Golden Eagle Part Two

Been having fun catching photos of this graceful bird of prey

Golden Eagle

We have a local Golden, but I can't say were. Anyways he sure is beutiful to watch.

ISO: 100 Exposure: 1/320 sec Aperture: f/6.3 Focal Length: 300mm Flash Used: No

This was taken at Disneyland near the Charosel Ride

Love the Spring time.

ISO: 140 Exposure: 1/250 sec Aperture: f/5.6 Focal Length: 48mm Flash Used: No

HDR

HDR Images

Had fun today taking photos for use of HDR images

This was taken last night durning the Lunar Eclipse.
Set the camera on bulb and used a remote. Shot with 55-200mm lenes
on a tripod.

ISO: 200 Exposure: 1.2 sec Aperture: f/6.3 Focal Length: 200mm Flash Used: No

Lunar Eclipse

I was wanting to play around a little with this. Combine three images into one.

Wild Animal Park - Lion Cubs

Two Lions had 7 clubs combined.

Lions and Tigers

Raja
ISO: 200 Exposure: 1/125 sec Aperture: f/13.0 Focal Length: 200mm




ISO: 200 Exposure: 1/40 sec Aperture: f/13.0 Focal Length: 200mm
Mr Mohawk. AKA: Bakari

Got to go visit LTB again this weekend. You can read more about them at: LTB

DOF - Pine Creek

Decided to take some DOF shots. I used spot matrix and center AF. Wanted to focus on the weeds with the background just out of focus.

Used Apeture Priority, ISO: 100 Focal Point: 20mm F/S: 14

Snow Level at 1,200ft

Snow in Alpine... If it wasn't for the fact of going to school this night and the possiblity of road closure, I would have stuck around to take more creative shots... Hopefully the snow will be there in the morning to get more shots


Just used Landscape Shooting Mode and point and snaped.

Droplets of Red

I took this photo using manual focus with Shutter Priority. This is just one of 49 photos that I took. I used an eye dropper and a natural white light to help iluminate this more for a higher shutter speed. I debating entering one of the photos in the Flickr weekly challenge.

ISO: 400 Exposure: 1/200 sec Aperture: f/5.6 Focal Length: 52mm Flash Used: Yes

Blue Angles @ Superstition

This was a shot that was taken about a month ago when I was out at Superstition near El Centro, CA. We got a nice little air show while they were doing a practice session.

ISO: 100 Exposure: 1/500 sec Aperture: f/6.3 Focal Length: 200mm

Starry Night

Well this shot was a trial of long exposure. Can't figure out what the purple lights are on the top. There was no back light in that direction. Will have to play around a little to figure that one.

Update: Andy Pagett says:
Hmm I don't fully understand what you put there but let me see if I can explain!!:

What you did: You had noise reduction turned OFF... you held the shutter open for 30 minutes by whatever means (cable?). After 30 mins the shutter closed and you got that pic

What should have happened: You would have noise reduction turned ON, you would hold the shutter open for 30 mins as you did above. Once you let go and the shutter closes again, the camera would then lock up for 30 mins (if you look in the finder it says Job-NR in the bottom corner) whilst it does the dark frame subtraction. So the whole process takes twice as long, but gets you a clean image.

Thanks Andy for this comment.

ISO: 800 Exposure: 1795.6 sec Aperture: f/22.0 Focal Length: 18mm

Traffic

Well, I decided to enter a photo challenge on Flickr Photo Challenge So I went on the hunt for a high advantage point and found Mt. Helix. The night was nice and clear and very nice view.

