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<p>It's a flash extender. It will focus the beam sort of like a fresnel lens to extend the reach of the flash.</p>

<p>Here's some more: <a href="http://www.naturescapes.net/store/better-beamer-flash-extenders/">http://www.naturescapes.net/store/better-beamer-flash-extenders/</a></p>

<p>Hello Nikonians,</p>

<p>Yesterday we celebrated "Sant Jordi" (Saint George) here in Catalonia, when tipically the girls are given a rose, and the men are gifted with a book (because of the more recent mixing with the international day of the book). The rose is always given together with a spike of wheat, as a symbol of fertility, and the catalan flag. Every year, I do another take of the rose I give to my wife, and this year I took the symbolic wheat a little further and made it into bread. I guess this is called evolution :-)</p>

<p>Nikon D90 with Tamron 17-50 f/2.8</p>

<p><a title="Sant Jordi 2013 por Girona_Flashman, en Flickr" href=" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8543/8674885829_f9a05091c2_z.jpg" alt="Sant Jordi 2013" width="640" height="425" /></a></p>

<p>Playing the blues with my Blues Junior and the D90 with Tamron 17-50 f/2.8, an SB-800 and an SB-600.</p>

<p><a title="Blues por Girona_Flashman, en Flickr" href=" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8542/8638535620_a315efa40d_z.jpg" alt="Blues" width="640" height="425" /></a></p>

<p>I'm more of a reader than a poster in this forum, and I always read Nadine's post with great interest - always spot-on and about the best advise one could find around here. I will certainly miss her presence.</p>

<p>And one from the inside. We had to wait patiently between groups of tourists until the room was more or less empty to be able to take a shot.</p>

<p><a title="Poblet por Girona_Flashman, en Flickr" href=" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8518/8548528700_a5d0770df6_z.jpg" alt="Poblet" width="640" height="425" /></a></p>

<p>Another one, also D90 and Tamron 17-50:</p>

<p><a title="Santes Creus por Girona_Flashman, en Flickr" href=" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8505/8547428773_0144341366_z.jpg" alt="Santes Creus" width="425" height="640" /></a></p>

<p>This week we went visiting an old monastery here in Catalonia. I made this picture subexposing deliberately by five or so stops to add more drama.<br>

D90 with Tamron 17-50 f/2.8</p>

<p><a title="Poblet por Girona_Flashman, en Flickr" href=" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8238/8547428635_4ee46d531d_z.jpg" alt="Poblet" width="640" height="425" /></a></p>

<p>I have been photographing this house where everything was white on white, except for some black now and then. Remember the white egg on the white background?</p>

<p>D90 with Tokina 12-24 f/4.</p>

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<p>Cleaning up after our last storm, I found this piece of wood covered with blue fungus.</p>

<p>D90 w/ Tamron 17-50 f/2.8, SB-600 and SB-80DX.</p>

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<p>Nice shots, as always! I've been playing in my home studio with some props from the wife's repair box :-)</p>

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<p>I hadn't been able to take a lot of pictures lately, so it's good to be back! This week I was actually assisting a shoot from a friend of mine, but I did take a few snaps with my camera too.<br>

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<center><a title="Mariona - Maria por Girona_Flashman, en Flickr" href=" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7266/8154494609_631bcb5339.jpg" alt="Mariona - Maria" width="332" height="500" /></a></center>

<p>D90 with Tamron 17-50 f/2.8, SB-80DX and Sigma EF-30ST optically triggered with SB-600.</p>

 

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<p>A cute one-year old girl.</p>

<p>D90 with Tamron 17-50 f/2.8 and SB-600 off camera.</p>

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<p>A few friends and I got out of bed very early to find out whether the rumours are true that there's also a short period of good light in the middle of the night, like 6:15 AM. It turned out to be true :-)<br>

Sunrise over the Costa Brava. Nikon D90 with Tamron 17-50 f/2.8.<br>

<a title="Salida de sol por Girona_Flashman, en Flickr" href=" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8009/7289328142_39c730a24b_z.jpg" alt="Salida de sol" width="640" height="425" /></a></p>

<p>Just around the house...</p>

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<p>I had a similar problem with my D90, until I updated my version of Lightroom, which uses the same Camera Raw engine as Photoshop. You can check this easily if you shoot a jpeg and a raw file (I'm not sure if your camera can do that at once) of the same scene. In my case, the jpeg was fine, while the raw image was rendered as underexposed. Updating LR did the trick for me.</p>

<p>Happy wednesday to all!</p>

<p>Rick Dohme, I love what you did to that birdie.</p>

<p>I've been playing with a flower again, clipped to a lightstand and shot with my D90 and Tamron 17-50 f/2.8, and a SB-80DX through a softbox triggered optically with an SB-600.</p>

<p><a title="Iris por Girona_Flashman, en Flickr" href=" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5111/7159885484_f7c0b4064d_z.jpg" alt="Iris" width="640" height="425" /></a></p>

<p>Lovely shots again this week. Mine is a snapshot from a plate of food, just like I ate it, and that's about all I did this week, photographically speaking :-)</p>

<p>D90 with Tamron 17-50 f/2.8.</p>

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<p>Nice pictures of illegal logging as well. That's why I support groups like <a href="http://www.avaaz.org">Avaaz</a> and others.</p>

<p>Happy Wednesday y'all!!</p>

<p>Last monday we celebrated Sant Jordi (San Jorge, Saint George), Catalonia's patron. Traditionally, a rose is given to the woman you love. The legend says that a red rose grew from the blood of the dragon that Saint George killed to rescue the princess.</p>

<p>Men are gifted a book, as the day coincides with the worldwide literature day. All the streets in Catalonia are filled that day with colourful stands selling books and roses.</p>

<p>D90 with Tamron 17-50 f/2.8, SB-600 and SB-80DX.<br>

<a title="Rosa de Sant Jordi por Girona_Flashman, en Flickr" href=" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8024/6960761912_61f080c16b_z.jpg" alt="Rosa de Sant Jordi" width="425" height="640" /></a></p>

 

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<p>It's impossible to pick a favourite shot!! You guys are all winners this week :-)</p>

<p>Here's mine, from a medieval market in Calonge, Spain. D90 with Tamron 17-50 f/2.8</p>

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