yOOrek's Rants'n Raves http://blog.yoorek.com The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven. Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:47:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Check out my new photoblog http://blog.yoorek.com/2010/08/29/check-out-my-new-photoblog/ http://blog.yoorek.com/2010/08/29/check-out-my-new-photoblog/#comments Sat, 28 Aug 2010 23:39:37 +0000 yOOrek http://blog.yoorek.com/?p=662 I have just finished creating my new photo-blog. Please check it out at photos.yoorek.com. What will you find there? Just photos. No more, no less.

]]> http://blog.yoorek.com/2010/08/29/check-out-my-new-photoblog/feed/ 0 IKEA chair http://blog.yoorek.com/2010/08/23/ikea-chair/ http://blog.yoorek.com/2010/08/23/ikea-chair/#comments Sun, 22 Aug 2010 22:56:27 +0000 yOOrek http://blog.yoorek.com/2010/08/23/ikea-chair/ I have recently become a proud owner of Elinchrom BXRi studio lights. The things you can do with light are simply amazing. With carefully selected modifiers you can achieve effects simply not available to hot-shoe flash shooters. Well, perhaps they are achievable but with a lot more effort. And somehow the quality of light is oh so different.

IKEA chair

IKEA chair Originally uploaded by yOOrek

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Winterthur, Switzerland, August 2010

Playing around with my new Elinchrom monoblocks.

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• NIKON D700 • ¹???? sec at f/14 (0 EV) • ISO 200 • Spot metering • Manual • no flash • 85 mm f/1.4 @ 85 mm •

• No extra information available •

2010-08-21-2334-5542-E004

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]]> http://blog.yoorek.com/2010/07/09/winterthur-switzerland-2010-06-20t2302390100/feed/ 0 DJ AnNa http://blog.yoorek.com/2010/06/19/dj-anna/ http://blog.yoorek.com/2010/06/19/dj-anna/#comments Sat, 19 Jun 2010 01:15:41 +0000 yOOrek http://blog.yoorek.com/2010/06/19/dj-anna/ Just trying out the Lightroom 3. It rocks

AnNa

AnNa Originally uploaded by yOOrek

Original comments by yOOrek:
Winterthur, Switzerland, June 2010

Another one from the same session as last two shots. This time black and white postprocessing.

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• NIKON D700 • ¹???? sec at f/5.0 (0 EV) • ISO 200 • Pattern metering • Manual • flash fired • 85 mm f/1.4 @ 85 mm •

• No extra information available •

2010-06-13-0124-4355

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]]> http://blog.yoorek.com/2010/06/19/dj-anna/feed/ 0 Winterthur, Switzerland 2010 http://blog.yoorek.com/2010/06/07/winterthur-switzerland-2010-05-10t0257500100/ http://blog.yoorek.com/2010/06/07/winterthur-switzerland-2010-05-10t0257500100/#comments Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:43:21 +0000 yOOrek http://blog.yoorek.com/?p=619

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]]> http://blog.yoorek.com/2010/06/07/winterthur-switzerland-2010-05-10t0257500100/feed/ 0 Zürich, Switzerland 2010 http://blog.yoorek.com/2010/06/07/zrich-switzerland-52410-74151-pm/ http://blog.yoorek.com/2010/06/07/zrich-switzerland-52410-74151-pm/#comments Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:23:08 +0000 yOOrek http://blog.yoorek.com/?p=614

]]> http://blog.yoorek.com/2010/06/07/zrich-switzerland-52410-74151-pm/feed/ 0 Zürich circa 2010 http://blog.yoorek.com/2010/06/03/zurich-circa-2010/ http://blog.yoorek.com/2010/06/03/zurich-circa-2010/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 01:21:04 +0000 yOOrek http://blog.yoorek.com/2010/06/03/zurich-circa-2010/ Just trying out my 35mm. The title will make sense in about hundred years or so. I always wonder how people will perceive the photos taken in the first decade of the 21st century. Just think how you perceive the ones that are old. And then do some mental time traveling.

