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Remember Arthur Stace?

yOOrek — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:35:51 +0000

Doesn’t this remind you of Arthur Stace? The ‘Eternity’ fella from Sydney. I’m quite sure this has been inspired by him.

optimism Originally uploaded by ziz

Original comments by ziz:

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When Waves Collide…

yOOrek — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:16:58 +0000

A very interesting photo. Read more after the block quote.

When Waves Collide Originally uploaded by acastellano

Original comments by acastellano:

don’t put notes here ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ leave a space
no pongais notas aquí ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ dejad un espacio

How to make the notes disappear: Sometimes the notes do not disappear due to a small flaw (or feature?) in flickr. To make them disappear, first put the cursor over a portion of the picture not covered by a note (I created a space at the bottom, which I have to constantly keep clear. It seems to be a little too enticing for some people), then move the cursor off of the picture without passing over another note. Or just view it large.

Waves bouncing off of the seawall at the south end of “Victoria Beach” in Laguna Beach, California, rebound into oncoming waves to create a beautiful and turbulent water playground.

Note on watermark: Some people have noticed the watermark changing. I have been experimenting…trying to find the most minimally intrusive version that will still prevent the image from being stolen (again). Hope this one is not too obnoxious.

Featured on Yahoo! Top Searches of 2006.

Added to the Cream of the Crop pool as my most favorited photo.

Especially when one positions the cursor over it to get this -

When notes collide

This must be the most noted photo I’ve ever seen on Flickr.

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Human – Machine Interface

yOOrek — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 01:45:16 +0000

This is the keyboard I’m using at the moment. This photo has been taken hand held at 1600 ISO using available light. Slight PP in LR to remove noise, some sharpening and we are ready to upload to Flickr. In reality I’m just testing how much time I need between an actual shot and the moment the photo is uploaded to Flickr.

Apple Keyboard Originally uploaded by yOOrek

Original comments by yOOrek:

Winterthur, Switzerland, April 2009

A photo of an Apple wireless keyboard. This is the Swiss version.

• NIKON D50 • 1/800 sec at f/1.4 (0 EV) • ISO 1600 • Spot metering • Manual • no flash • 50 mm f/1.4 @ 50 mm •

2009-04-05-0319-1570

Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission.

Copyright © 2009 yOOrek

Image uploaded with Jeffrey Friedl’s “Export to Flickr” Lightroom Plugin

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Easter Bunnies

yOOrek — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 00:34:11 +0000

Since it is Easter next week I thought I’ll start to get into the mood by post-processing an old photo of my daughter’s rabbits.

Easter Bunnies Originally uploaded by yOOrek

Original comments by yOOrek:

Turbenthal, Switzerland, August 2008

Jelly and Niki

• NIKON D50 • 1/500 sec at f/8.0 (0 EV) • ISO 400 • Spot metering • Manual • flash fired • 18-70 mm f/3.5-4.5 @ 70 mm •

2008-08-24-2117-00

Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission.

Copyright © 2008 yOOrek

Image uploaded with Jeffrey Friedl’s “Export to Flickr” Lightroom Plugin

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A storm is brewing

yOOrek — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:41:54 +0000

Or is it? In reality it was a misty autumn morning that got some extra processing in Lightroom to make it look slightly different. I especially like the way the boats came out. But in order to appreciate it you need to see the big version of this photo. My Flickr friends can do this by going to ‘All sizes’.

A storm is brewing Originally uploaded by yOOrek

Original comments by yOOrek:

Dingelsdorf, Germany, September 2007

Bodensee on a misty morning

• NIKON D50 • ¹/250 sec at f/8.0 (0 EV) • ISO 200 • Pattern metering • Manual • no flash • 50 mm f/1.4 @ 50 mm •

2007-09-22-1117-02

Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission.

Copyright © 2007 yOOrek

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Heads Up for all those interested in fashion photography

yOOrek — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:02:27 +0000

As a result of me posting photos of Maya (see my previous post) some people from Flickr™ fraternity added me as their contact. While checking their profiles I came across Fashion Photography Blog.

This is a recommended reading for anyone interested in fashion photography, lighting and techniques. It is a fairly new blog (two months or so) but it seems like it is off to a good start.

Personally I am not aspiring to be a fashion photographer myself but there is a wealth of information there that any budding photographer could use in their endeavors. Once again – highly recommended.

Bealyn Beauty Originally uploaded by FashionPhotographyBlog.com

Original comments by FashionPhotographyBlog.com:

(C) 2008 Melissa Rodwell Photography LLC.

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What a difference a well done preset makes

yOOrek — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:36:11 +0000

I came across a site, www.presetsheaven.com, that hosts quite a number of Lightroom presets. One of them, PH Naturally BW has been used to post process this photo. I also used Adobe Camera Portrait Beta 2 profile. Rather nice end result, wouldn’t you say?

