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'08 Resolution Pool: First week of school and I've already gone through the rest of my post-it tabs. Enough of this Flickr stuff... I gotta get back to studying :)
A classic goddess! I alway keep the B&W circular polarizer (CP) filter on no matter what--I love the finish it gives--how it cuts down the glare of the rocks & skin!
Nikon D800 Photographs of a Beautiful Sandy-Blonde Swimsuit Bikini Model shot with the brand new Nikon D800 and Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II AF-S Nikkor Zoom Lens.
Captured in both RAW and JPEG.
Check out the amazing detail in the full resolution photos! I was running out of CF & SD cards fast, as the files are huge!
A classic California Hero's Journey Mythology Goddess! Tall, pretty, thin, fit, with pretty blue eyes and long sandy-blonde hair, blowing on the spring sea breeze.
Modeling the brand new, black Gold 45 Revolver Hero's Journey Mythology Gold'N'Virtue bikini!
On El Matador Beach in Malibu!
Enjoy the epic beauty of the mythological hero's journey, in great detail via the Nikon D800! :)
The full resolutions RAWs and JPEGs are amazing!
Modeling the new Hero's Journey Mythology Swimsuits on a sunny spring day in Malibu!
Enjoy!
With her wavy, curly sandy blonde hair blowing on the sea breeze!
May the goddess inspire you along your artistic hero's journey!
At the scenic El Matador Beach in Malibu!
Sony A7 R RAW Photos of Pretty Sandy-Blond Bikini Swimsuit Model Goddess! Carl Zeiss Sony FE 55mm F1.8 ZA Sonnar T* Lens! Lightroom 5.3! Pretty blue eyes and long, long legs! Long as the day!
And here're a couple of HD video movies I shot of the goddess with the 4K Sony:
Enjoy! Be sure to watch in the full 1080P HD!
The epic goddess was tall, thin, fit, tan, and in wonderful shape (as you can see).
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As the Great Mick Jagger stated, "Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, girl
Pretty, pretty
Such a pretty, pretty, pretty girl." -Beast of Burden Sexy, hot, and cute too!
Epic Goddess Straight Out of Hero's Journey Mythology! Pretty Model! :) Tall, thin, fit and beautiful!
Welcome to your epic hero's journey! The beautiful 45surf goddess sisters hath called ye to adventure, beckoning ye to read deeply Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, whence ye shall learn of yer own exalted artistic path guided by Hero's Journey Mythology. I wouldn't be saying it if it hadn't happened to me.
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Pretty Swimsuit Bikini Model Goddess! :)
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Nikon D300 Photos of Beautfiul Sexy Hot Brunette!
She was a beauty--a gold 45 goddess for sure! A Gold 45 Goddess exalts the archetypal form of Athena--the Greek Goddess of wisdom, warfare, strategy, heroic endeavour, handicrafts and reason. A Gold 45 Goddess guards the beauty of dx4/dt=ic and embodies 45SURF's motto "Virtus, Honoris, et Actio Pro Veritas, Amor, et Bellus, (Strength, Honor, and Action for Truth, Love, and Beauty," and she stands ready to inspire and guide you along your epic, heroic journey into art and mythology. It is Athena who descends to call Telemachus to Adventure in the first book of Homer's Odyssey--to man up, find news of his true father Odysseus, and rid his home of the false suitors, and too, it is Athena who descends in the first book of Homer's Iliad, to calm the Rage of Achilles who is about to draw his sword so as to slay his commander who just seized Achilles' prize, thusly robbing Achilles of his Honor--the higher prize Achilles fought for. And now Athena descends once again, assuming the form of a Gold 45 Goddess, to inspire you along your epic journey of heroic endeavour.
ALL THE BEST on your Epic Hero's Journey from Johnny Ranger McCoy!
Modeling the Gold 45 Revolver Gold'N'Virtue swimsuit. :)
A laid-back,classic, socal lifestyle shoot!
May the 45surf goddesses inspire you along am artistic journey of your own making!
Christmas is over, and I hope you all had a good one—or at least a peaceful one, if things are a bit difficult for you right now.
The New Year is just around the corner. Time for resolutions again, and for looking back at what actually became of last year's goals.
Photography-wise, it’s been a pretty good year for me. I think a few of my shots will stick around. But more importantly, I’ve finally started turning my photos into something finished: a book, or at least a zine, a print on the wall, an exhibition—anything tangible. The main thing is that it’s presentable and, above all, not just digital and fleeting.
That’s exactly what I want to focus on in the coming year: moving forward with selecting series and sequences, which is something I still find quite difficult. To be honest, I already have two very specific ideas floating around in my head, but both are massive undertakings and I’m not yet sure how long they’ll take or what the final result will be.
