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-- Penelope --

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M's sister's English Bulldog - while we were in Northern Idaho on a camping trip.  She's about 60lbs. and is a beast - but a friendly, gentle, nice beast.  We have here sister, Lola - and she's just the same in her actions !

Shot with the Nikon 1 V1 and the 30-110mm. - I know -- digital... how weird ?!?

the Family

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M with her Mother and Sister - while exploring in Central Idaho.  I'm a big fan of Idaho - great things have happened to me in that State. 

Nikon 1 V1 - Central Idaho 2016

Digital -- what ??

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It has been a while since I have posted something from the V1 Nikon.  A model of camera of which I love and one which I hope Nikon will update with a V4.  I hope very soon.

This image is from Disney Land - December 2015.  Native monochrome.


It's been while

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I've, between shooting film - waiting on a copyright registration for such images - and losing track of it all because of an upcoming Maui vacation, so I haven't updated the blog in a while.

The film quandary continues - and I shouldn't call it a quandary and it really is a good thing.  I've become more critical of what I shoot and I'm excited to keep the learning curve going.  Here in Maui I'm shooting 35mm Ilford, and Kodak stock, along with the same in 2-1/4 x 2-1/4.

In the meantime - I'm also still shooting the V1 - not so say that the V1 is now second fiddle - but it fills in the gaps when I don't have the right roll in the F100.  I can't change rolls in mid cycle until I send in the body for Nikon to modify to the leader exposed during the re-wind - Ugh.

Maui - Bad Ass Coffee

 

Looking thru. All Nikon V1.

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This was a tough one for me as the abstract nature of this possible image was difficult for me to see.  As I shoot - I'm trying to be better at seeing the abstract.  Here is some of the backstory - walking thru a residential house remodel I saw past the dirty bathroom to this window.  When carrying my camera, I always try to shoot and not be of the types who have it slung on the shoulder all day — but I digress - so I forced the shot.  

Meaning - I tried to make something of the nondescript scene.  And - some times - luck has its way.

And all is good.  No crop.

the Chickens

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At the time these were taken - mid October, I didn’t give them much thought - but I had the idea the complicated scenes “may” come out as something decent.  So I tromped out and took pictures of chickens in Twin Falls, Idaho; my Brother-in-Law’s place.

All were shot with the V1 and the 18.5mm (50mm equivalent) and most times I don’t second guess my lens choices and stay with one.  Most of the time it is for convenience, but then the convenience factor becomes a creative factor.  It is what it is.

Upon developing I used Nikon ViewNX, as the NX-d kept crashing and I didn’t need NX-d’s noise correction.  After cooking them out I brought them into LR-5 for the lens corrections.  Since these were all web - I pushed to .jpg vs. .tiff and cooked them out again in LR in order to watermark.

All corrections were in ViewNX and the color profile was a factory Vivid or Portrait with a boost in contrast - Sharpening is a bit powerful in ViewNX so I keep the slider at 2-4 depending on what the image can absorb and rarely do I go past 5.

It’s kindof a pain - but that’s the work flow.

The more I look at these the more I love them - the framing, the subject, the colors - not trying to toot my own horn here - but it’s taken me years to be able to view my own work and consider it viable as decent and something to share.  I maybe print one or two of these 13x19 on aluminum.

 

 

I guess the lesson learned here is being able to force the capture of the photo.  I had no intention of taking pics of chickens that day — none.  But I had the gear - and some how - I came away with some interesting images.

A walk of a non-descript street

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Sometimes recognizing the scene is half the battle - and visualizing the result is the final outcome of that exercise.  And thats when all of the photos take in the past - become an asset of the present.  Whew -- ok -- enough with the heady -- here's the picture.

Nikon 1 V1