Feathers

 Walks  2 Responses »
Aug 152012
 

One Feather
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Nikon D300; 1/60 sec @ f8, ISO 1250 (handheld);
18-200 mm f/3.5–5.6 @ 200mm (300mm EFL); focus distance .89m

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Three Feathers
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Nikon D300; 1/60 sec @ f8, ISO 1100 (handheld);
18-200 mm f/3.5–5.6 @ 200mm (300mm EFL); focus distance .89m

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Four Feathers
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Nikon D300; 1/60 sec @ f8, ISO 1250 (handheld);
18-200 mm f/3.5–5.6 @ 135mm (202mm EFL); focus distance 1.33m

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It was raining the other morning when I went to our local park, and sea gulls had flocked to the basketball court. They flew off when I approached, but left behind these tokens of their presence.

Translucence

 Walks  2 Responses »
Jul 192012
 

Translucent №1
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Nikon D300; 1/60 sec @ f8, ISO 400 (handheld);
18-200 mm f/3.5–5.6 @ 26mm (39mm EFL); focus distance 1.5m

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Translucent №2
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Nikon D300; 1/60 sec @ f5.6 ISO 1000 (handheld);
18-200 mm f/3.5–5.6 @ 62mm (93mm EFL); focus distance 2m

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One of our assignments during the Miksang Institute Summer Program was titled “Simplicity—the Relationship of Form and Space”. Out of ten images submitted for review, only one of mine hit the mark! These were photographed a couple of days later, and might have been judged acceptable…or maybe not.

I’ll keep working on it.

Growth

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Jul 172012
 

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Before returning home from the Miksang workshop in Boulder, Colorado, I decided to take one last walk along Pearl Street. Despite having spent hours and hours prowling that area to fulfill our assignments in the past two weeks, I still discovered something I’d never seen before. That’s a heartening lesson to take back to my oh-so-familiar neighborhood in Chicago!

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Nikon D300; 1/250 sec @ f11, ISO 200 (handheld);
70-300 mm f/4.5–5.6 @ 180mm (270mm EFL); focus distance 11.89m

Dumpster Diving

 Walks  2 Responses »
May 312012
 

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Just the other day…there was an apartment building fire in our neighborhood. Passing the cleanup efforts, I saw this on the inside wall of an open dumpster.

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Nikon D300; 1/125 sec @ f11, ISO 2000 (handheld);
70-300 mm f/4.5–5.6 @ 95mm (142mm EFL); focus distance 5.62m

“Have a seat…”

 Walks  8 Responses »
Apr 222012
 

“Have a seat…”  (№1)
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Nikon D300; f6.7 @ 1/60 sec, ISO 3200 (handheld);
18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 105mm (157mm EFL); focus distance 5.96m

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“Have a seat…”  (№2)
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Nikon D300; f8 @ 1/60 sec, ISO 3200 (handheld);
18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 62mm (93mm EFL); focus distance .6m

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“Have a seat…”  (№3)
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Nikon D300; f11 @ 1/180 sec, ISO 200 (handheld);
18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 90mm (135mm EFL); focus distance .8m

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Just the other day… I went downtown to visit with a friend, and spent some time wandering around before and after with my camera. Returning home, I was surprised to discover how many photographs had this theme—without conscious intent! (All three were captured on that outing.)

The last one is for Andreas.  🙂

The Quiet Place

 Walks  3 Responses »
Feb 122012
 

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Today I landed on a site called The Quiet Place. Go ahead, take a peek. The link will open in a new window/tab; I’ll wait… 🙂

In that Quiet Place, gazing out my window and trying to do absolutely nothing, I thought “Don’t even look for a photo.”

Then this appeared.

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Nikon D300; f8 @ 1/125 sec, ISO 320 (handheld);
18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 200mm (300mm EFL); focus distance 14.96m

320

 Walks  2 Responses »
Feb 052012
 

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Another image photographed in hard light around 1 p.m. The bright white and strong graphic elements jumped out at me while walking with my mother through the River Arts District in Asheville, North Carolina this past December. She was carrying her Lumix. 🙂

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Nikon D300; 19.5 @ 1/500 sec, ISO 200 (handheld);
18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 95mm (142mm EFL); focus distance 1.12m

St. Francis

 Walks  2 Responses »
Jan 292012
 

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Noticed from the corner of my eye, this scene caused me to do a double-take in passing.

The first captures, attempted by shooting over a fence, were marred by an intervening snowbank. I got lucky with clear skies again the next day, and was able to return at the same time to discover a better vantage point—without trespassing too far.  😉

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Nikon D300; f9.5 @ 1/1000 sec, ISO 200 (handheld);
18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 65mm (97mm EFL); focus distance 4.73m

Shodo

 Walks  2 Responses »
Jan 142012
 

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Photographed near high noon, this capture reminds me there are delightful possibilities in hard light between the hours of dawn and dusk!

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Nikon D300; f9.5 @ 1/75 sec, ISO 200 (handheld);
18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 46mm (69mm EFL); focus distance 1.68m

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