POTW 8/30/09

<p>Just got home from a late dinner (for normal people) and noticed no POTW.</p>

<p><a title="North Shore Panorama - Pittsburgh by Mountain Visions, on Flickr" href=" title="North Shore Panorama - Pittsburgh by Mountain Visions, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2648/3848232184_f3fb3160ea_b.jpg" alt="North Shore Panorama - Pittsburgh" width="700" height="563" /> </a> <br /> <em><br /> Pentax K10D, FA 43mm Limited at f/11, Nodal Ninja panoramic head, Bogen 3221W tripod, with cable release and mirror lockup. Exposure was 25 seconds long at ISO 100. This is a 3 shot panoramic that creates a 21MP final image. So much for the K10D being over the hill, when you can create mural size prints!</em><br>

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<a title="Parachute Jump - Coney Island (Keyspan Park) by Mountain Visions, on Flickr" href=" title="Parachute Jump - Coney Island (Keyspan Park) by Mountain Visions, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2538/3824547940_550354ae18_o.jpg" alt="Parachute Jump - Coney Island (Keyspan Park)" width="700" height="867" /> </a><br>

<em>Pentax 645N, SMC-P 35mm f/2.8, Fuji Neopan 400 @ EI 1600, Kodak HC-110 Dil H @ 20C for 25 minutes, initial agitation of 1 minute, second agititation of 45 seconds and the half point. Scanned on HP G4050.</em></p>

 

<p>It's that time of year again!</p><div></div>

<p><strong><a href="../photodb/user?user_id=3995070">Bob Marz</a> , Aug 30, 2009; 12:23 a.m.</strong><br>

Two images from across the bay from Acadia National Park, but still a part of the park, the Schoodic Peninsula Schoodic Peninsula / <strong>Tide Pool Search</strong> / My wife, forever with the eyes of a wondering child loves to search for crabs, lobsters, anemones, etc... <em>Pentax K10D / Pentax 16-45mm @ 26mm, f 5.6, ISO 100 @ 180 sec </em> <a href="http://s407.photobucket.com/albums/pp153/marzrw/pow%208-23-09/?action=view&current=SchoodicPeninsulaTidePoolSearch.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp153/marzrw/pow%208-23-09/SchoodicPeninsulaTidePoolSearch.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /> </a> <strong>The always foggy coast of the Schoodic Peninsula</strong> <em>Pentax K10D / 16-45mm @ 28mm, f 8.0, ISO 100 @ 1/180 sec </em> <a href="http://s407.photobucket.com/albums/pp153/marzrw/pow%208-23-09/?action=view&current=SchoodicPeninsula8-foggycoastline.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp153/marzrw/pow%208-23-09/SchoodicPeninsula8-foggycoastline.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /> </a></p>

<p>I've really been enjoying these images of Acadia, Bob! I'm from Maine and have family in the Acadia area... it's so beautiful and I never get tired of seeing those familiar places.</p>

<p>Thanks R.T., I appreciate it, but Justin's 25 sec. 3 shot panoramic, holy crap!!!!</p>

<p>Thanks for the pano inspiration Justin. This shot is from the east side of the Sierra near Lone Pine, taken with a 50mm with a grad filter and the k10, hand held.</p>

<p><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3527/3870063558_15d6188f36.jpg" alt="" width="715" height="237" /></p>

<p>I did some portraits of the workers and visitors in the artists park with the Pentax K10D and Pentax-FA 50mm macro and met a gang of friendly bikers with the *istD and the Pentax-A 50mm macro yesterday.</p><div></div>

<p>riders meeting</p><div></div>

<p>and a portrait for a friend</p><div></div>

<p>Really, I have no time... I'n busy buying a house, and selling one. And doing up the latter, I'm typing here with wet paint on on my fingers...<br>

These are pics made by the estate-agent, just to give you an idea of our new place (at last: by the water !). I'm very happy :<br>

<img src="http://static.zoom.nl/920BA584804F2F816236EDC332CFE278.jpg" alt="" width="452" height="900" /></p>

