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I would definitely use this one.
March 18, 2012 – Doris by El_Pickerel, on FlickrSo I’m terrible at this, but there doesn’t seem to be much traffic here and I don’t want to flood with stuff. Here’s some B&W prints I have done in my class. We’ve only started spotting, so I will probably touch up some of these. I bought an F5 just for this class, because I wanted to be able to use all my newest lenses that have vibration reduction and no aperture ring, and have a 100% viewfinder.
West River at Brattleboro by El_Pickerel, on FlickrNikon F5 – AF-S 16-35mm f/4G VR – Kentmere K100
Em by El_Pickerel, on FlickrNikon F5 – AF-S 70-200mm f/2.8G VR – Kentmere K100
West River Dock by El_Pickerel, on FlickrNikon EL2 – Tokina 100mm f/2.8D Macro – Fujifilm Superia 400
Lambertville – New Hope Crossings by El_Pickerel, on FlickrNikon EL2 – 50-300mm f/4.5 w/ Kenko 1.4x teleconverter – Ilford HP5+
Haven’t touched this in a while, so here’s an abstract thing. White balance, saturation and luminance extensively tinkered with in Lightroom.
March 11, 2012 – Array by El_Pickerel, on FlickrNikon D7000 – AF-S 24mm f/1.4G – f/2.8 – ISO 100 – 1/320sec
Because I’m so far behind (getting better!) here’s a shot from my first day with the 85mm f/1.8G
_DSG6902 by El_Pickerel, on FlickrNikon D7000 – AF-S 85mm f/1.8G – f/1.8 – ISO 3200 – 1/50sec
Some ideas I have…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/el_pickerel/7150816819/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/el_pickerel/7129533765/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/el_pickerel/6943983314/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/el_pickerel/7024247701/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/el_pickerel/7023591299/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/el_pickerel/7827125324/And if I actually haven’t used this yet in a farktography contest, I really want to pull this one out…
One time while I was backpacking, a grasshopper roughly 5″ long decided to jump up and hitch a ride on my knuckle. It also decided to try eating my knuckle. While watching this ginormous grasshopper trying to nom on my hand, I realized just how complicated they are! Could see all the parts at work clearly. Unfortunately this was the trip before I had my BlackRapid strap, so my camera was not on hand to try capturing the site. After that episode, and another instance where a teeny tiny salamander fell on my head, I really got the thought in my head to bring a macro lens + speedlight while hiking. Wish I could justify it… so few shots I’d use a macro for, but I need it for those shots.
Here’s the teeny tiny salamander, shot with an ultrawide zoom and heavily cropped…
Redback Salamander by El_Pickerel, on FlickrI like the parallelism (is that even a word?) in the second… the first one really messed up my sense of perspective, which just made me look at it even more.
Want a messed up sense of perspective? Try taking photos while balanced on a log! Perspective seen through viewfinder or LCD not matching what gravity is telling you + being pretty far off the ground on a narrow thing = yikes!
Man, I wish I was from Portland, Oregon. It was fun yesterday back to college for the first day. Me at a community college, oh goodness what contrast! I could have just time-traveled from a college campus in the 70s, to what things look like today at a suburban community college. And I don’t mind the difference in the least. I’m me and stuff!
Today’s shot is courtesy of French Creek State Park and Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site, two parks adjacent to each other in Pennsylvania.
_DSG5905 by El_Pickerel, on FlickrNikon D7000 – AF-S 70-200mm f/2.8G VR1 – 70mm – f/5.6 – ISO 100 – 1/640sec
And here’s a photo from a dance later that day… some motion blur on account of the terrible lighting and me already pushing my camera pretty far, but hooray for twirly skirts!
_DSG6058 by El_Pickerel, on FlickrNikon D7000 – AF 50mm f/1.8D – f/1.8 – ISO 3200 – 1/160sec
Last shot I’ll put on this post – friend being bizarre at a diner post-dance. Wish I had a shot from that one time we walked into the diner with someone on my back, playing a ukelele, but there was someone on my back, playing a ukelele…
_DSG5781 by El_Pickerel, on FlickrNikon D7000 – AF-S 24mm f/1.4G – f/1.4 – ISO 800 – 1/20sec
Okay, maybe I will not do this daily since that will feel spam-ish. Or I’ll just edit new photos onto existing posts so there’s a few in each post. Anywho, here’s one for today. Pretty appropriate for fark, what with the dominating streetlight. I stopped at the Bennington Battle Monument on my way home from a dance weekend in Greenfield, MA and Brattleboro, VT in May. Didn’t wind up spending time there since my passengers just wanted to go home, but as I walked back to the truck I noticed the streetlight lining up with the monument and making for a (probably) unique perspective. And a pretty appropriate one for fark, what with the streetlight emphasis and stuff. 😛
_DSG5713 by El_Pickerel, on FlickrNikon D7000 – AF-S 16-35mm f/4G VR – 27mm – f/8 – ISO 100 – 1/400sec
A couple new shots, from a dance weekend at the end of May. I am so far behind on my processing… Greenfield, MA. Guiding Star Grange, a dance hall legendary in the contra dance community. The lighting was great here early in the day, too.
_DSG4886 by El_Pickerel, on Flickr
_DSG4882 by El_Pickerel, on FlickrUsing old lenses can be fun. I have an AI-modified 50-300mm f/4.5 that’s much older than I am. It definitely doesn’t take photos that are sharp and contrasty, but it certainly has its look and it is fun and challenging to use this lens.
_DSD9170 by El_Pickerel, on Flickr
