OT : We had a good night at the photo competition
 

Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:


Very nice, I like the depth of field work on your wife's bird picture!

She shot this with a 70-200mm 2.8 with a 1.7 Converter. This was a hand
held shot and even with the telephoto with converter, it was fairly
sharp. That is the beauty of the VR feature. The fast lens does a
great job on the DOF and really makes a nice bokeh.

My wife and I see the world so completely different. When I took the
horse photos, I was amazed at the strength and beauty of the animals.
She is actually scared of horses, but what she saw was the sadness of
them being in their stalls.

Here is her photo submission of her horse photo. The photographer of
each photo is not revealed till after the competition, so no one knows
who took the photos. This was her digital submission, and when they
flashed the image on the screen, it touched a number of woman behind us.
Based upon those women's reaction, I thought this would have gotten a
ribbon.

http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ots/InJail.jpg

It is amazing how different my wife's photos are. She is much more
creative than I am, and when we come back from taking photos, it is
amazing how different our photos look.

OT : We had a good night at the photo competition
 

On Aug 2, 10:35*am, hk wrote:
JimH wrote:
On Aug 2, 9:16 am, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote:
My wife and I took home 4 ribbons last night's photo competition.

There were about about 75 B&W, 100 color print and digital photos
submitted for the 3 different categories. *You are allowed to submit up
to 2 photos for B&W and Color and one photo for the Digital Submission..
* I was blown away that we took home one Honorable Mention, one 4th
place, one 3rd place and a 2nd Place.

2nd place

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur....

I touched this up some after the comments made in rec.boats. *I do
appreciate your help.

4th Place *I almost didn't submit this one, I thought there would be a
ton of similar photos.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur....

A photo, I really liked, but it did not ribbon. *The pro thought it
would be a much better photo if the girl was interacting with the
penguin. *I thought her shy look made the photo.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur....

An ordinary flower and bee photo that my wife said I should submit. * No
ribbon.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur....

My wife's two ribbon photos.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur.......

Congratulations to you and your wife.

Nice pics!

The bird on the twig photo was nice. The rest were pedestrian, at best.- Hide quoted text -

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Let's see some of yours, you jealous gas bag. Oh, wait, I remember,
the shot of the printer.....great stuff!

We had a good night at the photo competition
 

RG wrote:
"Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote
in message . ..
My wife and I took home 4 ribbons last night's photo competition.

There were about about 75 B&W, 100 color print and digital photos
submitted for the 3 different categories. You are allowed to submit up to
2 photos for B&W and Color and one photo for the Digital Submission. I was
blown away that we took home one Honorable Mention, one 4th place, one 3rd
place and a 2nd Place.


Congratulations to you and the Mrs., Reg. Very nice work indeed.

Russ



Russ,

I hope I can take photos half as nice as the ones you posted online.

I am going out to the Sierra Nevada mountains to attend a photography
workshop of Bodie/ Mono Lake /and the Eastern Sierra.
http://www.pbase.com/davewyman/sierr...east_side_2006

After the seminar I am traveling west with the instructors towards
Yosemite. While their Yosemite was booked, they planned on taking
photos on the way to Yosemite, and they told me I could tag along. So
hopefully after a week, I can take a decent photo or two.

Can you post your link of your SW photobook?

OT : We had a good night at the photo competition
 

On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 09:16:56 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote:

My wife and I took home 4 ribbons last night's photo competition.

There were about about 75 B&W, 100 color print and digital photos
submitted for the 3 different categories. You are allowed to submit up
to 2 photos for B&W and Color and one photo for the Digital Submission.
I was blown away that we took home one Honorable Mention, one 4th
place, one 3rd place and a 2nd Place.

2nd place

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...rent=2ndbw.jpg

I touched this up some after the comments made in rec.boats. I do
appreciate your help.

Yes. It's stunning.

4th Place I almost didn't submit this one, I thought there would be a
ton of similar photos.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...t=4thplace.jpg

Another nice photo.

