Bill Pador > "Gorilla in Our Mist"
10-4-09 - This Beautiful Silver Back Gorilla came up to the plexi glass enclosure to see what I was doing while at the Bronx Zoo which gave me the opportunity to shoot this great portrait of her just before she left to go play with her baby. What an incredible & beautiful animal up close and to experience nature so close up is a wonderful feeling and to know your SAFE with 2" of plexi glass between you is also comforting LOL Since she could probably tear you apart in a matter of seconds. 

* PP consisted of minor Level & Curve adjustments and then I used Silver Efex's for the B&W conversion. * Best viewed XL *

Have a Great Week Everyone
PS: I like this shot so much I had it printed on a 16" x 20" to frame on my own wall !
~BIll~
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Finally Friday - We Made It ! Hope every one's week went well and your all looking forward to the weekend as much as I am. the weather here is SUPPOSED to be Absolutely GORGEOUS the next 2 days in the mid "70's" ~ YIPPY !!! The temps will be around 25-30' ABOVE Normal this time of year so I'm gonna get out with my camera and go landscape hunting, in today's local newspaper they had a story about opening fishing season and had an image of a fisherman with a HUGE waterfall behind him. Turns out this waterfall is only 5 min. from my house and after living here for 13 years never knew about it, Until NOW! So off I go in the morning to see what kind of captures I can get of it, I'm taking my filter kit along with some ND Grads and a few others to get a few extra stops out of the day light to slow the SS down and get some SILKY Water, cross your fingers LOL

This is a shot I took of my youngest daughter Alexa in front of the window using all natural light, then I brought it into Imagenomic's' POTRAITER to give it that classic smooth look, then into NIK 'Silver Effects for the B&W Conversion then added some framing to it so it wasn't a plain flat side-view. Some basic Dodging & Burning were performed on her hair to bring out the highlights, selective color on her eyes and some lip enhancement to give them a slight sheen, along with removing some blemishes on her pre-teen face LOL. I needed to brush up on my portrait work since I have a job next week where I will be taking some. 

Hope you all enjoyed my SB-900 Speedlight Review, if you didn't catch it yet it can be found on my blog here: http://billpadorphoto.blogspot.com/

Please feel free to drop me some feedback on the review and let me know if I made it interesting & informative enough.

Thanks for all the great comments on my B&W flower yesterday ~ Have a GREAT Weekend Everyone
~Bill~
Bill Pador > I found this image in one of my client archives from a shoot I did in the fall and never realized what a great shot this would be in B&W. I did the conversion and really liked the outcome so I figured I would share it with you. This young lad was kind of shy and while I was shooting some folks on the dance floor I noticed him looking at me. When i brought the camera up for a shot he hid behind his moms body but was still curious of what I was doing and peeked his head between her arm & body to check me out. So the result was this innocent looking image.

Well the snow is here and we have about 6" of nasty wet snow with it raining & ice storming right now. The news reports the roads are a mess and accidents are everywhere. So I'm going to sit my self in front of the TV and not go anywhere today. Maybe just a good day to relax and take in some shows I have taped.

Have a Great Day Everyone,
~Bill~
Bill Pador > Photo of the Day October / November '09 photo
Bill Pador > Photo of the Day October / November '09 photo
Bill Pador > Photo of the Day October / November '09 photo
Bill Pador > Photo of the Day October / November '09 photo
Bill Pador > Photo of the Day October / November '09 photo
Bill Pador > Photo of the Day October / November '09 photo

"Gorilla in Our Mist"


10-4-09 - This Beautiful Silver Back Gorilla came up to the plexi glass enclosure to see what I was doing while at the Bronx Zoo which gave me the opportunity to shoot this great portrait of her just before she left to go play with her baby. What an incredible & beautiful animal up close and to experience nature so close up is a wonderful feeling and to know your SAFE with 2" of plexi glass between you is also comforting LOL Since she could probably tear you apart in a matter of seconds.

* PP consisted of minor Level & Curve adjustments and then I used Silver Efex's for the B&W conversion. * Best viewed XL *

Have a Great Week Everyone
PS: I like this shot so much I had it printed on a 16" x 20" to frame on my own wall !
~BIll~
Bill Pador > "Gorilla in Our Mist"
10-4-09 - This Beautiful Silver Back Gorilla came up to the plexi glass enclosure to see what I was doing while at the Bronx Zoo which gave me the opportunity to shoot this great portrait of her just before she left to go play with her baby. What an incredible & beautiful animal up close and to experience nature so close up is a wonderful feeling and to know your SAFE with 2" of plexi glass between you is also comforting LOL Since she could probably tear you apart in a matter of seconds. 

* PP consisted of minor Level & Curve adjustments and then I used Silver Efex's for the B&W conversion. * Best viewed XL *

Have a Great Week Everyone
PS: I like this shot so much I had it printed on a 16" x 20" to frame on my own wall !
~BIll~

"Gorilla in Our Mist"


10-4-09 - This Beautiful Silver Back Gorilla came up to the plexi glass enclosure to see what I was doing while at the Bronx Zoo which gave me the opportunity to shoot this great portrait of her just before she left to go play with her baby. What an incredible & beautiful animal up close and to experience nature so close up is a wonderful feeling and to know your SAFE with 2" of plexi glass between you is also comforting LOL Since she could probably tear you apart in a matter of seconds.

* PP consisted of minor Level & Curve adjustments and then I used Silver Efex's for the B&W conversion. * Best viewed XL *

Have a Great Week Everyone
PS: I like this shot so much I had it printed on a 16" x 20" to frame on my own wall !
~BIll~
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