POW Sunday July 19 2009

[john_behrends]

<p>Next the other extreme , the central Oregon desert high mountains...</p><div></div>

[hagar]

<p>Nice to see all that talent in the POW. <br>

I spent a few days in Seattle this past week.. I'll post a separate thread soon. Meanwhile ..<br>

Something old.. (from last year)</p><div></div>

[hagar]

<p>Something new..</p><div></div>

[ahanna]

<p>I've still got several photos from my Alaska trip to show so I'll stick to those for a while.<br>

First up is a sheep from Radium Hot Springs in Canada. The sheep are wild but have accomodated to people and we drove up on this guy at sunset .</p><div></div>

[hagar]

<p>Oh, deer..</p><div></div>

[ahanna]

<p>Some red salmon going up the Russian river falls in Alaska.</p><div></div>

[ahanna]

<p>The cemetery in Barkersville British Columbia, it is an old gold mining town.</p><div></div>

[sigmar_dau]

<p>These are a couple of photos from Marineland in Niagara Falls, Canada, taken this afternoon. I particularly like the first one, because in these types of places I sometimes enjoy watching the people more than the animals. I wonder if the whale is people watching also. Both are with the K200D. The indoor shot is with the 18-55 kit lens and the outdoor shot with a manual 70-150 Soligor zoom.</p><div></div>

[sigmar_dau]

<p>And the second one:</p><div></div>

[miserere_mei]

<p>I'm working on my post about <a href="http://enticingthelight.wordpress.com/2009/07/19/photo-walk-boston-financial-district-edition-2009/">Scott Kelby's Photo Walk,</a> but here's a quick photo from my walk in Boston. Great fun, by the way, and I would recommend you all to sign up next year.</p>

<p>Javier might enjoy this photo :-D</p><div></div>

[xpiotiavos]

<p>not the most careful composition in the world, but for a spur-of-the-moment "ooo that lighting is pretty" shot, i'm happy it ;)</p>

<p>[ K10D + 18-55mm II ]</p><div></div>

[htarragon]

<p>Sigmar,<br>

Is that a 70-1<strong>60</strong> zoom? How is it holding up? My 70-160 is getting wobbly. Nice shots.<br>

Howard</p>

[pbarnes]

<p>Dorus, I love your second photo - composition is simple and perfect, sky interesting, the light on the grass next to the road draws me in, and there is something about the range of (muted) colours that pleases me a lot.<br>

Camus, I agree with the praise about the green umbrella shot - well done.</p>

[jgredline]

<p>Steve T, Thanks for the comments...It is fun watching folks blush and come out of their shells..</p>

<p>Howard, Thanks for the comments. I guess it comes so natural to me thee days, that I had not even looked at it that way. :)</p>

[jdemoss99]

<p>here is one I took this week of my wife's friend and my new model.</p><div></div>

[jgredline]

<p>Ok, time for my Fav 5....The 5 that stood out to me the most are<br>

<a href="../photodb/user?user_id=4265112">Camus Wyatt</a> 's ''Queen Street'' Everything about the image is right. It is gorgeous...</p>

<p><a href="../photodb/user?user_id=971152">Markus Maurer</a> 's image is spectacular. The obvious adoration the dog has for the little girl is breathtaking....</p>

<p><a href="../photodb/user?user_id=4702299">Steve T</a> 's second fish eye (I hate you right now ;-)) is the reason I want one...still that image required some skills and the exposer is spot on as well as the comp..Nice image...</p>

<p><a href="../photodb/user?user_id=759912">Justin Serpico</a> 's little boy is awesome...To really appreciate it, you have to look at the large image...I love great black and white work Great Grays!!!!</p>

<p><a href="../photodb/user?user_id=5136663">Sigmar Dau</a> 's people watching whale made me LOL and the joy it brought me...Awesome job...A people watching whale...I love it! and the silhouettes of all the people is awesome..</p>

[heatherdoland]

<p>Wonderful job by everyone again this week.<br>

Steve T - Nice street shot, I like the fish eye!<br>

Ben - The painted look is great<br>

John O - You do great things with B&W and this week's waterfall is no exception<br>

Javier - Great street series, I always enjoy your street shots<br>

Steve D - Great skyline, I'm glad you're enjoying the new lens<br>

ME - Enjoyed the blues & reflections of your first one<br>

Patrick - Amazing bridge, definately one of the best for week<br>

Camus - Great sunset magnified by the shadow lines<br>

Markus - The B&W onions caught my eye today<br>

Robert - I completely agree that the "ugly" structure is very photogenic especially with such a nice blue sky<br>

Jon R - Great work on the HDR waterfall<br>

Dorus - You never cease to amaze with your PP work, # 1 was one of my faves for the week<br>

Justin - Love the portrait<br>

John B - Wonderful way to illustrate the contrast in climate<br>

Haig - Oh deer...it's very cute. Well done<br>

Andrew - Amazing sheep, great how even the background compliments the color of the sheep itself<br>

