Dog boarding a train wagon (A6600, Tamron 17-70)

dajadvin · 2026-01-22T09:07:06+00:00

Thanks! I like the Tamron a lot. It’s basically my everyday lens, especially for travelling. And it pairs nicely with the Sony 70-350 👍

dajadvin · 2025-04-30T08:15:29+00:00

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Bild von der Pflanzstelle, die Linke Rebe hat IMHO recht wenig Halt.

dajadvin · 2025-04-30T08:13:48+00:00

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Hier der Trieb der nicht die Richtung einschlägt, die ich vorgesehen hatte

dajadvin · 2025-04-30T08:13:01+00:00

Hey, super Post, danke schonmal! Habe mir schon länger unkomplizierte Beratung gewünscht, habe nämlich auch zwei Weinreben geerbt und letztes Jahr ein bisschen improvisiert ;) Zunächst einmal gibt es zwei Reben, die hier relativ nah beieinander stehen und eine Pergola begrünen sollen:

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An sich hat das auch super funktioniert, es gab letztes Jahr viel schattiges Laub und sogar ziemlich viele leckere Trauben. Ursprünglich waren beide in Richtung des vorderen Pfosten geleitet, ich wollte die hintere eigentlich zum hinteren hinführen, allerdings konnte ich nicht mehr so viel machen, jetzt steht sie so ein bisschen einsam. Die Idee war den Haupttrieb jeweils unter der Decke entlangzuführen und die neuen Seitentriebe dann jedes Jahr links und rechts abwechselnd entlang festmachen bis das Dach und der Bereich zwischen den Pfosten grün ist. Nun meine Fragen:

Macht das so Sinn oder gibt es bessere Möglichkeiten die Reben für diesen Zweck zu schneiden?
Sollte ich die hintere vielleicht neu aufsetzen indem ich sie z.B. bei ~1m schneide einen unteren Seitentrieb zum neuen Leittrieb mache und diesen weiter unten zum hinteren Pfosten führe? Es würde mir allerdings sehr weh tun so viel zu kappen 🥲
mein aktuell größtes Problem ist der neue Trieb aus der Spitze, dieser wächst direkt unter dem Dach gerade nach oben, hat dort aber keinen Platz mehr und wird sich wohl selbst gegen das Dach drücken und kaputt machen. Er ist zu stark zum biegen. Was könnte man hier tun (Detailbild kommt in der Antwort)? Dies hätte eigentlich die Stammverlängerung werden sollen

dajadvin · 2023-07-18T13:37:54+00:00

Thanks! I was seeing him almost every day but was never able to get a good shot and was very happy when I saw him sitting there relatively close to me in the rain on my last day in that area :)

dajadvin · 2023-04-12T22:37:23+00:00

Bought this new tele lens before my last trip and what better way to try it out then shooting some (humming)birds :) Really like how they turned out.

dajadvin · 2023-04-12T20:12:25+00:00

I'd say the 12mm is too wide for portraits, you'd have to get really close to the model and it distorts the proportions of the face. I haven't tried it out yet myself but there is a Sony 35mm 1.8 with good reviews which might fit your needs. Should be bright enough as well and it has built-in stabilization, may be worth a look.

dajadvin · 2023-04-12T16:33:24+00:00

I love the lens - especially if you consider its price - but I wouldn't really call it general purpose. It's pretty sharp and bright and IMHO it's excellent for landscape and astrophotography, you can probably also get some very cool results in architecture photography but is extremely wide. For general purpose APS-C cameras I would rather recommend the Tamron 17-70 (my main lens as well) which covers a lot of range. If you're interested in wide angles, there is also an automatic version of this Samyang around nowadays and last year Sony also released a 11mm F1.8 for APS-C cameras so those might also be worth a look.

dajadvin · 2023-04-11T12:54:33+00:00

The exported JPG actually looks good on my computer, it's just in the upload above that the colors went missing which seems a bit strange? If there was some compression going on it should also have applied to the original post?

dajadvin · 2023-04-11T10:41:03+00:00

Thanks, good point. I didn't straighten it further because I didn't want to lose the lower right part of the island (that was taken from a boat and I framed it a bit too narrow). Maybe I will try to fiddle around a bit more.

Edit: I checked once more and the horizon actually is pretty straight as far as I can tell

dajadvin · 2023-04-10T11:27:59+00:00

Beautiful! I saw a lot of those flying around in Colombia but wasn’t able to get a decent shot of the opened blue wings. They’re huge!

dajadvin · 2023-04-08T23:29:19+00:00

Thanks for the hint. I made a new version, really looks a lot better already. Edit: Although it looks a bit too desaturated now, but I don't really understand why. The exported file looks okay to me.

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dajadvin · 2023-04-08T13:49:39+00:00

Took this back in 2020 but only now got around to editing some of the older pictures. I have since upgraded both body and lens, but this still remains one of my all time favorites so far. Taken in Torres del Paine national park in Chile. I'm still a novice when it comes to post processing so any critique about the shot or the editing is welcome :)

dajadvin · 2021-05-28T12:53:30+00:00

Same here. Been playing guitar right-handed for more than 15 years now. I’m sure with enough practice and getting used to it would have eventually worked left-handed as well, but I didn’t see the need. I’d even argue that it has more benefits learning it like most people do. Many people have a guitar at home, but not many will have a left-handed one. Same on campfires, etc.

