Just hanging out at the beach provides some great opportunities.

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Here's a shot taken on the 6th night of my SW trip. It was really late and Wayne and I where trying to squeeze in as many locations as we could before he had to head back to Salt Lake for a flight home. We hit this spot and immediately started setting up the lighting, It seemed that after shooting together for a short time we managed to work out a great procedure to prevent spoiled exposures do to a headlamps being turned on during an exposure, and after an hour or so it seemed like we had been shooting together for years, we were snapping away and not having any difficulty stepping on toes so to speak. The first night we were shooting together at the Kiva, Wayne had kindly offered to let me use his 6D since he would be using a new Nikon 810a and it was a tempting offer, and now that I think about it, I probably should have, just to say I had a photo taken with Wayne Pinkston's camera. But I was determined to see it through with my 70D so I really push the ISO on this shot and extend my exposure time as there would be less movement in the MW at this angle. The milky way was really high in the sky at about 2:00am which makes for a bluer sky and at this angle I didn't have to fight with light pollution. I was able to capture this shot at my camera's maximum ISO setting and It is a single exposure at 4000k white balance. All of the night photos from this trip I have been varying the white balance so that I could establish a white balance I like the best. :)

We used "LLL" to light the scene here.

For more information about the LLL technique(LowLevelLighting) you can visit lowlevellighting.org

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This is is not an hdr,i used luminosity-masks,and high pass sharpening filter and a lot of selections and masks to create the final.

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This is going to be a long commentary so pull up a chair and get comfortable. You good, Ok here goes.

This is a shot of the False Kiva in Canyonlands National Park. Taken on day 3 of the southwest tour. It is a panorama of 10 images shot vertically, overlapping 50% between shots.

The Kiva is a cave formation in the side of a cliff with an arduous path leading up to it and at about a mile (.08) makes it a fairly easy hike to get there. Or so I thought. Hear me out!!

While making the preparations for this shot and my trip, I saw a cool photo from my favorite Nightscape photographer Wayne Pinkston, and decided to make a comment about going on this trip. He replied back and said that he would be there at the same time for a couple of days. So, we arranged to meet at the Canyonlands Visitor Center. We originally planned to head up to the Kiva much earlier but when we met I found we had so much in common that we sat there chatting for 2 hrs about a variety of photography topics, scouting, shooting, processing, equipment, and Flickr. What a treat it was to meet up with him. He is the nicest guy and a fantastic photographer. By the time we headed out to the Kiva it was already dark, but we were both "sure" that we could find it. So we trekked off down the trail and quickly found it difficult to follow because some of it goes over solid rock and to make matters worse, the rangers frequently remove the cairns that mark the trail, making it even more difficult to follow. After some time though we relocated the trail and spent the better part of the night shooting at the Kiva. I had pre-visualized this shot well before arriving here and purchased an Indian headdress from Amazon to use as a shadowcaster, which is what has created the shadows across the roof of the cave and Wayne set up some lighting back down the trail some ways to help illuminate the far inside canyon. We wrapped up at around 1:30am and headed out to shoot Mesa Arch at sunrise, except!! we couldn't find the trail out. we scoured the area for signs of a trail with no success, and after shining my flashlight over the edge of the cliffside and seeing nothing but pitch black several times, we decided to campout for a while and wait for some early morning light to help us out. Wayne was running a GPS app on his phone and it helped somewhat but not enough to accurately direct us back to the trail, but when some pre-dawn light showed up we easily found the trail and were on our way.

I love Flickr, where else can you connect with other like minded people and get lost together in the desert. :)

My family and friends thought I was nuts. "Are you crazy" your going out to the desert 900 miles away in the middle of nowhere to meet a stranger from the internet you've never met in person in the middle of the night? "Good luck with that, they said"

Later, After the trip Wayne sent me a screenshot of the GPS map and it looked like we had spent the 2 hrs at the visitor center pounding down inebriating cocktails. LOL :) All told we managed to add 4 miles to the trip just trying to find the trail but man what fun it was and quite exhilarating. What an adventure we had and one I will never forget, not in a bad way, but in a good way. Yea we missed the sunrise at Mesa Arch and I'm not sure about Wayne, but it was my best day shooting photography so far. I kept thinking as we walked around searching for the trail "Man here I am walking around in the middle of the night in the middle of the desert with Wayne Pinkston....Wayne Freaking Pinkston, what "Luck" (Good). :)

For more of the story see Wayne's comments below in the comments section.

