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Your Best Photo, Week Ending 6 September 2015


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Sometime before midnight (whatever time zone you are in) this Sunday, 6 September 2015, post the best photo you have taken this week. Any subject, any style--just give us your best shot.

 

If you can, list your EXIF info and any special lighting setups you may have used.

 

The editing exercise is about to start up again--if you're interested in participating, go sign up at the "roll call" thread that Peter has created.


 



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I guess I'm first this week...

 

I did not catch a bee in flight...actually, I caught several in flight, but they weren't my real subjects...a friend of ours who keeps bees was opening her hive yesterday and invited me up to get some photos.  I REALLY wish I'd had that 105 Micro, but went with my 24-70 for my first visit.  I'm going to join her next time she goes in and hopefully I will have the 105 by then!  On top of getting some interesting photos, I got a very interesting lesson on bees and bee keeping...maybe more learning and some honey next time! :)  Unless otherwise noted, D4, 24-70, f8, 1/500 at ISO 400...

 

The first is a shot to give you the general idea...she has just started opening up the closest of the hives with another hive behind her...the entrance (and a feeder) are located on the bottom of the hive on the opposite side from where she is standing.  You will notice three different sections of the hive...

 

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In the next image, she has pulled off the top two "boxes" and she is inspecting the boards in the bottom section of the hive...

 

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Closer and cropped below is one of the boards in the bottom section.  At about the bottom right third, I call your attention to the large bee with some green "paint" on it...that is the queen and she was quite a busy-bee...my host was happy to find her in the bottom section as apparently they work bottom to top of the hive...

 

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She checked all of the bottom boards and some on the next level as she put the hive back together...the white box on the top is smaller than the other two.  The opening between the two bottom boxes allows the queen to move back and forth, but she can't get into the top box...So, no eggs and just pure honey!  This is a close up of one of those boards...

 

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Well, it was quite a fun time and an excellent learning experience...and we did get to taste some of their wonderful honey!  I was well covered (except for my hands) and had a net hat, but I must say it took some time to get used to all the bees flying around me - especially when looking through the camera and not knowing where it was.  We all managed to avoid getting stung and the bees were apparently doing very well so I now look forward to our next encounter - when I have on gloves and have some macro capability!   

 

Oh yea, I have done some tests with the Nikon 1 V2, might try to get something with that to post later in the week!



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Got one I rather enjoyed:

 

20395882683_dd38b0fe4e_k.jpgLake and Park 639 by Todd Robbins, on Flickr

 

ISO 250

F 5.6

Shutter 1/400

Shot at 70 mm.  Almost too close for comfort



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Stacked Macro.

 

Shutter Priority

Shutter speed 2.5 sec

F/36

ISO 100

50mm lens with a 39mm extension tube.

Natural light with a fill in flash.

 

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An impressive capture, Jeff
I know it was done with stacking, but was wondering how you were taking the different captures of the stack?

Tom and Todd, also excellent captures that you have added to the thread.

I have nothing exceptional this week, so just adding the following

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Nikon 1 J5 10-30/3.5-5.6 PD 10mm (equiv 27mm on 35) f4 1/200@ISO160

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An impressive capture, Jeff
I know it was done with stacking, but was wondering how you were taking the different captures of the stack?

Tom and Todd, also excellent captures that you have added to the thread.

I have nothing exceptional this week, so just adding the following


Nikon 1 J5 10-30/3.5-5.6 PD 10mm (equiv 27mm on 35) f4 1/200@ISO160

 

 

 I'm not sure I know what you mean, Jerry.



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Jeff, I was wondering whether you use a tripod and take the captures with manual refocussing, or if you use a mechanic rail to move the camera (and if so, which system you are using)

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Oh! I see.

 

Yes I used a tripod and a focusing rail.  The focusing rail is a no-name cheapie I picked up on Amazon for twenty quid.  The tripod is a camlink.

 

The biggest problem with this shot is that I set the lens to f/7.1, and due to diffraction, the camera read that as f/36 - hence the 2.5 s shutter speed and that was with an off camera ring flash on continuous light.



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Took this a couple weeks ago and only now just uploaded it. Not extremely happy with these photos from this wedding. But I think only part of that is my fault. And yes, that is the bride n groom  <_<

 

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Allan & Emma by Crew One Photography, on Flickr



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I love what I'm seeing so far this week!

 

TBonz, I would love to photograph a beekeeper someday, so I'm a bit jealous--and your shots turned out great.

Todd, you were close!!! 70mm??? Powerful image though. Where were you?

Fogey, I'm impressed you were able to do focus stacking on a live subject (was it live? :) ). Very nicely done! 

Jerry, I like the lines in your image--very inviting. It makes me want to wander down that little road...

dcBear, lovely image from you, as always. That looks like a nice venue for a wedding. Interesting and unconventional clothing for the bride and groom... But you have piqued my curiosity--why are you unhappy with the images--and who shares the blame? :)

 

This week our subject for Project 52 Pros was air...how do you show air?? So, I kept it pretty simple. The weather was cooperatively windy yesterday, so we headed out to a bird refuge near the shore of the Great Salt Lake.

 

20984560719_c62cfbf198_b.jpgProject 52 Pros: Air by Nicole Fernley, on Flickr

 

Used the Tamron 70-200 for this windy little photoshoot. I originally tried a flash with a MagMod Bounce, but the light was still too small and harsh (and there was no way I was bringing out a softbox or umbrella in that wind, even though I had an assistant), so I put a silver reflector in front of the model. Unfortunately it wasn't quite enough to help me avoid overexposing the sky...oh well!

 

I haven't submitted this assignment yet...I'm not quite convinced this is the best I can do. If I find some time today, I may try something completely different.



