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Do you fear death
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Date Taken: 2017-05-25 17:58:48
Camera Make: NIKON CORPORATION
Camera Model: NIKON D600
Lens: 50.0 mm f/1.8
Focal Length: 50 mm
Mode: Aperture-priority AE
Aperture: f/2.8
Exposure Time: 0.017 sec (1/60)
ISO: 280

 

 

To the moon
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Date Taken: 2017-05-25 18:17:11
Camera Make: NIKON CORPORATION
Camera Model: NIKON D600
Lens: 50.0 mm f/1.8
Focal Length: 50 mm
Mode: Aperture-priority AE
Aperture: f/2.8
Exposure Time: 0.017 sec (1/60)
ISO: 280

 

 

God and his master
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Date Taken: 2017-05-25 17:52:58
Camera Make: NIKON CORPORATION
Camera Model: NIKON D600
Lens: 50.0 mm f/1.8
Focal Length: 50 mm
Mode: Aperture-priority AE
Aperture: f/2.8
Exposure Time: 0.017 sec (1/60)
ISO: 200

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On 2017-6-5 at 6:11 PM, Dot Matrix said:

Watkins Glen State Park -

 

Lumia 950 + BeastGrip + PL/ND filters

50 ISO

4 sec timer

 

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Surreal, love the processing you need to print this in big!

On 2017-6-16 at 10:03 PM, o0moonman0o said:

The story this picture tells! amazing photo

Also if this is from christmas, you are cheating :p:p

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On ‎6‎/‎19‎/‎2017 at 11:02 AM, Draconian Guppy said:

Surreal, love the processing you need to print this in big!

Just did! :D

 

 

 

Few few more vacation pics from a few months back. Nothing fancy this time, just shots I found interesting. :p Lumia 950 - As always.

 

Various shots around Cape May, NJ.

 

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On 19/06/2017 at 11:02 AM, Draconian Guppy said:

Surreal, love the processing you need to print this in big!

The story this picture tells! amazing photo

Also if this is from christmas, you are cheating :p:p

haha nah, tree never comes down pretty much, kids love it haha.

 

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Fall color starting to show at Stonybrook Park here in NY state.

 

Taken with a Lumia 950 Microsoft phone, using PL+ND filters on a Beastgrip Pro.

 

Each photo is about .5 - 1 full second long exposure to capture the movement of the water.

 

Slight processing was done using the Camera360 app on Windows Phone.

 

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On ‎10‎/‎1‎/‎2017 at 10:05 AM, Dot Matrix said:

Fall color starting to show at Stonybrook Park here in NY state.

 

Taken with a Lumia 950 Microsoft phone, using PL+ND filters on a Beastgrip Pro.

 

Each photo is about .5 - 1 full second long exposure to capture the movement of the water.

 

Slight processing was done using the Camera360 app on Windows Phone.

 

I guess updating the images broke my reply, so we'll do this once more.

 

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6 minutes ago, Nefarious Trigger said:

HDR taken by hand (no tripod) - 14 exposures merged in Aurora HDR

 

More here: http://www.niklouch.com/2017/09/23/disney-world-hdr/

I was about to comment to say that looks magical...and then went to the website to see it was taken at Disney Land....so it's magical :p

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52 minutes ago, dipsylalapo said:

I was about to comment to say that looks magical...and then went to the website to see it was taken at Disney Land....so it's magical :p

Disney World, Animal Kingdom to be precise.  It's a very common photo spot - I looked back at my 2014 photos and took the same shot with a point'n'click camera back then.

 

I like to set myself tasks, challenges - this year was to learn about HDR (and firework photography), and it really suits.  If I had a tripod, there'd be a much sharper image - as I was adjusting exposure and shooting handheld so there's inevitable wobble that causes blur due to alignment when merging.

 

I follow a Disney photography group and some of their shots are just amazing - the places lend themselves towards photography because they use light in such interesting ways:

 

Harbour after sunset

 

 

Mediterranean coast

 

 

Mayan temple

 

 

On 10/17/2017 at 6:21 AM, Dot Matrix said:

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Taken with a Lumia 950 - ISO 50 / 4 sec timer.

 

Edited with Camera 360 app to enhance colors, and add the tilt shift.

Mr Rogers Neighborhood 2017 

 

On 10/17/2017 at 7:39 AM, Nefarious Trigger said:

Mayan temple

 

Real Life Temple Run!

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My attempt at re-creating a Bing wallpaper from a while back. 

Taken at Buttermilk Falls State Park, Ithaca, NY.

Lumia 950 - 50 ISO - 1 sec timer.

 

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Taken at Buttermilk Falls State Park, Ithaca, NY.

Lumia 950 - 50 ISO - 1 sec timer.

 

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