Week 113 Vivid colors – April 4 2012
Joseph Leotta – Bronx, New York
A apple a day……..
Granny Smith green apples, Red Delicious and Golden Delicious yellow apples.
Nothing beats a bite into a cold crisp apple. When I pass a display like this one I always stop and have to get one to eat. Never makes it home.
Fall up north inVermontfinds apples galore from local orchards and some of the best homemade pies ever.
Jim Fredriksson – Long Island, New York
Amaryllis”
Canon 20D Canon 28 – 105mm FL 105mm ISO 400 f/5.6 1/60 No flash
Have you ever seen an Amaryllis bulb do its thing? The bulb for this beauty cost maybe $2.49! A paltry price to pay for the beauty and the fun we had watching it.
They grow daily like aliens and was a sight to behold! Shot on the kitchen table with the sun as lightbox. Cropped slightly & bordered.
Peggy G – Tupelo, Mississippi
Pink azeleas in my yard. Oh, and a bumblebee
Stanley Beck – Jackson, Mississippi
Azaleas” – They came a bit early this year, but they were beautiful. I like the color of these more that the violet, because they are not as common. They are a bit smaller, too. When the bush is covered with them, it really makes a good splash of color.
Nikon D200, ISO 200, f/16, 1/125 sec.
Ken Yamamoto – Tokyo, Japan
Hello everyone. It has been hectic weeks as I quit the job as at the end of March. Now I am a free man 
I will take a break for a while (wish it were forever) and start thinking of next thing to do in a while. Hope to study and improve my camera skill at least a bit during this “long vacation”. Here is what I saw at the restaurant table. “Vivid” was the word that came to my mind. Hope you like it. I tried a new lens – very, very, reasonably priced pre-owned Voigtlandar Nokton 58mm, f1.4 MF. Lenses made by Cosina (including Voigtlandar and Zeiss) are very well made. There are reasons why Zeiss let Cosina use its brand name. Wonderful glass indeed. Anyway, when you have a chance, try it as it is still in production and used pieces are available anywhere. You won’t regret it. I like this one better than Nikon 50mm f1.2 MF. Have a great week.
Ken
www.kih.me
D700, Voigtlandar 58mm f1.4, f/4, 1/100s, ISO5000 (Auto)
Jens V Frederiksen – Elsinore, Denmark
A fisher boat coming into the harbour after emptying the nets along the coast.
All the best
Jens
Deb Sulzberger – Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Chinese Opera
This weeks theme made me automatically remember a performance of a Chinese opera i was lucky enough to see last year in the city of Chengdu…
The colours on each and every costume we amazing, so vivid and bright….Not only the costumes dazzled but also the makeup, very dramatic and very colourful.
It was an open opera, as in public were allowed to veiw the artists getting ready from applying their face makeup to dressing in these beautiful costumes…
Hope everyone is have a great week and looking forward to seeing all your work…
Chengdu….Chinese opera performance
Frits Stempher – Maastricht the Netherlands
This long-neck lady I met in Burma. In a small village in the mountains.
Comfortable will not have these rings around her neck
Gej Jones – East Lansing Michigan
Sorry, the party isn’t going to happen. I had planned to invite all of you to meet somewhere that would be photogenic and fun but I didn’t win the $640,000,000.00 lottery. Perhaps next time!
Have a great week and take lots of photos.
John McGraw - Lansing Michigan
ClevelandJune 2011
This was during the first week of my month long photography trip last year. During the first part of the trip I had to work during the day and I would shoot at night, sometimes all night. This photo was captured about 20 minutes after sunset (my favorite time to shoot) as a lot of photographers. I was actually at this location to shoot the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (HOF). While walking to theHOFI saw this ship. I shot photos of the side of it, but then I went to the front, turned around and saw this beautiful imagine staring right at me waiting to be captured!
Robin Warner - Santa Monica, California
This is Juan….on a good day. Taken awhile ago. Lately when I have seen him, he seems to be a bit out of sorts. He is a character, that is for sure.
ISO 400, f.10, 1.125
Rick Dohme – Tampa, Florida
This Tattooed biker babe was givin’ me the eye at the park so I thought I’d shoot her. Love these Themed weeks. Looking forward to everyone’s creativity.
Nikon D3, Nikon 28-300 3.5, 300mm, 1/250 sec, f/8, ISO 1250, SB-900 flash.
Sandi Mahncke – Snellville, Georgia
For my vivid color shot I’m using another picture from Easter 2009 – this is a shot of one of my great nieces and 2 great nephews in the midst of the Easter egg hunt – taking a break in the middle of the azaleas in my mom’s front yard. Her yard is really lovely in the spring and there is definitely a nice display of vivid color! Have not had a chance to get shots of her yard in bloom yet this year so relying on past pics. Hope everyone has a great week and looking forward to a lot of beautiful colors this week!
Jaco Griesel – Kabul, Afghanistan
Kabulcan be a drab and boring city, but if you look real close you will find bursts of color around every corner. When my wife visit in December 2011, she would get so excited when she spotted these kids selling their colorful balloons. Looking at them, everything else pales in comparison, and that’s the reason why I B&W’ed the background.
Nowadays, whenever I see these kids, it reminds me of the joy on my wife’s face, and the great time we had exploring the city tourists don’t usually visit. The colors are vivid, and so is my memory of that time together.
Matthew Brennan – Birregurra, Victoria, Australia
I was struggling with a contribution for the vivid theme week until last weekend when I was cutting the roadside grass beside out property. Part way down the fence line is a stand of blackwood trees and inside the crevice of a lightning damaged tree was this large growth of shelf fungi shining out of the gloom of darkened, bark covered trunks like a beacon.
Captured on a tripod with D700 and AF-S 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 116mm, f/5, 1/125th sec, ISO 400.
Wayne Ervine – Johannesburg, South Africa
Greetings all.
Had to raid the archives for this week. This is one of the models from the fashion show I shot about a month ago. Wasn’t mad about the clove, but then I wasn’t the stylist for the show.
Taken with a Nikon D300 and Tokina 20-35mm
Jana Hughes – Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Hello Everybody,
a little rockabilly pin up from me for this Vivid Theme. I can’t wait to see all your submissions, as the special themes are usually my favourite weeks.
Jana
Nikon D700, 24-70mm f/2.8@ISO 200, f/9, 1/160s
Stacy Winsett – Allen, Texas
Red Tulips @ TheDallasArboretum’s “DallasBlooms Festival”
Nikon D90 + Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6
Focal length 240mm 1/1250 @ f/5.3 ISO320
Alejandro Held – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hello All
Taken last october at Tate Modern inLondon. A proyection of FILM, a work by Tacita Dean.
From the Tate website: ” FILM is an 11-minute silent 35mm film
projected onto a gigantic white monolith standing 13 metres tall at the end of a darkened Turbine Hall. It is the first work in The Unilever Series devoted to the moving image, and celebrates the masterful techniques of analogue film-making as opposed to digital.
The work evokes the monumental mysterious black monolith from the classic science fiction film 2001: A Space Odyssey. The film feels like a surreal visual poem, including images from the natural world among others, with the epic wall of the Turbine Hall showing through, in a montage of black and white, colour, and hand-tinted film.”
Nikon D300 + 18-200 VR @ 27mm
ISO 2500 – f 5.0 – 1/13 sec
Joseph Leotta, Junior – New York, New York
For this week’s vivid color photo, I didn’t have to go far. These flowers are all blooming right in our back yard. Spring is definitely in full swing here inNew York, with temps in the 60s and 70s and flowers blooming everywhere!
A quick update on how I’m doing – I’ve been working from home the past two weeks as my doctors want me to take it easy. They say my ruptured appendix is stable, but it’s definitely in a fragile state. I’ve got a follow up CT scan next Thursday to see how it looks and hopefully we’ll be removing it shortly after that. Luckily, I’m not in any pain right now, just have a slight discomfort in my lower right stomach. Hopefully I’ll be all fixed up soon!
Angie Vega – Wake Forest, North Carolina
VisitingNiagara Falls,ON,Canadathis past week and I have to say that it was an amazing experience. Seeing the Falls during the day is amazing but visiting at night with the lights is electrifying. This shot was taken from the Canadian side and on the far left you can seeRainbowBridge, which is one of the bridges to get in and out of theCanada.
Bogdan Nicolescu – Pitesti, Romania
I’ve been doing B&W for a while so this picture from New Year fireworks is the closest I could find to fit the given vivid theme. Shot with Mamiya 645 Pro TL, Mamiya 55mm F/2.8 lens, Kodak Ektar film.
Roberta Davidson – Destrehan, Louisiana
Hi Everyone! Hope you all are doing well.
I looked for vivid colors in nature . Happened upon this very bright and small Common Clouded Yellow Butterfly.
Hope you enjoy
Stephanie DiPietro – Pacific Palasides, California
I was fortunate enough to get this shot Lady Liberty shot against a fiery, winter sky when I was inNew Yorklast month.
I was shooting from under theBrooklynBridgeand literally got chills at this dramatic site.
Steven Lakose – Wallingford, Connecticut
Episcopalian church in downtownKey West, just happened to catch the sun along with a perfect blue sky.
Nikon D200 18-70 lens @ 18mm F9 1/320 sec with ISO-100
Suzanne Bauer – West Dover, Vermont
Brendan’s Passion
My son lives and breathes skiing. He can’t get enough of it. You may have already seen this shot, but I couldn’t find any other ‘vivid’ shots! Horses aren’s that vivid!! lol But this one I really like and I would say it’s vivid! bright, crisp and clear!
Ken Papai – San Rafael, California
“Pinot Noir Outstanding in its Field”
The F5 Block in the bottle and among the F5′s vines. It’s still early spring inNapaCounty/the Carneros region and the mustard is in bloom.
Photo: 3/30/2012, Canon EOS 7D, at 27mm, f/6.3
Filip Lucin – Cakovec, Croatia
A flower photo from archive. I liked the contrast between blue flower and yellow and green wheat.
Nikon D80 + Sigma10-20@18mm, f4, 1/80sec, ISO 100.
Greetings Filip!
Emma Roberts – Coventry, England
It seems our beautiful Spring weather has transformed into April showers. Nothing says Spring to me like daffodils so here’s one from earlier in March.
Happy Easter to all who celebrate it
Special Bonus Photo Section
The bonus photo is of interest from somewhere in the world
Stacy Winsett
Red Tulips & Yellow Narcissus @ TheDallasArboretum’s “DallasBlooms Festival”
Nikon D90 + Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6
Focal length 240mm 1/640 @ f/5.6 ISO200
Rick Dohme
So many bees and butterflies around to shoot. Trying out my new macro flash unit today.
Nikon D3X, Sigma 150 2.8, SS 1/200sec, F/6.3, ISO 50, Flash 1-SB-900 2-SB-200
Stanley Beck
“Roses” – An early mild and wet spring has everything coming up roses. The rose bushes were trimmed back about half way in January, and they filled in a lot thicker, and they are now covered with roses. What a sight!
Nikon D200, ISO 200, f/16, 1/80 sec.
Week 112 – March 28, 2012
Joseph Leotta – Bronx, New York
Single shot HDR – City Island Boat Yard
Had to go to the files this week for one and decided to to work on it a little with post processing. This is one of my single shot HDR’s. I take 1 post and then create 3 different files. 1 as it was shot, 1 with the exposure corrected 1 stop under and a 3rd 1 stop over from the original. I then take these 3 files and use them to create the HDR using photomatrix.
I normally shoot 3 bracketed shots 1 stop apart for HDR, but sometimes after I’m home I find one that I wish I had shot with 3 but did not and use this method. The one shot method also makes for perfect alignment
Jaco Griesel – Kabul, Afghanistan
I chose this photo for my debut because it personifies so much of who and what I am, and where I find myself.
Afghanistan, like this guard’s eyes will tell you, is a war-weary country. Centuries of war has left a never-healing scar on the collective soul of the Afghan people. Foreign powers come and go, all seeking their own good and never really that of the Afghan people. It is a tired country, but her people rises every day to fight and guard, to defend and conquer. Afghanistanis a beautiful country forever scarred by war – physically and emotionally.
Welcome to my world. Welcome toAfghanistanas seen through my lens.
