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Camera: Nikon Coolpix S8100

Focal Length: 5.4mm

ISO: 160

Av: f/3.5

Tv: 1/125s

Flash: None

Norm's Island

Camera: Nikon Coolpix S8100

Focal Length: 7.1mm

ISO: 240

Av: f/3.7

Tv: 1/250s

Flash: None

Norm's Island

                                                           
                                                            Camera: Nikon Coolpix S8100

Focal Length: 5.4mm

ISO: 160

Av: f/3.5

Tv: 1/200s

Flash: None

Rims

Unfortunately the flower isn't in focus but the dirt around the flower and the section above the flower is! (Yay....?)

                                                         Camera: Nikon Coolpix S8100

Focal Length: 54mm

ISO: 455

Av: f/ 5.6

Tv: 1/ 250s

Flash: None

Rims

Camera: Nikon Coolpix S8100

Focal Length: 5.4mm

ISO: 160

Av: f/3.5

Tv: 1/160

Flash: None

Sacajawea Park, Livingston, MT

Camera: Nikon Coolpix S8100

Focal Length: 6.2mm

ISO: 160

Av: f/3.6

Tv: 1/590s

Flash: None

Rims

Camera: Nikon Coolpix S8100

Focal Length: 18.3mm 

ISO: 160

Av: f/4.5

Tv: 1/150s

Flash: None

Rims

Camera: Nikon Coolpix S8100

Focal Length: 20.9mm

ISO: 160

Av: f/4.6

Tv: 1/620s

Flash: None

Rims

Camera: Nikon Coolpix S8100

Focal Length: 10.6mm

ISO: 323

Av: f/4.0

Tv: 1/30s

Flash: None

Riverfront Park

Camera: Nikon Coolpix S8100

Focal Length: 47.2mm

ISO: 160

Av: f/5.1

Tv: 1/480s

Flash: None

Norm's Island

Camera: Nikon Coolpix S8100

Focal Length: 5.4mm

ISO: 160

Av: f/7.0

Tv: 1/470

Flash: None

Norm's Island

Camera: Nikon Coolpix S8100

Focal Length: 5.4mm

ISO: 160

Av: f/3.5

Tv: 1/750s

Flash: None

Norm's Island

Camera: Nikon Coolpix S8100

Focal Length: 13.9mm

ISO: 640

Av: f/4.3

Tv: 1/115s

Flash: None

Sacajawea Park, Livingston, MT

Camera: Nikon Coolpix S8100

Focal Length: 13.9mm

ISO: 160

Av: f/4.3

Tv: 1/350s

Flash: None

Norm's Island

I probably should have taken out the leaf in the upper left corner, but I kind of like it there and I don't think it takes away from the picture too much.

Camera: Nikon Coolpix S8100

Focal Length: 5.4mm

ISO: 160

Av: f/3.5

Tv: 1/590s

Flash: None

Rims

Camera: Nikon Coolpix S8100

Focal Length: 9.3mm

ISO: 298

Av: f/3.9

Tv: 1/30s

Flash: None

Norm's Island

Camera: Nikon Coolpix S8100

Focal Length: 5.4mm

ISO: 160

Av: f/3.5

Tv: 1/620s

Flash: None

Norm's Island

This shot is just way too dark and I should lighten it up a bit.

Camera: Nikon Coolpix S8100

Focal Length: 5.4mm

ISO: 160

Av: f/3.5

Tv: 1/320s

Flash: None

Norm's Island

You can tell that I tried to fix some of the spots in the sky where it was too bright. It was just not working for me.

Camera: Nikon Coolpix S8100

Focal Length: 5.4mm

ISO: 160

Av: f/3.5

Tv: 1/200s

Flash: None

Norm's Island

Camera: Nikon Coolpix S8100

Focal Length: 118.8mm

ISO: 160

Av: f/5.6

Tv: 1/200s

Flash: None

Riverfront Park

Camera: Nikon Coolpix S8100

Focal Length: 47.2mm

ISO: 160

Av: f/5.1

Tv: 1/580s

Flash: None

Someplace in between Billings and Columbus. 

This one is fuzzy too.

Camera: Canon EOS 5D MarkIII

Lens: EF24-105mm F/4L IS USM

Focal Length: 24mm

ISO: 400

Av: f/4.0

Tv: 30s

Flash: None

"The place that didn't scream rape", to the West

Camera: Nikon Coolpix S8100

Focal Length: 5.4mm

ISO: 160

Av: f/3.5

Tv: 1/800s

Flash: None

Norm's Island

Camera: Nikon Coolpix S8100

Focal Length: 54mm

ISO: 160

Av: f/5.6

Tv: 1/170s

Flash: None

Norm's Island

 This was the worst day to go out and take pictures. The sky was gross looking and none of the pictures turned out, but I had to use this one since I was having a hard time finding enough photos. This one is extremely noisy, but it had to do. (Side note, I did go out quite a lot to take pictures, they were all just really similar.)

Camera: Nikon Coolpix S8100

Focal Length: 13.9mm

ISO: 160

Av: f/4.3

Tv: 1/150s

Flash: None

Norm's Island

Camera: Nikon Coolpix S8100

Focal Length: 6.2mm

ISO: 160

Av: f/3.6

Tv: 1/370s

Flash: None

Norm's Island

Camera: Nikon Coolpix S8100

Focal Length: 86.4mm

ISO: 494

Av: f/5.6

Tv: 1/250s

Flash: None

Livingston, MT

So this photo is quite blurry because I zoomed in way too much, but I wanted to get the bird in the shot and there were multiple houses around so I had to crop those out and it was also quite windy. So I'm not crazy and don't have THAT bad of eye sight, I do know that this is out of focus.