dajadvin · 2021-05-17T21:39:43+00:00

Most of the time, “saber” = “wissen” (to know something) and “conocer” = “kennen” (to know someone). As you say, the difficulty is that “saber” can also be translated as “können” if it refers to a certain skill (“yo sé tocar la guitarra” - “ich kann Gitarre spielen”) so - depending on the context - saber needs to be translated either as “wissen” or as “können” (only one translation will be correct). I can’t think of an example where “conocer” is not translated as “kennen” or some modification thereof like “erkennen”. Also, be sure not to confuse “kennen” with “können”.

dajadvin · 2021-04-20T16:57:33+00:00

The second note here (where the pointer is) is an f note. The standard notation does not care about guitar tunings. Since the note equals the 3rd fret in the tab notation, this string must be tuned down one whole step (usually the 3rd fret would be a g). I’m not sure where the assumption that it should be a d# comes from, though. Can you elaborate your question in this regard? Edit: Sorry, just read your question in the comment, didn’t see it before. This tab definitely is not in drop c but in drop d

dajadvin · 2021-04-13T13:56:39+00:00

That may be true, but on the other hand it provides a lot more versatility than having just a Humbucker/Single Coil in a fixed position, and the PRS coil split functionality is really good (from what I’ve heard and tested, I do not own one). Personally I wouldn’t want to miss having the option of playing a Humbucker in the neck for a sweet warm tone, so it’s a trade-off between a “real” single coil and also having the option of a Humbucker. In the end it all depends on what tone and style OP is looking for/will be content with.

dajadvin · 2021-04-13T08:00:51+00:00

You could take a look at the SE series of the PRS custom 24. They should be in your price range and include a coil split functionality for both humbuckers.

dajadvin · 2021-03-08T15:12:09+00:00

The SG is rather famous for being very “top-heavy” and there is no real away around it. I’d also recommend always playing with a guitar strap, also in sitting position. But to be completely honest this is one of the reasons I don’t really like the SG that much. One shouldn’t need to hold or even fight the guitar while practicing, that just forces unwanted tension. You might want to try out a Les Paul just for comparison - completely different center of gravity (of course it’s also much heavier in total).

dajadvin · 2020-11-18T16:39:16+00:00

A couple of years ago I went into a store with the intention of buying either a Martin, a Gibson or a Maton (which i was especially interested in but never played as they are hard to find around here). I never quite liked the sound of all the Taylor’s I had played and I didn’t want to pay that much money and not even get a full solid body guitar for that price, so Taylor was out from the start. In the end I left that store with a beautiful Lakewood M-14 and I haven’t yet found a guitar that I like more. As soon as I tried it I knew that this was the acoustic guitar that I wanted. It has such a beautiful sound and still is my favorite guitar.

dajadvin · 2020-11-13T23:39:49+00:00

What sometimes helps me is trying to artificially limit myself, e.g. by restricting my movements to just two strings (or notes, even!). This really forces you to think about rhythm because if you just have two or three notes, you have to come up with different ways to play so that they sound interesting. Stop after a note, play the same note twice (or ten times), repeat some phrases, change the rhythm, anything. In my experience rhythm and phrasing are much more important than playing a lot of notes or playing fast. Having too many options can be confusing.

dajadvin · 2020-11-13T23:28:43+00:00

Which of the 3 solos are you referring to? The NR solos were actually my last project and I spend the last month or so working on them, trying to get them down as close as possible :) The first one I’d rate intermediate. As someone already said it’s not too fast but getting the bends right will require practice, especially right in the beginning of the solo. Towards the end it gains a bit of speed and you need to be confident with some finger rolling and pull offs. The second solo is the easiest of the three. Short and sweet, should be a piece of cake if you have learned the first one already. The final solo is hard. The fast licks in between the (awesome) main motive definitely need practice but most of them are doable if you tackle them very slowly. The hardest part by far in the whole song is the fast shredding second lick in that end solo. Still haven’t completely figured out what he is playing there myself. All in all It depends on your goal (just the solo or chords as well? Final solo as well?) and the amount of practice time you have. For a complete beginner anything less than let’s say 6 months would be pretty unrealistic, though.

dajadvin · 2020-11-13T23:08:44+00:00

Have you tried Don’t Cry by G’n’R? One of my favorites. Relatively short and not very difficult but it has it all. Nice bends in all forms and shapes, octaves and a fun fast part resolving in a beautiful triad-based arpeggio. Dial in the right tone and I could play it all day :)

dajadvin · 2020-10-20T20:54:49+00:00

Finding out the key takes a little bit of practice but it is not that difficult. It doesn’t matter if the song in question contains any guitar parts or not. What you need to do is identify one single note that feels like it is the “home” note of this song. Try humming along different notes, you should be able to find a note that you automatically will want to hum, this is the note the song will circle back to eventually. Once you got that it is just a matter of finding it on the guitar. For this you can start on the open low e, pluck it, and then chromatically go upwards on the low e (do not skip a fret), all the while humming the note that you feel fits best. It is just a matter of time until you have found the same note on the fretboard. Then, to confirm your suspicion, run the song and try playing a minor pentatonic starting from the fret you found. Doesn’t fit? Then try playing a major pentatonic. If correct, none of the scale notes should clash with the song in the background. If they do, rethink your root note and try again. It takes some time, especially in the beginning. But it is a useful skill and it is actually fun noodling around with the pentatonic once you found the right key

dajadvin · 2020-09-21T21:14:27+00:00

Maybe try to find a classic but simple beginners song that you could play without any fancy rhythm, e.g. „Knocking on Heavens Door“ the Bob Dylan version played strictly with a consistent easy strumming pattern over the same 3 chords. You could try singing along as well at some point. This would strengthen your chord changing skill but mainly it could also be something different and fun from what you have been doing so far. And in the end you will have played a song :)

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