“A good snapshot keeps a moment from running away.” ― Eudora Welty
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This was a Pistachio Gelato we picked up at Costco. It’s really creamy and delicious. Perfect this evening because it was hot and muggy here today.
Nikon D700| Nikkor 24-70 @ 46mm|f/3.5| 1/20s| ISO200| Manual Priority| Matrix Metering
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I’m hanging in there, but bored and wishing I could get outdoors. 2 weeks to go for my next set of X-Rays to find out if I can get into a "hard shoe". I hope so!!
I bought a used Nikon Micro/Macro lens and have been playing around with it. It’s going to take some practice to get the hang of making sharp images at 1:1.
This was taken wide open and is nearly life size.
Nikon D700| Nikkor 105mm f/2.8@ f3.2| 1/80s| ISO 320| Manual Priority| Center Weighted| Hand-held|Natural light
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About 2.5 years ago I saw my Flickr contact MattyD90’s photo from this spot and have had it on my "Bucket List" since.
See his photo here:
www.flickr.com/photos/53734358@N08/5280329228/lightbox/
About two weeks ago I asked my friend Dali if he’d want to shoot it and/or scout out the area if we didn’t beat the fog. As it turned out we did not beat the fog, but we found our shooting location. Dali emailed me yesterday that the conditions for shooting this shot were favorable and asked if I was free. Luckily I was free.There was a little atmosphere (read fog) in the air, but it didn’t block the view.
I only took two lenses with me the 24-70, and the 18mm f3.5 AI-S. I realized while shooting it that having a tighter view would be something I want to shoot as well, and
I want to shoot it on a perfectly clear night so it remains on the "Bucket List".
Nikon D700| Nikkor 24-70@ 70mm| f14| 30seconds| ISO 200| Manual Priority| Center weighted| Tripod
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This is the best portrait I have taken of 5yrs old Step-Grandson. He didn’t think he was really posing. I asked him to help me test my Speedlight which he happily did. Had he thought I was seriously taking his photo he wouldn’t have been so eager. 🙂
He has a fashion style already. He picks button down shirts when shopping and really likes the preppy look. It’s a good look for him. He’s so handsome and has eyelashes to die for!
Nikon D700| Nikkor 24-70@ 48mm| f5| 1/250s| ISO 400| Center metering| Manual Priority| Tripod
Strobist- SB600 Camera left 1/4 power shot through a shoot through umbrella
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This is the first time I’ve ever seen a Puffin in the wild! I went on a Birding trip out to the Farallon Islands 27 miles outside of San Francisco in the Pacific Ocean. We weren’t allowed on the island-only Biologists are allowed on the island, but we cruised all around them and then we went out to deeper water from there. Along the way we saw 3 Tufted Puffin.
There are only 50 pairs of Tufted Puffin nesting on the Islands at this time, but there thousands of gulls, Common Murre’s, lots of Cormorants, seals, sea lions, and one lone Gannet. In deeper water we saw Hump Back whales, and a Blue Whale too.
I saw so many new birds on the trip, and the one bird I hoped to see was the Tufted Puffin. I went home a happy sailor just seeing one. I hoped I got one good shot.
The weather was overcast, and to get the shutter speed I needed I really pushed the ISO. Shooting from the boat was challenging. I would focus on a bird then the boat would go up or down and my focus point was off. I didn’t start to get the rhythm of the sea til near the end of the day, and then there wasn’t much to see as we were pushing hard to get back.
We were out at sea for nearly 9 hours. I went with Alvaro’s Adventures out of Half Moon Bay. I would definitely go again.
Alvaro is a Biologist, and he had two expert birders along for the tour. One was on the starboard side calling out birds and mammals, and the other on the Port side doing the same. I don’t think we missed anything flying or swimming on our route.
I’ve not been able to spend much time online lately. #1 Grandson is very busy and takes all my attention these days. I’m looking at your photos when I can and I’ll catch up soon!
Nikon D700| Nikkor 70-300mm VR@ 280mm| f9| 1/1000s| ISO 1250| Manual priority| Matrix Metering| Hand-held
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I’ve been watching bits and pieces of Creative Live’s webcast this week-end with Andrew Scrivani who challenged the audience to photography their lunch today. I didn’t do lunch but made Spaghetti for dinner this afternoon and thought I’d try to create Chiaroscuro lighting to give my composition an evening mood; as if dinning in a dimly lit restaurant perhaps.
The family liked the project and early dinner.
Nikon D700| Nikkor35mm f2@ f4.5| 1/320s| ISO 400| Manual Priority| Hand-held|
Continuous Daylight bulb behind camera left
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