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In This Issue: Wednesday, September 02, 2009

• Featured Photo: Weathered
• Featured Article: Round Out Your Photography - Shoot Infrared! by Deborah Sandidge
• Where in the World?
• New Photo Discussion 1: Yellow Iris
• New Photo Discussion 2: Elephant Seal Pups, Pt Reyes, CA
• New Photo Discussion 3: Lynette Wills
• New Photo Discussion 4: Space Needle And Grass Blades #2
• New Photo Discussion 5: All Dressed Up
• The Next Step: Where to Go From Here

Featured Photo: Weathered

Weathered Just another one of the old skiffs in our local harbour ~ early evening light :) © Susie Peek-Swint Panasonic Lumix DM...

Featured Article: Round Out Your Photography - Shoot Infrared! by Deborah Sandidge
Infrared photography will expand your photographic horizons, writes instructor Deborah Sandidge. It offers the photographer an alternative way to "tell the story" by creating an image that is more surreal and enchanting than possible in color. Check out Deborah's excellent Digital Infrared Photography online course. Read her article...
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Where in the World?
Can you guess where this picture was taken? If you think you have a clue, try offering a response.

To learn the correct answer to the last quiz - and see who came the closest, visit the previous Where in the World quiz.

© Jim Zuckerman corporatefineart.com 4-Week Short Course: Making Masterpieces with Corel Painter 4-Week Short Course: Stock Photography 4-Week Short Course: Taking the Mystery Out of Flash Photography 4-Week Short Course: Techniques of Natural Light Photography 4-Week Short Course: Wildlife Photography Developing Your Creative Artistic Vision Eight Steps to More Dramatic Photography Fundamentals of Photography Made Easy Making Money with Your Photography Perfect Digital Exposure Photoshop: Advanced Creative Techniques Photoshop: Creative Techniques Self-Discovery in Photography: Where Does Your Passion Lie?

 

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New Photo Discussions

New Photo Discussion 1: Yellow Iris Yellow Iris © Heather Pickard Nikon D80 Digital ... Beautiful, love the richness of the colors. - Shirley Sicurello See Shirley's Basic BetterPholio™ Response 1:Thanks Shirley, This was shot in early morning, and the low-angled sunlight helped achieve richer color. - Heather Pickard See Heather's Basic BetterPholio™ Response 2:Lovely! I like the complementary colors. - Jennifer L. Wu See Jennifer Wu's Basic BetterPholio™ Take an Online PhotoCourse™ with Jennifer Wu: Nature and Landscape Photography: Composition Response 3:Thanks Dominick for your comment. These yellow irises grow wild in our area ( Eastern Ontario) in wet habitats such as marshes, pond edges and wet ditches. This photo was taken at at wetland/marsh I often visit to look for birds. Thanks, Jen, for checkin' in. - Heather Pickard See Heather's Basic BetterPholio™ Read this discussion online Respond to this discussion

New Photo Discussion 2: Elephant Seal Pups, Pt Reyes, CA CAPR_DSC_0918: Elephant Seal Pups, Pt Reyes, CA USA: California: Marin County: Point Reyes National Seashore: Two ~350 lbs elephant seals pup rest against each other along the shores of Drakes Bay (near Chimney Rock)- shot with a 300mm lens in the soft bright overcast light. © Sean Arbabi arbabi.org 4-Week Short Course: Better Exposure: How to Meter Light Nikon D200 Digital... How sweet this is...would make a super greeting card! Patti - Patricia Coblentz See Patricia's Basic BetterPholio™ Response 1:Thanks! Funny you say that. It was just submitted to a card company I work with for a potential card- it's definitely a "love" theme. Thanks again, Patti! - Sean Arbabi See Sean Arbabi's Basic BetterPholio™ Visit Sean Arbabi's Web Site - Arbabi.org Take an Online PhotoCourse™ with Sean Arbabi: 4-Week Short Course: Better Exposure: How to Meter Light Read this discussion online Respond to this discussion

New Photo Discussion 3: Lynette Wills Lynette Wills Principal artist Lynette Wills has just published her own book of ballet photography. 70-200mm f5.6 @ 1/125sec, 1 SB800 flash fired behind the subject and the second SB800 to the right of the subject. © Tony Gough Nikon D2X Digital ... Marvelous composition and lighting, Tony. This is so unique... - Bonnie C. Lackey See Bonnie's Basic BetterPholio™ Response 1:A wonderful portrait of a photographer and dancer - Outstanding work Tony!! Jeff - Jeff W. Robinson See Jeff 's Basic BetterPholio™ Visit robinsonphotoart.com - Jeff 's Deluxe BetterPholio™ Response 2:Great idea and beautiful presentation :) - Izabela Zagaja-Florek See Izabela's Basic BetterPholio™ Read this discussion online Respond to this discussion

New Photo Discussion 4: Space Needle And Grass Blades #2 Space Needle And Grass Blades #2 © Dennis Behm Canon EOS 20D Digi... I'm internally whining because I wasn't able to join the Seattle Summit - mainly because of images like this one. The POV and silhouette look is spectacular. Well-done, Dennis. Would you share the settings you used? - Kathy Wesserling See Kathy's Basic BetterPholio™ Response 1:I used aperture priority with -1 stop exposure bias, "partial metering," and I metered on the sky region above the Needle. The resulting settings: f/22 and 1/3200 sec at ISO 800. I would have used ISO 100 if I had been attentive. I neglected to change my ISO setting after making a previous shot in low light. At ISO 100 the shutter speed would have been 1/400 sec. - Dennis Behm See Dennis's Basic BetterPholio™ Read this discussion online Respond to this discussion

New Photo Discussion 5: All Dressed Up All Dressed Up This was taken at the Homasassa Butterfly Farm in Homosassa, Florida yesterday. I used my Canon 100mm Macro Lens with a small aperture setting to obtain as much detail as possible. Entered into Details and Macro. © Melissa Gurdus gurdusphoto.com Canon EOS 5D Mark ... Perfect work, Melissa. - Michelle Alton See Michelle's Basic BetterPholio™ Response 1:This is truly a stunning image, Melissa! Congatulations on a well-deserved finalist! When I went shooting butterflies and dragonflies two weeks ago, I learned how difficult it can be. Plus, we had a stiff wind, but it was a great learning experience, and makes me appreciate this fine image all the more. - Bill - Bill Pehrson See Bill's Basic BetterPholio™ Read this discussion online Respond to this discussion

 

The Next Step: Where to Go From Here

• Browse more photo discussions at BetterPhoto.com
• Start your own discussion on any photo in the Galleries
• Read archived issues of PhotoFlash

Until next time, thanks for reading and keep having fun with photography!
Jim Miotke
BetterPhoto.com, Inc.

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