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One photo a day to continue the study of subject, composition, and light. Critiques are always welcome. Although I endeavor to create a photo to match the day shown in the caption, my "day" is the waking period between major sleep cycles.

This is my second year of the project. Click here to see the year 1 gallery. You may contact me at jeremy@winnick.net.
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Jeremy > June 6, 2009; Day 35.

Home Away From Home.

This shot is a consequence of flying over the International Date Line when one flies from the U.S. to Japan: Two dailies in one sleep cycle.  Oliver and I departed on a Friday afternoon and arrived Saturday in time for bed.  So I have posted this second shot from my Day 1 set to keep the dates correct.  There was no touring tonight, only the welcome bliss of sleep. My EXIF data will be a little bizarre over these two weeks because I will forget to reset my camera’s time.

This is my hotel room on the 13th floor at the Hamamatsu Meitetsu Hotel.  Oliver is next door.  From our windows we can see Hamamatsu’s most conspicuous landmark – the Act City tower.  We should have asked to change rooms to overlook the bus and train stations instead – lots of color and activity there.  Next time.

That lamp at left has a dimmer switch!  Dang jetlag!

Raw: White Balance Tool on the sheets to select color temperature
Raw: Saturation: +8
PS: Curves: Linear Contrast preset
PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
Jeremy > June 5, 2009; Day 34.

Embarkations.

This is Oliver filling out his embarkation card for entry into Japan.  I am doing the same to his left.  He’ll be my companion for the next two weeks.  We’re in business class because my company mercifully allows us to fly up there whenever travel exceeds 15 hours.  Our travel will take just over 22 hours. This is short; some of my past trips to Japan have taken over 27 hours.

I will be awake for the entire transit.  This makes me very fatigued when I arrive in my hotel room, which is fine because it's bedtime anyway.  The next morning, I'm about 75% acclimated to the time zone.

This is the start of my Japan series of photos.  I will upload them as I process them.

PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
Jeremy > June 4, 2009; Day 33.

Private Eye.

My friend Steve is a really fun guy to photograph with.  I can hardly wait for the chance to go with him and Peter to northern New Hampshire to photograph our friend Marty’s barn which is falling down.

Tonight was week 8 in our photography class.  Although it is a 10-week course, it was my final week due to much travel beginning tomorrow.  During our break time, we headed towards the vending machines which are beyond this room filled with these pastel lockers.  This room offers a lot of line and perspective.  Unfortunately, Steve has just realized that his camera is wearing the Tamron 90mm macro lens which is much too long for a room like this.  He’ll find his wide angle lens soon enough and be absorbed in his work.

After today, my POTDs will be posted sporadically and at odd times.  The trip to Japan will be 2 weeks long and then Peter and I will be in Maine for 1 week.  I’ll be back to a more regular schedule around June 29.

Raw: Color Temperature: 3600K; Tint: +11
Raw: Recovery: 100
Raw: Fill Light: 10
Raw: Saturation: +8
PS: Curves adjustment for additional contrast
PS: Healing Brush to remove a speck of paper on the floor
PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
Jeremy > June 3, 2009; Day 32.

First Frost.

This is my neighbor’s house.  I’ve shot it several times, but this was the first time I shot it with the fisheye lens.  I wanted to compare it to the 14-24mm lens to see if it was somehow wider (due to the fisheye’s capability of seeing 180 degrees across the frame).  Duh, it is wider since it’s 180 degrees, but the house is not set back further; it appears to be right at 16mm.  I always assumed that the wider you went, the smaller everything became.  This must be why these lenses distort so much: the center is kept somewhat normal while the edges go crazy.

As you should have  noticed right off, this is not your average black and white conversion.  Leaves should not be so white.  This is yet another action from Thom Hogan’s magic toolbox full of Photoshop actions for the D700.  This one is called “Quasi IR” and it is comprised of the Channel Mixer, Gaussian Blur, and Grain to produce an infrared film quality look.  I like it, and it really makes me want to send in the D70 for IR conversion right away.

Click here to see the image in color, with some lens blur sharpening applied.

This is another just-before-I-left-for-work shot, still busy getting ready for Japan.  And really looking forward to it too.

Raw: Color Temperature: 5250K; Tint: +20
Raw: Recovery: 100
Raw: Saturation: +8
PS: Quasi IR action (described above)
Jeremy > June 2, 2009; Day 31.

Like Father, Like Son.

