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Ahu Tongariki Site. Eastern Island.
Chile
I still trying to get right the night time shots... But this really was a magical moment for me even if the result isn't the best I was expecting. I just want to show the try..... Any advice will be welcome.
manila is an interesting place for street photography filled with different types of people from different walks of life. human traffic can be overwhelming but also entertaining, imagine weaving through what must be zillions of people, trading sweat with the next person beside you. and all through this multitude of people are poised stalls and stands that are selling products from the ordinary to the extraordinary. this is manila
March 8, 2014 Central Otago, South Island, New Zealand.
We had trouble getting a cheep place to stay in Queenstown and in the end we got a very good deal on the Kawarau Hotel. Amazing view and a beautiful room... great deal!
Frankton is a small town nestled on the banks of Lake Wakatipu, in Queenstown. Frankton is just a short distance from the Queenstown Township and includes the Queenstown Airport.
I have always been intrigued by this kind of photographs/titles since it leaves the audience to analyse the photo in their own way.
I wont say I know much about compositions and stuff, but this just looked interesting.No cropping here!
So have I been photographing lines and shapes only in this past few days? Not really!
Zhongshan,China.
Nikon D810 Fine Art Landscape Photos John Muir & Ansel Adams Country-- Eastern and Western Yosemite! Dr. Elliot McGucken Fine Art Nature Photography!
Nikon D810 Fine Art Photos John Muir Country-- Kings Canyon & Sequoia! Dr. Elliot McGucken Fine Art Photography during a Breaking Thunderstorm with Majestic and Interesting Skies!
I always love getting away and photographing John Muir Country--Yosemite, Kings Canyon & Sequoia in California I also shot it all with the Sony A7r as well as the Nikon D810 and the wonderful Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens as well as the new Tamron AFA012N700 15-30 mm f/2.8-Di VC Wide-Angle Lens for Nikon F (FX) Cameras and the Nikon 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR AF-S Nikkor Zoom Lens !
I hope that you enjoy browsing through my photos and comparing and contrasting the Nikon D810, Sony A7r, Sony A7rII, and the various lenses!
Long story short, you can't go wrong!
The Sony A7r and the Nikon D810 have the same sensor! While the D810 saves the RAW in 14bit lossless compressed (or uncompressed0, the A7r performs a bit of lossy compression, which I have never noticed, but which some say they have!
At any rate, I am super excited for the Nikon's next camera as well as for the recently released Sony A7rII Mirrorless Digital Camera which I now own! Some highlights include a 42 MP Full-Frame Exmor R BSI CMOS Sensor, a
BIONZ X Image Processor,
Internal UHD 4K Video & S-Log2 Gamma, and a
5-Axis SteadyShot INSIDE Stabilization system! You can see some of my fine art photos from the amazing camera in my photostream, with many more to come!
And I have a feeling that Nikon will be releasing something epic soon--a 50mp+ camera with awesome dynamic range!
An important thing to remember is that even though pixel sizes keep getting smaller and smaller, the technology is advancing, so the smaller pixels are more efficient at collecting light. For instance, the Sony A7RII is back-illuminated which allows more photons to hit the sensor. Semiconductor technology is always advancing, so the brilliant engineers are always improving the signal/noise ratio. Far higher pixel counts, as well as better dynamic ranger, are thus not only possible, but the future!
Yes I have a Ph.D. in physics! I worked on phototranistors and photodiodes as well as an artificial retina for the blind. :)
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Compare these D810 shots with the photos taken with the Sony A7r and new Sony 16-35mm Vario-Tessar T FE F4 ZA OSS E-Mount Lens!
After looking through my work,what do you think about Nikon vs. Sony? Do you prefer the Nikon D810 and Nikkor / Tamron / Sigma lenses /glass, or the Sony A7r and Sony Sonnar Carl Zeiss e-mount glass/lenses? I love them both! And I am so excited about the Sony A7rII !
Dr. Elliot McGucken Fine Art Photography!
I love shooting fine art landscapes and fine art nature photography! :) I live for it!
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El Capitan & Half Dome!
Nikon D810 Fine Art Landscape Photos: Ansel Adams & John Muir Country-- Eastern and Western Yosemite! Dr. Elliot McGucken Fine Art Nature Photography!
