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And we actually got the glimmer of sun we were hoping for. At least the light is on an upward trend now lol

@@DanFarrar Thank goodness! 😆

it’s a ton of fun that doesn’t weigh a ton at all. lol I appreciate the stabilization immensely and the colors are predictable and versatile. AF is very good too but I didn’t need it with this lens because it has no focus 😂. I like what it does though

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thanks Jennifer 😁.

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@@innercityunit2112 A big amen to that! I’m thankful pretty much every time I take a camera out and definitely pleased when I gather them up and pick through them. They each have their own merit but 10-12 of them are just right IMO. Thank you so much 😊…now, let’s go get some photos! lol

I was really pleased the 18mm lens was wide wide and kept the perspectives mostly in control. I’ve tried multiple times to get a photo of the submarine I was happy with…got one! lol

Fun, creative channel you’ve got Fred! I’m sub’d! Yeah, the video doesn’t get the OIS from the lens like the photos do. The X20 does do ridiculous slow motion video though lol wow does it look bad 😝. Merry Christmas to you as well ❄️ 🧑‍🎄

three words: Dual Native ISO! All the light and none of the gain on digi-grain. lol. And, for the first time, I really really missed having an EVF 😒

Christmas with fireworks lol

@ lol!! At first I thought it was New Years or 4th of July, I guess I’m out dated!! 🎆🎆🎆

no, I’m afraid we are. This town is funny about shit that blows up lol

@@DanFarrar Lol!!

Sounds great. I’m here lol

@ Awesome- I’ll bring my 360! Maybe you can give me some tips on editing!! 😎😁

Song inspired lol. Oh, and overcast skies too

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Thanks Terry. I’m glad you found it interesting. Knowing some of the history and geographical features really helps the experience for me. I check the soils for my dogs who usually accompany me. We don’t get much rainfall here so residue will linger. Better to be safe as the dogs ride low to the ground lol. Thanks for the kind words 🙏

Thank you 🙏. I really dig your channel and have subscribed. Very creative and well done! It’s a pleasure to meet you 😁

As we know…70s were a fine time lol. Thanks Jen! 🎊

@ They sure were!! 🎉🎉

lol. I thought of you and all my hiker friends when the title came to mind lol

@ 😆🙌🙌 Morning! It’s 28 here, brr 😁 Is it cold there too?

@@JenniferLupine not that cold but 35ish for sure. We have had a week of fog and overcast days. Bummer for photography but I might have an option or too up my sleeve lol.

@ I’m sure you’ll get some great moody photos!!

I can’t make claims of not being annoying lol. Definitely not an influencer unless it’s fun lol. Thank you 🙏 your encouragement matters 🙏

@ maybe annoying is too harsh. Everyone’s in a different place. But I do appreciate seeing the cam in action! Thanks again!

nope, annoying is exactly right IMO. lol. I use my S9 almost daily and I enjoy showing it off. I am honored to have people watch my channel and I am especially glad when they get something worthwhile from it. Thank you 🙏

Definitely a deep sepia but with color. I used a spot point to meter the light at that specific point only and let the rest of the frame fall over/under/or on with the single point. All that to say, it is a way to add sharpness when there really isn’t any. Low rez lenses are underrated IMO.

Not sure what it means but I love the enthusiasm lol.

@@lightofgodindarkness Nice to meet you. 👋

It’s all geeky stuff I do on the side that I seldom share but probably should. I do a lot of exploring before I go exploring lol. Like you said, when you get feet on the ground, it’s impossible to grasp the scale and catch large details even though you are standing right on it lol. 😝

@ 😆 Sure- it’s interesting to see what resources you find. Right, scale is difficult!

There is a horse camp there. Big open area with individual areas for horse, trailer, truck, and more. Anyway, each spot was way bigger than an average RV space. On google earth it looked big but…as I walked it and counted spaces it occurred to me how big it was. Must be 200 spots or more. Each with electric and water. That big horse section is now closed as of last year due to upkeep/missed payments and vandalism. I couldn’t find any information on it but my guess is that many horses were speeding up the erosion on the sandy north bank of the Horn.

it works very nice on the brownie dirt colors lol. I was surprised to see how well it did with water 💦. Perfect for no fuss SOOC goodness.

just getting some air lol

Things do sometimes line up like that with an overlay but typically the photos are from a different perspective and with a different focal length so they never quite match up the way you would like it to. The area was in perpetual transition from ‘44 to ‘48 as they tried to make it more accommodating for the guards and families who lived there. Fortunately they never built over the original area (that little triangle) so the original road was easy to verify. I know they canned a lot of fruit and that last place I visited looks like the place maybe where that did that. There are a heap of other photos somewhere….

