Same deal here. I've got a nice Manfrotto tripod that is great for travel purposes - lightweight, and maxes out at 70 inches so I'm not bending over to compose all my shots. But if I didn't, then the 65 inch version is one to consider or this 68 inch version.
Yep. For stability in winds or when you're putting heavier gear up top.
Kind of ironic, actually. You buy a lightweight tripod to quit carrying around the heavier one, then have to bring something heavy to make up for the lack of weight in the tripod. (btw, depending on where the hook's set and a few other things you can use your camera bag for the weight.
Yeah, it's the tradeoff that anyone who is doing nature/landscape photography has to figure out. Get better/sturdier equipment, but weighs more (and leads to leaving it behind when push comes to shove) or get lighter gear that is more prone to shakiness or more likely to get damaged over time.
Everyone has a different tolerance to lightweight gear, but tripods are someone you shouldn't really skimp on. Get someone that you're comfortable with (size does matter, especially if you're taller). You can get lighter gear with stability if you pay more.
And then, there's ease of use (quick connects, breaking down gear after use, etc.)
It's best to try 'em out in a store with a good selection before buying - to at least familiarize yourself with how they work and whether you'd be comfortable with use.
Some places will even let you rent gear.
In the NYC metro area, there are 3 places I'd recommend. Adorama and BH Photo in Manhattan, and Unique Photo in Fairfield, NJ. I've had good experiences buying gear from all 3.
Yeah, it's the tradeoff that anyone who is doing nature/landscape photography has to figure out. Get better/sturdier equipment, but weighs more (and leads to leaving it behind when push comes to shove) or get lighter gear that is more prone to shakiness or more likely to get damaged over time.
Everyone has a different tolerance to lightweight gear, but tripods are someone you shouldn't really skimp on. Get someone that you're comfortable with (size does matter, especially if you're taller). You can get lighter gear with stability if you pay more.
And then, there's ease of use (quick connects, breaking down gear after use, etc.)
It's best to try 'em out in a store with a good selection before buying - to at least familiarize yourself with how they work and whether you'd be comfortable with use.
Some places will even let you rent gear.
In the NYC metro area, there are 3 places I'd recommend. Adorama and BH Photo in Manhattan, and Unique Photo in Fairfield, NJ. I've had good experiences buying gear from all 3.
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One test I've seen when selecting lightweight tripods is to extend a leg, hook something that weighs 3-5 pounds on the end, grab the other end, and see how much it flexes when you wave it gently in the air. Ideally it doesn't.
Another option is to get a monopole that can double as a walking stick. Yes, it is harder to do landscapes or slow exposures. On the other hand it's useful instead of being a constant weight except in narrow circumstances - which tends to make it less frequently left behind.
The hook is for a sand bag or weights - with light carbon fiber tripods that's a must. Whenever there's more than a breeze you need the weights because carbon fiber flexes more than aluminum or steel & is more likely to "shiver" in a brisk wind.
In the NYC metro area, there are 3 places I'd recommend. Adorama and BH Photo in Manhattan, and Unique Photo in Fairfield, NJ. I've had good experiences buying gear from all 3.
When I take my moon pictures I usually put a weight under the tripod even though it's aluminium, set the timer for 9 seconds before the shutter trips, lock up the DSLR mirror, and then I put a 2 lb sandbag across the top of the camera so that the shutter tripping causes less shake.
Everyone has a different tolerance to lightweight gear, but tripods are someone you shouldn't really skimp on. Get someone that you're comfortable with (size does matter, especially if you're taller).
Interesting. I just noticed the "someone" thing. :D Myself, I prefer to have my servants carry my photo gear and then I instruct them on how to take the image. Sometimes I just screw in the camera to a camera mount I had surgically implanted to the tops of their heads.
No, if anything I use the shoulder rig to put the weight back to my chest. I thought the "weights" were for tuning the resonance of the bullet as it makes the barrel twist & move. More accurate that way. Less muzzle rise too.
What a freaking putz. Where is your "Christian charity" Bryan? GFY.
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You're mistaken, he's all about Christian charity. Just so long as he gets to decide who's worthy of such charity and so long as he can use it as leverage to push them into "accepting" the faith.
"First of all, I didn't help [Obama] win," Christie told Barbara Walters. "I was doing my job."
"The fact of the matter is President Obama won the election pretty comfortably… I was doing my job as I saw fit to do it. And I told the truth, like I always do. The president did step up and help tremendously in New Jersey."
When the two men flew in the president's helicopter Marine One to survey storm damage ahead of the election, Christie said he made his allegiance clear.
"I said, you know, I'm not voting for you," he told Walters. "And he said, 'I never thought you were.'"