Alejandro Held – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hello All
” This is not a game” an art installation from American artist Lorenzo Quinn, on a floating pontoon moored off San Servolo Island, nearVenice,Italy.
It features a life-size T55 Russian battle tank and life-size cast ‘toy’ soldiers, held by life-like giant hands, poised in positioning the tank and soldiers, as a child would in play.
Nikon D300+ 18-200 VR @ 34mm
ISO 400 – f 13 – 1/640
Jim Fredriksson – Long Island, New York
Canon 20D
03 23 2012 07:30
Canon 28-105mm FL 39mm
ISO 100
f/4 1/800sec
No flash
Another in a series from “Sunrises from Town Creek”, Southold, NY. This is “Neap“.
Angie Vega – Wake Forest, North Carolina
CooperRiverBridge,Charleston,SC
While visiting the beautiful and historical city ofCharleston, SC, I found myself surrounded by so many photo opportunities. I took over 2000 pictures in one day. This bridge has been around since 1929 and in 2005 was newly restored to this grand architectural desing. It is as beautiful to see in the daytime as it is when the night falls.
We started a road trip fromNorth Carolina,USAtowards Niagara Falls/Ontario,Canada. We have made many stops along the way and have seen some amazing cities. This is the New River Bridge Gorge inWest Virginia. The bridge is a structure of amazing statistics: 3030 feet long. 876 feet high. 70 feet wide. 88 million pounds of U.S. Cor Ten steel and American cement. Opened and dedicated on October 22, 1977, the span has since become the symbol ofWest Virginia.
Jens V Frederiksen – Elsinore, Denmark
Welcome to the new members, almost cower the hole globe now.
My photo is again from the local harbour, Saturday morning before the sun burns the haze away. This scenery is one I have chosen for a small project my photo club has a given. ‘Changes’, take photos from the same spot in March and April to document the changes and make a slideshow of them. I take photos there almost every day.
Have a nice week all
Jens
Stanley Beck – Jackson, Mississippi
A really nice collection of photographs last week.
“On the hunt” – I was out with my camera, looking for bugs, and I came upon this Anole, doing the same. It’s good when you see them around, because it is sign of a healthy eco system around the house. Also, the Anoles love to eat termites, so that is another reason to like having them around. He was a bit wary of my lens, though.
http://www.facebook.com/StanleyBeckPhotography
Nikon D200, ISO 200, f/16, 1/250 sec., 105mm macro lens, hand held, a little bit cropped off of the left side.
John McGraw - Lansing Michigan
EmeraldBay–Lake TahoeJune 2011
I was in Lake Tahoe for a about a week last summer, on this day I decided to drive all the way around the Lake and see what I could capture. I had heard aboutEmeraldBaybut I had never seen any photos of it, so it was a nice surprise when I arrived and saw this image. It was a perfect day for shooting. There were nice clouds in the sky but yet the sun was peeking through at times. In this shot, I waited until a beam of sunlight caught the trees in the foreground. I’m heading toBostonfor the first time this week, so I’m sure next weeks submission will be something from this week. I have really enjoyed looking at everyone’s images the past couple months and welcome to the new members!
Wayne Ervine – Johannesburg, South Africa
I got asked last week to do a photo for my cousin and her fiance to use for their wedding invitations. Was a bit odd shooting with a Canon again (his), but a camera is still a camera. Here are 2 outtakes from the shoot I really liked.
Taken with a Canon 500D and 18-55 kit lens.
Rick Dohme – Tampa, Florida
On my way to work I spotted this Roseate Spoonbill hangin’ in a little pond. Jumped out and followed her around and got this shot. The last one I shot was more solid color.
Nikon D3x, Nikon 300 2.8, Nikon TC-20E III, 600mm, F/5/6, 1/100 sec, ISO 400
Peggy G – Tupelo, Mississippi
Our apple tree is blooming and fragrant, and the bees are loving it!
Ken Yamamoto – Tokyo, Japan
At the national garden in the center of Tokyo. Has someone stepped into the garden? A flower, grass, signage, and the sign is in English and that is funny Ken
D700, 28-300, @112mm, f11, 1/160s, ISO1100.
Robin Warner - Santa Monica, California
What Happens in Vegas, Stays In Vegas… A rough night for this guy. Had a great weekend in Vegas for a Soccer tournament with my family. Very little time for photos, but I was able to capture this unfortunate moment which keeps me present and grateful.
DMC-LX5, ISO 200, F/8, 1/50
Sandi Mahncke – Snellville, Georgia
I’m going back out West this week for my photo – still finding it difficult to get out and take many new photos so have to rely on some previous ones – this is another shot of Bear Lake in Idaho – I really just love the clouds in this shot and the way the sun illuminates them as well as the contrast to the vivid blue sky. Just another little piece of paradise in my book! Hope everyone has a great week!
Frits Stempher – Maastricht the Netherlands
Hallo All,
Here is a photo I took during a rising storm over theSouth Limburghills. Made in broad daylight but it seems night.
Greetings Frits Stempher Maastricht
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Deb Sulzberger – Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
The sun was going down and all was at peace in the world because there is nothing like a kiss from your Mum to end the day….
Some super shots last week everyone and i wished i had of had more time to make individual comments but just want to say you guys are so so so good !!!!!
Matthew Brennan – Birregurra, Victoria, Australia
I’m still working on improving the exposures of my new Canon s95 compact camera. This was a challenging high contrast scene, shooting sheep with highlighted backs and in a into a brightly back lit scene with very dark shadows and very low angle morning sun. The lens flare is removed from frame top right corner via the crop I’ve applied to this image. Also added a skylight filter in Ps3 to warm the image a fraction.
Handheld early morning light, Canon s95 28mm (@35mm equiv.) f/6.3, 1/400th sec, ISO160
Jana Hughes – Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Hello Everybody,
thank you for the very kind comments on my photo from last week, I very much appreciate it.
This week a pin up shot from my photo shoot today with the most incredible and inspiring girl I have the priviledge to know. We opted for a vintage camera and I thought I will send it to the group here, so you can perhaps help her get some decent shots on film?
Nikon D700, 24-70 mm f/2.8@ISO 200, 1/160s, f/9
Have a lovely week and I look forward to all your photos.
Jana
Gej Jones – East Lansing Michigan
While visitingPensacola,FloridaI drove to the end of the Palafox Pier. My goal was to photograph the pelicans and other birds who are always looking out for a free meal from a friendly fisherman.
Palafox Pier isPensacola’s newest public park and marina. In the center of the park is the statue of Tristan de la Luna commemorating the man who discoveredPensacolain 1559. Recently, Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia dedicated the statue.
I shot this photo of Tristan de la Luna backlit by the Sun.
Filip Lucin – Cakovec, Croatia
Hello all!
Thank you for the comments and likes on my photo on fb. My photo for this week is not a landscape again. I suppose this could be cityscape? It’s a nearby town named Varazdin.
Town with long history, that was in 17th century even capital town ofCroatia. As for this photo, it was summer day, blue sky, white clouds and a big tree to get that sun rays.
I hope you like it! Looking forward to your photos!
Greetings, Filip!
Pozdrav, Filip.
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Moje fotke i blog: http://www.filiplucin.com/
Davorin Mance – Cakovec, Croatia
Per-Christian Nilssen – Sarpsborg, Norway
This week I want to present an image of peace and tranquility in a world that seems to rotate faster and faster. I have chosen the square format to emphasize this.
Nikon D300, Nikkor 24-70.
Per-Chr.
Stephanie DiPietro – Pacific Palasides, California
This is an image (one of many I took yesterday) of the iconic Frank Gehry designed, Disney Hall, in downtownLos Angeles. This structure is filled with interesting curves, lines, textures, and reflections.
There is no bad vantage point and the colors of the exterior change with the light. Quite a great subject!
Stacy Winsett – Allen, Texas
Here’s my photo this week. Any time people are dealing with things with their kids, it makes me think an extra moment about my own. This is my oldest, Drake. I had him when I was pretty young (barely 20) and as a result, he and I have a very special relationship. He is an old soul, through and through. He is almost 15 and loves John Lennon, Frank Sinatra, and Dean Martin. He plays guitar and reads books far beyond what normal teenagers are interested in. He is a beautiful person who makes me proud and makes me feel like I’ve done something right in this life every single day. He’s also a great sport whenever I ask him to come outside and let me take pics of him.
Nikon D90 50mm f/1.8 Shot around sunset 1/320 @ f/1.8 ISO 200 Retro processed with exposure offset increase and vibrance.
Caught him mid-sentence and in great need of a haircut.
Ken Papai – San Rafael, California
“Red Wine OIL PAINT”
I installed the brand new version of Photoshop CS6 (beta release still) a few days ago — it was a 1.7GB download. Trying a new filter ‘Oil Paint’ which I think works with this moderate still life.
Photo: 3/24/2012, EOS 7D, 27mm cropped to a nearly square format.
-Ken Papai
Steven Lakose – Wallingford, Connecticut
Commercial fishing dock onStockIsland(part ofKey Weston the east side)
Gale force winds “grounded” this fishing fleet for several days. I was lucky to have a few good sunsets, nice sunrises and some good night shots too (wish I had my tripod). I asked permission to walk their docks and take pictures and they were most accommodating. This gentleman seemed to be contemplating life universe and everything as he is eating his dinner.
Nikon D200 18-70 lense @ 70mm F4.5 1/15 sec with ISO-100
Roberta Davidson – Destrehan, Louisiana
Hi everyone!
I happened upon a radio controlled air show. They were doing a tribute to the veterans. They graciously let me take pictures. I had a ball and it was good practice for birds in flight and panning. Some of these planes had “pilots” all decked out . I loved seeing all the details that some had done.
Snoopy however, was one of my favorites with his red scarf blowing in the wind,
Hope you enjoy.
Suzanne Bauer – West Dover, Vermont
Lea
I was taking pictures of Lea in her new halter when a gust of wind came by and messed up all her hair! I rather like the shot though and she seemed to like the wind too!
Special Bonus Photo Section
The bonus photo is of interest from somewhere in the world
Ken Papai
“GGB IN OILS”
Continued use of the new PS CS6 oil paint filter.
-Ken Papai
Steven Lakose
Commercial fishing dock onStockIsland(part ofKey Weston the east side)
Gale force winds “grounded” this fishing fleet for several days. I was lucky to have a few good sunsets, nice sunrises and some good night shots too (wish I had my tripod). I asked permission to walk their docks and take pictures and they were most accommodating. “Accidental” shot. While wandering around the commercial dock I came up to a door between two buildings, I stuck my camera around the door and grabbed a shot with the camera held out at arms length around the gate. You just have to love autofocus and automatic settings.
Nikon D200 18-70 lense @ 70mm F10 1/400 sec with ISO-100
Stephanie DiPietro
This is an additional view taken of the magnificent Disney Hall inLos Angeles.
There really is no end to the variety of images that can be found there. A photographer’s gift!
Week 111 – March 21, 2012
Joseph Leotta – Bronx, New York
GantryPark
I just love relics from a older New York.
On the East River in Long Island City across from Manhattan there is Gantry Park. The area once a heavy industrial area has become a new and hot residential town where a number of trendy apartment complexes has been built. The area right on the waterfront has been turned into a state park. they took 4 large old piers and turned them into 4 wonderful walkways extending into the river offering great views of the skyline.
Besides the piers they preserved 2 set of old gantry’s that controlled the level of docks at the shore line. These gantry’s were needed to have a perfect match between the barges that docked and the platforms that they parked at. This was critical as the barges contained trains on tracks, the barge tracks were aligned with tracks on dock and shore and the trains were simple driven off and continued on their way to points on Long Island.
There are 2 sets of Gantrys that allowed for 8 sets of tracks. This is one of the 2 gantry’s. Two tracks ran thru each side.
Another photo that came from having the point and shoot with me at all times
Nikon P7000 Program AE, 1/1,100 sec, f/4, ISO 400 6mm (translates to 28mm FX)
Alejandro Held – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hello All
A few weeks ago during my summer holidays inUruguay. A storm is coming.
