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Photo of the Week – Lori Tucker

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A 2 Year Old Arabian Shows Off

Lori Tucker - Young Arabian Stallion in Tennessee

Lori Tucker - Young Arabian Stallion in Tennessee

Those members who attended the June meeting of the ACC were treated to a presentation of great photographs captured by Lori Tucker and Dale Forrest on a recent visit to an Arabian horse farm in Tennessee. The above shot was selected from several possibilities to post here due to it being an excellent example of this month’s assignment, i.e, the effective use of a slow shutter speed to depict motion. Lori stood in the center while “Probie” strutted his stuff by rapidly circling the ring. She used aperture priority mode (f/4.9) which allowed quick and easy experimentation to find the ideal shutter speed of 1/60 sec to maintain sharp focus as she panned the horse while pleasantly blurring the background. There is still motion apparent in the chestnut’s mane as it gallops by. The natural, soft light was ideal.
The camera is a Nikon D200 fitted with a Nikkor 35-70 2.8 lens zoomed to about 52mm. The ISO was a low 100. The result of all this careful planning and expert execution is apparent.

 

Photo of the Week – Priscilla Popper

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The Exquisite Elegance of Nature

Priscilla Popper - Sea Shell on Red

Priscilla Popper - Sea Shell on Red


Question: What prompts nature to create such a perfect design of shape, symmetry, curves and texture merely to house and protect a sea mollusk? With all the intelligence that human architects, engineers and designers supposedly have and all the tools available to realize their dreams of beauty and perfection, they cannot improve or even emulate what is native to the world in which we live. One of the challenges of the artist photographer is to capture this remarkable world in a setting that offers a new opportunity to display and share this perfection. In this simple still life of a sea shell placed on a red, reflective background with natural sunlight streaming through a window, Priscilla has done exactly that.
Her camera was a Nikon D80 fitted with a 60mm macro lens. For maximum depth of field, the aperture was closed all the way to f/32 resulting in the necessity for a slow shutter speed of 2.5 seconds and the use of a tripod. She didn’t compromise on the quality or risk adding noise by staying with a low ISO of 100. The image above reflects all this careful planning.