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This is another one of the images from the 105mm f1.4 lens shoot. The camera was the fabulous Nikon D5.
To make sure we are all on the same page, there are always two aspects to every shoot. "The Shoot" itself and the post processing to final art. This image contains both aspects and is the outcome of the post processing this is a copy of that final file.
For "the shoot" aspect of this project no artificial light, no make-up on the subjects, no reflectors or diffusers. Just the lens. Just the camera. Just the light that was there. Just the subject. Suffice it to say I was the weakest link in the entire project.
This is another from the very first shoot on the very first day I was blessed to have this lens. Because God knows I like a challenge...... I said to myself "Let's shoot with a prototype lens that you have never ever shot with, hand held, an choose as your first subject an extremely happy baby, right after a nap with an extremely shallow depth of field!"
All I can say is thank God for Nikon's amazing focusing speed on the D5 as well as group focus feature! And thank God for 12 fps and a 200 shoot buffer when shooting RAW in frame waster mode. Talk about being taken by your subject to take a photograph. I truly just held on and was pulled through the camera!
When asked what is the best light W. Eugene Smith said "Why the best light is available light and by available light I mean any damn light that is available." Works for me
I have always held that the lens is the brush, the camera sensor is the canvas. I have also held the that the beauty of a lens is not in how well it handles focus but rather how well it handles from in focus to blur. I am by proclivity a zoom guy. For me to say what I am about to say means that one of this brushes will be staying home.This lens has a permanent place in my camera bag.
There is no image I cannot capture. There is no image in which my vision of the image and the beauty of moment that took me that is not enhanced by the beauty of the glass and lens design of the 105mm f1.4.
This has to be the sharpest lens I have ever used. It is also has the most beautiful Bokeh of any lens I have ever shot with as well.
So you want to know why I choose Nikon? Now you know.
Because of the D5/D500- I AM: A Super Hero. Because of the 105mm f1.4 I AM: A Super Hero with beautiful Bokeh..
NOTE: I do indeed use Photoshop. It's true. Have been since version 1. Most inspired piece of software ever written. I was employee number 2 of Niksoftware (colorefex, SilverEfex) and employee number 6 of Altamira Group (the inventor of Genuine Fractals) so yes I do also use plug-ins. So if you are viewing an image on my personal pages, website and sundry feeds. They are all post processed if I put them up.
To be very crystal clear ALL of my images that I are post processed.
So that this non issue is no issue I these are my "FINAL" versions on my PERSONAL sites. Because it is my personal page I do reserve the right to delete comments I find offensive.
I always make it a point, If you read the full description of any of my images, to always list the software and hardware used to produce an image.
Nikon D5 camera, 105mm f1.4 lens. (this image is at f2.8 I was still getting the hage of the lens, I had not yet trainde my self that is indeed f 1.4) Recorded to Lexar XQD media Raw conversion done in Capture NX-D. converted to a 16bit Prohoto colorspace .TIFF. Further post processing Photoshop CC 2015.5, Nik collection by Google, oNonesoftware ver.10.5. Wacom Cintiq 27QHD, Benq SW2700 monitor (for approval color)
© Vincent Versace 2016
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From my most recent trip to Cuba. children!
This is a response to me doing my impersonation of a chicken. The language of silly is spoken everywhere on the planet.
Captured with the AMAZING Nikon Z6 and and my most favorite street shooting lens the 28-300mm Nikkor AKA "The Street Sweeper" using the FTZ adaptor.
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I shot this image on my way to Moab traveling the back way to Jackson Hole. This is one of those images where the guardian angle that is tasked with photographers intervened. As we we (Paul Van Allen & I) were pulling out of West Yellowstone, there was no fog and just a whole lot of nothing. As we are driving up a slight rise just after we enter the park I say to Paul we really need some fog. As we crest the hill, BOOM we drive into a wall of fog. But absolutely a white out.... Then I say to Paul we really could use a little less fog and some buffalo.... BAM I turn right an there were three buffalo. Two days prior Paul agreed to drive back with us the 180-400mm f/4E TC1.4 FL ED VR to Los Angeles.... KaBOOM I now have enough glass length.
