Skip to content
  • Categories
  • Recent
  • Tags
  • Popular
  • Users
  • Groups
Skins
  • Light
  • Brite
  • Cerulean
  • Cosmo
  • Flatly
  • Journal
  • Litera
  • Lumen
  • Lux
  • Materia
  • Minty
  • Morph
  • Pulse
  • Sandstone
  • Simplex
  • Sketchy
  • Spacelab
  • United
  • Yeti
  • Zephyr
  • Dark
  • Cyborg
  • Darkly
  • Quartz
  • Slate
  • Solar
  • Superhero
  • Vapor

  • Default (No Skin)
  • No Skin
Collapse
WIBIMMERS logo

WIBIMMERS

  1. Home
  2. Off-Topic Discussion
  3. General Off-Topic
  4. chit chat thread

chit chat thread

Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved General Off-Topic
7.1k Posts 73 Posters 1 Views 1 Watching
  • Oldest to Newest
  • Newest to Oldest
  • Most Votes
Reply
  • Reply as topic
Log in to reply
This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
  • straight6pwrS
    straight6pwrS
    straight6pwr
    wrote on last edited by
    #5018

    mike, did you crank the ISO and shoot wide open? the weakspot of lower end DSLRs is low light, but you can overcome it a little with some manual focus shooting. two options for manual that could help:

    1)try 'bracketing' your focus, i.e. take a series of shots while slightly turning the focus ring. its hard as hell to see the focus in dim light through those viewfinders. i use this often because my right eye is nearsighted and so I can't see the focus at all sometimes. 

    2)set the manual focus to a certain distance then move yourself closer or away from the subject in small increments (probably hard in a scenario like shooting a live show) 

    another tip: aim your focus point on the edge of something of high contrast. for instance on that last photo, where the back of the metal chair and the stage meet. if the focus point is in an area of all dark or an area of all bright, it will tend to search back and forth.

    Dan
    yajsYRL.jpg.e5f350b4dfe961d76ac8b32efce2e1a6.jpg

    1 Reply Last reply
    2
    • HipMFH
      HipMFH
      HipMF
      wrote on last edited by
      #5019

      Also, was downtown earlier Saturday. Surprised to see everything still pretty much as it was. i guess the police investigation is still on-going...

      27cXDFN.jpg

      46GHEuB.jpg

      El Primo: we miss you q_q

      crjr6gh.jpg

      1 Reply Last reply
      0
      • straight6pwrS
        straight6pwrS
        straight6pwr
        wrote on last edited by
        #5020

        is that all-aluminum f150 rusting?

        Dan
        yajsYRL.jpg.e5f350b4dfe961d76ac8b32efce2e1a6.jpg

        1 Reply Last reply
        1
        • m42b32M
          m42b32M
          m42b32
          wrote on last edited by
          #5021

          straight6pwr said:

          is that all-aluminum f150 rusting? 

          It sure does look like it, steel roof panel maybe?

          1991 318is, 1991 318i, 2022 Bronco

          1 Reply Last reply
          1
          • HipMFH
            HipMFH
            HipMF
            wrote on last edited by
            #5022

            GB-335xiCoupe said:

            Someone kindly translate the overpass ones? I can make out some of the letters, but not really making sense to me.

            SLICK ROSE? Maybe...

            Vile-E and Rose? Two separate artists? I have no clue. Once the letters start overlapping it gets near impossible to decipher. In videos I've seen "writers" trace the letters with their hands to "feel" what was being written, but they obviously have a lot of experience with this...

            The "tags" that are next to the piece also tell you who put it there, and would give you a clue if you were up on these things...

            Edit: Spent more time looking at it and realized the first three pics are all the same pair, third pic is in the opposite order. Still can't say for certain what either of them says...

            1 Reply Last reply
            0
            • JdesignJ
              JdesignJ
              Jdesign
              wrote on last edited by
              #5023

              GB-335xiCoupe said:

              Someone kindly translate the overpass ones? I can make out some of the letters, but not really making sense to me.

              SLICK ROSE? Maybe...

              This is what I see:

              Vitial / Vitel (more likely an "a" due to his signature)

              RUE - Pretty easy to read

              Spar___ I cant see the whole thing

              Separate artist working together at the same time is the case in the first 3. This is pretty common because you can get more color down faster. Both artists will most likely have pre-drawn examples of what they are going to paint before hand and just copy it to the wall. Both will likely layout their own outlines, but will work together to do fills, shadows, and highlights.

