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Any photo buffs?

I like to collect photos in various categories, sports of course and others.
But my real passion is taking photos. I use a Nikon D70, it is a few years old but I love that camera. I have done a little digi-scoping too. I shoot mostly nature pics, traveling pics and have shot some pictures at Shea Stadium and Citi Field. The baseball pic here is from Mike Piazza's last Mets game.
Here are a couple of my pics, if anyone else shoots lets see your stuff.

Thirty years ago, when I was stationed in Japan, I bought a Nikon camera and took a lot of pictures. I might have a few left and will post a few if I do. Those are some neat pictures Richard. A few are a little blurry but the content is great.

I take black and white photos that appeal to me. Really ugly trees are my main subject right now, especially in winter with no leaves. I have a few that are entitled arthritis in nature. All are with a digital, never owned a "real" camera, but would someday like to learn the techniques of a conventional camera.

Rawn

Here are quick samples of what I have done in recent months. The ball field one with the fireworks is from Game 7 of the 2011 World Series.

1) Three Sand Cranes stopped to eat lunch on my side yard - 2) one of them walked up to get his/her picture taken 3) This eager collector is using his want list as he sorts through some Old Judges at the 2003 NSCC.

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I mostly snap photos of my daughter, but occasionally run across other cool stuff. Macro photography is my favorite...

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...pictureid=5992

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...pictureid=5993

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture...pictureid=5994

Most of my photography is of food that I grill and barbecue for competition and just for my own consumption pleasure. Mostly do this to keep track of what I've cooked, and also to improve the apperance of what I cook and serve or submit for judging. I often find things to improve in appearance in the photos that I never see in person particularly when having to submit an entry on time. The photos allow me look at at critically later on and correct things that I do the next time.

One friend of mine once asked: "Why are you always showing us pictures of your food but never any of your kids?"

My response: "If my kids looked this good I'd show you pictures of them too!" :D

Some first place ribs
http://www.cal-lector.com/Brethren/2...-1stPlRibs.jpg

Some brisket that looked a lot better than it placed
http://www.cal-lector.com/Brethren/2...hPlBrisket.jpg

Grilled and then battered and deep fried burger!
http://cal-lector.com/Brethren/2009-...edBurger05.jpg

Cedar planked lemon salmon and twice baked red potatoes
http://www.cal-lector.com/Brethren/2...dRedPots03.jpg

Moink balls (bacon wrapped meatballs smoked with some rub and sauced)
http://www.cal-lector.com/Brethren/2...oink_Balls.jpg

A plate of BBQ'ed chicken thighs
http://cal-lector.com/Brethren/2008-09-27Chicken2.jpg

Some tomatoes on the grill with mozarella
http://www.cal-lector.com/Brethren/M...oms70th-04.jpg

Grilled hot dog egg rolls with a honey dijon glaze
http://www.cal-lector.com/Brethren/2...ogEggRoll3.jpg

OK, so nothing "cooked' here. Just your basic salad with a strawberry vinaigrette
http://www.cal-lector.com/Brethren/2...5-24-Salad.jpg

Okay, well now I am just hungry. Thanks.:p

Of course a praying mantis up close and personal looks downright scary.

http://www.cal-lector.com/Brethren/Mantis800x600.jpg

Very nice- great thread & great photo's everyone.

I've thought about taking some photography classes, it would be fun to learn about the camera angles & techniques, the equiptment, lenses, etc...

Sincerely, Clayton

Tim,
If you ever need a taste tester Im not that far away!:eek::eek:

Bacon wrapped meatballs!!!!!!! Pure genious. I bow before your brilliance and genuflect at your smoker.

Rawn

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Originally Posted by batsballsbases (Post 966796)

Tim,
If you ever need a taste tester Im not that far away!:eek::eek:

Al,

If you're ever down Long Island way on a weekend that we're competing, feel free to stop by and I'll hook you up with some grub and beverage.

My brother maintains our facebook thingy, and usually posts when/where we'll be competing: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Grim-R...28055447259946

Probably one of the best locations we'll be doing this year is in Manorville on Aug 4/5. http://www.bbqbattleli.com/

Canaveral produces crazy skies and surf frequently. I rarely have time to catch these phenomenals.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...eralstorm2.jpg

Our African Grey Yoda, Pets at the Pier event
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...s/yodasurf.jpg

1990 - Reds clinch division during rain delay
2002 - Atlanta visitors dugout
2002 - Muhammed Ali at Chicago National
2002 - Leon at Chicago National, with his imaginary girlfriend
2003 - kids area at Turner Field
2004 - NLCS championship - Beltran's first home run
2004 - NLCS championship - Beltran's 2nd home run
2004 - NLCS championship - Berkman at bat
2004 - NLCS championship - Chipper leads off
2004 - Barry Bonds
2004 - John Smoltz
2009 - Griffey
2009 - MLS Championship - last save
2009 - Mt. Ranier behind Quest Field
2010 - Ichiro

Well, it's not sports but it's a picture I took approximately 30 yrs ago, in Okinawa, Japan. Scan doesn't do it justice.

