A year ago I was visiting three popular National Parks in Arizona and Utah. This week I have been revisiting photos from that trip and processing more of them. Photomatix came out with an update to their Aperture Plugin which did a nice job on this 7 photo (-3EV to +3EV) set of Delicate Arch in Arches National Park near Moab, Utah. For more about my trip, go to this TMIP Thread: Western Adventuring
Race fans, I present for your enjoyment a REAL race car: The 1971 McLaren M8F originally driven in the Can-Am series by Denny Hulme. Seven hundred horsepower never looked so good. Seen at the SVRA race in Indianapolis in June, 2014. Can-Am classic
We had a wonderful trip to San Francisco last week. One of the high points was visiting the Walt Disney Family Museum. While they do allow photography, they do not allow flash. Therefore me olde D7000 had a hard time keeping up in the low light. The museum is arranged chronologically. This camera was the one Walt used in 1965 and '66: Walt's Instamatic Camera by rickenmartin78, on Flickr [From the exhibit] "The Instamatic Camera was developed by Kodak in 1965. Dad took this one with him on the trip to San Diego with his grandchildren in August of that year, and on the family yacht trip out of Vancouver the following July. Mother also used it to photograph her grandchildren. I think he got it for her, really." --Diane Disney
Walt may have had that one in 1965, but the first camera that was really "mine" was the Instamatic 100 that I got for Christmas in 1963.
Got my instamatic 9/21/64 for my 11th birthday. From my paternal grandparents to use at the 1964 ny worlds fair. I still have that camera of all the things they gave me, funny how over all the years, and more addresses than i can even remember, that little box of a camera combined with the wonders of that worlds fair, opened up this country boys eyes and mind to a great big world outside my little town
Since we are talking about first cameras... My first was a "Pocket Camera" made by Fisher Price. The only problem was that I could only take photos about "My trip to the Zoo."
Shot from Land's End, San Francisco. Beautiful place, hell of a hike. Land's End breakers by rickenmartin78, on Flickr
I spent last week at the Peter Read Miller sports photography workshop. It wasn't cheap and was a lot of work, but boy was it worth it! Erich
I learned so much, that's actually a tough question. It's not something specific they taught, but for me it boils down to narrowness of focus; be it looking for that perfect moment, just the right body position, or finding the picture with the captured picture. That and admitting how many of what I previously called keepers are really crap. Erich
Dave (@ExploringWDW) and I visited the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge over the weekend. While we didn't see much in the way of "photographical" wildlife, this immature Bald Eagle gave us a thrill. Immature Bald Eagle Soaring by Scottwdw
I sometimes wonder if car designers intentionally put faces on the front of their cars. This Austin Healey Sprite looks particularly happy. Smiley face
Did he pull out a Canon 7D Mk2? Saw his glowing review on youTube for it. Yeah, there's a lot of crap on my cameras after a game. I usually work to get a nice set of 30 or 40 images out of hundreds.
Yup, the Canon reps had 2 pre-production cameras for people to try out amongst the bunch of other gear they brought to loan out. The consensus was that it's good for sports. Yeah, I know, you didn't want to hear that. Erich
