POTW 9/6/09

<p>Home from another late dinner at out favorite brewpub and it's 1am here on the east coast and no POTW...</p>

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Pentax K20D, Tokina 28-70 f/2.8 @ f/4. ISO 500, bounce flash with Sigma EF-500 DG Super in manual.</p>

<p>Riverfront shot...</p><div></div>

<p>Sweet Pic Justin... We were out whale watching in Maine. On the ride out the naturalist was calling out birds... Arctic Tern / Point / Shoot / <strong>Breakfast</strong> / <em>Pentax K10D / Tamron 70-300 Lens @ 220mm / 1/750 sec / f 11 / Iso 100 </em><a href="http://s407.photobucket.com/albums/pp153/marzrw/pow%208-23-09/?action=view&current=WhaleWatching02ArcticTern.jpg" target="_blank"><em><img src="http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp153/marzrw/pow%208-23-09/WhaleWatching02ArcticTern.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></em></a> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Tern The whales were many, but the best shots were on the port side, my luck... Here's a shot of the <strong>Petite Manan National Wildlife Refuge</strong> / <em>Pentax K10D / Tamron 70-300 @ 220 / 1/500sec / F 9.5 / Iso 100 </em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petit_Manan_Light">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petit_Manan_Light</a><a href="http://s407.photobucket.com/albums/pp153/marzrw/pow%208-23-09/?action=view&current=WhaleWatching07-PetiteMananWildlife.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp153/marzrw/pow%208-23-09/WhaleWatching07-PetiteMananWildlife.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></p>

<p>This was actually from some time ago; not a particularly great photo; but, it is of a crawfish I spotted in a stream. While I love Creole cooking, and will therefore gladly eat a huge boil of crawfish, I have never photographed one before. </p>

<p>Pentax K200D, 28-80mm FAJ, 1/90, f/6.7, ISO 1600. </p><div></div>

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<p>Mama mia, ees a-heavy. I should have a-chosen the harmonica.</p>

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<p>Bienvenido a Roma! *ist DS and kit lens.</p>

<p>Great shots so far!! These two shots are from my hike on Friday.... both from Babcock State Park here in West Virginia... just waiting for the leaves to change, then I will be editing pics all winter. The first in a window in the Grist Mill at the park. The second are wildflowers along side the entrance road.</p><div></div>

<p>Wildflowers as I was leaving the park</p><div></div>

<p>Take 2, More from the beach...</p><div></div>

<p>Here's my pic of the week... K20D, DA 16-45mm f4, ISO 100, f22, 6sec...</p><div></div>

<p>Ryan's photo is something I would love to be able.......<br />.<br />I haven't made a single photo this week, something that hasn't happened to me in years. I'm very busy doing up my house in order to sell it. So I'll submit a favourite of my son that I shot last spring.<br /><img src="http://iloapp.leasefoto.nl/data/_gallery/public/0/1241534471_resized.jpg?width=482&height=640" alt="" width="482" height="640" /></p>

<p>Lens Focal Length: 21,00 mm ()<br />Shutter Speed: 1/2000 sec<br />F-Number: F9,5<br />ISO: 400<br />and a little shopping....<br>

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edit: strange, after submitting the photo has been stretched out of proportion</p>

<p>Wow, there are somenice nature pics here. Peter and Ryan's beaches - WOW! Williams window is nice too, and I have to love the kid digging for gold. And stretched or no, that remains a great shot of your boy, Dorus.<br>

I have a couple I haven't processed much yet, but I still like em.</p><div></div>

<p>And an "inspired by" shot.</p><div></div>

<p>We came back yesterday from a camping trip to one of my favourite places in the world, Killarney Provincial Park, Ontario. I have a large number of images to process, but here are 2 of my favourites. The first picture is my first attempt at a long exposure night shot, of George Lake by the light of a nearly full moon and stars alone. K200D, 18mm, f/4.0, approximately 4 minutes at ISO 100.</p><div></div>

<p>My second image is not very spectacular in terms of quality, but I’m grateful to the loon that he let me come so close, since my longest lens is 150mm. Still, I like the colours in the water… K200D, 150mm, f/3.5, 1/45sec (!), ISO 200, handheld in the canoe.</p><div></div>

<p>In (semi-) retirement, I was just a spectator to the launch of the Fall Semester (I no longer have to cower under a desk in the Registrar's Office ;~) so I took the K20D to campus and tried out my new used 24mm Sigma AF Super-Wide II . I mostly use it for close-ups but figured I should try something different and commandeered a step ladder to get a bit above the crowd for this one ( f/10, ISO 200, 1/320s--we've had brutally bright weather for a week now.)<br>

Oh and did I mention <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/bestcolleges/">We're #1!</a> ?</p>

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<p>I haven't posted to this thread in months but the summer months are busy with weddings. I take almost no personal shots all summer. I found this spot near the couple's home and had this shot in my head for a couple of days. Thought it was worthy of a POW submission.</p><div></div>

<p>Somewhere in NW Alabama.</p><div></div>

<p>Spent thursday out at Elk Island National Park looking for the Woods bison (Bison bison athabascae), the larger and generally heavier cousin of the Plains bison (B b bison). Could not get a frontal head shot because they move away from you and circling around to confront them head-on is not recommended. I have gaussed out the background habitat to provide better contrast for the animals. Both 1/125 @ f8.0 on DA 50-200 @ 200mm. hand-held braced against the vehicle.</p><div></div>

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<p>I haven't contributed before, but I shot I took yesterday reminded me of another one from this summer so I'll post them here. They are both pretty much the only macro-ish photos I have...<br>

I think you should be able to click through and view them larger on flickr.<br>

K20D + DA 40mm Ltd, f4 1/350 iso 200:<br /> <a title="After the Rain by frasersa, on Flickr" href=" title="After the Rain by frasersa, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2591/3891936077_d977bee9c8.jpg" alt="After the Rain" width="500" height="333" /> </a> <br /> K20D + DA 70mm Ltd, f4 1/4000 iso 800:<br /> <a title="imgp5595 by frasersa, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/32657550@N05/3891936575/" title="imgp5595 by frasersa, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2593/3891936575_0658aea163.jpg" alt="imgp5595" width="500" height="333" /> </a></p>

<p>Justin - your shot is a classic - we see if often in our house of little ones. There are three others that I really like so far - I know more will come - Nick's colours, Ryan's beach and Zack's couple on the hill. Welcome Scott - from another relatively newcomer to this forum site. It's fun here. <br>

We had celebrated Father's Day in Oz today and we took a little run up the hill and out of the city to Toodyay. Had three most special ones for posting. </p><div></div>

<p>The reason we celebrate Dads.</p><div></div>

<p>Last one - a new skill - with sheer determination.</p><div></div>

<p>I'm working on photos for the sale prospect of the concrete sculptures for the park with the Pentax K10D and FA 50mm macro and the wonderful Pentax-K 28mm F3.5 and prepare myself with some fill and bounce flash training for the big baptism event in Greece in ocotber. I show you two photos from last week at the train station.</p><div></div>

<p>tools</p><div></div>