tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30041570008381488282024-02-20T07:49:48.419-08:00Blue MoroccoA photo blogUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3004157000838148828.post-80148321509597380382017-02-05T08:57:00.001-08:002017-02-05T08:57:43.654-08:00test<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<iframe src="https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/embed?mid=1idpbzE7ZiCMkKOf-0EI3O2Ct9Sw" width="640" height="480"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3004157000838148828.post-51614050240352441322013-07-01T21:56:00.001-07:002013-07-01T21:56:51.975-07:00Comeback KidAfter a long hiatus I'm back. Completed my grad school coursework and can now refocus my energies on photography and archaeology once again. <div><br></div><div>On the photography end of things, I have recently fell in love with the nikon e-series lenses. Made in the 70's and 80's for a cheap li e of aperture priority only cameras, their quality compared to today's offerings from nikon is amazing. Both in terms of quality of workmanship (metal parts) and sharpness, theses lenses offer a great option for the budget minded photographer at around $50 a pop because nikon made so many of them. I have found myself leaving my expensive AF lenses at home and venturing out more and more often with my 50mm 1.8 and my new (to me) 28mm 2.8. Both take amazing photos, and coupled with the d7000's ability to handle non-CPU lenses, I can finally stop guessing at exposure. </div><div><br></div><div>On the archaeology end, I am finally back working in the field for real once again for an environmental services firm named SWCA. Our current main project is a wind farm near Rawlins WY being built to supply power to Nevada. I'm just coming off of an almost month long session in this gorgeous area. </div><div><br></div><div>These developments have given me the energy to re-devote myself to this blog in the hopes of pushing myself forward photographically. I hope everyone will enjoy what I'm doing, and feel free to drop a line if you have any questions or suggestions!</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWysg8zz663l_MF_gaGghce4qtG5QDF7nwRFU0ovalEOh31QMc1UcFiyLv6NzDG_dfhiGeCRRptkJmM99kbS4ySeCP_WInbrljdqw2C_JnX_hHychTsXUcIUgZ6n6Na8i-pU1lF4l3K2g/s640/blogger-image--1033808554.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWysg8zz663l_MF_gaGghce4qtG5QDF7nwRFU0ovalEOh31QMc1UcFiyLv6NzDG_dfhiGeCRRptkJmM99kbS4ySeCP_WInbrljdqw2C_JnX_hHychTsXUcIUgZ6n6Na8i-pU1lF4l3K2g/s640/blogger-image--1033808554.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEFpKm6hCbDsDDogQvGXtWXp-x8drC-2w71nWcORfMF-lIESU5UxEnpvhIvFgIJJlQuBAccOPg19myJH3Fyt-qQtg48PUiSfpBGNA4WGVA21-APxK099E2xJtpeyC0E1WewY76MgaBJyQ/s640/blogger-image-2081370305.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEFpKm6hCbDsDDogQvGXtWXp-x8drC-2w71nWcORfMF-lIESU5UxEnpvhIvFgIJJlQuBAccOPg19myJH3Fyt-qQtg48PUiSfpBGNA4WGVA21-APxK099E2xJtpeyC0E1WewY76MgaBJyQ/s640/blogger-image-2081370305.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnwI6qWYmd95CgTqY-CMpmwHh2XnSQoy2wKFbl-ayhtjw8lsccj0K8BcP30qQLdH5UZZWhTy9OHAoBCnbSL440TcuTi2VjdhWSp3bg8KgVCN_G723hwkNkUTG7C7LI-XfhWipF5ZC5WNc/s640/blogger-image--1298820645.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnwI6qWYmd95CgTqY-CMpmwHh2XnSQoy2wKFbl-ayhtjw8lsccj0K8BcP30qQLdH5UZZWhTy9OHAoBCnbSL440TcuTi2VjdhWSp3bg8KgVCN_G723hwkNkUTG7C7LI-XfhWipF5ZC5WNc/s640/blogger-image--1298820645.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1adhK7X9UY4fybPEQk96jGxbbSAKU4dc2DEwuXGJW6kU4xwV_eVm8_nFBQafsHg5xNl9SpZi8UTmbV-78YPIz7xG7mDXI_3Mci5yAVuL3IuJ848zQ8VfgwHaut-7hy4vDlGbvde5WUYk/s640/blogger-image-931549805.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1adhK7X9UY4fybPEQk96jGxbbSAKU4dc2DEwuXGJW6kU4xwV_eVm8_nFBQafsHg5xNl9SpZi8UTmbV-78YPIz7xG7mDXI_3Mci5yAVuL3IuJ848zQ8VfgwHaut-7hy4vDlGbvde5WUYk/s640/blogger-image-931549805.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Rawlins Rawlins41.781682 -107.239583tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3004157000838148828.post-26788204971422050152011-07-12T14:45:00.000-07:002011-07-12T14:54:13.283-07:00California<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Here are some of my pics from my trip to CA a few weeks ago. I went to attend an immersive on digital photography for archaeology at the Center For Digital Archaeology (CODA) (http://www.codifi.info/) and do some work on my thesis. I had a great time during the immersive and afterwards the instructor Michael and his Wife were kind enough to let me stay with them while Michael and I worked on my thesis stuff. During this time I got to do more photography than I have been able to in almost a year and here are a few samples. More to come! <br />
