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Your Best Photo, Week Ending 1 November 2015


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Sometime before midnight (whatever time zone you are in) this Sunday, 1 November 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.

 

Don't forget the Editing Exercise as well--even if you didn't officially "sign up" you can still participate.

 



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I will start off this week with two shots I took of this mornings sunrise at two different locations in our town

1) D750, sigma 24-105, iso 50, 53mm @ f22, 2 sec exp

2) D750, sigma 24-105, iso 100, 35mm @ f4.5, 20 sec exp

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I've had two new challanges this week. First was an orchestral concert in a church (horrible lighting), and my first ever engagement shoot - which I'm chuffed with.

 

22566939052_6d335b34de_c.jpgKelly & Craig-19 by Lee Kulik, on Flickr

 

21959486183_fe82ab6864_c.jpgKelly & Craig-5 by Lee Kulik, on Flickr

 

22554392426_13679495ab_c.jpgKelly & Craig-23 by Lee Kulik, on Flickr

 

They have also asked me to shoot their wedding next year... no pressure!



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Great captures Lee.

Here are two of mine about autumn colours.

Both taken with the D610 and Mikro Nikkor 60/2.8, mounted on a tripod with the arm being in a horizontal position.
The leafs are exposed on a white 80g paper,

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f11 1/4s@ISO100
Camera flash combined with a LED light

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f11 1/4s@ISO100
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We were back at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens last weekend for a antique car show they were having. In spite of a pretty large crowd I managed to get a few good images. All of them were made with my D610 and my equally antique AF24-120D. Most of the images I took were shot at either 24mm or close to it.

 

D610

AF Nikkor 24-120D

Available light.

 

--Ron

 

RH_FTBG_Car_Show-6.jpg   RH_FTBG_Car_Show-7.jpg   RH_FTBG_Car_Show-5.jpg

 



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Sweet.  It must be nice to have a backdrop other than asphalt.



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Sweet.  It must be nice to have a backdrop other than asphalt.

 

Oh yeah! The last outdoor car show I did was at a dealer and it was a mess. The cars were nice enough but there were no decent backgrounds anywhere. Just about every shot had telephone poles or wires sticking out somewhere or another. About the only thing you could do was shoot down from close in and hope for the best. This show was nice... even if the sky turned out to be somewhat less than what the local Chamber of Commerce would like. And I only posted a small subset of images I got. As you can probably tell from the '67 Corvette shot, the Corvette clubs were well represented.

 

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The Ghost of a Jilted Lover roams the grounds of Gunston Hall FOREVER, EVER, Ever, ever...

 

22025586164_b2640a397f_o.jpgDSC_7401 by fiftyonepointsix, on Flickr

 

Nikkor 85/2 Ais, wide-open of the Df.

 

Happy Halloween



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I have a rather strange group of images after lots of shooting this week...

 

First, a shot from last Saturday's baseball scrimmage...

 

UVAWiseScrimmage-5246.jpg

D4, 200-400, 1/1250, f4, ISO 400

 

And some fall color near the baseball field...

 

UVAWiseScrimmage-5382.jpg

D4, 200-400, 1/640, f8, ISO 800

 

Then one from a VERY dark football game on Friday night...

 

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D4, 200-400, 1/1000, f4, ISO 12800

 

And, a few from a unique Halloween Parade in our neighborhood...First our Super Heros...

 

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D4, 70-200, 1/400, f8, ISO 400

 

The youngest participant...

 

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D4, 24-70, 1/1600, f8, ISO 400

 

And for those who know horses, a "wet" Paint...

 

HalloweenHorses-7021.jpg

D4, 70-200, 1/400, f8, ISO 400

 

There were some other great costumed horses - one a "reverse" zebra and some ballerinas among about 20 different entries...I've been using my recently purchased D4 as my "second" camera - putting my "trusted" D4 on my primary body.  The new body got a good workout at the parade.  Even though two of the three I posted were with the 70-200, I took a good number with the 24-70 and was quite happy with the performance...I think I'll probably run it as the primary this week as its final test before my not caring which is which :)!



