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Nikon D90 with AF NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8D
ISO 200, f/2.0, 1/400, 0 EV
Aperture-priority

It was a beautiful day in the Bay Area today and we took a drive down to Lemos Farm in Half Moon Bay. Maddie loves chickens... and she had a great time looking at all the roosters and chickens in the giant chicken coop.

(see the first comment for a couple more)

Canon S95
@6mm, ISO 125, 1/60 sec
auto mode
(I LOVE my Canon S95!!!)

Taken near the windmill at the west end of Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.

It's been slow going, but I've been trying to teach myself how to shoot 4x5 film with my Shen Hao TZ45-IIB. With the cost of each shot so high, it really forces me to slow down and really think carefully about composition and light before committing to the shot. It's going to sound silly, but I didn't end up taking a single shot at this location! :-) The good news is that I'm slowly getting the hang of setting up the Shen Hao, composing, focusing, etc.

I also learned that my previous 4x5 shots at Twin Peaks were a bust... it turns out that the B and T functions on my shutter aren't firing properly on my Fujinon W 210mm f/5.6 lens. The good news is that both B and T are working properly on my Schneider-Kreuznach Super Angulon 90mm f/8 lens... so I'm going to be on the lookout for something cool to shoot around the city at that focal length. If you have any suggestions or LF tips, let me know!

Oh and by the way, I can't wait until March 26th... can you guess why? :-)

Nikon D90 with AF-S DX VR Zoom-NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED
@34mm, ISO 100, f/8.0, 13 sec
Manual focus, manual mode
Mounted on tripod (Manfrotto 322RC2 Grip Action Ball Head and 055XPROB Legs)
Triggered using Nikon ML-L3 wireless remote
no HDR

Taken from Twin Peaks in San Francisco this evening. I took this shot after I had packed up my 4x5 film camera... It was the very first time I shot with my Shen Hao TZ45-IIB! I shot two plates, but I get the feeling that I screwed up on something... I'm not entirely clear how the Bulb setting on the shutter works on my lens, a Fujinon W 210mm lens. I think I'm gonna need more practice with the 4x5 before I head out next time. There are so many steps in my mental checklist that it's easy to miss something. However, it was way cool looking through the ground glass with a magnifying loupe... I just hope that amazing detail makes it onto the film! (With how busy I am, it might be a few months before I get this film developed!)

Nikon D90 with AF-S DX NIKKOR 35mm f/1.8G
ISO 560, f/2.2, 1/100, 0 EV
Aperture-priority

Taken last Sunday at the mall... you never know when there might be a good photo-op! :-)

Funny... the girl working there said that as long as I was only taking pictures of my daughter it would be okay... taking pictures of the store and their displays is prohibited. I showed her a couple shots to prove I wasn't stealing any store secrets... and she said "Wow, that's actually a REALLY good photo of her!" :-P

Nikon D90 with AF NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8D
ISO 200, f/2.2, 1/200, 0 EV
Aperture-priority

It wasn't too long ago that Maddie would scream bloody murder at the thought of entering the pool... now she loves it and and can even dunk her head backward, almost to a back float. There's still a lot to work on before she can really swim, but I think just being in the pool is therapeutic for her autism. It makes me so happy to see her enjoy this so much!