Sunday, February 27, 2011

fake winter ok?

rd1 with zm 28...and ir filter...the rest finsished in elements.

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Blogger Warren T. said...

very pretty scene :)

thanks,

warren

Sunday, February 27, 2011 at 6:12:00 PM PST  
Blogger Steve Rosenbach said...

Wow, really well-composed and well-executed!

Monday, February 28, 2011 at 3:48:00 AM PST  
Blogger back alley said...

thanks guys!

edmonton is great in the summer.

Monday, February 28, 2011 at 10:32:00 PM PST  
Blogger Warren T. said...

Joe, Edmonton looks pretty good in the winter too. But I guess the cold weather can get annoying if you have to live there. I see from your ads that you're selling your M4/3 outfit. So your M4/3 experiment is finished? Will you be trying the X100?

--Warren

Thursday, March 3, 2011 at 7:56:00 AM PST  
Blogger back alley said...

the sale is not going anywhere...it's a great camera but i only use the 20 on it so i'm thinking that the new x100 might be a good fit for me also.
if it does not sell i wont be disappointed though.

Saturday, March 5, 2011 at 4:17:00 PM PST  

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pretty but...

enough already!
it should be starting to melt by now, even in the far north, but it just keeps snowing...tired of winter!


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Blogger Warren T. said...

Hang in there, Joe! :) Spring is just around the corner.

How about braving the cold some more, and getting us some wintery cityscapes or landscapes from your hometown? I'd love to see what it looks like.

--Warren

Sunday, February 27, 2011 at 4:07:00 PM PST  
Blogger Simon Chan said...

I like it very much. It is comforting.

Friday, March 18, 2011 at 10:29:00 AM PDT  

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Sunday, February 20, 2011

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Blogger Warren T. said...

Nice to see you, Joe :)

--WT

Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at 3:21:00 PM PST  

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Blogger Warren T. said...

It looks like the man is about to levitate those leeks, LOL :)

--WT

Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at 3:22:00 PM PST  
Blogger Lea said...

Explaining organic prices? lol.. Great shot! Nice comparison of pets and work in the second.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at 12:17:00 PM PST  

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not shooting much lately...

it has been unseasonably cold here in northern alberta, so much so that there is little joy in heading out for a shoot.
i have been concentrating on the local farmer's market but that is becoming a bit of a bore now too...



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Blogger Warren T. said...

This evokes images of an accountant's nightmare during tax preparation season :)

--WT

Monday, February 28, 2011 at 2:13:00 PM PST  
Blogger back alley said...

someone else called it surreal...

Monday, February 28, 2011 at 10:33:00 PM PST  
Blogger Lea said...

Looking for the secret entrance.. hmmm which one was it...... Love this!

Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at 12:18:00 PM PST  

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Friday, February 18, 2011

Woman on Steps

This is part of the monumental facade of the main NYC post office, zip code 10001.

On the entablature resting atop the Corinthian colonnade is the famous inscription, "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds."

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Blogger Lea said...

Nice lines, the light is very playful on those steps!

Saturday, February 19, 2011 at 7:49:00 PM PST  

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Lyn & Steve's Excellent Adventure

My friend Lynford Morton and I made a photography day trip to NYC Tuesday. Lyn is also a photo tour leader (see his company, PhotoTourDC) and neither one of us has been out shooting just for our own pleasure lately. So I suggested a day-trip to NYC, to which Lyn readily agreed.

We drove to Hoboken to take some photos of the Manhattan skyline from the campus my alma mater, Stevens Institute of Technology. Before heading to Manhattan via the PATH train, we checked out the magnificent interior of the old train and ferry terminal.

Here, Lyn perched at the top of the staircase for a better view at the Erie-Lackawanna terminal in Hoboken.

After a pilgrimage to B&H Photo upon arrival in Manhattan, we went to Chinatown, Civic Center, walked across Brooklyn Bridge, and finally Empire-Fulton Park in Brooklyn as the sun sank over NY Harbor.

A great day!... more photos to come.

P.S. - if any FPCF-ers come this way, I'll be happy to serve as a photo tour guide to NYC if it's a weekend or a day that I can take off!

