Lyla Cohen

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French River, Georgian Bay (1987) a Digitized Print

Camping the Mouth of French River

French River, Georgian Bay (Google Maps) July 2,1987

Print copied using the Nikon D90 and Nikkor Micro 105mm 1:2.8.

It is not often I show original out of camera shots but in this case it's worth looking. Back in the day the camera exposed for the sky producing an image where the foreground was very underexposed and dark. In nutshell photo-editing was used to brighten the underexposed areas and local contrast was worked to bring out more detail ... 

Mouth of French River, Georgian Bay

Related: 

• Old Prints Redux
• Old Slides and Old Prints Digitized

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Sunset

July 22, 2013
   
I wasn't happy with the composition but loved the colour.
 

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Old Slides and Old Prints Digitized ...

The following images are from the day when we had of no Live View, Auto-focus, Vibration Reduction and all the other wonders of the digital age. From a day when we only had camera, a primitive light-meter and of course a ton of film. Putting a Nikon D90 and a NEW 105mm Nikkor Micro (Macro) Lens to work digitizing old Kodachrome slides, colour and Black & White prints.   

Old Kodachrome:

              

Dandelion Mugshot - MACRO 
   

Daisies Hard at Work - MACRO
    

IGGY the Lizard 
My brother's pet lizard and what an attitude this guy had!

       

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The Old Prints:

Cruising in the Omega

Memories of my best friends 74-Oldsmobile Omega. We we're stupid young, just out of High School, the year was 1976 and we had nothing better to do but cruise the streets looking for trouble. Cliché warning: selective colour image ... Complimenting the factory paint, as I remember the Mellow Yellow  ... 
      

Omega owner
     

Camping with Good Friends
French River, Georgian Bay (Google Maps) Summer 1985 
    

Camping with my brother his friend, George
American Island, Georgian Bay (Google Maps) July 29,1986
     

The Old Brick Works - Google Street View - Caledon
Spring? 1985
    

The Old Brick Works - Google Street View - CaledonLate Fall 1985
   

Inside the Old Brick Works - Google Street View - CaledonSummer? 1985

Related: 

• Old Prints Redux: The copying continues
• Camping: Another print copied
• Photostream at Flickr: My gallery

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3D Project: RC Heliopters

Free-viewing 3D

To view this type of 3D image typically 3D glasses (Stereoscope) are preferred but it might surprise one to know we can also view them in 3D without special hardware simply by crossing our eyes. 

Viewing oh natural ...

1. It might help to click on the above image to view it larger and without any distractions.
2. View the image at a comfortable distance
3. Gently cross your eyes until you see four images instead of two
4. Now relax the view so the images come together into three images
5. Concentrate on the middle image and try to lock in the 3D view.
6. When you do see the image in 3D (it takes practice) you should be able to move your view looking at the details.

Additional tips and hints.

Practice viewing with 3D samples

           

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Update:
   
MSHeli PRÔTOS
... Nikon D90 with 85mm - 1.3sec @ f18
... Image sizes 100% or 85%

ALIGN Trex 450
... Nikon D90 with 85mm - 1.3sec @ f18
... Image sizes 100% or 85%
   

The Fleet
... GAUI ep255, PRÔTOS and ALIGN Trex 450

    

    
Related:

• Stereo Photography 3D in the Digital Era: 3D, the history and creating. 
• Poppy turns your iPhone into an easy-to-use 3D Camera and Display
• Photo Magic, 3D Photography
• DIY: Making a Stereoscope - Google Images
• Researchers Develop a Method for Taking 3D Photos with a Single Static Lens
• Mirror and Prism Methods for 3d Macro Photography
• Super Simple Effect Makes Regular GIFs or Photos Seem Three Dimensional 

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LED Demo, GAUI Hurricane ep200 Rc Helicopter

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NEW MACRO Arrives

The NEW Nikon N AF-S Nikkor Micro 105mm 1:2.8G ED Lens

Nikon D90 with the new 105mm attached. 
Alongside is the Nikon DX Nikkor 16-85mm 1:3.5-5.6G ED Zoom

