Recent content by Gary Gruber

"A symbol of the folly of all wars, past, present and future" is obviously insulting to all those allied soldiers who fought in WWII. You can all sit around and have your little circle jerk, but you can have it without me.

You can take your 'holier-than-thou- attitude' about history, especially the history of war, and politely put it somewhere the sun doesn't shine. If you had even a modicum of understanding of the history of the world (just the last 6000 years of recorded history will suffice), you would...

Thank you

Learning to light is everything. I used to do group portraits at country clubs and used to be able to do photos of over 40 people at once -- all with their eyes open!

I was his official portrait photographer. I used to shoot with hot lights. That was a 2 second exposure. When I told him to hold still, there was never movement seen in the image.

Shot with a very old Leica on HP-5. I found my mainstay TRI-X to be way too thick to sit properly in my scanner so I had to shift to Ilford film for 35mm. I did this about 5 years ago in a mall -- which I was promptly thrown out of for taking photos. I used to haunt malls back in the 1980's and...

One of many portraits (4x5, Tri-X) I did of my karate master who I studied under for nearly 30 years:

You try organizing your friends to go for a flight at night and see what happens!

Pigeons in flight near my home.

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Please understand: after 40+ years as a pro photographer, and tons of portrait work, my eye sees the correct level for camera placement quickly. This is an excellent photo of an often photographed bird. However, to let the male dominate the photo, his eye level should be slightly above the...

I appreciate the ID. I thought they were house finches but hadn't gotten conclusive on them. We have 6 different species of birds that call our backyard home. I'm hamstrung though. These photos were done through a kitchen window. I have found 1/1250 to be a minimum, although I turned the speed...

with most birds you would be correct.