POW - August 17, 2008

Wow, it's 09:13 Newfoundland time on Sunday morning and no one has kicked off the Photo of the Week thread yet.

You usually have to get up really early to start this one. This week has been fairly diverse for photography as

I've had my sister visiting from Ontario and our families have been across much of the Avalon Peninsula and taken

folk in festivals, family outings, hikes, boating trips, bird watching, sight seeing and a whole lot more.

 

I'm looking forward to seeing the work of other Pentaxians from the past several days. Here are 3 quick shots I

captured this week....<div></div>

Here's the second....<div></div>

And the third....<div></div>

New friends invited me on Mt. Rigi yesterday and I took several photos of her children. Michelle (9) and Lucienne (6) got very interested in my camera and all the other equipment - so don't miss "the children picture of the week August", 17,2008!<div></div>

yesterday on Mt. Rigi<div></div>

Greetings from Phelpsville (aka, Baltimore)! I'd better post while I've got a connection.

 

I was inspired by Daniel to take some shots of my favorite model (these, with the 43mm Ltd.)<div></div>

carline thistle on Mt. Rigi<div></div>

and a B&W<div></div>

And, finally, a casual shot that turned out pretty well:<div></div>

Well, I have been intending to post a thread thematic to what I have been doing over my two week holiday, but here I

am, going back to work tomorrow, and there is no way I am going to get through the post processing of the

thousands of raw shots I have on my portable hard drive, at least not for a long time. So I might as well post 3 of the

shots that are already on my computer.

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I took my family up to Taipei to do some very touristy things, and then we went to a great book store and blew about

US$300 dollars on books - we don't have a good bookstore in Taichung. While walking around, we came across an

advertising gimmick for a new whiskey, where three models were brought in shut inside a huge block of ice. They

broke out of the ice block with the first bottle of this whiskey to be sold. The crowd loved it, and I managed to snap

this shot before my wife dragged me away - it pays to be 6 foot 8 inches in Asia, you can get great shots over

everyone else's heads!<br>

<a href=" title="IMGP1690 by Garry Young, on Flickr"><img

src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3117/2770008459_435ce98c4e.jpg" width="500" height="332"

alt="IMGP1690" /></a>

<br>K20D, DA 50-200, 1/200 sec, f8, ISO 200.

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The second shot is of Taipei 101, recently just become the second tallest building in the world. Heavy PP on this one

for an interesting effect.<br>

<a href=" title="IMGP1787 by Garry Young, on Flickr"><img

src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3272/2770008523_b0944c78dc.jpg" width="332" height="500"

alt="IMGP1787" /></a><br>

K20D, FA 28mm, 1/1000 sec, f4, ISO 400.

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The third shot is on the way back to the subway as the sun was setting. Saw this glass pyramid and snap<br>

<a href=" title="IMGP1791 by Garry Young, on Flickr"><img

src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3025/2770856470_3b89fb4a73.jpg" width="500" height="332"

alt="IMGP1791" /></a><br>

K20D, FA 28mm, 1/1600 sec, f4, ISO 400.

Duane - love your third. I am a sucker for a road of into the distance - and the kids hand in hand just make it!<br>

Markus - I like all three, but the thistles shot is probably my favorite.<br>

Dave - Great shots of Clara, but this time I gotta vote for the hat - really cool shot.

Yeah, Duane's hand-in-hand is great--ditto Markus' thistles and mama's knee. T101 is wild! What's the Taiwan take on the Olys?

Great pics from everyone as usual!

 

Well here goes...

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<a href="http://s21.photobucket.com/albums/b292/yug44/?action=view&current=IGP2445pn.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b292/yug44/IGP2445pn.jpg" border="0" alt="All Dried UP!"></a>

Duane - Ian Running makes me smile. Wish I had that feeling you captured. <p> Markus - #1 - great capture- Love

the Dynamic Range <p> Dave, what a lovely daughter you have... and she can fish!!! Great hat shot... lost mine, is

that it? ;) <p> Gary - I like them all, especially the 2nd. How was the whiskey? :) <p> Had an afternoon and evening

to play around on my trip to Los Angeles... was hard to pick only 3 but here they are... <p> <img src

= "http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/7687221-md.jpg"> <p><b> The Vigilant Supporter <b> <p><img src

= "http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/7687265-md.jpg"><p> <b>An Archaeologist's Tools <b> <p> and finally <p><img

src = "http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/7687303-md.jpg"><p> <b>Jeez, I hope the boys don't see me in this...<b>

And yes I know that flower macros are "a dime a dozen" but that's what I do...

Guy, great detail on that image! What lens did you use?

</b>Dave, Taiwan have been on edge for a long time with the olympics, and a lot of coverage has been given to all the Taiwanese athletes. The crowds were huge all around Taipei this week when Taiwan played China baseball. Shops and government office had large screen displays everywhere. People were crowded in the streets watching together instead of at home. Talk about a nation united! Every time a ball was hit, caught, or a run was made etc, they went absolutely ballistic! The atmosphere was phenomenal! In the end, China beat Taiwan, but I would have loved to have seen the celebrations if Taiwan had won - that would have been legendary!

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Doug - I take my whiskey seriously! It takes more than a pretty model and a name like "Silver Grouse" to get me happy! I didn't buy any. Flash on the market with a 15 year old single malt? I don't think so. If they had been handing out taster's shots, I would be able to say more, but for now - nah.

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Guy, really nice flower macro. They may be dime a dozen, but that one is good.

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Hope I turned off the <b>bold</b> type?

Oh, poor dog! But a great shot. And Duane, I love Ian Running - it's tough to pull that off so well, I've tried many times. I am a sucker for kid shots, Markus and Dave, those are very nice.

 

Trying something new (not just flowers and girls), I took my camera to a local outdoor concert. It was billed as a dance for kids, but the reggae was WAY too loud for my girls. This girl seems to like it, though.<div></div>

By the way Doug, nice hydrant.

The venue is right on the water - it was a lovely night.<div></div>

And Eliza too, I just can't help it. She's a rock star!

 

Garry - I can't see why your wife would object? :-)<div></div>

@Duane; I really like the candid, I bet that is getting printed and framed for the family!

@Garry: the T101 shot is quite surreal, cool pp work put into it

@Markus; neat composition of the flowers in the thistle shot.

@Dave: i like your casual shot the best..

@Guy; what is that flower/plant??

@Doug; the details in your 2nd shot are interesting...

Here are my shots, taken in downtown Raleigh and I decided to take my 50mm A f/2 to force myself to be "uncomfortable" and not get lazy composing using zoom lenses! It was "Bust-A-Prime" day indeed! The photos have been slightly adjusted in iphoto..

<a href=" title="tense by Shaloot, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3159/2769552658_517844f92e_b.jpg" width="773" height="1024" alt="tense" /></a>

 

<a href=" title="looking ahead by Shaloot, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3143/2768702417_4cd13b24eb_b.jpg" width="966" height="1024" alt="looking ahead" /></a>

 

<a href=" title="iron fist by Shaloot, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3268/2768697051_6c38709626_b.jpg" width="685" height="1024" alt="iron fist" /></a>

That last shot really works for me, Sommanna. Have you tried it with some of the top cropped?

Wow, awesome shots everybody.

 

Still weeding thru my vacation pics.<div></div>

And a moon shot near a coliseum like mountain.<div></div>