Why the fuck would you say that to the guy who is about to give you hundreds of millions of dollars in disaster relief?
What a freaking putz. Where is your "Christian charity" Bryan? GFY.
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Yeah, because leaving infrastructure that was damaged by hurricane Sandy wouldn't be a money loser in NYC and NJ. Watching NJ tourist dollars taking a dive next summer if left in it's current state would also not lead to further loses incurred by the state of NJ. Yep. Winning.
It's because Sandy didn't hit the Bible Belt. Had this been about a natural disaster in a red state with lots of Christians, ol' Fischer wouldn't say a peep.
Why the fuck would you say that to the guy who is about to give you hundreds of millions of dollars in disaster relief?
He's got a big mouth. But yeah stupid thing to say to someone helping you and your state out. He's still better than his rwnj detractors though. I know not saying much.
It's because Sandy didn't hit the Bible Belt. Had this been about a natural disaster in a red state with lots of Christians, ol' Fischer wouldn't say a peep.
He'd be blasting Obama for not doing more. This guy combines the worst traditions of "Fuck you I got mine" conservatism and "We know what's best for you" conservatism. He's worse than Falwell and Robertson. A hard task but he succeeds every time he gets on his twitter account.
Yeah, because leaving infrastructure that was damaged by hurricane Sandy wouldn't be a money loser in NYC and NJ. Watching NJ tourist dollars taking a dive next summer if left in it's current state would also not lead to further loses incurred by the state of NJ. Yep. Winning.
Remember that the core problem is that every time the government shows itself as competent and necessary it shatters the whole Norquist et al argument. Fischer is a Norquist disciple, not a disciple of Christ.
Why the fuck would you say that to the guy who is about to give you hundreds of millions of dollars in disaster relief?
Because Obama is a President first and a politician second, he was also doing his job as he saw fit. WTF is wrong with people who cannot see past their ideology to help people in need?
He's got a big mouth. But yeah stupid thing to say to someone helping you and your state out. He's still better than his rwnj detractors though. I know not saying much.
Perfect example of what makes Obama such a great president. He doesn't let that shit get to him.
Yeah, he's earned that no drama Obama nickname. My favorite example of how cool the president is how he was joking around during the White House Correspondents Dinner while at the same time behind the scenes monitoring the Bin Laden mission. I think that's why while I value experience in a leader, I do look at personality as well and I think Obama "has it" in a way that neither of his opponents did.
... Svoboda's platform aims for nothing less than a "social and national revolution" in Ukraine. Associations with "National Socialism," therefore, are no accident. The party was formerly known as the "Social-National Party of Ukraine."
Yet in 2004, the party and its leader, Oleg Tiahnibok, were expelled from a political union with Nascha Ukraina, or "Our Ukraine." Grounds for the expulsion was a speech Tiahnibok gave that was both anti-Semitic and anti-immigrant, causing an uproar in Ukraine.
Tiahnibok sought a fresh start under the name "Svoboda." Naming the group "Freedom" was in vogue among right-wing radical groups throughout Europe at that time - due largely to the success of the Freedom Party of Austria. After the party's rechristening, Svoboda removed all symbols of National Socialism, including those used by Nazi military SS "death squad" groups....
I don't get that. Does that mean he expired on re-entry? Then he didn't survive the flight. What does that mean "Lost on Return" they couldn't find him when they opened the space capsule? Like he was hiding in one of the wiring panels or something?
That 1999 photo could be out of Nuremberg. Seems like right wing nationalism is on the rise big time in the former Eastern bloc. Hungary's got a prominent party like this too.
It's amazing really to see Neo-Nazism rise in ethnic groups who Hitler wanted to exterminate. We all know about the Nazis' hatred of the Jews and know of to a lesser extent to that of the Roma but the hatred of the Slavs by the Nazis seems to be something little known.
I don't get that. Does that mean he expired on re-entry? Then he didn't survive the flight. What does that mean "Lost on Return" they couldn't find him when they opened the space capsule? Like he was hiding in one of the wiring panels or something?
...In total the flight lasted 15 minutes, of which Gordo was weightless for 8.3 minutes, as the craft exited and re-entered Earth's atmosphere at a speed of over 10,000 miles per hour. The failure of Gordo's parachute meant that both he and the capsule were lost, despite efforts to recover them. It is believed that Gordo was alive at the time of impact...
I don't get that. Does that mean he expired on re-entry? Then he didn't survive the flight. What does that mean "Lost on Return" they couldn't find him when they opened the space capsule? Like he was hiding in one of the wiring panels or something?