Sigmar - Great Orcas. I'm not the only one who wonders if the animals people watch, glad to know it<br>

Miserere - Great portrait despite her somewhat irritated expression<br>

Adam - Congrats on making that watermelon look so appealing, had to go and get one</p>

<p>One big & one small from me this week. Both taken at Red Rocks Park near Denver.<br>

<img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/9517119-md.jpg" alt="" /><br>

f/5.6, 1/1500, 55mm, ISO 200<br>

<img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/9517118-lg.jpg" alt="" width="691" height="463" /><br>

f/3.5, 1/3000, 18mm, ISO 200</p>

 

[steve_t.1]

<p>Javier,</p>

<p>Here's that same scene from fish eye #2 (which did receive a bit of minor cropping from the sides and bottom), but taken with the Sigma 10-20mm at 10mm, same camera position, 10 seconds at F/11. I love the detail on the brick road pavers brought out by the car headlights.<br /> <img src="http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p26/stevet_010/K20D3618edit.jpg" alt="" /></p>

[michael_elenko]

<p>My favorites this week:<br>

John O'K-O--A meditative photograph nicely crafted and lighted. The texture on the big boulder is beautiful.</p>

<p>Camus W--On Queen Street, Auckland is the best of the week. Mice movement and color of course. The woman's legs compliment the street incredibly well. Kudos for an artful shot</p>

<p>Markus--Market(ing) is excellent still life. The lighting is spot on and I like the layout of the bundle ties. Swiss cheese ain't so bad either--the forms and colors are compelling and everyone has to love the dog and kid.</p>

<p>Robert C.-I'll say it again, the building is a great shot. Those clouds!</p>

<p>John Reid-That tomato shot is so cool. Colors too.</p>

<p>Dorus O--Bleak future is very sci-fi and it looks like you put a lot of work into the shot.</p>

<p>Justin--Nice one. You just convinced me to buy a pack of Acros sheets for my 4x5 outings.</p>

<p>Haig--I would not have thought to use the DA 12-24 that way for the columbine shot. Very nice. I'll refrain from more comments about deer in Washington, except to say that you've seen our new deer fence and gate for the garden!</p>

<p>Sigmar D,-This is one of the better aquarium shots I've seen. Nice colors and placement of the orca.</p>

<p>Thanks Heather.</p>

<p>ME</p>

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[jgredline]

<p>Steve, that is very cool, u should start a thread on some of these side by side. I am sure many folks would enjoy that. I know I would...</p>

[wtlwdwgn]

<p>Some very good images this week so far. I joined a small group of photographers on Scott Kelby's Worldwide Photo Walk this weekend. I decided to go minimalist and only had a K20D and DA 35mm f/2.8 Macro Limited. The sharpness and color rendering of this lens is fantastic. Here are two from a farmers market we went to during the walk. More in another thread.<br>

<img src="http://wtlwdwgn.smugmug.com/photos/595716476_4GLcc-O.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="533" /></p>

<p><img src="http://wtlwdwgn.smugmug.com/photos/595727775_bNbfZ-O.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="533" /></p>

[jdemoss99]

<p>I came across this one and forgot had had taken it. This was a quick shot as we were getting out of the car at home. Another one of thos e little rascal pics.</p><div></div>

[sigmar_dau]

<p>Thanks to Howard, Javier, Heather and Michael for their comments on my orca shots. We visited Marineland with out-of-town relatives. The excitement and wonder in the eyes of the kids is always tainted slightly for me with some sadness at seeing these magnificent intelligent animals in captivity. Hence my thoughts on what the whale might be thinking. Marineland has at least toned down the circus-like aspect of it's shows. I'd rather photograph them in the wild, but living in southern Ontario this is as close as I can get.<br>

Howard, the Soligor lens I used is an old 75-150 mm f/3.5 zoom of doubtful heritage. It belongs to my generous brother who more or less stopped using his Pentax stuff when the world went digital. One day I'm sure he'll come calling for it. It works OK (though totally manual) but some of the pictures seem slightly soft and cloudy.</p>

[htarragon]

<p>Sigmar,<br>

My 70-160 Soligor is a "macro" (I think it goes to about 1:3). It has a macro ring just beyond the aperture ring that takes the focus from normal to macro in a continuous range. If twisted off normal any amount, picture quality goes if not close enough to subject. It does tend to be a soft lens. It will sometimes pick up flare if the lens hood is not extended. But, I just checked, the 70-150 was not macro. Weird that they would make two such similar lenses.<br>

Howard</p>

[htarragon]

<p>On Sunday, when my wife and I went to Adorama to pick out my belated birthday present (my delay due to indecision) we also visited the <a href="http://www.thehighline.org/">High Line Park</a> a new NYC park built on an old railroad line that brought cargo to Manhattan.<br>

A few pictures:<br>

Looking North<br>

<img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/9523371-md.jpg" alt="" /> Looking South<br>

<img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/9523356-md.jpg" alt="" width="469" height="700" /><br>

Statue of Liberty<br>

<img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/9523335-md.jpg" alt="" /></p>