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This ended up being either a 13 or a 20 min exposure at F8 with ISO set at 200. The higher f-stop and low ISO value again designed to minimize grain, but the guy at the camera store said 400 would really be okay. I may try this agian at 400, besides, I wanted to get some stars in there.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Here is my submission for the first go-around:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A little Zen-type Setup G-Grizz and I created on a walk we took w/ Seth and Jen to the great Wadi.</td></tr>
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The greatest thing hands down about primes I believe is that it makes you a better photographer by limiting you to a certain focal length, which makes you deal with distance to the subject on a whole different level. If you can't get close/far enough you either have to abandon the shot, or are forced to find a new way to make it work, something that zoom lenses don't really hold you to.<br />
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The quality and sharpness is really amazing too. As long as you are mindful of the effects of diffraction fixed-focal-length name-brand lenses made by the camera companies are the way to go. while third-party lenses can introduce AF problems, ones produced by Nikon for use on a Nikon body work wonders, and the less glass and distance the light has to travel through really make for a better image IMO.<br />
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Here are some images I shot fairly soon (often the very day) upon receiving my 55mm and then my 20mm lenses.<br />
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My nephew is a different case. he sees his world through the lenses of his friends and experiences living in that environment. Like I said, I have hints of the ideas, but it wasn't until I sat down in front of the computer that I realized the way I was shooting was trying to capture the world through his eyes; maybe to get a better idea for myself what it must feel like.<br />
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on another level entirely, this is the first post (though not the first photos, I was just excited about this batch) shot entirely using my new 20mm 1:2.8 AFD lens. the thing is amazingly sharp and the AF is nice and snappy, definitely worth trading in my flash and zoom lens for. just waiting for the 50mm to arrive in the mail...<br />
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This is also the first batch of images after figuring out how to actually integrate Lightroom efficiently into my work-flow. The program is amazing, offering a light footprint with the ability to seamlessly integrate w/ photoshop when I need more control. T<span id="goog_2134224162"></span><span id="goog_2134224163"></span>he batch processing options are also great, watermarks are now placed automatically instead of my having to do each one separately, hamdulillah!<br />
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The next set are my nephew enjoying his slide. I know, a departuere from what I was talking about before, but I like em.<br />
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Edit: Added a picture of my new pump marker. Im really proud of it because this is the first custom marker I have conceived and built myself that worked! Go me!<br />
