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[alfredo]

Applied the lomo filter to this one.

[Adsos Letter]

1. I like the b&w...what is a lomo filter? The wood in the background looks like birch...

:hi:

Ordered a ballhead for my monopod, per your advice. :)

[alfredo]

2. Thanks. The Lomo was a cheap camera that created funky

but interesting images. The filter recreates the effect of a real cheap Lomo Camera. The effect was popular a decade or so ago. So I spent $500 on a camera only to use it to emulate a $40 camera.

The ball head comes in handy on your tripod too. Those images of the watches was aided by the use of the ball head to extend the camera over the table.


http://technabob.com/blog/2007/08/30/lomo-diana-camera-produces-crummy-artistic-images/

[Adsos Letter]

3. Whoa! That carousel shot is surreal!

Very, very cool!

[alfredo]

4. It comes down to photography is not reality, so why try.

[Mira]

5. Each phenomenal in their own way -

the B/W though reminds me of my father in his youth, takes me way back, very authentic.
(he was a minister bit could and did fix anything)

[alfredo]

6. I fear is the twenty somethings will be inheriting tools but

will have no idea how to use them. I have a lot of very specialized bicycle tools, some are over 100 years old.

I have two of these Whaley cast iron truing stands. They can be bought for about $300 at auction. Note the lotus that holds the axles. The gauge looks like a Boston Bulldog.



One of them came from the first bicycle shop in our town. Knowing where it came from adds value.