POW Feb 22,2009

bob_marz · February 22, 2009

personalphotos · February 22, 2009

<p>Thanks for getting things going Bob. Very nice ice series. I like the walkway light. That was an intense ice storm with thick ice!<br>

<br /> Great bug shot Ben. Well done. Nice to see some flowers somewhere. Great colours there.<br>

<br /> It's been a couple months since I've posted to the POTW and finally got out yesterday to do a little fun shooting. Some of this was inspired by my local photo club. We have a well attended and juried exhibition (and photo sale) in 3 months, held a the province's premier art guild. Last year I was fortunate enough to take the 'Best in show' and a couple other awards which was a pleasant surprise.</p>

<p>This year I haven't a single shot ready for the 8 themes and it's time to get to work! Nice to have a project to get going on!<br /> The first 2 are from a very interesting old lens I just got. A Piesker Tele Voltar (Berlin) 400mm f4.5. Looks like one of those Zebra lenses. From the little I can figure out, this lens was built in 1951 and 1952. Has about 20 aperture blades and 2 feet long but hand holdable. Fun to shoot with. Both shot wide open at f4.5<br /> Old and new architecture:<br /> <a title="ImageShack - Image And Video Hosting" href="http://img8.imageshack.us/my.php?image=feb22potw1.jpg" target="_blank" title="ImageShack - Image And Video Hosting"><img src="http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/2258/feb22potw1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /> </a> <br /> Repeating patterns:<br /> <a title="ImageShack - Image And Video Hosting" href="http://img3.imageshack.us/my.php?image=feb22potw2.jpg" target="_blank" title="ImageShack - Image And Video Hosting"><img src="http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/6126/feb22potw2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /> </a> <br /> Cemetery (Sigma 70-200mm):<br /> <a title="ImageShack - Image And Video Hosting" href="http://img3.imageshack.us/my.php?image=feb22potw3.jpg" target="_blank" title="ImageShack - Image And Video Hosting"><img src="http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/9950/feb22potw3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /> </a></p>

<p>And finally a shot with Dave's (new to me Tak 500mm f4.5). A beast of a lens (I can't imagine shooting with the 1000mm he just got). I have a long way to go before I 'master' this lens. But I see some great potential. This has some focus/motion blur (darnit!)but 1000 shots from now, I hope I can nail a shot like this. f8 1/1250th ISO 400<br /> <a title="ImageShack - Image And Video Hosting" href="http://img3.imageshack.us/my.php?image=feb22potw4.jpg" target="_blank" title="ImageShack - Image And Video Hosting"><img src="http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/7712/feb22potw4.jpg" border="0" alt="" /> </a></p>

shots worth sharing · February 22, 2009

<p>Those are maginificent, Bob--I'm glad I promted you to dig 'em out! That's a lovely Frangipani, Ben--and a very strange grasshopper!</p>

<p>I've been driving myself crazy with the crocuses in the back yard this week--must have taken 100 shots in all--some crawling on my belly with the Sigma 24mm. I think I've had my fill (unless we get some ice or snow): this is my <strong>official</strong> Crocus shot for 2009, taken from a comfortable distance & position with the Sigma 70-200mm (go figure ;~)</p><div></div>

shots worth sharing · February 22, 2009

<p>Here's a purely opportunistic shot, taken with the K100D & Tamron 18-250mm which I keep in the car for just such occasions. Like Javier said, sometimes you wonder why you bother with all those other lenses. This was taken at the 'soft' extreme end of the focal range, btw. </p><div>

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shots worth sharing · February 22, 2009

<p>Good to see you've had a chance to work with the 500mm, Peter. It does take some getting used to but you're off to a good start!</p>

shaloot · February 22, 2009

<p>This looks like it's going to be yet another good pow thread (then again, aren't they all?!)! <br>

Bob, I like that you have the shots tight on the subject, and the 2nd one I like because of the lines in the frame (by the branches).<br>

Ben, your first shot is very eye catching, I can see it as a poster already! I would have liked the 3rd shot except I'm distracted by the noise. Otherwise the color of the peach among the dark shadows is popping.<br>

