Feather in the Grass
posted by micki at 9/16/2006 11:07:00 AM
Saturday, September 16, 2006
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- Name: micki
- Location: United States
No digital photography here folks. Only film, all the time. No post processing. I shoot it, I have it developed, I scan the print, I post it. It is hoped that you would respect my ownership of the images posted, despite the ease with which you could copy them. If you would like a true photographic print of any of my images, please contact me at goodiesbaker@yahoo.com and I will be happy to provide you with one. Weapons of Choice: * Minolta 7000 * Minolta 9000 *Minolta Dynax 9 * Konica Minolta 70 *Minolta x-700 * Minolta AL-F Rangefinder *1958 Minolta Autocord *Holga *holgamod Holga *PIX Panorama Toy Camera *Polaroid One Step Close Up Lenses: Too many too list, just read the stats for each shot I post Scanner: Epson 4990 Perfection Photo Favorite Films: * Kodak Tri-X * Fuji Superia * Ilford HP5+ -- Goal: To make the best exposure possible, on film. A Theme a Day *Sunday – Take A Guess *Macro Mondays *A Glimpse of My Town Tuesdays *Wednesday's Colors *Thursday's Critter *Unique Film and/or Camera Fridays *Saturday – Anything goes
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Got my rental vehicle, got my van in the body shop, and it’s my day off…so I’m not going to complain. I spent the morning stalking the heron, my daughter has named me the ‘one photographer heron paparazzi’. He’s starting to get used to me.
armeen asked me about the lighting for yesterday’s shot. I did this in the bathroom, on the counter with a piece of white cardstock. I turned off all the lights and used a $9.97 goose-neck desk lamp loaded with a Wal-mart brand 60 watt light bulb. On this particular shot I didn’t use a reflector, but I did on some others to soften the shadow. Then I returned the lamp to my 12 year-old’s desk before she realized it was missing.
I was looking for my buddy, the heron, and shooting a preening seagull when I noticed this little feather stuck in the grasses on the water’s edge. The background is the water, reflecting the early morning, mostly cloudy skies.
Camera - Konica Minolta 70
Film - Fuji HQ ISO 100
Shutter Speed - 1/4
Aperture Setting - f-27 Aperture Mode
Lens - Sigma 170-500mm zoom lens @ 500mm
Scanning Method - My scan from my cheap little hp officejet 5510v all-in-one copy/scanner/faxer/printer
No heron but a feather in the grass. That'is better than nothing LoL
Have a good sunday week-end Micki
Another lovely shot as usual, yu really are going to make me start seeing things like you do. Problem is I only ever get creative on portraits or people shots :(
Suby
Love your Feather! Looks like it is floating on by!
I Missed yesterday, I could not get my bloglines thing to work! hehe so off to see yesterdays photo!
Micki, if you want to get that heron, you have to get serious! :-) Here is a product that I'm going to buy in the near future: http://www.naturescapes.net/store/product.php?productid=150 It's a photographer's camo blind. If you get one of these, that wiley old heron will never see you!
I love the feather. It's amazing how many of the little things that we see when we are looking. Beautiful.
The composition, the color, the graphics effect of the grasses and the fact that you even saw this for the taking. We are talking serious photography here.
I've to think about "Forrest Gump" when I look to this shot.
I love this delicate shot. A little treasure in the grass.
At first i didn't get the picture at all. i was scratching my head over what you were trying to express... until i read the story behind it and it starts to make sense. The heron that escaped, eh? ;)
Simplistic and beautiful...I love the completely empty background here.
this is quite nice.. a very elegant kind of shot.
Simple and delicate!
Heron's paparazzi :D
all lightness in a photograph. the trace of a passage
Delicate shot, love it!
I think everyone's said what I was going to... :D
Nice one...very weekend....7.75/10
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Simple, but pretty.
Something very nice about this, like it.
What a delicate shot. Very pretty.
Well seen! What superb detail, with all of those dewdrops lined up for the shoreline show.
You'll meet that Heron soon!
Micki. You've certainly got "photographer eyes". Great image.
Simple and beautiful, well spotted!
This is such a great image. A moment caught in time.
Nice Micki.
I loved your self portrait on weeklyshot as well. When you reach a certain age, the creativity really kicks in when self portraits are concerned. I know this very well!
=:-}
Robin
Nice catch. The feeling is so good about this picture.
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