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Blogger Warren T. said...

Nice location shot :).

I'd love to see more from your photo excursion. It's been many years since I've been to NYC.

--Warren

Friday, February 18, 2011 at 4:18:00 PM PST  

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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

May 14, 2010 - Launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis

Please excuse the low image quality. These are still images from video I shot at Kennedy Space Center. It was the only time I brought two cameras (video & 3D) on a trip. I am always afraid I would leave one behind and forget about it. The flame was so bright, my eyes hurted. I never heard anything as angry as the sound made by the rocket boosters. The launch pad was about 7 miles east from me and Atlantis was flying toward east. However, when Atlantis got so high up in the sky, it seemed right above me.









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Blogger Warren T. said...

Wow! That's a unique experience. I'm sure pictures and video don't do it justice. You had to be there.

Thursday, February 17, 2011 at 9:03:00 PM PST  

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Stereograph/3D photo


Here are two more 3D photos. The life size space shuttle replica was taken at the Kennedy Space Center. The Paris look alike was taken at EPCOT.

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Blogger Warren T. said...

Simon, when were these taken?

Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at 11:12:00 PM PST  
Blogger Simon Chan said...

They were taken last May. I went to Florida for the May 14 launch of space shuttle Atlantis. It was supposed to be Atlantis's last launch, but Atlantis was called to fly the very last shuttle mission this June. Launch viewing tickets were hard to get. I did not book flight and room until after I had secured a viewing ticket. Not knowing the area, so I decided to stay at a Disney World resort. One phone call and they took care of everything just 2 weeks before launch date. I only bring my 3D camera to special events.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at 11:32:00 PM PST  
Blogger Lea said...

The colour shake is cool! I especially like the plane. I'll come back to these if i get my hands on some 3d glasses but it is interesting like this too :)

Saturday, February 19, 2011 at 7:48:00 PM PST  
Blogger Simon Chan said...

Thanks Lea!
Warren, could you pass a pair of 3D glasses to Lea please, thanks!

Monday, February 21, 2011 at 9:36:00 AM PST  
Blogger Warren T. said...

Simon,

Lea lives in Seattle.

Lea, if you email me your mailing address, I'll drop one off in the mail for you. They are light and flat, so it will only be first class postage, I think.

--Warren

Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at 3:26:00 PM PST  

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Taking a Breather

Panasonic DMC-G1, Lumix 45-200mm

They stopped to admire the coastal view at Pacifica.

--Warren

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Blogger Lea said...

Great angle! The path is shaped like a wish-bone :)

Saturday, February 19, 2011 at 7:52:00 PM PST  

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Coastal Hike, Pacifica

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Monday, February 14, 2011

Stereograph/3D photo


Reading Moby Dick got me interested in stereo vision which Moby Dick lacked. I bought a LOREO 3D camera which has 2 lenses. Releasing the shutter results two images (1 frame) on the negative. If you manage to see the left image with your left eye and right image with your right eye; the image will appear to have depth. Special viewers make the task easier. Maker magazine pointed me to a free download (Anaglph Maker) which can convert stereographs to images viewable by more common red & blue viewer. Attached photo was taken in Disney World EPCOT last May. I have plenty of red & blue viewers. Just let me know how many you need, I'll pass them to Gail. \ (^0^) /

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Blogger Warren T. said...

Very cool, Simon. I'll need one set to see this picture, and also in anticipation of your future pictures.

Thanks,

Warren

Monday, February 14, 2011 at 11:06:00 PM PST  
Blogger Warren T. said...

hi Simon, thanks for the glasses. It's fun to view the 3D version with them.

--Warren

Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at 10:13:00 PM PST  

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Thursday, February 10, 2011

Howard Reads Yiddish

A portrait of my friend and distinguished colleague, Howard.

Among other things, he's distinguished because when he joined our little team at the University, he was issued an ID card that says "Faculty," instead of "Staff," as it was supposed to be. So since then, I've referred to him as "Professor."

One day last December, as Howard and I arrived at our Light Rail destination in the morning, we got an alert from work that our building had lost power, and that they didn't expect it to be restord until late afternoon... so they were telling everyone to go home for the day. Howard and I decided to stay on the Light Rail and ride it to the northern end of the line - a nice 45 minute journey northward.

