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Finders Keepers:Finders Keepers:

I hope you always carry your camera around. I hope you always carry your camera around. Photogenic opportunity abound when you are Photogenic opportunity abound when you are prepared to capture them.prepared to capture them.

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Sunflower:Sunflower:

This was the only thing This was the only thing standing in a yard that standing in a yard that was being redone. And was being redone. And the fence was put up the fence was put up first to hide the rest of first to hide the rest of the yard which was a the yard which was a construction mess. construction mess.

I quickly zoomed to I quickly zoomed to 180mm equivalent 180mm equivalent telephoto lens to isolate telephoto lens to isolate the subject from the rest the subject from the rest of the yard with my 18x of the yard with my 18x Leica zoom.Leica zoom.

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Shooting Specs:Shooting Specs:

I wanted at least f/4.5 to I wanted at least f/4.5 to carry the dof which carry the dof which resulted in a 1/50 sec resulted in a 1/50 sec shutter speed.shutter speed.

1/50 sec is very slow for 1/50 sec is very slow for handholding a 180mm handholding a 180mm equivalent telephoto. I equivalent telephoto. I was testing Panasonic’s was testing Panasonic’s stabilizer to control or stabilizer to control or eliminate camera eliminate camera motion blur.motion blur.

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It Worked:It Worked:

The camera original The camera original image has been image has been cropped as shown by cropped as shown by the off center ‘black the off center ‘black frame’. And the frame’. And the stabilizer past the test stabilizer past the test with flying colors.with flying colors.

The image has been The image has been processed, retouched, processed, retouched, and image enhanced and image enhanced with a right edge and with a right edge and cast shadow for depth.cast shadow for depth.

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Comparison:Comparison:

Capture a solid camera original ‘negative’ and MAKE the image in the Lab.Capture a solid camera original ‘negative’ and MAKE the image in the Lab.

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White on White against White on White against Dark Ivy:Dark Ivy:

On my exercise walk to On my exercise walk to Madison Park, I spotted Madison Park, I spotted this challenge, a white this challenge, a white shiny object in front of a shiny object in front of a very dark field of ivy.very dark field of ivy.

If too much tones are If too much tones are used up describing the used up describing the white object, there is little white object, there is little to fully draw the to fully draw the background.background.

Grab snapshot to Gallery ImageGrab snapshot to Gallery Image

Teacher: Kenji TachibanaDigital Photography IDigital Photography I

In the Detail:In the Detail:

Technique has to Technique has to be transparent to be transparent to the viewer. That the viewer. That means the means the exposure and the exposure and the color must look color must look believable. And believable. And the subject must the subject must be fine detail be fine detail sharp!sharp!

Make it sharp!Make it sharp!

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Inner Image:Inner Image:

I hope you can see that I use the camera original ‘negative’ as the I hope you can see that I use the camera original ‘negative’ as the starting point for my ‘painting with light, color, and design sense’. starting point for my ‘painting with light, color, and design sense’.

Put together your own toolkit for ‘painting on your camera original Put together your own toolkit for ‘painting on your camera original negative’. Take classes in art history, drawing, painting, and design. negative’. Take classes in art history, drawing, painting, and design. Of course, take more photography classes.Of course, take more photography classes.

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