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May 31, 2006
Reflections On The City
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Details: ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1/500 at f/2.8 | Focal Length: 82.5mm
A view of New York City as reflected off itself, taken on the east side of the city.
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May 30, 2006
Youthful Attempt
Details: ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1/500 at f/5.6 | Focal Length: 450mm
An adolescent Ibis attempts to snare a snack.
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May 29, 2006
Patriotism Displayed
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Details: ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1/500 at f/2.8 | Focal Length: 82.5mm
One of the many patriotic displays in New York City (on the east side).
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May 27, 2006
Reflections On The City
Details: ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1/125 at f/5 | Focal Length: 60mm
A view of New York City as reflected off itself, taken on West 56th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues.
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May 26, 2006
Maine Memorial
Details: ISO: 200 | Exposure: 1/250 at f/8 | Focal Length: 35mm
At the entrance of Merchants' Gate into Central Park, New York, lies this monument to memorialize the sinking of the battleship U.S.S. Maine in 1898.
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May 25, 2006
Reflections On The City
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Details: ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1/200 at f/4.5 | Focal Length: 42mm
A view of New York City as reflected off itself, taken on West 56th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues.
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May 24, 2006
Intimate Moments
Details: ISO: 200 | Exposure: 1/250 at f/5 | Focal Length: 60mm
A couple shares an intimate moment while sitting in front of the Angel of the Waters/Bethesda Fountain in Central Park, New York. Located on the lower level of Bethesda terrace, the angel symbolizes and celebrates the purification of New York's water supply in 1842.
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May 23, 2006
Reflections On The City
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Details: ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1/125 at f/5.6 | Focal Length: 57mm
A view of New York City as reflected off itself, taken on West 56th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues.
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May 22, 2006
Aids Walk New York 2006
Details: ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1/250 at f/6.3 | Focal Length: 202mm
This pair, sporting t-shirts that read "Cookies Kids 4 The Cure," was but one of the many groups that showed up in Central Park on Sunday morning, May 21, 2006, to participate in 21st Annual Aids Walk.
Details: ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1/250 at f/6.3 | Focal Length: 202mm
Another of the many groups that made up the roughly 47,000 people who helped raise nearly $6.4 million during the Aids Walk.
Details: ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1/250 at f/5.6 | Focal Length: 82.5mm
A woman signs the memorial wall that was set up near Bethesda Terrace in Central Park.
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May 21, 2006
Central Park Wedding Fantasy
Details: ISO: 200 | Exposure: 1/250 at f/4.5 | Focal Length: 50mm
A bride and groom step out of their carriage to have photographs taken at Bethesda Terrace, Central Park, new York.
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May 19, 2006
Odd (Looking) Searcher
Details: ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1/250 at f/4 | Focal Length: 450mm
A Common Moorhen scans the water's edge for a meal as the sun begins to set.
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May 18, 2006
Personal Grooming
Details: ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1/400 at f/5.6 | Focal Length: 450mm
Details: ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1/500 at f/5.6 | Focal Length: 450mm
Details: ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1/500 at f/5.6 | Focal Length: 450mm
An adult Ibis bathes and grooms itself at the end of the day.
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May 17, 2006
More Tennis Regionals
Details: ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1/1250 at f/4 | Focal Length: 450mm
Florida International University senior Bruna Discordia volleys at the net during her doubles match against Iowa's Krissy Dowlin and Millica Veselinovic in the first round of the 2006 NCAA Coral Gables Regionals at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center on Friday, May 12, 2006. Discordia and doubles teammate Courtney Jonson defeated the Iowa Hawkeye pairing, 8-4, to help give the Golden Panthers a one point advantage as they started the singles competition.
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May 16, 2006
Bracing For Impact
Details: ISO: 125 | Exposure: 1/1000 at f/4 | Focal Length: 450mm
Florida International University sophomore Egle Petrauskaite prepared to return a shot during her match against Iowa's Hillary Mintz in the first round of the 2006 NCAA Coral Gables Regionals at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center on Friday, May 12, 2006. Petrauskaite defeated Mintz in straight sets, 7-5, 6-1, to help the Golden Panthers defeat the Hawkeyes, 4-1, and advance to a second round meeting with the University of Miami.