A photo, I really liked, but it did not ribbon. The pro thought it
would be a much better photo if the girl was interacting with the
penguin. I thought her shy look made the photo.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...twascute. jpg

I think I'd have to agree with the pro. It looks like too much dead space
in the middle of the photo.

An ordinary flower and bee photo that my wife said I should submit. No
ribbon.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...=noribbon1.jpg

My wife's two ribbon photos.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...fe3rdplace.jpg
http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...blemention.jpg


She's obviously having a ball with her D50! Very nice photos. My wife
hasn't used her D50 much, complaining that it's too big. Plus, she's always
making me lug the D200.

What lens was your wife using?

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On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:27:45 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote:

wrote:
On Aug 2, 9:16 am, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote:
My wife and I took home 4 ribbons last night's photo competition.

There were about about 75 B&W, 100 color print and digital photos
submitted for the 3 different categories. You are allowed to submit up
to 2 photos for B&W and Color and one photo for the Digital Submission.
I was blown away that we took home one Honorable Mention, one 4th
place, one 3rd place and a 2nd Place.

2nd place

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur...

I touched this up some after the comments made in rec.boats. I do
appreciate your help.

4th Place I almost didn't submit this one, I thought there would be a
ton of similar photos.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur...

A photo, I really liked, but it did not ribbon. The pro thought it
would be a much better photo if the girl was interacting with the
penguin. I thought her shy look made the photo.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur...

An ordinary flower and bee photo that my wife said I should submit. No
ribbon.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur...

My wife's two ribbon photos.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur...

Very nice, I like the depth of field work on your wife's bird picture!

She shot this with a 70-200mm 2.8 with a 1.7 Converter. This was a hand
held shot and even with the telephoto with converter, it was fairly
sharp. That is the beauty of the VR feature. The fast lens does a
great job on the DOF and really makes a nice bokeh.

Never mind, now I know what lens.

OT : We had a good night at the photo competition
 

"Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote
in message . ..
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:


Very nice, I like the depth of field work on your wife's bird picture!

She shot this with a 70-200mm 2.8 with a 1.7 Converter. This was a hand
held shot and even with the telephoto with converter, it was fairly
sharp. That is the beauty of the VR feature. The fast lens does a
great job on the DOF and really makes a nice bokeh.

My wife and I see the world so completely different. When I took the
horse photos, I was amazed at the strength and beauty of the animals. She
is actually scared of horses, but what she saw was the sadness of them
being in their stalls.

Here is her photo submission of her horse photo. The photographer of each
photo is not revealed till after the competition, so no one knows who took
the photos. This was her digital submission, and when they flashed the
image on the screen, it touched a number of woman behind us. Based upon
those women's reaction, I thought this would have gotten a ribbon.

http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ots/InJail.jpg

It is amazing how different my wife's photos are. She is much more
creative than I am, and when we come back from taking photos, it is
amazing how different our photos look.







Harry's keen eye picked up on your pedestrian work. Maybe he'll give you
some tips some time so that you can take fine snapshots like he does.

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hk wrote:


Congratulations to you and your wife.

Nice pics!


The bird on the twig photo was nice. The rest were pedestrian, at best.

Harry,
I have to agree with you, my wife is very creative, and her photos
reflect that. I am just struggling along trying to take a photo that
someone will say if pedestrian at best. I am a rookie, without an
artistic bone in my body. I have to take a lot of photos just to get
some half ass snapshots, but I enjoy it, which really has surprised me.
I purchased the D50 for my wife, and had no intention of using the
camera at all. After 6 months, I had to get my own camera and purchased
the D200.
This has become a hobby that both of us can enjoy
together. With my youngest going to Emory this year, it is nice for the
two of us to be able to enjoy something together.

Boating has always been something my kids and I enjoyed. My wife liked
it because it gave her quiet time at home.

OT : We had a good night at the photo competition
 

John H. wrote:
On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 09:16:56 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote:

My wife and I took home 4 ribbons last night's photo competition.

There were about about 75 B&W, 100 color print and digital photos
submitted for the 3 different categories. You are allowed to submit up
to 2 photos for B&W and Color and one photo for the Digital Submission.
I was blown away that we took home one Honorable Mention, one 4th
place, one 3rd place and a 2nd Place.