I’m prepping this week for Japan and have little time for anything else.  I grabbed this shot just before I headed off for work this morning.  I’m sure the neighbors got a kick out of me crawling in the weed-and-dew-filled grass in my nice pants.  Although I only had a couple of minutes, I am trying to capture shots using my macro lens but at diffraction-free large apertures.  (I really wish that the EXIF data included the macro ratio. This is not 1:1 but I think it's greater than 1:2.)  This shot could use more depth of field; it probably would have looked great at f/8 or f/11.

Raw: Color Temperature: 4950K; Tint: +20
Raw: Exposure: +0.8
Raw: Blacks: 15
Raw: Brightness: 0; Contrast: +50
Raw: Saturation: +6
PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
Jeremy > June 1, 2009; Day 30.

Suppertime.

Tonight I was in Portsmouth for what may be the only time this month.  It was nice to spend some quality time with the boys before the schedule gets hectic.

This was shot with my new fisheye lens using TTL bounce flash.  I had been a big fan of bounce flash until I recently read this plug at the Strobist website: “Are you worthless and weak? Do you cry for your mama every time you need to balance a couple of flashes with the ambient? Are you still using TTL bounce flash? We are here to save you from yourself.”  Oh boy.  Boot Camp II is coming and I haven’t even glanced at Boot Camp I.  So much to learn! So little time!

For most of the day I had daydreams of capturing Portsmouth’s Memorial Bridge under a dusk blue sky but my friend Raymond held up the potluck for 30 minutes cooking his potatoes.  When I was finally free to sneak out, the sky was gone.  Luckily the late dusk will last into August so that photo will come.

Raw: Color Temperature: 5450K; Tint: 0
Raw: Recovery: 30
Raw: Fill Light: 10
Raw: Saturation: +8
PS: Curves: Linear Contrast preset
PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
Jeremy > May 31, 2009; Day 29.

Unmeringued.

Today Peter and I enjoyed a birthday dinner party with friends.  This was the fourth course, a lemon pie with a nice crumb crust and a dollop of ice cream. This ain't your grandma's lemon meringue pie. Yum.

This is lit mostly from the evening sun streaming in through a nearby window at camera left.  Peter is holding a white napkin to camera right.  You can see the napkin reflected in the spoon.  I don’t know why I have the spoon mingling so close to the dessert.

I also had time to pan the dog and got this sole keeper. If that had been my POTD instead, the title would have been “Keep Your Eye on the Ball.”

Now begins a long week of prepping for Japan.  I hope that the trip yields a lot of photographic opportunities.

Raw: Crop: 11.6MP
Raw: Color Temperature: 4200K; Tint: +19
Raw: Fill Light: +10
Raw: Saturation: +8
PS: Lab a channel adjustment: “Soft light” at 50% opacity
PS: Curves: Linear Contrast preset
PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
Jeremy > May 30, 2009; Day 28.

Victory Lap.

Peter and I enjoyed a barbecue and swim party today at the home of our friends Wayne and Brian.  It was a perfect spring day.  Although the weather has been cool lately, the pool was great because it is heated.  Of course, stepping out of the pool was a bit of a shock, particularly after sundown.

I wasn’t expecting to pan today since parties don’t have much motion to them, but when I heard Wayne’s Massey Ferguson start up, I went running.  My friend Dale, who really enjoys tormenting partygoers with my camera, was already in position and panning the riders.  Unfortunately, his shutter speed was a little too fast. But then he ran me out of memory and handed me back the camera.  This was a blessing: I deleted a few shots, set up the shutter speed for panning, and then captured my friend Charles having a blast on this mower-less mower.  (It appears that Wayne only uses this for joyriding around the yard.)

I like that although Charles is more or less stationary, the Mack Truck hood ornament appears to be dancing.

Later, Dale and I teamed up to shoot the guys diving into the pool.  He controlled the camera while I controlled the flash.  Unfortunately, although I did think that backlighting the water would produce great results, I forgot to turn off TTL.  When your flash is in the frame, the camera dials down the exposure so that the flash is not crazy bright.  The action portion of those shots was too dark.

Raw: Color Temperature: 5200K; Tint: +21
Raw: Contrast: +39
Raw: Saturation: +6
PS: Curves: Linear Contrast preset
PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
Jeremy > May 29, 2009; Day 27.

Recession.