@ You’ll find them! Great that they didn’t take out the roads! 👌😎

S9 and S5Ii both function similarly and have + & -‘s to both. I really enjoy the S9 for what it is and does. If I did more telephoto photography I would choose the S5Ii. Either way you full frame with great IBIS and a wonderful pallet of colors to capture with. Thanks for watching!!! 👍🙏 John Fogerty of CCR fame “toot toot” was the song ✌

I didn’t edit the photos at all. This was SOOC with Nostalgic Negative Film Simulation ✌

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The dogs have seen drones before and they go bananas every time. I’m sure I could train them with repetition and familiarity with drones but my 360 pole is silent and easy and quiet too lol

Hi Bruce 👋 all that geology makes for a pretty picture lol

Yeah buddy! thanks 🙏

Funny how those layers of history work. Most times there are a few layers deeper down we don’t even know about. The mountainous folds we have actually have river rocks at the top from rivers that flowed when it wasn’t folded yet. 🤔

@@JenniferLupine Still learning about the Green Run. I know they did radio nucleotide (?) lol tests on the ground after the test and surveys found a big area got coated. It wasn’t JUST radiation that was airborne….they released a toxic mix with chemicals that give the cocktail a long half life. Cows eat the grass, cows give milk…you get the idea. The positive surveyed area was mostly South of the discharge whereas normally it would be found north due to the south wind. There was a huge cover up and it took people decades to settle. Downwinders…it’s a thing.

It could be the manifestation of fear due to secrecy and war that made people hyper observant enough so they all reacted to the same event and saw the same things. Stranger things have happened. I do think they think they saw something. it wasn’t in the papers or anything until much later so I know they weren’t looking for fame or notoriety in any way. Lying to the military is never a good idea either. There are more sightings in this area in the late 40s and the folks at Hanford have reported some crazy stuff over the years

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Thanks Bruce 🙏. I’m glad you are enjoying these vids. It’s certainly a joy to make them. I appreciate you! Hi Otis 👋

The bitter side of me thinks most of those kids are now deceased…would anyone be OK if I went digging around them? likely not. Not to blame the kids necessarily, my thinking is the adults are the problem here. The Horn (Wannawish) was a gathering place for many local tribes for thousands of years. I’m glad the area in question is no longer available to the public.

@@DanFarrar Me too!! What a messy history we have.

It is so disheartening to hear these stories. Hopefully some rules be enforced before more damage is done. It is good that you are exploring and rediscovering these historical sites. Have a good night, Dan!

@@PlacesWeGoExploring Relic hunting was an activity people did unfortunately. The area in question is now fenced off with signs and the road that once went past it is gone. No access. 👍 The field trip is Monday lol

Yes, the S9 with 20-60mm and a LUT I’ve been working on with an emphasis on the mid tones. Still in progress because the available light keeps changing (seasonal) and throwing me off. I liked this set up a lot though…good grayscale mids 👍 I live in an original atomic city, one of three or four in the USA. So pretty much everything man made is from the 1940s and beyond. Many buildings in the area were gov’t built then later turned to a more civilian friendly environment lol.

@@DanFarrar TBH, I would save a copy of that LUT as is, it's really good. Sometimes I can keep tweaking things, and some more, and loose that little sweet spot you instinctively knew was good/has hit the mark, and I'm not inferring that will happen with how you are developing and refining this LUT, but it instantly hit me how great this particular B&W look was..just sayin'......I liken it to a painter knowing when to stop adding paint to the canvas, knowing when the painting is finished....Whatever, it's a great looking black and white profile, regardless.

@@innercityunit2112 I get it completely lol. I’ve saved my current LUT as is and will build from new with old settings. I really like it too and knew it on the first click. The part that is making it inconsistent is the available light and how mixed it has been lately. The photo style is Monochrome (the plane one, first one shown B&W). I did a backward S curve, and something with color too - when I get in LUMIX Lab next I’ll dissect it and find out what I did right lol. I’m encouraged that you saw what I saw though…means I’m on a good track! lol the mid grayscales are the goal. BTW, the VND filter is involved too. The VND is amazing at fine tuning the exposure for photos even on an overcast day. I leave the ND at 3, find my exposure and tap the ND right or left and tune it in lol. That might be part of the mid tone wonderfulness…not sure.