Related to that, I’ve started looking at other people's work more often. Maybe next year I’ll make it to a museum or a gallery more frequently, or manage to get my hands on more photo books. I treated myself to Masahisa Fukase’s “Ravens” for Christmas—a start. It’s not exactly uplifting, but for me, it’s very enlightening right now.
So, building on this past year, I have a clear path for the next. What more could you want? Now I just need the time and energy to actually do the work... the hardest part, as with all resolutions.
week 1
As a mom of four little ones a lot of my day is consumed with being the referee, the counselor, the one making sure everyone is in line; sometimes I forget to laugh. I want to remember throughout my day in 2012 to laugh with my kids more often!
As a photographer I want to step out of my comfort zone, I want to master shooting wide open and I want to take pictures that make me happy even though they might not be technically correct or perfect!
My little Ella's laugh is one that you can't listen to and not laugh yourself. This was a gorgeous day at the park where everyone was getting along and laughter was running wild!
Huntington Beach Pier! Epic High Resolution Huntington Beach Pier Landscape Seascape Sunset! California Socal Photography! Fine Art Landscape & Nature Photography: Dr. Elliot McGucken Epic Fine Art! Stormy Skies! Red & Orange Ocean Beach Sunset!
The great thing about the beach is that it presents an entirely different universe from season to season, from day to day, from hour to hour, from second to second, with the ever changing wind, tides, clouds, and sun. A split second with tumbling surf and a sinking sun can make a vast different, resulting in entirely different photographs.
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George Barbier (1882–1932) became one of the most renowned French Art Deco illustrators after his exhibition of ninety costume drawings at the Galerie Boutet de Monval in Paris. Being a distinguished artist of the Art Deco movement, he created fashion designs for several leading couturiers and fashion houses during the time. Barbier was widely acclaimed for the design of costumes, jewelry, wallpaper, and glasswork. His creations were published in famous magazines including Gazette du Bon Ton, La Vie Parisienne, and Vogue. We have digitally enhanced his magnificent fashion plates from the gilded jazz age of 1920s for you to download for free and use under the CC0 license.
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Portrait of the admiral Andrea Doria as Neptune
Ritratto dell'ammiraglio Andrea Doria come Nettuno
Agnolo Bronzino (1503–1572)
Milano Pinacoteca di Brera
high resolution image
I am withholding any promise to myself to any of the following :
Get more exersize, Eat healthier & Lose Weight!
The only promises I will make this year are :
Take more pictures, Push my creativity & Get a bigger hard drive!
This is the sum of motion from my timelapse of the conjunction of the Moon and Venus last week. As usual I took a timelapse with the intent of making a video and startrails!
See it on Youtube.
I'm convinced that resolution, both spatial and temporal, is the key to sanity. Resolution guards us from the unimaginable complexity of the collective human experience by abstracting the details that are not pertinent to our personal lives.
From a spectator's perspective, a cheer leading event consists of thousands of athletes dressing up in freakishly glittery costumes to perform crazy flips, tosses, and lifts. The details rooted in each athlete's personal journey, and the journeys of all who guided them to success, are hidden in the minds of those directly involved. They are simply not a part of a spectator's experience.
Sometimes, though, revealing the details -- increasing our conscious resolution -- can yield incredibly rewarding experiences. I spent several hours smack dab in the middle of these incredibly talented and dedicated athletes, and as a result I witnessed some truly inspirational moments from up-close.
To you, this photo likely doesn't strike any particular chords. It's not technically outstanding, there's no "amazing" visual content, and aside from the uniforms, it's not even clear that this took place at a cheer leading event. To me, however, this photo represents the entire life's worth of dedication, support, and passion invested by this girl and her family to get her to where she is today.
Resolution is yet another one of life's seemingly infinite aspects which demands intricate balance.
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This girl was reassuring her concerned mother that she was ready to get out there and perform. Her foot would be okay -- she would push through it -- and her butterflies were carrying her onto the stage, not away from it :)
To determine Image Sharpness you need to download the image and zoom to 1:1 (100%).These images are copyrighted to Mark Galer and Sony Australia. You must not share or republish these images without permission.
Blond & Pretty, Hot & Sexy Twin Sister Bikini Swimsuit Model Goddesses with Long Blonde Hair!
One of these may be in my LA gallery show!
While shooting stills with a Nikon D800 & video with a Sony NEX 6 with my 45surfer rig, I set another D800 up on the rocks for video! Enjoy some of the video here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLIwKVQ0JOA
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGpIJ6c7u0g
In a Malibu sea cave!
They were tall, thin, pretty, hot, beautiful and hard to tell apart! :)
Twin sister goddesses!
