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Bill Pador > 9-14-09 Here's a shot of the Donkey couple I met at the farm. How cute they looked together ! I went into NY City yesterday to visit B&H Photo's main HQ's and all I have to say is WOW, what a place ! I bought a Nikon SB-R200 Flash for wireless fills, A Sekonic L-358 Light Meter (Awesome Meter), A Justin Clamp (clamps a flash onto anything, must have tool) and a great MountainSmith Lens Case (very nice stuff). It's amazing how they take orders from hundreds of people at a time, send everything down on a conveyor belt and your order is waiting for you when you pay. Very cool operation if you ever get to see it ! ~Bill~
Bill Pador > This is an Original UNTOUCHED version of this shot I took for my Daily Gallery to show what a BEFORE & AFTER post processing of a photo looks like and the wonderful work some of the software I have can do (well along with my knowledge of HOW to use the software as well LOL). But it has always amazed me at how much you can really do to a photo with the right software and techniques. For a quick run down on what was done to make this image good enough to post, see the main Daily December Gallery image here: http://billpador.smugmug.com/gallery/6732836_k3Vfu/1/433666317_8Xvo8 ~Bill~
Bill Pador > "Peek A Boo Doe" I spotted this doe across the street from my friends house and luckily I had my camera right on the floor of the car. It was pretty dark out so I had to shoot this at ISO 1250 SS 1/80 f/5.6 and it was still pretty dark when I went to post with it. Lightroom 2 was used to adjust the Exposure up 1.50 steps along with tone curve. Then off to CS3 where I adjusted Curve, Sharpness and hit it with a healthy does of Imagenomic Noise-ware Professional. There were also some nasty looking tree branches in front of both the trees here that needed to be cloned out along with a wheel barrel just in front of the deers front legs that I also cloned out. To finalize the effect I went into Pro Frames to give it that jagged finish and then into Pro Tools to add the tan block frame. (*Total time about 20 min.) * If your interested in how much work was done to make this image look this good take a look at the ORGINAL shot here in my Extras Gallery: (*PS-There are also 17 new additions to my Extras Gallery I posted in there last week that have never been seen before as well) http://billpador.smugmug.com/gallery/5243214_M8SAm/1/433675867_ha6Bw ~TITLE WINNER FROM YESTERDAYS CHALLENGE IMAGE~ After receiving some very creative titles I finally decided on the winner which is *(drum roll please) - 20-20 VISION by 'Johnloquk'(*Congrats John!) Runner up & Honorable Mention goes to 'Creativedeviance' with "THE WINNING HAND" & 'Hersy's "STRETCHING THE BUDGET" - Thank You all for playing / Participating, this challenge was a lot of fun for all involved. Best Regards, ~Bill~
Bill Pador > This is the Original image of the Special Sepia version I put in my POD gallery today and felt I should post it in my POD EXTRAS gallery here because he's such a great looking horse it would be a shame to waist it. To see the final converted image & full caption PLEASE CLICK HERE
Bill Pador > The Great SILVER BACK GORILLA Here he is ladies & gents, the endangered Silver Back Gorilla. Photographed at the world famous Bronx Zoo NY City on 7/5/08. I took a trip to the zoo today for the first time in my life for a photo shoot. After living within 60 min. of the zoo for most of my life I thought it was about time I made a visit and see what they had to offer, I must say I had a WONDERFUL time and for a photographer, subject matter is EVERY WHERE to shoot. The day started off very overcast and I knew I wasn't in for the best conditions but decided to still take the trip. It rained on me from the time I entered the gate until the time I left putting the weather seals of my D300 to the ultimate test, I'm happy to say they past with flying colors and kept the electronics dry as a bone, whew LOL. This Silver Back Gorilla is one of over 20 they have at the zoo (there are 2 families from what I understand). They are kept in separate sides both of which can be seen from the same observation room and they are only separated by a small electronic fence and some trees. The observation room is below the wooded area which slopes upward in a natural jungle setting. The only draw back is the THICK Plexiglas's partition that you have to shoot through. So that plus the fact that I had barely any light outside from the rain made this a very difficult day of shooting, but the D300 managed it very nicely and confirmed that this is one hell of a camera to say the least. Anyway THIS Gorilla was a real HAM, he was only about 10' away from me most of the 60 min. I photographed his family and really liked having his picture taken. They are SO SMART it's scary and act & move just like humans. They were all pretty cool and loved the attention folks were giving them. One male & female even decided to have a 'NOONER' love making session right in front of us for all to see LOL and brought many LAUGHS & CLAPS during the 60 seconds or so it took them to finish, it was VERY funny and to see some of the parents scrambling to cover their younger kids eyes almost made me spit up my soda (yes there's a shot of that in my zoo gallery too LOL) I'll find out what this fellas name is and also post some more info on the families in my Zoo gallery that I have posted and hope all of you take a look at it, I worked very hard to get the shots in the gallery and there is some amazing animals in it. I want to share it for the enjoyment of all who don't have the resources to visit such a wonderful place. Please VISIT MY BRONX ZOO GALLERY HERE and see some great animals like TIGERS, GRIZZLY & POLAR BEARS, Lots of Birds, Giraffe & the Gorilla families (TIP: It's best viewed as a SLide Show so you see each picture enlarged and it's 18 pages long. Sit back and enjoy a cup of coffee while you view it.) Be sure to give this image a Thumbs Up vote if you like it & Thanks for your comments & visiting my galleries ~Bill~
Bill Pador > How cool that he put his ball away in the rocks like that
Bill Pador > September 'Photo of the Day' '09 photo
Bill Pador > Putting his Ball AWAY !
Bill Pador > September 'Photo of the Day' '09 photo
9-14-09
Here's a shot of the Donkey couple I met at the farm. How cute they looked together !

I went into NY City yesterday to visit B&H Photo's main HQ's and all I have to say is WOW, what a place ! I bought a Nikon SB-R200 Flash for wireless fills, A Sekonic L-358 Light Meter (Awesome Meter), A Justin Clamp (clamps a flash onto anything, must have tool) and a great MountainSmith Lens Case (very nice stuff). It's amazing how they take orders from hundreds of people at a time, send everything down on a conveyor belt and your order is waiting for you when you pay. Very cool operation if you ever get to see it !
~Bill~
Bill Pador > 9-14-09 Here's a shot of the Donkey couple I met at the farm. How cute they looked together ! I went into NY City yesterday to visit B&H Photo's main HQ's and all I have to say is WOW, what a place ! I bought a Nikon SB-R200 Flash for wireless fills, A Sekonic L-358 Light Meter (Awesome Meter), A Justin Clamp (clamps a flash onto anything, must have tool) and a great MountainSmith Lens Case (very nice stuff). It's amazing how they take orders from hundreds of people at a time, send everything down on a conveyor belt and your order is waiting for you when you pay. Very cool operation if you ever get to see it ! ~Bill~
9-14-09
Here's a shot of the Donkey couple I met at the farm. How cute they looked together !

I went into NY City yesterday to visit B&H Photo's main HQ's and all I have to say is WOW, what a place ! I bought a Nikon SB-R200 Flash for wireless fills, A Sekonic L-358 Light Meter (Awesome Meter), A Justin Clamp (clamps a flash onto anything, must have tool) and a great MountainSmith Lens Case (very nice stuff). It's amazing how they take orders from hundreds of people at a time, send everything down on a conveyor belt and your order is waiting for you when you pay. Very cool operation if you ever get to see it !
~Bill~
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