NEF RAW file was converted using Capture NXD, post processed in Photoshop CC 2018 using the NiK collection by DxO.
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I have a very good friend, a retired Navy Chief Petty Officer who was a member of Combat camera, Mickey Strand, he would teach his sailors about the need to do "picture stories" it is a habit of his I have picked up. This is a "picture story" of a boy and his ballon.
This is an image from my most recent trip to PBPW Cuba. The image you are seeing are part of a greater project, a book serries titled "Turning the Last Page." The title of the Cuba project is "Cuba: Turning the Last Page of 1962."
The camera was the fabulous Nikon D5. The lens was 105mm f 1,4 lens. To make sure we are all on the same page, there are always two aspects to every shoot. "The Shoot" itself and the post processing to final art. This image contains both aspects and is the outcome of the post processing this is a copy of that final file.
For "the shoot" aspect of this project no artificial light, no make-up on the subjects, no reflectors or diffusers all of the images are spontanious none of the subjects are posed. So what you are seeing is (from the shoot aspect) just the lens. Just the camera. Just the light that was there. Just the subject
My goal every time I shoot is to be the weakest link in the entire project.
When asked what is the best light W. Eugene Smith said "Why the best light is available light and by available light I mean any damn light that is available."..... This approach to lighting Works for me.
I have always held that the lens is the brush, the camera sensor is the canvas. I have also held the that the beauty of a lens is not in how well it handles focus but rather how well it handles from in focus to blur.
There is no image I cannot capture. There is no image in which my vision of the image and the beauty of moment that took me that is not enhanced by the beauty of the glass and lens design of the Nikon system.
So you want to know why I choose Nikon? Now you know.
Because of my Nikon camera- I AM: A Super Hero. Because of the Nikkor lenses I AM: A Super Hero with tack sharpnes at point of focus and beautiful Bokeh every place else in the image.
NOTE: I do indeed use Photoshop. It's true. Have been since version 1. when it fit on a single floppy disc. Most inspired piece of software ever written. I was employee number 2 of Niksoftware ( Colorefex, SilverEfex) and employee number 6 of Altamira Group (the inventor of Genuine Fractals) so yes I do also use plug-ins. So if you are viewing an image (unless otherwise noted) on my personal pages, website and sundry feeds they are all post processed if I put them up.
To be very crystal clear ALL of my images that I post on my personal web feeds are post processed.
So that this non issue is no issue these are my "FINAL" versions on my PERSONAL sites. Because it is my personal page I do reserve the right to delete comments from angry photographic charlatan internet trolls.
I always make it a point, If you read the full description of any of my images, to always list the software and hardware used to produce an image.
Nikon D5 camera,28-300mm lens. Recorded to Lexarmedia Raw conversion done in Capture NX-D. converted to a 16bit Prohoto colorspace .TIFF. Further post processing Photoshop CC 2017, Nik collection by Google, oNonesoftware ver.10.5. Wacom Cintiq 27QHD, Benq SW2700 monitor (for approval color)
© Vincent Versace 2016
#NikonAmbassador #nikonlove #D5 #105mm #lexar #kelbyone #photography #onOne@NikonUSA #NikonNoFilter #niksoftware #nikonUSA #Epson #wacom #xritephoto #onone #fjwestcott #fineartphotography #iamgenerationimage #iamnikon #B&H #PhotogenicbyBenQ #lexarMemory #nikonLOVE #PBPW — with Fatima NeJame, Jed Best, Shabi Samoohi and Herb Fixler in Havana, Cuba.
September 16, 2017, San Diego, California, USA--The San Diego State University men's soccer team played Cal Poly (SLO) on the Sports Deck at SDSU. Cal Poly won the game 1-0.
From my recent PBPW Cuba workshop. This is from the week after my students went back to the US. This time I was allowed the joy of shooting with the Nikon D5. I call this image "BooBoo Cuba Dog in a cardboard box"
So you want to know why I choose to light with a thermonuclear device instead do a battery powered light source? Now you know.
Because of the D5- I AM: A Super Hero.