Nikon D300+ 18-200 VR @ 27mm
ISO 200 – f 4 – 1/5000
Stanley Beck – Jackson, Mississippi
Bumble Bee on Indian Hawthorn” – Ah, Springtime. It great to see flowers blooming, and bees exercising their responsibility to pollinate the flowers so that we will have them again next year. Again, this is just out of my front door, but the weather is better.
Nikon D200, ISO 200, f/16, 1/200 sec., 105mm macro lens, tripod
Ken Yamamoto – Tokyo, Japan
Here is a shot I took near the sea front. Apparently the area has transformed tremendously during my absence and there were lots of office or residential buildings. Who said something about the lost decade or two here? Seems doing pretty good to me Anyway, I saw the setting sun just the verge of the building and the contrast seemed interesting. Hope you are having a great week.
Ken
www.kih.me
D700, 28-300 @28mm, f/8, 1/1250s, ISO 200
Emma Roberts – Coventry, England
Wow, another week has flown by.
This Sunday was Mothers Day in the UK, we didn’t really make a big deal out of it but we did spend teh afternoon at a local country park which has a large wood. In a few weeks the whole woodland is carpeted in bluebells, I will try to head back there then for another photo.
I hope you’ve all had a good week
Sandi Mahncke – Snellville, Georgia
This is a shot from my back deck of my “friendship” ball- just a little bit of garden art and I thought it looked neat w/ the sun shining on it – not much else to say about it… hoping to get some time soon to get out and take more pics but the schedule is pretty tight recently. Looking forward to everyone’s shots this week – some of you really live in some amazing places w/ some pretty amazing photo ops – Hope everyone has a great week!
Jens V Frederiksen – Elsinore, Denmark
Just from another day at the harbour.
This boat here, is in the water, all year but several are made ready for the summer season.
Have a nice week all
Jens
Angie Vega – Wake Forest, North Carolina
My kids are always such a help when I need something creative to photograph. On St. Patrick’s Day my daughter, Annia, promised me that she would find me a 4-leaf clover. She went out to the yard and within 5 minutes came running inside the house with such excitement and what does she hold in her tiny and soil filled fingers, a 4-leaf clover. I don’t know if it’s the luck of the Irish, but at the end of the day she had found 52, yes that is correct, 4-leaf clovers.
Stephanie DiPietro – Pacific Palasides, California
The juxtaposition of the lone paddleboarder against the vast sea and sunset sky was remarkable to me.
This was taken inSanta Monica,CA.
Wayne Ervine – Johannesburg, South Africa
This is the 2nd pic from last week that didn’t get published.
Due to my camera being in for repairs, thought I’d post another pic from my most recent shoot. Decided to age the photo some. A classic look is ageless.
Taken with a Nikon D300 and Tokina 20-35.
Filip Lucin – Cakovec, Croatia
Hello all!
This week I’m sending again something different form landscapes. This time it’s a rather abstract photo, long exposure over urban elements. Something I would like to do more often, but somehow I never get to it.
I look forward to your photos on wendsday!
Greetings, Filip.
Pozdrav, Filip.
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Moje fotke i blog: http://www.filiplucin.com/
Davorin Mance – Cakovec, Croatia
Hello Sharpshooters!
Rapids on river Drava, Croatiajust before sunset.
The use of polarizing filters allow me to reveal rocks below the water surface while last rays of the sun stain the surrounding forest in warm orange and brown tones.
Best regards! Davorin Mance
www.davorinmance.com/fotografije
Rick Dohme – Tampa, Florida
Just a cute candid of a 1 yr old. Just loved her outfit. Thanks Joe for workin’ hard to catch up.
D3, 28-300 F/3.5, 300mm, f/5.6, 1/60 sec. ISO 640, SB 900 flash.
Stacy Winsett – Allen, Texas
I named this tree “The Guardian.” It is amidst a field of young cacti inSouth Texasnear my mother’s home in Saint Hedwig.
Processing included exposure and fill light adjustments and a slight purple/green split tone to bring out the green of all of the thriving plant life. It looks like a painting to me.
Nikon D90 w/18-105mm kit lens 1/125 @ f/5.6 42mm ISO200
John McGraw - Lansing Michigan
ChicagoIL– The Bean
I go toChicagooften for both work and pleasure. On this evening I went back to The Bean (sculpture by Anish Kapoor) before heading over near the river for the rest of the evening. I always enjoy spending time in and aroundMillenniumPark. The Bean can give you a different look almost every time you are there. I love this angle with the sky in the background, people posing for photos and the bright lights of the city reflecting on the sculpture.
John
Matthew Brennan – Birregurra, Victoria, Australia
Autumn is here and the large silver birch trees around our house are beginning to gain the gorgeous seasonal golden hues. I love using the foliage of these trees as a backdrop to photographing the many small birds we have here in the garden. So last weekend the sun was shining and it was time to pull out the old Ai-P 500mm lens for a run. I set up inside the kitchen window as I was really hoping for a red rosella which are a tad shy when I’m set up right in front of the perching branches.
This is a Silvereye which is the equal smallest bird we have in the garden, this one is approx. 9cm long from beak to tail. Silvereyes are not too difficult to shoot as they remain still for a second or two at a time making crisp still frames with less than optimum shutter speeds quite achievable.
Tripod mounted D700 + Nikkor Ai-P 500mm f/4 lens @ f/6.3, 1/400th sec, ISO 1250
Robin Warner - Santa Monica, California
Cannon 60D, ISO 250, f/9, 1/500
The last leg of the LA Marathon. Mile 25.5. One step at a time!
Deb Sulzberger – Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Morning Fog:
I pass this spot on the way to work every morning and to be honest have never really taken any notice, some mornings it looks like this, some mornings it doesn’t.
I never really thought it was any thing special but on this morning thought i might stop, click and at least i would have a photo for my 365 Project if nothing else turned up. Nothing else did so i used it..Well what a surprise when the comments and the favs went crazy and it made the Popular Page. I didn’t even bother getting out of the car, i just wound down the window and clicked off a few shots…
Ok, i am happy with it and maybe i shouldn’t be so complacent about my surroundings, it is pretty on reflection.
Frits Stempher – Maastricht the Netherlands
This milliner I encountered during a trip throughSouthern France.
A beautiful lady that’s perfect for her profession.
Gr Frits Stempher
Maastricht
Gej Jones – East Lansing Michigan
I had written earlier that I’d thought about joining a fitness gym more than once over the years. When I arrived at the Pensacola Naval Lighthouse I came to realize why I haven’t joined as I climbed to the top of the Lighthouse. By the time I got to the top, my body was saying, “You doddering old fool, what the hell are you doing?” The next day it was screaming at me!
The Pensacola Naval Lighthouse was enveloped in fog by the time I got to the top. There was no view of the Gulf or of the Naval Air Station. I looked down and could see the faint form of trees hidden in the fog. I took a few shots of the glass and headed back down. Once at the bottom, I remembered the words of Dirty Harry, “A man’s got to know his limitations.”
Have a great week!
Jana Hughes – Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Hello Everybody,
I have a little bit special photo this week, as I was doing photography at my aerials/burlesque studio on Sunday and I was privileged to photograph Coppelia Jane, Miss Burlesque Queensland 2011. She is the most incredible burlesque performer, costume designer and maker, and a biologist by day Some of you might have seen some of my aerials images on Facebook this week, but for those, who are new to the terminology, aerials are acrobatics performed on lyra (aerial hoop), on silks (long pieces of fabric hanging from the ceiling) or trapeze. I take classes on lyra and silks, hence the choice of subject for this week.
I look forward to seeing all your images.
Jana
Nikon D700, 24-70mm f/2.8@ISO 200, 1/160s, f/10
Steven Lakose – Wallingford, Connecticut
Commercial fishing dock onStockIsland(part ofKey Weston the east side)
Gale force winds “grounded” this fishing fleet for several days. I was lucky to have a few good sunsets, nice sunrises and some good night shots too. I asked permission to walk their docks and take pictures and they were most accommodating.
Nikon D200 18-70 lens @ 18mm F8 1/6 sec with ISO-800, hand held (leaning against a piling to steady the camera)
Bogdan Nicolescu – Pitesti, Romania
I’ve got this shot in oldcastleofMatthyas CorvinusinTransylvania, a place where vampires are not shy even in daytime.
Shot with Mamiya 7II, Mamiya 80mm F/4 lens, Ilford Delta 100 Pro film
Suzanne Bauer – West Dover, Vermont
Honey Rolling in the Sun
This past weekend was just beautiful weather and the horses enjoyed the warm sun as much as we did. I found Honey laying down and walked over to her to get some photos. Not too close mind you, you wouldn’t want to be in the way when a horse gets up from lying down! Lucky for me she decided to roll and I got a couple good shots of her, this is one of them.
Ken Papai – San Rafael, California
”Double IPA at the Pi Bar”
Celebrating Pi Day 2012 at the Pi Bar — all draught pints were $3.14 as were each slice of pizza pie – yum!
EOS 7D, 24-70 2.8L at 25mm, ISO 6400 !!, f/2.8, 1/25, friend’s iPhone provided the ide illumination.
Cheers! -Ken Papai
Peggy G – Tupelo, Mississippi
Finally, a hawk that makes me happy! This one was inside Veteran’s Park where I’ve never seen one before. I was very excited when I turned around and saw it sitting in a tree in a very open area close by. Taken with my 70-300 lens.
Roberta Davidson – Destrehan, Louisiana
Hi everyone !
We have had a few foggy morning . I try and get out early on these morning as there are so many photo opportunities.
While I am not crazy about spiders and crawling around in the grass where they live, I do like how the webs and misty fog make some wonderful jeweled effects.
Hope you enjoy.
Don Enderlein – Brooks, Georgia
My wife and I are remodeling our master bathroom, so I dug deep for this shot taken years ago with my Nikon F5, using IR film. This is a shot of a mission nearSan Franciscoon a perfect day – it was vacation, warm, not a cloud in the sky and I had a new camera.
Best regards fromBrooks,Georgia, where we dabbled with winter for a couple of days and went right into summer (my pool is 73 degrees – IN THE MIDDLE OF MARCH!!!).
Don
Special Bonus Photo Section
The bonus photo is of interest from somewhere in the world
Frits Stempher
My entry for week a parrot.
Greetings Frits Stempher
Angie Vega
This is Kiomi, our 4 year old miniature poodle. She basically photobomb my shoot. I was trying to capture the 4-leaf clover that you see on the right (well the green glob) and she decided that she would join the fun.
Robin Warner
Poor Jorge
Walked up to watch the runners finish the LA Marathon. This shot was taken at mile 25.5….This poor guy was almost done. He had a horrible cramp and was barely walking. He had such a sense of disappointment, but after a stretch and some deep breathes and some encouragement from all the spectators…he started back up again and headed to the finish line. What an accomplishment, what determination!!!
Cannon 60D, ISO 250, F/9, 1/800
Week 110 – March 14, 2012
Joseph Leotta – Bronx, New York
The 59th Street Bridge
The East River separates Manhattanfrom Queens. The Long IslandCityshoreline offers many places to view the skyline across the river. GantryParkhas 4 piers that jut out into the river and affords you some great views and angles. This one is looking north up the river towards the59th Street (Queensboro) Bridge)
The point Nikon P7000 point and shoot I always try and keep with me comes in handy. Was at a client when I passed by this park inLong IslandCity.
Angie Vega – Wake Forest, North Carolina
I would first like to say Thank You for having me join this great and very diverse group. I am very excited to share my pictures with a wonderful group of beginners (like me) and professional photographers. The first pictureI am going to share is this friendly critter that I refer to as Rudy. Rudy or Rudies have become very comfortable in my back porch. Even so that they will come up to my window and stare inside the house, I have pictures to prove that as well, until I come out and put something (basically anything) for them to eat. This is a gourd that I have placed in my back porch and they find it very cozy at times. If its raining, snowing, or just windy, you can certainly find a Rudy hiding in this gourd.
Stephanie DiPietro – , PacificPalisades,California
I spent ten amazing days inNew York City, my favorite place in the world, took hundreds of photos and
as I was flying out, I was fortunate enough to look back and see this incredibly moving sight. My family
lives in the city, so I know I’ll be back, but leaving is never easy”
Thanks again, Stephanie.
