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Can I do the honors this week by kicking off ? <br>

By the way it's confusing, in europe we state first the day, then month, then year, like 7-9-08 or officially

07-09-08. <br> <br>

Trying to limit my share to one pic only, but I couldn’t resist…..

<br> Look what the cat dragged in….

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<br> end of summer….(naturel)

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End of summer (tonemapped)

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Poor birdie.. that being said, I guess there was not much you could do at that point. I like the tonemapped photo a lot more.. brings all the textures out in the tree trunk a lot more. And there are all those lines..

Now for those of you that have young children.. I took a trip into the wild jungles of Borneo to bring you the plight of parents everywhere..

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While I was at the Phoenix zoo yesterday, I ran across some flamingoes, not really my favorite bird, but the plumage on this one was too pretty to ignore.. (incidentally, the Phoenix zoo also happens to have a baby orangutan that's about 2 years old)<div>00QleB-69833684.jpg.b4b55362a377d2198e7d5f2f7216dbfb.jpg</div>
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I went out to the country Friday afternoon to play with the late summer light in advance of Hannah. The drying corn was really aglow and I also wanted to explore the humid haze. Another issue I'm wrestling with is how to capture the shapes and lines of the countryside. Sometimes, I think, sharpness and detail can really distract attention from those elements, so I tried to subdue them in pp.<div>00Qlfx-69841584.jpg.f97c932619a73feba28b647da643a738.jpg</div>
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I do the same O Shiva with the date but then having a Greek Father and my Mom's family goes back to the UK, I

guess that's to be expected.I really like he tonemapped version with the enhanced details.

 

Haig I sear I've seen that look (both) many times from my boys. Great moments captured. The hand above is a

little creepy though. The Flamingo is very nice and you could probably crop it on the left a bit.

 

Dave, I like the look. Maybe next time try just doing that in camera. Either open the lens up and limit the DOF

or soft focus the shot. But I really like the look of the shot, the way it's composed and the lines.

 

I though we had the picture limit settled on 3 per person??? Only one now. Maybe I missed a post somewhere but

I'm going to stay at 3 if I have anything worth sharing. and I like seeing more of others work. It gives me some

ideas. It's also nice to see what others find interesting.

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Looks like you had a good catch (and dinner) with a relaxing day Bob. Looks Tasty!

 

So finally something from me that isn't photo work related. This Heron was doing some fishing and I had an early

morning wedding that was over at 4PM (love those ones!) So I took the 1000mm with me just in case.On the way home,

there he was. Hurricane Hanna was starting to cloud things over, so the light wasn't great and this was hand held.

 

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And the day before this spider found a housefly to have a picnic. I was actually chasing bees in the flowering

tree that's in the background but had the wrong tool attached (Bellows and 105mm) Just too slow for a fast moving

bee.

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Finally just experimenting with shallow DOF on these tiny flowers in the tree behind the spider. Garry got me

thinking macros this week and even the backyard is a great place to hang out.

 

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Finally I've got a Sigma 105mm Macro on the way. I had this lens once before and can't wait to get out there with

it again!

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It's Sunday! Already!!! Going to work tomorrow, damn!

 

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O Shiva, your cat really knows how to say thank you!

 

Haig, scene 1 is a neat capture but the hand above is a little disconcerting. Wow - the pink flamingo.

 

Dave, great composition, nice contrast between nature and asphalt.

 

Bob, you're cooking lunch right? Great trout.

 

Peter, that creepy little spider is exceptionally well captured, I guess the housefly was too. Superb shot with

great DOF and vibrant color.

 

Here are a couple of more coastal shots from me...

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O Shiva I'm just making progress on b&w conversion and now I have to learn about tone mapping? That's a rhetorical question: yours is so good, I just have to (at my own snail's pace.)

 

Bob that IS a nice trout--I'm so envious! Nice photo too!

 

I hate spiders, Peter--except yours which is splendid!

 

Those are really nice sea-scapes, Duane! (You wont be surprised that I like morning mist the best ;~)

 

Nice bridge, Bruce! Any chance of getting the same shot with a buggy on the bridge?

 

The light on the skater has a wonderful quality, Markus--very nice shot!

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Wow, this week has some really good pictures!

The 2nd 'End of Summer' looks more peaceful, but maybe that's because it was shot at a different angle.

Bob- The 'Pretty Brown Trout' looks like it should be in a magazine.

Markus- Nice shot, but my head still rings with the roar of motorcycles. I heard rumbling while I tried to photographed waterfalls, deer, bear, and everything else.....all weekend!

 

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Markus, Don't you know that any Pentax camera can't take fast action sports shots?? Fess up, what camera did you really use? :-) Good stuff Btw

 

Nice scene Bruce and good B&W conversion. You have to go back when the buggies are going through and either clone out or isolate the power lines, then add a touch of Sepia to the final image.

 

Guy, Love the reeds in the water shot.

 

Trent, That is an odd flower, what is it?

 

Duane, More great stuff from the Rock.

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