84. Adventure - January 18-24, 2015
Byron-
Adventure was a difficult topic for me. Maybe because there are so many possibilities. I was thinking about what constitutes an adventure. By chance, we visited the California Science Center that houses the Space Shuttle Endeavor. Flying that craft is a great adventure. The shuttle is up on blocks and can only be viewed from underneath. I tried to capture an interesting angle that is a bit artsy.
The details- ISO 400, 18mm, -1.7 EV, f/6.3, 1/4sec
Adventure was a difficult topic for me. Maybe because there are so many possibilities. I was thinking about what constitutes an adventure. By chance, we visited the California Science Center that houses the Space Shuttle Endeavor. Flying that craft is a great adventure. The shuttle is up on blocks and can only be viewed from underneath. I tried to capture an interesting angle that is a bit artsy.
The details- ISO 400, 18mm, -1.7 EV, f/6.3, 1/4sec
Deron-
Say G'day to 'Vulture' Morgan. Here we see the World Famous Australian Adventurer hanging from the skid of a helicopter, as he narrowly escapes death at the hands of the Black Tiger of Madagascar.
Say G'day to 'Vulture' Morgan. Here we see the World Famous Australian Adventurer hanging from the skid of a helicopter, as he narrowly escapes death at the hands of the Black Tiger of Madagascar.
Paul-
It was either this or eating crickets (with mealy worms as a fallback). This needs explaining. After talking with the manager, I decided to head over to our local hobby store a few evenings ago to shoot some way-too-young people playing adventure and strategy games. D&D, Tokaido, Pokémon (really), etc. I’m not terribly satisfied with what I got—it wasn’t the crowd I was expecting either—but I suppose it qualifies as adventure in the guise of role playing. Anyway, in addition to the stuff you’d expect to see in a hobby store—including a good-sized RC drone complete with a nice camera affixed to a gimbal mount (a steal at $1,250.00)—they had snack-sized packets of crickets and mealy worms in the munchies section. I’m uncertain how big a hit these are on the local hobbyists, but it probably makes a nice change from the Mountain Dew and Doritos that seem to be a staple of a lot of marathon gamers. My wife later suggested I upend one of these packets into my mouth and use a photograph of this for the theme. ‘Pretty good idea, actually. I passed just the same because I’m not sure if they are Kosher. (They are, in fact, if properly prepared and certified--but it seemed like a good way to weasel out despite the fact that I don’t follow religious dietary laws. Oh, and weasels are not Kosher.)
Our story so far…
Forget the pot of gold on his adventurous quest to reach the end of the rainbow. He wanted bitcoins. Olympus E-500 with a 14-45mm lens (focused at 18mm); ISO 640; 1/50 sec. at f4, and shot at -3 EV.
It was either this or eating crickets (with mealy worms as a fallback). This needs explaining. After talking with the manager, I decided to head over to our local hobby store a few evenings ago to shoot some way-too-young people playing adventure and strategy games. D&D, Tokaido, Pokémon (really), etc. I’m not terribly satisfied with what I got—it wasn’t the crowd I was expecting either—but I suppose it qualifies as adventure in the guise of role playing. Anyway, in addition to the stuff you’d expect to see in a hobby store—including a good-sized RC drone complete with a nice camera affixed to a gimbal mount (a steal at $1,250.00)—they had snack-sized packets of crickets and mealy worms in the munchies section. I’m uncertain how big a hit these are on the local hobbyists, but it probably makes a nice change from the Mountain Dew and Doritos that seem to be a staple of a lot of marathon gamers. My wife later suggested I upend one of these packets into my mouth and use a photograph of this for the theme. ‘Pretty good idea, actually. I passed just the same because I’m not sure if they are Kosher. (They are, in fact, if properly prepared and certified--but it seemed like a good way to weasel out despite the fact that I don’t follow religious dietary laws. Oh, and weasels are not Kosher.)
Our story so far…
Forget the pot of gold on his adventurous quest to reach the end of the rainbow. He wanted bitcoins. Olympus E-500 with a 14-45mm lens (focused at 18mm); ISO 640; 1/50 sec. at f4, and shot at -3 EV.
Jerry-
Adventure came courtesy of my daughter who took a group of us to the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley. My "adventure" came from the Coral Reef exhibit where you can watch a diver feed the fish while safely behind thick glass. We also wandered the rest of the zoo and have attached a composite of some of my favorites.
I experimented with high iso, the D750 was set to 12,800. The 24-70 was set to 24mm, f5.6 @ 1/160. I just sent my D750 back to Nikon for a flare issue fix (never experienced the problem but running the serial number through Nikon's website said "send it in" and generated a packing slip). Hope it comes back soon, I really like the camera.
Adventure came courtesy of my daughter who took a group of us to the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley. My "adventure" came from the Coral Reef exhibit where you can watch a diver feed the fish while safely behind thick glass. We also wandered the rest of the zoo and have attached a composite of some of my favorites.
I experimented with high iso, the D750 was set to 12,800. The 24-70 was set to 24mm, f5.6 @ 1/160. I just sent my D750 back to Nikon for a flare issue fix (never experienced the problem but running the serial number through Nikon's website said "send it in" and generated a packing slip). Hope it comes back soon, I really like the camera.
Kevin-
Several ideas for Adventure crossed my mind and occupied my time. But the places I wanted to go eiter seemed to be closed, or wouldn’t let me photograph there. So ultimately I decided to take another trip up to Joshua Tree National Park. I was searching for rock climbers, wanting to photograph their adventure.
First I foud another scene that I really liked and spent some time capturing it but quickly moved back to my original focus on rock climbers. There were not many of them on this particular morning but I had watched these two guys setting up to climb and once they started their adventure I changed my lens and my focus.
Nikon D3s, handheld, 70-200mm f/2.8 Nikkor set to 200mm. ISO 200, f/5.6, 1/320th of a second.
Several ideas for Adventure crossed my mind and occupied my time. But the places I wanted to go eiter seemed to be closed, or wouldn’t let me photograph there. So ultimately I decided to take another trip up to Joshua Tree National Park. I was searching for rock climbers, wanting to photograph their adventure.
First I foud another scene that I really liked and spent some time capturing it but quickly moved back to my original focus on rock climbers. There were not many of them on this particular morning but I had watched these two guys setting up to climb and once they started their adventure I changed my lens and my focus.
Nikon D3s, handheld, 70-200mm f/2.8 Nikkor set to 200mm. ISO 200, f/5.6, 1/320th of a second.