What did you shoot this week/weekend ?

<p>Post your recent shots. :-)<br>

Here's Mine:</p>

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<p>Lovely bokeh and contrast, Chris! By the way, how did you do in the competition a few months ago? Here are two shots of mine from an evening visit to Bolsa Chica wetlands a few days ago.</p>

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<p>Both taken with Canon FD 400mm f4.5 adapted to A700 at iso 800</p>

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<p>I like the textures, Chris, but I feel like I've been mugged by your border/sig/title :-)</p>

<p>The timing in that first one is perfect Paul! Great job!</p>

<p>Only one fresh shot from me. But I plan on doing one/two more shots today.<br>

'Broken'<br>

<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3359/3592181475_46258022af_o.jpg" alt="" /><br>

A700, 17-50, ISO160, f/11, 1/8th<br /> Converted in PS & tried a 'hand coloured' approach</p>

<p>Chris, I like the composition but I think the coloured object in a b&w photo is getting pretty dated. Unless that is really the colour of the old wood.</p>

<p>Ah Paul, you certainly are a twitcher. Now that is a breed that makes us photographers seem normal in comparison.</p>

<p>Richard, that photo reminded me of a sculpture called Andy Goldsworthy where the act of creating the art is just as important as the photo of the outcome.</p>

<p>Nice texture in the hinge shot Chris, would have preferred a little more dof though. Paul, great shot of the tern? Great timing. Richard, very creative, like the color.</p>

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<p>Playing around with off camera flash. Bounced off of a silver cloth.</p><div></div>

<p>Paul, Like the others I really like the first shot, the timing was perfect.<br>

Richard, Quite an interesting shot, it provokes thoughts/has meaning. Very unique (To me at least).<br>

Sam, I love that first shot, the way the rays of light shine through the tree's and fall on the railroad. Very nicely captured.<br>

Jiun, just to adress the colour in B&W photo issue. Originally (before PP) the wood was this colour, but had a little bit of rusty colour in a few areas. Since the wood was originally much the same colour, I figured I'd transfer it to B&W just to get rid of the few faint rusty colour patches that bothered me.</p>

<p>Oh, and Paul I forgot your question. haha<br>

Funny you should ask, because I just receieved my framed picture back yesterday in the mail from the competetion. Unfortunately I didn't win 1st, 2nd, or 3rd but I was in the top 10. There were about 200 entrances i think? (BTW, I think the judges were a little biast towards "Newfoundland" pictures). Hence why I didn't get 1st, 2nd, or 3rd.</p>

<p>I haven't shot anything in the last few days except a few photos of my camera gear yesterday, but I did finally get an old Acer flatbed scanner that has the backlight in it for scanning slides/negatives. Here's a little of what I scanned. The first two are from my final project in my photography class this last semester, and the last one was from spring break:<br>

<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3395/3585298568_e282526d32.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="338" /> <br /> Shell Beach, CA at Dawn. Taken with my Maxxum 7, 24-50 lens @ 24mm, and I think it was at f/8 around 30 seconds to 1 minute. <br /> <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3560/3584491833_484dec4fb0.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="335" /></p>

<p>Pismo Pier in the fog. The fog was actually a lot thicker it seemed, but I had to do a little work to get the horizon in there or it just didn't look good.</p>

<p><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3607/3594861576_1b965ba2ae.jpg" alt="" width="341" height="500" /> <br /> This was taken while I was visiting family during Easter. My aunt and uncle have 20 acres just outside of Sacramento, and she's out feeding the chickens in this.</p>

<p>Things aren't what they seem sometimes.....</p><div></div>

<p>Wow Rich, that is an exquisite composition! The word it evokes for me is not simply 'Broken' but positively 'Disintegrating'</p>

<p>Thanks Jiun, but I can barely name the more common bird species around here and for everything else (especially sparrows etc) I only bother to check a bird guide when I'm back at home, and if I think the shot is worth it! So I'm only a twitcher in the sense that I usually don't manage very well to hold my lens steady :-)</p>

<p>Sam, your railroad sunset really glows & brings out the best of dynamic range of film. Dustin, which film did you use? The pier shot is very classic and I never knew feeding chickens could look so dramatic!</p>

<p>Waiting for customers at a plant sale, on the other hand, seems to leave this lady a craving for more drama. I hope she didn't notice you click away Wayne, or she might have accused you of being another character from the same magazine!</p>

 

<p>Thanks Paul. The first and second pics were taken on Tmax 100, and the third one was on Tmax 400.</p>

<p>Anyone Else with recent shots?</p>

<p>I couldn't get the colour right in this one, so i thought i'd try it in b/w...</p><div></div>

<p>Thanks Jiun, Sam, Chris and Paul. <br /> <br /> Dustin - fantastic B&W work!<br /> <br /> Wayne - The second one is interesting! I like the post work.</p>

<p>Been sifting through some unedited RAW's (and some very old ones) to try out some quick RAW conversions with ACR (for speed, rather than ultimate effect). Here is one I found from last year. I'm pretty sure it's the A100 and 24-85RS.<br>

<img src="http://gallery.photo.net/photo/9315036-lg.jpg " alt="" width="536" height="800" /></p>

<p>The waves look timeless and almost petrified, Wayne! Rich, what is the vegetation in your last shot? It doesn't look like anything I remember seeing in the fields in the UK, more like yuccas you's find the deserts around here in southwestern US. Is the darker streak rising up in the air something like a "dust devil" or an effect you added in PP?</p>

<p>Since we're developing more of a b&w theme in the thread, here's my own two cents (from last week's 3 of a kind thread in No Words). Like Wayne's last seascape, this is one that I couldn't get to look quite like I intended in color so went for b&w instead.</p>

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<p>Rich, what is the vegetation in your last shot? It doesn't look like anything I remember seeing in the fields in the UK, more like yuccas you's find the deserts around here in southwestern US. Is the darker streak rising up in the air something like a "dust devil" or an effect you added in PP?</p>

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<p>Lol - maybe this is why the file was left unedited for over a year? The 'dust devil' is me! It was meant to look like a ghostly figure walking through the field, but i guess it's not clear. It's just corn I think, but the very first shoots of it.</p>

<p>I reckon it's a ghost! *laugh*</p>

<p>Ahh that explains it! Not just the picture but also your genie-like photography skills. It looks like you have six ghostly arms there: now we know how you manage to handhold your lenses rock steady and still have two or three hands to spare for carrying a few flashes and reflectors! :D</p>

<p>If that was only true Paul! I wouldn't mind an extra hand or two for a reflector/flash at times... I wonder if they can do that yet 8-)</p>

<p>Here is one for Jiun shot a couple of days ago. 'I'm the king of the castle...' ;-)<br>

<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2462/3614654748_7764e2555d_o.jpg" alt="" width="533" height="800" /></p>

<p>Haven't checked in to PN in a few days. All very nice pictures guys.<br>

Richard, That last photo, was that background photoshopped in? Very appopriately titled!</p>

 

<p>LOL - no! I'm not liking how people have assumed the past two shots have been 'photoshopped' in some way - I never fiddle in PS 8-). The background is an out of focus poppy head, for what it's worth. It was taken at 1/10th and f/16 in a light breeze with 2 sec MLU - fairly tricky!</p>

<p>I sense sarcasm. :P<br>

I love PS, it's simply amazing, I'm upgrading to CS4 soon! :-)</p>