Alejandro Held – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hello All
Taken last January in a very hot night here inBuenos Aires
Nikon D300 + 50mm 1.4 ISO 2000 - f 2.2 – 1/250
Emma Roberts – Coventry, England
First of all, thank you for the lovely comments this week!
It’s another b&w from me this week. This weekend we visited my parents, who live in a small village near the Cotswolds, I went for a walk in one of the fields in front of their house and found my first daisy of the Spring. I also saw my first butterfly of the year, the first bumble bee and my first baby lambs. Add all of that with the wonderful sunshine we’ve had and I think I can say, Spring has arrived!
This was taken with my 50mm lens and 7mm and 28mm macro extension tubes. I have added the coloured version to my 365 project if you want to see that to compare. (http://365project.org/emmar84/odds-sods-and-i/2012-03-11#comment-8196024)
I hope that Spring is arriving where you are or, if you are in the Southern hemisphere, that your Autumn is a mild one.
Emma
Jens V Frederiksen – Elsinore, Denmark
Thank for the comment on my photo from last week, Very much appreciated.
The snow has gone and spring is on its way. Here a Guy trying to get his dinner.
As always larger photo at http://www.fotomedia.dk
Al the best, Jens
John McGraw - Lansing Michigan
MichiganCherry Trees
The state ofMichiganis a wonderful place to be a photographer, between the great lakes and the weather changes, there is always a different backdrop to shoot. On this day I was driving fromTraverse CitytoMackinawCity. It’s a two lane highway with water on one side and beautiful country side on the other. This is a big area for Cherry Trees. It was towards the end of winter, the weather was just breaking but there was still snow on the ground. It made for a foggy morning. I saw this cherry tree field from the highway and decided to see what I could capture and I was pleasantly surprised when I came across this image. The fog I captured here only lasted about 3 minutes and then was gone.
Robin Warner - Santa Monica, California
Canon EOS 60D, ISO 100, F/5/6, 1/80
One More Hit.
Met this guy invenicebeach. He was just chilling with his buddies. They are actually part of a band and we struck up a very interesting conversation with him. It is always interesting to talk to these folks and find out their stories. Not always easy to do it….but always interesting.
Joseph Leotta, Junior – New York, New York
From my office building in NYC
Gej Jones – East Lansing Michigan
I’ve read/listened to nearly every James Lee Burke book in the Dave Robicheaux series. Although Robicheaux doesn’t drink, Clete Purcel, his best friend does. Usually a JAX or two are included as his liquid libation.
While inNew Orleans, I found this brewery near the levee a couple of blocks fromBourbon Street. Many people, me included, equate the story of Jax Beer with the old Jackson Brewery inNew Orleans. What I’ve since found out is the true JAX was produced and bottled inNorthwest Jacksonvillefrom 1914 to 1956. In 1956, the rights to the drink were sold to the famed brewery inNew Orleans.
TheNew Orleansbrewery was the largest independent brewery in the south and the tenth largest single-plant brewery in the country. Today the building is no longer a brewery, but the view is still intoxicating.
Have a great week!
Gej
Rick Dohme – Tampa, Florida
Finally on my 4th trip to see the baby owlets I got to shoot them together. They are probably flying on there own by now. Sure was fun watching them.
Nikon D3x, Nikon 300 2.8, Nikon TC-20E III, 600mm, F/10, 1/200 sec, ISO 200
Bogdan Nicolescu – Pitesti, Romania
Photo from ten days back, Army got to fight the snow on the streets, now spring is here and all the snow is gone, nice and warm, hard to believe is the same place.
Shot with Nikon F6, Nikon 50mm F/1.4, Kodak Tmax400
Sandi Mahncke – Snellville, Georgia
My shot this week is of my view from the front / port side of the boat as we sailed back to Tortola – one of my favorite spots on the boat w/ the wind in my face and not a care in the world ( except for the fear my friend and ”Captain” would try to dump me!! : ). Hope everyone has a great week – looking forward to seeing everyone’s Week 110 photos!
Stacy Winsett – Allen, Texas
Shot with Nikon D90 Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED IF AF-S VR 1/160 @ f/6.3 ISO 250 Massive cropping. I need a telescope!
Gej shared a stacking tutorial with me that I want to dive into, I have seen some amazing moon shots that were the product of stacking up to 50 images, so I am anxious to try it!
Ken Yamamoto – Tokyo, Japan
It was a year after 3.11 last Sunday. A moment of silence was held everywhere. Solemn moment for many who suffered and who saw people suffer – all of us or even some of you who saw it on the news. Just can’t bear watching news these days as they are all about the stories who died and who survived. Here is one snapshot of it, where people stopped and bowed at the exact time in the most busy shopping town in Tokyo. Impressive, but nothing to be proud of (not much of a photo, either). We are just fortunate to be alive to enjoy shopping and taking photos. We cannot and should not forget about the day. In front of the power of the nature, we are nothing but a small dust. Be happy with what you got now, I mean right now. That is what I have to remember every now and then. Ken
www.kih.me
D700, 28-300mm @50mm, f/8, 1/320s, ISO 200
Filip Lucin – Cakovec, Croatia
Hello all!
Thank you all for your kind words on my Kitty. She has been with me for more than 10 years! and she is now a lady in serious years. So, yes Emma you right. She is well versed in those kind of looks.
For this week I’m sending a macro photo. I love landscape photography, but I thought I could show that I can do other things beside landscapes. So, this week it’s a macro of a small flowers taken with my Nikkor 28-70mm lens using extension tubes. Since I have the cheapest tubes that are just that, tubes without electronics, all I do is with manual focusing and closing the aperture all the way down to f/16.
The size of actual flower was around 3mm. See you all on Wednesday, for another round of photos from all around the world!
Pozdrav, Filip.
Moje fotke i blog: http://www.filiplucin.com/
Steven Lakose – Wallingford, Connecticut
(OK back to my old stand bys, sunsets and boats)
Commercial fishing dock onStockIsland(part ofKey Weston the east side)
Gale force winds “grounded” this fishing fleet for several days. I was lucky to have a few good sunsets, nice sunrises and some good night shots too (wish I had my tripod). I asked permission to walk their docks and take pictures and they were most accommodating. I talked with several of them and offered any of my pictures to them in return for their hospitality (one Captain gave me about 3 pounds of fresh shrimp). I’ll be sending a few CD’s worth later this week to them.
Nikon D200 18-70 lense @ 18mm F8 1/4 sec with ISO-800
Davorin Mance – Cakovec, Croatia
Hi Sharpshooters!
Winter is finally at an end, and as a greeting to her I am sharing this photo of snowy river captured three weeks ago.
Olympus E3, Olympus ED 9-18 @ 9mm, ISO 100, 1.6sec @ f/7.1, Cokin GND strong filter, tripod, boots 
Best regards, Davorin
Stanley Beck – Jackson, Mississippi
“Flowers with faces” – Nothing special today. Between the bad weather that we have been having lately, and the price of gas, I seem to have to pick my subjects close to my door.
Nikon D200, ISO 200, f/5.6, 1/500 sec. (100mm macro, hand held, between wind gusts).
Matthew Brennan – Birregurra, Victoria, Australia
After using my new compact point and shoot camera for a few weeks now I’m finding it’s strength lies in photographing subject matter closer to the lens rather than distant landscape type imagery. Also being so small it’s great for hand holding in very tight delicate situations like close to the core of this large agave plant in my garden, very easy to hold a tiny weight in a tight space without getting bitten……
Taken with Canon S95 compact camera at 28mm wide (35mm equivalent) f/7.1, 1/80th sec with IS on, ISO 250 rendered to B&W in Photoshop using channel mixer.
Wayne Ervine – Johannesburg, South Africa
Greetings all.
Managed to do a rather fun shoot last saturday. Well, mostly fun. Seeing my camera in pieces on the floor after it was knocked off a table was the not so fun part..
None the less, managed to get some elegant and somewhat sexy photos of a young lady who I enjoy working with.
I hope you enjoy these too.
Taken with a Nikon D300 and Tamron 28-75 f/2.8 and Tokina 20-35 lenses.
Ken Papai – San Rafael, California
Ram’s Gate Colorful View”
Ram’s Gate is a new winery in the southern part of the Carneros and happens to be the closest winery to our house. They also employ a fulltime chef and kitchen staff. They have wonderful food & wine pairings. Many of the estate vines are newly planted as in this photo and some construction machinery still around is visible. The old olive tree does a wonderful job framing this photo.
Canon EOS 7D, 3/10/.2012, 28mm, ISO 200, f/5, 1/1250 (shot raw, 18MP original image
CARNEROS HIGHWAYVINES
I wanted to get the wine country highway in this shot. I love the texture and pattern of the vines and clouds cooperated very well.
Canon EOS 7D, 3/10/.2012, 50mm, ISO 200, f/7.1, 1/400 (shot raw, 18MP original image)
Don Enderlein – Brooks, Georgia
I used to be a member of the Commemorative Air Force, based in the next town over. They have a P-51, an SBD Dive Bomber, a T-6 and so on. One of the members owns this WWII F4 that’s in pristine condition.
Don
Nikon D300s
Jana Hughes – Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Hello Everybody,
I haven’t posted for a long time, but I’ve been looking at your stunning work.
My photo this week is from a Gold Coast (Australia) photo shoot for a sportswear brand Geo, we had the best day for photography, and generally the most fantastic time the whole weekend. This photo has been taken as a second photo of that day and thanks to it’s crashing wave in the background it has become my favourite and it will even be featured at the front page of the company’s website. Love a result like this.
I look forward to seeing all your photos this week.
Jana
Nikon D700, 24-70mm f/2.8@ISO 200, f/6.3, 1/800s
Roberta Davidson – Destrehan, Louisiana
Hi everyone and welcome to the new members.
A walk in the swamp provided this shot of a hover on a wild daisy.
Hope you enjoy
Peggy G – Tupelo, Mississippi
This little bird was down near our lake on our property. This spring and summer we just have not had many birds at all, I think the tornados blew them all somewhere else this year. Although we have plenty of crows!
Nikon D5000, 300 mm, f/5.6, 1/326s, ISO200
Suzanne Bauer – West Dover, Vermont
Skiing atMountSnow…
Here is my son on the chair lift at Mount Snow Ski Resort which is about a mile down the road from our house. Skiing is his life. He just loves it! I’m glad he has something to be so passionate about! Thought I’d change the shot up a bit and go B & W and then add back his colors, haven’t done that in a while.
Loving everyone’s photos, and welcome to our new members!
Deb Sulzberger – Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Often on the way home from work i stop at the local reservoir to shoot some ducks.. .Camera only….Did not intend to get this shot, guess i just got lucky on the day…
Great lot of shots from all wekl 109…fantastic.. Can’t wait to see this weeks… Glad we are all back on track thanks to Joseph….
Hope everyones week is running smoothly….
Special Bonus Photo Section
The bonus photo is of interest from somewhere in the world
Roberta Davidson
I bounce back and forth between macro and birds. Both offer some
challenge for me I find myself practicing on the birds in the back yard,
Hope you enjoy
Joseph Leotta
Saturday at the Market
From Saturday’s shopping trip over to littleItalyin theBronx. Inside TheArthur AvenueRetail Market
Stephanie DiPietro
Bridge inCentral Park(with only a tiny bit of desaturation)
Week 109 – March 7, 2011
Joseph Leotta – Bronx, New York
Calandra’s Cheese Company
I’ve been going toArthur Avenueand Little Italy every Saturday for the past few week to do some shopping. Normally I go once in a while but the shops have become too addicting lately.
One that is quickly becoming of the favorite stops is Calandra’s Cheese. There are Just so many Italian cheeses that they import and have at reasonable prices. Parmigiano-Reggiano, Fresh mozzarella, scamorza, provolone cheeses galore, homemade ricotta and so many more.
The store has been open since 1920’s and think that it’s unchanged since then. I’ve said it before,Arthur Avenuehas some of the most photogenic vendors anywhere.
Alejandro Held – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hello All
A flower at Regent’s Park,London
Nikon D300 + 18- 200 VR @ 200 mm
ISO 200 - f 8 – 1/1000
Frits Stempher – Maastricht the Netherlands
Graffiti on a dilapidated house.
I do not know what it is now but I can already send two photos. One for week 108, and for week 109. I am for 10 days toCuracao.