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A few from another trip into Edinburgh today

 

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dcBear, lovely image from you, as always. That looks like a nice venue for a wedding. Interesting and unconventional clothing for the bride and groom... But you have piqued my curiosity--why are you unhappy with the images--and who shares the blame? :)

 

 

There's part of the problem. I was a last minute fill in as their photographer who was arranged had to cancel due to health. After talking to them I had this impression of what I was going to expect. I was told they met whilst traveling in India and that she was going to surprise him with a "tradition Indian wedding dress." I didn't clarify things, so my expectations were of something pretty outrageous, almost Bollywoodesque. So I agreed to do the wedding at an absurdly cheap price (original photographers price) as I thought I was going to capture some real magic and I felt it wasn't their fault their photographer who was arranged fell through.... I didn't expect a singlet, exposed bra and a $5 skirt bought from the local hippy shop!

 

Plus they were just not interested in getting photos taken. Despite that I imagine them being quite outgoing and fun people, they just clammed up and made it difficult. I know it is my responsibility to turn that around, but the opposite happened. They had a negative affect on me and I just got to a point where I know they didn't want to be there and neither did I.

 

I knew it was going to be small, just no idea it would be so casual. I really didn't have much to work with other than a nice location.

 

This was in a city 2 hours from where I live. I know these are not the greatest photos but I was really doubting myself the whole time back and felt terrible.

 

THEN when I showed her the previews she was concerned about how ugly the exposed bra was, how fat she looked and double chin in some photos and asked me to Photoshop them out. I of course agreed and gave her an updated estimate of the costs as per the agreed hourly rate to Photoshop about a quarter of all the photos. The new additional costs would add up to multiple times the initial fee (like I said stupidly cheap).... Needless to say they were happy to take them as they were. I still did some though, like remove the double chin and liquefied her top down to where her stomach was showing. I had always planned to do these anyway.

 

Seeing as I have ranted on the subject... A couple more....

 

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Allan & Emma by Crew One Photography, on Flickr

 

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Allan & Emma by Crew One Photography, on Flickr

 

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Allan & Emma by Crew One Photography, on Flickr

 

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Allan & Emma by Crew One Photography, on Flickr



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I took a stroll down to Uppsala east, the narrow-gauge railway station this morning.

 

First a HDR, shot while the train was boarding

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Body: D700

Lens: 35/2 O-Nikkor

Aperture: f/5.6

Shutter: 1/10-1/2500 9-shot HDR

ISO: 200

Profile: D2X Mode3

 

Then a shot just as the train was starting to accelerate.

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Body: D700

Lens: 35/2 O-Nikkor

Aperture: f/5.6

Shutter: 1/50

ISO: 200

 

Profile: D2X Mode3



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Here is another. The engineer has just started the steam feed building but he still holds the locomotive still on the brake.

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Body: D700

Lens: 35/2 O-Nikkor

Aperture: f/5.6

Shutter: 1/200

ISO: 200

Profile: D2X Mode3

Monochrome conversion in Silver Efex Pro; PanF, yellow-green filter, selenium toner, yellowish paper tone and a slight vignette.



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Peter, I remember that train from an editing exercise! It must be nice to have something so photogenic so accessible. We still have some narrow-gauge railroads and trains here in the US, and I have even ridden on one, but they usually seem to be in pretty remote areas (at least out here in the West). I like your steam-filled images!

 

Rob--those images of Edinburgh are lovely. You seem to be there often lately--lucky you! Number four with the castle is particularly nice.

 

dcBear...oh, man, you have my sympathy. I would have been disappointed too because a Bollywood-esque wedding would be an absolute blast to shoot! It looks like they will be getting some great images though--you made lemonade out of your lemons. 



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Nothing special from me as usual. I mounted the Nikkor 50 on my Pentax istDL with adapter, since it will meter the lens and I wanted to see what it would do. I ended up playing mostly. I like doing that :) . It is the best way for me to learn it seems. I decided to check out the flare ability along with effect of the adapter on the lens. So I shot into the morning sun. I shot at f11 F5.6 mostly but do not remember which shot was at what which f stop.here are a couple.  Not good but still fun doing. The rug was laying across the deck railing and is cropped but the others are straight out of the camera other than resized.

 

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1/90  iso 200

 

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1/1000 iso 200

 

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1/180 iso 200



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Peter, I remember that train from an editing exercise! It must be nice to have something so photogenic so accessible. We still have some narrow-gauge railroads and trains here in the US, and I have even ridden on one, but they usually seem to be in pretty remote areas (at least out here in the West). I like your steam-filled images!

 

Rob--those images of Edinburgh are lovely. You seem to be there often lately--lucky you! Number four with the castle is particularly nice.

 

dcBear...oh, man, you have my sympathy. I would have been disappointed too because a Bollywood-esque wedding would be an absolute blast to shoot! It looks like they will be getting some great images though--you made lemonade out of your lemons. 

Thanks Nicole, Yes I'm very lucky at the moment, have some free weekends, great weather and a 15 minute train ride into Edinburgh, think I'll be going quite a lot over the next few months too.



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Thanks, Nicole.

Uppsala east station was separate from the central station by a bit over a kilometer and quite isolated, but they moved the station house and extended the tracks when the new central station was built some years ago. The narrow-gauge tracks are now track 9 and 10 of the complex that is "resecentrum" (travel centre) with all types of rail traffic, bus traffic and taxis collected in one place. If the weather cooperates and I find the time, I will try to take some photos of this strange complex this week.



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"Better late than never!" Spent a lot of time on the computer, but not editing pictures taken over the last week...

 

21374919881_6351e88fcf_o.jpgDSC_6392 by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr

 

Nikkor 200/4 Ai, wide-open on the Df. Taken through a fence at the reston zoo, positioned so the eyes were through an opening in the fence.