“A good snapshot keeps a moment from running away.” ― Eudora Welty
Over at the Bistro a Nikon Users Group in the flickr community you’ll find lots of talented people. One of those people whom I admire is Linda Clower. She’s not only a talented photographer, but a very creative artist too. Her creativity shines in this abstract titled
“Circles of Color” that I’ve selected to add to this week’s Gallery.
To see all of the 2011 Bistro Galleries go here and scroll down to the Bistro Gallery topic.
I am deeply honored to have been asked to reprise my role as the Curator of the Bistro Gallery. The Gallery is a weekly feature of the The Bistro a Nikon photography group in the flickr community. For one week I will select photographs that represent the “Best of the Bistro” taken by members of The Bistro. Like this wonderful photograph of a young Buck taken by John C. aka jc-pics
To see all the selections I’ve chosen so far please visit the gallery here.
You’ll find all of the 2011 Bistro Galleries here. Scroll down the front page to the galleries.
Nikon has updated the Codec to support Nikon NEF’s
Computerand select
Properties.
Disk Cleanup in the “General” tab.
Thumbnailsin the “Disk Cleanup” tab “Files to delete” list and remove the checks from the other items.
OKto start the disk cleanup. When the “Are you sure you want to permanently delete these files?” prompt is displayed, click
Delete Files.
Download it here.
H/T Nikon Rumors
Copyright © 2011 Deborah M. Zajac. All Rights Reserved.
I rose pretty early this morning to make the hour drive to this location to meet my friend Andy aka Stargazer to shoot the Moonset.
He checked and double checked the webcams in the area hoping for no fog. We did have a fog bank sitting right where we hoped to shoot the setting Moon, but we got lucky; it peeked out enough to make a pretty picture, and the color! It really was this color! It was gorgeous. Worth getting up at 3AM for.
We have rain in the forecast tomorrow, but if we get a break and no fog in the morning we may try it again.
Andy has his photo up from this morning please check it out. It’s awesome!
www.flickr.com/photos/sharpshutter/6328755145/in/contacts…
Nikon D300s| Nikkor 80-200 @ 100mm| f11| 45 seconds| ISO 200| Manual Mode| Tripod| Intervelometer
Copyright © 2011 Deborah M. Zajac. All Rights Reserved.
This was a fortuitous shot. One of those shots you imagine before hand then all too often it never happens when you get to the spot. While scouting out positions to shoot Bonsai Rock at sunset I decided to wait in the shade of this pine tree while my friend Dali was taking off his waders as he had just come out of the lake. I was gazing at the lake when this kayaker rowed just outside my frame. I couldn’t believe my luck! I have so often wished for a surfer, sailboat, or ship to come along when shooting bodies of water. My second thought is usually, ” if I were able to paint I’d put X right there”. I was thrilled. I know something like this won’t happen every time I want it to.
Nikon D700| Nikkor 17-35@ 22mm| f14| 1/40 sec| ISO 200| Manual Mode| Hand-held| Circular Polarizer
Dali in the Lake
…with Diana Lee Angstadt.
I have been a long time admirer of Diana’s Still-life’s. She has an innate sense composition which I envy. She cleverly stages everyday objects into wonderful compositions that are both beautiful and timeless fine art photographs.
She shares with us how she created this beautiful piece she calls “Desk Corner”.
Q. Tell us about this set up?
Diana: Setting up the still life is the biggest hurdle; trying to make sure it looks as natural as possible. Objects should look as though they have a relationship to one another in a natural way. For this composition I began with the flowers. Then I slowly added in other items. I do not really think about it before hand. It comes to me as I am creating it. I will remove, and switch items until I feel it is cohesive and in good balance. I always like to have the light as soft as possible to create a gentle softness and mood.
Q. How did you expose for this shot?
Diana: I don’t have too much available light from a nearby window, so I used two lamps with natural light bulbs… one to be the main source and the other as “fill” light. They have bendable arms so I can position them easily in any direction.
My exposure was Shutter Speed 1/40 with an F stop of 8. I used a tripod with a cable release.
Q. What camera and lens did you use for this shot?
Diana: The shot was taken with a Nikon D300 with a 50mm 1.8 lens. After I upload the image, I also add “texture” by placing it over the entire image and then vary the opacity in certain areas to allow the photo to come through the texture.
To see more of Diana’s work visit her website here.
http://www.dianaleephotodesigns.com/
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