a few friends from the neighborhood

[mathjak107]

nikon z6 with nikon 70-200mm vr

[yankees60]

nikon z6 with nikon 70-200mm vr

Great pictures! Love the color and detail in them and that they are close ups!

Vinny

[mathjak107]

even though a telephoto was used they still need to be cropped a lot to get close ups .....

unlike a painter who has to decide what to paint in to the picture , photographers have to concentrate on what to exclude from the shot .

so i do a lot of cropping out of stuff

[yankees60]

even though a telephoto was used they still need to be cropped a lot to get close ups .....

unlike a painter who has to decide what to paint in to the picture , photographers have to concentrate on what to exclude from the shot .

so i do a lot of cropping out of stuff

Are you saying that these were not the pictures you took through your viewfinder but that you last did post-processing to them?

Vinny

[dualstow]

Fantastic shots, mathjak.
I especially love the first one -- monitor lizard? -- but they are all amazing!
Thanks for sharing them.

[mathjak107]

it is a komoto dragon ... i love those things ... they are so slow moving yet can take down huge beasts with its poison from its bites

[dualstow]

it is a komoto dragon ... i love those things ... they are so slow moving yet can take down huge beasts with its poison from its bites

I seem to remember one biting the toe of Sharon Stone's date at the zoo

[dualstow]

You mentioned a Cuba trip in the main stock thread.
Have any photos of Cuba?

[mathjak107]

Sure do . I will post later when I get back from drumming ...I loved Cuba . It was photography heaven .

[dualstow]

Sure do . I will post later when I get back from drumming ...I loved Cuba . It was photography heaven .

Lots of drummers there, too.

[mathjak107]

cuba trip

[mathjak107]

[yankees60]

Sure do . I will post later when I get back from drumming ...I loved Cuba . It was photography heaven .

When do you go there? I assume that this was post Obama drastically changing the restrictions? Finally, do you speak any Spanish?

Vinny

[yankees60]

cuba trip

As usual, another GREAT set of pictures!

You should start a topic just devoted to your pictures so as to keep us steadily entertained by your photography!

Vinny

[mathjak107]

Sure do . I will post later when I get back from drumming ...I loved Cuba . It was photography heaven .

When do you go there? I assume that this was post Obama drastically changing the restrictions? Finally, do you speak any Spanish?

Vinny

we were there on a cruise a few months before the ban . we just made it under the wire .....

we speak no spanish to speak of . but our grand kids do .. my daughter in law is from the Dominican republic .. her mom only speaks spanish to the kids

[dualstow]

Well, I love those random people shots. Fantastic. And of course, the cars. I’ve always enjoyed those in National Geographic. It’s a terrible thing to say, but those cars are going to disappear when all sanctions & embargoes are lifted and they get their economy going.

That last shot almost looks like a movie set. Was it enhanced?

[mathjak107]

all my shots are done flat and boring in camera ... i then season to taste later .

by shooting as flat as i can in camera it lets me capture the highest signal to noise ratio . that lets me process later with little noise