Samples:

Nikon D90 and 105mm Micro
  

Cactus, The Money Shot ~ Magnification 1:1

Nikon D90 and 105mm Micro ~ Magnification 1:1 ~ Shutter: 1sec ~ f/57 ~ ISO: 200

'The Money Shot' was shot at f/57 the maximum f-stop at 1:1 for this lens therefor some detail (sharpness) would certainly be lost due to Lens Diffraction. This sample would indeed have been a little sharper if shot with a wider aperture. However for these first samples I wanted show this lenses best depth-of-field.    

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Update: March 12, 2015
 

Kalanchoe (WiKi) also written Kalanchöe or Kalanchoë, is a genus of about 125 species of tropical, succulent flowering plants in the family Crassulaceae, mainly native to the Old World. Only one species of this genus originates from the Americas, 56 from southern and eastern Africa and 60 species in Madagascar. It is also found in south-eastern Asia until China.

Kalanchoe Flowers

 

Kalanchoe Flower

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My NEW Pen Tablet

A few days I decided to buy the WACOM Intuos5 touch Small (PTH450M). Pen Tablet hardware that will be used in my photo-editing.

Update: 
   The new Pen and Tablet arrived. 

After trying the device for the first time, first impressions left me thinking that learning to use it is going to be challenging. This is only because I have near 30 years of mouse experience to rewrite. Learning certainly will take allot of time and practice (actually, perfect practice) to retrain my muscle memory to become proficient with the Pen. Regardless this is wonderful technology and I'm looking forward to what I might accomplish with the new toy ...

My workspace showing the new tablet and it's also the first image edited with the new hardware.

Related:  

• Graphic Tablets: A good tutorial site that exclusively uses Pen Tablets. This would be a great place to start learning to use a tablet for the first time.
• Wacom rebrands their pen tablets by launching eight new models.

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A New MACRO Lens

The Dream

From the time I first got into photography back in my day of analog (film) there was one lens I craved and this was a great MACRO but for one reason or another it was a lens I never got around to buying. And four years passed since buying my first DSLR (Nikon D90, which was my fourth digital camera) I was still wishing for a great MACRO lens. A prime macro/telephoto lens to compliment my swiss army knife lens, my Nikkor 16-85mm 1:3.5-5.6 DX.
  
I'm happy and exited to say today is the red letter day (WiKi) I had dreamt about for all the years past. I've purchased the following, my "dream" glass, a prime telephoto, a true 1:1 MACRO Lens which comes highly praised by pro reviews and user reviewers alike.
  

 
















 


Salient Specifications:    

• Format: FX/35mm 
• Focal Length: 105mm FX (Full Frame) 158mm equivalent DX (APS-C)
• Maximum Aperture: f/2.8 
• Minimum Aperture: f/32
• Maximum Reproduction Ratio: 1.0x
• VR (Vibration Reduction) Image Stabilization: Yes 
• Autofocus: Yes, AF-S (Silent Wave Motor) 
• Internal Focusing: Yes 
• Minimum Focus: 1.0 ft. (0.314m)
• Filter Size: 62mm
• Dimensions: (Approximate) 3.3 x 4.6 in. (D x L) / 83 x 116mm (D x L)
• Weight: (Approximate) 27.9 oz. (790g)
• Product Data: Micro-NIKKOR-105mm (Nikon USA)

Reviews:

• photozone.de
• Thom Hogan
• slrgear.com 
• KenRockwell.com 
• Samples by The Motley Pixel
• Imatest Macro Results (With Apologies to the Nikon 105 VR Micro) posted by Roger Cicala of LensRentals.com

Update: New MACRO arrives, first samples.
  

      Cactus, first 1:1 Image

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Sunset

Sunset © 2013 w00d, pwoodyp

Sunset © 2013 w00d, pwoodyp

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