Photo Of The Week 4/26/09

<p>I figured I'd sneak in the POW before heading off for a nap. Caney has been sick, and my wife is out of town so I'm stuck here taking care of him. He isn't going to be too happy in a few hours when I get up and leave him for the day tomorrow while I go chase sheep and sunrises in Vermont.</p>

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</a><br /> <em>K20D, DA 43mm.</em></p>

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<p><em>K20D, DA 21mm</em></p>

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<p><img src="http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p26/stevet_010/P1000263edit.jpg" alt="" /> <br /> <em>Determination will lead to survival.</em><br>

Panasonic LX3.</p>

<p>My contribution - Mama and her little girl. Pics taken with DA* 50-135 and off camera flash.</p><div></div>

<p>My wife is always playing with our dogs</p><div></div>

<p>An angry sky. Shot outside my place of employment Friday afternoon with the company Canon A540 Powershot. My K20D was at home... Straight off the camera, no editing.</p>

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<p><strong>ME SUPER with M50@F/8.0, UltraMax 800</strong><br>

<img src="http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp128/jgredline/Film/KodakUltra800.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p><strong>ME SUPER with M50@F/8.0, Kodak Gold 100<br /> </strong><br>

<img src="http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp128/jgredline/Film/KodakGold1008.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p><img src="http://www.pbase.com/kx_monochrome/image/111755582/original.jpg " alt="" width="800" height="536" /><br>

<em>K10D > Tamron AD-2 #01A 35~80mm f/2.8~3.8</em></p>

<p><strong>ME SUPER with M50@F/8.0, UltraMax 800</strong><br>

<img src="http://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp128/jgredline/Film/004_21AG.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>My three, shot about hour and half ago...</p><div></div>

<p>Another angle at the fountain</p><div></div>

<p>Downtown Portland with Spring rain clouds</p><div></div>

<p>I had an unusually good week, and still have a good bit to print. I enjoyed photographing a football game, another demonstration, plenty of musician shots and a return trip to this park. I did take some digital photos, though. These moss covered rocks in the photos; those particular rocks are part of the reason that I ended up breaking down and getting a digital camera last summer; I wanted to communicate in color. The greens in the moss are very rich; they are growing in the misty spray of a stream that's fed by a waterfall and sheltered by some unusually close and harboring cliff walls.</p>

<p>I used off camera flash for a lot of my shots that day. Down the thread some will be a photo of a rock that has a purple splash to it. I found that when I used off camera flash with the wet rocks, it really helped to bring out the color. Same also for water; the darker side of midtones in water had a tendency to come out bluish; combined with long shutters for blur and flash for some frozen droplets and wave-shapes; well, I really enjoyed it, and would recommend you give off camera flash a try outdoors in situations like those. It worked great; I did do my usual post adjustments, "centerlined", but the images are basically strait; the colors that were in the image to start with were much richer than I would have otherwise gotten because I used the flash. Can't recommend it enough.</p>

<p>Nice photos, y'all; as always. J.</p><div></div>

<p>The purple rock and boulder in the lower half of the photo would have been in deep shadow if not for the fill.</p><div></div>

<p>That moss. </p><div></div>

<p>Snowy egret at Corn Creek, near Las Vegas.</p><div></div>

<p>I've just returned from another trip to Yellowstone and had a great time watching the wildlife. The one that got away was an elk being chased by two wolves. I get to keep that one in my mind's eye. Oh yeah, the elk got away too. Here are some I did manage to capture.<br /> Grizzly who was occasionally playful. K20D and Sigma 100-300 f/4 + 1.4x TC.<br /> <img src="http://wtlwdwgn.smugmug.com/photos/521031449_8tncY-O.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="464" /><br>

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<br /> Sandhill cranes who were a little too far away. K20D and Sigma 100-300 f/4 + 1.4x TC.<br /> <img src="http://wtlwdwgn.smugmug.com/photos/521032789_e5xfw-O.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="464" /><br>

<br /> Mountain bluebird perched on my car's mirror. K20D and DA* 50-135 @ 50mm.<br /> <img src="http://wtlwdwgn.smugmug.com/photos/521032326_FtX6c-O.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="464" /></p>

<p>... And a Joshua Tree, north of Vegas.</p><div></div>

<p>What a great mix of shots this week.. I really like that red cannon Justin, very nicely framed!<br>

#1</p><div></div>

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<p>Haig, no fair shooting a building that comes with its own color checker chart! I like the prickly pear; I never would have thought about shooting it that way. </p>

<p><b>Haig</b>, very nice macros. Sailboat shot is very nice as well. <b>John</b> and<b> John, </b>nice waterfall waterfall shots, can really tell the weather is getting warmer. Here are three from this week.</p><div></div>

<p>The next day</p><div></div>