Archive for February, 2009
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Submitted by Craig Photography Blog
The predicament with having a purpose in life is that it has to be attached to a problem for the purpose to be purposeful. What is practical about having a purpose if the only purpose is to point out a problem?
Answer: To persuade people to your perspective on the problem [...]
860 - Mad, Mad Moonlight
Submitted by The Daily Photography of Andreas Manessinger Blog
After yesterday’s moody (”downright spooky” did Michael say) bicycle, we’re in for something more cheerful today, and that’s quite fitting, because today (for me it’s after midnight and therefore Friday 20th), yes today is Paul Lester’s birthday. Happy Birthday Paul!
Please head over to his blog and give [...]
2009 Death Valley Workshop Followup #1
Submitted by Ralph Nordstrom Photography Blog
The 2009 Death Valley workshop is in the can and it was great. We had some once-in-a-lifetime photography opportunities that we took advantage of. The workshop started Saturday a couple of hours before sunset. Sunday a storm was moving in so the light wasn’t that great. But Monday the storm [...]
Living Room Series
Submitted by Craig Photography Blog
Camera: Nikon D700
Exposure: 0.04 sec (1/25)
Aperture: f/1.4
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 1250
Exposure Bias: +1 EV
Rating 3.00 out of 5
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859 - Cold
Submitted by The Daily Photography of Andreas Manessinger Blog
As I said this morning, not much has changed. We still have snowfall, it still does not amount to much, but at least the cold has put an end to the slush on the streets.
It’s hard to choose an Image of the Day today. Initially I [...]
Winter Shadow
Submitted by My Viewfinder Blog
“No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.”
- Hal Borland
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RANT
Submitted by Craig Photography Blog
America is waking up again as every generation has an opportunity to change the world, yet again.
“If there is a hard, high wall and an egg that breaks against it, no matter how right the wall or how wrong the egg, I will stand on the side of the egg.” [...]
Photo of the Week - Self-Portrait
Submitted by Craig Photography Blog
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858 - More Winter
Submitted by The Daily Photography of Andreas Manessinger Blog
We had five centimeters of liquid snow in the morning, then falling temperatures and ice in the evening. Seems like it’s going on, and I suppose I like the cold version better
I write this in the morning, and as I’m looking out of the window, [...]
From The Archives
Submitted by My Viewfinder Blog
Periodically, I go through my photo files to see what I’ve done in the past that might stir my creative juices for something to shoot today. I sometimes come across photos that I’d forgotten about, but nonetheless are among my favorites. These are two in that category. I photographed these wrought [...]
857 - Winter
Submitted by The Daily Photography of Andreas Manessinger Blog
In retrospective, I can only sing praise to the weather in Carinthia!
It’s winter again here in Vienna. We had snow and strong wind all day, and when I went home from work, it was hard to shoot at all, with the flakes coming horizontally for me [...]
From Gas Station to Antique Store
Submitted by My Viewfinder Blog
These two glass light globes once sat atop gas pumps way back when. Now they sit in an antique store, waiting to grace someone’s home or office.
I extracted these from their cluttered, antique store background, and placed them on a simple, suitably colored background so they would really stand out for [...]
Scripted Shots
Submitted by Howard Grill Blog
In the past, other than for the family snapshot, I have never ’set up’ or scripted a photograph. Lots of photographers do, but since my main focus has been nature photography there is generally not much opportunity to do so. However, my recent experimentation with a zone plate has me trying [...]
I Dream of Heaven - Short Story
Submitted by Craig Photography Blog
Hung on a wall with a nail and black string is a photograph that nobody has looked at. There is no reason for people to walk down this corridor that leads to nowhere, void of light and purpose in the far back corner of a church hallway. Odd place for [...]
856 - Sweet, Soft and Lazy
Submitted by The Daily Photography of Andreas Manessinger Blog
We had another wonderful, sunny day in Carinthia, and again I have chosen to not go out photographing.
I’m tired at the moment. It’s not a lack of creativity, it’s a lack of motivation. Whatever I did these two days, I did it slowly, almost had to force [...]
855 - River Deep, Mountain High
Submitted by The Daily Photography of Andreas Manessinger Blog
A late Happy Valentine to everybody. No Valentine image today (as Thomas has pointed out, the heart on yesterday’s Puch motorcycle could qualify the image), it was just a lazy day.
Do you know these days of wasted opportunities that still don’t make you feel bad? It was [...]
854 - I’m Still Here
Submitted by The Daily Photography of Andreas Manessinger Blog
It’s a typical Friday. I woke up early and had a little time in the morning, but that was it. Now I sit on the train to Carinthia, and from the few morning images I could use at least this old Puch motorcycle.
Btw, this image and yesterday’s [...]
Boredom Sets In
Submitted by My Viewfinder Blog
Paper Mill and Hopper Cars
I don’t know if I’m in one of my periodic creative “dry spells”, or if it’s the weather and general busyness that has kept me from going out to make photographs, but whatever it is, I haven’t been very productive lately. Saturday, I had my camera with [...]
When Push Comes to Shove
Submitted by My Viewfinder Blog
“Pull the string, and it will follow you wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.”
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
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El Dia De San Valantin
Submitted by Ankush Vimawala Photography Blog
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853 - How Was It For You?
Submitted by The Daily Photography of Andreas Manessinger Blog
24mm, on a Nikon D300 that’s an effective focal length of 36mm, which is about 35mm, and that’s one of the classic focal lengths for a moderate wide-angle. Everybody and their parents have used that from the beginning of time, but so far I had it only [...]
The Goal
Submitted by My Viewfinder Blog
Football season is finally over; now basketball takes center stage in the sports world. “March Madness” will be upon us soon, and late into the evening, gyms and playgrounds across the nation are filled with kids dreaming of one day making it to “the big dance”. (Click on photo to enlarge.)
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Masjid Negara
Submitted by Ankush Vimawala Photography Blog
An inside view of the national mosque, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I had posted a more closer up pic of the Mihrab earlier here
Rating 3.00 out of 5
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852 - Innocent When You Dream
Submitted by The Daily Photography of Andreas Manessinger Blog
This is the second day that I try this shot, it’s time to post it now, it won’t get any better. Tuesday morning I tried it with the Sigma 20/1.8, yesterday morning I did it with the Nikon 24/2.8. Not that anybody would care. Rather odd way [...]
Rail Yard
Submitted by My Viewfinder Blog
A rail yard in Canton, NC in the late afternoon sun. (Click on photo to enlarge.)
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“What we are familiar with, we cease to see.”
- Anaïs Nin
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