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Something abstract from me this week:

gallery_1251_413_55727.jpg

 

Body: D300

Lens: 105/2.5 Ai 

Aperture: f/8

Shutter: 1/60

ISO: 200

Profile: D2X Mode3

Lighting: A flagged flash head that lights standing water 10 cm below the subject.

 

Does anyone have a guess about what the subject is?



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Well the wedding has come and gone. A long day but full of lovely moments and great to have the family all together. Apart from the stress of doing the photography it was a great day. As with my other thread about this I have between 600 & 700 RAW images to get through. Here are a couple of my favs so far.

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Yee-ha! What a great bunch of images! 

 

Rob, your wedding shots look fabulous! So...do you think you'll be making a go of it as a wedding photographer? ;)

Peter--I am completely stumped. The only thing I could think of was the back of a blowdryer! Very fun abstract!

TBonz, I am, as always, a bit jealous of the many photo ops you seem to have surrounding you. Love those horses! And I can't figure out how that pitcher is going to get the ball to go where it's supposed to--he doesn't seem to be looking at his target. Fun shot though--hope he gets to see it.

Brian, that spooky lady looks great, and the bokeh on that lens is absolutely dreamy.

Ron, you made those cars look fantastic--wish I could figure out how to do that. And soon--I have a vehicle assignment coming up. Ugh. Help.

Jerry, such lovely colors. I really like the composition on your bottom image. Our colors didn't seem as vivid this year, so I'll just enjoy yours. :)

Lee, I hope "chuffed" means immensely thrilled (apparently I don't speak English) because those are stunning. No wonder they're asking you do their wedding.

Dean, beautiful sunrise images--I especially like the second one of the palm trees. The composition and the light really make that shot special. 

 

"The Origins of Halloween" was the theme for this week's Project 52 Pros assignment, so I thought I'd try something a bit different and do some light painting of a still life. I've done light painting on large scenes in the outdoors, but I've never light painted a small scene. It was a challenge, and I don't think my results were anywhere nearly as good as the experts' (Google Harold Ross to see it done well), but I had fun trying it. Since the theme involved the origins of Halloween, I thought I'd try to put together a "memento mori" image like one of the old masters might have done centuries ago. Had a great time coming up with the symbols!

 

22685983862_207ebdc7b6_b.jpgHalloween Still Life by Nicole Fernley, on Flickr

 

This image is a composite of six images--I light painted each element individually and then put them together in Photoshop (a bit sloppily, I know--don't be too hard on me). Most of the images were 15-20 second exposures during which I painted with an LED flashlight. To capture the smoke of the candle, I used a speed light and upped the shutter speed to...something faster. Can't remember. :) Anyhow, it was a fun experiment--I may try it again sometime.

 

P.S. All the negative space is to accommodate text for the required layout.



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They are building us a new building.   This was outside our shop trying the 50/1.8Ai on the D200

 

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Yee-ha! What a great bunch of images! 

 

Rob, your wedding shots look fabulous! So...do you think you'll be making a go of it as a wedding photographer? ;)

Peter--I am completely stumped. The only thing I could think of was the back of a blowdryer! Very fun abstract!

TBonz, I am, as always, a bit jealous of the many photo ops you seem to have surrounding you. Love those horses! And I can't figure out how that pitcher is going to get the ball to go where it's supposed to--he doesn't seem to be looking at his target. Fun shot though--hope he gets to see it.

Brian, that spooky lady looks great, and the bokeh on that lens is absolutely dreamy.

Ron, you made those cars look fantastic--wish I could figure out how to do that. And soon--I have a vehicle assignment coming up. Ugh. Help.

Jerry, such lovely colors. I really like the composition on your bottom image. Our colors didn't seem as vivid this year, so I'll just enjoy yours. :)

Lee, I hope "chuffed" means immensely thrilled (apparently I don't speak English) because those are stunning. No wonder they're asking you do their wedding.

Dean, beautiful sunrise images--I especially like the second one of the palm trees. The composition and the light really make that shot special. 

