Picture of the Week 6/22

I'm going to be driving all day on Sunday. I am in Lima, OH tonight, and I will be at work in Wichita, KS at 6:00 am Monday morning. I

won't have any other chance to post so I figured I'd get this rolling with a pic from the land of the Yoopers. This image is probably a bit

overprocessed, but it was pretty gray up in the UP. This is Crisp Point, just a bit west of Whitefish Point...<div></div>

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Well, *I* think it's hardly fair of matt to start posting vacation pics when I haven't even gotten to see any from the batch

he's posting from (my silly hard drive filled up!! Geez, I only had 8800 pics, what's the problem???) BUT, the ones I did get

to go through very quickly here, here's a couple. Also from the UP, coincidentally. Apparently, there wasn't much to see

until we got on the North side of the Big Mac.

 

Both of these happen to come from the Upper Tahquomenon Falls, and no i do not happen to care if I spelled that right at

this moment. I'll care in the soon-to-appear thread "We survived a week in the car w/ 6 of us!!"<div></div>

I HIGHLY recommend a stop at the Tahquamenon Falls Brewery & Pub. We were afraid it'd be the usual "where else you

gonna eat?" kind of place w/ the accompanying high prices, but it was really great! I am not a beer kinda person (I'm all

about the froo-froo stuff), but I really really really liked the Porcupine Pale Ale. That's it in the front glass. The other 2 are

the Lumberjack Lager, which is not my kinda beer.<div></div>

Here are some photos from Monday's hike to the Yellow Mountains (the first photo is a repost from an earlier

thread, the other two are "fresh"). All photos shot with Pentax k10d and kit lens 18-55mm. Some postprocessing

(tone curves) done to get rid of the fog/haze and bring out the blue in the sky.

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Gallery: http://davidmantilla.smugmug.com/share/vpR0Rg77bcMtM

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Geez, you guys are not messing around, are you!? I was about to go to bed, and now I'm forced to post some pics.

It's tough to be me...<br>

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This one is from 2 weeks ago, but I didn't have time to post it then, so I reckon it shouldn't count towards this

week's total. I'm not going to wait for a reply to that. It's got no title, it's simply a continuation of my

<i>fascinated by random leaves even though I swear I'm not a plant or flower person</i> series. I have to work on

the series title. Duochrome treatment, not real colour, and I couldn't quite nail the focus hand-holding the

Sigma 70-300mm in the macro range in the wind. Through a window. Balancing on one leg on a table. Actually, it

didn't turn out that bad now that I think about it...<br>

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<b>Leaves can be cool too...if you survive the macro shooting part</b><br>

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OK, now onto the ones from this week. First off, I promised Hin I'd post one for him, and this is it. I'm sure

he'll recognise it. Well, I hope everyone does! :-D<br>

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<a href=" title="Piercing the Clouds by Miserere, on

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<b>Piercing the Clouds</b><br>

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Next up, a view of George Segal's monument, <i>The Holocaust</i>, located in Lincoln Park, San Francisco. It has

to be seen to be understood; I was sincerely moved by it. Hopefully I can transmit some of my feeling through

these photographs. There is <a href=" different view</a> on

my Flickr page; please let me know what you think.<br>

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<b>The Holocaust</b><br>

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Let's lighten the mood a little with the third one for this week. It goes out to Godfrey, wherever he may be.<br>

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<b>Green Engine</b>

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Matt, definitely in B&W, although white skies suck. Just set the contrast to 111 and go wild.

 

Maria, I can see you are mastering the Hinmanian style of picture taking. Nice deer!

 

David, if I weren't so jealous of your trip, I might tell you that your second shot has a beautiful dreamy quality to it that is putting me to sleep peacefully. But I *am* jealous, so I won't.

Matt, The black and white one works for me,

Mis, that bridge shot is awesome. Is that the GG bridge?

Here are some images I shot with my K1OOO and BW400CN Film..It seems to have a sharper look compared to Tri X but Tri X has a more vintage look about it... I also need to remember to stop down 1/2 stop...I am still learning, but having tons of fun. :)

 

Here is a hamster cage that my shop foreman built. It took him about a year to build it. It is an engine he cut in half and well, here you have it...

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My Daughter Krisanie.

She just turned 20. She is my second oldest. Daddy's girl.. :

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Here is a peek inside the kitchen of one of my favorite Mexican Restaurants. ''EL TEPEYAC'' in the middle of ELA..

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Here is a race engine that just left for Spain.

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Here are a couple from a recent classic car auction I attended. <p>All shots were with the K10d and DA* 16-50

ambient

indoor sodium light </p>

 

Morris Minor <p>

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1937 Cord the gem of the auction.

 

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Lincoln hood (that's not really CA, it's the lights)<p>

 

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<p><p>There are about 100 more images on a new site I'm working on if you want to see more. <p> link:

<A HREF="http://zenrockphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/5187215_d5AxU#P-1-12">Tulsa, OK Leake Car Auction</A>

Wow - early start this week!

 

I have started taking pics more regularly, so I won't have to bore anyone with shots of my attractive colleagues!

 

Here is a macro of a very old small ball of play dough that my son found dried up with crystalline changes.<div></div>

I have also been trying my hand at street shooting. Where is Godfrey? As Mis has done, I would like to dedicate this one to the master. It is cropped down to square to isolate the subject against the background. There seems to be a bit of purple fringing that I didn't notice in pp, but anyway.

