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<i>Fotograf</i> is German for photograph, but that may just be a coincidence.
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<sub>[click on images for larger view or more info]</sub>Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11040774790050777890noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8768923615641568298.post-75333265026364771742010-11-07T20:27:00.000-08:002010-11-07T20:37:10.929-08:00Squared upI got a new beta version of Joyeye FX for my Nokia smart-phone today, and in playing with it created what turned out to be the 200th self-portrait to be uploaded to my Dailybooth account.Being beta software, it has a few bugs, including the wrong proportions for the "Polaroid" option.The image above is a square crop from the camera image portion of Joyeye's output, with my approximation to the "Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11040774790050777890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8768923615641568298.post-38579132091963174752010-10-21T16:21:00.000-07:002010-10-21T16:24:21.842-07:00BeachAlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11040774790050777890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8768923615641568298.post-10007871792135933422010-10-16T16:43:00.000-07:002010-10-16T16:45:28.881-07:00DiscretionAlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11040774790050777890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8768923615641568298.post-79208623026345957582010-05-22T14:59:00.000-07:002010-05-22T15:53:00.555-07:00LobotographyThis picture is a mistake. A classic example of a shutter release occurring while a camera is pointed in a more-or-less random direction.I like it.Along with the motion blur and random "subject" framing, the picture also exhibits several symptoms of having been taken with a cheap camera. A very cheap camera.I like it.In fact, I rather wish I had made the image deliberately.There are probably manyAlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11040774790050777890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8768923615641568298.post-29698822078374653142010-05-19T09:14:00.000-07:002010-05-19T09:26:30.785-07:00IrisAlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11040774790050777890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8768923615641568298.post-31309462974623904872010-05-11T09:13:00.000-07:002010-05-11T09:15:17.922-07:00MorningAlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11040774790050777890noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8768923615641568298.post-26556234594783178762010-05-03T17:28:00.001-07:002010-05-03T17:29:12.440-07:00StonecropAlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11040774790050777890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8768923615641568298.post-36883152294376112512010-04-28T19:35:00.001-07:002010-04-28T19:37:35.434-07:00ReflectionsAlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11040774790050777890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8768923615641568298.post-39009297722038546162010-04-27T10:24:00.000-07:002010-04-27T10:36:25.686-07:0015th NEAt first glance that might look like a stereo pair, and it can be sorta viewed that way, with an interesting stereo effect.But it is actually two different ends of the same bridge. In each shot, the place I took the other shot is just off the bottom of the image.So partly is playing with stereo-like pairs (how much of the appeal of stereo pairs is in the three dimensional viewing and how much is Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11040774790050777890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8768923615641568298.post-20948579080971289282010-04-07T07:01:00.000-07:002010-04-07T07:01:00.167-07:00StairsAt old Richmond Beach School site, now replaced by park and new library building.Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11040774790050777890noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8768923615641568298.post-62859332914406596982010-03-30T10:48:00.001-07:002010-03-30T10:49:58.088-07:00BeachAlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11040774790050777890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8768923615641568298.post-1435915256914617282010-03-21T12:22:00.000-07:002010-03-21T12:22:55.114-07:00Three shipsI often go out to Richmond Beach, where I go to the library, then down to sit in my car alongside the railroad tracks. I look at my books, hope a train will go by, and watch activity on Puget Sound. Sometimes I take a picture or three out the car window. Sometimes I get out of the car and get more serious about the photography.This blog is mostly about the "more serious about photography" images,Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11040774790050777890noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8768923615641568298.post-13676656354685037042010-01-08T17:15:00.000-08:002010-01-08T17:26:04.179-08:00Block Play 3-DNews coming out of CES about all the 3-D stuff coming along has been fun. My recent cataract surgeries have renewed my binocular vision and rejuvenated a longtime interest in stereo views and 3-dimensional imagery.I have just started experimenting with stereo pairs, mostly for my Block Play blog, where there is no movement in the subject, though I do not intend to limit myself.Now I want the newAlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11040774790050777890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8768923615641568298.post-69168703600003361822010-01-03T18:52:00.001-08:002010-01-03T18:56:55.259-08:00Anna's25 