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    Why not a Blog Y2D261

    No wonder we yearn for the Green of Spring,, day after day of dreary gray,, dirty snow, bare trees, good day for indoor shooting. but soon,, the dandelions will be popping up,, and so will the early ferns,, I love early ferns.. life will come bounding back. course, I know lots here don't...
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    Why not a Blog Y2D260

    slow sunday, gray gray day,, almost got out when the fog was out, but once I was ready, the wind had blown it away. I was about to print some pictures today,, and darn,, out of Cyan, seems like I just put one in,, that i is the trouble with these printers, they use up ink whether you use or...
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    Why Not a Blog Y2D159

    one never knows,, what one sees,, as I was walking between two buildings,, I caught sight of the water flowing across the street and the patterns were amazing, I did not have my favorite camera or lens for this,, but did have my D7000 and the 18x200 nikkor,, which was fine. so,, here is the...
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    Why Not a Blog Y2D258

    Adromapx is having a 40% off sale today on prints,, so,, did a test print of the metalic print,, never done one of those so I am curious,, and with the discount,, even with shipping was not too high of a risk 18 dollars with shipping. I picked I hope an interesting photo. maybe,, I'll...
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    Why Not a Blog Y2D257

    Fun to meet a serious photographer,, and a Nikon user ! she shoots with a D90,, nothing wrong with that,, but did encourage a model that can meter old glass.. so much great glass out there,, and once you move up to a camera that can meter,, the world is your oyster, so many great lens out...
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    Why Not a Blog Y2D256

    It is interesting to vary the amount of color in a shot,, taking it down, now I tend to have my JPEG set to vivid mode, normal saturation,, but that tends to boost the color some,, so if I edit from the JPEG, I often have to take the saturation down some, here is an example from the pepper...
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    Why Not a Blog Y2D255

    Interesting and predictable to watch the arch of 500PX, now that the site has lured 10's of million pictures onto the site,, oh,,,, what's next,, why to license all those photos of course,,,, the site benefits greatly, and well a lucky few photographers get some cash,, but the vast majority...
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    Why Not a Blog Y2D254

    oops,, my days are getting wrong,,,, this is day 254,, I tried a few more edits of the pepper,, this one almost reaches the exotic state,, even though only a plant... here is another of the series.. i typically don't do food,, but,, kinda fun,,, I actually used the sun as natural...
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    Why Not a Blog Y2D253

    I was mostly hanging around the house,, and while getting ready for dinner,, saw the carcass of a yellow pepper,, and it fascinated me,,, I have seen lots of whole peppers, but not as much of the carcass as the good part is carved off for dinner,, so,, down to macro,, and on my knees...
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    Why Not a Blog Y2D252

    been tone mapping photos today,, interesting how the final tweaks come in just takes a while to get the shot the way i want.. so for example,, here is the tone mapped shot. here is the pre shot.. that is too saturated for my taste . guess it depends on the taste on the vibrant or...
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    Why Not a Blog Y2D251

    Early this morning,, the moon was simply perfect for photography,, it was bright, clear,, and the timing was perfect where it was early light,, so you could get a moon shot and still get a hint of sky,, and the angle was nice, that you could had easily include other objects,,, course,, I was...
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    Why Not a Blog Y2D150

    so,,, mid week already,, and so,,, thinking weekend,, laughs,, and any photo opportunity. Still white snow, so no green stuff,, but,,, lots of huge ice potential soon,, as the lake begins to break up,, I am thinking huge ice sheets. so, potentially as the ice breaks,, and gets blown...
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    Why Not a Blog Y2D149

    added to a lens forum discussion today, always a big topic, after all, part of the pleasure of SRLs are the fantastic lens. looks over, sees that I have my 20-35 2.8 Nikkor on my 800 at the moment. now that is one sweet lens . A clean copy runs about 550 dollars which is almost a steal...
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    Why not a Blog Y2D148

    Sometimes the boundary between Man and the world fascinates me,,, s,, I find my eyes drawn a bit to type of boundary .. like so a bit of the ying and yang,,, man and natural world,, with a boundary has to stay merged for the test of time.
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    Why not a Blog Y2D147

    nice lazy Sunday,, need to sort out the print shots from the trip,, maybe print 4-5 shots. I remember 10 years ago when I first got my larger format printer,, I went crazy and printed up a lots and lots of photos,, the ability of printing quality prints was so great compared to paying lots...
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    Why Not a Blog Y2D146

    Well,, D800 is now 2 years old,,, 10's of thousands of pictures,, I should check my shutter count,, my guess is maybe 60K,, not sure,, I am not shutter happy,, too much film luggage, but I tend to frame, set settings, and shoot,, adjust a bit composition maybe take 2-3 more,, but not like...
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    Why Not a Blog Y2D145

    Its amazing how good phones are getting now taking pictures inside even,,, we were in the Hoover dam and here I am with tripod, and expensive gear,,, and my no nothing about photography friends snaps one with his Samsung,, and it is just about perfect. and at 16Meg resolution the quality is...
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    Why Not a Blog Y2D244

    Part of photography is skill,, and then there is the luck phase,, not that it works out all the time so for example,, I almost pulled over as I saw / heard some harleys coming up,, and I chose not too, darn,, a whole group of identical motorcycle cops on Harleys came up the curvey desert...
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    Why Not a Blog Y2D143 - oops duplicate entry

    something about the clear sky, amazing clouds,, the montains and such that lends itself to BW conversion for the Western photos.. here is an example I really loved the clouds,, and the light was wonderful,,, I'll love printing this up huge, and putting behind nonreflective glass. A shot...
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    Why Not a Blog Y2D143 - correct entry

    something about the clear sky, amazing clouds,, the montains and such that lends itself to BW conversion for the Western photos.. here is an example I really loved the clouds,, and the light was wonderful,,, I'll love printing this up huge, and putting behind nonreflective glass. A shot...
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