POTW 12-04-2011

[hinman]

<p><strong>#1 K7 Arrival</strong><br /> <strong><a href=" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7163/6451066825_d3f2c98ff0_z.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="425" /></a></strong><br /> K7 with Tamron SP 17mm f/3.5 adaptall-2</p>

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<p><strong>#2 The Thinking Biker</strong><br /> <strong><a href=" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7161/6451306305_786e9db5f4_z.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="303" /></a></strong><br /> Sony NEX 5N with Konica AR 40mm f/1.8 pancake</p>

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<p><strong>#3 The Biker With Backpack</strong><br /> <a href=" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7164/6451316167_8076c478e8_z.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="373" /></a><br /> Sony NEX 5N with Konica AR 40mm f/1.8 pancake</p>

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<p><strong>#4 My Failed Biker Shot</strong><br /> <a href=" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7031/6451191897_d0b09e3802_z.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="359" /></a><br /> Sony NEX 5N with Konica AR 40mm f/1.8 pancake</p>

[markus maurer]

<p>I took this photo of Swiss artist Bruno Webers snake over the pond after lots of shots with the 77mm limited on the K-5 for the new renting prospects for events.</p><div></div>

[markus maurer]

<p>the cats home</p><div></div>

[markus maurer]

<p>relaxed sleep</p><div></div>

[chune_hoong_pong]

<p>Happy weekend everyone.<br /><br />I attended a music festival last week and here are a few captures. Thought I'd share a few for this week's POW.<br /><br />Pics taken with my K-r, which coasted through the driving rain : )<br /><br /><img src="http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr235/hchune/Web%20Uploads/_IGP1914.jpg" alt="" /><br />#1 Quantaray 70-300mm, ISO 4000, f/4.5, 1/320sec<br /><br /><img src="http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr235/hchune/Web%20Uploads/_IGP1936.jpg" alt="" /><br />#2 ISO 3200, f/5.6, 1/250sec<br /><br /><img src="http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr235/hchune/Web%20Uploads/_IGP1846.jpg" alt="" /><br />#3 FA 50mm f/1.4, ISO 4000, f/2.2, 1/40sec<br /><br /></p>

[anirbanbanerjee]

<p>This is from the potter's quarters, Kolkata, where they also make clay idols used in Hindu worship. All gods and goddesses are associated with an animal 'vehicle'. The goddess here has a lion as vehicle.<br>

Tamron 28-75/2.8.</p>

<p><a title="Human and Divine by A n i r b a n, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/anirbanbanerjee/6418657253/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7142/6418657253_a4b8e9f766_z.jpg" alt="Human and Divine" width="427" height="640" align="center" /></a></p>

[denise_savage]

<p>One to add this week - our church recently had a combined service (lots of worshipping communities under our congregational umbrella came together) for the start of Advent. The children got to make some decorations to go on the tree. I got to play too - was nice to mix work and play!</p><div></div>

[ukhov]

<p>Cadillac Jack from Alpine Helen -drive us thru the streets in Bavarian village ....very good with the carrots too...</p><div></div>

[MattB.Net]

<p>We lit the town tree Friday night in dry snowless conditions. Lots of people came out for the "Night of Lights" and it was a good time.<br>

K-x & da15<br>

<a title="IMGP6552.jpg by MattB.net, on Flickr" href=" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7031/6445247931_74e17d891e_z.jpg" alt="IMGP6552.jpg" width="640" height="425" /></a><br>

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The snow finally arrived later that night and yesterday there was a cyclocross bike race on the WSC Campus. Perfect 'cross conditions!<br>

K-x & Tamron 28-75<br>

<a title="IMGP6658.jpg by MattB.net, on Flickr" href=" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7166/6450868641_eb4c875426_z.jpg" alt="IMGP6658.jpg" width="425" height="640" /></a></p>

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<p><a title="IMGP6768.jpg by MattB.net, on Flickr" href=" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7167/6450869807_6c62e46dc8_z.jpg" alt="IMGP6768.jpg" width="425" height="640" /></a></p>

[ukhov]

<p>BOYSCOUTS ....</p><div></div>

[ukhov]

<p>-parade </p><div></div>

[patrickwells]

<p>Saw this builders sign in a cemetery.</p><div></div>

[john_behrends]

<p><a title=" Frosty Morning by John Behrends, on Flickr" href=" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7015/6449509213_dea7cdb367_z.jpg" alt=" Frosty Morning" width="428" height="640" /></a><br>