He was alive (according to telemetry) until the capsule was lost. The capsule was lost when the final parachute failed to open and it all plunged into the south Atlantic. All telemetry stopped at that point. The remains (capsule or Gordo) were never found.
That 1999 photo could be out of Nuremberg. Seems like right wing nationalism is on the rise big time in the former Eastern bloc. Hungary's got a prominent party like this too.
Another quickly "re-branded" European Nazi party. It's a continuing trend and they're getting representation in national parliaments.
Question. Being that you're from Canada. Has anyone actually ever frozen their balls off?
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A few brass monkeys.
We had a young girl freeze her leg off, had a friend freeze his toe off, and many have frozen fingers off, but we protect our balls under thick layers of protection.
A lot of political and historal nuance here: there was a strong anti-Communist movement in the Ukraine, which sided with the Nazis at the start of WWII and was brutally repressed afterwards, but their ideology still managed to survive underground and has always maintained a link between independence from Russia and fasicsm. That is the backbone of a lot of the right-wing parites like the Jobbiks in Hungary.
If the memories aren't visceral they lose immediacy making rationalization too easy.
Which is why it's important to not merely teach history but make it relatable. I remember when we learned about the Holocaust when I was in 8th grade. We were assigned a random child. I still remember some details about her. Her father was a WWI veteran. And the family was later relocated to Riga in Latvia where she was presumably gassed to death during the liguidation of said ghetto. History needs to be more than just raw numbers and data but human faces and stores.
Hmmm... how to address Fischer's inane statements about not being able to afford the reconstruction efforts in NY/NJ.
Let's see.
1) Debt ceiling is artificial construct and can be raised by Congress and the President with no trouble.
2) Cut defense spending - say on the F-22 or F-35 program by an equivalent amount.
3) Tax stupidity. We'd generate billions with the greatest ease. Extra surcharge for derpocity.
And the costs of not rebuilding are even greater. But let's just ignore that next time there's a natural disaster in Fischer's neck of the woods. I'm sure he'll be first in line for assistance - and at the head of the line when the government can't respond quickly enough because it doesn't have the funds to make that work because his fellow economic nitwits have cut those programs to the bone.
State Rep. Lisa Posthumus Lyons (R) on Monday offered an amendment that would have added corrections officers like her husband, Brad, to the list of types of jobs not covered by the anti-union law. Police and firefighters had already been exempted from the legislation.
“When we talk about the brave women in police and fire we need to remember people in corrections,” Lyon explained earlier this week, according to MLive.com. “These guys work in conditions that we can’t even begin to imagine.”
“It’s not financial. It’s philosophy. I am saying we need to treat our corrections officers that way we treat our police men and women and firefighter men and women.”
Democrats, however, claimed that the proposal was an example of Republican hypocrisy.
“Why would she want to exempt her husband if this is such a great bill?” state House Democratic Caucus spokesperson Katie Carey asked. “We were kind of disgusted with it… We were just kind of disappointed that she would offer this amendment at the same time lauding this legislation.”
It is hypocrisy and it's also Republicans knowing that they'd have a huge backlash on their hands if they tried to eliminate organizing rights for cops, firefighters, and in this case correctional officers. But those damn teachers, it's easy to scapegoat them. It's the Republican way.
Anti-tax lobbyist Grover Norquist says that President Barack Obama will have to “blow up small countries” because Republicans will not let him have “any fun at all” spending taxpayers’ money.
“Obama will be on a very short leash, fiscally speaking, over the next four years,” Norquist told C-SPAN on Thursday. “He’s not gonna have any fun at all.”
“He may decide to go blow up small countries he can’t pronounce because it won’t be any fun to be here, because he won’t be able to spend the kind of cash he was hoping to.”
I can see why the GOP would worry about this. They don't want Obama to intrude on a traditional GOP activity.
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I can deal with any sort of reaonsed criticism of Obama and his policies, but there is something sick about the culture of a party that seems to think that saying anything bad about Obama, no matter how unfounded, is good policy and worth repeating...
They were both doing their jobs, putting politics aside. Christie was just being honest about who he was voting for. No big deal.
What is wrong with people who cannot put their politics aside long enough to do their job, especially when that job involves helping people in immediate, often desperate need?
I can see why the GOP would worry about this. They don't want Obama to intrude on a traditional GOP activity.
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Self-fulfilling prophecy, in light of the situation in Syria. Obama does nothing, Republicans accuse him of not taking situation seriously and responsible for rebel failure. Obama orders intervention, Republicans accuse him of distracting nation from fiscal problems, declare he's "wagging the dog."
