POW - June 7, 2009

<p>It's just a little before 2 AM here in Newfoundland so I thought I'd kick off the POW before heading off to catch a few ZZZZZ's. Hope some of you fellow Pentaxian's caught tonights Stanley Cup Game 5. Great to see a fellow Newfoundlander (Danny Clearly) score Detroit's first goal...The Wings are going to take it in Game 6!</p>

<p>Here are 2 quick snaps from me. Both taken with the FA 50 on the K100DS....</p><div></div>

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

<p>Here's something I just scanned from Velvia ASA50. Lens was a 200mm Macro A*, camera Pentax LX</p><div></div>

<p>Another week, another flower. K20D, Tamron 90mm macro.</p>

<p><img src="http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p26/stevet_010/K20D2582edit1.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>Two shots from earlier today in the front yard. Both with 200d and Pentax 6x7 macro.</p><div></div>

<p>Duane,</p>

<p>great looking shots as usual, your kid shots always stand out as being better than good!</p>

<p>Doug,</p>

<p>Like the dew, almost looks like frozen dew to me.</p>

<p>I'll continue with Doug's film theme....</p>

<p><a title="Wildlfowers in Upper Enfield Glen" href=" title="Wildlfowers in Upper Enfield Glen"> <img src="http://static.flickr.com/2436/3593017709_9a5cc55b45_d.jpg" border="0" alt="" /> </a> <br /> <em>Pentax 645N, A 55mm @ f/16, 1/15 second. Fuji Provia 100F...</em> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.bighugelabs.com/flickr/onblack.php?id=3593017709&size=large"> Better viewed larger here</a> but still way too small to get the detail.</p>

<p><a title="Adopt Me Please!!!" href=" title="Adopt Me Please!!!"> <img src="http://static.flickr.com/3595/3594003216_23278bd142_d.jpg" border="0" alt="" /> </a> <a title="Adopt Me Please!!!" href=" title="Adopt Me Please!!!"> </a> <br /> <em> Pentax 645N, Ilford Delta 3200 @ EI 3200, A-55mm 2.8 @ f/5.6.</em></p>

<p>The second</p><div></div>

<p>After a long day at work and an hour and a half commute home in the rain, here is what I am greeted by to make it all better.<br>

Shot on Kodak Ektar 100 through Pentax 50mm/1.4. Pentax ME Super Camera.</p><div></div>

<p>Duane, those two shots are great....<br>

this is just from testing my new 21mm, so while they aren't that nice, they're the best of the week for me=)<br>

k100d, 21mm ltd, f9.5, 1/90s no post, a bit of back focus, so the flower isn't really in focus, and I think I need to turn down the contrast a bit.</p><div></div>

<p>Nice start Duane.. great shots with the kids, and an irreverant dog :-)<br />Doug, I suspect your spider isn't going to be thirsty for a while..<br />Steve, that 90 mm lens is a beauty.. lovely colors and detail<br />Justin the wildflowers shot definitely needs viewing LARGE :-) Very pretty scene. And umm Caney looks very different in that shot.. lol<br />John, that's a pretty good catch with your second shot.. great detail<br />Morgan, isn't it wonderful to feel loved every time you step through the door, even if you were gone 5 minutes? :-)<br />Russel, I think you said it all.. I've always found red a difficult color to get right..<br />A slow week for me.. processed some shots from my Australia trip in '08 and then played around with creating borders in Photoshop..<br />#1 Kookaburra at a national park on the outskirts of Sydney</p><div></div>

<p>#2</p><div></div>

<p>Nice to see you guys are using film. Keep it up. Every time I get PO'd at the digital world I swear I'll return to only shooting film...never follow through.</p>

<p>Here's a shot from a wedding I did a while back. Doing a little post processing before printing...here comes that "digital world" PO!</p>

<p>K10D. DA* 16-50mm lens, ISO 400, 1/125s, f5.6, AF540GZ flash bounced off reflector disk upper right and slightly behind camera.</p>

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<p>I took the K10D, the Minolta table tripod and a very old and a very good friend, the Pentax A-70-210mm zoom first to a nice park in Zurich and then on the 4 hours roundtrip by boat on lake Zurich to Rapperswil and to the castle there and back. Photos are taken on the mini tripod with MLU and I hope you can see why I carry that lens!</p><div></div>

<p>evening view from castle Rapperswil</p><div></div>

<p>historic roofs instead of a brickwall test :-)</p><div></div>

I'm documenting the local flora this summer, mostly artless pictures of bark, leaves & etc., but some flowers, which I'm putting on flickr, and the occasional critter that gets in the way. Here's a Crab Spider making a good living lurking in a Canada Anemone. K20, DA 50-135 + 500D

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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/manualcrank/3594939329/" title="Crab Spider, Misumena vatia by manual crank, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3404/3594939329_8dcac19cd0_o.jpg" width="640" height="800" alt="Crab Spider, Misumena vatia" /></a>

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I've started using a rail with macro. Here are two weedy species demonstrating the result of focus-blending in PS. First, Bladder Campion

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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/manualcrank/3601566302/" title="Bladder Campion, Silene vulgaris by manual crank, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3347/3601566302_778afe5125_o.jpg" width="800" height="527" alt="Bladder Campion, Silene vulgaris" /></a>

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Hairy Vetch.

