POTW 3/8/2014

[stemked]

<p>Morning Y'all.</p>

<p>I'm going to continue to post images from my trip for a while (I shot well over 17,000 images, I gotta find *someone* to look at 'em!)<br>

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Nodose Paper Nautilus shell, Flinder's Island, Tasmania. K3, 100mm macro WDA</p>

<p>I did see a few wild species of carnivores in Australia, 2 quoll species a Tasmanian Devil. Being nocternal the only species I really got a good wild picture was an Eastern Quoll. So this one, a Tiger Quoll, which I did see at the far southern tip of Tasmania is actually from a Devil center near Cradle Mountain.<br>

<img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/17818677-md.jpg" alt="" width="680" height="451" /><br>

Spottailed (Tiger) Quoll. Pentax K3, 55-300 DA<br>

Finally an Echidina. The ones on Tasmania are a lot furrier than those on the mainland evidently an adaption for colder weather. Depending how much human interaction they have they will either completely go aout their business (like this one) or they will curl up in a spiny ball.<br>

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Echidina, Bruny Island, Tasmania Pentax K3 (I think I was using the 100 DA macro)</p>

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[duane_mills]

<p>Great Shots Doug. It's very interesting to view photos of creatures I have never seen before in their native habitat. That's one of the best parts of POTW - seeing other parts of the world through the eyes of others. Here are a few shots from this week...</p><div></div>

[duane_mills]

<p>Here's a second...</p><div></div>

[duane_mills]

<p>And last but not least, a long established, somewhat well know, Punk / Alternative alleyway bar.</p><div></div>

[hjoseph7]

<p>K-5 IIs / 16-45mm lens </p><div></div>

[hjoseph7]

<p>K-5 IIs / 16-45mm lens , Oh well wasn't much to shoot this weekend...</p><div></div>

[hjoseph7]

<p>K-5 IIs / 16-45mm lens, here's another one...</p><div></div>

[ukhov]

<p>Climbing bloom</p><div></div>

[ukhov]

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[ukhov]

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[snik75]

<p>I walked through a local community garden with my *ist DS and F 50/2.8 macro:</p><div></div>

[snik75]

<p>Not sure what this is called.</p><div></div>

[snik75]

<p>There is a path that goes up into a neighboring woods. One plant is everywhere, with cool little yellow flowers. Couldn't quite capture the feel, this was the closest I got.</p><div></div>

[htarragon]

<p>Nick - How did you get such a perfect exposure - clouds, sky, and sunflower petals perfectly exposed. Colors crisp and brilliant and able to see the veins on the flower petals. Great shot!</p>

[snik75]

<p>Thanks Howard! To tell the truth, I had to process that one a fair bit. :-) I had exposed for the flower but not to blow out the sky, so I was able to bring it back down from white to blue. And I had to bring up the flower a bit to see the texture in the center. I used LightZone for the exposure, and Perfect Effects to give it even more "pop". Glad you liked it! Hope the peek at the making doesn't ruin the sausage.</p>

[MattB.Net]

<p>Monsoon season is upon us here. It's bittersweet in our household. I love to watch and photograph the storms and especially lightning but my poor wife has been struck in the past and isn't so enthusiastic about it!<br>

K-3, DA15<br>

<a title="IMGP5703-Edit by Matt Burt, on Flickr" href=" src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2914/14819221723_2bc1203da5_z.jpg" alt="IMGP5703-Edit" width="640" height="426" /></a><br>

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A 7 (vertical) shot panorama of a nice sunset the other night over a nearby creek.<br>

K-3, DA15<br>

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Enjoying summer as it slips away<br>

K-3 & DA40<br>

<a title="IMGP5854 by Matt Burt, on Flickr" href=" src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2906/14801419776_98e2a3c4ab_z.jpg" alt="IMGP5854" width="640" height="426" /></a></p>

[stemked]

<p>Wow Matt. All threeof your images blow me away; I'm speechless. But I have to say that third one is a one in a million!</p>

<p>Quite a storm too!</p>

[dorus]

<p>nice work again ! Like Duane says it's great to see all these images from around the world. <br />here's my share :<br /><br /><img src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss151/dorus/5817w_zps1ca847b9.jpg" alt="" width="679" height="1024" /><br>

<strong>parasolitas</strong><br>

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<img src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss151/dorus/3816w_zps9b102933.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="678" /><br>

<strong>my wife and youngest daughter walking a dutch village</strong><br>

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<img src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss151/dorus/0320w_zps285cb667.jpg" alt="" width="678" height="1024" /><br>

<strong>on location with a fisheye</strong><br>

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[duane_mills]

<p>Terrific images from all. Keep 'em coming! Matt - the lightning strike is amazing. Nick - all that work in post on the Sunflower really paid off. Dorus - great to see your photos here again - that fisheye shot is neat - Pentax 10-17?</p>

[htarragon]

<p>Nick - I think I'm actually relieved. You did a great job.<br>

Duane - # 2 is very Addams Family - eerie light.<br>

Matt - Outstanding shots! And what a wife! Hit by lightning and still walking around and a little gun shy? Duh! That last shot is iconic.<br /> Dorus Glad to see you back - really like the last one.</p>

[htarragon]

<p>Here are my humble submissions:<br>

Everyday art</p><div></div>

[htarragon]

<p>Looking up</p><div></div>

[htarragon]

<p>Looking Down</p><div></div>

[htarragon]

<p>A little bird told her...</p><div></div>

[dorus]

<p>thanks Duane and Howard for welcoming me back. I am however the same as Guus Giesbergen, while Dorus Oshiva is an abandoned artist name. It's just that I'm getting mixed up with the logins....<br /> So I haven't been all that far away :)<br />The fisheye was made with a Samyang 8mm, a very nice lens for little money</p>