Sunday, October 31, 2010

1,000 Free Photos

~ My goal is simple: to give away 1,000 free photos in 5 days.

~Everyday this week I will post a new photo to get me closer to my goal.

~ All the photos are copyrighted under a creative commons to share, copy, distribute and transmit the work (wish I hope you do).

~ You can share or do anything you wish with these photos (except sell them).

~ Please share these photos freely, post them on your blog, facebook, twitter, e-mail or hang a large print in your home (that is my wish).



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Saturday, October 30, 2010

FOTOGRAFÍAS DE LA VIA LACTEA CON LA NIKON D3S POR RICHARD PETERS



Espectaculares imágenes de la Via Lactea tomadas por el fotógrafo Richard Peters en Maui (Hawai). Para su realización se utilizó una cámara Nikon D3s en valores muy altos de ISO.


Podeis ver más fotografías y saber como se tomaron en el blog del autor:

http://www.richardpeters.co.uk/blog/2010/10/09/milky-way-over-maui-hawaii/

Friday, October 29, 2010

SIMULADOR DE LENTES NIKON


Con este simulador, Nikon nos ofrece una útil herramienta para conocer que ángulo de cobertura tiene una focal concreta, tanto en cámaras DX como FX.

http://imaging.nikon.com/products/imaging/lineup/lens/simulator/index.htm

Friday, 29th October, 2010

This week's photos are by Pal Epsen, Maboe, Maria, Antonia, Rejen, and Tommy Nekkoy.









As ever, click on the above photos to be taken to the original post.

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THE COPYRIGHT OF THESE PHOTOS REMAINS WITH THEIR OWNERS.

DO NOT COPY WITHOUT EXPRESS PERMISSION.

Pittsburgh Wedding Photographer

Thursday, October 28, 2010

COMPARATIVA DE RUIDO: NIKON D3100 FRENTE A SUS RIVALES


Los compañeros de Cameralabs han hecho una comparativa de ruido de la Nikon D3100 contra sus competidoras de Canon. Aqui podeis ver los resultados:

http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Nikon_D3100/high_ISO_noise.shtml

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

ARCHIVO PUBLICITARIO: NIKON COOLPIX 3100 (2003)




En el año 2003, la Nikon Coolpix 3100 sustituyo a la Coolpix 2100 y logicamente la principal mejora era el aumento de megapixels, de 2 a 3, un aumento considerable en esa época en que las resoluciones de los sensores era aún escasa y muy lejos de lo que ofrecen las cámaras hoy en día. Este explicito anuncio de Nikon representaba la diferencia entre estas dos cámaras esteticamente identicas.

A Walk in the Woods ~ Time Off


Going for a long walk in the woods. See you next week.

Check out the editorial photography of Pittsburgh's own Annie O'Neill (The work is amazing)

Monday, October 25, 2010

PRUEBAS DEL NUEVO NIKON 28-300 VR

Hoy os presentamos algunos enlaces con diversas pruebas del nuevo objetivo Nikon 28-200 VR, el todoterreno con el rango focal más alto de la gama Nikon FX.

Pequeña prueba del fotógrafo Bob Krist, con algunas imágenes de muestra:

http://www.pixiq.com/article/samples-with-the-new-af-s-nikkor-28-300mm-f3-5-5-6g-ed-vr

Excelente y completa prueba. Además es comparado con otros objetivos de diversos rangos focales:

http://mansurovs.com/nikon-28-300mm-vr-review

Prueba del controvertido Ken Rockwell, con sus particulares opiniones:

http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/28-300mm.htm

Galería de imágenes de Ken Rockwell, la mayoria hechas con una Nikon D3 + 28-300.

http://kenrockwell.com/trips/2010-10-04-395/

Prueba de un usuario, miembro del foro de Fred Miranda, con algunas imágenes de muestra:

http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/946569/

Completa prueba con imágenes comparativas con el 24-70, el 70-200 VR y otros:

http://thephototourist.com/2010/09/review-28-300mm-lens.html

Prueba que incluye gráficas de resolución:

http://www.ephotozine.com/article/Nikon-AFS-Nikkor-28300mm-f3556G-ED-VR-14703

Galería Flickr con imágenes del 28-300 VR

http://www.flickriver.com/photos/10234786@N06/sets/72157624767013506/

Prueba de la web francesa "Le Monde de la Photo":

http://www.lemondedelaphoto.com/Prise-en-main-et-formule-optique,5170.html

Comparativa del 28-300 con el 24-120 por Nikon Rumors:

http://nikonrumors.com/2010/10/24/nikon-24-120mm-f4g-ed-vr-vs-nikon-28-300mm-f3-5-5-6-ed-vr.aspx#more-15088

Pruebas y comentarios varios en el foro de Chasseur d'images:

http://www.chassimages.com/forum/index.php/topic,99161.0.html

Barbara Payne Photography | All About Me

Ahhhh, I am so totally in LOVE with this All About Me book sent in by Barbara Payne of Barbara Payne Photography!! These are some of the sweetest pictures EVER (and that's her daughter!!) and I love the color changes she made to some of the pages to match the pictures . . . outstanding job on this book Barbara!! Too Cute!!


