Month: January 2013

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Sunday morning when I reached my Plan B location to shoot the Moonset I set up, zoomed in on Financial Dist. where the Moon would not be setting, but it looked so pretty I had to take the shot. The camera told me a 30 second exposure would be good. I took the shot, but the sky and water were totally flat. Only the city gleaming in the early morning twilight looked good. So, I replaced the sky with one I took last year, and added a reflection.

I’ve never added a reflection to the water via Photoshop before so that was a learning experience.
I used this tutorial to do that- note he moves pretty fast. I had to stop, rewind, and re-watch throughout the whole tutorial.

www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pI9_-…

Nikon D700| Nikkor 70-300@220mm|f8| 30 seconds| ISO 200| Manual Priority| Tripod | composite

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One of the last photos I took of the Moonset on Sunday morning. It was so pretty even a few of the early morning runners stopped, pulled out their cell phone cameras and took photos.

"All night have the roses heard
the flute, violin, bassoon;
All night has the casement jessamine stirr’d
To the dancers dancing in tune;
Till a silence fell with the waking bird,
And a hush with the setting moon."
~Tennyson

It was so quiet..as if no one dare breath while the moon set. Even the sea was calm.

Nikon D700| Nikko70-300mm @110mm| f10| 1/15s| ISO 200| Manual Priority|Tripod

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Diva Dog was making a big ruckus this afternoon, going on, and on, so I had to go see what had wound her up. Outside there were two little girls walking with, I think their Grandmother. Grandma was carrying the littlest girl’s trike, and a very large umbrella. They got across the street from my house where they stopped for negotiations.
There was pointing, and looking down the street both left then right, looking back up at Grandma, and finally there was a nod from Grandma then the little girls walked into the gutter to walk through the puddle of rain washing down it.
Back and forth they walked making sure to make a big splash when they got to the deepest parts. It was drizzling pretty good then too, but they didn’t have a care in the world. Grandma was ever so patient, and such a kindred spirit. She let them play in the gutter for nearly 5 minutes.

It was delightful watching them. I had to get it on film! I raced to grab my camera then shot this through the front window. It’s terribly soft, but I love it. When was the last time you walked through a puddle?

Nikon D700| Nikkor 28-105@ 105mm| f8| 1/160s| Manual Priority| ISO 1600| Hand-held

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They were very entertaining.

Nikon D300s| Nikkor 80-200mm @200mm + Tamron 1.4tc| f8| 1/640| ISO 400| Manual Priority| Hand-held