Zürich circa 2010

Zürich circa 2010 Originally uploaded by yOOrek

Original comments by yOOrek:

Zürich, Switzerland, May 2010

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• NIKON D700 • 1/500 sec at f/3.5 (0 EV) • ISO 200 • Pattern metering • Aperture priority • no flash • 35mm f/2 @ 35 mm •

• NIKON D700 • Shooting Mode=Single-Frame • AF Nikkor 35mm f/2D • VR=Off • Focus Mode=AF-C • AF Area Mode=Dynamic Area (9 points) • Primary AF Point=C6 (Center) • AF Points Used=C6 • Focus Distance=3.98 m • DOF=3.05 m (2.97 – 6.02) • FOV=54.0 deg (4.06 m) • Hyperfocal Distance=11.65 m • Light Source=Unknown • Flash=No Flash • Flash Mode=Did Not Fire • Flash Control Mode=Off • Flash Setting=Normal • Flash Type= • Flash Flags=(none) • Group A (Mode, Compensation, Output)=(Off, 0, -) • Group B (Mode, Compensation, Output)=(Off, 0, -) • Group C (Mode, Compensation, Output)=(0, 0, -) • File Type=NEF • Bit Depth=14 •

2010-05-24-1947-4858

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]]> http://blog.yoorek.com/2010/06/03/zurich-circa-2010/feed/ 0 First Outing of the Spring 2010 http://blog.yoorek.com/2010/05/16/first-outing-of-the-spring-2010/ http://blog.yoorek.com/2010/05/16/first-outing-of-the-spring-2010/#comments Sun, 16 May 2010 19:28:27 +0000 yOOrek http://blog.yoorek.com/2010/05/16/first-outing-of-the-spring-2010/ It was not only the first jumping training of my daughter but also the first outing I had with my new Nikkor 70-200 f/2.8 AF-S ED VRII. I am rather pleasantly surprised at the results. In retrospective I might have made one mistake. I had VR on and the shutter speed was 1/1000s. According to Thom Hogan this is a definite no, no (See rule #2 in this article). Ah well, better luck next time. Not that there is anything wrong with these photos.

Untitled

Untitled Originally uploaded by yOOrek

Original comments by yOOrek:

Wallhausen, Germany, April 2010

The first jumping training of the Spring 2010

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• NIKON D700 • 1/1000 sec at f/2.8 (0 EV) • ISO 800 • Pattern metering • Shutter priority • no flash • 70-200 mm f/2.8 @ 112 mm •

• NIKON D700 • Shooting Mode=Continuous • AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II • VR?On • Focus Mode=AF-C • AF Area Mode=Dynamic Area (9 points) • Primary AF Point=B7 • AF Points Used=B7 • Focus Distance=14.96 m • DOF=3.01 m (13.61 – 16.62) • FOV=18.1 deg (4.77 m) • Hyperfocal Distance=149.10 m • Light Source=Unknown • Flash=No Flash • Flash Mode=Did Not Fire • Flash Control Mode=Off • Flash Setting=Normal • Flash Type= • Flash Flags=(none) • Group A (Mode, Compensation, Output)=(Off, 0, -) • Group B (Mode, Compensation, Output)=(Off, 0, -) • Group C (Mode, Compensation, Output)=(0, 0, -) • File Type=NEF • Bit Depth=14 •

2010-04-28-1938-5106

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Danbo

Danbo Originally uploaded by yOOrek

Original comments by yOOrek:

Winterthur, Switzerland, April 2010

It came into my life totally unexpected. But now that it is here …

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• NIKON D700 • 1/30 sec at f/1.4 (0 EV) • ISO 200 • Spot metering • Aperture priority • no flash • 85mm f/1.4 @ 85 mm •

• NIKON D700 • Shooting Mode?Single-Frame • AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D IF • VR?Off • Focus Mode?AF-C • AF Area Mode ?Dynamic Area (9 points) • Primary AF Point ?C6 (Center) • AF Points Used ?C6 • Focus Distance ?0.84 m • DOF ?0.01 m (0.84 – 0.85) • FOV ?21.6 deg (0.32 m) • Hyperfocal Distance ?171.76 m • Light Source ?Unknown • Flash ?No Flash • Flash Mode ?Did Not Fire • Flash Control Mode ?Off • Flash Setting ?Normal • Flash Type ? • Flash Flags ?(none) • Group A (Mode, Compensation, Output) ?(Off, 0, -) • Group B (Mode, Compensation, Output) ?(Off, 0, -) • Group C (Mode, Compensation, Output) ?(0, 0, -) • File Type ?NEF • Bit Depth ?14 •

2010-04-15-0044-5200

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