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Night Lights - Redux

nobody@flickr.com (whatadqr) — Fri, 10 May 2013 01:20:23 -0700

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Darker version...

Night Lights

nobody@flickr.com (whatadqr) — Thu, 09 May 2013 02:00:08 -0700

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Just playing around with the new car, before the novelty and new car smell wears off...

Installed some super bright LED off-road/trail lights behind the grill.
;-)

Mormon Temple, San Diego

nobody@flickr.com (whatadqr) — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 23:40:23 -0700

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San Diego Skyline

nobody@flickr.com (whatadqr) — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 12:13:29 -0700

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March 20th, 2013
D800E, Nikon 35mm f/2d

Ultimate Photography Car

nobody@flickr.com (whatadqr) — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 13:02:48 -0700

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The go-anywhere Subaru Crosstrek XV...

Good mileage, safe, reliable and can carry passengers and/or gear, and go just about anywhere, on or off road.

Hoping the superior MPG will encourage me to take more frequent and longer photo trips without killing me in fuel costs.

(Lame blur added to kill the obnoxiously busy background and pop the car more in an otherwise generic, crappy snapshot.)

:-)

Beach - Salton Sea, CA

nobody@flickr.com (whatadqr) — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 00:07:34 -0800

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The shot itself is not so interesting.

What is interesting is that you walk around on the beaches at the Salton Sea... crunch, crunch, crunching along, then realize that it's entirely composed of dead fish bones.

It's hard to even find any patches of sand at all, and almost any area that even looks like sand is actually just more fish bone, crushed down finer than this which you'd think is just rough gravel if you aren't paying close attention.

Just part of the weird and wonderful of the Salton Sea.

Salvation Mountain – color

nobody@flickr.com (whatadqr) — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 11:39:39 -0800

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Since I only posted the black and white, some people who have never seen it might be curious what it really looks like.

Salvation Mountain – Black & White

nobody@flickr.com (whatadqr) — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:04:19 -0800

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It's always shot so super colorfully, that I thought a black and white might be a nice change of pace...

Truck Interior

nobody@flickr.com (whatadqr) — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:45:45 -0800

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Salton Sea, CA

Salton Sea

nobody@flickr.com (whatadqr) — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 02:35:22 -0800

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Salton Sea
February 2nd, 2013

Salton Sea

nobody@flickr.com (whatadqr) — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 02:35:18 -0800

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Salton Sea
February 2nd, 2013

Salton Sea

nobody@flickr.com (whatadqr) — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 02:35:14 -0800

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Salton Sea
February 2nd, 2013

Salton Sea

nobody@flickr.com (whatadqr) — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 02:35:09 -0800

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Salton Sea
February 2nd, 2013

Salton Sea

nobody@flickr.com (whatadqr) — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 02:35:06 -0800

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Salton Sea
February 2nd, 2013

Salton Sea

nobody@flickr.com (whatadqr) — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 02:35:01 -0800

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Salton Sea
February 2nd, 2013

Salton Sea

nobody@flickr.com (whatadqr) — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 02:34:56 -0800

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Salton Sea
February 2nd, 2013

Salton Sea

nobody@flickr.com (whatadqr) — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 02:34:53 -0800

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Salton Sea
February 2nd, 2013

Flamingo

nobody@flickr.com (whatadqr) — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 00:24:06 -0800

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San Diego Zoo

How to take a zoo shot 101:
Eliminate the zoo surroundings as much as possible...

3 Pooches

nobody@flickr.com (whatadqr) — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 13:32:58 -0800

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100% Blow-up Sample

nobody@flickr.com (whatadqr) — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 01:25:03 -0800

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Trying to show how crazy the detail is on the D800E...
Full Size

From that far back to that level of detail still amazes me.

I had to clone out microscopic specks of mascara and do skin softening on the pores. If you don't, then portraits will look more like a medical reference photo of skin.

The original is even sharper, before it went through flickr's meat-grinder conversion process which always seems to degrade the photos, as you can see by the jpeg artifacts around the type. Thanks for the super quality flickr....not!

But on the originals, the D800E is like a digital microscope. It's absolutely nuts.

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