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Choice Photography
a personal selection and commentary by the Gib
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Having been putting a camera up to my eye or my eyeglasses since the 60s I now spend time looking around on the web to find photography and photographic information that delights my appetite for the result of careful viewing of the planet and its inhabitants. And man, is that a load of fun. black and white photo of dawn on Georgian Bay
my photo on flickr, photo made with Nikon Coolpix 5700
joining in the veterans' parade the Jack Russell terrier joined the veterans as they started marching to the cenotaph in Victoria Harbour, Ontario in 2005. Camera Pentax Spotmatic, lens 50mm f1.4 Super Takumar, film Tri-X Photography advice - Ken Rockwellhttp://www.kenrockwell.com/
Ken has opinions worth reading about photography.. I used his site to help me pick a replacement DSLR and sent $5 to support his website. Highly recommended. Recommended Cameras How to Take Better Pictures What's New Gallery About Help Me Help You Hot Deals Other Languages Link: kenrockwell.com mourning the loss of KingIt has beena couple of weeks and I am still mourning the loss of King, my Pentax K10d. It happened on one of those too busy days when was in and out of ten different places and he got left behind in my 57 year old haste and distractability. Or I left the car unlocked and someone spotted him on the floor of the back seat and tried the door. I do hope he finds a good home. He was wearing my Pentax DA 18-55mm (first version ) lens that I paid just $99 for. No photos were lost. King was a good camera and I will miss him.
 I will miss you old buddy. You and your weather seals. DOF field manipulation - Barrie Artillery Piece This gun sits in a park in downtown Barrie, Ontario. I used Corel Paint Shop Pro to attempt to isolate the gun from the busy background.selective focus at the kitchen door, Louise and GraceLouise and Grace
  Base Borden Military Museums CF-100 and Sherman and Stuart Tanks CF-100 Avro Canuck fighter Base Borden Military Museum, - Located near Angus, Ontario about 50 miles north of Toronto. The museum was renovated and reopened in 2007. They have a web site for more details, search Base Borden Museum. There are a large number of vehicles, AFVs and aircraft, on display. Admission is free. Photographically the problem to solve is the interior lighting, very green fluorescent in the vehicles building, and sodium mercury lighting (I think) in the uniforms and smaller item wing. The fluorscent lit room almost dictates converting photos to black and white. .  Sherman Tank, late model version with the large gun, a 17 pounder.  Stuart Light Tank, US Army, saw more action in the Pacific Theatre in World War II  dumblast friday a trip to Toronto by moi got cut short in the photo way when my Sony H50 battery conked.
2x dumb cuz I have two Sony batteries and brought just one and did not top up the juice in the one. grrrr museums and libraries that post on flickr.comflickr.com has several museums now posting photos from their collections, there may be more but these are ones I have found and keep an eye on
a new one is the Reykjavik Museum of Photography http://www.flickr.com/photos/reykjavikmuseumofphotography/ George Eastman House http://www.flickr.com/photos/george_eastman_house/ US Library of Congress http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/ US National Archives http://www.flickr.com/photos/usnationalarchives/ National Archief of the Netherlands http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationaalarchief/ Powerhouse Museum Collection http://www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/ not a museum but some interesting photos The White House http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/ Washington DC Public Library http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcplcommons/ State Library and Archives of Florida http://www.flickr.com/photos/floridamemory/ |
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