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Post by GeneW on Oct 4, 2007 19:09:25 GMT -5
I did some more shooting around the yard today and liked these three (you can click on them to see a larger version): Maple Leaf Bumblebee on Native Sunflower Maple Leaf & Birdbath I also shot a test roll of FP4 through my new Minolta Autocord but it'll be awhile until I get it developed. These shots taken with Nikon D200 and Nikon AFS 18-55 Gene |
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Post by ellacoya1 on Oct 4, 2007 19:24:32 GMT -5
I love the brown leaf in the birdbath, what a pretty shot. The closeup of the bee is pretty cool, too.
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Post by vintageslrs on Oct 4, 2007 20:24:47 GMT -5
Gene
Magnificent shots once again!
My favorite is the leaf in the birdbath........how do you take such a common scene and see it as and make it a superb photo?
Great job!
Bob
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Post by herron on Oct 4, 2007 21:33:09 GMT -5
Gene, Gene, Gene...whatever are we going to do with you?  You keep insisting on finding those extraordinary shots in the most ordinary places! I picked a leaf out of the birdbath yesterday. You turned yours into art!
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Post by GeneW on Oct 4, 2007 22:11:47 GMT -5
Sherri, Bob, Ron, thanks kindly.
Honestly there's nothing special here -- just a bit of looking at ordinary things to see if there's an angle or lighting or texture or something that makes it interesting. Something like a bee in the middle of it :-)
The leaf in the birdbath is my fave too.
Gene
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Post by herron on Oct 5, 2007 10:55:22 GMT -5
Gene: That's where I think you're wrong. There IS something special here. You have a way of finding that "something that makes it interesting" that eludes most people. That's a gift, whether you realize it or not. Some people achieve that only with extraordinary effort and hard work. You seem to do it instinctively. That's what I admire about your pictures. You should make that book, Gene. Call it "Ordinary Things." I'll buy it. 
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Post by olroy2044 on Oct 5, 2007 11:36:13 GMT -5
Me 2, Gene--awesome work, as always. Roy
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Post by Wahoo on Oct 5, 2007 14:04:59 GMT -5
Gene,
We all know that what ever 'it is' to taking a *star* photograph, youv'e got in spades.
Daniel
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Post by mickeyobe on Oct 5, 2007 14:11:22 GMT -5
Gene's magic once again.
The transformation of a dry brown leaf into a beautiful picture is nothing short of magical.
Mickey
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Post by John Parry on Oct 5, 2007 15:37:43 GMT -5
Whoo
I'd have been so proud of that bumble-bee! My technique for that kind of photo is to set the lens for minimum focus distance, and gradually move in till it gets there. Do you set the camera close and let the Auto-focus do the business? I'd always be eating my heart out out - could I have got closer? !! LOL
Another lovely set Gene - Well done
Regards - John
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Post by doubs43 on Oct 5, 2007 16:48:06 GMT -5
I'll echo what others have said so well: Great shots once again. The Bumblebee is tack sharp and I like that image very much but I'll go with the crowd here; number three is the winner.
Glad to see you recovering nicely and hope you continue to improve untill you're at 100%.... or better.
Walker
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Post by herron on Oct 8, 2007 21:58:04 GMT -5
I can't even claim this shot...although it is in the family. My wife took this last weekend, using her little Canon Digital Elph (Powershot SD400), while visiting her father's farm in Grand Haven.  There were wild turkeys roaming near the house, not long after sunrise. |
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Post by herron on Oct 8, 2007 22:06:08 GMT -5
Wish I could, but I can't claim this one, either...she's starting to get good!  This is a GIANT old ash tree. Written up as the largest one in the township. There is little in the shot to give it perspective...but if my wife were to stand on my shoulders she could still not reach the lowest main branch. My father-in-law has a picture of himself under the tree with his mother, when he was about four (he's almost 91 now) -- and the tree was huge even then! My wife was up early...there's still a bit of fog or mist about, and the sun has just begun to hit the branches......the beginnings of a very pleasant day in the Shire........ |
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Post by GeneW on Oct 9, 2007 9:05:54 GMT -5
John, Walker, thanks.
Ron, I like both of these shots very much. That ash tree is majestic!
Gene
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Post by herron on Oct 9, 2007 10:39:44 GMT -5
Thanks, Gene. I'll have to tell my wife....of course, she might then want a better camera...and that could lead to needing lenses, too...not to mention the possibility of her wanting even more cameras, some of them still using film..and of course the accessories and such that were made for them...and...GOOD GRIEF!...she could become a collector too...and we'd need an extra room or two, since she probably wouldn't want to collect the same cameras I do, but if she did we'd have to come up with some way to tell them apart, short of spray-painting them "his" and "hers"...and then, and then............. Scary hole to fall in. Methinks I'll just print out what she needs and go light on the praise.......  But she did a nice job. |
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