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James Hill > Safe! And it wasn't even close...

Ok, fair play is fair play. I posted another shot at the beginning of the season where a bad call was made against my nephew's team and I had photo evidence to dispute the call. It just so happens that their last game of the season was against that same team... and another bad call was made, but this time it was in favor of my nephew's team. I felt it was only fair to show my photo evidence this time too. Here is my nephew about to catch a ball, which clearly hasn't arrived yet, for which the umpire called the base runner out. Some days even a bad call in your favor is still a really bad call.

James Hill > On to the tournaments!

Not a new photo, but one I've been saving. The boys and girls both made it into the tournaments in their respective *ball sports, and just in time for the heatwave we're about to have, so I thought this shot was appropriate for today. I didn't really capture the heatwaves in the air like I had hoped, so I altered the color balance and tone to try and reflect the feeling of heat a little better.

Won't have time to comment much this weekend, as I've got a few too many things to do, but I hope everyone has a great weekend. I get my camera and lens back from the shop today, yay!!! It will be a just like receiving a cool present, and my next post should be sharply in focus! : )

James Hill > All American Kid

I shot this picture at the Festival for the Eno* on July 5, 2004. I do not know the kid or who I presume is his mom, but the pure joy on his face that day is something which has stayed with me for five years now. This photo always reminds me of exactly why kids are so much fun to watch and to photograph. No matter their own ability or disability, their family's social status, or their destiny, kids almost always know how to let loose and have a good time, and do so in an infectious manner. This guy was thoroughly enjoying the music, despite the oppressive heat and humidity which had forced everyone else to seek shade under the trees.

I didn't have a chance to see these two again but, since the festival attracts many of the same faces year after year, I'm almost certain there must be someone who regularly attends the festival and would know who they are. If so, I'd really like to send them copies. I can be reached through the email posted on my home page.

*The Festival for the Eno is a three day music and crafts festival in Durham, NC. It's organized by the Eno River Association. It's held annually over the 4th of July weekend to raise money for and spread awareness about conserving and protecting the nature, culture, and history of the Eno River basin. I've volunteered as a photographer for the last 8years, and I will be doing so again this year.

James Hill > Medium carbon steel, quenched & tempered.

At least that's what the three bars stamped into the top of this bolt indicate to people who have reason to know such things. This is basically a desperation shot since I spent all my shooting time tonight browsing deep into a few non-daily galleries. I spent a good amount of time searching out B&W work, and I found some really good stuff out there. I sometimes forget that folks have a ton of great images that never make the daily circuit.

When I realized it was getting late, I grabbed three items laying on the coffee table, along with my P&S G2, and proceeded to shoot some closeups. The three items were a bolt, a bill, and a bull. I shot all three together and then the bull and the bolt separately. I didn't shoot the bill by itself because, honestly, who wants to look at someone else's bills? I picked this shot for the daily because it's been a while since I have posted a SP. :)

The other shots are in my What's New gallery, and that's no bull.

James Hill > For Sale: Used Honda, Needs Work.

This daily photo thing is really starting to affect my judgment. This image is the result of taking someone else's idea and going too far with it. Everyone remembers Jeff Groves' crazy daily photo image where he ran around the car with a sparkler, right? Well, I didn't do that. Instead, I simply tried to create a cool image with a Twilight Zone feel to it, and this is what happens. Some happy accident this turned out to be, huh? (Please don't tell my insurance adjuster.) I'll fill in more details and link to more photos a little later but, in the meantime, someone get Pete (Nawset Photography) over here because, this is sort of the idea I was trying to explain to him with my comments on this image of his. I just went a little too far with it.

By the way, for those who were wondering, I think Lake Honda has dried out completely now.

Edit: I've now added a series of images which led up to this one and explained how I got to this point. For those short on time, just remember: what you see is not always what you think you see. ;-)

James Hill > June 14, 2009

After 10 days with very few daylight sightings, two bucks finally showed themselves this evening. Their visit was very brief and they were skittish due to some activity in the neighbors yard. I managed three quick shots and then they were gone. I'm fairly certain these are the same two I photographed on June 3rd. It looks like both of them have gained a noticeable amount of antler growth in ten days. It should be interesting to see how they develop in the next two months of even more rapid growth.

Does with fawns continue to elude me. I've accidentally run them out of the yard when venturing out without my camera, and I've also seen them bolt from the yard when pulling in after dark, but so far they've kept their distance whenever I've had a camera and enough light to work with.

James Hill > Pushing Limits (inspired by Jeff Groves' digital pinhole portrait)

I hand held this 8 second, exposure last night in an effort to recreate my vision of what a multiple exposure shot might look like when taken with a pinhole camera. I have no idea what that would entail, or if it's even possible, but I may try something similar once I create a pinhole lens for my 10D. This shot started at a focal length of 135mm, with mainly sky filling the frame. It ended at a focal length of 28mm, and I stopped in between at somewhere around 70mm. I let the camera stay at each focal length for about 3 seconds, so it's not actually three exposures, but rather one long one.