Wayne my friend, I thoroughly enjoyed every step and would do it again in a heartbeat!!! Thank you so much. :)

We had originally planned to do some back-packing to get there and managed to do some back-tracking to get out. :)

If you have never heard of Wayne Pinkston, do yourself a favor and visit his awesome stream at this address.

www.flickr.com/photos/pinks2000/

***Sidenote... I was so into the whole feel of this location I downloaded a couple of Navajo songs to play on my JBL Flip while there. I made sure that the songs had no indian words or chants, I wouldn't want to raise any ancient spirits while there. :) It really gave the whole scene a nice ambience at the time of shooting, the acoustics here are amazing.

****And "thank you" for taking the time to read my description and look at my photos. As always, your views, comments, faves, and support are greatly appreciated!! Have an awesome weekend everyone :)

This is the first 5 mins. of sunrise on Mt. Goode. Taken last weekend in the Sierra high country just below Bishop Pass. Located outside of Bishop, Calif.

I woke at 5:00am and trekked off to the lower tarn to grab the morning light on Mount Goode. The wind was blowing at about 20 miles an hour and the temp was a chilly 18 degrees. My fingers were numb and the wind had tears streaming down my face which felt like it was freezing on my cheeks. I was wearing a pair of glacier glasses but a regular pair of ski goggles is what I really needed.

During my forced stay in Bishop, I say forced stay because in order to obtain a walk in permit you have to arrive one day early to collect the permit and then you are barred from entering until the following day, forcing you to stay in town or find a campsite in the area and enter the next day. Or sneak in Hehe. So during my "Wait" I decided to visit Galen Rowells "Mountain Light Fineart Gallery" to absorb some inspiration from a world renowned local photographer. His work has had some impact on my photography and since he was a regular in the Sierra Nevada, I thought it would be nice to see some of the amazing sites he has witnessed.

I have backpacked over 700 Miles in the Sierra Nevada Mountains stretching from Mount Whitney to Lake Tahoe and usually carry 75-80 Lbs without a problem. My new dilemma is how to get 10 Lbs worth of photo gear inside my pack with my camping gear and get the weight down below 80 Lbs. Which was the weight of my pack on this trip, but only after omitting some of my favorite gadgets. (70-200 Lens, 2x tele-extender, iPod, Chair, Sturdy Tripod, etc). Not sure how Galen carried around a large format camera and his gear but it's no wonder he like to shoot here, the light is spectacular even with an annoying absence of clouds.

I took this shot at an elevation of 11,500 ft looking across at Mount Goode from the Timberline Tarns in the John Muir Wilderness.

Thanks for taking the time to take a look at my photos, and as always, your views, comments, faves, and support are greatly appreciated!! Have a great Wednesday ahead!! :)

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This is is not an hdr,i used luminosity-masks,and high pass sharpening filter and a lot of selections and masks to create the final.

Thank you for taking your time to view my image.

Fotografía capturada frente a la ermita de El Rocío, município de Almonte, provincia de Huelva (Andalucía).

Cámara Nikon D850 con lente 24-120 F4/G-VR editada con Capture NX-D de Nikon y Photoshop CS6

Recomiendo ver en grande / I recommend see in larger, clicking on the imagen.

lateral shot (stack in zerene, 3 images)

size : smaller than 1mm

When I find a male they are a lot smaller than the females, I think at first they are juvenile springtails ...

Image created from multiple exposures blended together in Photoshop CS6 layers using the "Lighten" blend mode. All exposures were taken with a single Einstein strobe with a 22" beauty dish attached to a boom arm. Send me a FlickrMail message, and I'll be more than happy to send you some information on mostly how I photograph this style and what equipment I use.

