POW - 8/9/09

<p>Markus, I saw that same Karl display in the window of a teddy-bear shot in Nürnberg last fall. <br>

George, looks like your patience was rewarded, nice exposure. I assume it was rated 100; you had to overexpose it by a whole stop to get proper exposure, or is that just to get the contrast/grain you wanted? Was the film long-expired?</p>

<p>Took our kids to a zoo just outside Adelaide - this one is an unintended shot - but I think it kinda works. Lots of good photos - my favourite - Camus' second one. </p><div></div>

<p>I'm out of time. Could I just say praise for this wonderful photographic diversity ?</p>

<p>here's my week's choice<br>

<img src="http://static.zoom.nl/56813C63BCE2D992AC800E964CE38C00.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="442" /><br>

going home after a sweet day sailing<br>

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next is the story of Fluffy...... a featherdown on a laserdisc (no pp)<br>

<img src="http://static.zoom.nl/ECEA6D6DEA15B5F807C3901CBC350660.jpg" alt="" width="672" height="700" /><br>

Fluffy in heaven<br>

Fluffy on the edge<br>

Fluffy is gay<br>

Fluffy hung over<br>

Fluffy is feeling blue<br>

Fluffy has seen the light</p>

<p>Andrew: I've been shooting (non-expired) Acros at 100 and 80 based on Fuji's times but it's always been very flat for me (scanned at least, I've yet to wet print from the negatives but I hope to one night this week) plus I'm lazy about developers, I try to keep it simple. This roll was metered at 80 (and developed for the same) but I remember shooting these few frames about a stop overexposed to see what would happen: I got better skin tones and contrast. Got a few rolls left which I'm going to try metered at 50 but overall I think I'll go back to FP4+ which just seems to shoot well no matter what for me...</p>

 

<p >My favorites this week:</p>

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<p >Bob M, I still dig Road to Cadillac</p>

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<p >Markus, the shot of the two musicians is very sweet, one for their portfolio</p>

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<p >Ben P. nice dreamy shot of the fish. I’d adjust the brightness and contrast up some.</p>

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<p >Robert C. another lovely landscape. Ospreys are fun to watch.</p>

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<p >Ronny P., another funny shot with Bargains.</p>

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<p >Dave H. beautiful setup and DOF for the ‘shrooms. You liking the Voigtlander? The 125mm is heavy and I imagine that the 180mm is even heavier, though as you have demonstrated the optics are excellent.</p>

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<p >Steve T. Lake City has great vertical lines and clouds. Good one for B&W.</p>

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<p >Jemal, the shot of Destiny is so fine, especially with the popup flash. Her skin tones are lovely. Very nice. Among the best this week.</p>

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<p >Somanna, those shots look like my neighborhood. B&W is a hair better, is the shot tilted slightly to the right?</p>

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<p >Camus, all really fine shots. I cannot decide on the better of the color vs. B&W.</p>

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<p >Denise, that’s funny.</p>

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<p >Dorus, I like the fluffy images a bit better than the captions.</p>

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<p >Thank you Somanna for your kind words. Thanks Jemal. Haig, yep it’s cold and wet, but next week is supposed to be “normal” in the mid-80s.</p>

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<p >ME</p>

<p>Thanks everyone for your encouragement, it means a lot ot me.</p>

<p>And Javier, thanks to you for pushing me and that 10-20mm- I do like it a lot and I need to explore with it even more. Some day I'll get really good with it, like you!</p>

<p>1st time post in POW.  Taken with SMC P 300mm/f4  on Pentax K100D super.    One of the most satisfying bird shot for me as I am getting used to this little ones in recent past.   Love the old primes.<br>

Pheasant-tailed jacana</p>

<p>Apologies. Not able to upload picture in earlier post.<br>

<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3580/3813897670_533e56ce8b.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="386" /></p>

<p>Sudhakar, welcome to the POW. That is one lovely shot. Where does this bird live? Thanks for posting it and I look forward to seeing more of your work.</p>

<p>Sudhakar, welcome, and way to start out! That is a great bird shot.</p>

<p>Thank you Robert and Nick for you encouraging words. It is taken at a local pond Hyderabad, India.</p>