Shot with my rather expensive B&W CP (circular polarizer)--the B W XS-Pro Kaesemann Circular Polarizer with Multi-Resistant Nano Coating ! I love the finish it gives! Nothing in post compares! :)
Finished in Lightroom 5!
Nikon D800 Photographs of two beautiful blonde swimsuit bikini model twin sisters shot with the brand new Nikon D800 and Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II AF-S Nikkor Zoom Lens.
Captured in both RAW and JPEG.
Check out the amazing detail in the full resolution photos! I was running out of CF & SD cards fast, as the files are huge!
Classic California Hero's Journey Mythology Goddesses! Tall, pretty, thin, fit, with pretty blue eyes and long straw-blonde hair, blowing on the sea breeze.
On El Matador Beach in Malibu!
Enjoy the epic beauty of the mythological hero's journey, in great detail via the Nikon D800! :)
The full resolutions RAWs and JPEGs are amazing!
Enjoy!
May the goddesses inspire you along your artistic hero's journey!
The tall, golden-haired, blue-eyed twin goddesses were modeling the black & gold Braveheat Sword (Cross) simsuit and "Gold 45 Revolver" Gold'N'Virtue swimsuits with the main equation to Moving Dimensions Theory on the swimsuits: dx4/dt=ic. Yes I have a Ph.D. in physics! :) You can read more about my research and Hero's Journey Physics here:
herosjourneyphysics.wordpress.com/ MDT PROOF#2: Einstein (1912 Man. on Rel.) and Minkowski wrote x4=ict. Ergo dx4/dt=ic--the foundational equation of all time and motion which is on all the shirts and swimsuits. Every photon that hits my Nikon D800e's sensor does it by surfing the fourth expanding dimension, which is moving at c relative to the three spatial dimensions, or dx4/dt=ic!
May the Hero's Journey Mythology Goddess inspire you (as they have inspired me!) along your own artistic journey! Love, love, love the 70-200mm F/2.8 Lens! Holding it up all day, alongside the Sony NEX 6 with the 50mm F/1.8 lens for cool video bokeh which I have mounted under the Nikon D800E camera, is quite the workout! My shoulders have gotten bigger after so many days with six hour shoots in the AM and 3 hour shoots in the PM holding that rig up :). Plus I have to carry all the gear, books, and clothes a few hundred yards up and down the steep cliffs. I count my photography days as two workout days. :) But I love it! Every day presents a puzzle--how to figure out the light, and every model presents a mystery to be unlocked--what are her best angles/poses/actions? Nothing beats the challenge of capturing the natural beauty of a day out there, when the light's dynamic range can change by a factor of ten in a few minutes as the mist burns away to reveal the sun, and then the wind whips up and a fog rolls on in, making it seem like a windy December dusk in July. One must always be mindful of tide, times, and temperatures and work quickly before the cameras get too hot in the sun, or the model gets too cold in the wind, as the tide and rogue waves reach out to grab your equipment/props/clothes and claim them for Poseidon, the god of the sea . Beach photography/video is just like surfing, with the conditions always changing and every wave a bit different. Studio photography is like riding an exercise bike set at level 1 in a gym in front of a TV. And shooting stills and video @ the same time is like Jimmy Page or Slash improvising on his double-necked guitar.
I'm working on a book called "Lone Cowboy Photography: A Humble Hero's Journey into the Art of Photography" about how to shoot it all on your own--stills and video for sports, portraits, and landscapes--with no assistants nor teams. Just you and the goddesses, the heroic athletes, the majestic, epic landscapes, and a copy of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey to teach you of the poetry of epic, heroic beauty. You gotta be ready, son--you gotta be ready for quick-draw showdowns at sunrise and sunset, during the magic hours and in the harsh light at high noon. Every shoot is over the second you finish packing your bags for the day with all your batteries, backup cameras, freshly-cleaned lenses, washed and folded clothes and hoodies, and props and polarizer filters. Every shoot ends the second the prep is over, and the fun, and art, and life of the live performance begins. :) "Every fighter has a plan," said boxing great Mike Tyson, "Until they get hit."
All the Best on Your Epic Hero's Journey from Johnny Ranger McCoy!
Malibu Beach Sunset! Sony A7RII Red Orange Clouds Seascape Landscape! High Resolution California Sunset Photos! Socal Stormy Skies El Matador Beach Sunset! Dr. Elliot McGucken High Res Fine Art Landscape & Nature Photography! Scenic California Pacific Ocean Sunsets!
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Exalt the goddess archetype in the fine art of photography! My Epic Book: Photographing Women Models!
Portrait, Swimsuit, Lingerie, Boudoir, Fine Art, & Fashion Photography Exalting the Venus Goddess Archetype: How to Shoot Epic ...
Epic! Beautiful Surf Fine Art Portrait Swimsuit Bikini Models!
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Some of my epic books, prints, & more!