Rep. Steve King (R-IA) has no idea what happened in Benghazi but he does know that it’s worse than Watergate and the Iran-Contra scandal times 10. Here’s King from a Washington Times article published on Wednesday:
“I believe that it’s a lot bigger than Watergate, and if you link Watergate and Iran-Contra together and multiply it times maybe 10 or so, you’re going to get in the zone where Benghazi is,” Mr. King said. “I don’t think the public has any idea, and I tell you, I don’t either, of the chronology of the events — what took place, and who was where doing what and why. And all the way down through — we still haven’t seen an autopsy report on the ambassador yet. Simple questions that you would ask in the first 24 hours have not been asked yet.”
I don't know what happened to Steve King in college, but I'm sure there is a dead hooker in there somewhere. I don't have any idea of what actually went down, but the questions need to be asked.
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I don't know what happened to Steven King in college, but I'm sure there is a dead hooker in their somewhere. I don't have any idea of what actually went down, but the questions need to be asked.
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I would say that it was "Aqua Buddha" times ten...
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Anti-tax lobbyist Grover Norquist says that President Barack Obama will have to “blow up small countries” because Republicans will not let him have “any fun at all” spending taxpayers’ money.
“Obama will be on a very short leash, fiscally speaking, over the next four years,” Norquist told C-SPAN on Thursday. “He’s not gonna have any fun at all.”
“He may decide to go blow up small countries he can’t pronounce because it won’t be any fun to be here, because he won’t be able to spend the kind of cash he was hoping to.”
I can see why the GOP would worry about this. They don't want Obama to intrude on a traditional GOP activity.
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The set of small countries Obama can't pronounce is empty.
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Well, blowing up small countries represents a de facto blank check to a patriotic Congress, right? Isn't that how this works?
Yeah, Norquist forgets that the infamous Balanced Budget Amendment that the GOP was having wet dreams about last year includes a "War Time Clause" that basically allows Congress to run up the national credit card as it likes by just declaring war.
Or health care policy - we need to wipe out midichlorian infections as a scourge or else there will be countless lives lost in the future. Think of the children.
Or health care policy - we need to wipe out midichlorian infections as a scourge or else there will be countless lives lost in the future. Think of the children.
I have a big tripod and an ok little one. I'd like to try the Gorilla, but I"m not sure it is really stable. Is it?
What I really need to invest in is a sandbag to use in tandem with the time-set exposure. I only have a Sony Cybershot (point and shoot) and until I can justify a better camera, I'm working really hard on just taking a basically good shot.
I find proping the camera on a firm base (when the tripod is not practical) and usig the timer is a big help. I can see the benefit of a sandbag making things even better.
SNYDER: This is about more and better jobs coming to Michigan. If you look at Indiana, they did similar legislation in February. And literally, thousands of new jobs are coming to Indiana where this was a major consideration in companies’ decision to move to that state.
HOBSON: Are you saying then that companies decided to go to Indiana, for example, because there’s less union membership in Indiana?
SNYDER: No, and I don’t want to speak for the companies but it is very clear that companies are looking at Indiana that previously did not. [...]
HOBSON: Well, make that connection though. You’re saying that, by not requiring workers to pay union dues, that therefore companies are going to be more attracted to the state. Why would that be?
SNYDER: Well, that’s a question for the companies but there is a strong sense, and companies do look at that. That’s something we’ve suffered here.[...]
HOBSON: Union membership has fallen dramatically in Michigan and across the country and it’s not as though that has translated into some boom in employment. I see the point you’re making, but it hasn’t been borne out in the evidence, has it?
SNYDER: Well, it’s been borne out in the Indiana case.
I got a great night's sleep for once and don't feel like carp.
I finished The Big Rich. The author does a good job of explaining the history of Texas Oil money and how it has affected the entire world. I think he is fair and balanced, but the ultra-conservative may not.
He does focus on the big Four, and gives credit to the non-greedy, gamblers who were players as well.
Overall, reading the book did not raise my opinion of Texas, but I have a much better understanding why letting them secede won't solve anything.
Major news companies have been giving a platform for fossil fuel-backed “experts” to pen arguments against clean energy without disclosing the author’s connections to the industry, a new study from the Checks and Balances project finds.
Across sixty major news outlets, in the course of five years, the group found that major publications only disclosed oil industry ties six percent of the time, even when the authors represented organizations that receive hundreds of thousands — sometimes millions — of dollars from oil big wigs like the Koch Brothers and ExxonMobil.
Often times, papers identified the authors by other terms, including “conservative” or “libertarian,” but without any disclosure of the funders:
Does he have any stats to back up his ideological posturing?
'course not, he's been selling this BS, but nobody's buying. I keep wondering when he's going to name the companies who are running to Indiana in the wake of it going RtW who might now be tempted to bypass it for Michigan.
