POTW 5/19/2013

[don_myers1]

<p>As the thread has not been started...<br>

I've been doing a lot of post processing the last couple of weeks and have a few finally finished. The first one was taken in San Diego at 5th and University Blvd.</p>

[don_myers1]

<p>Try again</p><div></div>

[don_myers1]

<p>The second is Pima Canyon at sunset....</p><div></div>

[don_myers1]

<p>I found this last one hiking Bear Canyon with algae growing in the stream bed. This was shot through flowing water so it is a little fuzzy....</p>

[don_myers1]

<p>try again...</p><div></div>

[bob_marz]

<p>Did some fishing with the Pentax WG-II yesterday. Caught a few fish. One exceptional brown trout. The camera is holding up nicely under rugged conditions so far.</p><div></div>

[bob_marz]

<p>And I was seriously planning on heeding Nick's warning that it appears ALL Pentax WG series cameras will eventually leak. But this was an exceptional trout. And many of you know that as much as I like to eat trout, I am conservation minded and release most of them, especially special trout. So I was careful in reviving him. But after a battle many "lunker" size trout are tired and a bit dazed. He sat next to me resting for a very long time. I just had to get an underwater shot. Not great, but camera survived and it is a decent image. Then I turned my head to look around and out of the corner of my eye I saw him zip at full speed away meaning he had fully recovered. I have at times gone back and caught the same fish more than once. So catch and release really does work and you get to catch an image as well.</p><div></div>

[ukhov]

<p>Skip very few weeks on posting - my contribution for end of May</p><div></div>

[ukhov]

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[ukhov]

<p>last pic</p><div></div>

[markus maurer]

<p>Remembering radio active times at http://lora.ch</p><div></div>

[markus maurer]

<p>a house front in Zurich</p><div></div>

[markus maurer]

<p>slow food vegan cooking Spaghetti bolognese</p><div></div>

[bobbuck19]

<p>Bob, you make me jealous, haven't been fly fishing much due to my arm surgery and its going to be awhile since I'm having surgery on the arm again :( Heres a couple "crick" pictures.</p><div></div>

[bobbuck19]

<p>The woods around here are a mess of downed trees from last years derecheo and Sandy dumping wet snow on us, finding crick scenes that aren't clogged with brush has been difficult so I tried this little crick that I had never explored before and was glad I did found some decent scenes and several large morels for dinner!</p><div></div>

[bobbuck19]

<p>That last one was sorta handheld, was perched on that mossy log and rested the camera on another log for the longish exposure.</p><div></div>

[stemked]

<p>Lovely woods there Robert. I had hoped to do similar down in Kentucky, but both my and my wife's cars got hit pretty badly with golf ball sized hail. So no trips for a couple of weeks while we get the dents banged out.</p>

<p>I have three more birds. The first was an accident. Somehow I accidently switched the camera to monochrome while chasing a Sora (a kind of rail. It was a decent image so I left it on the card.<br>

<img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17336751-lg.jpg" alt="" width="496" height="330" /><br>

Sora, Eagle Creek, IN Pentax K7 600mm A fstop not recorded ISO 800<br>

Our warblers are thinning out and now its more summer residents.So a couple of cropped Oriole<br>

<img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17336753-md.jpg" alt="" width="680" height="529" /><br>

Male Baltimore (Northern) Oriole, Eagle Creek, IN, same as above cropped.<br>

<img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17336755-md.jpg" alt="" width="680" height="505" /><br>

Male Orchid Oriole Eagle Creek, IN same details as above.</p>

 

[debashish]

<p>The picture shows some abandoned cottages in County Clare, south-western Ireland, an area ravaged by famine in the past, leading to considerable migration. Samsung GX20; Carl Zeiss Jena Flektogon 35mm f/2.4; 160/f.5.6, ISO 125.</p><div></div>

[snik75]

<p>Bob, beautiful fish and excellent use of the underwater capabilities! Even knowing they will leak I use mine underwater, 'cause you get a whole different kind of images there. That is particularly nice. </p>

<p>Here's an HDR shot from one DNG, trying not to be too overcooked:</p><div></div>

[snik75]

<p>The garlic mustard is rampant, but tasty.</p><div></div>

[snik75]

<p>Finally, the end of Rock Ridge Trail:</p><div></div>

[dshombert]

<p>I've been away from this board for awhile. About this time last year, I posted photos of a pair of house wrens that had set up housekeeping on our back deck. Don't know if it's the same individuals or not, but we've got 'em again this year. The male seems overly optimistic in his choice of nest material.</p><div></div>

[dshombert]

<p>Second one. Both were shot with the Pentax 18-250 zoom, through the window glass.</p><div></div>

[MattB.Net]

<p>Great photos so far everyone!<br>

<br />I've been shooting a lot in the last week and working with the Nik plugin suite which I have been enjoying.<br>

I shot this one on an evening mountain bike ride last week and it seemed perfect for a B&W image. I used Silver Efx to process it.<br>

K-5 & DA 18-135 WR @ 18mm<br>

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Then while riding home from the trails I had to stop at my favorite sunset pond to shoot this image. I shot 5 +/- 2 bracketed exposures handheld and processed it with Nik HDR Efx Pro 2.<br>

K-5 & DA 18-135 WR @ 18mm<br>

<a title="IMGP0179_HDR by MattB.net, on Flickr" href=" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7298/8746995536_2666f5c623_z.jpg" alt="IMGP0179_HDR" width="640" height="421" /></a><br>

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Saturday I did a hike with my family down into the Black Canyon of the Gunnison River via a lesser-hiked route from the North rim. The light was pretty flat much of the day so I took a lot of moving water shots just stopping down to increase exposure time. I was reasonably happy with a few of them including this one.<br>

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Finally, a bonus photo from yesterday which was my birthday. To mark the day a couple of friends and I got our skis back out to summit and ski a 14,000 Ft peak called Handies. It was a super fun day and the skiing was really good - better than expected! I can't often ski on my birthday so I had to take advantage of this great spring we are having.<br>

K-5 & DA 40 Ltd<br>

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[bob_marz]

<p>Happy Birthday Matt! That's an awesome sunset image.</p>