser to attend, and you should plan to join 10-15 minutes early to get through any issues you might have.

WHAT: Focus-Stacking is a photographic technique where you take multiple images of a scene focusing on the nearest item in the image and then sequentially focusing farther and farther away until the entire scene has been captured. Software is then used to take the sharpest portions of each image and combine them to create a final image that is sharp everywhere in the image (as opposed to being acceptably sharp). It is used a lot for macro photography but can also be applied to landscape and other photography venues.

WHO IS THIS FOR? This workshop is for anyone who would want to use Focus-Stacking of images to obtain the sharpest possible images.

WILL THIS WORKSHOP BE RECORDED? Yes, the workshop will be recorded, and the recording will be available for you to review whenever you like.

WHY ATTEND? Bert will explain what Focus-Stacking is and how to best take advantage of this photographic technique to achieve the sharpest possible images of the entire photograph. You will learn how to combine these images using either Photoshop or Helicon Focus to achieve the sharpest possible image.

WHAT’S INCLUDED? The online interactive session workshop will be via Zoom. You will be able to ask questions and benefit from other attendee questions. In addition, you will be provided with the online workshop slides in PDF form and a link to an online video copy of the workshop that you can view as often as you like.

WHAT SOFTWARE IS COVERED? Bert will show how to process Focus- Stacked images in Photoshop and Helicon Focus.