*** The Photography Thread ***

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Thanks! I'm psyched about it... after months of procrastination.

I felt like I was becoming too dependent on "available light", and not experimenting enough with other avenues of creativity. This was laziness due to my comfort level with natural light shots; I just didn't want to learn something new. So I really had to force myself to acquire studio gear. It's making me learn how to use strobes properly - which is another step in the learning process I'm excited about entering into (after my initial hesitation)!

I am actually shopping for a macro studio setup this days. got a macro lens this Christmas and want to get the light box and some lights. won't take much space....

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Near my home in Superior. This Fall. Ones of the first shots with my wide lens.

[JustSomeDude]

I am actually shopping for a macro studio setup this days. got a macro lens this Christmas and want to get the light box and some lights. won't take much space....

Ooo!! Macro is fun!! Wait 'til the spring... you can score some SWEET insect and snowmelt macr0 photos up in the mountains!

[spdu4ia]

[LambeauXLIV]

A few from a recent trip to the Sequoia National Park...

[MetaLord 9]

^^Bike is hiding?

[usmcab35]

^haha

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I thought this was the last snow we see this winter... I was wrong...

[FZRguy]

Def not......we get the most snow in March and April (but much warmer temps).

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I nearly got arrested taking this shot. I was only 5-6 minutes on the spot when cops show up just to make sure I wasn't a Russian spy or something like it...

Shot of SunCor Energy company is taken from the highway, using 10 second exposure with gradient colored Cokin filters.

[JustSomeDude]

Some fun with headshots in yesterday's snow...



To better control lighting on snowy/cloudy day I implemented:
- off camera flash
- reflector

[FZRguy]

"Red hair and black leather, my favorite color scheme."

[vort3xr6]

Some shots I took this past week. First time firing up the camera in months.

[Mother Goose]

Went up to Longmont last weekend to tell Ricky Orlando good luck on his record breaking laps @ Daytona next weekend. Decided to stop by one of the sugar mills to take some pictures. I didn't get to go in and explore, because I didn't have the proper attire, plus I had Kristin and Gia in the car. So these are all from outside the fence.

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[JustSomeDude]

Went up to Longmont last weekend to tell Ricky Orlando good luck on his record breaking laps @ Daytona next weekend. Decided to stop by one of the sugar mills to take some pictures.

Keep your wits about you when exploring that place... cameras all over it, including some infrared jobbers. Considering a copper thief got nailed there 10 days ago, consider yourself lucky for having no run-ins with Johnny Law. That place is on the radar...

"after he reportedly admitted to breaking into the abandoned sugar mill to take copper to recycle for money. Deputies also arrested him on suspicion of theft from a business on Sugar Mill Road.

The business owner reported the theft of a reciprocating saw and welding cables and told deputies he suspected that either a transient or former employee took the items.

Boulder County sheriff’s deputies walked to NAMEREMOVED nearby encampment — which a sheriff’s report describes as a two-room bunker partially dug into the ground north of BLANKED — to talk with him.

According to sheriff’s reports, NAMEREMOVED told the deputies he would go into the sugar mill to take copper wire, then sell it to a recycling business in Longmont. Deputies recovered a receipt from a recycling business showing that he sold 82 pounds of yellow brass and 7 pounds of copper for a total of $175.63."

With the recent incident at Gates, and this numnuts up at the Sugar Mill, a lot of these abandoned properties are being closely monitored.

Just an FYI - and to remember to use your head when urban exploring.

[asp_125]

+1 they are after all still private property even though they are abandoned. I make it a point to carry my business card.

[JustSomeDude]

Joe's Shoe Repair
Five Points :: March 11, 2011



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Just playing with product photography
March 10, 2011

[TorchRedCorvette]

I'm no pro, but here are my contributions...

Eiffel tower in Paris, France; view out of ruins at Weobly Castle in Wales; Castell Caerffilli, also in Wales (photoshopped); hermit crabs near the beach in Rincon, Puerto Rico; and a turret in the sun at one of the old forts in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

[stimacsays]

I miss Paris.

[dirkterrell]

The fog around the Flatirons is looking nice this morning:



Dirk

[Nick_Ninja]

^ very nice

[Mother Goose]

DSC_4479-edit by WICKed Photos, on Flickr

[Dr. Joe Siphek]

don't take this the wrong way Wick but...

[Mother Goose]

Thanks?