Photo in new Nature's Best Smithsonian Exhibit
SeattleYates
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Hi all! I just returned from Washington D.C.! I went to the new exhibit -- Nature's Best Photography's 2008 Windland Smith Rice Awards – which just opened at the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History and will be open through May 3, 2009! I was anxious to see what they did with my "Cheshire Cat Grin" lemon shark, which won the Oceans category. Well, all I can say is WOW!
Below are a few photos I took (not great quality because I was trying to use both a flash and ambient light with high ISOs, which - ugh - I regret now, but that's another story...). These photos don't really show it, but the print quality is absolutely astounding! My photo looked so much better than any print I've made of it that my jaw was on the floor, especially since it is HUGE (and came from an 8 megapixel file)! The gorgeous color and detail in ALL of the prints is just fantastic! (I wish I knew how/where to get prints like that, but it's a proprietary thing by the Smithsonian's own people apparently.)
Anyway, if any of you find yourselves in or near DC between now and May, it is well worth a visit! Here is the wall that has my shark photo:
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A high point of the visit was getting to meet Steve Freligh, the publisher and CEO of Nature's Best Photography. He came to the museum just to meet me, and we spoke at some length about NBP, the work they're doing in conjunction with the Smithsonian, and photography in general. He was there almost two hours…on a Sunday!!! As you can see, I was pretty somber about the whole thing (whose grin is bigger - the shark's or mine?!)
Even this 72dpi shot gives you an idea how vivid the photo reproduction is!
You can see the rest of the winning photos in the exhibit here: http://www.pixcetera.com/<WBR>pixcetera/natures-best-<WBR>photography-2008-award/41781. You can also see all of these photos and more in print in the new "Collectors Edition" of Nature's Best Photography, which is being printed as we speak and should be shipping in a week or two! If you don't already subscribe to NBP, this would be an excellent time to start, because you'll get this as your first issue! For any nature photographer, it is a "must have" publication, with gorgeous photos, and camera settings and explanations of how each photo was taken so it is really a great source of ideas! To subscribe, just go to www.naturesbestphotography.com<WBR>!
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Below are a few photos I took (not great quality because I was trying to use both a flash and ambient light with high ISOs, which - ugh - I regret now, but that's another story...). These photos don't really show it, but the print quality is absolutely astounding! My photo looked so much better than any print I've made of it that my jaw was on the floor, especially since it is HUGE (and came from an 8 megapixel file)! The gorgeous color and detail in ALL of the prints is just fantastic! (I wish I knew how/where to get prints like that, but it's a proprietary thing by the Smithsonian's own people apparently.)
Anyway, if any of you find yourselves in or near DC between now and May, it is well worth a visit! Here is the wall that has my shark photo:
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A high point of the visit was getting to meet Steve Freligh, the publisher and CEO of Nature's Best Photography. He came to the museum just to meet me, and we spoke at some length about NBP, the work they're doing in conjunction with the Smithsonian, and photography in general. He was there almost two hours…on a Sunday!!! As you can see, I was pretty somber about the whole thing (whose grin is bigger - the shark's or mine?!)
Even this 72dpi shot gives you an idea how vivid the photo reproduction is!You can see the rest of the winning photos in the exhibit here: http://www.pixcetera.com/<WBR>pixcetera/natures-best-<WBR>photography-2008-award/41781. You can also see all of these photos and more in print in the new "Collectors Edition" of Nature's Best Photography, which is being printed as we speak and should be shipping in a week or two! If you don't already subscribe to NBP, this would be an excellent time to start, because you'll get this as your first issue! For any nature photographer, it is a "must have" publication, with gorgeous photos, and camera settings and explanations of how each photo was taken so it is really a great source of ideas! To subscribe, just go to www.naturesbestphotography.com<WBR>!
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Bruce Yates
Seattle, WA
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If at first you don't succeed, try try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it. WC Fields
Seattle, WA
Canon 5D MkII and 1Ds MkII (used mostly underwater), 1D MkIII for topside
www.UnderwaterReflections.com (my Smugmug site, customized by DGrinner jerryr)
If at first you don't succeed, try try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it. WC Fields
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Stephen,
Nope, no cages. In fact, I wasn't even in the water for that particular shot, but rather sitting on the swimstep of the boat with my camera halfway in the water and halfway out, like these three guys:
Needless to say, it is important to keep your feet and hands BEHIND the camera in this activity!
And this is what they look like underwater. This was actually a Bahamas tiger shark trip, but we spent many hours in the water with lemon sharks all around us, waiting/watching/hoping for tigers to arrive.
Although they have knarly looking teeth, lemon sharks are no real threat to divers (unless, I suppose, you were bleeding profusely, pulled their tails, or somehow else agitated them). It is the big (12-14 ft) tiger sharks you have to watch out for/keep an eye on; they are truly the apex predator in those waters, and make the lemon sharks look almost like minnows by comparison.
Seattle, WA
Canon 5D MkII and 1Ds MkII (used mostly underwater), 1D MkIII for topside
www.UnderwaterReflections.com (my Smugmug site, customized by DGrinner jerryr)
If at first you don't succeed, try try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it. WC Fields
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