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Washing clothes

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Photoshop practicing.

Hope you like it :)

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Captured this with three RAW shots at -2..0..+2 EV using an ND8 filter. Digital blending in Photoshop CS6. I increased the overall saturation with Hue/Saturation in Photoshop. Curve adjustment to increase the overall contrast. 1 layer mask in soft light mode at 50% gray, using brush tool to lighten and darken some areas of the image, to bring out details. Topaz DeNoise to reduce noise.

Multnomah Falls at Columbia River Gorge Oregon in Spring on a rainy day. Have a Happy Monday!

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Cámara Nikon D850 con lente 24-120 F4/G-VR editada con Capture NX-D de Nikon y Photoshop CS6

Recomiendo ver en grande / I recommend see in larger, clicking on the image.

2 springtails, the disappearing springtail is one of the 2 and added afterwards in photoshop cs6.

happy palm just dancing to the music

Long exposure photograph taken with an ND 3.0 1000x filter and developed in Canon's DPP and a slight processing of levels in PS.

Settings: 20'' F8.0 58mm ISO 50

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Paper bark trees stand together in the dawn light.

A pastoral scene from farmland around Berry, taken slightly later than the previous image.

4 images stitched and blended in CS6.

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Autumn color close-up...nothing else like the colors of fall and a perfectly blue sky!!

Technical Information (or Nerdy Stuff):

Camera - Nikon D7200 (handheld)

Lens – Nikkor 18-300mm Zoom

ISO – 200

Aperture – f/5.6

Exposure – 1/500 second

Focal Length – 100mm

The original RAW file was processed with Adobe Camera Raw and final adjustments were made with Photoshop CS6.

"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11

started out as a pan of bicycle riders in their neon attire

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a) Nikon D800E + Nikon MB-12 Battery Pack Impugnatura con impostazione live View;

b) Sigma 150mm f/2.8G APO-Macro DG HSM (impostazione fuoco a Infinito fisso) + filtro Canon Close-Up Lens 500D 72mm + paraluce;

c) Formato “24:36” – Dimensione Immagine Originale“L-7360x4912 Dpi” – Dimensione Originale File Mb 103 – Qualità “Raw” – Espsizione “Media a Prevalenza Centrale” – I. Dinamico “HIGH” – Spazio Colore “S-RGB” – Stabilizzazione “No” – Messa a Fuoco “Manuale” – Impostazione Iso “400” – Bilanciamento del Bianco “Auto 1” – Regolazione Immagine Colore “0-0-0-0” – NR su ISO Elevati (Moderata - Bassa);

d) Focale impiegata 150mm;

e) Rapporto di Riproduzione Ingrandimento 0,68/1,00;

f) Esposizione Tempo 1/250s con apertura a f.4,4 su Monopiede Manfrotto;

g) Cavetto Elettonic Nikon MC-36 (per evitare le vibrazioni);

h) Sono stati impiegati due Flash: il primo di schiarita Nikon SB-900 Wireless (tenuto a mano) posizionato leggermente in basso a destra con parabola direzionata verso le ali della prima farfalla a circa 90cm programmato sul “Canale A” con riduzione del lampo di 1+1/3 di stop + diffusore a cupola SW-13H (Nikon) + il secondo Flash Gruppo Nikon Kit Macro RiC1 con 4 Seedlight SB-200 pilotate in Wireless (I due superiori con applicato il Filtro diffusore Nikon SW-11a quelli superiori schermo libero) + (riduzione del lampo delle lampade superiori di – 1/3 stop, aumento della potenza del lampo delle lampade inferiori di +1/3 ) + Nikon Wireless Speedlight Commander SU-800 montato sulla slitta della macchina:

i) Lettura Esposimetrica Media a Prevalenza Centrale (campo di azione della lettura fra le zampe delle due farfalle a sinistra e il busto della farfalla a destra) con impostazione a priorità dei diaframmi;

