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Dgrin Mini-Challenge #265 - Bokeh and soft backgrounds
There is a themed view ongoing to show bokeh and soft backgrounds. Looking through previous minis I didn't see this as a subject yet, so that will be it this time. But to make it a little more challenging I would like to see the soft background as an essential part of the composition. This can be because a colour or shape… -
Oy vey!!! My first Jewish wedding...
***lots more pics on the bottom of page 2*** Hello all! as it says, my first Jewish wedding... This was nothing like a Christian wedding let me tell you!!! Really glad this wasn't my first wedding, and really wishing I had hired an assistant for this one. If anybody reading this wants more detail then feel free to post or… -
Balboa Park and then to the Mojave Desert!; Ted's trip continues!
Index of threads made for the Journey.* The Beginning * Disney land! * San Diego Zoo! * The Ending part After we finished our visit to the San Diego Zoo, we went to Balboa park to take some photographs at the cactus and joshua tree park. I went here back in December when I visited San Diego to check out University of… -
A few days in the Ice, Caribou Creek, Alaska 12/15/07
Decided to take Shasta out for her first multi-pitch ice climb and only her 3rd time ever ice climbing. My friend has a cabin out real close to the trailhead so it was awesome to take advantage of that! We got our friend Jack and headed out to the cabin. Jack had the only vehicle that could make it out that far so it was… -
FS: Canon 70-200 f2.8 & f4, 300 f2.8, 2X, Metz, L brackets
I hate to do it, but I need to lighten the load and free up some cash as I'm moving cross country. Add actual S/H and paypal. Prices are firm. I am in Oxnard, CA and would be happy to make a deal in person. Items have been used, but not abused. Kirk BL-20D L-bracket for Canon 20D w/out grip, $90 Ref:… -
In color management hell!! Please help.
At first I didn't want this post to be long/rambling. But then again, I want to include all detail in the hopes someone can see a flaw in my color management process. I am in HELL kids, HELL. For over two years I have wasted hundreds of $$ on sending prints out to Adorama and others. Sometimes the prints were 'close… -
Nesting Eastern Phoebe (long)
My wife and I had decided that we would strip and sand our cabin this year during vacation. When we started our prep work we found that a bird had nested on one of our downspouts, #$%t. We couldn't bear to just destroy the nest but at the same time we were sure if we moved it the nestlings were doomed. We decided to try to… -
War on the Line
I visited the Mid Hants Railway on Saturday because the weather forecast was better for that day than the Sunday. The event over the weekend of 11/12 June was to commemorate the struggles during WW2 and life on the Home Front, as life in the UK at that time was called. Different themes were put on at each of the stations… -
Daytona Bound!!!!
I spent last week in Charlotte, North Carolina where NASCAR is King! A close friend, who has worked his way into the upper ranks of the NASCAR elite, offered me a tour of their shop facilities as they prepared for the Daytona Shootout, Duals, and 500 races. He and I went to school together for 12 years and also worked… -
Two Days With the Sheep 02/11-12/11
So John and I went back out sheep hunting, hunting with our lenses anyway and it was quite the day for it. Windy, snowy, cold and visibilty was slim. Driving down the highway we looked up the cliffs and found a few sheep eating away. So we drove further on and headed up the hill to try and get on a high ridge point above…
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