Canon Thursday Photo 2012: #7

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<p>Happy Thursday everyone! It's nice to see that numbers are on the rise again. Let's keep it up and try to keep climbing. The quality of the photos is better than ever as well. I truly look forward to Thursdays so I can enjoy browsing through the superb photographs our community makes each week. This week I tried out some rare macro work. Here is a close up of a frozen puddle in a campus parking lot. </p><div></div>

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<p>Winter leaves.</p><div></div>

<p>Inspired by every bodies bird pictures last week I went to a local spot this evening, not much luck but I will be back.</p><div></div>

<p>Wind blown freezing fog made an interesting pattern on the top of this tree buried in the snow close to my office last Sunday. </p><div></div>

<p>Robin, you say "winter leaves", but it sure looks like it's sticking around to me! (yuk yuk).</p>

<p>Here is a remote shutter capture while I breathed into the beam of a flashlight on a chilly evening last night. Just for fun.</p><div></div>

<p>I haven't acquired anything new worth posting yet so I am going back to 2009.</p>

<p>I was able to take some time off and drove out west to Joshua Tree National Park. I took one of the hikes out to an abandoned mine (Lost Horse I think), and passed through an area that had been burned out. This Yucca(?) had been severely scorched, but had not given up yet.</p>

<p><br /> The whole area smelled of burned wood. And as you can see the desert is more barren than usual. This was also my very first trip with my brand spanking new 5D MKII.</p><div></div>

<p>Really fantastic response on this thread last week! Still working on birds in flight. I headed out to the Sepulveda Wildlife Reserve one morning last weekend and was able to get this shot of a Great Blue Heron. It had a nest high up in a tree nearby and I was also able to get a few shots of it at the nest as well. What a great spot!</p><div></div>

<p>Nothing new this week. Just another shot from last week. This I think demonstrate that EF-15-85 handles flare pretty well.<br>

<img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7162/6822000079_d9917346e9_z.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>I took some photos at a well known local shop that is about to move to a different location.<br>

The blog post is here: http://tinyurl.com/7cm2vlt<br>

5D Mk 2 + 24-104, f4, 1/80, iso-800<br>

<a title="Italian Continental Stores Ltd by Peter Meade, on Flickr" href=" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7181/6883016535_d92c9cd4e1_z.jpg" alt="Italian Continental Stores Ltd" width="426" height="640" /></a></p>

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<p>EOS 40D, 16-35II, 1/250 at F5.6 ISO 200</p>

 

<p>Had to resize pic</p>

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<p>Log</p><div></div>

<p><strong>Vincent</strong>, love that shot of the piano! Here's mine from this past Saturday. The forecast was for some snow and it was snowing but barely.</p><div></div>

<p>Canon 40D<br>

Yashica ML 50/1.7 with tubes</p>

<p>So I didnt quite manage to get him perfectly in the DOF, but this little spider was<em> falling</em> as I captured this. I was shooting some macro of some moss/lichen out on the back stone wall when I noticed him start a crazy descent from the top of the wall. He was falling/repeling down very quickly, slamming into the moss and then reorienting himself before jumping out again. I managed to catch him in this photo right as he launched himself from the last bit of moss towards the ground. I literally had a second to bring the camera up and get him in the DOF.</p>

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Tatting made by my grandfather.<div></div>

<p>While photographing Owls these Wood Ducks were swimming nearby. Took more photos of the ducks than of the Owls. </p><div></div>

<p>Here's one from another artwork. Artist made 3 mirror artworks in boxes. all i did was put the camara on the looking glass and press the button.. <br>

I like the reflection of the camera.</p><div></div>

<p><a title="Wisley HDR by vickylou01, on Flickr" href=" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7196/6862589565_59eb074887.jpg" alt="Wisley HDR" width="500" height="333" /></a><br>

Winter at RHS Wisley</p>

<p>I walked by this wall that had deciduous vines with a random growth pattern that contrasted sharply to the straight lines of the concrete blocks and brick accents, and I knew I'd be returning with a camera. The brick lines were above my head, but shifting the lens kept everything straight.</p><div></div>

<p>Doug O.- The stuff Yetti sightings are made of, what an interesting capture.<br>

Here's another from the season finale. </p><div></div>

<p>Some high school hockey this week. Horribly lit arena (even for a high school sporting event) and no way to shoot except through the plexiglass that was pretty marked up. Even so, found some clean spots and got some decent shots. Shot in mRAW and did a lot of work post production to get this one. This previous frame to this one was better but completely out of focus - the puck is moving the water bottle in this shot as the player in blue skated toward the net, wiped out, and still managed to lift the puck "top shelf where momma hides the cookies". <br>

Technical Info: Canon 7D, EF 50mm f/1.4 USM Lens, Manual mode, 1/500th, 2.0, auto ISO (1000)</p><div></div>

<p>Another image from my shoot with my "new" Canon EF-M - technically not an EOS camera, but since its mount is a Canon EF mount for using AF lenses in manual focus, I guess maybe you wouldn't kick me out.<br /> Or would you? Hmmm.</p>

<p>Anyhow, Walgreen's finest ISO 200 film (probably Fuji)</p><div></div>

<p>Scott,<br>

Where was the photo taken? That will help us narrow the possibilities. I'd guess some species of egret or possibly a white heron. Also, I wasn't in your situation so it may not have been possible, but if I can't get close enough to the bird, then I can fill frame space by incorporating a reflection. If the reflection of the tree brach and bird was apparent in the water it may have compensated for a lack of intimacy. Nonetheless, still a great shot. I can't get enough bird photos. </p>