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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/manualcrank/3600461511/" title="Hairy Vetch, Vicia villosa by manual crank, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3558/3600461511_77bcdde5eb_o.jpg" width="533" height="800" alt="Hairy Vetch, Vicia villosa" /></a>

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Both taken with a K20 + Tamron 90mm.

<p>Wow! That is some beautiful work Markus.. the flowers are gorgeous, but the scene from the castle is extraordinary.. love that effect. I think the lens passed the test with flying tones! I would not leave home without it either!<br>

Leo the shot with the fat crab spider is <strong>spectacular</strong>.. Not that the other two are shabby.. lol<br>

Scot, nicely composed and presented shot.. didn't mean to skip right by you, but I did get distracted :-)</p>

<p>All I've got is a critique for Duane: GO 'WINGS! ;-) Yeah, it's hard to be humble when you DOMINATE! It's nice to see some good news coming out of Detroit for a change. With a baby due in a few weeks, I don't know if I'll make it to Michigan this year... :o(</p>

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<p>Very impressive natural photography, but I think I like Ben's pp the most :)<br>

I did a great bird shoot this week, but decided for these :<br>

with my son Shiva at the dentist<br>

<img src="http://static.zoom.nl/f92b00b5ef1c067c028851429e210a53.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="478" />Lens Focal Length: 21,00 mm ()<br />Shutter Speed: 1/180 sec<br />F-Number: F6,7<br />ISO: 400</p>

<p>And here's a true fairytale: A local bank financed this project for a friend. When someone higher up found out, the money was stopped. And then the building stopped.... That was 6 years ago....! This was to become a replica of an old castle, and a resort of sorts. Now it is a tourist attraction of a different kind altogether.<br>

<a href="http://static.zoom.nl/43f88f1ad5b219bb4a1d45a75ba74184.jpg"><img src="http://static.zoom.nl/43f88f1ad5b219bb4a1d45a75ba74184.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="469" /></a><br>

Lens Focal Length: 40,00 mm ()<br />Shutter Speed: 1/2000 sec<br />F-Number: F9,5<br />ISO: 200<br>

and some hdr</p>

<p>Frankly, I think this might be one of the best threads ever. Maybe Justin's guidelines are having the desired effect. <br>

-Justin, thanks for putting those guidelines in place. I am sure you get paid big bucks to do things like that. But I do think it will help.<br>

- Duane, great shots, as always, of your children.<br>

- Doug, I really like that shot of the dew drops, I think the colors are great!<br>

- Morgan, I must admit I am not a big dog person but my wife is and I can't wait to show her that pic.<br>

- Haig, excellent shot of the bird, wonderful detail.<br>

- Markus, all three are spectacular, especially the sailboats.<br>

- Dorus, as usual your pp on that second shot is outstanding!<br>

Here are my two for the week. The first from last Sunday and the second from last night. My wife and I were at a wedding in Lancaster County, PA when this ballon appeared over the horizon. Everyone with a camera was shooting, hard to pass up.</p><div></div>

<p>secondly..</p><div></div>

<p>Very nice! Rte 73 View <a href="http://s407.photobucket.com/albums/pp153/marzrw/6-7-09/?action=view&current=Rte73View.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp153/marzrw/6-7-09/Rte73View.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a> Morning Sky on the way to the fishing hole <a href="http://s407.photobucket.com/albums/pp153/marzrw/6-7-09/?action=view&current=MorningSky2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp153/marzrw/6-7-09/MorningSky2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></p>

<p>Near the TN..KY state line a few weeks ago,,I hit the brakes quick for this one.</p><div></div>

<p>Sorry ya'll I uploaded the wrong photo, somebody please delete it,thanks</p>

<p>Good work as usual guys, just read the guidelines...let's see what I can do...<br>

<img src="http://jptreen.com/gallery/d/338-2/The+South+Tyrol.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="430" /><br>

K10D - DA 70mm Ltd. From a walk in the South Tyrol...</p>