POW 3/21/10

Great start Jeremiah... This week I reversed my russian made Helios 44mm and done some close-up work I was rather surprised at how well the Helios performed and the working distance was great.

Invest in a remote, and if you have a way to tether, do that too. It should make your favorite (willing) subject easier to shoot.
But as for the image, I like the lighting and tones, well done. What did you use to light it?

Did some hiking today with the family but it's a muddy, icey, snowy skeleton forest mess out there, not much to shoot from any vantage point. Plus, because I had a group with me, I couldn't just sit on the summit and twiddle my thumbs till the sun went down for some back lit silhouetted skeleton mountains. Just hike to be in shape, and carry the SLR so it doesn't feel heavy in a few weeks when things start getting purty again.

A few shots from today's hike up Hadley Mountain in the Southern Adirondacks, this is a favorite out ours because it's close and not too hard...

He might look tired, but after this little nap on the summit, he found some really deep snow and proceeded to run circles in it, his shelter name was Branco for a reason and he does buck like a bronco when he gets excited or in deep snow (which seems to get him excited). Then he chased water down stream (hopefully he will do it again when I have video on me), followed by just running up and down the trail, stopping on a dime and running back the other way. Of course Aim isn't a Border Collie/Collie mix so she doesn't have that sort of boundless energy, her nap was for real.

Pentax K10D, FA 28-70 f/4 AL @ f/5.6, ISO 200.
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With a group of 4 he definitely showed us he is a BC stopping and waiting on the people in the rear if the group was too spread out. Caney was infamous for his concern over groups staying together, yet neither had a strong active herding or prey instinct. Goes to show you how much of our makeup is genetic, and how much is learned behavior. It clearly drives BC's nuts to see the herd/flock get become spreadout.

Pentax K10D, FA 28-70 f/4 AL @ f/5.6, ISO 100.
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Alive and rested for the descent which was mostly boot glissading down, of course we all took an unexpected butt glissade here or there!!

Pentax K10D, FA 28-70 f/4 AL @ f/5.6, ISO 200.

some different things, I have no style. Maybe that's good.

one happy fella in front of his house (in Surinam)
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An exercise in pp
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eggs of the 'Jaarbakka' as this fish is called in Surinam

I have a rather special image from the field. I was out doing one of my surveys on the Chytrid Fungus (the one that is wiping out amphibians worldwide) and I came across a rare secretive snake only found in a few states in the Midwest. It's called a Kirkland's Water snake; a very small non aggressive snake (most water snakes have bad tempers). Because I know that this is a Species of concern I made no attempt to handle the snake, but he/she was very cooperative and allowed me several nice shots before he/she disappeared into the mucky soil.
After living in central Indiana for four years this is only the second time I've seen one and the first time I've photographed one.
Pentax K10D, 50mm FA f2.8-I think I was shooting at f16 or f22.

Friday I hit the trailhead at 5am to try and catch a colorful sunrise, but it was not to be. K10D / DA 35 Then I stopped to do a little early spring trout fishing

Three more inner city shots for me this week. The first was shot last Sunday, the second two yesterday. Both shots from yesterday were shot before sunrise, both with the K20D and the DA 35mm on a tripod.

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All shot with a K110D & Kalimar 80-200mm.

~Jack