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May 15, 2006
Life At The Net
Details: ISO: 125 | Exposure: 1/1000 at f/3.2 | Focal Length: 450mm
Florida International University junior Shilla D'Armas attempts to return a shot at the net during her match against Iowa's Milica Veselinovic (ranked #85 in the nation) in the first round of the 2006 NCAA Coral Gables Regionals at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center on Friday, May 12, 2006. Despite dropping the match to Veselinovic in straight sets, 6-1, 6-1, the FIU Golden Panthers defeated the Hawkeyes 4-1 to advance to a second round meeting with the University of Miami.
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May 14, 2006
Reaching For A Shot
Details: ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1/1000 at f/3.2 | Focal Length: 600mm
Paula Zabala attempts to return a shot during the doubles competition against the University of Miami's Audra Cohen and Melissa Applebaum in the second round of the 2006 NCAA Coral Gables Regionals at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center on Saturday, May 13, 2006. Zabala and her doubles partner, junior Nikkita Fountain, matched the number two ranked Miami pairing game for game until Miami broke serve and pulled away to take the set 8-4.
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May 13, 2006
Pulling Off An Upset
Details: ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1/1000 at f/2.8 | Focal Length: 450mm
Florida International University junior Nikkita Fountain returns a shot during her match with Iowa's Krissy Dowlin in the first round of the 2006 NCAA Coral Gables Regionals at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center on Friday, May 12, 2006. Earlier in the day, Fountain combined with doubles partner, junior Paula Zabala, to defeat Iowa's Megan Racette and Jacqueline Lee, 8-6, giving the FIU Golden Panthers a 1 point advantage going into the singles competition. Fountain's straight set defeat of Dowlin, 6-3, 6-2, helped ensure the 39th ranked Golden Panthers' upset of the 31st ranked Iowa Hawkeyes. With the win, the Golden Panther's advance to the second round of the regionals where they will meet the seventh-ranked University of Miami.
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May 10, 2006
Afternoon Radiance
Details: ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1/400 at f/4 | Focal Length: 450mm
Other Notes: Shot as part of my D200 testing; image captured in raw format and converted using Adobe Camera Raw 3.3
The brilliant green mask of a male Mallard duck shimmers in the late afternoon sunlight.
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May 9, 2006
Hiding Out
Details: ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1/250 at f/2.8 | Focal Length: 300mm
An Iguana tries to hide in the shade after being noticed by visitors at Fairchild Tropical Gardens.
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May 8, 2006
Reflections
Details: ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1/60 at f/4.5 | Focal Length: 82.5mm
The image of one of Dale Chihuly's works on display as part of the Chihuly at Fairchild exhibit as reflected off the water in the Fairchild conservatory.
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May 2, 2006
Eyeing An Ibis
Details: ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1/500 at f/4 | Focal Length: 450mm
Other Notes: Shot as part of my D200 testing; image captured in raw format and converted using Adobe Camera Raw 3.3
An Ibis suns itself in the late afternoon sunlight.
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May 1, 2006
More D200 Testing
Continuing my testing with the D200, a Cuban Anole (Anilis equestris) served as an interesting subject in my effort to determine how well the D200 handles noise. Both of the images below were photographed with a 300/2.8 hand-held at an exposure of 1/800 at f/2.8. Both iamges were sharpened using Photoshop CS2's unsharp mask applied to the luminosity layer (the ISO 400 image receiving USM values of 250/1/0 and the ISO 800 image receiving USM values of 250/1/4). The D200's built-in noise reduction feature kept the noise for the ISO 800 image to roughly the same level as the ISO 400 image. However, ISO 800 noise reduction also resulted in some loss of detail when compared with the ISO 400 image. Still, the ISO 800 image maintained enough detail to be useful.
| ISO 400 | ISO 800 |
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| ISO 400 100% Crop | ISO 800 100% Crop |
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I'll post some more sample images when I'm done with my testing.
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