Mike's May Photo's

All of these Photos were taken on Vacation in NC, so I missed the mud...

 This was Sun Rise...

This was Sun Set...

This was Mid Day....

 

And then the Thunder and Lighting Started...

And of course I could not resist an Olivia Photo.

Amanda's May Post

MUD!  Honestly I did not see a lot of mud out and about.  Just on the hiking trails.  I thought it would be more fun to have the kids make mud and play in it.  I was right.  They had fun!

Both photos are taken with my 70-300 mm telephoto lens.  Settings were 1/250s, f8 and ISO very low.

Set up shot.  Had the kids place the ball in front of me so I could manually focus on the ball.  Had my shutter release set to high so I could take multiple shots with one press.  Took quite a few shots but I liked this one best.  This is with my 50mm set at f8 with a shutter speed of 1/250.  The ISO was set as low as I could get it. 

I was going for simplicity here.  Dandelions, the flower only a mother can love.  I get a new bouquet just about every day now and it never fails to make me smile.  Settings were ISO 400, 1/125s, f5.6.  I also added a little softness in Picnik.

And one more, just because ;)

Bernice's Picts - no mud!

f/8, 4 sec., ISO 100

f/8, 4 sec., ISO 100

f/7.1,  1/1000, ISO 200

f/8, 1/80 sec., ISO 100

Deerfield River -- May 1, 2011

ruts

the other side of the tracks

Spring thaw in Maine

Steve's Mud for May 2011

A need for rain?

1/200 sec, f/4, ISO 400

One small step for Steve...one giant leap for this being a mud photo

1/320 sec, f/11, ISO 250

Mud World

1/100 sec, f/36, ISO 400

William Neill Ebooks

Hi guys - not sure if you have seen this on my Facebook or not. William Neill is one of my favorite photographers, after having discovered him in Outdoor Photographer a couple of years ago.
He currently has ebooks available at his website for $5 each and 4 for $12. Not sure how long the sale will be available. They are beautiful and inspirational. I've bought them all and highly recommend them. If interested go to :
http://www.williamneill.com/store/ebooks/index.html

-Emery

Next meeting My 3rd - Program by Dave Cushing From Ritz Camera

Hi folks, At our Next meeting on May 3rd at 6:30pm, Dave Cushing from Ritz Camera in Belmont, will be presenting a program called "Photography Fundamentals". He will also be bringing some photobook samples and discount coupons. Should be a very interesting meeting. See you there!

Lakes Regions Craft Fair

It was a really good experience this past weekend at the fair. I was really nervous leading up to it but it worked out fine. Met some great people - both Vendors and customers. Sold a bunch of pictures which was a real thrill. I told a few people about the club and they seemed very interested. Hopefully we'll have some new faces at the next meeting. (not that there is anything wrong with the faces we have now! heh heh)

Here's what my both looked like:

If anyone is interested in future shows, here is a link to the promoter that handles local shows:
http://www.joycescraftshows.com/

And if you have any questions for me, just ask!
-Emery

Pet Smart Photo Contest

Hey everyone! A good friend of mine is the Art Director at PetSmart, she just used one of my photos of JG the Dog to announce a pet photo contest they are running on facebook! Click HERE to see! Anyway looking at the contest itself it maybe a great opportunity for fellow Clickers to win some cool stuff!?


Good Luck -

Mike

Exercise from Kevin Sperl

Hi clickers. Kevin sent me this link to a picture in todays Laconia Citizen. As a follow-up to our meeting this past Tuesday, Kevin would be interested in seeing what people might suggest to make it a better photograph. Click on the link and add your suggstions below in the comments area.

Thanks Kevin!

open: f/3.5 exp 1/30 sec ISO 400 fl 7mm

open: f/5.5 exp 1/50 sec ISO 80 fl 23mm

lion & lamb: f/4 exp 1/60 sec ISO 80 fl 6mm

Green: f/5.5 exp 1/400 sec ISO 80 fl 23mm

Ashley's March Photo Assignment

Green
Macro
F-Stop f/3
Exposure 1/10 sec.
ISO Speed 200

Opposing Forces
Macro
F-stop f/4.5
Exposure 1/1000 sec.
ISO Speed 80

Open Category
F-Stop f/3
Exposure 1/250 sec.
ISO Speed 80

Open Category - Twins!
Macro
F-Stop f/5.8
Exposure Time 1 sec.
ISO Speed 80

Thanks for looking! :-)

open category: f/5 exp 1/60 sec ISO 100 fl 14mm

open category: f/3.5 exp 1/100 sec ISO 64 fl 7mm

in like a lion out like a lamb: f/5 exp 1/160 sec ISO 64 fl 25mm

Green: f/4.5 exp 1/400sec ISO 64 fl 7mm

Amanda's April Post

Think Green

ISO 1250; f2.8; 1/160

 Last-minute "oops, I need a 'green' photo for photo club"

Motion Blur

 ISO 100; f13; 1/50s

I made my own category.  The opposing forces category made me try too hard ;)

Open Category

ISO 100; f6.3; 1/400s

At the playground with Olivia, capturing some sun flare

Today's 365 photo - needs critique

ISO 800; f4.5; 1/50s

My first day practicing trumpet in 18 years!

 

Mike's April Photos

 Green

Opposing Forces 

Open 1

Open 2 (second idea for opposing forces)

Bernice - April posts

f/2.8, 1/800, ISO 80 cropped

f/8, 1/80, ISO 100, no flash

f/4.8, 1/25, ISO 160, cropped

Fishing on the lake - late day

f/8, 1/1000, ISO400, flash, cropped

Emery April 2011 Assignments

Opposing forces. An oldie, but one of my favorite shots. A well placed chip over the snow and a run to the hole.  2 opposing forces here...Golfing in the snow, and competing against my son Jordan, on the other side of the green.

Aperture: F/5 ; Exposure: 1/250 ; ISO-?

Taken 12/17/2006 10:52am

Green/St. Particks Day: A nice frosty green beer for St. Paddy's Day in my old Patricks Pub mug.

Aperture: F/6.3; Exposure: 1/5s  ; ISO-100 Taken 3/18 4:47pm

Open category: Tree in the Fog

Aperture:F/10 ; Exposure: 1/500s  ; ISO-100

With Zoom 150mm Focal Length. 3/17 7:27am

Open category for Critique: House in the Fog

Aperture: F/10; Exposure: 1/200s  ; ISO-100:

with Zoom 300mm Focal Length. 3/17 7:30am