Remember last year when my rhubarb crop overflowed a 1-cup measurer?  This year I’ve got enough rhubarb for a single slice of pie.  Sigh.  Everyone else in this state can’t kill this stuff, but I can’t grow it.  Luckily my friends produce so much of the stuff without even trying that they take pity on me and bring me stalks, some of which can individually fill a one-cup measurer.  Sigh.

My friend Al promises to take a look at my location and soil and see what’s got my rhubarb in in a slow death grip.  I hope he can figure it out and&mdash;better yet&mdash;fix it.

This is lit with undiffused flash which is perched above and behind this.  I wanted a hard light on this subject but I should have compared it to a shot lit through a close umbrella.  I might have picked this one anyway.

I like to think that my photography is improving with time.  I have to admit though, last year’s rhubarb shot was way better than this year’s.  Great.  Now I’m competing against myself.  :~)

This rhubarb was actually used in a scrumptious rhubarb crisp that only got 1 vote in a dessert contest tonight. (I swear. My friends, who have rhubarb coming out of their ears, don't even like the stuff! Sigh.)  Thank you Marty and Al for your prior contributions that allowed me to make this dessert. But next time, the crisp stays at home!

Raw: Color Temperature: 5400K; Tint: -3
Raw: Recovery: 75
Raw: Fill Light: 10
Raw: Saturation: +8
PS: Curves adjustment for Velvia effect
PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
June 6, 2009; Day 35.

Home Away From Home.

This shot is a consequence of flying over the International Date Line when one flies from the U.S. to Japan: Two dailies in one sleep cycle. Oliver and I departed on a Friday afternoon and arrived Saturday in time for bed. So I have posted this second shot from my Day 1 set to keep the dates correct. There was no touring tonight, only the welcome bliss of sleep. My EXIF data will be a little bizarre over these two weeks because I will forget to reset my camera’s time.

This is my hotel room on the 13th floor at the Hamamatsu Meitetsu Hotel. Oliver is next door. From our windows we can see Hamamatsu’s most conspicuous landmark – the Act City tower. We should have asked to change rooms to overlook the bus and train stations instead – lots of color and activity there. Next time.

That lamp at left has a dimmer switch! Dang jetlag!

Raw: White Balance Tool on the sheets to select color temperature
Raw: Saturation: 8
PS: Curves: Linear Contrast preset
PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
 > June 6, 2009; Day 35.

Home Away From Home.

This shot is a consequence of flying over the International Date Line when one flies from the U.S. to Japan: Two dailies in one sleep cycle.  Oliver and I departed on a Friday afternoon and arrived Saturday in time for bed.  So I have posted this second shot from my Day 1 set to keep the dates correct.  There was no touring tonight, only the welcome bliss of sleep. My EXIF data will be a little bizarre over these two weeks because I will forget to reset my camera’s time.

This is my hotel room on the 13th floor at the Hamamatsu Meitetsu Hotel.  Oliver is next door.  From our windows we can see Hamamatsu’s most conspicuous landmark – the Act City tower.  We should have asked to change rooms to overlook the bus and train stations instead – lots of color and activity there.  Next time.

That lamp at left has a dimmer switch!  Dang jetlag!

Raw: White Balance Tool on the sheets to select color temperature
Raw: Saturation: +8
PS: Curves: Linear Contrast preset
PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
June 6, 2009; Day 35.

Home Away From Home.

This shot is a consequence of flying over the International Date Line when one flies from the U.S. to Japan: Two dailies in one sleep cycle. Oliver and I departed on a Friday afternoon and arrived Saturday in time for bed. So I have posted this second shot from my Day 1 set to keep the dates correct. There was no touring tonight, only the welcome bliss of sleep. My EXIF data will be a little bizarre over these two weeks because I will forget to reset my camera’s time.

This is my hotel room on the 13th floor at the Hamamatsu Meitetsu Hotel. Oliver is next door. From our windows we can see Hamamatsu’s most conspicuous landmark – the Act City tower. We should have asked to change rooms to overlook the bus and train stations instead – lots of color and activity there. Next time.

That lamp at left has a dimmer switch! Dang jetlag!

Raw: White Balance Tool on the sheets to select color temperature
Raw: Saturation: 8
PS: Curves: Linear Contrast preset
PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
Camera: Nikon Corporation (Nikon D700) |
More details: exif |
Original size: 4256px x 2832px |
Current: 400px x 266px |
Other sizes: Small • M • L • O |
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