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Didn’t feel much for this contest, unfortunately. But one can’t be thrilled with all themes, I suppose.

I wasn’t loving this one or last week’s. However, a week at the beach has netted me quite a few shots for future themes so I’ve got that going for me.

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My only worthwhile b-side. I love this shot of my mother in law’s cat but decided to save this one for another contest.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/38736385@N02/5079

The family is going to the aquarium tomorrow. It will be too late for this contest, but any advice on shooting in such an environment would be appreciated.

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I have nothing for this contest. Unless I can find something buried in the archive, I’ll be sitting this one out. The prospects for next week look almost as grim.

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I went back to Nikon and downloaded the trial version again. Even though the file name is the same, apparently now I have the more recent version (2.2.4). I’m not sure I understand what happened but the upshot is that it now recognizes the NEF format so I got that going for me.

Now I’m off to figure out how to use it.

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I like the color version best. As far as the composition, I like it although it would have been nice to capture it from the other side with the girls faces showing and the wheelchair in the background.

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I downloaded the trial version which is 2.0.0. I am using Windows 7 and assume that it is 32-bit. Not sure about that last part.

I will check out the flickr group to see if I can figure it out there.

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I’m trying something different for tonight’s contest. I am going solely on the opinion of my 4-year old. I gave her seven choices and am going with her top three. We’ll see how the voting goes with this strategy. It’s got to be better than me picking.

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i took the D3000 to the nature center swamp walk place today and shot 263 images in an hour+. it’s nice but the exposure meter doesn’t deal well with bright sun and deep shadows. i’ll need to learn how to compensate for that. unfortunately the EV+/- is menu driven unlike the 7D which has a convenient knob.

Have you messed around with the Active-D lighting feature? I haven’t had an opportunity to play with it much but it should help with the shadows.

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I’m thinking Bass Pro Shops, myself. It’s easy, it’s close, and they have an aquarium or three.

I hadn’t thought about that. We have one of those close by too.

I have almost nothing in the archives for this one. Need to get busy.

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Congrats. PeriRies and I upgraded to a DSLR from a point and shoot last year. We’ve loved it. Even on auto or the pre-programmed scenes, it takes much better pictures than the P&S. The lack of a shutter delay makes it more likely that Peri will take pictures. Our only regret is that we didn’t buy one sooner for pictures of the baby (now a 4-year old).

Have fun with your new toy!

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Rav – I like the first one better because of the iridescent green on the fly. Plus you get more detail of the fly.

/Same disclaimer as previous post.

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I say cut Gumby in favor of the lasers. I’m almost always wrong in my own picks so take my suggestion with a grain of salt. Or do the opposite. That might work.

I’m having a similar problem. I can’t decide which of these six I like best (or least).

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She was also dumb enough to to spell her name wrong on the portfolio page.

Good catch. I missed that.

It is sad. I feel bad for people who paid hundreds of dollars for a hack photographer.

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If it’s any consolation at all, the votes I get are almost invariably opposite to what I’d expect (the one I expect to get highest is lowest, the one I expect to be lowest is highest, etc.)

My thoughts exactly. Anyone else feel this way?

Yes. Yes. A thousand time yes. I think next week, I’m going to start with my least favorite of the 6-8 and move up the list just to test my theory that I cannot be trusted to judge what is vote worthy.

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My b’s, let show them to you…

http://www.flickr.com/photos/38736385@N02/4980366165/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/38736385@N02/4980362547/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/38736385@N02/4891954771/in/photostream/

I think I picked the best three. The votes will tell though, and I’ll be left scratching my head – again.

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