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This shoot was exciting for two reasons; I just got a 55 mm macro AIS lens in the mail, and I just installed lightroom on my computer which is what I used to process these. the lens is real nice and makes me want to sell my zoom in favor of other prime lenses. The new lens is interesting; I was able to pick it up fairly cheaply (around $70) b/c it is an old fully manual lens. Since it is fully manual, and for some god-awful reason the d90 doesn't have a lens-controlled-aperture setting, I cannot use my in-camera meter which means I have to guess at exposure. As annoying as the guess and check method is, digital makes it real easy, and my guesses have not been too far off, which makes me feel like a real photographer :).<br />
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As far as the lens itself is concerned, I really like having a fixed focal length. not only is the image quality much sharper, but not being able to zoom in and out makes one think about image composition more; I am strongly considering sellingm y zoom lens all together and switching over to primes entirely. I have also noticed a tendency for it to not focus well when cranked out to "infinity" even when things are relatively far away, I have to pull it back just a tad to get stuff in focus w/ it...not fun when trying to shoot through a paintball mask...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYN0M11ZD9luycVSob_VLGQ99QqhrIL9CDOlitVORkpj-s99ymAuENlyoqqsDmOTLzHXdHs0MliY950PJPmXFDbeCj2vXUYtGCI8zdw0q7gQ-fFqwOQGilyVskPivoFB2JF5J2NyM5EzQ/s1600/DSC_2656.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYN0M11ZD9luycVSob_VLGQ99QqhrIL9CDOlitVORkpj-s99ymAuENlyoqqsDmOTLzHXdHs0MliY950PJPmXFDbeCj2vXUYtGCI8zdw0q7gQ-fFqwOQGilyVskPivoFB2JF5J2NyM5EzQ/s200/DSC_2656.jpg" width="200" /></a></div> Up until last week, the photo-studio had no doorknob. you could lock it from the outside with a latch and padlock, but god forbid the wind blew it shut when you were in there...the preferred methods of extrication were either pounding for someone to let you out or getting your fingers into the door crack to pry it open. However, the carpenter came on tues or wed and installed the snazziest door handle that I have seen in a long time. I had to show it off. This was also done with the 60 mm macro; I really got to get me one of those...</div><div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1e3wbnXA374fVe3CFV8MjHwnQjIrPTljI2i26vARKdjKiWhMXx0yhlXiOvEkGr44obT9z7OOkGg4PpWBgSo3RaA1vdOxFIj9EGC3J6rc9htXzQjbg4f24IQBgr6DrnnAx8AsDv1xUTMU/s1600/Crossing+the+All-Thing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1e3wbnXA374fVe3CFV8MjHwnQjIrPTljI2i26vARKdjKiWhMXx0yhlXiOvEkGr44obT9z7OOkGg4PpWBgSo3RaA1vdOxFIj9EGC3J6rc9htXzQjbg4f24IQBgr6DrnnAx8AsDv1xUTMU/s200/Crossing+the+All-Thing.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>My friend Geneva on the ferry over to the west bank the day we got there. Greg is in the background but hes dark so that keeps him from ruining it :) I was however severely annoyed at the fact that I jad left my camera set on jpeg basic from the previous night when I was taking BS photos and processing this image was disaster. after about an hour and a little help from Greg, I finally got it where I wanted, but it could have been better.....malesh...<br />
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Just a heads up though, this is a two part update, and the post below is the second half. The second post contains images of a young calf being slaughtered the process of which I documented. If you are squeamish about such things you probably don’t want to see them.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Last week or so we visited Seti temple here in Abydos. was pretty sweet and I tried a lot of low light stuff, which didn't really work too hot since I didn't have a tripod. Curiously enough, there was definite info on the image on camera, but when I got to the computer, there wasn't enough on many images to pull from. Today we are heading out to see the temple at Dendara, maybe that will go better.... By the way, let me know if these are too dark to really see.</span><br />
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Next picture I promise will be something other than object photography...maybe...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0