Wow! I am spent! Today I spent the earlier part of the afternoon watching my favortie team the Los Angeles Lakers take a commanding three game to one lead over the heavely favored Phoenix Suns. After a lot of hooting and hollaring...and a last second overtime win...I went out and about in Brentwood and capture this shot...I used the LOMO script I recently wrote about...I really like the results...I hope you do to!
Last weekend on Saturday afternoon before the shopping excursion with my lovely wife which netted a few good pictures, we decided to watch my six year old nephew play baseball. It was fun watching, and the photo opportunities were phenmonemol...I got some really great pictures of my nephew. But the one picture that I really like, was that of a bucket of baseballs...I was walking by and snapped a closeup using my 50MM lens...I enhanced it a bit using a LOMO script courtesy of conceptDawg that I found on the flickr technique group.
Here is a shot into my world...this is where I work...it is my home office during the day. By night, this is my digital darkroom where I edit my photos...I love my home office!
Wife and I went shopping at a local Target today...she needed some odds and ends, and I needed nothing...other than the weather to improve so I can get out and actually use my new tripod. Regardless, after walking around the store for fifteen minutes while she shopped I was able to get a few good shots with my trusty ole 50MM...can you guess what the objects are in the pictures?
Well, today I finally recieved my legs and ballhead from Amvona...boy did I make the right choice!!! The tripod and ballhead are very well built and UBER light!!! Perfect for travel and hiking...aside from setting it up in my home office, I have not had a chance to take it out and use it! It seems extremely sturdy and comes with a nice carrying case...As soon as I play around with it some more I will post further comments, but until then you can check out several QUICK photos I took in my flickr camera gear album!
Since I have not been able to shoot as much as I would like lately because of the weather...I have been playing around with some Photoshop CS2 and an action I created to make selective color a bit easier. I love using selctive color to make a good B&W photo really POP! 
It's been a while since I have posted...I have not really been out shooting for a few reasons...primarily the weather has been awful.
During my morning coffee moments before work I have been reading about tripods. I need one...I plan on taking some panorama night shots of Downtown L.A. this summer, and my beautiful wife and I will be traveling to Park City Utah, next month and I want to capture some panos there as well.
I have finally purchased a tripod and ballhead. After months of research I have finally stepped up to the plate and it is now on it's way!
I was looking very closely at the Bogen 3021 Pro...but decided I needed something lightweight because I intend to carry this thing with me around the city 90% of the time. I discovered a great hotel on Sunset Blvd. with roof top access for some night shots...small and light, yet sturdy and dependable is the way to go for me. Especially if I ever start hiking/mountain biking the Santa Monica mountains again!
I started to look at carbon fiber legs, but I almost fainted when I saw the price...the Bogen 055 Magna Fiber series starts in the mid $300 price range and that is without a head. Gitzo is even more expencive...someone told me about Feisol legs...I bid on four eBay auctions and lost all of them...even using auctionsniper!!! The Feisols usually go for around $150 to $175 (legs only), used on eBay.
After reading many forums and many, many reviews...I decided to take a gamble on Dynatran Carbon Fiber CF92 legs which weigh 3.75 lbs and the Dynatran ATH-95 Ballhead which comes in at 1 lbs....the most amazing thing...I won both of these items in two seperate auctions...all for $145 shipped. I will do a full review once I recieve the setup...but I researched to no end...and 99% of the reviews were very positive...apparently Dynatran does a great knockoff of high end Bogen and Gitzo equipment...I will report back with my 2 cents sometime late next week!
CF 92 Carbon Fiber Legs
