POTW 51709

<p>It is Sunday i.e. funday. How come no one started the thread yet. Am I the only one awake?</p>

<p>I downloaded the trial version of Lightroom and played a little bit with it. I guess it is very good for organizing photos. Here is a pic of my wife (my non co-operative model) developed in LR.</p>

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<p>1:15 has it! All I've got for you this week is a snapshot of a bunny. Everything was silver, and it's all still in lab.</p><div></div>

<p>It's a long time since we had twin POW's, I have plenty of photos to supply this week :-)</p><div></div>

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<p><a title="Cesili Williams, Scream by Jemal Y., on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackfist2k2/3524212756/" title="Cesili Williams, Scream by Jemal Y., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3340/3524212756_d75119d489.jpg" alt="Cesili Williams, Scream" width="395" height="500" /> </a><br>

<a title="Road to Phoenix by Jemal Y., on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackfist2k2/3528500938/" title="Road to Phoenix by Jemal Y., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2098/3528500938_f00dfe90cf.jpg" alt="Road to Phoenix" width="500" height="334" /> </a><br>

<a title="Sunset on America by Jemal Y., on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackfist2k2/3528563842/" title="Sunset on America by Jemal Y., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3572/3528563842_573e24fd60.jpg" alt="Sunset on America" width="500" height="358" /> </a><br>

Sony -bonus<br>

<a title="Sunshine by Jemal Y., on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackfist2k2/3536941859/" title="Sunshine by Jemal Y., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2155/3536941859_4b5361fd0c.jpg" alt="Sunshine" width="500" height="333" /> </a></p>

 

<p>Oh, boy, I get to post in two separate threads.</p>

<p>It's springtime, so catch those early season blooms while you can. Lilacs in my backyard.<br>

<img src="http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p26/stevet_010/K20D2279edit1.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p><img src="http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p26/stevet_010/K20D2334edit1.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>will comment later....<br /> Egypt once more (the last, I promise)</p>

<p><img src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss151/dorus/desertshore.jpg?t=1242570949" alt="" width="700" height="371" /> desertshore</p>

<p><img src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss151/dorus/lookingup2.jpg?t=1242571046" alt="" width="700" height="512" /> <br /> harvesting wheat (by hand)</p>

<p>i<img src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss151/dorus/inside5.jpg?t=1242571152" alt="" width="700" height="469" /><br>

inside the temple</p>

 

<p>Well I'm going to take full advantage of this special POW opportunity to post some shots I've just finished processing. Here's one from the neighborhood tree planting. </p><div></div>

<p>My first photo-credit! This will be used for the cover of our brochure about the trail.</p><div></div>

<p>I've also been wortking on lacrosse photos. I didn't get many high quality photographs and Clara didn't score much since she mostly played defense. This may have been the best shot of the season for both of us ;~) </p><div></div>

<p>Congratulations Dave H. That's a very welcoming shot and worthy of a cover.</p>

<p>ME</p>

<p>Here is a picture I took at an event that was held at a pub here in Bellingham, WA.</p>

<p>They are supposed to look at a speaker who's talking about environmental issues...</p>

<p>This is a jpg straight out of the camera, I only resized it. The shot was with a k20d and 77mm, f2.0 at 1/45 s, ISO 800. I think no eyes are really in focus, but somehow it works for me.</p>

<p>christos<img src="http://christoforou.org/05_IMG1241.jpg" alt="" /></p>

 

<p>Some really good shots this week!</p>

<p>This first one I shot was under some heavy clouded skys called the Devil's Backbone; Pentax K10d, Pentax 18-55mm @ F/11, Tripod.</p><div></div>

<p>This next one was early morning in the Rocky Mountain National Park at Sprague Lake.<br>

Pentax K10d, Pentax 18-55mm @ F/11, Tripod.<br>

-Jon</p><div></div>

<p>Subho, I apologize. I kept looking and saw no pow thread. I guess we were both up at the same time with the same thoughts. Really nice capture of your bride. Well, might as well take advantage of the double thread myself. A couple of more shots from our hike. <a href="http://s407.photobucket.com/albums/pp153/marzrw/5-09-09%20Hopkins%20Mt%20Hike/?action=view&current=SpringFalls.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp153/marzrw/5-09-09%20Hopkins%20Mt%20Hike/SpringFalls.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a> <a href="http://s407.photobucket.com/albums/pp153/marzrw/5-09-09%20Hopkins%20Mt%20Hike/?action=view&current=AdirondackTrillium-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp153/marzrw/5-09-09%20Hopkins%20Mt%20Hike/AdirondackTrillium-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a> <a href="http://s407.photobucket.com/albums/pp153/marzrw/5-09-09%20Hopkins%20Mt%20Hike/?action=view&current=SpringtimeMountainStream.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp153/marzrw/5-09-09%20Hopkins%20Mt%20Hike/SpringtimeMountainStream.jpg" border="0" alt="Spring Stream" /></a></p>

<p><img src="http://static.photo.net/attachments/bboard/00T/00TMEi-134583584.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="469" /></p>

<p>From one that missed the 18-55mm thread</p><div></div>

<p>I'll comment later on specifics for this thread. Gotta love flowers and smiling people though.<br>

This morning early I realized I had nada of value for this thread so I hit up our garden in morning light. My wife was already out there catching up on our spring--yesterday was in the 70s and felt like the first real summer-like day we've had this year.</p>

<p>The first two shots are some flower pr0n taken with the Voigtlander 125mm. This is my sharpest lens and probably one of the top 4 sharpest lenses for Pentax cameras today. The biggest challenge for me is that I'm still learning to appropriately use the focal length--it is fairly long for closeups, and I'm used to closeup lenses in the 65-90mm range. I purchased the lens in winter and this is the first real gush of usage.</p>

<p>Vertical<br>

<img src="http://www.smugmug.com/photos/538679883_vFVgi-L.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>K20D, Voigtlander 125mm, f4.5 @ 1/180, ISO 400</p>

<p>Ceanothus<br>

<img src="http://www.smugmug.com/photos/538679601_EHuV2-L.jpg" alt="" width="399" height="600" /><br>

K20D, Voigtlander 125mm, f5.6 @ 1/180, ISO 400</p>

<p>Our kids cleaned out dead growth in our lavender patch yesterday and I like the lighting around it this morning. Then I doped it up in Lightroom.</p>

<p><img src="http://www.smugmug.com/photos/538679682_hGzMq-L.jpg" alt="" /><br>

Lavender Cleanup1<br>

K20D, DA Ltd. 35mm macro, f 5.6 @1/350, ISO 400</p>

<p>ME</p>

 

<p>Isn't this fun? Now if we can talk Doug and Justin to go along, we could have multiple POWs every week! lol<br>

All of these were shot in Boise, ID with the 50-200 DA and the K10d</p><div></div>

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<p>Well since everyone seems to be enjoying the double pow thread, I would like to add two. One from yesterday, one from this morning. There sure is a lot of nice shooting here.<b> Dorus</b>, I for one really like your Egypt pics and would love to see more. <b>Jon</b>, Sprague Lake is awesome.<b> Dave</b>, nice lax shot. A little easier than basketball wouldn't you agree?</p><div></div>

<p>and this morning</p><div></div>