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Archive for February 2009
What’s for desert?
20. February 2009 by Friedhelm.
Photographed at the San Francisco Zoo.
Happy Shooting
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About photographing animals
19. February 2009 by admin.
The problem with animal photography is that in most cases you can’t pose them. That means that you have to be patient for the right moment. I always use spot metering and try to get the eyes sharp. My lens is wide open because I want to blur the background.
Have fun and happy shooting!
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My Duck
17. February 2009 by David.
A while back I said that I’d show you my Lake Yosemite Duck. Well here it is, some people like it, some have said ‘it’s just a duck’. I guess that’s like most photographs, everything is subjective. I happen to like this one very much. It’s simple in it’s composition but I feel the texture and color of the water are a good contrast to the silhouette of ‘my’ duck. The background here is at least if not more important than the subject.
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Merced River at night
17. February 2009 by Friedhelm.
I love photographing movements. I photographed the river after sunset. For a great depths of field I picked f22 at ISO 100. The exposure time was 30 seconds. Of course I used a tripod.
Enjoy and keep photographing!
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Ships and Sunset
16. February 2009 by David.
I like the lines and shades of color in this photo, once again taken at Lake Yosemite just outside of Merced.
Friedhelm and I would like to invite your comments on our photos, either individually or the blog as a whole. Photography is a never ending process and the more we hear about our photos the more we learn and grow. We both have thick skins and know that we will learn more from the negative comments than the positive. But welcome any comments you would like to make, even the good ones.
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Something everywhere!
15. February 2009 by admin.
While Friedhelm was enjoying a day in Yosemite I was stuck doing long put off bookwork and a homework assignment (some old dogs take a long time to learn new tricks).
So when the mood to take some photos overtook me I just opened the fire insert door and came up with this shot. See there are opportunities everywhere. Though I would have rather been in Yosemite.
Keep clicking
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Winter in Yosemite
15. February 2009 by Friedhelm.
Winter in Yosemite can be breath taking. If you are lucky you see a million changes on one day. Clouds move in and move out. The sun changes the shadows. You can spend an entire day just looking at one subject. It is always different and fascinating.
Happy Shooting!
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You used what?
14. February 2009 by David.
This is one of the first ’still life’ photographs that I took the time to set up, each time I do something like this it gets easier, this took several hours. Getting the sparks right, when the beer had a good head on it and the glass was in focus (note to self: mark the location of any item you may have to move). It taught me an important lesson, patience and going slow is really faster.
I got my inspiration from a photo of a man welding on a high rise and liked the effect of the sparks. Not having a welder myself I improvised with a grinder and piece of wire and some beer. No I didn’t drink all the beer I used.
Keep Clicking
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Curved Reflection
14. February 2009 by David.
One of the elements of photographic design is that you don’t center the subject in a photograph. So much for following the rules. The great thing about breaking photographic ‘rules’ is nothing bad happens and often something good.
This is of course a reflection of the walkway and sunset (looking towards the east) in a very still lake.
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Clouds, Coast and Carmel
13. February 2009 by Friedhelm.
Clouds, Coast and Carmel are a wonderful mix. Almost every landscape photographer wants to include clouds in his/her picture. The famous Ansel Adams set up his camera at a certain spot and then he jsut waited, not just for the right light, but also for the clouds to appear. I was lucky. When we arrived at Carmel the clouds were just there.
Happy shooting
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