Exalt your photography with Golden Ratio Compositions!
Golden Ratio Compositions & Secret Sacred Geometry for Photography, Fine Art, & Landscape Photographers: How to Exalt Art with Leonardo da Vinci's, Michelangelo's!
Epic Landscape Photography:
A Simple Guide to the Principles of Fine Art Nature Photography: Master Composition, Lenses, Camera Settings, Aperture, ISO, ... Hero's Odyssey Mythology Photography)
Enjoy my physics!! Light Time Dimension Theory: The Foundational Physics Unifying Einstein's Relativity and Quantum Mechanics: A Simple, Illustrated Introduction to the Physical
Malibu Beach Sunset Red, ORange, Yellow Breaking Storm Clouds Landscapes! High Resolution California Sunset Photos! Socal Stormy Skies El Matador Beach Sunset! Dr. Elliot McGucken High Res Fine Art Landscape & Nature Photography Scenic California Sunsets!
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Henry Somm (1844-1907), was a French artist in the thriving artistic community of Montmartre, Paris. He was inspired by Japanese woodblock prints, the use of perspective, composition, and the subject matter.
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Vintage Map Illustrations.
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Hiroaki Takahashi (1871-1945), also known as Shotei or Komei, was an illustrator, painter and woodblock printer from Tokyo. His works cover scenes from villages, shrines, and nature, most of them signed with a variety of his artist names.
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Christmas is over, and I hope you all had a good one—or at least a peaceful one, if things are a bit difficult for you right now.
The New Year is just around the corner. Time for resolutions again, and for looking back at what actually became of last year's goals.
Photography-wise, it’s been a pretty good year for me. I think a few of my shots will stick around. But more importantly, I’ve finally started turning my photos into something finished: a book, or at least a zine, a print on the wall, an exhibition—anything tangible. The main thing is that it’s presentable and, above all, not just digital and fleeting.
That’s exactly what I want to focus on in the coming year: moving forward with selecting series and sequences, which is something I still find quite difficult. To be honest, I already have two very specific ideas floating around in my head, but both are massive undertakings and I’m not yet sure how long they’ll take or what the final result will be.
Related to that, I’ve started looking at other people's work more often. Maybe next year I’ll make it to a museum or a gallery more frequently, or manage to get my hands on more photo books. I treated myself to Masahisa Fukase’s “Ravens” for Christmas—a start. It’s not exactly uplifting, but for me, it’s very enlightening right now.
So, building on this past year, I have a clear path for the next. What more could you want? Now I just need the time and energy to actually do the work... the hardest part, as with all resolutions.
Nikon D800E + 70-200mm f/2.8VR2 Lens Photos: Pretty Asian Bikini Swimsuit Model Goddess!
The tall, thin goddess with pretty brown eyes and freckles posing with the black 45SURF surfboard which gets HOT in the sun! In front of the raging surf! Surf was way up that day--with overhead sets, and I caught it the next warm AM!
Here's some video of the pretty goddess:
A tall, thin, athletic, brunette Asian goddess! Dedicated to all my flickr fans! :)
It was a perfect socal spring day!
Shot with the new Nikon D800 E and Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II AF-S Nikkor Zoom Lens.
Captured in both RAW and JPEG.
Check out the amazing detail in the full resolution photos! I was running out of CF & SD cards fast, as the files are huge!
A classic California Hero's Journey Mythology Goddess!
Enjoy the epic beauty of the mythological hero's journey, in great detail via the Nikon D800E! :)
The full resolutions RAWs and JPEGs are amazing!
May the hero's journey mythology goddesses inspire and guide you along your hero's journey as Athena and Artemis once did!
Pretty, Hot, and Sexy Twin Sister Bikini Swimsuit Model Goddesses with Long Blonde Hair!
While shooting stills with a Nikon D800, I set another D800 up on the rocks for video! Enjoy some of the video here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLIwKVQ0JOA
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGpIJ6c7u0g
In a Malibu sea cave!
They were tall, thin, pretty, hot, beautiful and hard to tell apart! :)
Twin sister goddesses!
Shot with my rather expensive B&W CP (circular polarizer)--the B W XS-Pro Kaesemann Circular Polarizer with Multi-Resistant Nano Coating ! I love the finish it gives! Nothing in post compares! :)
Finished in Lightroom 4!
Nikon D800 Photographs of two beautiful blonde swimsuit bikini model twin sisters shot with the brand new Nikon D800 and Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II AF-S Nikkor Zoom Lens.
Captured in both RAW and JPEG.
Check out the amazing detail in the full resolution photos! I was running out of CF & SD cards fast, as the files are huge!
Classic California Hero's Journey Mythology Goddesses! Tall, pretty, thin, fit, with pretty blue eyes and long straw-blonde hair, blowing on the sea breeze.