Met vriendelijke groet,
Frits Albert Stempher
Steven Lakose – Wallingford, Connecticut
MilfordYacht club frost bite race series.
Trying to catch a shot reminiscent of the old 12 meter racing shots
Nikon D200 1/1250 sec F/5.6 70mm
Stacy Winsett – Allen, Texas
I took so many photos at the Dallas Arboretum last week. The flowers are simply amazing, and they have done quite a lot of renovation – adding an infinity gazing pool that overlooksWhiteRockLakeand a really niceJapaneseGardenarea that is still under construction. I loved these purple snapdragons – they were partially in the shade which made the sunlight create some interesting details.
Nikon D90 Nikkor AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor ED 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF ISO200 1/500 @ f/5.6 300mm focal length
Jens V Frederiksen – Elsinore, Denmark
Early morning. The waves and the sunlight caught my eyes.
Not much else to say about that:-)
All the best
Jens
Emma Roberts – Coventry, England
This photo isn’t anything particularly special, just one of the fields near my house which I took in the Spring sunshine this weekend.
Thanks,
Emma
Gej Jones – East Lansing Michigan
I share everyones concern for Joe and his family. Many of us have been in his shoes and it isn’t easy. Support from friends and family certainly help and our family of photographers is no exception. Our thoughts and prayers are with you, Joe.
My photo this week is a very unique look at the Sydney Opera House. While on tour I zigged when everyone else zagged. I found myself alone and looking at what you see. I’ve never seen another photo of the Sydney Opera House from this vantage point.
Hope you like the symmetry.
As always, my hope is you all have a great week.
Gej
Rick Dohme – Tampa, Florida
Visited a nice park with all kinds of birds about 10 days ago. Saw maybe 25+ different kinds.
Nikon D3x, Nikon 300 2.8, Nikon TC-20E III, 600mm, F/5.6, 1/800 sec, ISO 200
Ken Papai – San Rafael, California
RAM’S GATE MUSTARD”
Mustard aplenty in the vineyards here in March. Spent part of wonderful Saturday afternoon eating & tasting at Ram’s Gate Winery in the Carneros,SonomaCounty.
EOS 7D, 24mm, f/9, ISO 100, 3/3/2012.
Ken Papai
Sandi Mahncke – Snellville, Georgia
Hope everyone is doing well this week. I don’t generally do much post editing – basically because I’m not very good at it and don’t find the time right now to do a lot with it – I just have one of the very basic adobe photo shop elements programs and really only use it to lighten up pics. But I was playing around tonite and tried the “solarize” option on this pic and thought the result was pretty interesting – this shot is fromCowWreckBeachon Anegada, BVI – beautiful spot and I love the conch shells used in the landscaping around the beach bar… Just sharing one more little piece of paradise with you again this week!
Ken Yamamoto – Tokyo, Japan
How are you everyone? Here is my submission from still-cold Tokyo. One day excursion to Yokohama, the port town just south of Tokyo. My home town is Yokohama, but have been away for so long and there are now lots of new building, in fact they created whole new town on the “reclaimed” land – don’t know how it will withstand the big earthquake Anyway, this is one “objet” standing in between the huge shopping mall building and another one. Used tilt-shift lens and turned out interesting. Hope you have a great week. Ken
www.kih.me
D700, 24mm PC-E, f/4, 1/4000s, ISO 200
Robin Warner - Santa Monica, California
The Grip
Panasonic Lumix DMX -LX5.
Got this shot with my mini camera while in Joshua Tree. I wish I had brought my cannon…there was so much to shoot there. Loved how this looked like a hand with a finger nail too.
John McGraw - Lansing Michigan
Key WestFL- Fantasy Fest 2010
If you have never been to Fantasy Fest you need to. Its a photographers paradise, with so many interesting people walking around wanting to be photographed. This guy just has the perfectKey Westfeel, I see retirement and relaxed all through his face.
Bogdan Nicolescu – Pitesti, Romania
Legacy of heavily industrialized days of communist system, this plant still runs and produce heat for part of the city. Ugly as is I find this kind of structures very interesting and I try to get them on film before they succumb to modernization.
Thing is, all this was supposed to be “creative destruction” but when plants are replaced with shopping malls or teared down to become developing plots makes you wander what is going on.
Shot with Nikon F6, Zeiss Makro Planar 100mm F/2 ZF lens, Kodak Tmax 400, scanned with Nikon Coolscan 9000ED.
Don Enderlein – Brooks, Georgia
This is another shot from my whirl-wind sales tour of the mid-west a week or so ago. Needless to say, it’s flat inNebraska. And not just flat, but unbelievably flat. Still, it has an attraction I really enjoy.
Don
iPhone
Per-Christian Nilssen – Sarpsborg, Norway
I have not been shooting so much lately. I have 2 major projects: 1 scanning all the old slides I found at my parent’s (pictures from the 50, 60 and 70′ies), wanting to ask my mother who and where before it is too late… and, equally time consuming: Moving to a new house in June, and trying to sell the old one.
But I found the time to take an evening stroll at the beach with my daughter last weekend. This image I have called “Loneliness…”
D300, Nikkor 24-70.
Deb Sulzberger – Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Test Cricket at the Waca, Perth, Australia
Australiav India…….We now have 50 over games and 20/20 but test cricket is still the finest version of the game….
Some amazing photos by everyone last week and looking forward to veiwing week 109.
Stanley Beck – Jackson, Mississippi
“Pear Tree Blossoms” – I’m glad that Spring is arriving. The weather has been terrible for the past couple of months, with only a hand full of days that were nice. This was taken on one of those few days. I’ll take what I can get.
Nikon D200, ISO 200, f/11, 1/500 sec.
Davorin Mance – Cakovec, Croatia
From photo-walk with Filip Lučin and one other friend two weeks ago. Water sprinkling over the rock reminds me on claw.
Olympus E3, Olympus ED 9-18mm @ 9mm, 1.4 sec @ f/14, Cokin GND S filter, tripod.
Regards,
Davorin Mance
www.davorinmance.com/fotografije
http://facebook.com/davorin.mance
Filip Lucin – Cakovec, Croatia
Hello all!
Form time to time, I do photograph other things, not only landscapes. Here is a photo of my kitty, who is a lady in serious ages now. And, she is really annoyed every time I approach her with a camera.
I want to thank Greg and Stacy for making comments on the thread, I really appreciate them.
Greg, because dust and if you are in big town, smog accumulate in the air, sunsets tend to be more reddish, while sunrises tend to go more to pinks. Not the rule, but if it’s red, it’s probably a sunset.
And I want to answer to Suzanne here. I’m sorry, but my mail get bounced by lot of servers as spam, so I’ll use this space for it. Suzanne, I think that libraries (as ones in LR) are disasters waiting to happen. You’ll format disc, by new computer, something will brake, and you’ll library will disassemble and nothing will be there… And not to mention that libraries will become huge after couple of years…
My way is: make folder for year, in that folder make folders for months, in that folder make descriptive name of whats in side and make one for jpgs.
this would look something like: 2012/01/Shooting sunset on the river/jpgs That is similar to Per-Christian’s way… I don’t use any of Adobe products so I suppose I’m not mainstream in that, but my way is working for me for a quite long time now… Of course, I’m not implying it’s the right way, but as I said it’s working for me.
Suzanne Bauer – West Dover, Vermont
Haflinger Hair
Some Haflingers have a little bit of hair and others have tons of it!
These two Cami and Jack have a lot of hair! So sad to say they are leaving our stables this week. But they are going to a good home and they’ll still be together as they have been for many years. I’m taking as many photos as I can of them before they leave, I just love them both!
Joseph Leotta, Junior – New York, New York
Snowboarding is one of my favorite things to do. Which is why I find the summer months to be torturous. A few years back, one of my good friends introduced me to longboarding and I knew I had found a way to get my snowboarding fix during the summer. Recently, I took it one step further and turned an old snowboard deck I had into a longboard by drilling some holes and mounting trucks and wheels. It’s definitely a unique creation, but I love riding this thing around. Just like snowboarding in the summer.
Matthew Brennan – Birregurra, Victoria, Australia
Finally my little Canon S95 compact camera has been used for it’s intended purpose. I carried it with me in my back jersey pocket on this rainy day ride and managed to get a photo incorporating one end of a rainbow. I was riding through a short, sharp rain shower and could see the sun warming the fields behind the shower so I already figured the light mat be ‘suitable’ for a token bike photo out the far end of the shower. The rain cleared faster than I anticipated and I had to quickly unclip and lean my trusty slick shod rainy day MTB against this road reflector post in a mad rush to capture a glimpse of the rainbow which had materialised.
A little post shoot editing later to clone out some power lines and some perspective corrections and hey presto I have a nice image from that day’s ride and I’m very pleased I have a camera which is highly portable and can take a decent exposure without too much fiddling about.
Captured hand held, dripping wet and still breathing in deep breaths……. Canon S95 at 28mm (35mm equivalent) f/7.1, 1/640th sec, ISO250
Wayne Ervine – Johannesburg, South Africa
Every now and again it’s fun to shoot something that is not a person. This fountain was out front of the restaraunt where I shot a fashion show last night. Love the combination of the fire and water.
Taken with a Nikon D300 (borrowed) and Tokina 20-35mm resting on a wall
Peggy G – Tupelo, Mississippi
Ducks on the lake at my favorite park – Veteran’s Park.
Nikon D5000, 300mm, F/8, 1/400s, ISO200
Roberta Davidson – Destrehan, Louisiana
Hi everyone!
My shot is of the anhinga . This is a female. I have yet to get one
of these gorgeous birds fishing. Will keep trying.
Thanks to those who commented last week, much appreciated
Special Bonus Photo Section
The bonus photo is of interest from somewhere in the world
Robin Warner
Cannon EOS60D, Lens Tameron 18-270, iso 125, 70mm, f/5, 1/125
Black Out.
Found this guy in West HollywoodCalifornia. 9AM just out like a light with this poncho over his head. It was one of those moments where I had to make a u-turn and come back and take his photo
Frits Stempher
Last week during a visit toWillemstad,Curacao, I saw this wall painting through the trees.
Greetings Frits StempherMaastricht
Week 108 – Feb 29, 2011
Joseph Leotta – Bronx, New York
The boardwalk railing
It just has not been showing any signs of winter here in NY. Before all ths kaos started I took a afternoon walk at the beach. Thought the railing added a nice element to the shot, adding another parallel line
This is actually a HDR with edge smoothing to remove the painterly effect
Alejandro Held – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hello All
InVienna, a street performer as a living statue.
Nikon D300 + 18-200 VR @ 56mm ISO 640 - f 4.8 – 1/160
Jens V Frederiksen – Elsinore, Denmark
We have had some very cold but beautiful mornings lately and I tried my new NIK-HDR plug-in for PS. This it put together from 7 photos and then
a little saturation in NX2 to emphasize the red colours in the sky and in the buildings.
All the best
Jens
Ken Papai – San Rafael, California
Stolpman Vineyards Oak”
Saturday morning driving theSanta Barbarawine country with my wife –Ballard Canyon Rd.aboveLos Olivos,Calif., the Santa Ynez Valley.
2/18/2012 — Canon EOS 7D, 85mm at 1/500, f/9, ISO 200. The morning fog was mostly burned off.
Tom Stolpman makes stunning red wines including Syrah – one of my favorites.
Saarloos – Terraces Vineyard”
On the other side ofBallard Cyn Roadis Saarloos & sons (“Saarlonsons”) vineyards and their planting of syrah on their hillside Terraces Vineyard.
Los Olivos,Calif.- Santa Ynez Valley. Photo: 2/18/2012, Canon EOS 7D, 85mm 1.8 lens, 1/800, f/5.6, ISO 200.
Both Saarloos & sons and Stolpman have excellent tasting rooms in the small town ofLos Olivos.
Frits Stempher – Maastricht the Netherlands
Old shoes all covered with dust. This picture I made in an old dilapidated factory.
I am for 10 days to Curaçau.