Shot Saturday morning just after sunrise on my way to my jobsite, very cold and foggy with freezing fog conditions. Used the kit lens for the first time in ages. Good for lightweight no tripod conditions! Wish Pentax could produce a similar small zoom up to DA* or Limited spec's</p>

[dshombert]

<p>A couple more from the Shaker village at Pleasant Hill, KY. Both shot with the K-5 & 18-135 combo.</p><div></div>

[dshombert]

<p>Second one</p><div></div>

[hagar]

<p>A couple of shots from way up there! Both with the k5 and the DA 16-45</p><div></div>

[hagar]

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

[r.t. dowling]

<p>Hot steam on a cold day.</p><div></div>

[bob_marz]

<p>Wow! Really nice images everyone. I truly hope everyone is not getting bored with my Canadian summer trip, but there were so many spectacular areas that we hiked. Well, getting near the end and here are three more. <strong>#1 Ascending Parker Ridge </strong>amonst wildflowers.<em>K10D w/ Tamron 18-250mm / f 11 @ 1/350 / FL 18.0 </em><a href="http://s407.photobucket.com/albums/pp153/marzrw/POW%2012-4-11/?action=view&current=_IGP6741.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp153/marzrw/POW%2012-4-11/_IGP6741.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a> <strong>#2 A view one way</strong>. <em>K10D Tamron 18-250mm </em>/<em> f11.0 / FL 18.0 ISO 200 </em><a href="http://s407.photobucket.com/albums/pp153/marzrw/POW%2012-4-11/?action=view&current=_IGP6888B.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp153/marzrw/POW%2012-4-11/_IGP6888B.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a> <strong>#3 A view the other way</strong>. In other words, spectacular in every direction. <em>K10D w/ Tamron 18-250mm / f11.0, FL 29.4, ISO 100 </em><a href="http://s407.photobucket.com/albums/pp153/marzrw/POW%2012-4-11/?action=view&current=_IGP67712.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp153/marzrw/POW%2012-4-11/_IGP67712.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a> <em>(Click)</em></p>

[shots worth sharing]

<p>No way I could ever get bored with that scenery, Bob, but the envy is getting pretty intense ;~) I also like Hin's Thinking Biker, Yury's Cadillac Jack, Chune-Hoong's first. I think Anirban's lion as vehicle is my favorite--it doesn't feel perfectly perfect (too tall, perhaps?) but it grabs interest and sustains contemplation. </p>

<p>This week was the start of the basketball season so I'll be doing a lot of that for the next few months. Last season taught me to be pretty disciplined about picking the shots I want to process and post. I'm pretty happy with the K-5/Sigma 50-150/2.8 set-up but Abe asked me why I wasn't shooting wide open and I think he's right that any loss of sharpness will be more than compensated by a reduced need for NR.<br>

[1/500s, f3.5, ISO 4000]<br>

<img src="http://dadipentak.smugmug.com/photos/i-PDhXm4j/1/XL/i-PDhXm4j-XL.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>[1/500s, f4,ISO 6400]<br>

<img src="http://dadipentak.smugmug.com/photos/i-S3twLsr/0/XL/i-S3twLsr-XL.jpg" alt="" width="486" height="768" /></p>

<p>[1/640s, f3.5, ISO 8000]<br>

<img src="http://dadipentak.smugmug.com/photos/i-6MK4LT7/0/XL/i-6MK4LT7-XL.jpg" alt="" /></p>

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[r.t. dowling]

<p>It's nothing short of amazing how good today's sensors have gotten at high ISOs. I remember a time NOT long ago when ISO 400 color print film was grainier than the ISO 8000 shot directly above this post.</p>

[ukhov]

<p>Thank you,Dave!</p>

[htarragon]

<p>Dave - I know it's the photographer and not the camera, but what a difference from when you first started posting these -wow!<br>

I took my new Rokinon 85mm 1.4 for an outing to the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC; always a good place for people watching and pictures.<br>

The Rokinon lens does have stiff manual focusing, I hadn't realized how used to AF I had gotten until I HAD to focus manually. And also forgot how slim DoF is at f2. My AF lenses (except for macro) are f/4-5.6.<br>

OK, Here's my three.<br>

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[htarragon]

<p>2</p>

[htarragon]

<p>2 again</p><div></div>