On El Matador Beach in Malibu!
Enjoy the epic beauty of the mythological hero's journey, in great detail via the Nikon D800! :)
The full resolutions RAWs and JPEGs are amazing!
Enjoy!
May the goddesses inspire you along your artistic hero's journey!
Firstly, BIG Happy New Year to everyone at ODC - hoping your kick-off to 2014 is simply great!
I've shared some great news recently so 2014 is going to be exciting and last night we received even more great news ... Simon proposed to my daughter, Lauren so now they are officially engaged, yippee!!
My resolutions for 2014 - sell our houses, cars and everything to pay for more grandkids and another wedding!! Only kidding my simple resolutions include all the normal of being happy, thankful and as my wife says don't be grumpy at times!! But, my photo resolutions are to try and be a little more creative and different this year - well, let's see!
Off to organise dinner and drinks (my wife is working until 8 p.m. this evening (nursing away) for all these grown up kids and Lewis who will very soon be landing on me!!
Our Daily Challenge ~ RESOLUTION .....
Thanks, in advance, to everyone who views this photo, adds a note, leaves a comment and of course BIG thanks to anyone who chooses to favourite my photo .... thanks to you all.
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OK. At first glimpse, this comparison might sound unfair. The D300, featuring a 12 MP sensor was released in 2007, while the D7100, featuring a 24 MP sensor was released almost 6 years later in 2013. Six years. That is a long time in the digital world.
PREFACE
But let's start from the beginning. I am, or at least was most of the time very happy with my D300 for more than 5 years now. The camera travelled from the darkest basements to far asian cities and islands. And I never considered it an option to give away my cam as it never failed, never let me in the dark, never disappointed me. After having the D40 for a year before going to the D300 I was learning to appreciate the straight and clean layout of the control elements on the D300. It is truly straightforward. Shooting modes (P,M,S,A), ISO, WB, Exposure, Aperture and many more important settings can be very easily accessed without ever going into the menu. Hold the specific settings button while clicking the exposure dial thru the option value range. Release the button and it is set. Thats it. This straight UX approach was another strong reason I was soo happy with that camera. Also with the quality of the camera, especially its built quality – full metal (magnesium alloy) body - and the haptic feeling I was always more than satisfied over those years. For the image quality I was also quite pleased. Except, that sometimes I felt a bit more resolution for cropping could have been in those situations where you once again had to hurry snapping a shot without fine adjusting of the frame. On other occasions I was feeling like wanting more High ISO with less noise to shoot in the dark by hand. But as both of those requests seemed like only having one answer, namely going to full-frame (FX-Format) I dismissed the idea of upgrading . I was more than often on a holiday in a situation were I was tired to carry around my bulky and heavy bag. Going to full frame would not have meant to spend much more money on lenses but also to carry around an even bulkier and more heavier bag than the one I am sick of right now. So on holiday you will see me often just with the camera hanging from my shoulder, having the 35mm f/1.8 on and thats it. I highly appreciate the ability to move virtuously. Without moving, there is not much different scenes you are going to take in a day. And if you don't have a car with you or someone who is happy to carry your equipment (tripod, bag, umbrellas … what else do you need?) you really don’t feel like moving that much while taking all that material with you.
I remember also one of my close friends wanting me to convert to Canon, but this was also never an option for me. Not only having to switch a whole system of lenses, flashes and accessories, but I was and I am appreciating the nature of Nikon products in all ways a lot. Canon cameras often come out with newer features (Full-Frame-Sensors, Video, ...) or higher image quality more soon than Nikon ones. But to me they never felt that solid holding them in my hands as the Nikon cameras. I had Canon Cameras in my hand which cost more than double of the D300, but they always feel like cheap plastic to me. They never feel that solid as I would spend that much money on them. I also have some recent models of premium cars in my mind where manufacturers really failed in interior materials for +100k USD cars. I never would going to buy those – even I had the money - as they have cheap plastic buttons on the command panel, despite of being highly awarded by the so called independent specialized press.
COMMON FEATURES
OK. Lets first take a look, not at the differences of those both cameras. Let's take a look of what they have in common. Both are Nikon F-Mount DSLRs with a DX-Sensor (crop factor 1.3x). Both have the four basic important shooting modes – P, M, S, A. Both have an HDMI output on the left and a LCD on top. And the D7100 has at least a body which is partially made of magnesium alloy. Both have a 100 % viewfinder (0.94x). Both can shoot 14-bit NEF's, and both are featuring a 51-point AF sensor and an AF-motor, so non AF-S lenses will have AF function on both cams as well. Both can be equipped with a battery grip, and if you take a look at the menus you'll also find both cameras having extensive settings options which is almost the same huge feature list once more. And interestingly the D300s (the video enabled succeeder of the D300) is available at almost the same price right now as the D7100 is.