Camera: Nikon Coolpix S8100

Focal Length: 5.4mm

ISO:160

Av: f/3.5

Tv: 1/150s

Flash: None

Norm's Island

Camera: Nikon Coolpix S8100

Focal Length: 10.6mm

ISO:160

Av: f/4.0

Tv: 1/320s

Flash: None

Riverfront Park

Camera: Nikon Coolpix S8100

Focal Length: 54mm

ISO:160

Av: f/5.6

Tv: 1/230s

Flash: None

Norm's Island

Impacts of Photography

Many people are all of a sudden (or so it seems) are starting to realize that nature photography may have adverse affects on the animals who are the subject of the pictures. I think one can compare the epiphany to the realization that smoking is bad for your heath. Everyone smoked and never thought twice about what they were putting into their body and how they were harming themselves and those around them. The photography issue is almost the same thing. No one really thought about what it is doing to the animals and how they are changing their behavior (like in the article with the study on anoles.)

Now I didn't quite understand that particular study too well (and had to Google what an anole is) since I am more of a creature of English and Literature rather than Math and Science and I really didn't try to understand the graphs too hard  since they looked rather intimidating (sorry for that btw) but I got the gist that their behavior changed some, just like how the breeding patterns have changed in certain animals and the  feeding patterns have changed as stated in the Wiki article due to the presence of photographers.

The Wiki article talks about how the bears in Yellowstone's diet was that of mostly what the campers had left behind and when the park cracked down on people leaving things behind the bears weight, height and litter size was drastically changed. In another article the photographer guy doesn't say were he specifically takes his pictures due to the fact he doesn't want people flocking to that spot and disturbing the animals. But it's not all bad.

Many of the places where people go to take photos depend on tourism and the money all of the people bring in and donations to the parks and safaris and things of that nature.

Tips For Africa

• Bring Two (or more) cameras just incase one stops working!
• Look into what vehicle you will be shooting in, so to bring the correct support for your lens
• Bring lots of space to store pictures on and multuple backup options.
• Cary a few different plug adapters to charge things and a power strip to charge multiple items
• There is a ton of dust! Bring cleaning supplies
• A zoom lens w/ auto focus capabilities would be a good thing to bring (a 400mm)

Eleven

This photo is by Robert Berdan which I found here . I really like the Northern Lights and the stars in this one. The angle of the shot is really neat, how it looks like the camera is lower to the ground. I like how the trees are silhouetted against the sky. The contrast between the tent and the rest of the picture is also really nice. The lines in the sky create a nice shape contrast to the trees which have straight hard lines while the ;ights have curved soft ones.

Ten

So I'm not sure if this counts as "nature photography" but it is nature just a bit more on the macabre (for lack of a better term)  side of it and more on the actual nature itself rather than the picture. (I'll post a picture I know for sure works on the same post.)

This is the articulated skeleton of a green Iguana. The photo is by Sergio Royzen (he doesn't have a website or anything that I can find,) but this is in Ryan Matthew Cohn's collection. (If you click the first link you can look at more of Royzen's photos.) I have recently found his art (Ryan Matthew's) and have been really into it, (he also collects oddities hence the skeleton). Here is his actual website, which in itself is really kinda neat. I really liked this picture mainly because of the top photo. I love how it's placed in a continuous circle and the eye just keeps going around and around and catches on the ribs and to the tail and in turn brings the eye to the head and the process starts over. In the bottom picture, the eye would be in focus if there was an eye... also how the tail go across the face(?) and wraps around. You can see the joints in the toes and I just think it's really neat. 

So incase the skeleton doesn't count....

This photo is by Donald A. Higgs. I really like the colours and how the blue fades into the red. The trees give   a sense of scale on how large the peaks are. I particularly the the peak to the right where it's orange and the clouds are behind it. Also I like how the majority of the peaks have a coloured tip on them, it helps tie in the colours. 

Nine

I found this photo here by Con Foly. First off, this is pretty much the cutest owl ever! Who knew that owls could have puppy dog eyes? (In reality he's probably scared to death but, I'm going to keep on thinking he's being sympathetic to the photographer.)  I like how the brown of the owl contrasts against the green background and the yellow of his eyes stand out really well. The only thing I can think of changing id trying to get the whole owl in focused. The back of him isn't in focus as well as some of the feathers on the top of his head.

Art Show Piece Submission

This is the picture I am submitting basically for three reasons.

1. I actually don't abhor this shot, 

2. The lighting was really neat, and 

3. The yellows contrasts nicely w/ the grey. 

I upped the contrast, took down the whites and highlights to make the clouds a bit darker, decreased the blacks and shadows a bit to make the shadows stand out a tad more, and turned the vibrancy up a notch. I didn't play w/ any individual colours simply because I liked how the colours were already and it's almost  what it looked like in person (though naturally things are always prettier in person, but hey, I tried.)

EDIT: So now that I have printed it, I really don't like it anymore. Also there is a random ass blue line in my printed picture in the sky which isn't in my actual picture so that's awesome. Hobby Lobby was also out of black matte so grey it is! (mehh) 

EDIT EDIT: Soooooo Target no longer has the print service that you suggested to use so that's why it doesn't look too hot (apart from the picture not being too great). Apparently one has to go to CostCo to use it. :/