POW 24/5/2009

<p>Not started one of these before, I've always been too late - and I've been out of the loop for a bit recently.<br>

<br /> I posted a few weeks ago that I was going away for about six months to Italy for walking. Well, our planning could have been better so we're back in the UK after a short while sorting our lives out before heading out again. Here's a couple of shots from the first, abortive leg!<br /> <img src="http://www.jptreen.com/gallery/d/205-2/Buy+Pen.JPG" alt="" width="640" height="427" /></p>

<p><img src="http://www.jptreen.com/gallery/d/199-2/The+Tyrol+in+Spring.JPG" alt="" width="640" height="427" /> <br /> ...and then the standard 'annoyingly tilty' shot :-)<br /> <img src="http://jptreen.com/gallery/d/208-2/River.JPG" alt="" width="427" height="640" /><br>

Enjoy!</p>

<p>My newest lens, a used Pentax Da16-45mm has earned its place in my photobag this week with some incredible colourful, strange and kitschy images from Zurich and some wide shots inside St. Peter church. Exactly what I needed after all the cute animal portraits I did this week . </p><div></div>

<p>Kitsch as kitsch can</p><div></div>

<p>not bad for the Pentax 16-45mm zoom (without polfilter) </p><div></div>

<p>Red is not really a background colour :-)</p><div></div>

<p>I've been out of the loop as well. Lots of work, and some stuff to do around the house has kept me sort of in this weekend, although I went to the dog agility trials today. Gotta finish building my boat rack, have some stuff to do with the cars tomorrow, but am hoping to get a paddle in tomorrow and hopefully will get a hike in Monday.</p>

<p>Here is some stuff from several days, several weeks, and several months ago.</p>

<p><a title="CCC Overlook at Taughannock Falls" href=" title="CCC Overlook at Taughannock Falls"> <img src="http://static.flickr.com/3540/3501035699_2857f2856b_d.jpg" border="0" alt="" /> </a> <br /> <em>K20D, DA 21mm, 5 shot HDR bracketed at 2 stops, tone mapped in Photomatix. I don't usually do HDR for landscape type shots but if you click back to the photo it explains the change of heart for this shot.</em></p>

<p><a title="Murphy Road Covered Bridge" href=" title="Murphy Road Covered Bridge"> <img src="http://static.flickr.com/3619/3501848980_87078ec761_d.jpg" border="0" alt="" /> </a> <a title="Murphy Road Covered Bridge" href=" title="Murphy Road Covered Bridge"> </a> <br /> <em>K20D, Sigma 10-20mm at ~10mm, ISO 400.</em></p>

<p>Lets title this one "Fierce: The Bagel Boss" since when I sent my wife the cell shots she said, "wow, he looks fierce." He loves Bagels, and despite being a dog, and eating just about anything on the ground, he does prefer better bagels. Don't even think of giving him those stale bagel dog treats!<br /> <a title="The Bagel Boss" href=" title="The Bagel Boss"> <img src="http://static.flickr.com/2262/3534285767_2c8943c9d8_d.jpg" border="0" alt="" /> </a> <a title="The Bagel Boss" href=" title="The Bagel Boss"> </a> <br /> <em>LG Voyageur (VX10000)...(camera phones occasionally have a use...but I did fire off some shots with the K10D and the 645N on Delta 3200)!</em></p>

<p>Caney, Caney, Caney, Caney!!!!</p>

<p>C'mon Justin, give a brother a bagel, man.</p>

<p>On a different note: Did I completely sleep through Saturday...?</p>

<p>BTW, I am going to comment now since my Wednesday plan to comment has blown up the last 2 weeks.</p>

<p>John, I like shot 1 and 2. 1 is funny, 2 is interesting and well done. Not a fan of the artsy tilty stuff, but someone will be! Hope your trip gets back on track!</p>

<p>Markus, #1 is killer!</p>

 

<p>Back from work, and back to wildflowers.</p><div></div>

<p>K10d 50-135 with nikon 3T diopter</p><div></div>

<p>same setup as the others</p><div></div>

<p>A beaver that swam by while I was taking pictures of wildflowers. DA 50-135mm; crop.</p>

<p><a title="Beaver, Castor canadensis by manual crank, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/manualcrank/3548669033/" title="Beaver, Castor canadensis by manual crank, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3664/3548669033_c287940a07_o.jpg" alt="Beaver, Castor canadensis" width="800" height="531" /> </a></p>

<p>Wintercress. Tamron Adaptall 90mm. I'll be posting botanical subjects on my flickr account this spring and summer, if anyone's interested in that sort of thing.</p>

<p><a title="Common Wintercress, Barbarea vulgaris by manual crank, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/manualcrank/3545523432/" title="Common Wintercress, Barbarea vulgaris by manual crank, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3556/3545523432_28ff3e713c_o.jpg" alt="Common Wintercress, Barbarea vulgaris" width="800" height="640" /> </a></p>

<p>Finally, some white unbalance. DA 16-45mm; long night exposure.</p>

<p><a title="IMGP6256 by manual crank, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/manualcrank/3558261598/" title="IMGP6256 by manual crank, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3617/3558261598_3102808b3f_o.jpg" alt="IMGP6256" width="800" height="531" /> </a></p>

<p>Revisited the fountain again tonight and came away with some better shots, at least in my mind, I don't know about others;)</p><div></div>

<p>Other viewpoint</p><div></div>

<p>One more</p><div></div>

<p>I has been a good week for me for photos. The first is a young moose in a local pond</p><div></div>

Second a Sandpiper on the river<div></div>

<p>I stopped on the way home from work this morning to try out my new Tamron SP 70-210 f1:3.5 CF Macro with my K10D. This is the 52A model Adaptall 2. I think this is a very fine lens, it just takes a lot of effort for really good focus.<br>

Location is north central Oregon near the Columbia River.</p>

<p>Hope the trip gets underway again soon John-Paul. What did you decide about taking a tripod?</p>

<p>Took a hike/trout/black fly trip this Friday with my brother. Black flies were not part of the objective.They are just part of fun the this time of year, crawling in your ears,eyes, nose, and mouth. Oh, yeah, biting some of the time as well. Nice sunrise along the stream. <a href="http://s407.photobucket.com/albums/pp153/marzrw/5-22-09%20brook%20trout%20trip/?action=view&current=TrailShot.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp153/marzrw/5-22-09%20brook%20trout%20trip/TrailShot.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a> This is the "Jewel of the Adirondacks". Salvelineus Fontinalis or Eastern Brook Trout which is actually a char, but never the less it is 'Wild', not planted. Although most are small, they are beautiful. <a href="http://s407.photobucket.com/albums/pp153/marzrw/5-22-09%20brook%20trout%20trip/?action=view&current=Brookie.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp153/marzrw/5-22-09%20brook%20trout%20trip/Brookie.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a> 'Two Brothers, Fishing' <a href="http://s407.photobucket.com/albums/pp153/marzrw/5-22-09%20brook%20trout%20trip/?action=view&current=brothers.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp153/marzrw/5-22-09%20brook%20trout%20trip/brothers.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></p>

<p>I'll comment later but really like a lot of what's been posted. "Buy Pen" was a great way to start things off on a Sunday morning, JP.</p>

<p>In addition to bad birds, I've been shooting more flowers--peonies mostly. I went a bit bombastic processing this one.</p>

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<p>Here's the second floor tenant working her flower patch.</p><div></div>

<p>I came across this freshly emerged moth yesterday. It was really huge--the body was the size of my thumb.</p><div></div>

<p>Architecture for the dogs "Barkitecture", at Stan Hywet Hall in Akron OH.</p><div></div>

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