VIDEO
Let's just assume for a second that the only feature I am missing on my D300 is the video. Especially on holiday there is always something funny happening you want to take a video of, but often that is not in ideal light conditions. Smartphones just miss up taking videos in dim light and they don't have any optical zoom. So for taking just a little bit serious video it might be a good feature to have on the camera. But for buying a new camera with new money the step from to the D300s is just not far enough for me. It does not feature 1080p or 30fps video recording. And compared to the D300 there is just not more in the box finally than the video.
When spending money on a new camera you want to have more than just one feature. I never thought before that I am going to leave this super straight and solid prosumer Nikon line – not in favour for a less-pro product line. But as it turns out, the D7100 has much more image detail and quality offering in a package which is even lighter and more easy to carry than my old D300 and it is giving me 1080p video, while spending even a little less than for the D300s without missing all those detailed menu settings and major features. That's it. Said like this, it sounds very simple.
DIFFERENCES
Finally, I want to point out, which features you might be missing in case you are going for that same “upgrade” as me, or which features you might gain.
D300 havs, D7100 don't havs - flash sync plug (the old round one) - round 10 pin cable socket for remote cable shutter release and the older style GPS modules - display cover (protects your display from scratches) - straightforward controls - CF card slot (big cards, easy to grab, but be careful with the pins) - manual pop up flash (it never fires unless you release it first, no matter which program – that makes you look more smart than those people who are taking photos in the night of far objects (like skylines) or shooting thru windows with accidently firing the flash ;) - more solid body - bigger top LCD - bigger body more easy to grab (but also more heavy) - high shooting rate of up to 6/8 shots per second (8 only with battery grip or sw tweak***) - big buffer space (will enable you continues shooting of up to 18 RAWs (12-bit) at 6 FPS with fast cards) - LCD screen features more realistic tones and colors - in camera preview is of higher quality
D7100 havs, D300 don't havs - 24 MP sensor - Video recording - SD cards (hell are these small!) - DUAL SD card slots (second one can be set to JPG, backup or overflow) - IR sensor (for triggering the shutter) - many shooting scene modes (your friends who are not into photography might be able to take photos as well) - flash pop up is controlled by software now (to disable the flash, be sure to choose the right settings first) - shooting rate at 6 shots per second also for 14-bit NEFs (3 on the D300), but as of the - limited buffer space the burst rate drops dramatically (under 3 fps depending on your card) after 5 or 6 takes. - support for newer style GPS receivers and the Wifi-Adapter - LCD screen features adjustable backlight - HDMI-C socket (HDMI-A-Cables need an adapter)
That is not a comprehensive list, but the biggest differences I have encountered so far.
LOW PASS FILTER
Finally one last stop at the so called “low-pass-filter”. I have read on many sources on the web that there is “no significant difference” in picture detail by removing the low-pass-filter. I can confirm now while comparing both cameras that this is not true. The D7100 100% crops show definitely higher sharpness on the pixel level than the shots from my D300. Sure, that effect can only be observed while having a lens which is able to deliver that high detail. Just look at the photos I took here. Despite that DX prime lens' super low price tag, its able to deliver this. And there are probably more pricy prime lenses available which can even surpass this performance.
DISPLAY
The back display of both cams are different, but I cannot see any benefit in case of the D7100 LCDs in having another W-subpixel. If you place the cameras side by side you will easily notice that the colors and tones on the display of the D300 are much more natural. The D7100 has an adjustable backlight now and a little bit more true black. That is both a plus. But the photos on the D7100 seem oversharped on playback. But luckily this effects can only be observed on the screen. The photos itself on your memory card are of highest quality on both cams.
Image playback on the D7100 over HDMI shows black bars on left and right side - even if you zoom in into the photo - this is something nobody likes to see, especially as the D300 was able to do that better back then in 2007 already. But despite Nikon knowing from customer complains about this problem they never went to fix it and so this sticks out as a deliberate attempt to cancel this as a pro-camera and keep a distance to the higher priced 3-digit and one-digit product line.
VERDICT
As for the overall picture quality there is not much big difference between both cams. They perform almost equal in terms of dynamic range and white balance. But when you have the right lens mounted, the D7100 is the clear winner in resolution and detail. Also in Low-Light situations the D7100 tends to preserve more details than the D300.
I read on many sites on the web that people recommend the D300(s) as a more solid working body for professional photographers who take their 3000 images a week, but finally I believe that professional photographers can afford more recent and more pricey equipment as the D4 for example. So we are really not talking about professional photography here I guess.
