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One corner of one of many interesting barns on Old Mission Peninsula. This slice is surprisingly representative of the entire structure with it's ingredients of wood, wire, stone and grass doing their part to blend their best qualities together to enhance the aesthetics of the surrounding landscape. Hope you like the composition. Thank you for looking, comments and critiques are welcome.

Bill

Thank you both for your input and kind words.

Bill

New to the digital format, I was fortunate enough for this female woodpecker to subject herself to my fumblings with my new Olympus em10 mkII. Any critiques are.very welcome.

Thank you for looking,

Bill

One of the first images with my new Olympus em10mkII. This is my first foray into both the digital format world, and my first experience with the micro 4/3rds system. Thank you for looking. Any feedback is appreciated.

Thank you,

Bill

Another from my recent Fall color tour. This image is a heavy crop of

another I recently submitted. I tried to adjust the colors and contrast to

give it a pastel feel, while hopefully not losing too much of

the "photographic" characteristics. Please give me some feedback if

you have a moment.

All Ratings, Critiques and Comments are greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

Bill O'Rourke

The trees are sheding their leaves. Not all end up in the mower or

backyard burn pile. This group spent a windless morning drifting on a

glass surfaced lagoon. Nikon F4, 28-85, Kodak 200. Any comments,

critiques and/or ratings are appreciated.

Thanks

Bill O'Rourke

The trees are starting to don their fall attire. Out for a walk this past

weekend this image became my first attempt at capturing nature's

yearly costume change for 2012. Backlit by the sun, which twinkled

through the firey autumn leaves, this scene seemed like a splendid

candidate to start my fall documentation. Shot with a Nikon F4 loaded

with kodak200 and a 28-85, no flash. What do you think? All critiques

and ratings are very much appreciated.

Thank you,

Bill O'Rourke

I "pulled the zoom" in post. I was standing on a bouncing dock and at the speeds these guys were going I was lucky to get them in the viewfinder at times. I didn't use a motor drive as I was trying to conserve film. After reviewing the shots I did get there was alot of "sameness" to the images, a result of the boats continually making left hand turns, so I spiced this one up a bit with a post zoom in paint.net figuring it would better convey the feeling of speed. Thanks for the critiques!

Another shot from this past weekend's festivities in Bay City, Michigan.

In this image the Jet's Pizza entry leads three boats around a turn at

over 100 miles an hour. Shot with my Nikon F4 on Kodak 200 using a

75-300 @ 1/1000. Any comments, critiques or ratings are most

welcome.

Thank you

Powerboats came to town this past weekend for a stop on their annual

racing circuit, I was fortunate to grab a spot near a turning mark to view

the action. This is the DOW sponsored entry, shot with my Nikon F4

and a 75-300 on Kodak 200. Hope you like it. Any comments, ratings,

or critiques are much appreciated.

Thank you

On a quiet Sunday morning in the fall of 1990 the freighter Jupiter, with a

hold full of unleaded gasoline, exploded in flames on the Saginaw River

in Bay City, Michigan. A passing ship's wake seperated the lines that

were off loading her cargo and a spark on the dock ignited over one

million gallons of fuel that was still aboard. One crewmember drowned

as he tried to swim for shore, Remarkably, the rest of the crew

managed to escape the inferno. I was a few blocks away at the time of

the explosion and managed to get to the scene before authorities

established an exclusion zone.

Any comments, critiques and ratings are most welcome.

Thank you,

Bill

Out for a walk with my dog I noticed some ducks meandering through a

light fog rising from the surface of the water. I stopped and took a

couple of shots, one of which I posted in this forum. When I turned to

head back to the truck this is what I saw. The bright morning sun lit the

fire hydrant and remaining autmn leaves on the trees in the forground,

while the willows,with a seeming uniform termination of their branches,

provided a dramatic backdrop for the scene. The contrast was further

enhanced by a thick fog bank rising in the crisp morning air from an

unseen river in the distance.

Thoughts, comments, ratings?

I appreciate all input.

Thank you,

Bill

A light fog on the water helped me achieve this image late last fall

during a walk with my dog. I finally unloaded it out of my camera

yesterday and had it developed and scanned. I like the soft dreamlike

feel with this image and the composition of the ducks. Please tell me

what you think!

Comments, critiques and ratings are welcome. Good ones are paid in

cash.

Thanks,

Bill

Shot on a rainy day In San Francisco, 1979. Original in color taken with

my Nikkormat Ft2 and a 50 f2. Cropped and converted to B&W.

Any comments, critiques and ratings are appreciated. Thanks for

looking!

Bill

My version of a Blue Moonset. All Comments, Critiques and

ratings are appreciated.

Thank you,

Bill

A few days ago I posted the original version of this image pretty much

as shot. This version is really my first attempt at dramatic interpretation

of an image in post. Using only Fastone for the alteration I initially tried

their version of oil paint and hated it. So I went about adjusting

highlights, contrast, shadows, saturation, gamma, hue and just about

everthing else I could do, including working with with the clone tool on

the clouds. So, it's an experiment and I'd really like to get some input

as to what people think. You can A/B this and the original in my

portfolio if you have the time, or simply leave a comment, critique,

and/or rating.

Thank you very much for looking,

Bill

A final wink from the afternoon sun at Wreck Beach, Big Sur California

summer 1979. Shot with my Nikkormat FT2 and a 50mm f2. No crop.

Any Comments, Critiques and ratings are most welcome.

Thanks for looking.

Bill

Situated in the Straits of Mackinaw, Mackinac Island, Michigan is a

popular summer tourist destination. Free of all automobiles, Mackinac

Island is a step back in time. Whether you choose to explore the island

by foot, bicycle, or horse drawn buggy, it will be an adventure you will

never forget.The movie "Somewhere in Time" with Christopher Reeve

was filmed here. I took this shot in the middle of winter while I was doing

some carpentry work on the island at the famous Grand Hotel. This was

the last ferry to the mainland as shortly after I boarded this boat the ice

in the straits became too dangerous for navigation.

All Comments, Critiques, and Ratings are appreciated.

Thanks for looking

Bill

I like this shot. You've done a good job keeping detail in the dark side of the tree despite the direct sunlight. This strikes me as more of a morning shot though, with the sun chasing away the remnants of a morning mist. Overall, nice composition, lighting, and detail. Congrats.

Beautiful shot Jake. If this is where I think it is, this would be Wreck Beach? I have images I took during mid day of waves crashing through the openings of those rocks, in a box somewhere. They are nothing like this. I love your use of the late afternoon light here. Excellent job!.

Indeed. Shadowy figure in the shadows. Nice exposure. Great image with a very well conveyed aura of mystery. Top notch.

Beautiful image. Lighting, composition and subject all come together in a perfect blend that effortlessly draws the viewer into the scene. I agree, the inclusion of the photograper in this shot is the secret ingredient that sets this photographic dish apart from so many other cliche'd back road/tree/fog images. Stellar job! Congrats.

Another conversion from my old color negatives. This image is a crop of

a larger scene I stumbled upon during the mid 1970's while armed with

my Nikkormat FT2. Shot in northern Michigan on a lazy summertime

morning, it delivers memories of a time when life was much simpler.

Fortunately for most of us, a short trip to any one of the thousands of

inland lakes would probably yield a similar scene, with it's subtle

invitation to take a break from it all.

As always, your comments, critiques and ratings are enthusiastically

appreciated. Thanks for looking.

Bill

Beautiful image. I have to agree, less is more. In this case, a whole lot more! I also think that the border framing you've chosen for this shot is a natural. Great composition, lighting, post, and finish. A perfect package. Congratulations!