gary w. graley

Just received my Macro lens today, a Sigma 150mm f2.8 and wanted to

try it out on some coins, low shutter speed but still fairly sharp

lens, nice one for the bag! G2

Thanks Sondra, been away from photography for a while, home to change that this coming year.

shot with the 580 flash bounced off the ceiling, shot at iso 800

Thanks, good idea and appreciate the reply

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Thanks E, that's the feeling I had when I saw them fall into darkness, had to shoot!

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Shot at the island

Thanks David, appreciate that, her eyes are striking and as you say the lighting on the B&W brings out subtle things in her expression.

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Thanks Louis, I recently picked up the 20D and also the 200L f2.8 fixed lens, very nice!

Still love this portrait by the way

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Changed the coloured version to this black and white.

Thanks Tom, although I guess it wasn't to another's liking but that's the way it goes. I like how their eyes line up in an arc, it was a quick impromptu shot of my daughters, while my oldest, the one on the left, was home visiting. G2

shot wide open with the Tokina 17mm at 1/15

I heard her coming around the house, and quickly pulled the camera up

and focused on the door frame to be ready as she opened the door. G2

Thanks Howard, still learning both the 20D and PS, a lot to learn for sure and agree with you about the sky on this one. G2

shot today, 3-18-05 on a warmish day in Scotland, a church in the

foreground with the castle in the fleeting background. G2

hmm well I guess this didn't garner any one's favour, sorry to spoil the post. G2

view as LARGER image to see this better.

Lucked with a nice clear night, low clouds, but no tripod! So it was

shot at a high ISO 1,600 but you can see how high up this castle

truly stands. G2

understand and agree somewhat, it was a candid shot not one setup, as you can see he was in deep thought over the troubles and she was just plain tired, I shot when and how fast I could to capture that moment, not a perfect portrait for sure but it was a real moment, if you know what I mean

Shot at ISO 800, was a sad weekend as my daughter's husband, also captured here, wrecked his durango on black ice, tore a rim off the truck! he was safe but $9k in damages was kind of a downer!

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Almost appears as if you took a shot into a convex mirror on the subway?
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Shot using a white lightning strobe with a small soft box attached

and a sheet of paper to reflect light back onto the blade

Oops, forgot to mention, the sheath is one of my own designs and hand made by me as well. also the background...knitted by my 13 year old daughter!

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Thanks Joe, the image wasn't cropped but positioned for the resulting image. It's a full frame shot as seen in the viewfinder, very closeup! The shot was 55" wide when taken from the camera, had to reduce the 'size' when uploading for viewing but the framing/cropping was not touched. I liked his focused stare, even at f8 I didn't get the bottom section in as sharp a focus as I'd have liked, but it was to show some friends of mine how well the Fuji S7000 can get a quick image without much fuss. I've also taken a liking to viewing some statutes, amazing works of art!

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Nice Matt, concurr about the crop at the bottom, would bring the blue flower below center line making, to me, a more pleasing image, good job sir!

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Thanks Matt, those are very fine fibers from some elk skin leather I had on the table, didn't notice them until they showed up on the photo, but left them there for some character.

The lighting was ambient light from above, the dime was set at about a 45 degree angle to capture the detail from the face, the lens setup allows you to get pretty darn close! This was shot at f8 and 1.1 second.

Be sure to view it as a Large Image.

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