POW 4/4/2009

[markus maurer]

<p>Interior shots of 1963 "MS Winkelried" during the tour on the lake of the four states up to Lucerne and a quick visit to the comic festival "Fumetto" for some good reading are my POW contributions :-) All made with the Pentax K10D & Pentax DA 16-45mm.</p><div></div>

[markus maurer]

<p>-2-</p><div></div>

[markus maurer]

<p>a member of the "Fumetto" Festival</p><div></div>

[markus maurer]

<p>"Fumetto" comic festival in Lucerne</p><div></div>

[snik75]

<p>Some bird shooting</p><div></div>

[snik75]

<p>Luckily I was almost in focus for this one - no time to adjust.</p><div></div>

[snik75]

<p>And a paparazzi pic. :-)</p><div></div>

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<p>I needed a break from flowers after my obsession with the magnolias so I've been on a "bust-a-prime" jag with the FA 31mm LTD for the last couple of days. This is an abandoned mill community down by the Patapsco River.</p><div></div>

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<p>Wandered the city yesterday and came across this. Apparently, a new approach to bill boards is to print the graphic on a huge plastic sheet. It works fine until the wind tears it up: then you get a pretty spectacular mess (which does get a lot of attention.)</p><div></div>

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<p>The Maryland Institute College of Art offers light rail commuters a glimpse of tranquility.</p><div></div>

[miserere_mei]

<p>Some quick comments before I dash off to lunch:</p>

 

<ul>

<li>Ben, your overamped colours must be starting to grow on me, cos I like "Lake Broadwater". What have you done to me!?!? :-D</li>

<li>Arkadiy, your first leaf is dark and ominous. I like it!</li>

<li>Jemal, you 2nd shot is maybe the best I've seen from you. Fantastic! The exposure was spot on (for my tastes).</li>

<li>Maria, is that a stuffed bear!?!?</li>

<li>Adam, your fabulous timing continuous to reap you great shots. I still remember that photo of your dad pointing his finger at you! LOL!</li>

<li>Todd, while I like the flying man with orca (good timing on that one), the flamingo is simply beautiful, with a daring composition that works for me. Bravo!</li>

<li>Justin, PNC Park is my kind of B&W wide angle shot (Sigma 10-20mm?). Love it :-)</li>

<li>Haig, #4 is #1. I need not say more.</li>

<li>Dorus, where do you keep finding all these buildings???? I like abstracts from buildings, but whenever I find myself taking one I invariably think of one of yours and often end up not taking the shot. Bus stop is my fave from your batch this week.</li>

<li>Markus, MS "Winkelried" 1963 #2 is very evocative, despite being mostly empty. I don't know how you do that, but you do it well.</li>

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[arkadiy_chernov]

<p>Chune,<br>

Yah, those leaves were Voigltlander 90mm. That's all I've been using lately</p>

[john_behrends]

<p>Hi all, nice shots so far, anyway here are four shots, hope thats OK?</p><div></div>

[john_behrends]

<p>next shot...</p><div></div>

[john_behrends]

<p>next.</p><div></div>

[arkadiy_chernov]

<p>That's the gayest picture I've taken in years... But I thought it was funny as my roommate was nappin..to take a pic of him with nice window light</p><div></div>

[john_behrends]

<p>Last one</p><div></div>

[michael_kuhne]

<p>Another great collection here!! Justin, a surprise to see so much winter still in them thar mountains! And Steve T, I see you've still a good deal of ice left up in Deluth. Ours cleared out some days ago. I shouldn't gloat, though- seems we have some snow headed our way.. </p>

<p>Here's a shot of a fast-moving bed of ice coming by as the breakup got under way-<br>

Pentax K200D/ Sigma 24-60mm f/2.8 EX DG</p><div></div>

[michael_kuhne]

<p>I already posted a few in Doug Stemke's Pentax Day thread of 4/4. Here are a couple from a couple of days before-</p>

<p>This is from the old railway station where Thomas Edison got his first job as a boy working on a train, eventually learning the telegraph and getting his first ideas regarding electricity.</p>

<p>K20D/ DA 12-24mm</p><div></div>

[dan_spiess]

<p>Two little birdies - outside my doorstep<br>

k10d 50-135<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3538/3409996137_8026ab4dc9.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="500" height="500" /></p>

[dan_spiess]

<p><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3619/3410806000_9ee4cc7a27.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="500" height="357" /></p>

[steve_t.1]

<p>Thanks Justin! And here is my proof of Pentaxian loyalty (2 biggies along with the 2 little non-P-brands)... Oh, crap, I took this shot with an old 2mp Fuji P&S. But I did spend about 90 minutes this morning in my back yard with the K20D and my 90mm macro catching winter's last hurrah. I'll post those later in another thread.</p>

<p><img src="http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p26/stevet_010/DSCF0005.jpg" alt="" /></p>

[jaophotography]

<p>Wow Dan! Those are great!</p>

<p>Well, I've been searching everywhere to find the key to making digital images look like my beloved film Fujichrome Velvia 100F. <!-- Unfortunately I have yet to really make it identical.</p--><br>

This first picture is a photocopy of Fujichrome Velvia using the K20d. I shot this picture about 2 years ago with the Pentax LX. I'm not sure which lens I used though.</p><div></div>

[jaophotography]

<p>This next one is Fujichrome Provia 100F. I won first place in a photography contest with this picture, and haven't been able to win since.<br>

This is also a photocopied picture from the LX using the k20d. When I took this picture with the LX, the shutter speed was close to 5 min. long--one of the longest shutter speeds I've used!</p><div></div>

[jaophotography]

<p>The last picture is a (I think) Black Capped night heron. I used a lens which has a tendency to not be sharp, but this looks fine to me even at 100%.<br>

Pentax K10d, SS-1/125; F/8; ISO 160; Focal Length 420mm.</p><div></div>