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(0 votes) 5:48 pm
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December 2, 2012
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Some colourful things I have came across while wandering
around with my camera. There’s no shortage of colour at this
time of year.
Here are a few images that I thought you might like to have a look at.
All taken with my very used Nikon D7000 and my 18-55mm kit lens.
Dale.
6:36 pm
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September 15, 2012
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Love the houseboats. Do you know if they are available for summer rental?
The yellow flower is particularly beautiful.
The whale watching boat looks like it could do major damage to any whale in it’s way.
Mandrake.
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8:34 pm
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December 2, 2012
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Thanks for the comments Mandrake.
As far as I know the houseboats are strictly owner occupied
BUT I could easily be wrong. To live in one of these you would
definitely have to be people oriented as literally thousands of people
are at Fisherman’s Wharf every day in the summer. From the owners
I have spoken to from time to time, they enjoy the lifestyle and the
interaction with the locals and tourists.
The yellow flower looks pretty cool as a full blown tiff at high resolution
so I might get it printed and framed with a nice matt border to highlight it.
The whale watching boat isn’t quite as menacing as it looks – I took the shot
from a low angle to over emphasize the black and yellow bow. I think a 70 or 80
foot whale would have no problem with this motorized, floating piece of tourist
laden rubber ambling by. The clicks of the many cameras would most likely be more
distracting to it!
Dale.
4:41 am
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March 23, 2013
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I agree… that yellow flower is an excellent picture and would look good hanging over a sofa… how did you take that shot?
6:44 am
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December 2, 2012
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Thanks for the positive feedback mscharff.
This shot of the yellow flower was taken on a very sunny
day in a relatively shady area with strong backlighting (on the flower)
I chose spot metering and metered on the flower only for recommended settings. Camera indicated: ISO 100 @ 40mm with an
f stop of 6.3 @ 1/400th of a second.
Then I just took the raw image and tweaked it a little in LR to get this
result.
Hope that answered your question.
Dale.
7:11 am
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March 23, 2013
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Thanks Dale… did you use a flash for the backlighting?
7:43 am
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December 2, 2012
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mscharff
No flash used. The natural lighting from the sun created this effect.
Plus a little manipulation in LR to add highlights and darken where I thought
necessary.
Creating images like this is really quite easy – just play around with the settings
on your camera, adjust for the highlights to darken the background and look for
the sunlight shining through something that you think would make an interesting
picture.
That’s all there is to it and I hope you can go out and create some shots that
amaze you!
Dale.
11:16 pm
October 9, 2012
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I like the 2nd, 4th and 5th shot….
4th one seems to have come out really good in specific..
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