Greetings Frits Stempher
Ken Yamamoto – Tokyo, Japan
Here is one of the first submission from my recent trip to northwestern region of Japan. It faces the Sea of Japanand is known for its high wind and rough see, together with always notorious bad weather (no sun, dark, and mostly snow). This year, the snow is exceptionally bad. More than 100 have died from snow related accidents – some from falling from the roof when trying to drop the accumulated snow, some from buried by the snow which slided down on someone who just happened to be there, and some from the traffic accidents caused by the slippery road….. So, naturally many people tried to stop me from going there, but I wanted to see the rough weather there and the place I was going to was not so bad according to the hotel manager. Indeed, I was surprised that around the hotel area – where hot spring is famous – there is no to little snow accumulation. It snows, but doesn’t accumulate. I had a very good time with good food and good scenery (mostly gray, though…). Here is the first one.. Hope you enjoy it…. Ken
www.ken.me
D700, 135mm f/2 D, f/2.8, 1/250s, ISO2800 (AUTO), from the hotel room.
Peggy G – Tupelo, Mississippi
This Cooper’s Hawk was sitting on a road sign. I came up behind it and got closer than I usually get to them. I was excited to get this, but keep hoping for a good in flight photo. Someday.
Week #107 was a great week. I enjoyed every photo. Joe, hope life is a little more calm for you for awhile. (-:
Have a great week.
Filip Lucin – Cakovec, Croatia
Hello all!
I’m glad Joe and we are back on track, after a break. I’m sure we all missed our weakly ration of photos. This is first time in a while I had trouble choosing a photo for Sharpshooters. Last saturday I was with Davorin and another friend from our photo club on a nearby river and we enjoyed warm winter morning with glorious sunrise.
Weather conditions were perfect and I have more than few photos I’m happy with. For our group I’ve decided to show you rather calm photo where sun is just small dot emerging over horizon and painting few clouds red on a big blue sky.
See you on Wednesday!
Greetings, Filip.
Bill Shenton – Sheldon, CT
This picture was taken of a new wooden boat (37 foot sloop) being built… inside a wood stove heated shed… by a friend who owns the oldest continuing in service family owned boat building… marina… and storage facility in the US. I believe that he is the 7th generation and his Son who works with him is the 8th. The boat will be all wood except for the lead keel which was poured in one pour in sand in the ground right outside his shop. If it is not poured in one pour during it’s life the lead will separate which could cause a catastrophic failure resulting in the boat sinking… the keel weighs 1400 lbs. There are very few wooden boat building companies still in business and an art that is quietly and quickly disappearing… Hope you enjoy.
Gej Jones – East Lansing Michigan
Happy Wednesday Sharpshooters!
Glad to know that Jr. is doing well and will soon be back to normal. Last weeks submissions were Great! I really enjoyed looking at all of your work!
My photo this week is again from the Cunningham Pier, Geelong,Victoria,Australia. There are a number of these ‘painted men’ in and around the pier. All brought a smile to my face!
This is a special week for one of our newest members. John McGraw is having his first Gallery Showing at Art Alley on Friday. Let me be the first to wish him our very best. Congratulations John!!!
Everyone, have a wonderful week.
Gej
Robin Warner - Santa Monica, California
Lumix DMC-LX5, iso 200, f/8, 1/400
Enjoying the Moment…
I finally got the shot I was looking for. I take beach walks as often as I can. Usually like 4 days a week. I walk by this spot during each walk looking for this moment….With one person on each bench. I was so happy that I decided to bring my little camera instead of my iPhone on this day so I was able to capture this moment. Enjoy.
Sandi Mahncke – Snellville, Georgia
My submission this week is another shot from our BVI sailing trip-I still can’t get over the amazing variety of colors as we sailed around the islands.This is one of my favorite shots – pretty simple but I just love the colors and the sail boat in full sail in the distance… Will try to come up w/ something new next week as it’s time to move on from the sailing trip I guess – Hope everyone has a great week and looking forward to Week 108!
Deb Sulzberger – Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Tasmaniahas some out of control bushfires burning at the moment, not too far from me but far enough not to be of any concern…The sky also looked like it was alight when i took this shot on the evening of the 27th February….
John McGraw - Lansing Michigan
YosemiteNational Park– Moonbow
I was only atYosemiteNational Parkfor one day in June 2011, but what an amazing day that was. I started by driving about 5 hours from Lake Tahoe toYosemite(amazing drive). One of the first places I went as I arrived was the overlook where Ansel Adams took one of his famous shots of the valley; it pretty much took my breath away. I then explored the valley for the rest of the day. Right when I was about to leave another photographer asked if I was staying for the Moonbow. I had no idea what that was, so he explained it’s when the moon is high and bright enough to shine on the Yosemite falls plus there is a big enough mist to capture a rainbow with the moon light therefore creating a Moonbow. I stayed and was able to capture this image at around Midnight, with about a minute exposure
Wayne Ervine – Johannesburg, South Africa
Glad to hear things are getting back to normal. No fun when work becomes your life.
This is from a recent photoshoot. My only one this month. I love working with real people who have character. This young lady has plenty.
As for the 2nd pic, she decided to show a few ballet moves. Makes a change from the normal poses,
Both shot with a Nikon D300 and Tamron 28-75 f/2.8
Rick Dohme – Tampa, Florida
Great pics last week from everyone. Thanks Joe for catching up. Hope Joe Jr. is recovering well. I got the opportunity to take pics of two 7 wk old Owlets. They along with mom and dad live in the wild about 4 miles from my house. I was there Monday with around 10 other photographers enjoying there family life in a huge oak tree. Hard to decide which cute picture to post.
Nikon D3x, Nikon 300 2.8, Nikon TC-20E III, 600mm, F/5.6, 1/500 sec, ISO 200
Emma Roberts – Coventry, England
Hi,
Photo opportunities have been few and far between these last 4 weeks (as people who follow me on 365project will testify) my daughter has had one bug after another and it’s really limited where we’ve been able to go. this was taken on 21st February at Charlecote Park, one of the National Trust properties near to where I live. We only spent an hour here before my daughter felt unwell again but in that time I was able to see the herd of fallow deer again including these two handsome bucks.
I got a new 10-22mm lens today so I hope to have chance to use it just as soon as we have got rid of all these annoying winter bugs.
I hope you have all had a good week
Emma x
Roberta Davidson – Destrehan, Louisiana
Hi everyone! Great set of photos last week.
The goldenrod are in bloom in the swamp adding a new dimension. Found this egret just hanging out.
Hope you enjoy.
Bogdan Nicolescu – Pitesti, Romania
For various reasons the processing of my films I shot in last couples of weeks was delayed for a while so I don’t have a very recent shot to share.
Here is a shot taken on the seaside in a nice summer few years back, it feels such distant time after so much snow and cold we’ve got this winter.
Info: Mamiya 645 Pro TL, Mamiya 200mm F/2.8 Apo lens, Fuji Pro 160S.
Suzanne Bauer – West Dover, Vermont
Doors
Another favorite thing of mine besides horses and cats is unique doors.
Either front doors or garage doors doesn’t matter. I found this garage door on a house just up the street from me. It’s definitely one of my favorites.
Steven Lakose – Wallingford, Connecticut
MilfordYacht club frost bite race series.
I liked the reflection of the sail on the water.
Nikon D200 1/350 sec F/10 55-270 at 200mm
Matthew Brennan – Birregurra, Victoria, Australia
Last week I purchased a 2nd hand Canon S95 compact point and shoot camera to take on bike rides with me. I’m very pleased with it’s general photography ability, P&S cameras have come a very long way in the past 7 years.
I took this photograph to test it’s ability to reproduce reds. It’s late summer here and the apple trees are completely overburdened with fruit. We leave the windfalls for the local bird life and possums to eat – looks like every blossom was pollinated last spring……apples everywhere……
Hand held with image stabiliser 35mm focal length equivalent of 28mm,
f/8, 1/200th sec, ISO 100
Stacy Pace – Allen, Texas
For my shot this week, here’s something a little non-standard for my work. I noticed that I have been doing very minimalistic style shots lately – usually a single subject off center with a lot of negative space. I went through the shots I took of the Bradford Pear blooms yesterday and found this one. It was a stormy evening with huge gusts of wind – I stood outside for 30 minutes just trying to wait the wind out. The sky was amazing – it was around 4pm so bits of sunlight would still peek through the passing storm clouds every so often. I love the light I captured in this shot, just as the sun shone through for a brief moment. The frame is not like my usual work – fully filled. I loved the silky bokeh and that you can still make out the shape of the tree branches in the background. I hope the photo is enjoyable to everyone…being so out of my normal way of doing things, I’m having a hard time deciding if I like it or not….but I love the light and colors, so I thought I would share. Hope everyone has a great week!
Nikon D90
AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED 200mm 1/800 @ f/5.6 ISO200
Greg Kowalczewski – Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
A young one.
Don Enderlein – Brooks, Georgia
Last week, I had to meet three different clients in three different mid-west states:Illinois,MinnesotaandKansas. During my 4 day, 1,200 mile trip, I encountered snow, ice, rain, +40mph winds, tornadoes and 65 degree weather. This shot was taken during the snow and ice portion, making my way fromMinnesotadown toKansasvia some back roads. Despite the drearyness of the picture, I still enjoyed the scenery and the drive.
Joseph Leotta, Junior – New York, New York
Feeling better after the surgery and back to work
One fromBurlingtonby UVM – College and Church Streets
Special Bonus Photo Section
The bonus photo is of interest from somewhere in the world
Gej Jones
This photo comes fromPensacola,Florida.
The17th Avenuetrain trestle, A.K.A. theGraffitiBridge, is a landmark where local youths and the not so young are allowed to express their inner Pollock. It’s aPensacolatradition and the police seem to look the other way as long as the graffiti is confined to the bridge. Some of the police probably tagged the bridge themselves when they were younger.
This was taken the night before Valentine’s Day. Two Church Busses were just leaving the area when I arrived.
The ‘Graffiti’ was still wet but the message was clear.
Deb Sulzberger
The sky can sometimes be an amazing sight and change to a multitude of colours in the blink of an eye… On this particular evening it was the case…. Mother Nature at her best…
Rick Dohme
The other baby.
Nikon D3x, Nikon 300 2.8, Nikon TC-20E III, 600mm, F/5.6, 1/500 sec, ISO 200, SB 900 flash
Week 107 – Feb 22, 2012
Joseph Leotta – Bronx, New York
All backed and no time. Just getting around to processing the photos from this year’s high school musical at Janine’s school. Like everything else they are late because I’ve so busy.
Here’s Janine on near the center wearing the suit with the blue shirt and glasses in a scene from Guys and Dolls
Haig Tchamitch - Scottsdale, Arizona
This was taken last July inSt. Jeanpied de port, in the southeast corner ofFrance. Beautiful little town that is on the route of the ‘pèlerinage de Compostelle’
Alejandro Held – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hello All
Inside St Pancras Train Station inLondon. Around the base of Paul Day’s bronze sculpture The Meeting Place, there is a frieze with several images. Here a girl paying attention at her cell phone
Nikon D300 + 50 mm 1.4 ISO 1250 – f 1.8 – 1/250
Peggy G – Tupelo, Mississippi
Yet another bird from Veteran’s Park, yet again. (-: Sorry if you’re tired of them. For two or three mornings the hedge bushes at the edge of the park near the woods were just full of these Cedar Waxwings. I was so excited to get them, because I’ve never seen one before. It is always nice to capture something that is not common in your area. Taken with my Nikon D7000 and my brother’s 80-200 AF 2.8 lens.
Joseph Leotta, Junior – New York, New York
Last trip toMountSnow. The top of the Sunbrook Area
Using our new point shoot – a Nikon P7000
Gej Jones – East Lansing Michigan
Brrrr! The weather turned very cold for this time of year. We touched the low 20s this morning which made my mind wonder back, remembering the wonderful weather in August inAustralia.
I found this photo. It’s from the Cunningham Pier,Geelong,Victoria,Australia. The Cunningham Pier area is a photographers paradise. So many things to photograph. The family only allowed me 15 minutes and away I went.
These sculptures had just been rained on and you can see the aftermath in the sky and their reflections.
As always, have a wonderful week.
Gej
Stanley Beck – Jackson, Mississippi
“Patina” – I can’t say how much I like the colors of an aged patina in the evening sunlight. Maybe I’m weird, but I really like the colors, and I find that it makes this old piece of machinery even more interesting. This was taken at the Oak Alley Plantation Home inVacherie,Louisiana.
