“A good snapshot keeps a moment from running away.” ― Eudora Welty
The Bistro 4 gallery has been updated with more great photographs by members of The Bistro. A Nikon users group in the flickr community.
Like this marvelous photograph titled “Eyes of a Predator” by Jesse Cox
To view all the 2011 Bistro Galleries go here: At the front page just scroll down the page to see the Galleries. I’m curating through July 10th. Come back again!
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Yesterday afternoon I felt the rumble of a large vehicle, and heard the sirens of several firetrucks pass by my house. Dropping everything to run out the door to see what was going on I smelled smoke and saw the trucks were not too far away as I reached the end of my driveway. I raced back in the house for my camera then dashed back out to run up the block. A house up the street was on fire! A homeowners worst nightmare to be sure. I arrived only seconds after the fire trucks and already the firemen had sprung into action.
This lad was setting up the hose, and firemen were already in the house. He gives the fireman at the hydrant the thumbs up signal. All is ready to go.
Turning on the spigot
The rescue! I heard the fireman say, ” he/she was right near the door and came right to him.” A very uplifting moment in an otherwise very tense, and somber time.
Minutes after this the firemen came off the roof. They were making great headway in knocking this fire down. Thankfully, no one was hurt. I haven’t heard today how much damage was sustained, but it didn’t look as bad as it could have been. I’m grateful for these suburban heroes whose quick action, skill, and professionalism not only saved this dog, but saved the house from total ruin. Thank you San Jose Fire Department Station 14!
Nikon D300s| Nikkor 18-200mm VR| Hand-held
Descending Vista Point one morning I rounded a bend in the trail and stopped dead in my tracks. There 25ft away was this little fawn (see photo above). It’s mother was on the other side of the trail in the trees waiting for the fawn to cross the trail. Startled by hikers coming up the trail it had stopped then I happened along. It looked at me and headed in the opposite direction of its mother. Then timidly it crept up to this tree and watched me and its mother. It’s mother was not happy; she pranced and paced back and forth with worry. I wasn’t sure what I should do…wait and hope the mother crossed, or the fawn crossed, or just move on. I took a few quick photos. We hikers looked at each other wondering what would happen next then the Mother bounded up the hill the wrong way! Then the fawn sped down the hill into the bushes the wrong way! I continued down the mountain all the while hoping they’d reunite.
An anxious Doe!
I hiked a lot of miles in June. My elevation gained totals are incredible. The total floored me again when I added it up. I took a lot of neat wildlife and flower photographs while hiking in this park during the month of June, but these two photos are my favorites.
Just seven more weeks until the big hike to Yosemite’s Cloud’s Rest. I still am on track for successfully completing that hike.
JUNE Hiking Report
*6/2/2011- 8.15 miles, 2,170ft, 3h10m PG&E trail out & back
6/7/2011- 10 miles, 2,549 ft, 4h 33m Rhus Ridge to Black Mt Trail out & Back
6/10-12/2011- about 11 miles, at various parks and site around Sonoma Coastal area. Many parks were closed due to budget cuts so we had to drive to other locations to do any hiking.
6/16/2011- 8.15miles, 1,962ft, 3h 5m, PG&E out & back to Vista Point
**6/19/2011- 6.2miles, 2,197 ft, 3h, Mission Peak- Peak Trail the steep route
6/21/2011- 8.15miles, 1,962ft, 3h3m, PG&E trail out & back
6/25/2011-6.45 miles, 2,236 ft, 3h24m, Horse Heaven trail up, Peak Trail down- time to the top 2h4m
6/29/2011- 2.4m, 2,100ft, 1h20 mins. Horse Heaven Trail out & back
June Total Feet Climbed
15,676ft
June total Miles Hiked
60.5
*6/2/2011 total ft is average of 3 measurements
2123ft, 1962ft & 2427ft.
6/16/2011 time to Vista Point 1h34m! Fastest yet, even stopping to take photos!!!
** 6/19/2011 started ascent at 320Ft, Vineyard Drive
6/21/2011- start time 6:37a.m. Time @ Vista Point 8:13a.m. =1h40m
Nikon D300s| Nikkor 18-200mm VR| Induro CT213 Tripod
I’m Curating the Bistro Gallery through July 3rd! It’s a place to highlight the work of some of the many talented photographers in this unique flickr group.
Like this photo by Bruce Tracy
All 2011 Bistro Galleries are here. Scroll down the page to the Bistro Gallery.You can’t miss it.
Photograph by Bruce Tracy. Used with permission for this blog.
Copyright © 2011 Deborah M. Zajac. All Rights Reserved.
Check out the Bistro Gallery. I’ve added new photos. This gallery is place I’m highlighting the work of some of the very talented photographers who are members of the Bistro a Nikon users group.
Like this photograph by Anna, aka Mystica_10v3
All the 2011 Galleries are here. Scroll down the page you can’t miss them.
Photograph used with permission for this blog.
Copyright © Deborah M. Zajac. All Rights Reserved.
Achim Sack a fan of time lapse photography and tinkering has created and revised his Intervalometer. For those who like to hack and tinker this might be right up your street.
Features:
The details, and “how to” links are here.
H/T How-To-Geek
Update: Reader Stargazer 95050 emails,
The link to that cheap timelapse controller was fascinating. $2 for that !! It sounds too good to be true — tough technically he is right. !!
There is a catch of course : http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharpshutter/5918737334/
If you’re looking for software that will handle your new Nikon camera’s RAW files take a look at Nikon’s very own Capture NX2! It will read your RAW files perfectly.
Choose your region and download the free trial here.
Get lessons/tutorials here.
Looking for a free option to convert your RAW files with limited editing options download Nikon’s ViewNX
Update: Reader Andy emails, ” Regarding Capture NX2 — I think it has several unique features worth mentioning.
The noise reduction is excellent.
Also the dust-off and spot healing are very helpful if you forgot to clean your sensor
Reading all camera parameters instead of just a few
Changes are stored in the original RAW file but can be reversed, and you can have several post-processing versions stored in the same file
The downside — no one else but Nikon can read thos PP changes made to the NEF file”
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