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45SURF Hero's Odyssey Fine Art Landscape Photography! :)
I get asked a lot of questions (I love questions--ask away!), and one of the more common ones is "What kind of camera shoul I buy?" Begin with anything, and then, when it falls short of the beauty you are trying to capture, invest in a new one! The important thing is to think of it as buying not something for yourself, but a gift for the world, who will witness all the magnificent photos you shoot with it! Then, the next most important thing to do is to shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot! For each and every epic shot on an awesome camera helps justify its cost! I shoot with the awesome Nikon D810, Sony A7R, and now the Sony A7RII! And in the long run, the cost of the camera is a very small entity, when conpared to the cost of life and time. So buy a great camera, and then give the gift of epic photography to the world! View your artistic mission into photography as an epic odyssey of heroic poetry! Take it from Homer in Homer's Odyssey: "Tell me, O muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy. Many cities did he visit, and many were the nations with whose manners and customs he was acquainted; moreover he suffered much by sea while trying to save his own life and bring his men safely home; but do what he might he could not save his men, for they perished through their own sheer folly in eating the cattle of the Sun-god Hyperion; so the god prevented them from ever reaching home. Tell me, too, about all these things, O daughter of Jove, from whatsoever source you may know them. " --Samuel Butler Translation of Homer's Odyssey
All the best on your Epic Hero's Odyssey from Johnny Ranger McCoy!
This video is a short clip of a gif/ video I have been working on. It is a kaleidoscope animation which I made using illustrator and a few other animation softwares. It took me a very long time to create by I learnt a lot whilst creating it. The idea behind creating this came from all the mirrors I have been working with and the idea of reflection.
Run time: 51 seconds
This week I bought the huge bag of Bionicle parts. And it was really cheap. There were not so many Bionicle parts. HF mostly. But in total there were:
- Kopaka - Master of Ice (new, sealed)
- Black Phantom (incomplete)
- Rocka from "Jet Rocka" set
- Toa Iruini (without head)
- Toa Jaller Inika (headless too)
- Natalie Breez (Catch'n'Cuff/incomplete)
- Rocka's Stealth Machine (incomplete)
- Stormer's Freezer Machine (incomplete)
- Natalie Breez (1 wave/incomplete)
- Duncan Bulk (1 wave/complete)
- Jimi Stringer (1 wave/complete)
- Most of the parts of Evo's EX Machine and Surge and Rocka's Combat Machine
- Some parts of Zaktan
- Some knock-off Bohroks and heroes
- Some transformers figures (the nicest one is Soundwave figure)
- One NEO Shifter
And it's pretty neat! Here some unusual part from this bag
She originally was in a flower when I found her, she already had the fly. So i picked the flower and put it on a black board, but she decided to escape the flower... with her meal... a colorful meal!
Sunday, August 24, 2014 at the annual "Day of Romantic Music" in the Park near the Euromast in Rotterdam.
Is this for unloading autoracks? Whatever it is, it was on a CN eastbound passing through Montreal West.
Nadia is one of 6 Burmese kittens. Here she checks out the wine for its bouquet. Unfortunately for her, and fortunately for us, it did not smell of cat food.
An interesting comparison - ECW bodied Atlantean TRN481V and ECW Bristol VR NDL656R. Same ECW body on different chassis. The pair are seen at the Cumbria Easter vintage vehicle event.
This is a 300mm focal length LWIR reflector lens I recently acquired. Its primary reflector is about 270mm diameter and it absolutely DWARFS the Therm-App Pro with 35mm lens.
I’m having some teething troubles getting it to ‘talk’ to my Therm-App, which is not surprising given that it was designed to work with something quite different. But I have managed to get some kind of image out of it (a hand filling the screen at about 10m). I calculate that it’s probably the equivalent of a 1700mm focal length on a 35mm camera – very, very long!
Hopefully I’ll get to the bottom of this before too long. I’ll post updates as and when.
I've only posted this because I have absolutely no idea whatsoever the reasoning behind it.....period!
We've all looked at flickr's explore, some of us have achieved an explore and most lust for an explore. There are a million discussions how to achieve an explore and just as many who really don't seem to care but want to figure it out anyway(?)
This last image I posted hit a massive top ten explore, (only my second time), went straight to #3 as of 27/09/10 [Edit - creeped up to #2!] and then stayed there. Was I pleased? Well of course I was but I have no idea whatsoever the reasoning behind it. The best I can figure out for the views is that it started popping up on the 'interestingness' page, (as shown above), hit loads of views from there and launched straight into explore thereafter.
Here's the thing though - it's a test shot, pure and simple.
The original was, erm, let's just say not very well planned out, poorly shot as far as lens composition, (this is a heavy crop!), but exactly the result I was expecting with the idea behind what I was doing. So I was happy with the result and just wanted to share what I've been playing around with, the main reason being about getting some feedback from friends on the idea before I start wasting time pursuing further shots.