 

"The Origins of Halloween" was the theme for this week's Project 52 Pros assignment, so I thought I'd try something a bit different and do some light painting of a still life. I've done light painting on large scenes in the outdoors, but I've never light painted a small scene. It was a challenge, and I don't think my results were anywhere nearly as good as the experts' (Google Harold Ross to see it done well), but I had fun trying it. Since the theme involved the origins of Halloween, I thought I'd try to put together a "memento mori" image like one of the old masters might have done centuries ago. Had a great time coming up with the symbols!

 

22685983862_207ebdc7b6_b.jpgHalloween Still Life by Nicole Fernley, on Flickr

 

This image is a composite of six images--I light painted each element individually and then put them together in Photoshop (a bit sloppily, I know--don't be too hard on me). Most of the images were 15-20 second exposures during which I painted with an LED flashlight. To capture the smoke of the candle, I used a speed light and upped the shutter speed to...something faster. Can't remember. :) Anyhow, it was a fun experiment--I may try it again sometime.

 

P.S. All the negative space is to accommodate text for the required layout.

Thanks Nicole, it was a long and stressful day. I'm not sure I'm cut out to be a wedding photographer. I now understand why a Full Frame body and pro lens is vital for shooting this type of event. I would have loved to have the 24-70mm lens for this. I was finding that I didnt have room to get the shots I wanted inside the church, I tried my 10-20mm but the shots didnt look that great so my 50mm was my go to lens. After my D750 purchase I'll be saving for the 24-70. I did use the 85mm for some shots though, I'll post more in a new thread once I have all the RAW files processed.



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Wow!  Nicole, your image is amazing!  I think it would take me a week to simply put the images together, let alone take them...

 

You are right though...many very interesting images this week!  Peter, I'm going to guess some sort of exhaust cover?  

 

BTW, the pitcher actually was looking at the target...it doesn't look like the ball is headed that way even though it is...I have had that same reaction with some of my baseball photos - and football as well...he definitely got to see it and was happy with it and some of the others I got of him during the scrimmage.  He's been sharing a house with my son for 4 years and is one of the nicest young men you will ever meet.



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Thanks Nicole, it was a long and stressful day. I'm not sure I'm cut out to be a wedding photographer. I now understand why a Full Frame body and pro lens is vital for shooting this type of event. I would have loved to have the 24-70mm lens for this. I was finding that I didnt have room to get the shots I wanted inside the church, I tried my 10-20mm but the shots didnt look that great so my 50mm was my go to lens. After my D750 purchase I'll be saving for the 24-70. I did use the 85mm for some shots though, I'll post more in a new thread once I have all the RAW files processed.

 

Rob, I'm glad it was a good experience for you (despite being stressful), and the 24-70 is definitely my workhorse at weddings. It's a great all-around lens for more than just weddings too--I think you will enjoy having it. One suggestion I have--if I can save you from a mistake I made--is to be very selective about the files you decide to process for them. My first few weddings, I thought I had to give them as many pictures as I could--somehow I thought that more was better, and I spent HOURS processing tons of files. But nowadays, I think better is better.   :) I give far fewer files now, and I try to make sure that every file I give them is one I would feel proud of if they posted it on Facebook or something. Before, if it was in focus and everyone's eyes were open, I gave it to them. I shudder to think about what's out there with my name on it.

 

TBonz, thanks for the kind words. It took a few hours to shoot and process, but it wasn't too bad. Maybe with more practice I will get better and faster at it. And thanks for the explanation about where the pitcher is looking! Appearances make the physics look impossible! :)



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Peter, I was going to suggest as well a fan of some sort.  Maybe it is an atomic reactor.

 

What a great array of images this week.  Fall weather becomes us.



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It is the plastic wringer on an old Vileda mop bucket. The red light is caused by the red plastic the bucket is made of. It turned out much better than I thought when I started experimenting with light placement and flags.



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Fantastic idea Peter, I would never have guessed what it was, I was going to say a cooling fan on a PC.

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Still no new photos for me and back to re-processing old ones.

 

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Maddie Roscoe by Crew One Photography, on Flickr