Amateur Art Photography
Featured Work
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Last Stand by Dennis Gay
THE SUBJECT: / A tiny Diaea evanida (Flower Spider) sitting at the end of an Actinotus helianthus (Flannel Flower) petal in a last stand against a pesky photographer. THE LOCATION: / Photographed in the Grant’s Head Nature Reserve, Bonny Hills, NSW, Australia.. THE MAKING OF ‘Last Stand’: / With my beloved Milady Fuji, (the S9600), at the doctors I set out on a Nature safari with my old workhorse Mr Fuji, (S5500) on a glorious spring day. / I went straight to Grant’s Head, loaded myself up with tripods and headed down the rough gravel gully that acts as a track to where the Flannel Flowers grow. / They were in abundance again this year and so I went slowly from plant to plant on the hunt for spiders, bees, beetles etc until I found this li’l fella. / It was originally sitting more towards the centre of the flower but by the time I set everything up I was well and truly sprung and when I went to make the shot it walked to the end of the petal. / I thought it would disappear over the edge as they are want to do but my gutsy subject turned to face me – a last stand. / What I pleasantly discovered was that by applying the knowledge and experience I have gleaned in using the 9Mp S9600 to the 4Mp S5500 that has less bells and whistles was I could successfully squeeze images of even more quality from it than I had before. / Fuji S5500: RAW, f/3 @ 1/1000sec, ISO64, Auto focus, Tripod, Timer. / Lightroom 2.2 & Photoshop CS3. Visit the Insects & Spiders collection in my BubbleSite Gallery for more arachnidian delights. UPDATE: 9-11-09 / My defiant spider has been FEATURED in the Colour and Light Group. Enjoy! SPIDERS / (Click the links!) Diaea evanida – Last Stand / Diaea evanida – Flannel Flower Defender / Diaea evanida – Dinner at Five #1 / Diaea evanida – Dinner at Five #2 / Diaea evanida – Fresh Meat / Diaea sp – Striped Pyjamas / Nephila plumipes – Suspended Animation / Nephila plumipes – Time Tunnel / Nephila plumipes – Lunch is Served / Nephila plumipes – No-one Home / Argiope Kaiserling – Dragon Slayer / Deinopis subrufa – Net Casting Spider / Araneus bradleyi – Enamelled Spider / Tetragnatha sp /
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Butterfly at the Key West Butterfly & Nature Conservatory by aura2000
Close-up of a butterfly, taken at the Butterfly & Nature Conservatory in Key West, Florida
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reeds by urbanghost
fuji fine pix s5500
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Vintage by Caren Schwartz
FEATURED IN “THE FLORIDA SUNSHINE STATE” GROUP / FEATURED IN THE “PASSIONATE ABOUT VINTAGE” GROUP / FEATURED IN THE “SHOPRFRONTS” GROUP A shop on Charlotte St. in Old St. Augustine, FL. / Taken with my Kodak Z712 – June 2009 / As is.
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Eclipse by Vonnie Murfin
This picture is going to be on display at Wassenburg Art Center in Van Wert, Ohio from October 5 – 31, 2008. / / Shutter Speed 1/1000. / F5.6 / Focal Length 300m / Nikon D80 / / Copyright :: All Rights Reserved
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stair case by creepy1
“Love is the dawn of marriage, and marriage is the sunset of love” -french proverb taken with Kodak 1285, out my window in Madera PA. /
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Frosty Pink Rose by MarianBendeth
Macro / as is / ISO high / Canon Powershot 630 / Natural Light / Focal length 7.3 / Exposure 1/1250
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High Mountain Storm by Ken McElroy
Above the treeline and close to the summit of this mountain in Montana’s Beartooth range, we watched in awe as a summer storm rolled toward us. Taken with an early fixed lens Olympus digital (D500L)
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Christmas Tree in the Window by Heather Ramadan
Taken December, 2007 in Seattle, WA U.S.A. with a Canon PowerShot SD1000.
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Quay by Nedim Bosnic
26-Oct-2006 Featured in Amateur Art Photography group Camera: SONY DSC-F828 Lens: Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 28-200 mm (2-2,8/7.1-51) Date: 06-Mar-2009 Location: Venice, Italy (Venezia, Italia) I payed attention on this quay between many others because of few different types of pillars.
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Budding Glory by orlaphoto
A glorious budding dahlia from The National Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin, Dublin. Artwork from Ireland. / Camera: Canon IXUS 800 IS Featured in: Amateur Art Photography – 26th October 2009.
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Alone in a Crowd by Lynn Moore
Canon Powershot A400 / Living History Farms / 1875 Frontier Town / Des Moines, Iowa The purpose of Living History Farms it to “enrich public understanding and to engage the public in consideration of the significance of past and present issues in agriculture and rural life.” These wagon wheels caught my eye as I was walking around the farm and they basically called out to me, “Take my picture!” So I did. I loved the red one in the mix especially.
