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Photo of the Day - March 2018
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Thank you @Apple fanboy. I will. Two weeks ago today it was 72 here and the beach was packed. It was school vacation week in the state. Now, it is snowing. Crazy weather.
Another scene from down on the South coast which I will be revisiting for some long-exposures. I was really tempted to drop in another sky here, but it is what it is, call me lazy.
Canon 6D, Canon 24-105mm f/4 L, Centre-weighted Metering, Manual Mode
ISO 100, 24mm, f/8, 1/1250
Canon 6D, Canon 24-105mm f/4 L, Centre-weighted Metering, Manual Mode
ISO 100, 24mm, f/8, 1/1250
img-lego-minifigures-03 by John Pepp, on FlickrI never thought I wouldn't like having a viewfinder, but being able to adjust the LCD screen makes it so I don't have to squat and I can compose my shots in comfort. I seem to be able to get closer shots also. I'm still learning the ins and outs of the camera.
Chrysler Bldg by Lance Randall, on Flickr
It looks much warmer there than here.
Your doing a good job at your 365 project. Keep it up.
Oh, well this was indoors with grocery store flowers. It snowed (a few flakes) last night.
Thought we were done with this stuff .......
Cheese&Apple, kudos! Don't ever think that you didn't deserve it, your photos are ace!
Got out of the shower the other day and this was waiting for me.
Zeb
Got out of the shower the other day and this was waiting for me.
Zeb
"Frankfort's Skyscraper" or popularly known locally as "The Tower." This was taken on Feb. 9th, and it's slated to be imploded this coming Sunday(March 11th). This 28 story building has been something of an intriguing mark on the local landscape since 1972.
Taken with a camera and lens older than the building . Hasselblad 500c(1960) with a 150mm Zeiss Sonnar(1962). I used Ilford Pan F 50 developed in home-made Rodinal 1:19. This was my first roll of Pan F, and it's something of an interesting film. I've been told that its latent image keeping is terrible. I developed it a day after shooting it, but despite being well in date the edge markings are faint. I'm also surprised at how pronounced the grain is for an ASA 50 film, although Rodinal is known for its sharpness at the expense of grain.
I'm terrible about keeping track of my film exposure data(thank goodness my F5 and F100 let me be lazy and do that for me) but this was an overcast day and I probably would have set it to EV 12 or 13. That means I likely would have been with the lens wide open at f/4 and 1/500 or 1/250(MF SLRs have enough mirror shock that I keep the shutter speeds as high as possible when hand holding).
Taken with a camera and lens older than the building
. Hasselblad 500c(1960) with a 150mm Zeiss Sonnar(1962). I used Ilford Pan F 50 developed in home-made Rodinal 1:19. This was my first roll of Pan F, and it's something of an interesting film. I've been told that its latent image keeping is terrible. I developed it a day after shooting it, but despite being well in date the edge markings are faint. I'm also surprised at how pronounced the grain is for an ASA 50 film, although Rodinal is known for its sharpness at the expense of grain. I'm terrible about keeping track of my film exposure data(thank goodness my F5 and F100 let me be lazy and do that for me) but this was an overcast day and I probably would have set it to EV 12 or 13. That means I likely would have been with the lens wide open at f/4 and 1/500 or 1/250(MF SLRs have enough mirror shock that I keep the shutter speeds as high as possible when hand holding).
Will you be there when they blow it up? Could make for a fun photo."Frankfort's Skyscraper" or popularly known locally as "The Tower." This was taken on Feb. 9th, and it's slated to be imploded this coming Sunday(March 11th). This 28 story building has been something of an intriguing mark on the local landscape since 1972.
Taken with a camera and lens older than the building
I'm terrible about keeping track of my film exposure data(thank goodness my F5 and F100 let me be lazy and do that for me) but this was an overcast day and I probably would have set it to EV 12 or 13. That means I likely would have been with the lens wide open at f/4 and 1/500 or 1/250(MF SLRs have enough mirror shock that I keep the shutter speeds as high as possible when hand holding).