Nikon D200, ISO 200, f/8, 1/60 sec., aperture priority.
Matthew Brennan – Birregurra, Victoria, Australia
I have a pair of large poly houses with succulent plants growing inside them. I harvest rain water from these polyhouses and as a result my large open water tanks are a summer time haven for many frogs and water insects, esp. dragonflies and damselflies. They flit about the place over the warmer months and often land on me, land on my plants even land on my camera gear when it’s all set up to photograph my plants, however, I have never attempted to chase them with a camera as I fear I’d lack the patience required.
Last Wednesday I fluked this photo when a series of coincidences lead me to have the 105mm micro lens (usually use the 55mm) on my camera down at my polyhouses. I was moving from one poly house to the other when I spotted this fly on an old hanging branch right at eye level and only a few meters away. Without changing any settings on the camera I rolled the focus ring out to 1:1 magnification, slowly moved towards the clinging fly and lifted the viewfinder to my eye as I zoomed in. I managed to take 3 exposures before it disappeared and fluked this really slow shutter speed shot at close to perfect focus with enough depth of field to show the whole insect off. Right time, right place……….got lucky! Unsure if it’s a dragon or a damsel………
Hand held D700 + Kiron 105mm micro lens @ f/16, 1/30th sec, ISO 400 close enough to 1:1 magnification – extra sharpening added in PsCs3
Deb Sulzberger – Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Tasmanian Devil:
Wanted to share something from my home state.
This is a young male Tasmanian Devil and is only native to my home state ofTasmania.Tasmania is a state ofAustralia but is also seperated by theBass Strait one of the world most notorious stretches of water. The devil poulation is rapidly decreasing due to a cancerous facial tumour that is spreading throught the wild devil population. Funds and resources are helping to assist in finding a cure but sadly if none is found, these little guys may be extinct in just under 5 years…
Jens V Frederiksen – Elsinore, Denmark
Nice photos last week.
This week my photo is of our tenant! This blackbird only demands one apple a day during these very cold days.
The reward is many many evenings in the spring and trough the summer with beautiful songs, ….so it is ok. Something for something.
As always, larger photos at fotomedia-dk
Hope you all will have a nice week.
Jens
Frits Stempher – Maastricht the Netherlands
Saturday visited the military cemetery in Margraten, southernLimburg.
About the graves is a white blanket of snow. A very different picture of this beautiful and well maintained cemetery.
Greetings Frits Stempher
Sandi Mahncke – Snellville, Georgia
Back to the BVI – this is a shot from Anegada -LoblollyBay- I was lucky to catch a little bit of a rainbow as some stormy weather was moving in. Just another day in “Paradise”. Hope everyone has a wonderful week!
Rick Dohme – Tampa, Florida
Happy Valentines Day to all our ladies. I hope everyone gets to LOVE there loved ones today. I saved this one from a few weeks ago. I got to watch this couple as they worked hard building there nest 50′ up in the top of a pine tree. One of them (I would have assumed it was the male) would fly off and return with a branch. Together they would work to get the branch just right. Then they would engage in some kind of romantic dance which would include locking there beaks and dancing back and forth 5 or 6 times. This was repeated over and over as I watched for an hour. Really felt like I was peeping into there bedroom. Love was in the air.
Nikon D3x, Nikon 300 2.8, Nikon TC-20E III, 600mm, F/6.3, 160 sec, ISO 200
John McGraw - Lansing Michigan
One Rock – St Ignace MI 10.3.11
I have shot thousands of photos of theMackinacBridge, this morning I was trying to shoot from a different angle at sunrise. I found this area on theUpper Peninsulaside of the Bridge. It was a foggy sunrise and the bridge looked great that morning. While setting up I looked to my left and saw this rock just sitting there. I love how simple it is. If you look closely you can see the start of the Bridge in the top right corner. I had to take my time and frame this shot, so that the bridge really wasn’t in the shot, but yet getting the framing I wanted and I was also in a time crunch with the sun almost peaking up over the horizon.
Ken Yamamoto – Tokyo, Japan
Hello all. Wonderful B&W collection last week. Sorry that I could not leave any feedback. I was on a trip to the northwestern part ofJapan- the photos will be shown here or there in time – and just came back now. I am posting this week again from the shooting at the airport. The background of the airport is the industrial area, while three airplanes form the same airlines were just lining up nicely at the moment.
Second pic is the airplane flying in the clouds seen from the ground. Hope you like them and hope you have nice week. Ken
www.kih.me
D700, 28-300.
PS: D4/D800 – I am a bit lost as to the positioning of D4 and D800/E…. Not that I am interested right now, though. What is your take
Robin Warner - Santa Monica, California
Canon EOS 60D, ISO 125, F/5, 1/100
Smoking Break….just another chill day on the streets…lucky to find this guy just hanging and matching his environment.
Wayne Ervine – Johannesburg, South Africa
Another Wednesday rolls around. Once again I have to say last weeks photos were exceptional. The overall standard was really high.
Once again due to work commitments my camera has been neglected. This photo was taken earlier in the parking lot at work. The dishes are just a few of the many as I work in television. Now the interesting part is the raw pic was downloaded onto my android tablet, converted, corrected and edited, all using free apps. At this stage the editing capabilities are basic, but I see lots of promise for the future.
Taken with a Nikon D300 and Tamron 70-300 VC.
Bogdan Nicolescu – Pitesti, Romania
Crazy winter all over Europe, and we’ve got it all too, starting with first wave of snow followed by a snap of cold with temperatures going down to -20 C deg. Now the snow is back again, in some places the snow is up to the roofs, lots of people got isolated without electricity, food and water.
Some trains got stuck in the snow for few consecutive days, this one was a lucky one with its Soviet style built diesel engine.
Shot with Nikon F6, Nikon 50mm F/1.4 lens, Fuji Superia 200 film
Emma Roberts – Coventry, England
I don’t have much to say about my photo for this week, I took it after a particular icy morning and the morning sun was just starting to melt the frost on the lawn. I can’t wait for spring to arrive properly, I really don’t like the cold, grey months of the year. No matter how positive a spin I try to put on them I just want the summer months to return!
I hope you’ve all had a good week, there were some spectacular photos last week.
Emma x
Suzanne Bauer – West Dover, Vermont
Mallory and Cinder Ella
My daughter and her beautiful Haflinger mare Cinder Ella. The love between these two is beautiful. My heart melted when I opened this photo. Another favorite to add to my ‘over’
growing collection!
Have a wonderful week everyone.
Jeannean Ryman – McAllen, Texas
Still getting acquainted with my new lens. Found this Red-shouldered hawk sitting by the road on a fence post, so pulled over, rolled down the window, propped the lens on the window for support, and got off a few shots. This was taken at dusk at 1/800, f/6.3, ISO 4500 with the Nikon D7000 and 500mm.
Jeannean
http://jeannean.zenfolio.com
Stacy Pace – Allen, Texas
In a rush tonight, about to go on a Valentine’s date with my sweetie. I took this shot today – the hearts are a roll of film that didn’t properly expose from some shots I took last week, so I cut them a little to make some hearts. The camera is my Canon AE-1 w/50mm f/1.8. I have so enjoyed the film challenge on 365 this month! Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!
Nikon D90 Nikkor 35mm f/1.8 ISO 200 1/200 @ f/16
New flash! Nikon SB-700
Processed in 6 layers, 4 of the photo with various exposure settings, 1 solid red overlay and 1 pink texture overlay.
Roberta Davidson – Destrehan, Louisiana
Hi everyone !! Hope you all are doing well.
Last week I posted the monarch caterpillar. Todays shot is the monarch
butterfly shortly after its emergence from the chrysalis . You can
see the chrysalis next to the monarch. I missed the actual emergence
and really wanted to get the first flight. Of course each and every
time I would take the camera from my eye, it would do a little flight and I would miss the shot So here is the newly emerged monarch still letting its wings dry.
Hope you enjoy
Greg Kowalczewski – Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Hi All.
A shot of cricket’s “death rattle” taken two weeks ago. It’s that clicking sound that a batsman hears when the stumps are traumatised and the bails dislodged. It’s that sound which spells an immediate end to their innings. It’s also the way most bowlers prefer to get batsmen out.
I forgot to bring my snap-lock mount that screws into the lens mount and attaches to the monopod. So I had to shot lying flat on the ground like a sniper. I didn’t mind shooting this way, but a bean bag to support the lens is a must (I had to improvise using a towel with a cardboard box).
Nikon D3s + 200-400 VRII at 380 mm, 1/3205s, f/4, ISO 200 and -1 EV
Ken Papai – San Rafael, California
Marin Headlands”
AtFortCronkhiteand the Marin Headlands –
Last Saturday morning hiking aboveRodeoBeach– 2/11/2012
EOS 7D, 50mm, f/5.6. I was somewhat shooting into the sun just above Battery Townsley (part of the regional historical coastal defenses built in 1938).
Filip Lucin – Cakovec, Croatia
Hello all!
My photo is again sunset one, or better to say, after sunset. Taken on a nearby river couple weeks ago.
I look forward to your photos.
Greetings, Filip.
Pozdrav, Filip.
Moje fotke i blog: http://www.filiplucin.com/
Davorin Mance – Cakovec, Croatia
Taken last week on riverDrava.
Best regards, Davorin
Steven Lakose – Wallingford, Connecticut
Another shot from the Milford Yacht club frost bite race series.
These are very tender 9 foot boats called Dyer Dhow. Most racers wear dry suits and
lots and of layers to stay warm. Water is about 39 degrees (F) this time of year.
This was shot late in the day, and the sunlight turned the water this beautiful blue.
Nikon D200 1/320 sec F/9 55-200 at 200mm
Don Enderlein – Brooks, Georgia
This is a view out of one of the “corner” offices at my company’s headquarters in New Jersey. I thought it was kind of neat. Joe – thanks again for taking so much of your personal time to lead this group.
Don
Camera – iPhone
Jana Hughes – Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Hello Everybody,
my photo this week is from my weekend beach photo shoot for Geometry Active Wear, new sportswear brand, that my friend Sarah designed. We had an absolutely fantastic day, I loved doing an outdoor photography, even the light is changing so often. We aimed at creating images, that show some sport activity, and I have to admit, that I am very happy with the outcome.
Nikon D700, 24-70mm f/2.8@ISO 200, 1/125s, f/18 and fill in flash on 1/8th of full power
Have a lovely week and I look forward to your photos.
Jana
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Gej Jones
Messed around with Silver Efex Pro 2 and then added an effect by Gavin Hoey.
I think the result portrays what I was after, a very stormy photo of theGulfCoast.
Gej
Ken Papai
Stolpman Vineyards Oak”
Saturday morning driving theSanta Barbarawine country with my wife –Ballard Canyon Rd.aboveLos Olivos,Calif., the Santa Ynez Valley.
2/18/2012 — Canon EOS 7D, 85mm at 1/500, f/9, ISO 200. The morning fog was mostly burned off.
Tom Stolpman makes stunning red wines including Syrah – one of my favorites.
Joseph Leotta
One more from the musical
week 106 – Feb 8, 2011
Joseph Leotta – Bronx, New York
Black & White is Timeless – Arthur Avenue Retail MarketThere’s something about a monochrome image that is timeless. This photo is dateless. Thanks to the subject matter it could have been taken in the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, and any time between then and yesterday which is when it was shot. Digital Nikon D200 at higher ISO again for extra noise to simulate grain.
There always is a special place for Black and White in my heart, and the more I work with it the more I want to use it. I just unpacked a lot of my old tanks and reels, have all the accessories, got a nice supply of film and chemicals and am ready to go. The enlarger is gone but it’s been replaced by my Nikon film scanner. Still have the Nikon F (still in perfect condition) along with a whole slew of Film bodies from over the years and am ready to go old school big time.
Alejandro Held – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hello All
This pic is fromVenice, close to the Rialto Market.
Nikon D300 + 18+200 VR @ 18 mm
ISO 800 – f 5 – 1/1250
Haig Tchamitch - Scottsdale, Arizona
This was shot back in 2008, with my k10d. It still takes great pictures!