              SumBunny.jpg

              https://www.instagram.com/_jdesigner_/                                          http://nevertoolow.tumblr.com/

              🥳SOLD BMW E24 633CSI - BMW M30B32                                          🧪SOLD HCH  ES9 - 1.3 LDA
              👽BMW E30 325IC - Toyota 1JZ-GTE                                                     ⏰ HONDA EF9 CIVIC SI - JDM B18C5
              ☠️BMW E36 318i - Ford 5.0 FE302                                                         🚴‍♂️ GT-Labomba - 26x2.75 Freeride
              🤹‍♀️SOLD BMW E36/7 Z3 - BMW M54B25                                                🧓SOLD BMW E10 2002 - BMW M10M05

              1 Reply Last reply
              0
              • SteelBlueS
                SteelBlueS
                SteelBlue
                wrote on last edited by
                #5024

                HipMF said:

                Also, was downtown earlier Saturday. Surprised to see everything still pretty much as it was. i guess the police investigation is still on-going...

                27cXDFN.jpg

                46GHEuB.jpg

                El Primo: we miss you q_q

                crjr6gh.jpg

                Where is this that it looks like a bomb went off?

                1 Reply Last reply
                0
                • HipMFH
                  HipMFH
                  HipMF
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #5025

                  SteelBlue said:

                  Where is this that it looks like a bomb went off?

                  Downtown Sun Prairie. It was a natural gas explosion.

                  1 Reply Last reply
                  0
                  • Ryan...R
                    Ryan...R
                    Ryan...
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #5026

                    Very "lucky" that only 1 person died in that explosion. The other firefighter that was near the building when it exploded very nearly died as well. Everyone involved did a great job at containment and evacuating people.

                    2021 Gladiator Willys -- 6 speed manual, 33" Falken AT, 3/4" level

                    2021 Low Rider S -- Stage 2, 117hp/128ft lbs

                    1 Reply Last reply
                    0
                    • straight6pwrS
                      straight6pwrS
                      straight6pwr
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #5027

                      m42b32 said:

                      It sure does look like it, steel roof panel maybe? 

                      i dug for a second, i think its an f350 pre dating the aluminum switch

                      the aluminum trucks have aluminum roofs

                      Dan
                      yajsYRL.jpg.e5f350b4dfe961d76ac8b32efce2e1a6.jpg

                      1 Reply Last reply
                      0
                      • jc43089J
                        jc43089J
                        jc43089
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #5028

                        Well it's a big day today.  I'm putting in my two weeks notice at Hormel Foods.  I'm taking a job back in Wisconsin!  Nine years ago I graduated from Northcentral Technical College in Wausau with an AAS in Electromechanical Technology and went to work for Hormel Foods in Dubuque, IA.  Through that time I was a Maintenance Electrician, then an Instrumentation Technician, then moved to their Engineering R&D group near Austin, MN as a Programming Technician, basically an hourly Controls Engineer.

                        I will be going back to NTC as an instructor in the Electromechanical Technology department.  Hormel is a great company to work for it's mostly about being closer to family.  Both my family and my wife's family live near Wausau.

                        So this is pretty exciting but also happening pretty fast.  Yikes.

                        2/94 325i Sedan, Arctic Gray: UUC LTW FW, EVO 3 and DSSR, +.020 Maxsil pistons, ASC delete, Eibach shocks/springs, 16" contour reps 238k
                        3/93 325i Coupe, Schwarz 2, Sketchy stance action, ebay turbo, 300k
                        '89 325i Vert, Alpine White: 5spd swapped, sold.

                        '04 Toyota Sienna: 24V to 24V swap in progress

                        '05 Volvo V70R, 6spd.  200k
                        '85 Toyota LandCruiser: Lifted, gas hog. 205k
                        '99 Nissan Maxima: 5spd, Rusty but trusty winter beater. 252k RIP.

                        1 Reply Last reply
                        5
                        • EarlE
                          EarlE
                          Earl
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #5029

                          Congrats to you=) So you'll have to sell your house with the dream barn and hopefully find something up this way?

                          museum sig 2earl.jpg

                          1 Reply Last reply
                          0
                          • jc43089J
                            jc43089J
                            jc43089
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #5030

                            Earl said:

                            Congrats to you=) So you'll have to sell your house with the dream barn and hopefully find something up this way?

                            Thanks, yea it isn't finished but it's a good start for whatever somebody else wants it to be.  I just trenched in a 100A feeder and installed a breaker box out there last weekend.