There is no image I cannot capture. The ability of this camera to shoot in lighting conditions so dark you just have to image the word "light" to provide illumination. Spot on color, no noise at high ISO, touch screen focus in live view. Whoa.....
Nikon D5 camera, 28-300mm lens. Recorded to Lexar XQD media Post processed in Photoshop CC 2015. File raw processed in Capture NX-D.
© Vincent Versace 2016
#NikonAmbassador #nikonlove #D5 #28-300mm #lexar #kelbyone #photography #onOne@NikonUSA #NikonNoFilter #niksoftware #nikonUSA #Epson #wacom #xritephoto #onone #fjwestcott #fineartphotography #iamgenerationimage #iamnikon #B&H #PhotogenicbyBenQ #lexarmemory #nikonLOVE
August 10, 2018, San Diego, California, USA: The San Diego State University women's soccer team took on Cal State Fullerton in a pre-season match-up on the Sports Deck at SDSU. Cal State Fullerton won 2-0. SDSU unveiled a new scoreboard and new signage during the game. SDSU goalkeeper Gabby English jumps up to grab the crossbar as part of her pre-game ritual.
This is the view from my hotel room in Kawasaki, Japan. I was here for 3 nights when Metal Church played at Club Citta for two nights in August, 2019.
Spyros Martinis ©
Nanotyrannus is based on CMNH 7541, a skull collected in 1942 by David Hosbrook Dunkle and described by Charles W. Gilmore in 1946, who classified it as a new species in the tyrannosaur genus Gorgosaurus as G. lancensis.[1] In 1988, the specimen was re-described by Robert T. Bakker, Phil Currie, and Michael Williams, then the curator of paleontology at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, where the original specimen was housed and is currently on display. Their initial research indicated that the skull bones were fused, and that it therefore represented an adult specimen. In light of this, Bakker and colleagues assigned the skull to a new genus, named Nanotyrannus for its apparently small adult size. The specimen is estimated to have been around 5.2 metres (17 ft) long when it died.[2] However, a detailed analysis of the specimen by Thomas Carr in 1999 showed that the specimen was in fact a juvenile, leading Carr and many other paleontologists to consider it a juvenile specimen of Tyrannosaurus rex.[3][4]
The actual scientific study of "Jane", set to be published by Bakker, Larson, and Currie, may help determine whether Nanotyrannus is a valid genus, whether it simply represents a juvenile T. rex, or whether it is a new species of a previously identified genus of tyrannosaur.[10]
In late 2011, news reports about a 2006 discovery of a new, virtually complete Nanotyrannus specimen found along with a ceratopsid were made.[11] The specimens were studied by Robert Bakker and Pete Larson on-site, who identified the ceratopsian as Triceratops. The Nanotyrannus specimen, nicknamed "Bloody Mary", allegedly has arms almost 3 feet in length, with the bones of the hand said to be one and a half times longer than those of the T. rex specimen "Sue" but the truth to those claims is impossible to determine along with further analysis of the "Bloody Mary" specimen as it remains in private hands.[9]
The fact that the small "Bloody Mary" specimen was found alongside such a physically mismatched opponent as a large ceratopsian has been used to suggest that N. lancensis was a pack hunter. Robert Bakker also found evidence for pack hunting in N.lancensis in the presence of some 30 Nanotyrannus teeth embedded throughout the skeleton of one Triceratops carcass.[9]
In 2001, a more complete juvenile tyrannosaur (nicknamed "Jane", catalogue number BMRP 2002.4.1), belonging to the same species as the original Nanotyrannus specimen, was uncovered. This discovery prompted a conference on tyrannosaurs focused on the issues of Nanotyrannus validity, held at the Burpee Museum of Natural History in 2005. Several paleontologists who had previously published opinions that N. lancensis was a valid species,[5] including Currie and Williams, saw the discovery of "Jane" as a confirmation that Nanotyrannus was in fact a juvenile T. rex.[6][7] On the other hand, some, such as Peter Larson, continued to support the hypothesis that Nanotyrannus lancensis was a separate but closely related species.[8] In 2015, Professor Phil Manning and Dr Charlotte Brassie of Manchester University studied Jane using a LIDAR scanner, and using data and computer modelling, their reconstruction of body mass suggested that Jane had a 600 kg - 900 kg body mass, far lower than would be expected for a Tyrannosaurus.[9] Also in 2015, Assistant Professor Holly Woodward Ballard of Oklahoma State University used histology to examine a thin slice of Jane's femur. Counting the rings within Jane's bone material showed that Jane was 11 years old, and bone histology suggests that Jane was still growing.[9]
