November 2023
Club Meeting
When: Tuesday 11/14, 2022 @6:00pm
Topic: Photoshop Layers and Masks by Rich Ernst - slides - slides with notes
Meeting Slides - Member Slideshow Submissions
Where: ONLINE using ZOOM - Link to Join our meeting
Club Outings
November Outing for Long Exposure Photography - Tue 11/21 @9am
Subject: Long Exposure Photography
Location:
Riverbend Ponds Natural Area - parking lot on north side of E. Prospect Rd
Date/Time: Let's meet at 9am in the parking lot
Recommended Equipment: water, camera, tripod, neutral density filters (a polarizer may help)
Long Exposure
Photography: A Step-by-Step Guide
We will be walking around the ponds and fields and taking long exposure photographs (IE 1-4 min). There are ponds, trees, fields of grass, trails, boardwalk and wildlife. We can experiment with Intentional Camera Movement, and multiple exposures.
When we finish photography we can stop into a local restaurant for lunch.
See you on Tuesday,
Mike Barry
mike@fortcollinswebworks.com
970.449.2767 (cellphone)
November Outing for Cyclocross at New Belgium Brewery - Sat 11/4 @9am
Event: Cross of the North
Date/Time: Sat 2023-11-04 and Sun 2023-11-05 @8:00am - 3:15pm
Location: New Belgium Brewing (in the field East of the main plant)
Parking: go West from Lemay on Buckingham 0.2 miles, Eastern parking area is on your right
Website: https://crossofthenorth.com
Cyclecross is a bicycle race over an obstacle course, often there is mud, sand, snow, water, steps and hills. Some of these riders are professionals and the winners will receive $1000 in some of the race categories. The races will be held rain, snow or shine. Food and beer will be available on site. The races run all day Saturday and Sunday, so show up whenever you want, and shoot until you are done. They usually let spectators wander around the grounds as long as we stay off the track. Find a location that gives you a good view of the race, maybe at one of the obstacles, and shoot for a while. Then check out other locations. This will be a good opportunity to experiment with slower exposures to emphasize motion. The "Racer Information" page gives the schedule: https://crossofthenorth.com/racer-info . If it rains or snows, bring protection for your camera. I will probably arrive around 9am on Saturday, and try to find some lunch about 12pm if you want to join me.
See you on Saturday,
Mike Barry
mike@fortcollinswebworks.com
970.449.2767 (cellphone)
Coffee Meeting
Wed 11/22 @9:00am - Meet at Panera Bread Co in Front Range Village
SIG Meetings/Outings
Drone SIG - TBD
Events SIG - TBD
Infrared SIG - TBD
Fine Art Photography SIG - Tue 11/21 @6pm (Still Life) - ONLINE using ZOOM
Landscape SIG - Thu 11/16 @8:30am - Downtown Cheyenne WY photo walk
- Meet at 8:30am at the north end of the Harmony Transfer Center to arrange carpooling.
- No RSVP necessary, and no size limit for this group. Just show up if you are interested. If the trip is called off due to bad weather the club will send out a notification so please check your email the morning of the outing.
- We plan to visit the train station, local sights and the WY capitol building. If we have time we can visit the Botanic Gardens and the old Steam locomotive that is nearby.
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We plan to have lunch in Cheyenne at Culver's.
more info about Cheyenne, WY
Macro SIG - Sun 11/12 6:45am - Butterfly Pavillion in Westminster
All club members are most welcome to attend.
Topic: Butterfly and exotic flower photography
Location: Butterfly Pavilion, Westminster, CO
Day / Date: Sunday, November 12, 2023
Meet up Location: Harmony Transportation Center, NW corner of Harmony and I-25.
Meet up Time: 6:45 am, depart for Butterfly Pavillion no later than 6:55 am. It is a 52 minute drive to the Pavillion from the transportation center according to Google.
Photoshoot start time: 8:00 am, ending at 9:00 am. The Butterfly Pavillion website does not state whether or not photographers may continue to stay when the Pavillion opens at 9:00 am.