The Watcher, this was shot in NSW near Port Macquarie, and very recently converted to BW. Unfortunately this small size does not come close to doing it justice
Matthew Brennan – Birregurra, Victoria, Australia
We have just about finished a make over of the spare (guest’s) bedroom in our home. My partner Susan was applying the finishing touches by making up the bed when I noticed the way she placed these two stuffed plush toys on the window sill before replacing them on the finished bed. I liked the way they had just been put down and yet they looked like they were in conversation, one looking at the other who was staring into the distance through the window. I also liked the silhouetted light the pair are bathed in.
I set up my D700 + Nikkor AF- D 85mmf/1.4 on the tripod and took some shots. This one presented here is taken wide open at f/1.4, 1/20th sec, at ISO 400. I simply converted the file into monochrome via the Channel Mixer in PS 3 and also added a dark vignette around the perimeter of the frame.
Gej Jones – East Lansing Michigan
Good morning!
I saw this street lamp inMelbourneand thought the clouds were very interesting. As it turned out, it made my photo this week when converted to B&W.
As always, I look forward to viewing your week on Wednesday.
Have a great week!
Peggy G – Tupelo, Mississippi
I have been meaning to take this photo for a long time. It was raining when I took it Saturday. This is the little shed and garden spot in the backyard where my husband grew up. His mother really loved her garden and worked in it all the time in the summer.
I thought it made a good black and white. I hope you enjoy it.
John McGraw - Lansing Michigan
Lake TahoeJune 2011
Last June I was able to travel almost the entire month. 10 days in the Mid-West / East, 10 days Northern California, and 4 days in the Smokey Mountains. This photo I captured at sunset inLake Tahoe. I had spent the day circling the Lake, and found this nice little cove about an hour before sunset (really vibrant in the color versions) I decided to turn this into a B/W photo because I don’t think the color is necessary to show the beauty of this wonderful landscape that I was lucky enough to spend time at. Sometimes less is more!
Sandi Mahncke – Snellville, Georgia
friend of mine’s daughter is getting married this spring and she asked me to take some bridal photos this past fall- it was a lovely setting and we had a lot of fun. I’m def not a pro and usually when I get a good shot it’s more luck than talent – but this was such a beautiful setting and the bride to be is so pretty it was hard not to get a few good ones. Of course you can’t tell too much from this particular shot but since the wedding is still pending don’t want to give the bride away. I just liked this shot -the way she is gazing so serenely at the mountains and her veil blowing gently in the wind-her gown seems to glow. The color shot is really nice w/ the rich fall colors but I like the way the black and white turned out.
Jens V Frederiksen – Elsinore, Denmark
From a tour of Copenhagen’s harbor with port bus. Taken when I passed under a footbridge, note hanging locks. Everlasting Love!
all the best
Frits Stempher – Maastricht the Netherlands
Today, January 6, my wife and I made a walk here inSouth Limburg. We passed this frozen chamber and thought this could be a nice picture for week 106 black and white.
It is a typical Dutch winter landscape with a frozen crater in the middle of a reed vegetation.
Met vriendelijke groet,
Frits Albert Stempher
Stanley Beck – Jackson, Mississippi
“A man and his horse” – Every January, the Mississippi Redneck Riders Club have their annual caravan of horseback riders and horse-drawn wagons riding through the county with the state fairgrounds as their destination. This is the start of the Dixie National Rodeo inJackson,Mississippi. This was an occasion when I came upon them unexpectedly, and was glad that I had my camera handy. I always try to keep a camera in the car for occasions just like this.
Panasonic Lumix FZ10, ISO 50, f/4, 1/800 sec., Normal Program
Robin Warner - Santa Monica, California
The View
Took this from my new little camera. A panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5. Still trying to figure out how it works, but I love the idea of a little light camera that can be easily transported. Hope you enjoy this view, it is right by where I live inSanta Monica.
Wayne Ervine – Johannesburg, South Africa
When I think back to when I first started photography, to create a Black and White or monochrome photograph was simple. You just took a normal colour one, and desaturated it. But as I’ve gotten further down the road, I’ve learned that truly effect B&W is far more difficult. It requires you to think about what you see in a different way. And after shooting a little B&W film, I realised that to try mimic that look digitally is a real challenge. Film has a unique look that has it’s own appeal. None the less, I keep working at it. In this case, I had the chance last week with the help of a good friend to spend the evening just playing with different lighting setups and angles. In this example, Without the colour, you really do get to focus on the patterns and details. I’m still along way from mastering monochrome, but I feel I’m a few steps closer.
Taken with a Nikon D300 and Tamron 28-75 f/2.8
Jeannean Ryman – McAllen, Texas
I took this photo driving home after Christmas. It’s always kind of neat to drive by this place (way out in the boonies on a two-lane road) because you never know what you might see. It’s a private ranch/preserve for wildlife. The animals roam freely within the fenced acreage, so sometimes you might see something, and other times you might not. I’ve seen ostriches, buffaloes, and a few other things you don’t normally see driving down the road, but this is the first time I’ve seen zebras here. I pulled over and took a few pics and thought they might make good black and white photos since the landscape was pretty colorless due to the drought conditionsTexashas been experiencing. Anyway, they stopped to look up at me, then went about their business, so this is the one I chose to convert. Taken with Nikon D90/70-300mm VR.
Jeannean
http://jeannean.zenfolio.com/
Deb Sulzberger – Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Respect:
I took this shot in the small chinese village of Chengyang, rural China. I wish i had the courage at the time to take the shot as she was walking towards me smiling. I don’t know that she would have minded as most likely she is used to tourist’s with camera’s as this small village is home of the 4 oldest handmade bridges built in China and has become to rely on the tourist Yuan to help survive.
As I watched her coming towards me i got a sense of her standing in the village. She was obviously an elder who over her time had worked hard. Villagers nodded and smiled at her. She was respected, i could tell, and maybe that is one of the reasons i didn’t jump out in front of her with my Canon and snap. Instead i smiled, nodded and stepped aside..
Rick Dohme – Tampa, Florida
I spent 2 hours trying to make a b&w pic from pictures I had already took with no luck. My daughter came home and I opened the back door to let her in and I saw this full moon silhouetted with my trees. I grabbed the camera and tried to replicate the beautiful moon. Tried all kinds of exposures to get the scene as I was seeing it with no luck. So I did a two pic shot. Thanks to everyone who signed the petition. Background tree shot,
Nikon D3x, Nikon 28-300 3.5, F/4.5, 55mm, 5.0 sec, ISO 200. Moon D3x, Nikon 300 2.8, Nikon TC-20 E III, 1/125 sec, 600mm, ISO 200
David Fisk – Sullivan, Ohio
Even in ruin and decay, beauty can be found.
Panasonic Lumix FZ35
Stacy Pace – Allen, Texas
The Birds
Shot with my second-hand Canon AE-1 that I bought for $25 at an antique store on KodakProfessional BW400CN Black and White Film using a Canon FD 50mm f/1.8 lens. I did not take note of my settings, regrettably, but this is the 2nd roll of film I played with and am still getting used to the manual settings and built-in light meter. I’m shooting a few more rolls of black and white before I move on to color, so I hope to share some more film shots in the coming weeks!
Dandelion Macro
Shot with my Nikon D90 + Nikkor 35mm f/1.8 AF-S + cheap Zeikos 36mm extension tube
1/100 f/5 ISO400
Ken Yamamoto – Tokyo, Japan
Thanks again for kind words for my photo last week. I have wanted to enter that cafe, but haven’t done so yet. I saw nice-color pumpkins, milk bottle and reflection. This week, I went to the airport to practice. Very chilly wind on the deck, but it was a good exercise. One of the photos good enough to show is this one, and thought this would look good in B&W rather than color. For the rest of the practice results, see here -> http://www.kih.me/p20921115
Hope you have a nice week! Ken
www.kih.me
D700, 28-300mm VR, @300mm, f/8, 1/100, ISO200
Jana Hughes – Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Hello Everybody,
thank you very much for the nice comments on my last week’s photo, this week another one from the same session with Miss E.
Nikon D700, 24-70mm f/2.8@ISO 200, 1/200s, f/8
I look forward to all your photos.
Jana
Suzanne Bauer – West Dover, Vermont
Yuck
This is a shot of my daughter Mallory and her horse Cinder Ella. Not sure why Cindy decided to stick her tongue out but Mallory ended up having a similar expression too. Thought this was a bit different and in the black and white I liked it even better.
Life’s been crazy busy, I’ve been fighting off a nasty cold and just haven’t been taking any photos lately. Need to change that!
Loving all your photos as always.
Davorin Mance – Cakovec, Croatia
Hello all!
For this week I prepared photo captured two weeks ago. My favorite motif; stone, river and sunset, in B/W version.
With long exposure, I wanted to show the movement of water and processing in B/W I am trying to emphasize the contrast of solid stone and river flow.
Best regards,
Davorin Mance www.davorinmance.com
Bogdan Nicolescu – Pitesti, Romania
I’ve never seen so many crows all over the city as it was at the beginning of this winter, and old people used to say they tell about a harsh cold winter to come. Well, it didn’t happen, we’ve got a nice rather warm winter with almost no snow… till now. Double digits negative temperatures and heavy snow all over the country, blocked roads, entire towns without electricity and so on, so the crows were right after all.
Many thanks to Jens and everybody else offering such nice comments, too bad of me not finding time to do my part for the group as well…
Shot with Nikon F3HP, Nikon 50mm F/1.8 D lens, Kodak Plus X 125 PX film
Emma Roberts – Coventry, England
Thank you to everyone who helped me wittle down photos for my portfolio this weekend, I really appreciate all of your help.
Rick, I hope Melissa is recovering from her awful ordeal, my thoughts are with you, her and your family.
This weekend winter finally arrived after some relatively mild months and Sunday morning we had about 5 inches of snow. The morning was spent playing in the snow and of course snowball fights. I hoped having my camera would protect me from them but as my son is proving here, if I didn’t want to be pelted with snow I should have stayed in the house!
Emma
Don Enderlein – Brooks, Georgia
Winter in Georgiawith one of our famous, all-or-nothing weather events. Even our horse is wearing a coat….
Nikon D100 1/250 sec, f8, ISO 200
Roberta Davidson – Destrehan, Louisiana
Hi everyone !
Just a little something from the yard.
Steven Lakose – Wallingford, Connecticut
Milford Yacht club here inConnecticutduring their frost bite race series.
These are very tender 9 foot boats called Dyer Dhow. Most racers wear dry suits and
lots and of layers to stay warm. Water is about 39 degrees (F) this time of year.
Nikon D200 1/640 sec F/13 18-70 at 27mm
Ken Papai – San Rafael, California
“Wheel Hub”
The front wheel hub of my bike — I crossed theGolden GateBridgewith this wheel 224 times last year — more will occur this year assuming things go well. The spokes are bladed, radially laced — all are black except for a bright red one.
Canon EOS 7D, shot in color and used the channel mixer to convert the RGB channels to B&W — with a channel mix of 45% – 35% – 20% respectively. Exposure: ISO 200, f/5.6, 1/4 sec., some flash fill from above.
Greg Kowalczewski – Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
A black magpie in B&W … it doesn’t get more original than that
Filip Lucin – Cakovec, Croatia
Hello all!
First, thank you Greg and Jens for your comments! And all of you who clicked and commented on FB. Greg, so, did you go on a bike? Jens, I photograph only on weekends, but have a large archive, so I can “spam” on google+.
BW photo for this week was taken the same day as the photo of a bike I’ve sent last week. I did little heavier post production, I wanted to make those trees really little against big and dark sky with huge clouds. I’m looking forward to your bw photos, it will be interesting again.
Greetings, Filip.
Pozdrav, Filip.
Moje fotke i blog: http://www.filiplucin.com/
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The bonus photo is of interest from somewhere in the world
Jens V Frederiksen – The color photo that looks B&W
My picture for this week are from the sub side of a jetty temporarily dismantled for the winter. We’ve had some very cold days but almost no snow so it is necessary to find places like this to show a little white for the season.
Hope everyone had a good week and that the future will be good too.
Greetings
Jens
Gej Jones
Here is an extra that turned out to my liking.
Rick Dohme
