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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
06-05-2020, 09:00 AM
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Some recent catches
All shot with a Pentax KP and Tamron 90mm macro.
Long Legged Fly
Chafer Beetle
Black Soldier Fly
Black Stinkbug
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
04-16-2020, 04:57 PM
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Somehow I missed this thread, but nicely Photolady95 pointed me this way! I shave shot quite a few macros over the years (Starting with the *ist DS back in 2005) , and here are some of my faves.
Great Blue Skimmer, Libellula vibrans (3 shots focus stacked)
Southern Pine Sawyer Beetle, Monochamus titillator
Nut Weevil, genus Curculio
Paper wasps, Mischocyttarus mexicanus cubicola, AKA Double Trouble! :lol:
Grizzled Mantis, Gonatista grisea
Northern Dusk Singing Cicada, Megatibicen auletes
Juniper Stink Bug, Banasa euchlora
And this one from this week is the Black Caterpillar Hunter, Calosoma sayi
I have a lot more here
https://imgur.com/gallery/he5MP
And this year's macros are here.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
04-15-2020, 07:52 PM
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I had plans on working on my landscape photos this year. Coronavirus19 had other plans, and now that I find my non working (essential personnel) hours stuck at the house, I am focusing on macro and shooting the visitors to my porch light. All were taken with the Pentax KP, an old Tamron 90mm Macro, and a Bolt flash.
Black Caterpillar Hunter Beetle, Calosma sayi
American Green Tree Frog, Dryophytes cinereus
Long Legged Fly, possibly Dactylomyia lateralis
Black Dancer Damselfly, Argia fumipennis
A nice coppery colored beetle, Chlaneius tomentosus
Grape Leafroller Moth, Desmia funeralis
The Pegasus Chalcoela Moth, Chalcoela pegasalis, an interesting moth whose larvae are parasites on Paper Wasps.
The Orchard Spider, Leucauge venusta
Banded Watersnake Nerodia fasciata (really was not expecting to see a snake at my back door, but this small example has been hanging around)
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
02-20-2020, 08:13 PM
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Forum: Pentax KP
02-09-2020, 07:51 PM
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I think he really likes Pentax, and watching to the end, where he shows off his collection, I think that as snarky as he can be, he really wants the brand to succeed. Just my .02 as a new KP owner :lol:
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Forum: Pentax KP
02-07-2020, 06:56 PM
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The bad news is that my beloved K-01 is dying (sticking shutter) and will likely cost more to get it fixed than it is worth. I adored the K-01 for and not in spite of it's design, it took amazing photos and my only complaint revolved around it not having and EVF for bright light.
Fortunately I use the K-01 mostly as a macro camera, and to take photos of my wife's Polymer Clay Artwork. I say fortunately as when I told her the K-01 was dying, she said see what a new camera would cost. :D:D:D
Thanks to B&H the good news is that I am now the proud owner of a KP, and it's the first new (not used) camera I have owned since the *Ist DS! I love the retro look of it, the number of dials, and the adjustable handgrip (I have huge hands and ergonomics is a big thing for me), and am pleasantly surprised at its size. I only wish that the old style leather half cases were still in vogue like the one my Dad has on his old ME Super!
I am very excited to get out and about with it and put it through it's paces, but in thanks to my wife's enabling of my GAS, the very first photos I took were of one of her "Dragon's Eggs" that she is making as a gift. (my studio lighting and backdrop needs work, I know :lol:)
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With base inlcuding a "starter" horde :D
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Forum: Weekly Photo Challenges
11-27-2019, 08:56 AM
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For my first foray into the POTW thread I bring some fall color (Shot with a K-30 with DA-18-135), and one odd but fun macro of dew on a spider web (K-01 with Tamron 90mm Macro).
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
11-27-2019, 08:40 AM
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While peak color has passed for many folks north of us, it's just hitting its stride here in South Georgia.
A tip for those of you chasing Fall color, I find that using a polarizing filter really helps to make the colors pop.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
09-28-2018, 01:01 AM
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I try not to over do HDR, but I really like the way this one came out, The model is Melody, a 5 year old Maine Coon, who can, with enough cat nip, be persuaded to sit still for pictures :lol:
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
11-04-2019, 09:30 AM
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F-22 Flight display at the Moody Air Force Base 2019 Airshow.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
09-10-2018, 12:09 AM
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I've been away for a while, thought I would return with a series I have been working on this Summer. The weather in South Georgia this Summer has been very active. Afternoon thunderstorms are a daily occurrence, and this often results in dramatic skies. Most of these images are panoramas, merged in Lightroom, and post processed in Silver Efex Pro.
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
03-02-2019, 04:15 PM
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I would like to nominate this photo
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
02-04-2019, 12:00 AM
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Taken at the Moody AFB Airshow 2017
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
12-31-2018, 12:38 AM
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I know for many Northern Hemispherians that it is the depths of Winter. While Winter has it's own beauty, it sometimes makes us nostalgic for warmer days. This panorama is from July, when the skies were filled with billowing towers of Gulf of Mexico fueled convection.
Click the image for a larger version.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
09-27-2018, 12:42 AM
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Hot, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico boils upwards. The small dots are distant birds soaring on the thermals.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
09-18-2018, 12:37 AM
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My Summer project is to capture the drama of the South Georgia Summer skies. Winds from the Gulf of Mexico fuel intense convection over the region.
Panorama merged in Lightroom.
Please click the image for a larger version
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
09-18-2018, 12:45 AM
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Some shots of the Eastern Pondhawk, Erythemis simplicicollis, female.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
04-18-2017, 09:53 AM
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Brown Thrasher
Toxostoma rufum
Clicky for larger.
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Forum: Weekly Photo Challenges
04-16-2017, 03:49 AM
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my 4 faves of the week. Taken with a K-30 with the 18-130mm. Post processing in Light Room and Silver Efex Pro (for the B&W ones)
Clicky for bigger.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
07-18-2014, 06:41 PM
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Here are several shots of a Blue Dasher, Pachydiplax longipennis, which allowed me to approach very closely with my K-01, Tamron 90mm macro, and old Sigma flash. The first image is the product of 2 shots focus stacked in Helicon Focus.
Full body images as well as some others from a small walk I took today can be viewed here (some of the non macro images were taken with a Sony Nex-3n)
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Forum: Photographic Technique
06-03-2014, 03:14 PM
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It's not easy being green...
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Forum: Photographic Technique
03-25-2014, 10:13 PM
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I have recently been hired as lead photographer for a rather rambunctious black Maine Coon kitten :lol:. As many of you have pointed out, black cats are rather difficult to shoot. Aside from the near constant movement have noticed that they have a tendency to either blend in with their environment, or plop down in areas of extreme contrast (sun beam.
I shoot this cat with a Sony Nex-3n (my carry everywhere camera) fitted with the 16-55mm kit lens and a Pentax K-01 fitted most of the time of late with a Tamron 90mm macro. Neither camera has the best autofocus speed, but I am slowly getting more and more adept at using the manual Focus on the Tamron lens for photos such as these.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
07-10-2013, 01:37 PM
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Found this when I went to check the mail today, it was nearly as curious of me as I was of it.
Click to see full size image
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Forum: Pentax K-01
03-29-2013, 09:01 PM
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My beloved *Ist DS started acting up some months ago and after quite a bit of debate between purchasing a used Pentax DSLR and the K-01 I decided on the K-01, I'm quite happy with my little brick and it's ability to take very nice pictures :D
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