POTW 3/13/2011

[denise_savage]

<p>Okay - taking the brave step of starting this one off. Have no idea what time it is in other parts of the world, but it's nearly bedtime on Sunday where I am, and somebody has nearly always started this one off by now.<br>

My contribution is a sample shot from a youth group project we are doing in our local church. They are putting together a little clip and have gone for stop motion. Our lighting is a bed lamp, the young people are having a go at shooting and editing the clip. This is one I took to see what it all looked like as we set things up.<br>

They have had fun doing it.</p>

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[dugger]

<p>Hello All! 3 from my annual "under the basket" opportunity @ Purdue University.</p>

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[steve_t.1]

<p>Nearly 10:00am Central Time and no other postings? Huh. (Edit, looks like Doug sneaked in one minute before me.)</p>

<p>From a visit to St. Paul's (MN) Como Zoo Conservatory last Sunday morning. All photos captured with the K20D and Tamron 90mm macro, using a monopod with shake reduction left on- still pretty slow shutter speeds even with the thin cloud and greenhouse glass filtered light.)</p>

<p><img src="http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p26/stevet_010/_K202337editsrbg.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p><img src="http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p26/stevet_010/_K202382editsrbg.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p><img src="http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p26/stevet_010/_K202401editsrbg.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>More to be viewed at my blog, http://steves-stories.blogspot.com/. Thanks for taking a look.</p>

[dugger]

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

[dugger]

<p>And finally...</p><div></div>

[ukhov]

<p>Ducks!</p><div></div>

[ukhov]

<p>more ducks...</p><div></div>

[ukhov]

<p>LAST PIC</p><div></div>

[anirbanbanerjee]

<p>EXIT at the airport gate:</p>

<p><a title="EXIT by A n i r b a n, on Flickr" href=" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5098/5480922015_4626835f0b_z.jpg" alt="EXIT" width="640" height="427" /></a></p>

[markus maurer]

<p>Doing female portraits for the first time and loving it these are the only ones I can show here :-)</p><div></div>

[markus maurer]

<p>Leika</p><div></div>

[markus maurer]

<p>Leo</p><div></div>

[jgredline]

<p><a title="This town by Street Vision L.A., on Flickr" href=" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5052/5516850036_cff2b5416b_z.jpg" alt="This town" width="640" height="591" /></a><br /> <strong>This town,</strong> Shot with the K20D Exposure 0.002 sec (1/500) Aperture f/3.5 Vivitar 24 mm ISO Speed 1600 Exposure Bias +0.7 EV....More info on my flickr, just click image.</p>

[jgredline]

<p><a title="I saw her standing there by Street Vision L.A., on Flickr" href=" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5175/5521078347_ed6c755c94_z.jpg" alt="I saw her standing there" width="640" height="491" /></a><br>

<strong>I saw her standing there</strong>...I continue to dig the DA35....K20D, Exposure 0.002 sec (1/500) Aperture f/3.2 Focal Length 35 mm ISO Speed 2000 Exposure Bias +0.7 EV...To view larger, click image. :)</p>

[jgredline]

<p><a title="Too tough to tame by Street Vision L.A., on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jgredline/5518657455/"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5012/5518657455_0915dcc4d4_z.jpg" alt="Too tough to tame" width="640" height="625" /></a><br>

<strong>Too tough to tame</strong>...Another from a couple of days ago...Loving this DA35....K20D, Exposure 0.002 sec (1/500) Aperture f/4.0 Focal Length 35 mm ISO Speed 800 Exposure Bias +0.7 EV...To view larger, click image.</p>

[bob_marz]

