Love this thread. I'm still learning (a lot), but here are a couple random shots. The pictures of my ring I ended up taking with my cell phone because my 20D battery died while I was snapping sunrise shots... whoops. Critiques are welcome (especially ones suggesting that I calibrate my monitor... I plan on doing that at some point).

I heart this thread

Nice shots Iowa. I love the last flower pic.

Here's my favorite recent shot...

I've got a few more from where these came from.

A pic of my baby girl with one of my Corps Boots (she is now 10 months old).

Ive had a Rebel T1 for about four months now so I'm still getting used to the step up from a pns camera. Went to the Motocross of nations over the weekend. Its a little blurry on the action, but the bellagio is my favorite so far.

great Bellagio shot

perfect timing with the fountains. The water looks like fireworks exploding

In Chicago this past weekend.
Wrigley is a neat place

A bullfrog near my koi pond was kind enough to let me get really close to her last night.

ceiling of an orthodox church in ethiopia


simen mountains, ethiopia


random goofy kids in a small village in the middle of nowhere, ethiopia



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Hey Dave, I think I know "someone" who would like to visit your koi pond!!

Check out my Flickr sets, here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/n-j-t/sets/

Aggie Ron Edwards getting the sack.



Sip Jamaal Charles with the catch.



The rest: Aggie Photographer

The bullfrog shot is awesome. Any post-processing? Just natural lighting?

GS, your Chiefs/Texans game shots are great. Sorry to hear about the back troubles.

bq06, I used a floodlight from my garage to provide some lighting because the flash just made the shots too washed out. The bullfrog wasn't jumping so I put on a macro filter on my 70-200 f/2.8. Handholding at night with a macro was quite the challenge, but I didn't want to waste time with a tripod if she jumped. I did a little color correction, but otherwise this is an uncropped shot.

I was literally inches from the bullfrog for this shot. I was shocked she never jumped away. This one took a few tries before I got the eye in focus.

Cool! Thanks for the info, Dave. I hadn't heard of macro filters before. They essentially allow the lens to focus at closer distances?

That's correct. I use the Canon 77mm 500D lens filter on with the 70-200 f/2.8 lens. Works great since I don't have a dedicated macro lens. I may add one to my collection at some point though.

My 1st time to dabble in HDR photography.

Cool shot dubi. Do you have an original, normal exposure you could post for comparison?

Here are the 3 images: Picasa

I would appreciate seeing other HDR examples.



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Recently went to Asheville, NC for a few days. Asheville and the surrounding area is very cool, we would like to spend more time around there in the future. We were a little early for the best fall colors, but did still see some.

A few from the Biltmore estate, a modest home just outside of Asheville.

Here are a few from Asheville, NC proper. The women especially liked this area, for some odd reason! :0

labmansid,

Beautiful pictures.

Very nice shots labs. Which lens were you using for those wide-angle indoor shots?

Here are some more of my pictures:

Bonfire Memorial:


Cushing Library:


Old Red in Downtown Dallas:


http://www.flickr.com/photos/n-j-t/sets/

Thanks dubi and bq06. The shots of the Biltmore were pretty much all done with the Canon 10-22mm. It was pretty dark inside the Biltmore almost everywhere, so I was surprised to get some decent handheld shots. I did utilize the poles that held up the restraining ropes quite a bit to get a little extra stability. A majority of the shots were from the camera hanging from the strap around my neck, partly for stability and partly since there are signs going in supposedly banning photography/video captures.

We also took a trip south of Asheville to Chimney Rock Park, a neat drive along a river bed that eventually leads to Lake Lure. Chimney Rock is a pretty good destination for a group that may include people not physically capable of much hiking or climbing, since they have an elevator that goes up from the parking lot to decking near the outcrop.


The drive going to the park.







A lovely carpet of Kudzu, one of many we saw.




A view of Chimney Rock from the parking lot.




Finally reached the top of the rock. And, no, I did not use the elevator to get up there!










A view from further up the trail looking down onto Chimney Rock.




This is Hickory Nut Falls, which is nearby along a side trail from Chimney Rock. Not much water at the time, I'm sure there are times it's more impressive.




Stopped at a roadside farm on the way back.










OK, I'll stop for now!!

I can't compete with your guys shots, so I'm taking it underground (and underwater). From Blue Springs Park in Marianna, FL this past weekend.

Went here:



Followed this water filled passage to get here:



and here:

slacker00,

Need pics!
Was that considered a cave or a cavern? What was the water temperature?

Here's some pics from my recent (Halloween weekend) trip to Arkansas. This is my first time embedding pics in a forum (just got smugmug!), so hopefully this works:

Sunrise at a lake in Pinnacle Mountain State Park:


Roadrunner at overlook in Petit Jean State Park:


Sharp-shinned Hawk, roadside in rural Arkansas:


Roadside scene, rural Arkansas:


Just before sunset at the lodge at Petit Jean State Park:


Swamp in Pinnacle Mountain State Park:


Lake reflections in Pinnacle Mountain State Park:

Wow, that worked on the first try Here are some from a recent outing to the missions of San Antonio:

A skeptical raccoon at Mission San Juan:


A door handle at Mission San Juan:


The church door at Mission Espada:


Main Door at Mission San Jose:


Same thing, different view:


Mission San Juan:


Mission San Juan:


Mission Concepcion:


Mission Concepcion:

Alright, one more small set. I experimented this past weekend with photographing oil on water and got some cool results with different patterns:







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dubi,

In the underwater world it's a cave. Dry cavers use different terminology though. It's pitch black down there except the lights and strobes we have with us. Water temp coming out of the spring is about 68 degrees year round. Surface temps in the pond vary by season.

This photo won 2nd place in the Amateur Digital division of the 4th Annual Photo Maui competition held a couple weeks ago. I was annoyed that they moved it to the digital category because it had not been digitally manipulated in any way. I'm not complaining because I still got an award. C'est la vie...