One the way back, I remembered that I had with me a copy of the "Forwarts" ("Forward",) a Yiddish newspaper I had brought back from New York some months earlier. I bought it strictly for photographic purposes - I thought it would be humorous to take pictures of people who you wouldn't expect to be reading a Yiddish publication - and Howard fit the bill. I still have to arrange to take a picture of it with one of my Asian friends.

For a while, we had this photo posted in our office between our desks as a way of showing how learned Professor Howard really was!

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Blogger Warren T. said...

Nice transit picture with a great story to go with it! Thanks for posting a picture here, Steve.

--Warren

Friday, February 11, 2011 at 7:08:00 AM PST  
Blogger Steve Rosenbach said...

Thanks, Warren. The inspiration for this was an advertising campaign for Levy's Rye Bread, very popular on the east cost in the '70s.

Here's a link that shows a number of the ads

http://www.lavidalocavore.org/showDiary.do?diaryId=3406

Now if only I could get out to SF to get some pictures of you reading the Forvarts or the "Algemeiner Dzjournahl" with great concentration, maybe with Eric peering over you shoulder .... ;-)

Friday, February 11, 2011 at 10:48:00 AM PST  

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Wednesday, February 09, 2011

Gail on New Year's Eve

Panasonic DMC-G1, Lumix 45-200mm

We went for an afternoon walk at Pacifica on Dec. 31st.

We haven't seen "people" shots and portraits here lately, so here's one to get that ball rolling.

--Warren

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Tuesday, February 08, 2011

Great Egret in Flight

Lumix DMC-GF1, Lumix 45-200mm

We went for a walk at Redwood Shores to take advantage of the summer-like weather last Sunday.

There were many shorebirds there including this Great Egret. I have some shots of this egret in a similar pose as the Great Blue Heron that I posted recently. Then the egret had enough of me stalking it and took off. I was not really prepared for its flight, but I was lucky to get this one shot of it in the air with its wings extended.

--Warren

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Blogger Warren T. said...

hmmm, does this look a little too dark on your monitor?

also, i guess we don't have a project theme this month, so we'll probably skip it this month.

--Warren

Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 8:51:00 AM PST  
Blogger Warren T. said...

well, nobody's home...

I thought it was too dark, so I adjusted it a bit, and reloaded a new version.

--WT

Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 7:51:00 PM PST  
Blogger Steve Rosenbach said...

This looks fantastic, Warren!

Not only amazing timing on your part, but it's a beautiful composition - the placement of the egret is great, and I love the curved divider between the black and the blue.

You've held detail in the whites of the egret beautifully.

White, aqua, and black - so simple and effective.

Thursday, February 10, 2011 at 8:01:00 PM PST  

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Saturday, February 05, 2011

Sunset and Fog



Pt. Reyes is purported to be one of the foggiest locations on earth. Out trying out the new GH2, I also had the Leica M9 and found the light and fog appealing.







Leica M9 28mm, f2.8


Dan





Dan

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Blogger Warren T. said...

Nice mood :)

Saturday, February 5, 2011 at 8:53:00 AM PST  
Blogger Steve Rosenbach said...

This is awesome, Dan!

You've got just enough detail in the shadows at right to add interest, while keeping the air of mystery in that part of the photo.

Thursday, February 10, 2011 at 8:02:00 PM PST  

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Chimney Rock







Working with the new Lumix GH2 and a 100-300 zoom, I captured these wildlife images. The elephant seals are in now with their pups and are quite entertaining. These guys are lazing about but the young bulls are quite active.
Lumix GH2 100-300 f4-5.6
Dan

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Blogger Warren T. said...

I like the three sand blobs :)

I see that you've figured out the GH2 pretty quickly.

--WT

Saturday, February 5, 2011 at 8:54:00 AM PST  
Blogger Lea said...

Beautiful lighting in the deer-trot shot. The seals are so cute, lol!! Warren's "sand blob" name-calling is funny :) A nice view of them. Their shadows make them extra blobby.

Saturday, February 19, 2011 at 7:56:00 PM PST  

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