@@DanFarrar Yes I think you are deffo on the right track, just don't forget to keep notes!, instead of how TF did I do that?!🤔😉😂 Seriously though, nice work mate!..💪👍

indeed, WIKI page and everything and even with many witnesses from different locations. hmmm 🤔 cue the twilight zone theme song lol. I can’t help but wonder if an alien piloting a ship that gets seen by us….does it get a butt chewing for the error?

@@DanFarrar Every year since it sees major new coverage...Twilight Zone for sure...miss that show!

@ I just checked it out on Google Earth. Cool area. I’d probably take a look if I were an alien. 👽

@@DanFarrar LOL LOL!!!

It’s a recorded part of our history (UFOs) and Hanford was an early player. I don’t doubt at all that they saw something as it’s now declassified and the event is listed. Is it a UFO? lol. I have no idea. But,….it did happen. lol

@@DanFarrar Thank you, Mr. Farrar. I really enjoy it.

welcome!

@@JenniferLupine The shows were a regular thing and Richland was Lilly White. Churches, school auditoriums, you name it. A total celebration of superiority across the village. Government funded btw lol. As for the Dining Hall…more to come! Thanks Jennifer! -your India series is magical! Love it 😍

@ Cool local discoveries! And, thanks! 😉☺️

@@wendingourway a news bulletin for a brand new government built secret town with 25,000 residents from all over the USA. These were the lucky ones who didn’t live at Camp Hanford in a tent or trailer lol. Very socialist in approach lol

I’m not certain….there are a zillion video settings in this thing to choose. Anamorphic, 6K open gate, etc. However, when you set the photo to 65:24 it does NOT keep that setting when you switch to video (defaults to 16:9). The S9 added framing guidelines in a recent firmware. The guidelines give you a frame to work from but it doesn’t output cropped with the guidelines. I haven’t used the guidelines yet. hope that helps ✌️

@@DanFarrar It certainly does, thank you very much mate. :D

I did see Nicks recent video…OMG 🥺 broke my heart. I haven’t received any new information yet but I am inquiring. Finding out all the black face stuff was in Richland really threw me a curveball. Camp Hanford was racist by today’s understanding but everything was racist back then to some degree. Finding the blatant celebration of racism in Richland is troubling and Robley photographed a lot of it. Disproportionately IMO. Celebrating or whistleblowing? Hard to tell at this point 🤯

@@DanFarrar O my, yes I see. Can you tell which years the photos were taken? Perhaps your story is going another direction. A few years ago I went to the new African American museum in DC. I felt Ike they dealt with racism straight on and gave the facts, a known today. I’d say just go ahead and report what you discover! 👌

I will definitely keep going. Too late to stop now lol.

@@DanFarrar lol!

Thank you Bruce! After a day of self humbling…I’m ready for whatever the photos and history reveals. Fortunately, I’m working on my own photography at this juncture so I can focus on that for a bit and allow some time for regrouping. I wasn’t prepared to find so much racism in Richland. Government funded racism btw. I knew the racism existed but I wasn’t expecting this story to get plugged up with that. I have reached out to sources and will wait for some clarity before I return to that element. In the meantime…it’s time to use those skills I’ve been pursuing for the past year or so and start knocking out some old timey style photography with modern gear. THAT will keep me going! I appreciate you Bruce!

@@DanFarrar Yes, even in digging in my own family history and German ancestry, some pretty dark elements were found from those war years.

the street George Washington Way got expanded from 2 lanes to 5 lanes at some point so things got encroached on his side of the street. The original sidewalks are one of many things the government either used, tore down, or built over lol

it would be nice if a person could just lay one map over the other and have it all line up like in the movies and TV but it doesn’t. But with maps, aerial photos, google earth, and just looking around on foot…

@@DayInParadise hello 👋. Thanks for watching and commenting. I like your channel! Wow that’s nice scenery. Nice jeep too 👍

@@DanFarrar Thank you Dan. I appreciate the mutual support!