I used apeture priority settings. I will place the setting up in a day
ISO: 800 Exposure: 11.0 sec Aperture: f/5.6 Focal Length: 50mm

Update: I won this weeks challenge. See more at http://www.flickr.com/groups/nikond40challenge/

American Kestrel Falcon

ISO: 320 Exposure: 1/500 sec Aperture: f/5.6

Focal Length: 200mm

Bird Hunting

Went out today to look for some birds of prey and got luck. Found a Red Tail Hawk and I believe a American Kestrel Falcon.
ISO: 220 Exposure: 1/500 sec Aperture: f/4.2 Focal Length: 66mm

Things we do for a photo

Well this wasn't the greatest photo, but had to post the story behind it. The local mountains got some snow, so I couldn't resist in "trying" to get some neat photo's maybe even HDR opportunities. I headed out after I got off work up the road about 15min to Pine Valley. Upon arriving, I notice that the snow on the ground was not what I had hoped for. So after taking this shot and a couple others, I decided to leave. On my way back I ended up going through snow flurries, then hail, and then ice then back to rain. I also saw 5 car accidents 2 right in front of me. People out here don't know how to drive when it rain, and snow is a whole different story.

Any way’s it just made me think what we do or go through sometimes to get one photo.

The shot above settings: ISO: 400 Exposure: n/a Aperture: f/5.5999 Focal Length: 18mm also had a polarizing filter on.

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Low Light Shooting

I just so happend to live in San Diego that I get lucky enough to get photo shots like this. If you saw the tutorial videos that Bob Krist does for Nikon, Understanding Digital Photography, Low Light Shooting, you might recongize this photo. His lesson in low lighting situtions really was good advice. This is just one of about thrity shots that I took.

ISO: 800 Exposure: 1.8 sec Aperture: f/8.0 Focal Length: 18mm Flash Used: No

Anyways I hope you enjoy.

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Fun with HDR

I took this photo today. Used Photomatrix to generate the images. I use three images at 2.0EV seperation. I love taking photo's like this. Can't wait to do more. There is so much information on how to create HDR Images.

This link is great tutorial. http://stuckincustoms.com/2006/06/06/548/

Shooting through Cages

Shooting through wiring was a real trick at first till I realized that all I had to do was to set the lens to manual focus and zoom in. So lesson learn, whenever you are shooting through cages at the zoo, do the above.

This was a Steller Sea Eagle.

Peanut the Cow

A very friendly cow. Just out exploring and couldn't resist taking this photo. Just wish I had taken it in RAW.

The Hunt for Mud.

Now this day was a lot of fun. Every mud puddle that we could find, we went through. I love the action of the mud spray.

Shotting continous mode:

ISO: 100 Exposure: 1/30 sec Aperture: f/10.0 Focal Length: 30mm Flash Used: No

Guard Towers

All I can say is ahhh.... This was taken at the San Diego Zoo.

I had the new camera for about three days when I took this shot using Child mode: ISO: 500 Exposure: 1/500 sec Aperture: f/5.6 Focal Length: 200mm

High Speed!!!!

This was a fun photo taking day for me. I had been waiting about two years to get nice crisp high speed shots of my buddie Tommy racing in Fontana at the California Speedway. He races superbikes and been doing it for several years...

I learned a lot that day as far as using Apeture Priority shotting modes instead of Shutter Priority. What a difference. I was shotting at F11-13 at 320-450 and ISO at 100-200

The Yellow Bird

Then on a trip the Wild Animal Park, I was able to get this shot. I don't recall what type of bird it was, but what a nice photo. If anyone know please let me know.

Anyways I was impress with how clean this shot came in, With the other camera that I had, sometimes this shot would come out dark and out of focus.

ISO: 800 Exposure: 1/80 sec Aperture: f/5.6 Focal Length: 185mm Flash Used: No

The Arrival

This is pretty much the first shot that I took with
new camera. I couldn't believe the quality and vibrant
color that I got in this photo.

Up Close and Personnal

Can I get a little closer. LOL This shot was not taken with my new camera but a Nikon Coolpix 8700. But I thought it was worth the posting.

This is Raja a Bengal Tiger - Born: 9/5/1996 - Weight: 550 lbs.He is permentaly being taken care of at a Big Cat Rescue. You can read more about him on Lions Tigers and Bears website.