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George Cukor present in 1960 "Le Milliardaire" with Marilyn Monroe, Yves Montand, Tony Randall, Frankie Vaughan,...
After my spinning class at the gym this morning I managed a few laps ~ nothing like a good swim!
7 Days of Shooting Week #51 Clothes Macro Monday ....
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Lets celebrate today! It's a good day.
The picture was taken in Stanjel, Slovenia, a place of real magic
this is not my work...I am just a photographer taking hdr graff pictures.
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Assignment: PCA 35 View from the ground floor
Deadline:August 3, 2008
Image Tag: pca35
From: me and them
Mission:
The ground floor... there's nowhere to go but up! This time around shoot whatever you want, but what's important is where your camera is: ground level. Be it the kitchen floor, an open field or hiding underneath a church pew, your perspective is going to be that of a mouse, a fairy, an ant, or anything else similarly relegated to the world of the small. Try to find a subject that is really complemented by your earthly perspective.
For those engineering types in the group who need precision (including yours truly), you don't need to have your camera exactly in contact with the ground. Let's say no more 3 inches from ground to camera base. Get those elbows dirty!
WIT:
It turned out a little more complicated than I intended.
I took several shots at ground level with my telephoto lens and the camera on the ground.
There are several problems with shooting a black dog with a telephoto - the exposure tends to end up with blown out highlights and the depth of field poses problems.
I tried with the face in focus and with the paw in focus and didn't like either.
Then I used photoshop elements and, after making sure that I imported an image that did not have overexposed or underexposed areas, I overlayed the two shots (focused paws and focused face) on top of each other.
I used the quick selection tool to select the focused paw (and inverted that selection) and then deleted everything but the paw and the leg in the vicinity. It needed to be aligned which I did by making the paw-piece semi-transparent and moving it around.
You will notice (I know summerspot will) that there is a bit of a OOF edge around the paw. I left it in there - sort of a faux orton :-) - because I liked it (a realization that came after trying several techniques for getting rid of it :-))
Then I needed to deal with the carpet in the foreground that was very bright in the original. I again used the quick selection tool to select that, used levels to darken only that part and added a gausian blur to the layer to merge the darker with the rest of the photograph with a soft edge. Oh - and the door in the background had a glass pane about the height of the top of the head that I cloned out.... my goodness lots of manipulation this week!
I am fairly pleased with the result (forgive the photoshop elements tutorial - I thought it would be useful to include these details....).
Anne (my wife) says that our dog now looks a lot older than we think of her.... our Midnight Molly is getting gray.
Collab con un colega del hermano pais de arg , GABB/ Gabriel Satailo , quedo filetaso esto es no AI! esta muy filete!
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GOOO !
From my files, for Macro Mondays, theme "The Beatles' Songs". A bit simple this one, but could not resist it.
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Spontanious as friends can be: toasting on the new king on the middle of the road right in the heart of Amsterdam.
Midden op straat in hartje Amsterdam: een spontane samenkomst van drie vriendinnen om te klinken op de koning.
Amsterdam, Spui - April 30, 2013 / 30 april 2013
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Scenes from the 2010 San Antonio Rodeo.
Read the whole story here - then go see the slide show!
The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association sanctioned event was first class all the way -- they have won the top indoor rodeo prize for six years running. The cowboys and everyone competing was just fantastic.
I can't say the same for the ATT Center staff -- they really were not very nice about my son and I taking pictures in their arena, and ultimately first gave me the option of either leaving my camera in their office, or leaving the event in the middle, and then asking us both to erase our cards.
When first accosted, I protested that I did not want to cause any trouble and would put the camera away (a truthful statement -- this was the first I heard of this policy), but they would have none of that. Police were just a radio call away, they noted. Off we went to the office. Along the way, I got them to agree that the 50mm was OK, so after giving them the 70-200 mm to hold till after the show, I went back to my seat to watch the show and shoot the occasional shot with that.
They must have huddled and changed their minds though, as they came back a few minutes later with the police, and pulled me out of my seat again. Since the Nikon has detachable lenses, they said, they would need to confiscate the photos themselves. They also hauled my son along this time.
Things were not too pretty after that -- more police were called, not only on me, but my son who was shooting with my other camera.
Despite the ugliness and grief, you can see who prevailed ultimately, as these are some of the pics I took. Enjoy!
I finally said they'd have to take me in and get a court order to make that happen, as things seemed so very far over the line by then. It is hard to see why pictures taken with one camera are worth losing a fan for life and calling police on someone harming no one, when pics taken with other cameras were fine. After all -- the place was filled with thousands taking pics with other cameras! What makes those of us shooting Nikons criminals?
Clearly it is time for ATT to review their policies. In this case, their Gestapo actions were completely out of line. We were harming no one, and were in every way just like any other fan taking pics with their point and shoots -- and not one of them got any hassle at all. My family, on the other hand, had our own personal police force stand right behind us all evening until we finally left.
Since we got out with the pics in any case, it really seems like they shot themselves in the customer service foot in retrospect for no reason.
Once home, it seemed the only right thing to do now was to put the precious images out on the net for all.
So in the spirit of how things OUGHT to be, these pics are all Creative Commons (as is my entire photostream) -- please use them anywhere and often!
I really did enjoy the rodeo parts of the night...
This weeks #flickrfriday submission is a burning rusty tiki torch from famous Waikiki beach. fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-jason-jacobs.html
OK...I know it's a little cliche, but that's where he chose to perch at that particular moment. I took this at a state park that rehabilitates and cares for injured animals. They had this flag hanging in the bald eagle enclosure to celebrate the 4th of July. Happy 4th of July!!!!!
This card was inspired by both Ashley Marcu and Donna Mikasa. They both submitted similar cards to the blog. Thanks for the inspiration!
HA AR150 Happy Holiday
HA CL233 Let it Snow
Fiskars Shape Cutter
Cuttlebug
Ancient Page ink
Stampin Up White gel pen
This Is 30! Dear Jerry: Let’s Play 2 -The Avett Brothers and very special guest Warren Haynes @ EagleBank Arena, Fairfax, VA, on Saturday, October 15, 2016
This Is 30! Dear Jerry: Let’s Play 2 -The Avett Brothers and very special guest Warren Haynes playing Jerry Garcia Band October 18, 1986, The Stone, San Francisco, CA, Setlist:
Think (Jimmy McCracklin cover)
And It Stoned Me (Van Morrison cover)
Run for the Roses (Jerry Garcia song)
Let It Rock (Chuck Berry cover)
Forever Young (Bob Dylan cover)
Deal (Jerry Garcia song)
The Harder They Come (Jimmy Cliff cover)
Knockin' on Heaven's Door (Bob Dylan cover)
Dear Prudence (The Beatles cover)
That Lucky Old Sun (Frankie Laine cover)
Gomorrah
Tangled Up in Blue (Bob Dylan cover)
Encores:
Mission in the Rain (Jerry Garcia song)
Rubin and Cherise
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) (Marvin Gaye cover)
I Shall Be Released (Bob Dylan cover)
A Captain John Hart portrait, inspired by the song 'Let it Rock', by Kevin Rudolf.
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Only they know. Lilli Lalka dolls by Julian Kalinowski wear Retros by Liz Cole and jewelry by Joy Jarred. It's hot in Lalkaland!