POW 30-11-2008

Its been Sunday here all morning - Brisbane Oz 10.30am

 

Took this yesterday and played with this morning. The K20D is a bit of a quiet sleeping giant. The more I use it

the better it becomes.

 

This prehistoric darling was guarding its mate. And it seems it had been having a bit of a scrap with a few

others too - notice the blood marks on right front chest. As ever looks better big so will try to included larger

one. These guys can give you a nasty bite so long lens was good P 50-135mm at 135mm F5.6 1/180th iso 200 - RAW etc..

 

So off we go - may the Pentax POW show commence ... Da Da Daahhh!<div></div>

Larger version ...<div></div>

Nice shot John! The big version does it much better justice.

 

I was testing a Ricoh lens I planned to sell, but got some nice shots with it.<div></div>

Gotta be from another part of the world, the date format is the give away...must be Sunday in Australia!!

 

So what exactly is this little creature? Pretty cool looking but not something I'd like to wake up with stairing me in the face!

Here's a crazy hair shot. Trying to plan how to shoot this better, than recreate it.<div></div>

And last night I went out, for a change. Was trying to mimic shots posted here of stationary fixtures but blurred/moving people. It didn't work, but I liked this.<div></div>

Not much this week:

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<BR> 4th Of July, Lake Placid, NY....K20D, DA 35mm!</CENTER>

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Mom ..photo madeThanksgiving day ..81 years old,, cancer survivor and 2 heartattack survivor.<div></div>

on the way to Moms for Thanksgiving..Dillon SC ..Big Slipper is weird seeing it from the interstate, snapped this with Pentax ist DS, also have a earlier version with Canon 10D, both are strange.<div></div>

Justin - Those last two are spectacular! Ronny, a lovely portrait of your mom! And... it is quite a slipper.

I picked up a Pentax-FA 80-320mm 1:4.5-5.6 lens recently, and tried it out on my daughter with my K10D yesterday. Here's a shot at 170mm focal length and f/8 aperture, with bounced flash. Slightly cropped.<div></div>

An extremely rare capture in L.A...I went hiking and shot this while it was raining...So two rare occurrences..

Rain and a deer.... 8~) ..Thanks Pentax for weather proof gear...

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This I shot out the front windshield of my truck while driving to the mountains. It was so beautiful outside, I could not resist..

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Wow. Really great stuff. Glad you got to shoot that deer Javier.

 

Really like the Hurricane pano Jaustin and the balloonfest.

 

Just about done 2ith my 2008 hiking pics. Here's the last installment. A series of four.<div></div>

And a shot of cloud shrouded Giant Mt looking over the shoulders of Noonmark and Round Mts.<div></div>

The hike on the way to Indian Head.

 

A bit frosty.<div></div>

Lower Ausable Lake as seen from Indian Head and my wife below.<div></div>

Great stuff folks! Crazy hair is my fav so far.

 

It's been a mixed bag for me this week. Found this on a downtown shooting excursion today.<div></div>

Then there was this goose on the brink of the Daniels Dam.<div></div>

And Christmas decorations on 34th Street (a Baltimore tradition.)<div></div>

Very nice photos here already even if it is still Saturday night. Radford and Nick, your little girls are too cute. I was able to

catch up on some photo taking with several days off. Here are two from Connecticut, (Long Island Sound) and one from

Philly.<div></div>

and the standard gull shot<div></div>

and lastly<div></div>

I'll post a few shots later.. but that lizard that John posted is a male bearded dragon.. the males have red chests.<div></div>

A tree kangaroo, also from Australia.