l) E’ stato utilizzato il Faretto Manfrotto regolato ad 1/3 della potenza (luce 1900°Kelvin) posizionato in alto sopra la scena all’altezza delle due farfalle superiori in modo da attutire le leggere ombre azzurre e abbassare la temperatura cromatica della scena per vivacizzare i colori pastello delle striature arancioni delle ali delle farfalle. Tutto il lavoro è stato effettuato verso le ore 6,45 del mattino (luce laterale diretta quasi al sorgere del sole);

m) Impostazione Asa 400/Asa;

n) Conversione del File Raw in Tiff con Nikon Capture NX 2;

o) Prima Post-Produzione Corel Photo-Paint X5 e Nikon Capture NX 2;

p) Seconda Post-Produzione con Adobe Photoshop CS6;

q) Post-Produzione di completamento con Nikon Capture NX 2.

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I haven't touched my camera in so long. Just got a new laptop and Lightroom 4 and Photoshop CS6 so I'm excited to start using those.

I was just tryin' out my macro attachment in this image, nothing special.

Check out my last client work, hope you like it - xoxo.

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PUT YOUR HANDS UP IN THE AIR! 💛

OTA: Celestron Edge 9.25 F/2.3 Hyperstar

Mount: iOptron CEM60

Camera: Canon T2i, modified by Hap Griffin

Guided by: Astro-Tech AT60EDT and Starshoot Autoguider, PHD2.6

13 frames of 300 Sec at ISO1600

Captured with Images Plus Camera Control 6.0

Processed with Images Plus 6.5, Photoshop CS6.0

Thanks to my friend for help in getting this beauty to look right. I'm so excited about this image and the extra galaxies that filled the view and the beautiful skies that I was fortunate enough to see in Arizona.

the call of the 'Ness is haunting me..........

"When spring came, even the false spring, there were no problems except where to be happiest."

—Ernest Hemingway

Technical Information (or Nerdy Stuff):

Camera - Nikon D7200 (handheld)

Lens – Nikkor 40mm f/2.8 Micro

ISO – 320

Aperture – f/8

Exposure – 1/640 second

Focal Length – 40mm

The original RAW file was processed with Adobe Camera Raw and final adjustments were made with Photoshop CS6.

"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11

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una y no mas santo tomas.

no creo que haga mas panoramas. no me convencen. pero es divertido.

no more panoramas for me. i am not convinced. but its fun.

An oldie Revisited. I'm doing a lot of that lately but this weekend I will have chance to get out in the city and get some cool city shots, I'm looking to buy the 200mmL prime but I'm renting it first to see what its like, I can't wait!!

Have a great week everyone!

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Serres van het BPK in Duffel.

Very slow on the editing atm but have a bit of spair time so will let be doing a little bit more photography, this photo was from (orphanage S) you all know the story of the mission so I wont bore you with the details. any comments or criticism appreciate as always :)

under the pier.

16x9 out of focus but colorful firework shot twirled in photoshop

Pentax MX

Pentax SMC-M 1/1.4 50mm

Pentax Skylight filter

Adox Silvermax 100 Asa

Adox Silvermax 1/29 11 min

Scanned on Epson V750 Pro gray 16 bits Tiff @ 6400 dpi

Photoshop CS6 Portable to clean the dust and give a lil more contrast.

a bald cypress "twirled" in photoshop. I exempted the trunk from the twirl and had to fill in a bit afterwards. Might try this again in another shot.

The Pensacola Lighthouse, built in 1859, includes a French-built first-order Fresnel lens that was installed in the same year. It is one of only 10 left in the U.S. and is very rare according to John Hill, director of the Pensacola Lighthouse and Museum. The lighthouse tower and associated buildings were placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.

"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11

Editing with Adobe Lightroom 5 and Photoshop CS6

Found under a leaf of olive tree in Provence.

Fieldstack, based on 8 images, assembled using Zerene Stacker (Pmax & Dmap). No crop

Post production using Adobe Photoshop CS6 and Lightroom 5.6.

Canon 600D. Canon EF 100mm USM, ISO-200, F/5.6, 1/15 sec. Natural light.

Alpes de Haute Provence, South East of France.