John (300m) > It was Yummy!
I captured mittens here eating.  I was laying on the floor with the 70-200 on the camera.  This was capture hand held.  I love the D700 as this was at ISO 2200 and if I had done this with my D200 this would have been very grainy.  Straight from the camera @ f/2.8 with a small crop at the bottom to remove some junk at floor level with me.  

Richard you are quick as I have not even finished typing :)
John (300m) > Ever Vigilant
Captured on the way to a photo shoot.  I saw this on my way into a shot and had to turn around to go back and capture this scene.  This is 30 min before sunrise, just starting to get some color in the sky.  Scene is the Yorktown Battlefield entrance , crop due to the street signs on the colonial parkway I was on looked a bit ugly in the shot.  I took several before I moved on to my next location.  Cannon is on silent watch.

Have a good day everyone
John (300m) > Perspective
Not everyone goes out after a storm and gets on the ground to get a shot of the leaves cause the look cool.  Shot just as the overcast  sun was setting for the day.  I liked the color and the saturation I saw from the window so i went out with the wide to capture this shot

Here is another shot I took yesterday Leaf,
John (300m) > Oct 16:  Morning across the bay
I captured this on the way into work.  This is what I see now on the bay in my commute.  I normally carry the tripod to my point and shoot.  Yesterday I thought of the light I see reflecting on the water when I go into work and I put my good tripod in my trunk.  I took advantage of the equipment as this is a 45 sec exposure in manual.  I had to bracket the focus as there was not enough contrast for the autofocus to work.  The only PP is a +1/3 EV of exposure.  I normally as a rule add nothing to an available light shot.  The pier is from a restaurant that passed to the elements after hurricane isabel.
John (300m) > The Track Challenge...11/10/08
The Challenge: Create a photo with your interpretation of the word, "Track."
The Participants: Kre8ive, Bill Pador, Karina Boese, jawsnap,  Creative Deviance, and myself. 
The Result: For this challenge I decided to do the verb form of the word track.  This is a shot of my turntable, yes I still have one.  I chose a limited edition Album by Grand Funk Railroad that I have.  This LP is literally a gold color.  I set the shot up in my studio and used multiple light sources.  The primary lighting is Compact flourcents color corrected to 5000K.  The light behind the needle is a CR123A Flashlight I was using to help light the tracks as the gold LP is hard to see.  This is what caused the reflection of the cartridge and head on the record.  The dots to the far rights are the speed tracking dots on the turntable.  Finally, do you know how hard it is to get an accurate focused shot on a moving turntable :)  So I took a "few" shots before I got this one.  Have a great day everyone. 
Seeing Carolyn's comment I will add I bought this LP in 1973
John (300m) > July 27:  Cake time!!
This shot was a bit in the making.  I actually bought this cake Saturday evening when we were at the bookstore.  Just before I took the shot on the water for yesterday's DP.  But I started thinking when I got home that this would make a great shot.  I got some ideas and was given some advice which I took (thanks!).  I planned the shot, but time prevented me from starting till later in the day.  I built a new light table from scratch for this POD, learned it a bit to narrow so I will have to mod this.  I was tired of fighting of the one made out of cardboard.  This one is made of PVC and uses Ripstop Nylon (kite fabric) as a diffuser.  I had the material so it was just the PVC corners and time to build.  That took longer than I expected as my ideas were not working.  So I dropped to basics and got results.  I kept the cake in the fridge till I was ready and took some test shots of the setup.  I even bought the plate and found the old silver forks and cleaned them for this shot.   Bought the cup and raspberries fresh today and I was set.  There is a lot to a studio shot.  I took numerous shots till I was happy with the results.  I ended up using my strobes and SB800's.  If  you want to see the lighting setup for this shot it is here.    Lighting setup  There is more to studio setup and work than I expected!  Between building the lightbox and the shot I worked from 3-9 yesterday.  I did stop for dinner and the cake was good as I ate some of it doing the processing/sorting.  :)  I had waited long enough.  Have a great day everyone
John (300m) > May - 12:  The Angry Morning Sky
  The weather here is bad, we have gail force winds and rain that started this AM.  I caught part of the approaching storm when I got to work.  I glimpsed the scene and drove down to the seawall to capture a shot of this angry black sky.  You could just see the sunrise peaking out of the gap in the clouds.  I had to anchor my tripod legs against the seawall rails and hold the strap to the camera lest I not have a camera.  The wind was really howling at that point.  Limbs down and debris on the road I had not seen on the way to the water
EXIF: 
Canon Pro1 on a tripod 
1/40 sec
f/2.4
-1 EV
ISO 100
John (300m) > The Tungsten Challenge...12/15/08
The Challenge: Show us your interpretation of the word, "Tungsten."
The Participants: Kre8ive, The Curious Camel, Creative Deviance, Johnloguk, Lady Kate, MyKey, Trevlan, and myself.
The Result: My interoperation of this challenge was to take a shot of this cool bulb that I found in the store and show the tungsten element.  YOu can clearly see the element in this bulb.  I really loved the color I was able to get out of this swirled glass bulb
Have a great Day all.  BTW I would like to thank Guest again for Ornamental Reflections.  I have this picture available as a poster on the  WE CARE POSTERS PROJECT
John (300m) > Nov 5: The Hub
We had a power failure when I got home yesterday.  My daughter meet me at the door to let me know there were no lights.  As I had planned a studio shot for today I backup and thought again.  It was raining and overcast so that limited me to the house.  I saw my road bike when I was going in after opening the garage manually so my wife could get in..  I got my camera and I took several shot that I thought were good.  I did a B&W of the front hub  Front  and a couple others of the rear.  I had to reshoot the rear when the power came on as it was dusty and visible in the shot  Also to note the bike is hanging from the garage ceiling in these shots.  The posterized shot the hub has a halo at the top that is really dust :)  Rear hub  Not bad for a day when I had no shots to share.  I did do some PS work on this shot to bring out the dynamics of the shot and the details of that rear hub
It was Yummy!
I captured mittens here eating. I was laying on the floor with the 70-200 on the camera. This was capture hand held. I love the D700 as this was at ISO 2200 and if I had done this with my D200 this would have been very grainy. Straight from the camera @ f/2.8 with a small crop at the bottom to remove some junk at floor level with me.

Richard you are quick as I have not even finished typing :)
John (300m) > It was Yummy!
I captured mittens here eating.  I was laying on the floor with the 70-200 on the camera.  This was capture hand held.  I love the D700 as this was at ISO 2200 and if I had done this with my D200 this would have been very grainy.  Straight from the camera @ f/2.8 with a small crop at the bottom to remove some junk at floor level with me.  

Richard you are quick as I have not even finished typing :)
It was Yummy!
I captured mittens here eating. I was laying on the floor with the 70-200 on the camera. This was capture hand held. I love the D700 as this was at ISO 2200 and if I had done this with my D200 this would have been very grainy. Straight from the camera @ f/2.8 with a small crop at the bottom to remove some junk at floor level with me.

Richard you are quick as I have not even finished typing :)
See photo in gallery

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