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Shot Info: Cannon 400d, 55mm, ISO 400, 1/250th sec @ f5.6.

Processing : Cropped and added brightness and upped the exposure in Lightroom. Added some contrast and sharpening in CS3.

Took April to the St. Louis zoo a few weeks ago and got some very nice butterfly shots.

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Shot Info: Cannon 400d, 55mm, ISO 400, 1/500th sec @ f5.6.

Processing : Not much here, just some cropping and contrast, also added some local midtone contrast. Finished with some sharpening.

Took April to the St. Louis zoo a few weeks ago and got some very nice butterfly shots. Not my best work, but I posted this because the guy at the zoo said these butterfly's very rarely leave there wings open like this.

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Rented some glass for an upcoming wedding that I'm photographing and I decided to test it out on my kitty. The lens is Canon's 50mm f1.4 and it is a pretty sweet lens. I actually may pick this one up for myself! Anyway, the techie stuff. . .

Shot Info: Cannon 400d, 50mm, 400 ISO, 1/200th sec @ f1.4, Speedlite 430EX with Omni-Bounce directed towards ceiling for fill light.

Processing : Edited in Lightroom with simple WB changes, some contrast added, and slight tone curve adjustment. Also added some slight sharpening in Lightroom. . . only slight because this lens is just that awesome!

One of these days I will find the time to get out and actually photograph some more landscapes. Been super busy here lately and have had a hard time even finding the time to get on the internet. Will be around some time this weekend to catchup with everyone's streams!

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For some reason our kitty seems to think the Christmas tree is there for him to play with.

Shot Info: Cannon 400d, 55mm, 200 ISO, 1/125th sec @ f5.6.

Processing : Edited in Lightroom to bring out the top thingy a little more. End result was some blown highlights, so I used the recovery slider a little bit. Boosted saturation to the greens and purple/magentas slightly. In photoshop I added a levels and curves layer to try and improve things a little bit more. Added a usm with high amount and low radius for general sharpening and a usm with low amount and high radius for local contrast boost.

This image was taken in my backyard in Jefferson City MO. It's actually a vine that we planted along our chain link fence. . . and it's growing nicely so far. Im not too sure what that thing on top is, but I thought it looked cool so I took a few shots of it and this, I think, is the best one. Hopefully the blown highlights on the flowers aren't too distracting.

This has been a tough year for me photography wise. I have been struggling to come up with creative ideas. Hopefully next year I can hit it hard again. Sorry for neglecting all of my flickr friends, I will be back to catchup soon.

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