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One of the interesting features of the camera is how it sees the world even differently than our eyes,, like less dynamic range,, or maybe making people invisible, or even make whole bus disappear. such as this longer exposure of a city bus. so only the lights of the bus are visible, I...

That is a lot of twos.... anyhow,, I always have mixed feelings of even trying to take pictures from airplanes,, but was flying in,, and could not resist trying,, had my D700 and not D800,, darn so could had have even had more detail,,, not bad for a moving plane with scratched windows,, and...

ah,, airplane photos,, I always debate whether or not to have my camera ready,, but I was flying into Reagon,, over DC,, and had a window,, so,, out was my camera,, and wow,, flew right over the city,, and there was DC,, clear as a bell, flew right over the Washington Monument and had a nice...

I have been editing shots from this weekend you can see which shots work, and not work a few days later,, course,, you mostly know when you take them but not really until you get back and edit. I have been surprised many times, thinking I had a good shot, only to be disappointed upon...

Yesterday just flew by,,, and I was out on cold cold ice,,, taking pictures,, love black ice,, and the effects, plus just the weird shapes,, like or maybe something like: that isl like 2 inches high,, which is why I love my 60 mm Macro lens, for flexibility or maybe just drama...

the class was so much fun,,,,lots of new folks,, and 8 hours of photography,, the sky was cloudy,, and gray,, so no full moon out. but still lots of night shots,,, ice, snow,,, buildings I't will take hours to edit the shots. I'll try to post a couple.

Weekend!!,,, and I have 8 hours of photography slated for tomorrow!,, course,, lot of the time I will be teaching or offering advice,, but,, I'll slide in my own shots here and there,, will one get portfolio shots, so,, Sunday should be fun,, looking for any gotchas. good to plan these...

Prepping for my class this weekend,, teaching a long one,, almost 8 hours,, but lots of hands on,, time,,, I like about 45 minutes pre lecture,, then we have dinner,, where some quiestions can be asked, followed up with more shooting, and maybe 20 minute wrapup/packup,, going from...

Darn,,, the sun is setting, and I am still not able to get out to the ice before the snow storm,, I heard there was thick black ice with lots of wonderfull deep cracks Been seeing lots of other people's post,, and it is a kick to the rear... but not going to get there,,, That is the product...

always good to have that camera ready,, handy,, but,, actually,, its more of having the mind always ready.. its being aware of the potential that makes the shots,, camera can be ready all the time,, but its the human that has to be self aware and frame the moment. I think that is what makes a...

the light was blah blah blaaahhh so,, I tried a subtle simple picture for hopefully the mood. not I like it,, but,, I posted on the popularity site,, and it was like crickets,, the shot does not strike you on the side of the head, so,, can't really say if the shot succeeds. course, should...

oh,, some days you have to experiment,, don't think the shot really works, but here goes; blur blur blur,, but I do like limbs,,, I'll keep expermenting. hope you do too

I was harvesting some photos last night,, always fun to do,, and yeah you still find interesting shots that you passed over, like take this one for instance,,, I passed it over,, because I missed including the tail of the boat, but,, I cropped a hair tighter,, and I think it still tells a nice...

grins, when do you know you have a slow night,, ..... when you use Fractals on a picture,,,, oh,, the horror,, the horror,, but hey,, sometimes its fun! I did layer in,, and used about 40% opacity to keep most of the original image.. not for most,, but fun sometimes to play.

Yesterday, I was mentioning the local robins on my tree,, and hinted of taking some pictures of these common birds, I am fascinated with motion moving shots,, with even some blur,, or not even perfect focus. so,,, used my 80-400 lens,, and tried some shots on my 800 so,, a couple...

amazing already the 207th day into year 2 of blogging on photo subjects,, looking at some robins cleaning out the crab apple tree, glad some food is there for them, but it is a gray drab day,,, so,, not relly worht the photo,, and well,, robins,, are they just too common of a bird anyway...

I am resisting still the rent model of software editing tools,, I'll stay on CS6 for as long as I can,, no desire for upgrade, and my yearly cost is about 40 dollars a yer amortized over time (when one could get the upgrade offer, so, the rental is more than 2X my historical cost, and just...

ah Monday, weekend blew right by didn't do a whole lot of photography,,, but then did do the nature shots,, so not a bust.. I typically use my d7000 for my hiking camera,, and lately using the 18-200 lens again,, just so flexible. I do like the one camera/lens does all mode sometimes. and...

I like when you find something familar or different when out about nature,, here is a shot I took today,, I started by takng a shot of some rocks, but as I looked up,, i spotted this face in an old fallen tree... which,, i totally could not resist. with a bit of editing one gets an...

Nice,, change is in the air,, its like all at once,, winter let a bit go,, and a hint of spring enters the picture,,, and optimism starts to return,, laughs,,, time to think of the coming green fields! and pictures of bud blooming,,, and such,,,, ok,, maybe a bit early,, but this year,, I am...