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I swear the sunsets have been the best over this year,,, something about the light and clairty so,, I have been going out more taking shots,,, so,, I keep taking photos of the light and water and ... yes, boats

wow,, 5 days to finish year 2,,, today I got the 4 metal prints back,,, unpacked,, and nice! 2 exceed expectation, one meets, one mmmm almost,, but other people seem to love it.. laughs so, Now I have 5 metal full size prints, and I am loving the look,, so,, yes,, next time I see a discount...

the magic light of end of day,, and when you can add a sailboat,,, then I am happy,,, nice and relaxing to take some photos..

Yesterday,, I had my do everything camera, or the one camera to grab when too busy,,, the D7000 with the 18-200 lens,, not the most pixels not the sharpest lens, but flexible,, and when doing lots of other busy summer time visiting,, well at least I have a camera.. did get some cool bird...

Now that the year is halfway over,, a good time to check your back up status,, yes,, I only had a partial backup up to date,, as some folders had not yet been doubled backed up yet,, so last night it was a backup night,,, and got a snapshot of the amount of photo storage of two months...

lots of times,, I can use the JPEGs, but one exception I find consistantly is dusk time,, and then I find my JPEGS way way off,, and I am always exclusively use my RAW files,, mostly the first step is for me to adjust temperature, then i boost hightlights/adjust blacks, etc,, until I like the...

ah,, one has to love puppies,, a universal subject,, well besides women,,, I was downtown,, and this one caught my eye,, a puppy,, not a woman ,, I still ask the owner if it is ok,, some really don't like their dog picture taken, so I ask. he is pretty darn cute.

I was posting a series of what I thought was interesting pictures on one of those popularity sites,, getting some hits/likes but nothing in the popular category,, now, should not make a difference, but then laughs, your throw in a ringer,,,.... landscape and poof,, runs away popular...

sometimes we get so obsessed with sharpness and only want the web valued lens,, so,, here is one to counter just a bit,, I have the older 80-400 VR G Nikkor lens, not the latest one, but a used one that one can find for around 600 dollars,, so here is a hand held shot,, from 400 feet away...

sometimes I like to work on creating a painterly effect,, so,, I did one on a waterfall shot I recently done,, to create what I think is knda like a pastel painting. here is the results this is from this shot course some prefer photos.. anyhow.

back,, I was away for a week,, with zero internet,,, lots of activities,, and a few dedicated photo times proportionally,, I was more on vacation,, doing active stuff that required both using both hands,, so,, not the type of activities that I could also be photographing,, but,, on those...

the clouds were floating in the air,, and the polarizer just made them pop 3D like,, beautiful,,, I took shots laughs,, just for clouds to fill other pictures,, yes,, sometimes I replace blah skies,, oh last night was glorious,,, summer!

first day of summer ,,, so so nice,, so its time to switch gears,, think of the land and places to still see, summer time nights,, morning time sunrises,, all is good in the world,, I was comparing the raw with the Jpeg,, quite a difference in what was a cloudy setting WB,, and the way shot...

oops,, missed yesterday,,, meant too,, but got distracteded,, so,, it is interesting to compare the looks of a macro shot,, with focus stacking versus a single shot,, so,, here is the single shot . oops,, the upload function seems down,,, darn,, so you can't see it ,,,, for it today...

I wonder why the blog entries don't show up on the Home pages,, seems to be a mal function anyhow,, I was playing a bit with focus stacking on macro, a leaf was on my windshield, so took a 4 shot stacked focus, and merged,, ok, I did manually, I suppose I should also to an auto merge to see...

so,, I am trying to pick some metal prints,, got to make up my mind,, one of the hardest decisions,,, course,, its money to spend,, and you want to pick the right one,, 30% off price! so,, that sure helps,,, so,, will need to decide to get the discount. check your email,, adromapix sent...

today I got an offer for my D700,, darn,, kinda hard to resist,, but ok,, kinda attached to the camera,, but kinda stupid,,, to hang onto depreciating equipment that collects dust, mmmm maybe 1200 dollars? oh,, decisions,, lens,,, camera lens camera but then a backup to is gone...

Happy Father's day,, sure,, go ahead,, buy that lens ! laughs,, or if you are a lady,,, sure,, go ahead buy that lens! they are on sale! (oops,, hope that does not sound sexist). whew,, not me,, still to expensive the ones I desire,,, anyhow,,, relaxation day,,, after all it is...

I got one of those slide adapters that you can attach to your lens and copy slides right onto your camera It is more fussy then I thought,, I am still experimenting with what lens and setup works, so far so so,, found a 50mm old manual seems best so far on my D800.. I was using a white...

Rain,,, blah,, but back,, I was going thru my Aunts' paintings, and then located a stack of photos,, that she took and based her paintings on,, some were good photos,, some awful,, but for an Artist not really a concern,, more about keeping the view in front of you.. kinda got me interested...