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I tried black and white, but I think I like the blue of the background.

Matt, I think b&w works better, but it may benefit from a border because of the pale sky.

 

Maria, you're making me thirsty! I have been on meds for a week, and still have another few days to go, so no beer for a long time! I am so close to seeing how the meds mix with something on tap!

 

David - stunning! I enjoyed your thread on the trip - post some more!

 

Mis - your shots are all stunning, but the Green Engine is my favorite.

 

Javier, nice black and whites.

 

Roger, nice cars, but better pics!

Well, sunday has only just begun and everyone is up and running !

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Matthew: your trunk has to compete (too much) with the tower, on its own it would be veru much sufficient.<br>Miserere: your leaf pic is just perfect, and then some.... <br> And Garry, you got a very good street-picture there , also in technical sense.

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Some different things I did, this week:

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In the dressing room at the local sportshall. (I cloned the naked girls away, ofcourse ;))

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Toying with the same image, the original on the left was too depressingﾅ.

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And one to show that I can make normal pictures too ;) , a macro in this case.

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For some quick snaps I left the external flash in the pocket and used the Pentax kit lens and the integrated flash

here for the childs portait. This little flash is quite usefull for fills and if you dont mnid frontal flat light even for more as

you can see in the second birds portrait. A fun week indeed and again way too many photos to choose only 3

favorites for me :-) greetings to all the Pentaxians, Markus<div></div>

"Lonesome blue eye" lives in Zurich in the official city garden in the tropical house and let me come real close for a minute :-)<div></div>

I quickly changed my mind to show you a sample of yesterdays action of drummer "Mani" from the cult band

www.guru-guru.com instead of some technical Tamron 17mm wide shots. I made quite a few photos for the band and

the old manual Osram hammerhead flash cooperated nicely with the K10D.<div></div>

O Shiva, your digital manipulations are stunning as usual, and the macro is great. One needs to view the images without the pnet compression to see their real beauty though.

 

Markus, that bird looks edgy! Not sure I would like him that close to my lens!

Matt: even I say B&W

 

Maria: deer & beer, eh? I'm glad you hunt with a camera.

 

Mis: "couldn't quite nail the focus hand-holding the Sigma 70-300mm in the macro range in the wind. Through a

window. Balancing on one leg on a table." You left out, "squinting at the view-finder through a mirror held by an

inebriated chimpanzee in a typhoon-tossed row-boat."

 

Javier: Did you get all the hamsters out of that engine you shipped to Spain?

 

Garry: you're right about keeping your street shot color--and not just because of the blue: the tonal merge (to

coin a phrase) is really great.

 

O Shiva: Don't you just hate it when you get a really good photo only to find it's got naked ladies all over it?

I do like that one, btw.

 

 

Here's my solution to the problem of shooting cute little birds in that tree out back.<div></div>

Here's one from last Sunday after dropping my daughter off at camp. There's a simple reason I didn't use the

tripod and TC: to put it gently, I'M AN IDIOT!

 

I've consoled myself by saying that it has a "nice water-color-y feel." I do like the fact that it's about the

scene, not just the bird, but sharper would have been better.<div></div>

Fantastic pictures everyone! I think I'm gonna learn alot from you all! Here's a flower from my neighbor's yard.<div></div>

Wow.. and I thought I'd have a quick peek. <br>

Matthew, the b&w is better.. and I do think it needs a border of some sort unless you darken the sky a bit.<br>

Maria, that pale ale looks good! <br>

David, your shots from the trip are awesome. I like all three, and even tho I am not big on people photos, I do like the

3rd one quite a lot. <br>

Mis, you are too funny at times! That leaf is actually quite awesome, and so is the green car. In future, if you are

going to claim strenous shooting conditions, I think we would like to see proof! lol.<br>

Javier, your b&w phtoos are getting to be superb. And don't listen to Dave.. they need the hamsters in the engine for

the power boost! <br>

Roger, cool cars.. that Austin minor is a gem. I drove around quite a bit in one of those in my youth :-) <br>

Garry, your red ball looks like a mushroom :-) Your street photo is really good. And if you hadn't mentioned the PA,

nobody would have really noticed.. Blue is good, I agree. <br>

O Shiva, I really like your first shot.. personally I would never do anything drastic like clone away naked ladies.. And

what is this posting a 'normal' photo business ? Now we are all confused! <br>

Markus, Blue eyes is indeed a handsome specimen.. lucky to be able to get so close. The drummer came out really

well.. <br>

Dave, I would have thought you would not intrude on some poor vulture doing it's yoga exercises.. Good catch tho..

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Doug, that flower came out really well.. <br>

I didn't do anything interesting photo-wise this week. Attended a huge birthday party at Morton's and other than

photos of random people which are quite boring, I thought I'd post a couple. One is from Taiwan, from earlier this year

which I am getting around to pp finally. And I thought I would get some food on the table to go with Maria's beer :-)

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Yummm<div></div>

Dave, low tide is great. I guess you may want it sharper blown up, but it looks great at this size.

 

Doug, nice flower. Only one complaint, it's called Flower 1. So where are the others?

 

Haig, really like the bridge shot - and no, that is not a pun concerning the bridge tournament you were playing in at the time that you took the shot!

<p>This week wasn't incredibly productive, but here are my two faves:</p>

 

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<p>A quick self-portrait:</p>

 

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