Picture Of The Week 3-16-08

This week I located some of my mountain biking negatives from the late 1990s

(actually I flipped the page in the binder...I'm such a detective) and decided

to get to scanning them now that I'm chugging away on the G4050 with Silverfast

power! These were shot using a Pentax PZ-1P and a FA28-70 F/4 on Fuji Superia 400.

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Following Justin's lead with those very cool action shots, I'll post two (links):

 

One from my exile in Las Vegas (perfectly horrible place from my pov)

http://www.photo.net/photo/7046995

 

and a celebration of spring

http://www.photo.net/photo/7058156

Hi! Following in Justin's photo scanning. I scanned this photo using a little paperport scanner a few years ago. http://pug.komkon.org/01feb/alohaflw.html

I like shooting buildings for a couple of reasons...I think a properly built building have allot of character, but more importantly, they serve to teach me composition and metering...I have also found buildings to be very difficult to shoot because one side of it will look crooked, but in reality, I have learned that with many lenses it is a compromise.

 

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Dave..That is a really nice image of the girl in the bus stop...Very cool..What a nice capture..

I have a few pictures that I really enjoyed taking this week. First, because I can't resist giving a cat picture...<div></div>

Nice pictures everybody!

 

I'm in the middle of tranfering to a new location for work, so I haven't a lot of time to go out and shoot. But I guess I have a few more older shots I've been sorting through lately.<div></div>

and last...<div></div>

Sorry, lemme try that again. I suppose I should take the time to master the finner points of posting pics...

 

How do some people get pics larger than 500pix viewable in the post?<div></div>

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Let me chime in on the "wish the was an 'edit' option..."<div></div>

Just a little tweaking. Spring is finally here! But no flowers up yet.<div></div>

Thanks, Javier! That was with the Tamron super-zoom, btw.

Katelyn<div></div>

Michael, she's mega cute! :-D

I love her hair! Well, my offering for the week is comedy. I went into the girl's room friday

night & about split a gut right there... had to run back for the camera, stuck the Fong Bong

on the FG540 flash, thought I had 3 ruined shots, but had 3 ok shots, and 2 that lit the room

like daylight. Did NOT wake any girls up, probably because it was 1:30am.<div></div>

Here's one from the zoo today I like a lot. Maybe 2 in sequence.<div></div>

And the next (and better one IMHO)<div></div>

I'm going to toss this one in for matt, since he's being a sweetie & cooking supper. 3 months

straight of shooting saturn at the observatory. Hopefully, the atmosphere will cooperate

next time - we might get to see some moons in the pictures, if it's still.

 

The best shots are the slightly underexposed ones...they show the most detail, you can

almost see bands of color on the planet<div></div>

You gotta hate the haze, Maria.

 

Hilarious shot of your little one. You just can't make that stuff up.

I'm way too busy to enjoy photography, but I did take some shots with my new mirror lens that arrived during the week. I thought this one was pretty nice for being a test shot through my dirty office window:<br>

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I also posted it on the mirror lens thread, but it's about all I've got, so please forgive the reposting. I promise to post more pics in...May!

<p>Great pics this week! Here's a few I took earlier today...</p>

 

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The new deck for our house is almost done. It's only taken the contractor 18 months (it's very hard to get things done these days, like most places I suppose) but it's going to be worth it.

 

The wood is Western Red Cedar, milled just north of here and cut to size, mostly in my work shop. That's sand etched glass with frolicking Orcas.

 

It looks quite spectacular at night with the lights on so I tried to get a few shots. This is the best. I want to try a few more but will have to get on a step ladder to get a more "level" shot (the house is on a hill).

 

Taken with my K10D, 16-45mm at 16mm, ISO 400, 0.3 sec. F4.0<div></div>

Scott

I don't know what is nicer...Your Image or your new deck...Nice!!

Everybody seems really excited by the onset of spring, and I feel that way too. BUT, we are having fairly weird weather here in Taiwan. It looks like Fall everywhere. Trees are dropping their leaves and flowers are drooping. We have not actually had any cold weather - the coldest was about 15 degrees Celsius, which is warmer than we usually do. Here is a shot of a droopy flower.<div></div>