Buy tickets at: https://tickets.butterflies.org/DateSelection.aspx?item=18
Ticket Cost: $10 for non-members, $8.00 for members (Butterfly Pavillion).
Please purchase tickets in advance for this outing as attendance is limited to 25 photographers. As of November 5th there are 22 available tickets.
Please let me know if you plan on attending this Macro SIG Outing so that no one is inadvertently left behind. My plan is that we would car pool to the Butterfly Pavillion. After the photoshoot we may stop for a mid-morning breakfast or snack depending upon attendees preference. Please contact me if you have questions.
Hope to see you at this photoshoot.
Paul Marcoux Macro SIG Leader
Mobile SIG - TBD
Night Sky SIG -TBD
Photography 101 SIG -TBD
Portrait SIG - Sun 11/5 @1pm - Movie character at Mike's Studio
Post Processing SIG -TBD
Video SIG - Thu 11/30 @6:30pm - ONLINE using ZOOM
Wildlife SIG - TBD
Challenge Topics
Email your challenge topic images to Jim Limburg for the MONTH meeting slideshow
1. Geometric Theme
2. Best Image Taken/Processed Since the Last Meeting
Interesting Links Found by our Members
This new data poisoning tool lets artists fight back against generative AI - This software adds data to images that isn't visible to the human eye but confuses AI tools
contributed by Rich Roberts
An agency created an AI model who earns up to $11,000 a month because it was tired of influencers 'who have egos' - AI replacing models and social media influencers
contributed by Joan Sayre
A Spanish agency became so sick of models and influencers that they created their own with AI—and she’s raking in up to $11,000 a month - AI replacing models and social media influencers
contributed by Paul Marcoux
Global Shutter Arrives - A different article on the Sony A9 III’s global shutter.
contributed by Richard Gonet
How does the Sony A9 III global shutter work? - This has a somewhat technical explanation of how the Sony A9 III sensor is built so that it can support global shutter and why this changes its performance in other ways.
contributed by Albert Wang
Rising Tide Landscape Photography Summit - Sun 11/12 to 11/22 - Free Landscape classes from amazing photographers.
Ghost in the Machine - A Paranormal Photography Collection
A new physical-digital project from Candy Digital and Getty Images, looking at the history and impact of paranormal photography.
contributed by Richard Gonet
Even pigeions look amazing - the multicoloured magic of a biofuorescent nature walk
Unlike many animals, humans can’t see biofluorescence unaided – but with a UV torch, a night stroll looks very different...
contributed by Joan Sayre
The Nature Conservance 2023 Photo Contest Winners
Amazing photos from around the world.
contributed by Joan Sayre
Image of Palestinian carrying children out of rubble shows signs of AI
"This image is almost certainly AI-generated," said Hany Farid, professor at the University of California, Berkeley and expert in digital forensics, misinformation and image analysis, on October 30. "In addition to our models classifying it as AI, there are telltale signs in the image like the misshapen arm of the adult," the professor noted.
contributed by Joan Sayre
Controlling Generative Fill in Photoshop - Watercolor Tutorial by Rikard Rodin
Rich's favorite YouTube video explaining how to create a watercolor version of your image using generative fill
Photographic Events
Mon 10/30 - Fri 11/3 - Photoshop Virtual Summit 5 - ONLINE - FREE Registration requiredThu 11/2, 7:00 pm - Noche de Museo: Celebrating Day of the Dead - Longmont Museum (400 Quail Rd, Longmont)
Fri 11/3, 5:30 pm - Fort Collins Downtown Holiday Lighting Ceremony
- 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm (actual lighting expected at 6:30 pm)
Old Town Square (approximately Walnut St. and Linden St.), Fort Collins
Sat 11/4 - Sun 11/5 @8am - Cross of the North (cyclocross bicycle racing)
8:00 am to about 4:00 pm - New Belgium Brewery, Fort Collins
Sat 11/18 @3:30 pm (tree lighting expected at 5:30 pm) Estes Park Tree Lighting Ceremony Estes Park (exact location not listed)
Sat 11/18 - Mon 1/1, 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm Winter Wonderlights Chapungu Sculpture Park at Centera, Loveland
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