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It’s been a quite few weeks for me, but I shot this bird on the way home from work....
The beach at Whitstable a couple of days ago...
Ominous Clouds by Hugh Russell, on Flickr
Cheers
Hugh
Ominous Clouds by Hugh Russell, on Flickr
Cheers
Hugh
Sweeney Ridge-7-20170715-2 by Charles Martorelli, on Flickr
I never thought I wouldn't like having a viewfinder, but being able to adjust the LCD screen makes it so I don't have to squat and I can compose my shots in comfort. I seem to be able to get closer shots also. I'm still learning the ins and outs of the camera.
I don't know why but those maniacal grins crack me up.
I'm undecided.
The above photo really is from what is-IMO-one of the best vantage points of the building outside the "exclusion zone." It was about midway across a bridge over the Kentucky River, the opposite bank of which is the exclusion zone. I could possibly get a better view by moving more downstream(to the right of where that photo was taken) although the lay of the land is such that I'm not going to get a good photo unless I'm on a bridge.
This particular bridge is the easiest to access, but I suspect that it will be packed and finding a place to park will be a nightmare(although they can handle parking not too far away for the high school football games, and the field is in easy walking distance).
The best view is PROBABLY from the old US 127 bridge-which is now closed to road traffic-although I don't know how the pedestrian access is from the west side of the river. Actually, I'm not sure that it's TECHNICALLY accessible from the east side, but then the only barriers are designed to prevent auto traffic and it's not posted. I need to go down on Saturday and scope it all out.
Of course, if I REALLY wanted to get close there's always this option...but I don't want to spend that kind of money. I expect it will hit well into 5 figures.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Bid-to-Cer...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649
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img-lego-diner-02 by John Pepp, on Flickr
some doggos I came across today
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dude congrats!!!
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I just gotta tell you that it was an exciting weekend for me and the missus. On Saturday we went to the grand unveiling and awards ceremony for Canada's Royal Ontario Museum Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2017 contest and I took top spot and won the grand prize.
It's all very exciting to receive a very nice prize package that includes a trip to Ecuador and have the Polar Bear image below hanging in the museum for the next there weeks.
I also have to say thanks to @kenoh and award Ken an honourable mention for suggesting a tweak to this image to add a bit more detail around the bear's eye. Thank you Ken!
Cheers,
Peter
dude congrats!!!
I just gotta tell you that it was an exciting weekend for me and the missus. On Saturday we went to the grand unveiling and awards ceremony for Canada's Royal Ontario Museum Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2017 contest and I took top spot and won the grand prize.
It's all very exciting to receive a very nice prize package that includes a trip to Ecuador and have the Polar Bear image below hanging in the museum for the next there weeks.
I also have to say thanks to @kenoh and award Ken an honourable mention for suggesting a tweak to this image to add a bit more detail around the bear's eye. Thank you Ken!
Cheers,
Peter
That's a wonderful image, I'm not surprised it won. Congratulations! I'm sure you'll have a great trip
_DSC6513I agree. Very effective use of b&w and composition.
Where do you think I get all my gear from?
Cheers
Hugh
Haha!
A handheld 180 degree panorama from a beach just South of here.
* Click through to see it in much better detail.
Canon 6D, Canon 24-105mm f/4 L, Multi-segment Metering, Manual Mode
ISO 100, 24mm, f/5, 1/640
* Click through to see it in much better detail.
Canon 6D, Canon 24-105mm f/4 L, Multi-segment Metering, Manual Mode
ISO 100, 24mm, f/5, 1/640
My stepdad's cat Lucy (she's a cutie-pie), photo taken in Georgia, not too far south of Hartsfield-Jackson airport.
Don't have the camera data, don't think I kept a raw file on this. Shot on a D5300, Programmed Auto, with a Nikkor 55-300mm VRII (before I learned about the wonderful world of Aperture Priority Mode and manual settings).
Don't have the camera data, don't think I kept a raw file on this. Shot on a D5300, Programmed Auto, with a Nikkor 55-300mm VRII (before I learned about the wonderful world of Aperture Priority Mode and manual settings).