Recent Work
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Waiting for Bulldozers by Berns
This beautiful old building, just off the Paseo in Oliva, Valencia, Spain, looks set for demolition. It is surrounded by newly built apartments and shops, and a large school is being constructed behind it. / It was once used for distributing agricultural chemicals. / Fugifilm Finepix S1000fd / f/7.1 Expo 1/100 ISO-64
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Last Stand by Dennis Gay
THE SUBJECT: / A tiny Diaea evanida (Flower Spider) sitting at the end of an Actinotus helianthus (Flannel Flower) petal in a last stand against a pesky photographer. THE LOCATION: / Photographed in the Grant’s Head Nature Reserve, Bonny Hills, NSW, Australia.. THE MAKING OF ‘Last Stand’: / With my beloved Milady Fuji, (the S9600), at the doctors I set out on a Nature safari with my old workhorse Mr Fuji, (S5500) on a glorious spring day. / I went straight to Grant’s Head, loaded myself up with tripods and headed down the rough gravel gully that acts as a track to where the Flannel Flowers grow. / They were in abundance again this year and so I went slowly from plant to plant on the hunt for spiders, bees, beetles etc until I found this li’l fella. / It was originally sitting more towards the centre of the flower but by the time I set everything up I was well and truly sprung and when I went to make the shot it walked to the end of the petal. / I thought it would disappear over the edge as they are want to do but my gutsy subject turned to face me – a last stand. / What I pleasantly discovered was that by applying the knowledge and experience I have gleaned in using the 9Mp S9600 to the 4Mp S5500 that has less bells and whistles was I could successfully squeeze images of even more quality from it than I had before. / Fuji S5500: RAW, f/3 @ 1/1000sec, ISO64, Auto focus, Tripod, Timer. / Lightroom 2.2 & Photoshop CS3. Visit the Insects & Spiders collection in my BubbleSite Gallery for more arachnidian delights. UPDATE: 9-11-09 / My defiant spider has been FEATURED in the Colour and Light Group. Enjoy! SPIDERS / (Click the links!) Diaea evanida – Last Stand / Diaea evanida – Flannel Flower Defender / Diaea evanida – Dinner at Five #1 / Diaea evanida – Dinner at Five #2 / Diaea evanida – Fresh Meat / Diaea sp – Striped Pyjamas / Nephila plumipes – Suspended Animation / Nephila plumipes – Time Tunnel / Nephila plumipes – Lunch is Served / Nephila plumipes – No-one Home / Argiope Kaiserling – Dragon Slayer / Deinopis subrufa – Net Casting Spider / Araneus bradleyi – Enamelled Spider / Tetragnatha sp /
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Agia Galini Beach by Teresa Zieba
Featured in Greece and all things Hellenic – Nov 13th, 2009 / Featured in Going Coastal – April 21st, 2009 / Featured in 1. The Mysterious Balkans – April 12th, 2009 / Featured in 1.The Mysterious Balkans – March 15th, 2009 / Featured in European Everyday Life Taken on the island of Crete, Greece with Canon G6.
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Windmill by Teresa Zieba
Featured in 1. The Mysterious Balkans – March 25th, 2009 Taken on Crete, Greece / Canon Powershot G6, f/4, 1/1250sec, ISO-100
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Day at the Huntington by Ken McElroy
Huntington Gardens and Museum – Los Angeles – one of those magical places indeed. Taken with an early Olympus digital TTL w fixed lens.
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Curtain Maker #16 by Dennis Gay
THE SUBJECT: / This state champion waterskier cuts through the water sending up a wet curtain as he lines up for the next buoy during the 2009 Australian National Waterski Titles. THE LOCATION: / Photographed at the Stoney Creek Holiday Park, Telegraph Point water skiing complex of man-made lakes, just north of Port Macquarie , NSW, Australia. THE MAKING of ‘Curtain Maker #6’: / Once again mostly overcast conditions with varying light made consistent exposures difficult. For a series of shots I prefocussed then followed the action to the focussing point. / Fuji S9600: RAW, Manual settings of f/5 @ 1/1600sec, Auto focus, ISO80, Hand held / Lightroom 1.1 & Photoshop CS3. Visit the Sport & Leisure collection in my BubbleSite Gallery for more wild waterskiing action. UPDATE: 13-11-09 / My super speedy waterskier has been awarded POTD in the People section of theShutterbugs site. Enjoy! WATERSKIING & WAKEBOARDING / (Click the links!) Curtain Maker #16 / Lay-over #2 / Curtain Maker #6 / Slalom with Style / Pro Slalom Winner / Teen Jumper / Fresh Water Inversion / Liquid Force #1 /
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Yellow Beach Umbrella by AuntDot
Taken on the beach near Destin on the “Emerald Coast” of Florida. Sony P10 Cyber-shot digital camera / Cropped in Picasa FEATURED in All Around Florida, November 2009 / Many thanks to the group!
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Umbrellas on the Beach by AuntDot
A row of blue beach umbrellas stretch along the beach near Destin, Florida, with its beautiful white sand and turquoise water. Sony P10 Cyber-shot digital camera / Cropped in Picasa / Better in larger view
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Crystal drops on a leaf by Dirk Pagel
Taken after a rainy day near my home with the macro-settings of my little snapshot camera(Olympus myu 600, 6 mp, price 250€). Visit my gallery
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Do NOT Disturb by Ladymoose
Canon-A560
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Rouge by George Swann
Red Rose with Droplets Taken with Ricoh p&s LINK
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Taciturn Man II by Nedim Bosnic
12-Oct-2009 / Featured in Skyscapes group Camera: SONY DSC-F828 / Lens: Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 28-200 mm (2-2,8/7.1-51) Date: 06-Jun-2009 / Location: Bjelašnica mountain, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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This group is for artistic, creative, hobbyist, digital photographers who take great photos without using high-end cameras, detachable lenses or other accessory equipment other than a tripod.
PLEASE…..read the guidelines. Due to an extremely high rate of disregard for the rules, any photo submitted to the group that does not meet the guidelines will be rejected without explanation. The person submitting the work will be removed from the group and will need to contact me to be invited back in.
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