Don Kuykendall_RIP
RIP :(
Shooting some flowers I had some company. Fun with bugs and macro photography...
Very nice Bee shots
The Backdoor Hippie's Ranchopalooza of Inconsistently Posted Images - 2013 Version
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Very nice Bee shots
BackdoorArts
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Some Infrared from a drop-in at Merrill Creek Reservoir yesterday while out on the bike. Still getting used to what you can and can't get and how color and black and white work, or don't, with different subject matter.
vindex1963
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That first shot has a very apocalyptic look to it I like it. Like the composition of the next two.
RockyNH_RIP
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The way the colors respond make completely diffeent statements!! Some of teh real white-ish remind of a winter scene!
Nicely done!
Pat in NH
Nicely done!
Pat in NH
Don Kuykendall_RIP
RIP :(
Love the white trees
BackdoorArts
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Since folks said they liked the Bee Balm, here are a couple as they hit their stride. Hummingbirds are playing around in them rather regularly. Top photo is rather unusual in that a second flower emerged out of the first.
BackdoorArts
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As for this one, as soon as I saw this guy I heard a snare drum rhythm, a droning guitar, and Grace Slick singing, "One pill makes you larger..."
The Hookah Smoking Caterpillar
The Hookah Smoking Caterpillar
BackdoorArts
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One of our swallowtail caterpillars morphed into a chrysalis yesterday while we were away. We'd watched as it stayed motionless on a sage branch for over a day, figuring that it was going to happen, but alas we missed it. Amazing how it tethers itself onto the branch.
BackdoorArts
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Thanks, Hark. It's taken some getting used to. As you get close to your subject the depth of field is amazingly narrow, even at apertures you wouldn't expect to be that way. With the chrysalis photo I'm shooting f9 and get maybe 1/4" of sharpness. It makes handholding extremely difficult. I'd be better off using a tripod, but to be honest I get lazy most of the time. LOL It's a great lens though. Only complaint would be that the Optical Stabilizer is rather loud turning on and off, but that's just getting picky.
WhiteLight
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Was just about you to ask you the same thing
I never expected the focus to be as difficult as it is for macro shots..
how the AF & VR on the Sigma?
how would you rate the performance against the Nikon 105?? (if you've had a chance to try them both)
BackdoorArts
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Have never tried the Nikon so I cannot compare. AF and VR are very good, but again, the AF can get tricky when handholding. It locks, you move...
BackdoorArts
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And don't think I haven't stopped playing with Infrared. Here's some channel switching and color shifting at a railroad crossing I stumbled on following a detour. I have a square crop of it as well that would make a decent album jacket photo.
BackdoorArts
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I pass this barn quite regularly and have always wanted to stop and photograph it, but it's a narrow road with nowhere to pull over outside someone's front lawn, and there's almost always a car right behind me that would wind up in my trunk if I stopped short. That wasn't the case on Sunday morning. I shot this both in IR and with the D600. It's funny, but I've suddenly become a bit bored with "normal", so while the regular color looks just fine, I find great appeal in the IR version. Same with the RR tracks above, which I shot both ways but immediately dumped the regular color shots. If I had to break it down it is likely connected with the draw I have to shooting photos of decaying buildings and structures - it shows an alternate and uncommon beauty that lives outside of what "normal" looks like.
Anyway, for comparison sake, here you go. Slightly different perspectives, but close enough.
"Normal" View
Infrared
Anyway, for comparison sake, here you go. Slightly different perspectives, but close enough.
"Normal" View
Infrared
I pass this barn quite regularly and have always wanted to stop and photograph it, but it's a narrow road with nowhere to pull over outside someone's front lawn, and there's almost always a car right behind me that would wind up in my trunk if I stopped short. That wasn't the case on Sunday morning. I shot this both in IR and with the D600. It's funny, but I've suddenly become a bit bored with "normal", so while the regular color looks just fine, I find great appeal in the IR version. Same with the RR tracks above, which I shot both ways but immediately dumped the regular color shots. If I had to break it down it is likely connected with the draw I have to shooting photos of decaying buildings and structures - it shows an alternate and uncommon beauty that lives outside of what "normal" looks like.
Anyway, for comparison sake, here you go. Slightly different perspectives, but close enough.
"Normal" View
Infrared
The infrared is more attractive to me. It's got snap crackle pop.
RockyNH_RIP
Senior Member
Jake, on the barn, for my taste I still prefer the color though the IR is nice...
The tracks!! Hands down that IR is Exquisite!!!! Love it!
Pat in NH (who said I had good taste)
I pass this barn quite regularly and have always wanted to stop and photograph it, but it's a narrow road with nowhere to pull over outside someone's front lawn, and there's almost always a car right behind me that would wind up in my trunk if I stopped short. That wasn't the case on Sunday morning. I shot this both in IR and with the D600. It's funny, but I've suddenly become a bit bored with "normal", so while the regular color looks just fine, I find great appeal in the IR version. Same with the RR tracks above, which I shot both ways but immediately dumped the regular color shots. If I had to break it down it is likely connected with the draw I have to shooting photos of decaying buildings and structures - it shows an alternate and uncommon beauty that lives outside of what "normal" looks like.
Anyway, for comparison sake, here you go. Slightly different perspectives, but close enough.
"Normal" View
Infrared
I like both. Looks like a change of seasons in one day, color - summer, IR - winter.
BackdoorArts
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Thanks for the comments. It's funny, but a lot of people look at IR and think "winter" because of all the whites, but I don't get that. Winter, for me at least, is very stark, with no leaves on the trees and lots of branches and dead space. Maybe it's all the Sci-Fi and Fantasy I read growing up, but for me it's an alternate landscape more than something cold - something mysterious and a slightly intriguing. I love how it takes the familiar and makes you work if you want to see it in a familiar way.
BackdoorArts
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First IR Panorama. Works better in color as in B&W there's not a significant difference from what you'd expect a normal B&W image to look like. Not thrilling, but at least I know I can stitch IR photos together. LOL
