19. July 2009 by David.

Though everything around was pretty dry this spider web was able to catch the morning mist at Point Lobos State Park (which might be closed because of the State budget crisis).  I liked the sky and contrast of the tree behind the web itself. The owner of the web wasn’t around but if you look closely in the lower right you can see the pantry is stocked.

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Dave

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18. July 2009 by David.

I went to the Monterey/Carmel area on Friday and Saturday and found this very determined bee. I used an extension tube that I mentioned in an earlier post. It allowed me to get up close and personal with the flower and bee and was still able to maintain a pretty good depth of field.  I jazzed the background up a little in photoshop to improve the contrast and make the subjects stand out better. I have a few more photos from my little venture that I’d like to share with you over the coming days.

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Dave

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17. July 2009 by Friedhelm.

I photographed my niece at my parents backyard. the umbrella had a double function: First, it made sure that the subject is shaded. Second, it served as a prop.

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16. July 2009 by David.

If you like taking pictures of flowers (this is a ‘Hugs and Kisses’ dahlia), or anything small, and have a DSLR camera one of the handiest things to have is a extension tube, they usually come in sets of three. They allow you to get much closer than a normal lens. Be aware,  they can shrink your depth of field and even throw off your auto focus, but used carefully can result in some spectacular photos. You can pick up a set of non-automatic ones for a very reasonable price.

The next best thing and will even work on many more advanced point and shoot cameras are close-up lenses that attach to the front of your cameras lens.They have some limitations as well, including possible blurring around the edges, just keep that in mind when you frame the photograph. These tend to be relatively inexpensive, but the results……..

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Dave

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14. July 2009 by David.

Here’s another one of my ‘tools’ still life’s, a project I’ve given myself for this year. Money doesn’t grow on trees and screwdrivers don’t grow in pots. Maybe that’s why you can never find one when you need it.

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Dave

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14. July 2009 by Friedhelm.

Constance is a town located at the Swiss-German border at beautiful Lake Constance with a long history. I was lucky to get into the basement of the local Dome. It was constructed in the “Romanesque” style, a building style that emerged around the ninth’s century around 300 years after the Roman empire collapsed. The discovery of the arch made large buildings possible and after about a 1000 years I am still amazed by these buildings.

Photography is so much more that just snap-shooting!

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13. July 2009 by David.

The fog wall in this picture caught my eye as I was coming out of the wooded area and approaching the North Coast just north of Fort Bragg. I took several shots of this scene but I like this one because the composition brings the eye back into the photo and the tonal range is good. Even the black beach in the lower left curves around to bring you back into the image.

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Dave

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12. July 2009 by David.

Sometimes you don’t have to pose your subject. This is my niece Nicky after graduating from UC Berkeley last June (2008), without my direction or help this captured her personality remarkably well. She just got back this month from a year in Spain where she was teaching English. Welcome Home Nicky.

The only editing I did was to use the layer function in Photoshop and blur the background a bit. This helped focus your attention on the subject instead of the clutter happening behind her. After all, Nicky is more important than all those other people.  Family and friends excluded.

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Dave

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11. July 2009 by David.

I was driving to the Post Office when I noticed the firemen from the Madera County Fire Department were washing their trucks. I took several photos of bright chrome and big trucks but I liked this one of a front fender most. Just after I took this they pulled out. After-all it was the Fourth of July.

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Dave

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9. July 2009 by Friedhelm.

These houses were reconstructed according to archaeological findings of stone-age villages around Lake Constance in southern Germany. There is very little known about the people that lived there. Interestingly enough is that the basic structure has not changed much.

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