                            2/94 325i Sedan, Arctic Gray: UUC LTW FW, EVO 3 and DSSR, +.020 Maxsil pistons, ASC delete, Eibach shocks/springs, 16" contour reps 238k
                            3/93 325i Coupe, Schwarz 2, Sketchy stance action, ebay turbo, 300k
                            '89 325i Vert, Alpine White: 5spd swapped, sold.

                            '04 Toyota Sienna: 24V to 24V swap in progress

                            '05 Volvo V70R, 6spd.  200k
                            '85 Toyota LandCruiser: Lifted, gas hog. 205k
                            '99 Nissan Maxima: 5spd, Rusty but trusty winter beater. 252k RIP.

                            1 Reply Last reply
                            0
                            • YoungCRY
                              YoungCRY
                              YoungCR
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #5031

                              Congrats! You'll be a great instructor.

                              Chris Young
                              BMWCCA #458972
                              1986 528e/5  | 1994 530i/5 | 1995 540i/6 | 2013 X5 35d | 1998 C1500 Suburban | 1995 K2500 Suburban

                              1 Reply Last reply
                              0
                              • JdesignJ
                                JdesignJ
                                Jdesign
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #5032

                                Congrats!

                                SumBunny.jpg

                                https://www.instagram.com/_jdesigner_/                                          http://nevertoolow.tumblr.com/

                                🥳SOLD BMW E24 633CSI - BMW M30B32                                          🧪SOLD HCH  ES9 - 1.3 LDA
                                👽BMW E30 325IC - Toyota 1JZ-GTE                                                     ⏰ HONDA EF9 CIVIC SI - JDM B18C5
                                ☠️BMW E36 318i - Ford 5.0 FE302                                                         🚴‍♂️ GT-Labomba - 26x2.75 Freeride
                                🤹‍♀️SOLD BMW E36/7 Z3 - BMW M54B25                                                🧓SOLD BMW E10 2002 - BMW M10M05

                                1 Reply Last reply
                                0
                                • straight6pwrS
                                  straight6pwrS
                                  straight6pwr
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #5033

                                  welcome back! hope you inspire some minds.

                                  Dan
                                  yajsYRL.jpg.e5f350b4dfe961d76ac8b32efce2e1a6.jpg

                                  1 Reply Last reply
                                  1
                                  • HipMFH
                                    HipMFH
                                    HipMF
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #5034

                                    I've got an idea for a "rat rod" project. Someone buy me this 🤣

                                    https://www.ebay.com/itm/Hewland-Racing-VGC-Transaxle-with-Lola-suspension-BBS-wheels/283073312598?hash=item41e87bf756%3Ag%3AoIIAAOSwHHFZAR8I&_pgn=2&_sacat=0&_nkw=hewland&_from=R40&rt=nc

                                    1 Reply Last reply
                                    2
                                    • ChrisOC
                                      ChrisOC
                                      ChrisO
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #5035

                                      I've been looking at this trying to determine if it's photoshop. Looks real, hoods even cut...

                                      IMG2701.png

                                      IMG2702.png

                                      1 Reply Last reply
                                      0
                                      • EarlE
                                        EarlE
                                        Earl
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #5036

                                        Ive never seen that intake manifold before. Leads me to believe it's photoshop strictly because of that lol

                                        museum sig 2earl.jpg

                                        1 Reply Last reply
                                        0
                                        • GunMetalGreyG
                                          GunMetalGreyG
                                          GunMetalGrey
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #5037

                                          Patiently waiting for @HipMF to post some weekend photos.

                                          ...

                                          1 Reply Last reply
                                          0

                                          Hello! It looks like you're interested in this conversation, but you don't have an account yet.

                                          Getting fed up of having to scroll through the same posts each visit? When you register for an account, you'll always come back to exactly where you were before, and choose to be notified of new replies (either via email, or push notification). You'll also be able to save bookmarks and upvote posts to show your appreciation to other community members.

                                          With your input, this post could be even better 💗

                                          Register Login
                                          Reply
                                          • Reply as topic
                                          Log in to reply
                                          • Oldest to Newest
                                          • Newest to Oldest
                                          • Most Votes


                                          • Login

                                          • Don't have an account? Register

                                          • Login or register to search.
                                          Powered by NodeBB Contributors
                                          • First post
                                            Last post
                                          0
                                          • Categories
                                          • Recent
                                          • Tags
                                          • Popular
                                          • Users
                                          • Groups