This was not my favorite composition from the series, as I missed getting the cabin lights fully in frame, but it had the best depth and color so here it is. I also tried a few shots where I moved the camera around to three different points above the treeline, and those show real promise. They look like a foggy mountain scene. I'll try more of those tonight.

BTW, there's a Pushing Limits imposter running around here somewhere because I couldn't get this particular image to show up at any size but a thumbnail last night. Smugmug was determined that I really didn't want to show this image. So instead of getting angry, I had fun with it.

James Hill > Pushing Limits (inspired by Jeff Groves' very cool digital pinhole portrait)

Jeff, HELP!!! I made a digital pinhole camera and took a bunch of shots with it tonight but something is wrong. Very wrong. I get nothing but these black pictures. How important is the hole, because I couldn't find a pin strong enough to punch all the way through my camera's body cover. The good news is I don't see any dust on the sensor!

View x3 for best detail. ;-)

Edit: Ok, I was finally able to upload the real Pushing Limits image so have a look there if this one doesn't do it for you.

James Hill > Fractured

I ran into a tow truck which was blocking the road tonight. No, not literally. Well, I didn't actually hit it at least. The truck was blocking the road I live on, while unloading a crippled vehicle, so I had to stop and wait for them to clear the road. It just so happens that there are several cool pieces of mirrored mosaic artwork in the neighbor's yard where I stopped. I've been meaning to stop and take pictures of these pieces for quite some time but I never have. Tonight I had no choice but to stop. And, as luck would have it, I only managed two very quick shots before the truck driver was pulling out and then I needed to move out of his way. Unlike my previous post, this time the zoom effect was all done in post, using picnik.

Also, this was taken using a borrowed D30 which a fellow Smugmug regular so kindly offered to lend me until my camera returns from the shop. I didn't ask to share their name, so I'll leave it at anonymous for now, but they know who they are and I can't thank them enough for lending me something to shoot with. Smugmug folks are the best.

James Hill > Midnight Monsoon

A few of you already know the story, but I'll elaborate for the others. I had fun sitting in the cabin on Wed. night posting wisecrack comments to my facebook page about the terrific thunderstorm we were having. It was like a three hour monsoon outside, with torrential rain, lots of spectacular lightning, and rumbling thunder that shook the cabin for what seemed like minutes at a time. (Monica from CA would have absolutely loved it) Meanwhile my poor old Honda sat in the driveway with its windows down - all the way down. Naturally, I didn't remember I had left the windows down, so I had quite a surprise in store the following morning. I spent the better part of yesterday draining the floorboards and drying the interior. Lucky for me, I didn't leave the sunroof open also, else I might still be bailing water from Lake Honda.

I took this shot today as another fast moving storm dumped some heavy rain on us. (note the windows are up this time around!) I played around with slowish shutter speeds and zooming while shooting. The 70-200 lens is a parfocal lens, which means that it holds focus even while zooming, so it produces a slightly different zoom effect than most of you are probably familiar with. I liked how it bent the rain in towards the car, while still keeping everything relatively sharp. The only post work on this was a slight crop and of course the color change.

James Hill > Camera-shy

James Hill > A followup to yesterday's mysteriously misfocused image.

(BTW, for those who wish to skip all the text below - the focus on this image? I meant to do that. I think.)

I've been having more and more misfocused images appear over the past few weeks and I was beginning to think I had lost my mind, or at least my ability to press a button. Come to find out, my 10D is having some rather annoying focusing issues. It's hunting for focus a lot and it's also focusing well off of the actual subject under the selected focus point. I confirmed it last night after trashing close to one half of the shots I took at a ballgame Monday night, all due to out of focus subjects. Even subjects standing perfectly still seemed to be impossible to catch. Occasionally the camera will focus behind a subject, but far more common is for it to focus a few inches to a few feet in front of a subject. Not a big deal at long distances and small apertures, but you know me, I like to shoot wide open and up close whenever possible.

After researching online, I find that this problem is not all that uncommon but it means a (long out of warranty) trip to Canon for adjustment ,or retirement for the 10D. It has close to 100,000 shots on it and I'd love to replace it but that will have to wait for a while, so I may have to break out the old G2 P&S to make do. The worst part is I was really hoping the 10D would last at least through the end of baseball and softball season, which is another two weeks. About how long I would wait to get the camera back.

James Hill > Corkscrew Willow

Two curly little leaves on one of the corkscrew willow trees beside the cabin.

There's a story behind the misfocused state of this shot, (isn't there always?) but I thought I'd throw the image out there and see what happens. I liked it regardless of it's inadequacies, although I would have liked it a lot more had the front edge been in focus. Full story on the case of the mysterious misfocused images with the next daily.

James Hill > Water guns and garden hoses...

After eating lunch with the family today, my nephew decided he wanted to go have a water gun fight. As usual with water gun fights, it didn't take long before the garden hose came into play. I've always wanted a waterproof camera but I don't have one, so I didn't get as many up close and personal shots as I would have liked. However, I did catch this moment when Kameron tried to lure me in by claiming he was only going to spray himself. Somehow the look on his face wasn't convincing. It's always good to know the reach of your zoom, but even better to know the reach of the hose. :)

Sunset #14,610

James Hill > Sunset #14,610

Sunset #14,610

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