photoes on phridai

finally, at long last, I have some pictures for the last hour of this friday. From the Nikon F5, here are some taken with Fuji Velvia 50. I have been wanting to try this color saturated film for a while.

hedge on the Capitol grounds

messing with the sun in our front tree

backlit flag

and a bonus view of Samson

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J Pete needed a portrait made.

here is the bokehed view from the back mike at the Texas House

and Natalie snagging a rebound at the last game

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Too gray and wet for too many days for any picture taking this week. here are some oldies.

Moo goes camping last fall

all this rain makes me think the bluebonnets are going to be great this year. I am ready for them to get here.

and this year in the bluebonnets, I will have the nikon F5 and Fuji velvia. hmmm

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trying Kodak Ektachrome 100G slide film in the Nikon F5.

love the 105mm and sun rays

maximal bokeh

sunset through the tree

and Natalie being the “tall girl in the middle.”

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Natalie’s basketball team.

more depth of field experimentation

and I caught the grackels looking for a place to roost

phridae phoatoes

more black and white film from the Nikon F4e. this is ilford delta 400. I like the grain and contrast of it.

big yawn

flowers

the little Canon Powershot S90 is an exceptionally good point and shoot camera.

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an explosion of color in my backyard

not really happy with this one, but trying to get the elusive Christmas tree shot.

ice in the grass on fuji film

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love depth of field, bokeh and flowers

rediscovering film photography with a Nikon F5 and Fuji velvia 100.

wide angle lens and a polarizer

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we went camping last weekend and here is one of the dogs camping with us.

Nikon F5 on Fujifilm

Some trees, sun and campfire smoke

nikon d300

and here are David and Paula, our friends with whom we were camping

canon powershot S90 with forced flash for fill

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Tuesday morning was very foggy misty and gray.

Tuesday afternoon was sunny and very bright.

tried the 50 f1.4 for under the basket shots.

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sunlight.

joseph in uniform

Lighting information for the Joseph pictures:
two sb800’s and a setting sun. SB800 on the camera in TTL Commander mode. SB800 set to TTL on moving voice activated stand to camera right 3 feet away and pointing up at Joseph. Setting sun off to camera right approximately 93 million miles away. White diffusers mounted.

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afternoon bokeh

Black and White sunstar

Black and White dandelion

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just something about film that looks different.

really hot out at Waterloo Park last weekend

almost 90

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squirrel fight

aggie bench bokeh

golden light on the North side of the Capitol

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a pelican swooping over the water last Tuesday morning

more macro flowers

and a monochromatic sunstar from the old film camera

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here are my sister’s sons hamming it up. I had one flash to camera left and one mounted on the camera bouncing off the white ceiling. Both set to TTL.

here is the picture from which I cropped my current header.

and a snap from the trip home yesterday evening while I waited at a stop light.

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here is bokeh from the 105mm on Film

and Joseph is back out at Camp Peniel for two weeks of work camp. This is the shower and sink facility

and here is some lightning from last night’s storm. This was my first attempt at lightning capture. I want to have another go at it.

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UPDATED to put this on Friday where it belongs. Sorry about jumping the gun yesterday.

still water

360 bridge

isolating the subject from the background

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I bought a well used and very cheap twenty year old film camera and have been taking some pictures on, get this, FILM. Lots of fun.

picture from which the current header is cropped.

here are my nephew and daughter

and more flowers

Friday Fotos–Bokeh

Bokeh is the out of focus “oof” area on a picture. smooth creamy oof areas are generally felt to be more pleasing to the eyes.

here is a mosquito on a landscaping log taken with a 105mm f2.8 nikkor

and here is a short tree in winter with the 80-200mm f2.8 nikkor

and here is an entirely oof picture of people, a christmas tree and some blinds with the 50mm f1.4 AF nikkor showing the “circles of confusion.”

Merry Christmas

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new header picture

blurry

and still trying to get the sunset

red door furniture

by the tire store this morning was a place where we bought a baby bed a long time ago. wonder how long it has been out of business. I wonder if the property will be put to any use.

reckon if there is a metaphor somewhere in this.

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Here is a reworking of a christmas tree

some more christmas cheer

love the morning

Today was the first real sun in a few days. I love it.