I really liked the super solid body and the straightforward controls on the D300. But at the same time I don't want to miss that resolution and detail plus on the D7100 anymore. If you are used to the controls on any prosumer Nikon it might need a little time to get used to the layout of the controls on the D7100, but that is nothing to worry about if you have that time. Also the smaller image buffer on the D7100 might be something to consider, as the burst rate just drops much more early than on the D300. As a fashion show photographer this drop in burst rate, is unacceptable. The D300 image buffer allowed taking 3 times the number of RAW pictures slowing down, as long as you agree on the fact that 12 bit raw is enough and you wont need 14 bit.
Finally, I believe, that if you don't care about using CF or SD cards, and if you don't care about having a camera body fully made of metal alloy or half synthetics, the D7100 will give you much more than just more image detail. It will give you a more advanced focussing system, a lighter body, a second memory card slot and of course Video. And all that for a very decent price tag. So for me it is really an option while not going to FX (more weight, more pricey lenses) but still having major image detail improvement and a few relevant features.
And as my friend Ivo says. It is a new toy to play with as well for sure. :)
YOUR courage YOUR Cheerfulness
YOUR Resolution WILL BRING US VICTORY, 1939 Crown Copyright
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One of the propganda poster set that preceeded the "Keep Calm and Carry On" slogan which was never officially published. The "Keep Calm.." poster was to be used only if the country was invaded. This of course did not happen but the poster emerged as a T shirt a few years ago.
I think I just started a new year tradition. Writing my resolution on the beach. Seems just about perfect.
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Nikon D800E Photos of a Gorgeous Blond Bikini Model Goddess in Gold 45 Revolver Swimsuit with wavy-blond hair and pretty blue eyes! Pretty, pretty smile! A tall, thin, fit, classic California beach babe! Please share the exalted goddess with your friends.
Here is some epic video I shot at the same time as the stills with the Sony Alpha NEX 6 camera with the 50 mm F/1.8 prime lens for nex6 e mount cameras bracketed to my Nikon D800E (cool bokeh!):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uUXm05lv_o (Sony NEX-6 with F/1.8 50mm Prime Nice Bokeh!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqVXRPAN0MQ (Sony NEX-6 with F/1.8 50mm Prime Nice Bokeh!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrAZEcBZxUQ (Nikon D800E with 70-200mm F/2.8 Nikkor LEns)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9phCXhm-bg (Sony NEX-6 with F/1.8 50mm Prime Nice Bokeh!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsQcSnPd2Uk (Sony NEX-6 with F/1.8 50mm Prime Nice Bokeh!)
With the black 45surf surfboard! It gets hot in the sand in the sun! Wearing a leather Buffalo Nickel Cowboy Hat! :)
Combine the shallow-depth-of-field with Sony NEX-6's latest face-tracking auto focus, and you can see how the moving video keeps the model's pretty blue eyes in focus, while blurring the background! The Sony Alpha NEX 6 has much better bokeh than the cameras I have been using! :)
She was tall, thin, fit, toned, defined, and beautiful!
Modeling the Gold 45 Revolver(TM) Gold'N'Virtue(TM) American Flag Bikini! Stars & Stripes Forever! :)
Nikon D800E Photographs of a Beautiful Sandy-Blonde/Brunette Swimsuit Bikini Model shot with the new Nikon D800 and Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II AF-S Nikkor Zoom Lens with the B W 77mm XS-Pro Kaesemann Circular Polarizer with Multi-Resistant Nano Coating filter. I always, always shoot with a CP filter--even on cloudy days!
Shot in both RAW & JPEG, but all these photos are RAWs finished in Lightroom 4 ! :)
May the HJM Goddesses guide, inspire, and exalt ye along yer heroic artistic journey!
Modeling the black & gold "Gold 45 Revolver" Gold'N'Virtue swimsuits with the main equation to Moving Dimensions Theory on the swimsuits: dx4/dt=ic. Yes I have a Ph.D. in physics! :) You can read more about my research and Hero's Journey Physics here:
herosjourneyphysics.wordpress.com/ MDT PROOF#2: Einstein (1912 Man. on Rel.) and Minkowski wrote x4=ict. Ergo dx4/dt=ic--the foundational equation of all time and motion which is on all the shirts and swimsuits. Every photon that hits my Nikon D800e's sensor does it by surfing the fourth expanding dimension, which is moving at c relative to the three spatial dimensions, or dx4/dt=ic!
Reading some of the Great Books of Hero's Journey Mythology! Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, Melville's Moby Dick, and Shakespeare's Hamlet!
All the Best on Your Epic Hero's Journey from Johnny Ranger McCoy!
Nikon D800E 70-200mm f/2.8 VR2 Lens photos of tall, brunette, pretty Asian bikini swimsuit model goddess!