It seems I may have stumbled upon a good idea, or at least the reception seems to suggest that........
So my apologies to anyone who commented, faved or whatever on this last image if I haven't yet visited you. I like to keep my contacts list low so that I can concentrate on feedback with people who I've been a contact with for a long time on flickr and who've provided invaluable help, conversation and become good friends. I like the same with my membership of groups so that I can keep track of discussions and pretty much purely for my own interest. I tend to avoid 'post one, award one, comment three' type groups as I'm more interested in good feedback as well as conversation rather than simple one word 'feedback' and awards.
So again my apologies, it's all left me somewhat overwhelmed and would take me months to really visit everyone's stream and provide the same concentration, interest and level of feedback and conversation that I like to give to my regular contacts.
A big thankyou to you all the same though and a really big thanks to those of you that appreciated the idea and links I provided to further your interests :-)
However, I still like that a test shot taken on a basic dSLR, a flash cobbled together from a disposable camera and shot in my own backyard got this sort of reception. Saves me the hassle of forking out for a 'good' dSLR, expensive flash equipment and scouting for 'fantastic' locations!
I would like to thank you all for your choices.Over 100 photos in Explore this year and I would like to suggest you look at my explore set in the slide show. I am sure you will get some smiles or just plain enjoy it. These are not all currently running in explore they all pop in and out there are 38 current photos in explore this morning.
Again Thank You All
Harold
1. flickr.com/photos/18342111@N00/2074920463/, 2. Titmouse, 3. flickr.com/photos/18342111@N00/2062284264/, 4. flickr.com/photos/18342111@N00/2047118720/, 5. flickr.com/photos/18342111@N00/2042640749/, 6. Beauty in Fog, 7. flickr.com/photos/18342111@N00/2036657177/, 8. Bee Porn,
9. Leaf Carpet, 10. flickr.com/photos/18342111@N00/1981692202/, 11. Naturalist Dave, 12. flickr.com/photos/18342111@N00/1945968444/, 13. flickr.com/photos/18342111@N00/1945969770/, 14. flickr.com/photos/18342111@N00/1934398870/, 15. flickr.com/photos/18342111@N00/1915853121/, 16. flickr.com/photos/18342111@N00/1885857631/,
17. Halloween Moon, 18. flickr.com/photos/18342111@N00/1706181819/, 19. flickr.com/photos/18342111@N00/1688171462/, 20. flickr.com/photos/18342111@N00/1522347685/, 21. flickr.com/photos/18342111@N00/1514983401/, 22. Who can guess what this is?, 23. Deep Thought, 24. Hummer In The Fog,
25. flickr.com/photos/18342111@N00/1354805408/, 26. flickr.com/photos/18342111@N00/1330231600/, 27. flickr.com/photos/18342111@N00/1329340779/, 28. flickr.com/photos/18342111@N00/1239320491/, 29. flickr.com/photos/18342111@N00/1231197022/, 30. Little Hand Little Bird, 31. flickr.com/photos/18342111@N00/1202623468/, 32. flickr.com/photos/18342111@N00/1181087350/,
33. Swallowtail, 34. Moth, 35. Sharing a Special Moment, 36. Snow Plow, 37. Clover, 38. Blue Heron, 39. flickr.com/photos/18342111@N00/982880063/, 40. Toad,
41. flickr.com/photos/18342111@N00/845079378/, 42. Hand Feeding Hummers 1, 43. Luna Moth, 44. Where is My Mom, I am not a Goose, 45. Wolf Spider, 46. flickr.com/photos/18342111@N00/588262661/, 47. Luna Moth, 48. Just One More Sunflower Seed,
49. flickr.com/photos/18342111@N00/568618096/, 50. Baby Geese, 51. flickr.com/photos/18342111@N00/543853035/, 52. Black King Snake, 53. Hand Feeding Hummingbirds, 54. Fly Porn, 55. Baby Birds, 56. Views Around Lake Hope 5,
57. Wolf Spider, 58. flickr.com/photos/18342111@N00/513336991/, 59. I'll Get Mine, 60. Copperhead, 61. Black King Snake, 62. flickr.com/photos/18342111@N00/507736956/, 63. Mini Snapper, 64. Five-Lined Skink,
65. Who Me!, 66. Timber Rattler, 67. Predator & Prey, 68. Despair, 69. Reflecting, 70. Waiting for a Hand Out, 71. 70 MPH, 72. Little One
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