Thanks Steve. The lighthouse is the Fire Island lighthouse on Long Island.

Nice stuff John, I like lighthouses and took a trip to Maine last year and took a lighthouse tour. I have to post some of those pics.
Went to Central Park yesterday, my backyard and these are the result a swallow, a cormorant, a red wing blackbird and a butterfly but I don't know the type:

A Few Pictures from the Rocky Mountains !!

I'm not a photographer but volunteer at a Seattle non-profit art gallery and deal with numerous art photographers. One thing I've learned from casual conversation is, that while I don't take photographs, I know more about the photographer's physical photographs than they do-- such as how resistant they are to fading, what they are etc. The current director is a painter, but the previous two were photographers.

Great stuff guys. Here are a couple from Royal County Down in Ireland.

http://photos.imageevent.com/mhgt/ir.../large/020.JPG
http://photos.imageevent.com/mhgt/ir.../large/042.JPG

Jon - those are great pics. Must have been a heckuva trip.

A few more recent shots, now I shoot with a Nikon D5100 and a Nikkor 18-300mm lens.

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Originally Posted by canjond (Post 1108736)

Jon - great shots, especially the last one, feels like the penguins are in my living room.

Took these with my iPhone 5 :D

Jon, as usual, incredible images!

I'm one of those incredibly fortunate people that make a living doing something they love. Usually I shoot ads of perfume bottles and models wearing jeans and kids holding action figures, but a few weeks a year I get to get out and shoot things that don't have a logo stuck on them. Here is a few from last week in Honduras.

http://photos.imageevent.com/griffin...oralShrimp.jpg http://photos.imageevent.com/griffin...orayRoatan.jpg http://photos.imageevent.com/griffin...ze/Octopus.jpg http://photos.imageevent.com/griffin...ze/Calvins.jpg http://photos.imageevent.com/griffin...size/Puff1.jpg

Amazing shots Anthony.

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Originally Posted by Griffins (Post 1117411)

Real nice ones but how about a few of the models wearing jeans?? :D

Wanted to revive this thread so here are some whale watch shots I took in Massachusetts.

Sweet Africa pics,,, that is on my bucket list of trips but the wife does not want to go :(. Going to have to do it on my own some day.

Hey guys, I thought of this thread when I recently transferred some cell phone pics over to my iPAD.
This one is Mt Tahoma, more commonly known as Mt Rainier.
At 14,410 ft, it's pushing three-mile high.
It was 90 degrees today but the glaciers didn't seem to mind.
Even my ordinary cell phone makes thus monster come alive!

And this one was taken two weeks ago, it is Tahklach Lake, sitting in front of majestic Mt Adams in south central Washington.
At 12.7k, it's a very large volcano but goes relatively anonymous since there are few places to get this close and even getting here was a rough drive for my SUV:D
Again, just a cell phone camera, but it came out nicely...

Last Chance Barbeque:

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Originally Posted by timzcardz (Post 965042)

most of my photography is of food that i grill and barbecue for competition and just for my own consumption pleasure. Mostly do this to keep track of what i've cooked, and also to improve the apperance of what i cook and serve or submit for judging. I often find things to improve in appearance in the photos that i never see in person particularly when having to submit an entry on time. The photos allow me look at at critically later on and correct things that i do the next time.

One friend of mine once asked: "why are you always showing us pictures of your food but never any of your kids?"

my response: "if my kids looked this good i'd show you pictures of them too!" :d

some first place ribs
http://www.cal-lector.com/brethren/2...-1stplribs.jpg

some brisket that looked a lot better than it placed
http://www.cal-lector.com/brethren/2...hplbrisket.jpg

grilled and then battered and deep fried burger!
http://cal-lector.com/brethren/2009-...edburger05.jpg

cedar planked lemon salmon and twice baked red potatoes
http://www.cal-lector.com/brethren/2...dredpots03.jpg

moink balls (bacon wrapped meatballs smoked with some rub and sauced)
http://www.cal-lector.com/brethren/2...oink_balls.jpg

a plate of bbq'ed chicken thighs
http://cal-lector.com/brethren/2008-09-27chicken2.jpg

some tomatoes on the grill with mozarella
http://www.cal-lector.com/brethren/m...oms70th-04.jpg

grilled hot dog egg rolls with a honey dijon glaze
http://www.cal-lector.com/brethren/2...ogeggroll3.jpg

ok, so nothing "cooked' here. Just your basic salad with a strawberry vinaigrette
http://www.cal-lector.com/brethren/2...5-24-salad.jpg

Bone appetite!

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Not a great picture by any means, but given the lighting ( or lack of ), I think you all know where I was today.

Jantz