The Last Photo

I went to a funeral last Friday: my cousin, 46 years old. Sad, very sad. In the viewing room the family set up a collage of photos throughout his life. In the bottom right hand corner was a photo of my Great Grandmother. I have never before seen a photo of her and I had also never heard her name spoken out loud. There it was, the photo of the person who gave birth to my Grandfather. If not for her in this world I would not be standing in this funeral home.

This photo got me thinking about the last time a photo will be shown of you. Is this your last death? When will the memory of you fade away to the point that nobody puts out a photo of you anymore?

Sunday, October 24, 2010

We had a full moon last week ...

It had been three years since I attempted to take pictures of the moon. Last time I did so -- in August 2007 -- I was using a Canon 30D and the longest-reaching telephoto I had in my gear was the Canon 75-300mm f/4-5.6 lens, not among Canon's best in quality.

With an upgraded body and lens, I took another crack at the full moon this past week and captured the shot above. Even with the upgraded lens, the final frame required a radical crop -- to 908 x 703 from the original 5148 x 3456.

After finessing the shadows and midtones in post-processing, I did like what I got, although sometime I'd really like to try and do some astrological photography with some gear made for that discipline.

TIMELAPSE HDR CON UNA NIKON D700

Este timelapse se obtuvo con una nikon D700 y el objetivo Nikkor 14-24 f2.8. Para acentuar la espectacularidad de las imágenes, se optó por el aspecto irreal que ofrecen las fotográfias HDR de alto rango dinámico.

Saturday, October 23, 2010

VIDEO PROMOCIONAL NIKON COOLPIX S80

Dawn Norris | Mon Amour

Check out this stunning boudoir album sent in by Dawn Norris of BeYoutiful Boudoir Photography . . . I am in love with her color choices. Don't they totally change the look and feel of this Mon Amour? Paired with such classy, sexy images – just beautiful!!! Thank you Dawn for sharing this, your work is amazing!


Autumn shoot in Garfield Park


Today's post presents images from my autumn shoot this week in Garfield Park. As often as I've ventured there to shoot, you'd think I'd run out of things to photograph. But I can't think of a time I've not come away with finding something of interest.

As Central Indiana residents well know, this has been an extraordinarily dry summer and early autumn. For once, the Bobby Russell song lyric " ... and it don't rain in Indianapolis in the summer time" from the the 1968 pop hit "Little Green Apples" (recorded by O.C. Smith) proved to be true.

Forecasters predicted that this dry spell could bode ill for the traditional enjoyment of the fall color show. Indeed, we saw early leaf falling and colors not nearly as brilliant as we've seen in past years. That, in turn, challenged my creative instincts, as you'll see from the images in this post.

You'll find a few traditional tree shots, as there were still a few worthy of capture. But this season's shoot focused largely on looking upward (attribute the rich blue sky color to the polarizing filter), zeroing in on closeups, exploiting interesting juxtapositions and the late-afternoon's dramatic light, and getting down low. In the case of the light contrasts, I present two versions of two frames -- one of the multicolor leaf display in one of my "look upward" shots, and -- in the final pair of images -- a "normal" vs. infrared treatment of a pathway vista noteworthy for the splash of setting-sun highlight on the left foreground tree while almost all other trees are in shade.

Enjoy. And, oh, in case you weren't already aware, you really need to click on each picture to fully appreciate the image. The thumbnails never do them justice.





 


 

   

 

 





 









 

 

 

 

 

Friday, October 22, 2010

BENCE MÁTÉ, WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2010


El fotógrafo húngaro Bence Máté fue proclamado ganador de la edición 2010 del certamen Wildlife photographer of the year. La fotografía ganadora tomad en Costa Rica nos muestra una hoja al trasluz que está siendo devorada por hormigas. La cámara utilizada fue una Nikon D700 con un objetivo Micro Nikkor 105mm F2.8, una velocidad de obturación de 1/200, diafragma f10 y con una sensibilidad ISO 640. La iluminación se obtuvo con un flash Nikon SB-800.

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/temporary-exhibitions/wpy/index.jsp

A tree that defies ... geometry?

While out looking for interesting autumn pictures in Garfield Park in Indianapolis the other day, I was reminded of a shoot I'd wanted to do for some time: a coniferous tree growing at a dramatically unusual angle in the park near Bean Creek just outside the grounds of the Sunken Garden and conservatory. The angle has to be at least 45 degrees.

So, I grabbed my images, trying to get it from every possible vantage point and to include as many landmarks, such as "normal" trees, buildings like the conservatory (in the background in photo above) and even a park pedestrian pushing a child in a stroller so viewers had proper perspective of not only the radical angle but also the size of the tree. This was another occasion when I was glad to have my wide-angle lens (Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5) with me; without it, I'm not sure I could have captured the quite large tree in its entirety -- growing at this angle -- and do it justice. 

You probably noticed the rock with plaque in front of the tree, as did I. Well, um, I did some months ago when I stopped to check it out ... on a day I did not have my camera gear with me. I did not review the inscription the other day when I was there for the shoot, but I'm almost positive it does nothing to explain the unusual-angled tree. As I recall, it mentions some other fact about the park's history.

















Friday, 22nd October, 2010








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