On a slightly different note, all is coming nicely together for me on the photography front. LR2.1 has been released recently. I do not experience any problems with it whatsoever. LR export plugins are doing their job of uploading the photos to Flickr™ or Zenfolio very nicely. All my uploaded photos have proper title, complex, automatically generated caption, plus a discrete watermark is applied (and I am not talking about the copyright text in the right bottom corner). I have to admit that my photographic work flow has evolved into something I’m very happy and content with.

To make things even better, after the move, when unpacking some boxes I didn’t even realized still existed, I came across an old set of Cokin filters I used in my film camera days. And guess what? The filter adapter is 72mm (perfect for my Sigma 10-20), the stash includes couple of soft edge ND grad filters (recently I was thinking of getting them). A polarizer (although it is not circular polarizer so this is of limited, if any use on digital camera). And I thought they were all lost when we moved from the land of OZ to Switzerland.

Life is full of surprises.

Maya (B&W) Originally uploaded by yOOrek

Original comments by yOOrek:

Winterthur, Switzerland, October 2008

Maya before going to a coctail party in Zürich.

Post processing in Lightroom 2.1. Preset used – PH Naturally BW from www.presetsheaven.com/

• NIKON D50 • 1/400 sec at f/4.5 (0 EV) • ISO 400 • Spot metering • Shutter priority • flash fired • 18-70 mm f/3.5-4.5 @ 70 mm •

2008-10-24-1949-23

Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission.

Copyright © 2008 by yOOrek, all rights reserved.

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Close Encounters of the Rubbery Kind

yOOrek — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:52:05 +0000

Frames might not be to everyone’s taste. I like them as I think they can add a lot to a photograph. While playing with Lightroom 2.1RC1 I have found a way to put a simple frame around a photo using Lightroom’s Post-Crop Vignette. There are four sliders you can play with. To achieve the effect you see in this photograph just set them as follows -

Amount to -100
Midpoint to 0
Roundness to -100
Feather to 50

I realize this is an abuse of the original intent behind Post_Crop Vignette but if this functionality lets me create quick frames before exporting photos to Flickr™ or Zenfolio I’d rather call it re-purposing instead of misuse.

Close Encounters of the Rubbery Kind Originally uploaded by yOOrek

Original comments by yOOrek:

Wallhausen, Germany, September 2008

Study of the rubber belt fence. Playing with depth of field, bokeh and angles.

• NIKON D50 • 1/1000 sec at f/2.8 (0 EV) • ISO200 • Pattern metering • Manual • no flash • 50 mm f/1.4 @ 50 mm •

2008-09-20-1552-46

Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. Copyright © 2008 by yOOrek, all rights reserved.

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Vertigo

yOOrek — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 22:30:16 +0000

Finally I decided to take a plunge and upgrade to Lightroom 2.0. So far it works for me. I do not experience the symptoms other users are describing. Perhaps LR gremlins will rise their ugly heads and bite me – who knows. The real icing on the cake as far as I am concerned, are the new export plugins by Jeffrey Friedl. If you are using LR and on-line photo galleries like Flickr, Zenfolio, SmugMug, Picassa or Facebook, these plugins are a must. In addition to simplifying the process of uploading photos to the hosting service, they enable you to construct complex titles and captions for your uploaded photos containing any combination of the EXIF or LR metadata. Just see below.

Vertigo Originally uploaded by yOOrek

Original comments by yOOrek:

Wallhausen, Germany, June 2008

Vertigo is the sensation of spinning or swaying while the body is actually stationary with respect to the surroundings.

There are two types of vertigo: subjective and objective. There is a subjective vertigo when a person has a false sensation of movement. In the case of objective vertigo, the surroundings appear to move past a person’s field of vision.

The effects of vertigo may be slight. It can cause nausea and vomiting and, in severe cases, it may give rise to difficulties with standing and walking.

• NIKON D50
• 1/320 sec at f/9.0 (0 EV)
• ISO200
• Pattern metering
• Manual
• no flash
• 10-20 mm f/4-5.6 @ 10 mm

2008-06-14-1556-30

Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or other media, electronic or printed, without my explicit permission. Copyright © 2008 by yOOrek, all rights reserved.

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A short explanation is required

yOOrek — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:22:56 +0000

I believe a short explanation is called for. I was not very active lately, neither here nor on Flickr. There are several reasons for this, one is that I have been really snowed under at work (yes, some of us have to earn a living by going to the temple of the Mammon), second reason is that I was waiting for the release of Lightroom 2.0 in order to use the new captioning feature of Jeffrey’s Lightroom Export Plugin.

I always liked the feature in Lightroom where you could build the caption by assembling various tokens from photo’s EXIF or IPCT data when creating a web gallery. This was not available in the export plug-in. When I saw that Jeffrey added similar functionality to his plug-in, I rejoiced. Alas my joy was short lived. The new captioning feature was only implemented in Zenfolio version of the plug-in. The other versions, namely Flickr’s, would get it when Lightroom 2.0 was released. Now that LR2 is available Jeffrey kept his promise and made new plug-ins available for download.

I’ll be downloading LR2 tonight and, time permitting, I’ll start uploading some of my recent photos this coming weekend.
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