Peter, 2 ft. lens? Could we see a photo of that lens on your camera? I really like the repeating patterns shot, the 2nd one. And I don't think the motion blur is too bad in the ducks shot. Maybe a tighter crop of the 2 birds in flight?<br>

Dave, good choice as making that shot your official 2009 Crocus! Nice light falling on it and really gives an element of spring is around the corner (woohoo!)<br>

Here are my shots, taken at an auto show here in Raleigh: Can you guys guess which cars these are?<br>

All shots taken in RAW using the 18-250 lens. Just slightly modified in aperture.</p>

roseberry guitars · February 22, 2009

<p>Good stuff gang. Well done.</p>

<p>I'm back at my black and white "Trouble in the Forest" Project. Mostly with my old film cameras but some digital. Here's a couple taken this week with K100d Super and DA 16 - 45 lens.</p><div></div>

roseberry guitars · February 22, 2009

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michael_elenko · February 22, 2009

<p>Good day everyone,<br>

This has been an extremely fun week photographically. My testing out the DA 70mm has been optimized by a wonderful weather week here in Puget Sound. This week my kids are on a school holiday, so I took off Friday. Our family spent the last two days birdwatching and hiking around Washington's beautiful Skagit Valley which is about 50 mlles north of Seattle. The area is famed for large birds of prey and a flyover for trumpeter swans and snow geese among dozens of species.<br>

I'll post a separate thread about our encounters with snow geese, but a few of these shots show other happenings. I'm headed out with a bunch o'boys to see the Harlem Globetrotters for my 9-yr old son's birthday celebration.<br>

First one more commuting shot from earlier in the week with the DA 70mm:<br>

K20D, DA 70mm f 6.7 @ 1/180 ISO 800</p>

<p>Finally a picture of a person, one of my favorite people in fact at closing time at Pike Place Market:<br>

K20D, DA 70mm, f 3.5 @ 1/10 ISO 800<br>

Mt. Baker and Mt. Shuksan (to the left) are the backdrop to a lot of happenings in the Skagit Valley.<br>

K20D, Bigma, f 9.5 @ 270mm, 1/500 ISO 400</p>

<p>And then you turn around and look west past the Skagit River to the Olympic mountains<br>

<p>K20D, DA Limited 35mm Macro, f 11@ 1/500, ISO 400</p>

<p>Lots of colorful ducks including teal and pintail; I think these are one type of teal.<br>

K20D, Bigma f 11@500mm, 1/500, ISO 400</p>

<p>I found that the Bigma works best by manual focus; I need to do an AF adjustment, but this is a good skills development opportunity!<br>

At dawn we set out to see the trumpeter swans. They announce themselves in the sky with loud horn-like blasts. Their wing spans are over four feet. The first two shots are along a tributary with early morning light, a Bigma, a tripod and frozen fingers--of course my son forgot his gloves, and hat, and extra jacket. . .<br>

K20D, Bigma @ 160mm, f 11 @ 1/60, ISO 800</p>

<p>A little more zoomed in:<br>

K 20D, Bigma @ 500mm, f 11 @ 1/45, ISO 800</p>

<p>They can fly fairly close to the ground, here I used my favorite, rare Pentax A*200mm f. 2.8. A single focal length lens is easier to handle in a lot of ways for birds.<br>

K 20D, A* 200mm f 9.5 @ 1/500 ISO 400</p>

<p>And finally, the Skagit is home to hundreds of bald eagles; this one and I made eye contact! Heavily cropped.<br>

Pentax K20D, Bigma @ 500mm f 8 @ 1/1000, ISO 400</p>

dorus · February 22, 2009

<p>Michael (and Bob and Peter), however beautiful your pictures are indeed, the plan was to place a max of three uploads in the POW's, to avoid to much clogging and slowing down.<br>

hope you don't mind me saying this.....<br>

Here in the Netherlands the weather's been really poor, so I felt limited to indoor-things<br>

