A Picture I took - 2012

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I didn't think I'd be able to see any of the solar eclipse, so didn't do any location scouting. Ended up just walking down the street and up to the water tower hill. The maximum eclipse point was at 8:19 when the sun was 2.6° above the horizon. I was originally only going to take photos of the cool shadows, then got up enough courage to stick my 10 stop filter on the front of my 70-300 and go for it. Only looked into the viewfinder for the shortest time possible -- why the sun isn't in perfect focus :D.

Cool shadows:
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Maximum eclipse for me:
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Used: 10 stop filter, 1/500s, F/20, ISO 200

Right on the horizon:
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Used: 1/500s, F/8, ISO 200, no 10 stop filter.

Few more on this blog article of mine.
 
I had something similar to this last one of yours. I like yours much better. My rays were not as sharp and I didn't have the cool tree outline. Nicely done all all of them.

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Eclipse from yesterday. Nothing special but hey I'm glad I was able to capture it!

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MN, those three pics are fantastic in the sense that the subject is very well portrayed in each one of them. The shadows one is pretty cool!
 
Empty_Quarter said:
MN, those three pics are fantastic in the sense that the subject is very well portrayed in each one of them. The shadows one is pretty cool!
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Thanks for the compliment.:cool: I thought they portrayed the situation well also.



Anyone else with pictures of the eclipse? Very cool how it looks different depending on where it was taken from.
 
MN Scout said:
I had something similar to this last one of yours. I like yours much better. My rays were not as sharp and I didn't have the cool tree outline. Nicely done all all of them.
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northrop said:
I totally forgot about the eclipse :eek: Awesome shots guys!

This one is really great! Congrats.
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Thanks gents!

I really didn't know what I was doing for this because I've never tried to shoot such an intensely bright object like the sun until that day.
 
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Don't you hate it, when the branches get in the way :p Nice set!
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Heh - got 4 shots off when he was there, the other three - one blurred 'cause I was not prepared and was 1/200 at 400mm zoom - and two with the branch in front of his eye.

Thanks for the compliment on the set!

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MN Scout said:
BB Gun, I like the different layers in the bridge photo. Draws me right into the scene.
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Thanks - I took a number of pics of that scene, changing the framing from closer in to farther out. I think this was the best - not too much foreground clutter from being too wide, and a lot of depth from not being too narrow.

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My sister's graduation from med school

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Brother and his lady friend

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And a non-artsy one of some of the younger parts of the extended family, though I'm in this one, not the photographer.

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I finally had a chance to take my Mamiya Super 23 out for a spin last week after it sat in storage for 7 months with a roll of Efke IR820 Aura infrared film loaded.

Unfortunately, over that time, the tension on the spool loosened so when I went to advance it to the first frame it just kept going... I ended up having to re-load it onto a new spool in the dark and some light must have leaked because the end of the roll got progressively more foggy. :(

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Taken on expired Kodak APS 400 ISO film using a Fuji Endeavor 4000ix SL camera. Scanned on a Canon FS4000US film scanner.

Looking at the bokeh in the background, the aperture opening is not very round.

This is one of the last photos I took using this camera. Now retired to the shelf.
 
Empty_Quarter, nice serious looking owl. Great how the left ear is even curled down!

Few daisy pictures from my yard:
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Had my camera for about a month now. Getting much better at post processing already:)

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I'll upload some geese/ducks tomorrow.
 
Hedonsim Bot said:
Had my camera for about a month now. Getting much better at post processing already:)

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Well whatever processing you did or didn't do to these last three look good to me. Like the blues, and there is just enough warmth in the background. I also like how the flowers appear to be completely in focus from the front petal to the back.
 
Taken tonight:

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No matter what I do with the blue in the second photo, it looks waaaay too photoshoped in my eyes. I'm almost tempted to turn the photo into B&W because of it. FWIW, I do like the "colder" while balance in photos, which isn't helping my cause.
 
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My son - singer, actor, guitar player, chick magnet... If only his grades were better....

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Believe it or not all these were taken with a canon 50mm f1.8 prime lens with a little cropping. As I got close to the edge of the pond they would hiss and quickly swim at me! I could nearly reach out and touch them.

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Playing with my ancient Mamiya Super 23 medium format film camera again. This time I shot my first ever roll of slide film (Fuji Provia 400X) while chasing my kid around a playground and my back yard:

The Tonka truck ones were shot wide open with an ND filter and an off-camera 580EX II to provide fill against the sun. It's frustrating to have a max shutter speed of 1/500th; on the other hand, the flash still syncs at that speed because of the leaf shutter! :)

The scans of the huge negatives came in at ~10,200x6,600 pixels at 3200dpi, or around 67 megapixels!

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Went out to the coast this past weekend to take some shots. Unfortunately the sky cleared up closer to sunset.

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