Apple Inc. (AAPL) lost an infringement case brought by patent-licensing firm MobileMedia Ideas LLC when a federal jury decided the maker of the iPhone misappropriated protected technology for the handheld devices.
Jurors in Wilmington, Delaware, deliberated about four hours after a weeklong trial before also concluding today that the three patents aren’t invalid.
“We’re very pleased,” MobileMedia Chief Executive Officer Larry Horn said in a courtroom interview after the trial. “We think it’s justified.”
Energy Department puts $27M into new offshore wind projects. Fox News to report that it'll cost $27T and sacrifice children for the liberal Wind God. TURBINES FOR THE WIND GOD
Only surpassed by one of the posts:
Turbines for the Wind God! Panels for the Solar Throne!
The Great Twinkie Scandal really get's me. It's the Union's Fault --yeah, yeah. Corporate 1%ers have been crying wolf long enough. Do they really think the average worker is that stupid?
The one's that scream the most against socialism are the ones that are going to be used as examples in it's favor. Idiots.
That chart can not be accurate. Flat revenues out through 2041?! Spending increasing even after the baby boomer bump fades away? Sourced OMB? I doubt that very much. Heritage has better charts than that. /////////
If this indictment stands and becomes precedent for law enforcement YOU will have less rights on the internet than you do in the physical world and should you post the wrong link in the wrong place, will be subject to arrest and up to 45 years imprisonment.
These are truly outrageous charges and I am forced to wonder if the people who were too dumb to get out of grand jury duty understood what the government was actually saying - that posting a link on the internet that may contain privileged information posted by a third party is a crime. That merely knowing someone's credit card number or other piece of privileged information and having a record of that knowledge is a crime. The Department of Defense often talks about the 21st century being defined by Information Warfare, if this indictment stands there will be a war on information itself.
Well of course they attacked him. Obama might pick him.
fwiw, many in the RWNJ corps have other objections as well. One of the biggest has been that he's been known to say (paraphrasing) that Israel isn't always right; that we need to talk to the other side as well. He's spoken in favor of at least talking to Iran. Oh, and he's said the military isn't the only or even best solution to international affairs.
But his biggest flaw is that Obama is considering him. //
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James Gandolfini, who rose to fame as the agonized mob boss on HBO's groundbreaking drama "The Sopranos," has died, the network confirmed late Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON — Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said Wednesday she's changed her views and now supports gay marriage, becoming the third Senate Republican to do so. Murkowski declared as recently as her 2010 re-election campaign that she believes marriage should be legally defined as between a man and woman. She's voted to amend the Constitution to forbid gay marriage. But she said Wednesday she's changed ...
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The Internal Revenue Service is about to pay $70 million in employee bonuses despite an Obama administration directive to cancel discretionary bonuses because of automatic spending cuts enacted this year, according to a GOP senator. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa says his office has learned that the IRS is executing an agreement with the employees' union on Wednesday to pay the bonuses. Grassley says ...
New Delhi (CNN) -- At 17, Sonali Mukherjee had everything going for her. She was a beautiful, intelligent and ambitious young woman, dedicated to excelling in her studies. She was president of the Student Union, captain of the National Cadet Corps and an honor student set to pursue a PhD in sociology despite her modest family background -- her father used to work as ...
The key to winning the Latino vote is rejecting immigration reform, conservative pundit Ann Coulter said Tuesday. Coulter offered her bad advice during an appearance on Fox News personality Sean Hannity's radio show, where she continued to rail against the possibility of a bipartisan immigration reform bill passing the U.S. Congress "We can win Hispanics," Coulter said. "We can't win them if we keep ...
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While my anger and disbelief did not subside, I soon moved to sadness. Do you live in such a protected bubble that you would blame the victim of rape and excuse the perpetrators? Many have joined you in this victim blaming...unfortunately that is the culture in which we live. Your contribution to this culture as a role model for girls and women makes your ...
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Earlier this year, the Republican National Committee released a 100-page report detailing how the GOP needed to retrofit its agenda and soften its tone. But if Republican officials had wanted to save time, they could have issued a shorthand summary that read: Be less like Steve King. The Iowa congressman's outspoken conservatism embodies the kind of politics that, in the RNC's own words, alienates ...
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Senior bankers guilty of reckless misconduct should be jailed, a long-awaited report on banking commissioned by the government has recommended. The Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards was set up by Chancellor George Osborne last year after a number of scandals involving the industry. Jail reckless bankers, standards commission urgesThe cross-party group's fifth report attacked the lack of accountability of bankers and also said some ...
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