ascetic glass</p>

looking away</p>

connectivity</p>

steve_t.1 · February 22, 2009

<p>I'm going to post some of these in a separate thread later on, but I spent last Monday morning (Prez. Day, day off for me) in downtown Minneapolis shooting in the new Guthrie Theater (and its cantilevered observation deck shown on the left) and Mill City Museum ruins area. The "ruins" show off the remains of 19th century industrial building foundations along the Mississippi River shoreline, and also the remains of an old partially collapsed mill building (stabilized and shown as part of the museum, upper center of shot). It also incorporates the Stone Arch Bridge, an old rail bridge that is now used for foot traffic only. This is a great site for any photographer to spend a few hours happily clicking away. And on a chilly winter Monday morning, I don't think I crossed paths with more than about 20 people in 3 hours.<br /> Photo not edited in any way other than size for posting. K20D, Pentax 10-17 fish eye at 13mm, ISO200, F9, 1/160 second, and a mid-morning lightly overcast sky.<br /> <img src="http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p26/stevet_010/K20D0905.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="532" /></p>

shaloot · February 22, 2009

<p>Very nice use of the wide angle Steve! And I was wondering if the 'only 3 photos' rule was still applied for the pow, since I hadn't been by here in awhile... and yes I did cheat too with one extra, sorry.</p>

bob-c · February 22, 2009

<p>Another excellent thread. So many great shots. <b>Bob,</b> the ice shots are great especially the leaf shot. <b>Ben</b>, the peach is outstanding, I really like the colors. <b>Peter</b>, cemetary shot is perfect. <b>Dave</b>, both shots are really nice, I really like the composition and colors in the deer shot. <b>Scot</b>, both shots are perfect in black and white. <b>Somanna</b>, I have a hard time getting into car shots (sorry Javier) but those are nice. <b>Michael, </b>easy to see why she's you favorite. <br>

Well, I am still waiting for my K10 to come back from Colorado and to make matters worse, my Mac ProBook is in the shop as well. A seriously bad tech month! Hopefully I'll have something next Sunday. </p>

bob_marz · February 22, 2009

<p>Sorry Dorus. You are indeed correct. I had forgotten about that. Thank you for reminding all of us.<br>

Incredible shots by everyone.</p>

<p>Somanna, are those your automobiles?</p>

ahanna · February 22, 2009

<p>I have some indoor shots today. Part of trying to be creative with subjects, angles, and lighting. I guess that pretty much covers all of photography?<br>

First up is my Dad's hat. I have it in the entry, hanging right next to grandad's. Helps to remind me to think of them more often. Used my "new" Takumar 50mm 1.4. I love those old lenses.</p><div></div>

ahanna · February 22, 2009

<p>My son playing with his favorite toy.</p><div>

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ahanna · February 22, 2009

<p>I kind of like the lighting on this, but maybe it is a little boring?</p><div>

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hagar · February 22, 2009

<p>Something old first.. This first one is back from my trip to Oz in September</p><div>

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leo_papandreou1 · February 22, 2009

My foray into so-called professional film, specifically Kodak UC100 at EI 160. These are untweaked Costco scans sampled down from 3091x2048. I asked the operator to instruct the machine (a Noritsu whatever) to scan without auto correction, which he may or may not have done. I’ve subsequently learned to ask for density and color correction only and to post process in Photoshop. Search me why anyone would post process Costco scans; they are crap at 3091x2048. OTOH they cost almost nothing and are more than adequate for email and web. The prints (4x6) came out very nicely, on Fuji crystal archive paper.

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UC100 is supposed to be a saturated print film but unfortunately the weather was too bleak for the film to show off. The sun is just coming out in the last two pictures, which I took at a greenhouse in order to find something with color.

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Blah blah blah. In summary, film is very nice. I think I’ll be stepping off the digital treadmill, at least for a model or two.<div></div>

hagar · February 22, 2009

<p>Even a little bit of rain, and amazing the things that sprout in the desert. Check out those tiny flowers.. the rock is only about 4 inches high</p><div>

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leo_papandreou1 · February 22, 2009

Second.<div>

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hagar · February 22, 2009

<p>The harsh realities of the desert..</p><div>

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leo_papandreou1 · February 22, 2009

Third.<div>

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leo_papandreou1 · February 22, 2009

Last.<div>

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john_behrends · February 22, 2009

<p>Shots with the 35 macro limited today.</p><div>

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