D200

18 - 200 mm VR @ 32mm

1/80s at f/16

Shutter Priority ISO 100

I have been eyeing this view since we first moved here. This is taken from the shore of a piece of property that we had hoped might become available in the future. Unfortunantly, the property will not go up for sale because it is being donated to conservation. That is OK because this means that this view will always remain like this and won't end up overgrown with houses like most of the ponds around here.

Very little post processing was done on this one. I am pretty satisfied with the out of camera results here. I added a hint of fill lighting to bring out the leaf color in the forefront but that is about it. Hopefully, this situation can become the norm as opposed to the standard.

January 7, 2008

D200

18 - 200 mm VR at 95mm

I am welcoming in the New Year with a committment to both update this blog daily and to also take at least one photo every day as well. My goal in doing this is to become technically better at taking pictures (as opposed to relying more on luck), become more proficient with Photoshop and to practice the wriiten language in a more efficient and precise manner. Since making this commentment to myself, I have taken the photos daily but I have not updated this blog so, I have at least 3 days to make up for.

One of the reoccuring photo op locations that I will probably bore you with is the pond behind our house. It is a short walk to get back there and typically, there are no people around to disturb you. I was surprized to find these 5 swans hanging out in the sunshine. They were not in the least bit perturbed by my presence.

The stats on the original photo as taken from the camera were: 1/20s at f/18.0 with the light source listed at Tungsten. With this as the listed light source, it made all of the photos taken that day appear to have a flat blue cast to them. The camera was set for auto ISO but the ISO listed was 1600 which is really high and you can see the noise coming through the reflections off the icy water.

Surfing in Scituate Harbor

I had to check out Mother Nature during the April 16th Nor'easter. One of the things I found was a couple of surfers out in Scituate Harbor. I don't know whom was having the most fun. The surfers or the people watching them surf in the harbor.

Springtime at the Pond

At the pond behind the house. This swan was having a blast chasing away the geese.

Silly Goose!

Tufted Titmouse

Easter saw a huge new bird population at the bird feeder. This is one of the newest visitors, a Tufted Titmouse. They wouldn't let me have a photo op at the bird feeder but thought that the woods next to the house would be a better background. They were probably right.

You're really not pointing that thing at me are you?

This is my other half giving me the evil eye. He was trying to hide in the crowd so that I couldn't aim the camera his way. I had to crop out a bunch of stuff and resize the image so the image quality isn't that good.

Nanuk

This is Nanuk. I am trying to start using CS3 and Bridge. I think CS3 is better than CS2. Especially if you are shooting RAW. Here he is at the top of the stairs waiting for some kind of something to happen.