South Auckland Thursday Night Ride

**DidJit** · 23rd September 2009, 20:14

Originally Posted by idleidolidyll

...I prefer to work from RAW if possible.

You mean you don't like that wonderful interpolation effect in JPEGs?!?

Sorry, Photoshop joke...

**Cr1MiNaL** · 23rd September 2009, 20:16

Originally Posted by DidJit

You mean you don't like that wonderful interpolation effect in JPEGs?!?

Sorry, Photoshop joke...

blank stare

**DidJit** · 23rd September 2009, 20:20

Originally Posted by YamahaR64Life

blank stare

Haha

Yeah, yeah, I know...

**Thani-B** · 23rd September 2009, 20:48

Think Im going to pass on tomorrow. But if you head out my way (Mercer, Kaiaua, Tuakau etc) someone give me a txt and I might come join you for a drink.

**caseye** · 23rd September 2009, 21:21

Yep, I'm out for tomorrow, working on the truck to get the bloody race car to Huntly for a practice run on Satdee.

**idleidolidyll** · 24th September 2009, 06:19

Originally Posted by DidJit

You mean you don't like that wonderful interpolation effect in JPEGs?!?

Sorry, Photoshop joke...

and the small colour gamut plus they are often oversharpened or just sharpened badly

**Hinny** · 24th September 2009, 09:54

That wide angle lens of yours... I don't like it.
I can't imagine any amount of photoshopping fixing those images.
And No!... I'm not just talking about the ones of me.
These days the only MacAdam limits I'm interested in is the edge of the carriageway and the degree of tar melt.

**idleidolidyll** · 24th September 2009, 20:11

ha! ha!

it sure aint flattering that's for sure..........and that's why i like it. IMO, none of them need 'fixing' 'cause they aint broken

But it can be 'fixed' if one could be bothered. I use DxO Optics for Raw processing (photoshop is generally bloatware for photographers: too many features at too high a price) and if a fisheye lens is listed, it can be pretty much turned into a normal wide. This explains if you're interested and gives a visual example http://www.dxo.com/intl/photo/dxo_op...ons/distortion . DxO does what most photographers, as opposed to graphic designers, really want: corrects distortion and adjusts light, noise, colour etc at a fraction of the photoshop cost. I only ever open PS when I want to turn a photo into something it never was.

Re that fisheye though: I was invited along with 3 other photographers to shoot the UCI World Trials Champs in Rotovegas recently. When I arrived, none of them had a real wide. I looked at all our first up lenses and we all had 24-70 or 24-105's. I had intended to shoot rear curtain flash and a slow shutter speed to lend my shots a point of difference but the 'action' wasn't conducive to it. Instead, I pulled out my 16mm fisheye and shot at least half my shots with it from real close. I certainly had more than my fair share published and the other 3 photogs were all pretty impressed too.

Sometimes it aint about purity, just about being different.
Here's a link to shots on the 3 days: http://www.ucitrialsrotoruanz.com/gallery.php

When I got home there was a message advising all four of us of the passwords etc so we could put up extra shots if we wanted: I was busy all week and didn't put any more up but I have perhaps 1000 pics to sort through. I like the others too, particularly Alans, but mine were quite unique because of that extra wide. The jump shots looked so much higher etc

**DidJit** · 24th September 2009, 21:55

Well fellow SATNRs, except for the squall on the way home, it wasn't so bad a night for a ride... I got to lead my first SATNR!

(Never mind that there wasn't anybody behind me...)

As you can imagine, the pace was therefore rather sedate.

Perhaps just as well as it was very dark tonight, misty in some places and going through the twisties — particulary in the gorges — there were slips, sendiment, loose grit and sometimes all three!

After negotiating my way through all of that, I found my way to ol' Muddies for a refreshing beverage before the return leg. As I was wandering in, I noticed a NZ Skydiving van in the carpark... At first I thought Din's fan must be waiting for a return from the big man

, but as it turned out it was karaoke night (that explains a lot...)

Suffice to say, I didn't stick around to find out.

Was nice to meet AD345 at the Autobahn before the ride — that's a mighty fine looking bike you've got there, mate!

**Thani-B** · 24th September 2009, 22:00

Originally Posted by DidJit

After negotiating my way through all of that, I found my way to ol' Muddies for a refreshing beverage before the return leg.

I would have come for a drink if I wasnt feeling so lazy and if dinner wasnt waiting for me lol.

**AD345** · 25th September 2009, 20:24

Originally Posted by DidJit

Was nice to meet AD345 at the Autobahn before the ride — that's a mighty fine looking bike you've got there, mate!

Good to meet you too mate, and likewise

**Thani-B** · 28th September 2009, 18:31

So whos coming this week? I will be if the weather is ok, and if I manage to get the bike fixed in time.

**caseye** · 28th September 2009, 18:34

Hey there Thani-B this weeks ride is to Hamilton, least it is for those that want to go that far, with the AMCC folks, who are swinging by the BP to pick us up at about 6.45pm.
I'm in, weather permitting, had enough or wind and rain for ages.
Weather should be Ok and the daylight should hold for much longer to now.
LOL about your dad, nice work.Get that bike fixed.