Creative types?

I know Cancer doesn't hold the place card as the only creative sign by any means, but there does seem to be a ton of creative energy in the whole moon influence, so, what's YOUR creative bent, creative poison, the thing that makes you itch with a need to scratch at a bit of canvas/paper/dough/metal/etc?

For myself: photography (especially macro shots), drawing, writing and jewelry design...for now....

Share it with me, because I love to get inspired by the creative passion others have and love to see what others get fired up about.

Photography.
Still messing about to get good night shots.

Posted by CancerOnTheCusp
Photography.
Still messing about to get good night shots.

I'd probably add to that cartoons and poetry.

Clueless, I love it! Has a great retro vibe to it. How does one add a pic to a thread post?
CotC, yeah, night shots I'm still struggling with.

You have to upload to a picture site like tinypic or flickr and link it.

I have gotten a few good night shots. Moon shots were plaguing me for a while until I got on the right focus and exposure. Nothing time lapsed, though.
In fact, that full moon pic in the photos on my profile was taken by yours truly. First good moon shot.

DAMN, CotC! That's an awesome moon shot! What camera and lens did you use? Maybe that's the problem, I have the exposure too long. Mine comes out too bright and glowing.

And ugh....another post to photo sharing site place. Does photobucket still work? I don't want to start a new one. :p

Maybe I'll just link to my deviantArt gallery and you all can take a gander. Would be easier than trying to remember my pb password.

Posted by MoonArtist
DAMN, CotC! That's an awesome moon shot! What camera and lens did you use? Maybe that's the problem, I have the exposure too long. Mine comes out too bright and glowing.

And ugh....another post to photo sharing site place. Does photobucket still work? I don't want to start a new one. :p

Maybe I'll just link to my deviantArt gallery and you all can take a gander. Would be easier than trying to remember my pb password.

I used a Canon EOS Rebel T3 with a 55-250mm lens. Had the mag set all the way to 250.
Might have been F/11 and ISO100 but can't remember exactly. I think I had the ISO setting a little lower.
Didn't have a tripod at the time, but I used a trick picked up from a friend-set the camera on a bag of rice to keep the camera steady when you take the picture.

I also got a good picture of Venus transiting the Pleiades.

Nice! I have the Canon EOS Rebel xti and several different lenses. I'll have to try some of the settings near that range. I'm pretty sure I had the F stop much higher.

Clueless, you'd be surprised what one can do with a cheap point and shoot. I have pics that are still my favs taken with a Canon PowerShot. It's only a 4 megapixel camera, though, so the downside is you lose detail and sharpness when you try to enlarge the pic.

For instance, these are all from my little powershot:

http://applescarrotsngrain.deviantart.com/art/A-World-Within-185446862<BR>
http://applescarrotsngrain.deviantart.com/art/Spherical-Playground-185447123<BR>
http://applescarrotsngrain.deviantart.com/art/White-Guinea-Hen-Flower-186512448

These were taken with my old Pentax 35 mm. film camera:

http://applescarrotsngrain.deviantart.com/art/Wolf-185450257<BR>
http://applescarrotsngrain.deviantart.com/art/Prickly-Pear-Blossom-185449993<BR>
http://applescarrotsngrain.deviantart.com/art/Morning-Light-186506370

And these were taken with my Canon Rebel xti:

http://applescarrotsngrain.deviantart.com/art/Capturing-the-Light-349640545<BR>
http://applescarrotsngrain.deviantart.com/art/Shadows-and-Droplets-348939948<BR>
http://applescarrotsngrain.deviantart.com/art/Apple-Blossoms-and-Rain-III-348938254

I really like this one:

http://applescarrotsngrain.deviantart.com/art/Wolf-185450257<BR>
How the hell did you get so close?

Thank you! Well, it was at a wolf preserve and I used a 300 telephoto lens. 😉

omg, I love to cook! I just hate doing the dishes. ok, give us something to drool on....come on, you know you want to...

My job is as a creative. I create new software designs that don't exist yet. I've always been a writer.

I even took a personality, skills test. #1 was creative, #2 was strategic. It fits me.

I give out creative ass whoopings and I play piano.

I never did learn to read music. Six years of violin and I never got past Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.

ok, just playing around to see if I still remember how to use photobucket and if it even works here.

AHHA!! Eureaka! I figured out the link thing! Whew, I don't have to make a new account with some other place.

I love to write poetry and short stories. Music is also another thing I go crazy for.

I love to write, too. I can thank an Aquarius friend for getting me back into it.

I love listening to it but I don't have a knack for creating it. My horse gets serenaded, though. Not sure he likes it.

Posted by MoonArtist
These were taken with my old Pentax 35 mm. film camera:

http://applescarrotsngrain.deviantart.com/art/Wolf-185450257<BR>
http://applescarrotsngrain.deviantart.com/art/Prickly-Pear-Blossom-185449993<BR>
http://applescarrotsngrain.deviantart.com/art/Morning-Light-186506370

oh my mother in law bought a very high tech expensive camera, she loves taking photographs of nature too. she loves taking ones of birds.

those are really lovely btw!

I want to upgrade the body I have for a newer one with even higher mega pixels in the next few years. When I got my digital SLR it was closer to the top of the line but the cameras have since gotten better with bigger pixel capability. There's a 600 mm telephoto lens I'd love to have. The beast is big enough to need its own tripod and costs about $ 10k!! But OMGOSH....the close range one could get with animal or sport shots!! ~DROOLS~ I'm a camera slut. lol The reality is you can still get great shots with the cheaper cameras but if you're serious about ever having them done in prints and blown up you HAVE to have the mega pixels at a higher number. I hate that some of my fav shots with my little point and shoot can never be blown up because the camera is a 4 mega pixel camera when digital first hit the market.
And thank you! I do love getting the shots. Oh to have unlimited time and money so I could go anywhere in the world! My obsession is sand dunes (besides the macro obsession). If I could I'd travel the world to capture the different dunes. I'd love to go to the Sahara just for that.

Hey, wanna go to the Sahara? lol

We'll have to get disguises and such, buy a private plane and then parachute in. All very down low and spy like. Can you handle that?

I'll refrain from overtaking any local governments.

You have excellent drawing skill. How did you get dark tone of black in the dog's drawing posted on the other thread? Although,I've been experimenting around but not quite satisfied....still struggling.

Thank you! Years of practice. I use Derwent pencils. The softest and darkest lead is the 9B. The sets gradient from super soft and dark (but not so great with hard detail) to very hard but fine and light. So, one set might have pencils ranging from 9B, 8B, 7B, 6B, etc until 2B then B, HB, F and H. Then the pencils count the other way. 2H, 3H, 4H, etc. B pencils are softer and darker than H pencils.

I should add that I don't use regular drawing paper. I use Bristol Board because it's so very smooth and you don't have the paper texture interfering.