<p>Uh, still snowing,raining, freezing rain, sleet, you name it in the northeast. Not complaining. I like to ski and snowshoe and as we all know, it can be a lot worse. Three shots with different focal lengths with the K10D and Tamron 18-250mm. <strong>1) Out The Front Window</strong> / It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, still????? <em>f4.5 / Iso 400 / FL 47.5 @ 1/250 sec</em> <strong>2) Helmeted Beebaum</strong> / Normally a pretty red flower my wife planted when it blooms. If it blooms this year. <em>f6.3 / Iso 100 </em> / <em> FL 250 @ 1/250 sec</em> <strong>3) The Old Tree</strong> /Along one of my snowshoe trails out back. Not exactly lying supine ala Justin, but close for the view up the trunk / <em>f4.0 / Iso 200 / FL 18.0 @ 1/350 sec </em><a href="http://s407.photobucket.com/albums/pp153/marzrw/POW%203-12-2011/?action=view&current=OutTheFrontWindow.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp153/marzrw/POW%203-12-2011/OutTheFrontWindow.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a> __________________________________________________________________________________________________ <a href="http://s407.photobucket.com/albums/pp153/marzrw/POW%203-12-2011/?action=view&current=HelmetedBeebaum.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp153/marzrw/POW%203-12-2011/HelmetedBeebaum.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a> ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ <a href="http://s407.photobucket.com/albums/pp153/marzrw/POW%203-12-2011/?action=view&current=OldTree1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp153/marzrw/POW%203-12-2011/OldTree1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a></p>

[laur1]

<p>A positive attitude in face of being discarded:</p>

<p><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5294/5510411621_b36ab9e5e0_z.jpg" alt="" width="429" height="640" /><br>

[<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/laurentiucristofor/5510411621/">link</a>]</p>

[JTG1]

<p >#1</p>

<p ><img src="http://www.pn.jacksjunk.com/2011/03-13-2011/JB_001.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="520" height="352" /></p>

<p >Pentax K110D, Tamron 70-300mm - 1/250s, f/8, ISO 200, @300mm</p>

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<p >#2</p>

<p ><img src="http://www.pn.jacksjunk.com/2011/03-13-2011/JB_002.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="520" height="271" /></p>

<p >Pentax K110D, Tamron 70-300mm - 1/250s, f/8, ISO 200, @300mm</p>

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<p >#3</p>

<p ><img src="http://www.pn.jacksjunk.com/2011/03-13-2011/JB_003.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="520" height="352" /></p>

<p >Pentax K110D, Tamron 70-300mm - 1/60s, f/8, ISO 200, @133mm</p>

[osamu]

<p>guadalupe river, texas hill country</p><div></div>

[yvon_bourque2]

<p>Although not taken this week, I wanted to post some creative blurriness.</p><div></div>

[yvon_bourque2]

<p>Santa Monica, California</p><div></div>

[yvon_bourque2]

<p>The strip at night, Las Vegas</p><div></div>

[snik75]

<p>2 for me. Lots of photos I like, recently, but none that screams out high quality. So it goes.</p><div></div>

[snik75]

<p>That one was with an Auto-Tak from the 60s. Wish I had got the top of the mohawk in, but tough to get the focus right and was concentrating on that.</p>

<p>This with an FA 43:</p><div></div>

[ad12345]

<p>These photos are more of a torture test for a camera than an example of photogrpahy. They were taken at the indoor Equiplex at Spruce Meadows during the Spring Farewell on March 12, 2011. All three taken using with a K-5 and DA 50-135 lens, AWB at ISO 6400, f2.8 and 1/500 sec under pulsing halide lights. Frankly, I'm amazed at the results out of this combo. At 1/500, there is a bit of motion blur, but the trade off was slightly better colour and noise levels compared to ISO 12800 at 1/1000. I think the results under ambient light were even better than the D700 and 70-200 VR that I used in previous years. I would have to stop the 70-200 down at least to f/4 to get the same depth of field and to reduce vignetting, which meant needing at least ISO 12,800 on the Nikon, which isn't as clean as 6400 on the Pentax. These horses are younger and less experienced than the Grand Prix horses, so I try to avoid flash photos during these events as much as possible.</p>

<p><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_B-KsV_SdhNY/TX2aio7KXCI/AAAAAAAABx0/Rkf2csZ-Lno/s800/SpringFarewell-2.jpg" alt="" /><br>

Clearing the rails<br>

<img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_B-KsV_SdhNY/TX2ajx8RgeI/AAAAAAAABx4/rkH76hXzhfM/s800/SpringFarewell-1.jpg" alt="" /><br>

Winning form<br>

<img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_B-KsV_SdhNY/TX2alAHGWSI/AAAAAAAABx8/Bagk5gic2Es/s800/SpringFarewell-3.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>Turning the corner</p>