2nd place

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...rent=2ndbw.jpg

I touched this up some after the comments made in rec.boats. I do
appreciate your help.

Yes. It's stunning.
4th Place I almost didn't submit this one, I thought there would be a
ton of similar photos.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...t=4thplace.jpg

Another nice photo.
A photo, I really liked, but it did not ribbon. The pro thought it
would be a much better photo if the girl was interacting with the
penguin. I thought her shy look made the photo.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...twascute. jpg

I think I'd have to agree with the pro. It looks like too much dead space
in the middle of the photo.
An ordinary flower and bee photo that my wife said I should submit. No
ribbon.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...=noribbon1.jpg

My wife's two ribbon photos.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...fe3rdplace.jpg
http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...blemention.jpg


She's obviously having a ball with her D50! Very nice photos. My wife
hasn't used her D50 much, complaining that it's too big. Plus, she's always
making me lug the D200.

What lens was your wife using?
JohnH,
The bird was the Nikon 70-200mm VR with a 1.7 converter. The horse was
the 70-200mm VR. I think the flower/spider photo was a Nikon 105mm VR
macro. I purchased another 18-200mm because we both wanted to use that
lens. If you really need a fast lens, the 70-200 is great, but the
18-200 is much easier to lug around.

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On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 11:41:46 -0400, "Jim" wrote:


"Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote
in message . ..
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:


Very nice, I like the depth of field work on your wife's bird picture!

She shot this with a 70-200mm 2.8 with a 1.7 Converter. This was a hand
held shot and even with the telephoto with converter, it was fairly
sharp. That is the beauty of the VR feature. The fast lens does a
great job on the DOF and really makes a nice bokeh.

My wife and I see the world so completely different. When I took the
horse photos, I was amazed at the strength and beauty of the animals. She
is actually scared of horses, but what she saw was the sadness of them
being in their stalls.

Here is her photo submission of her horse photo. The photographer of each
photo is not revealed till after the competition, so no one knows who took
the photos. This was her digital submission, and when they flashed the
image on the screen, it touched a number of woman behind us. Based upon
those women's reaction, I thought this would have gotten a ribbon.

http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ots/InJail.jpg

It is amazing how different my wife's photos are. She is much more
creative than I am, and when we come back from taking photos, it is
amazing how different our photos look.







Harry's keen eye picked up on your pedestrian work. Maybe he'll give you
some tips some time so that you can take fine snapshots like he does.

Harry likes bird photos. Remember his owls?

OT : We had a good night at the photo competition
 

Jim wrote:

"Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote in message . ..
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:


Very nice, I like the depth of field work on your wife's bird picture!

She shot this with a 70-200mm 2.8 with a 1.7 Converter. This was a
hand held shot and even with the telephoto with converter, it was
fairly sharp. That is the beauty of the VR feature. The fast lens
does a great job on the DOF and really makes a nice bokeh.

My wife and I see the world so completely different. When I took the
horse photos, I was amazed at the strength and beauty of the animals.
She is actually scared of horses, but what she saw was the sadness of
them being in their stalls.

Here is her photo submission of her horse photo. The photographer of
each photo is not revealed till after the competition, so no one knows
who took the photos. This was her digital submission, and when they
flashed the image on the screen, it touched a number of woman behind
us. Based upon those women's reaction, I thought this would have
gotten a ribbon.

http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ots/InJail.jpg

It is amazing how different my wife's photos are. She is much more
creative than I am, and when we come back from taking photos, it is
amazing how different our photos look.







Harry's keen eye picked up on your pedestrian work. Maybe he'll give you
some tips some time so that you can take fine snapshots like he does.

The only photo Harry ever posted online that I really liked was an owl
photo taken in a Florida State Park.

I was really impressed by the sharpness, composition and exposure. It
looked like it was taken with a 500-600 mm pro lens. I was surprised
when I found the exact same photo in a professional wildlife
photographer's blog. I am not sure, but either the photographer stole
Harry's image or Harry stole his image. I know if I was Harry and a pro
stole my image I would have raised hell.