<p>My son, hangin' out in the tree at grandpa's house.</p><div></div>

<p>Signs of the time here in TN , this is in a rural town with more people out of work than government figures indicate, scenes like this all over the place</p><div></div>

<p>From a nature walk:</p><div></div>

<p>Livingston,TN</p><div></div>

<p>Justin, the Coney Island shot is incredible; it makes me very glad I am not jumping any time soon! Dan, nice work on the panorama, the horizontal line really makes it.</p><div></div>

<p><img src="http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h285/ragc01/Image20s.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>As promised last week, a recent shot... Duck Pond, Buckhead (Atlanta), Georgia, USA<br>

Pentax Spotmatic with f1.4 50mm SMC Takumar</p>

<p>Love those panoramas, well done with the hand held one Dan. This with a K10D and an SMC Pentax M 135 mm lens, 1/1000 sec (can't remember the aperture, and the camera never knew it)</p><div></div>

<p align="center"><strong>#1 Cafe Lightings</strong></p>

<p align="center"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2461/3868161450_88d3c370e4.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p align="center">with <a href="http://hintheman.blogspot.com/2009/08/lightings.html">Pentax DA 35mm f/2.8 1:1 macro limited</a> <br /></p>

<p align="center"><strong>#2 Drummer</strong></p>

<p align="center"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2663/3789771746_556036b9e9.jpg" alt="" width="332" height="500" /></p>

<p align="center">with <a href="http://www.techtheman.com/2009/08/pentax-fa-77mm-f18-limited-vs-pentax-da.html">Pentax FA 77mm f/1.8 limited</a> <br /></p>

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<p align="center"><strong>#3 Vocal Singer</strong></p>

<p align="center"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2662/3789265931_a47a478e92.jpg" alt="" width="332" height="500" /></p>

<p align="center">with <a href="http://www.techtheman.com/2009/08/pentax-fa-77mm-f18-limited-vs-pentax-da.html">Pentax DA* 50-135mm f/2.8</a></p>

<p>Dorus, the new house looks lovely - is that a canal it is on? Where could you go if you took a boat from there?<br>

Ronny - there is something about the Livingston photo, not sure what, but it is sure saying something about good times gone.</p>

<p><a href="http://s791.photobucket.com/albums/yy192/johnw436/?action=view&current=IMGP3949.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i791.photobucket.com/albums/yy192/johnw436/IMGP3949.jpg" border="0" alt="Ft Meyers FL 2009" /></a> Don't move or I'll foul you!</p>

<p>Armwrestling tournament in Ft Myers, Florida this past weekend. Competitors have 60 seconds to get set. When they don't the referree puts them in a "referee's grip". Any movement during the referree's grip results in a foul. Two fouls is a loss.</p>

<p>K20d with DA 40 / 2.4 , Nikon SB-16 flash. Shot in jpeg using Javier's settings, no PP. Jaggies are from resizing. Original photo is clean.</p>

<p>Still finding little pockets of past rural life as the city continues to encroach outwards. Here's a couple hidden away behind a nearby subdivision.</p>

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<p>Still finding little pockets of past rural life as the city continues to encroach outwards. Here's a couple hidden away behind a nearby subdivision.</p>

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<p>In all too recent American History, if an African slave was fortunate enough to escape from his masters, there were two choices. Flee North through the underground railroad, or South to Florida and the Seminole Indians where they were welcomed with open arms and immediately became part of the tribe with an opportunity for a new life.</p>

<p>Their fierce loyalty helped ensure that the United States would never win in a military conflict against the Seminole People and is a large part of the reason they remain a sovereign nation here in Florida to this day.</p>

<p>Kodak BW400CN shot through SMC Pentax-M zoom 1:4.5 80mm~200mm and scanned at Dwayne's</p><div></div>

<p>And the other.</p><div></div>

<p>Here is one of Fridays shuttle launch.<br>

Taken with my Pentax k10D and Sigma 10-20 @ 10mm, f22 bulb mode, 104 sec. In raw and developed and perspective correction in Silkypix.<br>

<img src="http://dcfrench.smugmug.com/photos/633304229_RQqpc-XL.jpg" alt="" /></p>