Differences from Tyrannosaurus rex
The primary differences that some scientists have used to distinguish Nanotyrannus lancensis from Tyrannosaurus rex primarily concern the number of teeth. Nanotyrannus had more teeth in its upper and lower jaws than an adult Tyrannosaurus. N. lancensis had 14-15 teeth in each side of the upper jaw (maxilla) and 16 teeth in each side of the lower jaw (dentary). T. rex, on the other hand, had 11-12 tooth positions in the upper jaw and 11-14 in the lower. The exact implications of this difference in tooth count has been controversial. In his 1999 study of tyrannosaurid growth patterns, Carr showed that, in Gorgosaurus libratus, the number of teeth decreased as the animal grew, and he used this data to support the hypothesis that N. lancensis is simply a juvenile T. rex.[3] The team of scientists who studied growth in the related Tarbosaurus bataar found little to no decrease in tooth count as that species grew, even though they had juvenile specimens much younger than the Nanotyrannus specimens. These researchers also noted, however, that in both Tyrannosaurus and Gorgosaurus, there were significant differences in tooth count between individuals of the same age group, and that tooth count may vary on an individual basis not related to growth.[4] A juvenile Tarbosaurus skull discovered in 2006 exhibits the same tooth count as do adult Tarbosaurus skulls, supporting the retention of Nanotyrannus as a distinct genus.[12] Larson has also contended that, along with skull features, Nanotyrannus can also be distinguished from Tyrannosaurus by proportionally larger hands with phalanges on the third metacarpal and in the furcula morphology.[13]
Another difference cited by those who support the validity of N. lancensis is the presence of a small foramen, or pit, in the quadratojugal, a bone in the back corner of the skull. Both the holotype and the "Jane" specimen have this feature, suggesting it is not a deformity, and it is not known in any adult tyrannosaurid specimens. It is possible that this is again an individual variant, or that it was a feature lost as the animals grew, though studies of other juvenile tyrannosaurids do not show an equivalent feature.[4] However, most of the differences claimed to support Nanotyrannus turned out to be individually or ontogenetically variable features.[14] The foramen at the quadratojugal is also problematic for the validity of Nanotyrannus, as skull sutures are ambiguous evidence for maturity in archosaurs.[15]
3D models of the brain cavities of the holotype skull and T. rex's skull show that blood vessel positions and those of the optic nerve attachments do not match, possibly suggesting a distinction between Nanotyrannus and T. rex.[9] This could be accounted for by changes in the skull shape as T. rex grows.[16][17]
Limb proportion analysis published in 2016 again offered equivocal evidence for N. lancensis as a separate genus, with differing levels of cursoriality being cited as a difference between N. lancensis and T. rex.[18]
(Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanotyrannus
September 16, 2017, San Diego, California, USA--The San Diego State University men's soccer team played Cal Poly (SLO) on the Sports Deck at SDSU. Cal Poly won the game 1-0.
September 1, 2017, San Diego, California, USA--The San Diego State University women's soccer team defeated the University of San Diego 3-1 on the Sports Deck at SDSU.
Shots I took of an amazing sunset off my balcony at the Bristol at Southport in Renton, WA. We were in the middle of packing and I wasn't able to get down to the water, but this was one of the most incredible sunsets I've ever seen there.
September 16, 2017, San Diego, California, USA--The San Diego State University men's soccer team played Cal Poly (SLO) on the Sports Deck at SDSU. Cal Poly won the game 1-0.
September 16, 2017, San Diego, California, USA--The San Diego State University men's soccer team played Cal Poly (SLO) on the Sports Deck at SDSU. Cal Poly won the game 1-0.
Science Rules. Nerd Gang. Science March San Diego, April 22, 2017, San Diego, California, USA.