December 2009Olympia-Lacey, WAAlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11040774790050777890noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8768923615641568298.post-16307592482669267962009-10-11T22:11:00.000-07:002009-10-12T08:44:14.241-07:009 10 11I really wanted to do a '9 10 11' post.How about this morning's early sunlight on the front yard hemlocks' "squaw wood"?There probably should be a modern replacement term for that, but I couldn't find one with a quick google.The stuff is more important to me than the name, so I'm amenable to changing - as long as there is at least some sense of woodsiness.I am enjoying the enhanced detail with Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11040774790050777890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8768923615641568298.post-52445926757983307392009-09-26T18:14:00.000-07:002009-09-26T18:18:53.785-07:00ChrisAt Heather Lake, on Mount Pilchuck, with Schmoo.Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11040774790050777890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8768923615641568298.post-66114752435328315552008-09-25T09:10:00.000-07:002008-09-25T09:38:25.490-07:00KathyOne of my favorite places to kill a little time and occasionally pick up new stuff for my Block Play blog is Seattle's Math 'n' Stuff.While looking through recent posts with a staff member, she asked what kind of camera this was, so after a brief discussion, I scampered out to my car and brought it in.Of course I had to demonstrate it for her.I rather like the results.Hand held, fluorescent Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11040774790050777890noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8768923615641568298.post-73267813216721352382008-08-09T18:06:00.000-07:002008-08-09T18:17:15.694-07:00Outdoor blocksFor my Block Play Blog I enjoy photographing my constructions outside.One of the challenges is balancing subject light with background light.The image above has a white umbrella positioned to reduce and defuse the sunlight on the structure, so that it could be properly exposed without having the cedar branches in the background drop out to black.Here, as for most of my block structures, I have Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11040774790050777890noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8768923615641568298.post-85457127369732886732008-07-01T16:28:00.000-07:002008-07-01T16:30:56.890-07:00Self PortraitAlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11040774790050777890noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8768923615641568298.post-11583113776770077242008-06-18T20:34:00.000-07:002008-06-18T20:39:57.442-07:00SharingMy older girl & my mom.Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11040774790050777890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8768923615641568298.post-3864367733270863472008-06-08T09:25:00.000-07:002008-06-08T09:26:27.867-07:00Night NightsThis image is a response to an inquiry on Olympus Talk Forum about night exposures with the SP-570UZ.My first reaction was "no problem, I have some." But a more careful reading determined that the request was for long exposures at low ISO on a tripod, and my shots were at high ISO, to allow slower shutter speeds and handholding (with image stabilization).That sounded like a weird but interesting Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11040774790050777890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8768923615641568298.post-42668376275500993292008-06-06T13:31:00.000-07:002008-06-06T13:35:06.949-07:00Heron versus fishWe watched a heron catch & eat a fish.He either jumped or fell the rock. We aren't sure.But he got the fish.[The original video is a nasty-big file (~58 mb). Blogger scrunched it into something more manageable & less clear. It is still fun.]The heron had a lot of trouble with the fish but eventually managed to swallow it.I had wandered off by then, so missed photographing the mid-throat Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11040774790050777890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8768923615641568298.post-83620342395555481232008-05-29T21:03:00.000-07:002008-05-29T21:03:30.543-07:00Llandover WoodsAlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11040774790050777890noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8768923615641568298.post-80301619430449705192008-05-22T21:52:00.000-07:002008-05-22T22:01:26.947-07:00Sand PointAfter getting my new camera yesterday, I took it with me today to Magnuson Park, at Sand Point, to met a friend for a walk.The images here are maybe a little better in execution thatn yesterday's, and have been cropped. A few have had contrast tweaked.These should be a deeper red, but I suspect that the infrared sensitivity of the camera's image sensor isn't adding white to the mix, making the Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11040774790050777890noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8768923615641568298.post-46691046289204291552008-05-22T19:59:00.000-07:002008-05-22T21:54:13.139-07:00New camera - 5/21/08The first picture with the new camera had to be of Webster, of course.None of these images demonstrate what the camera is capable of when used carefully. I was just finding my way around the controls. They also are uncropped and untweaked - just the way the came out of the camera.And my second subject was Archie.Then I wandered outside for a few flower shots & such.Most folks have seen Alanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11040774790050777890noreply@blogger.com0