The thin, fit goddess with pretty brown eyes, freckles, and long silky brown hair is posing with the black 45SURF surfboard which gets HOT in the sun!
Here's some video of the pretty goddess:
The main words on the barrel of the Gold 45 Revolver on her swimsuit are Virgil's, "Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito," which means,
"Yield not to evils, but attack all the more boldly."
It was a perfect socal spring day for a beach photoshoot under a blue sky!
Shot with a new Nikon D800 E and Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II AF-S Nikkor Zoom Lens.
Captured in both RAW and JPEG--these photos are all RAWs finished in Lightroom 4.
Modeling the black & gold "Gold 45 Revolver" Gold'N'Virtue swimsuits with the main equation to Moving Dimensions Theory on the swimsuits: dx4/dt=ic. Yes I have a Ph.D. in physics! :) You can read more about my research and Hero's Journey Physics here:
herosjourneyphysics.wordpress.com/ MDT PROOF#2: Einstein (1912 Man. on Rel.) and Minkowski wrote x4=ict. Ergo dx4/dt=ic--the foundational equation of all time and motion which is on all the shirts and swimsuits. Every photon that hits my Nikon D800e's sensor does it by surfing the fourth expanding dimension, which is moving at c relative to the three spatial dimensions, or dx4/dt=ic!
Check out the amazing detail in the full resolution photos! I was running out of CF & SD cards fast, as the files are huge!
A classic California Hero's Journey Mythology Goddess!
Enjoy the epic beauty of the mythological hero's journey, in great detail via the Nikon D800E! :)
The full resolutions RAWs and JPEGs are amazing!
May the hero's journey mythology goddesses inspire and guide you along your hero's journey as Athena and Artemis once did!
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Talaat Pacha
[between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920]
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Christmas is over, and I hope you all had a good one—or at least a peaceful one, if things are a bit difficult for you right now.
The New Year is just around the corner. Time for resolutions again, and for looking back at what actually became of last year's goals.
Photography-wise, it’s been a pretty good year for me. I think a few of my shots will stick around. But more importantly, I’ve finally started turning my photos into something finished: a book, or at least a zine, a print on the wall, an exhibition—anything tangible. The main thing is that it’s presentable and, above all, not just digital and fleeting.
That’s exactly what I want to focus on in the coming year: moving forward with selecting series and sequences, which is something I still find quite difficult. To be honest, I already have two very specific ideas floating around in my head, but both are massive undertakings and I’m not yet sure how long they’ll take or what the final result will be.
Related to that, I’ve started looking at other people's work more often. Maybe next year I’ll make it to a museum or a gallery more frequently, or manage to get my hands on more photo books. I treated myself to Masahisa Fukase’s “Ravens” for Christmas—a start. It’s not exactly uplifting, but for me, it’s very enlightening right now.
So, building on this past year, I have a clear path for the next. What more could you want? Now I just need the time and energy to actually do the work... the hardest part, as with all resolutions.
Beautiful Italian Goddess from Milan, Italy !
Watch a video of her modeling & reading Dante's Inferno in Italian:
Nothing as beautiful as a a pretty girl reading poetry on the beach!
The full HD video is amazing! Be sure to watch in 1080p HD!
Beautiful Italian Goddess modeling Swimsuits and Bikinis, at the beach on a sunny day!
With the black 45surf surfboard!
Nikon D800 Photographs of a Beautiful Brunette Swimsuit Bikini Model shot with the Nikon D800 and Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II AF-S Nikkor Zoom Lens.
Captured in both RAW and JPEG.
Check out the amazing detail in the full resolution photos! I was running out of CF & SD cards fast, as the files are huge!
A classic California Hero's Journey Mythology Goddess! Tall, pretty, thin, fit, with pretty blue eyes and long brown hair, blowing on the sea breeze. Amazing abs!
In front of the breaking waves on the boiling/roiling Pacific Ocean! :) Surf's up!
Enjoy the epic beauty of the mythological hero's journey, in great detail via the Nikon D800! :)
Modeling The Gold 45 Revolver Bikini on a sunny winter's day in Malibu!
Enjoy!
Season's Best from Johnny Ranger McCoy & the Hero's Journey Mythology Goddesses! :)
:)
A high-fashion model from Italy!
Happy New Year!
Resolution - noun: a resolve or determination
I don't normally make New Years resolutions, but I thought it might be a good idea this year.
Happy New Year to all of my friends and contacts on Flickr. I hope you all have an amazing, creative, productive, healthy and happy 2008!!
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Galaxy Images from NASA's newest James Webb Space Telescope revealed for the first time Cosmic Cliffs, the previously invisible areas of star birth in the Carina Nebula. The rapid phases of star formation are difficult to capture, but James Webb Space Telescope's extreme imaging capability can now capture these fascinating events.
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