#sciencemarchsd, Thank you to everyone who marched in last week's Science March and who will be marching in today's Climate March #climatechangemarch.
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[2] Canon 7D DSLR with Canon EF-S 28-135mm f / 3.5 - 5.6 IS Lens
[2] Lexar 16Gb 600x
[3] Canon Batteries LP-E6
[2] UV 72 mm filters
September 1, 2017, San Diego, California, USA--The San Diego State University women's soccer team defeated the University of San Diego 3-1 on the Sports Deck at SDSU.
August 10, 2018, San Diego, California, USA: The San Diego State University women's soccer team took on Cal State Fullerton in a pre-season match-up on the Sports Deck at SDSU. Cal State Fullerton won 2-0. SDSU unveiled a new scoreboard and new signage during the game.
September 16, 2017, San Diego, California, USA--The San Diego State University men's soccer team played Cal Poly (SLO) on the Sports Deck at SDSU. Cal Poly won the game 1-0.
Spyros Martinis ©
The F-16 demonstration team "ZEUS" displays HAF's airpower to the public and acts as ambassador for Greece, demonstrating the professionalism and the skills of all pilots in the Hellenic Air Force.
The team's goals is to Provide morale within the Air Force, sister services and to the Greek community, to Inspire and recruit Greece's best to join the service, Strengthen and grow public trust and confidence in the Hellenic Air Force and Retain the quality force we currently have.
Team's callsign during the Demo Flights is "Zeus", representing the father of the Olympian Gods of the Ancient Greek Mythology. The aircraft used for the performance of air shows is an F-16C Block 52+ .
(Source:https://www.haf.gr/demoteams/en/f16-zeus/index.html)
Spyros Martinis ©
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) is a multifunctional and environmentally sustainable education, arts, and recreation destination. It includes the new state-of-the-art facilities of the National Library of Greece, the Greek National Opera and the Stavros Niarchos Park, covering an area of 210,000 sqm.
Designed by the internationally renowned architect Renzo Piano, the SNFCC offers a new landscape for the 21st century. One of the most significant cultural and environmental projects ever undertaken in Greece, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center is the Stavros Niarchos Foundation’s largest single donation (€596 million) and a prime example of a private-public sector partnership, confirming the Foundation’s commitment to the country’s future, at a critical junction of its history. It is also an engine of short-to mid-term economic stimulus.
The SNFCC will be completed and delivered to the Greek State. As a pioneering initiative, it regenerates the surrounding urban fabric, enriching the local communities and the image of the city as a whole; enhancing its environmental, social and economic sustainability aspect. Designed especially with the purpose of being open and accessible to all, it will enrich the everyday life of the country’s residents and aims to attract millions of visitors from around the world!
(source:http://www.snfcc.org/metamorphosis/en/#snfcc
September 16, 2017, San Diego, California, USA--The San Diego State University men's soccer team played Cal Poly (SLO) on the Sports Deck at SDSU. Cal Poly won the game 1-0. Editing in the style of 1950s black and white sports photography.
September 16, 2017, San Diego, California, USA--The San Diego State University men's soccer team played Cal Poly (SLO) on the Sports Deck at SDSU. Cal Poly won the game 1-0.
September 16, 2017, San Diego, California, USA--The San Diego State University men's soccer team played Cal Poly (SLO) on the Sports Deck at SDSU. Cal Poly won the game 1-0.
Spyros Martinis ©
A typical summer sunset in the city of Athens, above my apartment, on the rooftop...
Shots I took of an amazing sunset off my balcony at the Bristol at Southport in Renton, WA. We were in the middle of packing and I wasn't able to get down to the water, but this was one of the most incredible sunsets I've ever seen there.
August 10, 2018, San Diego, California, USA: The San Diego State University women's soccer team took on Cal State Fullerton in a pre-season match-up on the Sports Deck at SDSU. Cal State Fullerton won 2-0. SDSU unveiled a new scoreboard and new signage during the game.
September 1, 2017, San Diego, California, USA--The San Diego State University women's soccer team defeated the University of San Diego 3-1 on the Sports Deck at SDSU.
Early Sunsets Langland Bay Swansea
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