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Forum: Weekly Photo Challenges 07-27-2015, 07:10 AM  
Project 52 52-7-28- Perpestive - Bokeh or Beautiful Blur
Posted By DoctorX
Replies: 16
Views: 5,092
A male Ruby-throated Hummingbird posturing. K-3 DFA 100mm WR.
Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories 05-28-2015, 03:45 PM  
Your Pet A Day.... (post up!)
Posted By DoctorX
Replies: 14,113
Views: 1,226,394
He's a white Maine coon. Yes, there is such a thing. Our old cat is Frank so we thought Beans would compliment him well.
Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands 05-28-2015, 10:33 AM  
Got a Nikon P900 to put in my Pentax kit
Posted By DoctorX
Replies: 6
Views: 3,491
Decided to try a P900 for those hard-to-reach places. The zoom and image stabilization are incredible but there's also some real bonehead problems. Like an analog zoom scale with no markings and a display that says "iso" without the actual iso number. I don't understand this at all, I know there's 'iso' in my picture, what I want to know is the number. Who decided to go to the trouble of putting the word there but not the number? No hood for a giant lens. Manual focus is painfully slow, almost unusable. No split image feature to help focusing and zooming to manual focus doesn't let you scroll around on the image. So if what you're trying to focus on isn't in the middle of the screen, you're SOL. And if you're trying to manually focus at 2000mm (eq), then you're on a tripod and it's not so easy to move the camera around and keep your image composed. Finally, there's no RAW support, the most painful of all my gripes. I don't blame Nikon, however, because I'm sure there's a lot of image processing going on to make the resulting jpgs look OK. The RAW images would probably be really distorted. All that said, it has proven to be very useful when I need to get that extra distance and when I'm in a huge hurry and have the wrong lens on my K-3. The Canon superzooms have better features and are more usable (I have the SX40) but I'll take the optical zoom and stabilization on this new Nikon any time. It's quite possible to shoot handheld at full zoom in reasonable light.

FYI
Forum: Weekly Photo Challenges 05-24-2015, 10:40 AM  
Weekly Challenge Weekly Challenge #325 May 22nd-27th "If you go down to the Woods Today"
Posted By DoctorX
Replies: 24
Views: 3,192
Spider nest found in the woods. Copious babies.
Forum: Weekly Photo Challenges 05-21-2015, 03:57 PM  
Weekly Challenge Winners Weekly Challenge #324 - “Outliers and the (un)familiar”
Posted By DoctorX
Replies: 9
Views: 1,437
Hello Folks! I'll get to the results after a quick disclosure. I feel that I'm not in a position to judge the quality of other people's photography because I'm pretty new to the scene. Thus, I judged them on how well they represented the theme. My comments are mainly to offer an explanation of how I interpreted your photos. Finally, please excuse the brevity and typos, I've got a stomach bug so I'm not running at 100%.

Outis- a boar with antlers (horns if you're from the city). What could be better. It fits the theme with three deer and the boar as outlier.

Simon_199- some Star Wars fans that stand out from the crowd (definition 2). That's a damn fine land speeder and I like the expression on Obiwan's face.

Charliezap- a clear outlier by either definition. The balloons make a practical addition to the hat. I like the color and expression of the subjects.

SpecialK- If I understand, the mushroom is the outlier against a backdrop of headstones sticking out of the ground. Aside from being different, it also stands apart from the rest. Excellent. I also appreciate that the roundness of the background parallels the roundness of the mushroom cap.

Chmance- a beautiful shot all around. Love the flowers, composition, and creamy bokeh. The single flower opening makes it the outlier.

Atupdate- everyone loves baby animals, especially a terra cota pot full of puppies. Here the outlier is prominently displayed on top of the rest of the litter. You did a great job of isolating the subject without creating a lot of harsh shadows. Not easy with four squirmy subjects.

Ramseybuckeye- crabby Abe Lincoln is clearly the outlier here ( definition 1 and 2) I like his menacing look and what appears to be a blackjack in his left hand. He means business.

K David- I love the rich colors and the fact that you were likely lying prone the take this shot. That's dedication. Here the outlier is the purple flowers against the grass. Overall a great shot.

Slowpez- a firm outlier based on definition 2. Is this a joke location? There was never any water there. Love any shot of people acting crazy.

Tamia- gorgeous shot of something I'm interested in personally. Never occurred to me to use monochrome to highlight outliers. Great shot and idea.

Geomez- a shot of a cardinal being robbed by starlings. The cardinal very clearly the outlier in this group.

Tessfully- a beautiful and excellent example of an outlier, clearly the flowering lily. I haven't seem so much color in lilies before, this is just great, period.

Hattifnatt- I believe the idea here is the row of bushes terminating in buildings. As such the buildings would be the outliers. If this is the case, then we see two outliers here.

Jchorst- very clear depiction of TWO outliers here. I would be happy to play against you guys sometime.

Perspicador- the ugly duckling and its beautiful parent. Not sure which is the outlier but I hope it's the duckling.

Asp1880- a very clear representation of the concept. Your first thought is that a single subject is set apart in this image. Very shallow DOF.

Madmathmind- here we have a mostly natural landscape with the subtle exception of the road and the significant exception and the sign. Thus, the sign is the outlier here, correct?

Sealonsf- I'll be honest here, I'm not sure what the outlier is here. I apologize if I'm being dense. I'm sure that's it. Sorry sealonsf.

StephenHampshire- very clear demonstration of the theme and I love the composition and color here. A man with a bunch a sheep is always an outlier.

Dieterson- another nice picture of a relatively unique flower against a backdrop of a different species. The color here is particularly nice.

The Winners!

#3. Asp1880- Instant and obvious depiction of an outlier.
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#2 tessfully- like #3, clear representation of the theme with an amazing array of color.
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#1 StephenHampshire- amazing composition, color, and adherence to the theme. Loved the picture from the moment I saw it.
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This images below are in order from #3-#1. Late entries, sorry! I don't usually care about rules but it's not my forum so I stuck to them.
Forum: Weekly Photo Challenges 05-04-2015, 01:02 PM  
Weekly Challenge Weekly Challenge #323 - "I Spy With My Little Eye Two ..."
Posted By DoctorX
Replies: 42
Views: 6,185
Frank the (formerly) stray cat was spying on me which reminded me of this thread.
Forum: Post Your Photos! 09-05-2014, 03:26 AM  
Nature Frank Will Handle Your Rodent Problem
Posted By DoctorX
Replies: 10
Views: 895
Frank the stray doing his job. He lives with us now...
Forum: Weekly Photo Challenges 08-24-2014, 04:40 PM  
Weekly Challenge Picture of the Week #326 16th - 30th August 2014
Posted By DoctorX
Replies: 23
Views: 3,267
Thanks for running the show Steve.
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