“I think about photographs as being full, or empty. You picture something in a frame and it’s got lots of accounting going on in it–stones and buildings and trees and air–but that’s not what fills up a frame. You fill up the frame with feelings, energy, discovery, and risk, and leave room enough for someone else to get in there.”

” Dramatic composition in terms of subject and lighting…”
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Love Conquers Gravity, originally uploaded by Kenny Maths.

Photographer’s comment:
This is an Edinburgh Fringe photo from 2006. It features two of the incredibly talented performers from an Italian group called Kataklo (composed of former Olympic gymnasts).

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One of my personal favorite parts of being in Michigan has to be the apple Harvest. Seems that no matter where you live you can find a cider mill or three, and enjoy the crisp weather with a bushel of apples, a fresh warm doughnut, a glass of apple cider, and maybe a hayride.

Everybody has their own favorite apple (mine is Honeycrisp), and everyone seems to have their own favorite cider mill. In the Lansing area, you have a few options available:

Uncle John's Cider Mill: This is the big one in the area. It's a few minutes north of Lansing in Saint Johns. Seems half the time I go there is a waiting line for pretty much everything, and the place is totally overrun with people. If you want to go to the biggest mill, and the best established, this is it. No u-pick apples though.

Country Mill: This is a smaller mill and orchard, located to the southwest in Charlotte. It has a nice u-pick orchard, a working historic cider mill, and best of all for me, Honeycrisp apples in early September. Mmmm.

There are other options as well, and exploring the mills for a day is a relaxing change of pace.

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Jon Adams shows you some techniques to sharpen your photos in photoshop

okay, hi everybody! ^o^ alright, some ppl are asking a bunch of questions about telephoto lenses ^o^ and i don’t know how to start answering all but, i hope this helps… ?here’s an obvious use of a long lens, i love shooting tight or may i say that i luv isolation, like here in this frame… i was able to photograph from an approx. distance of 70 m or 220 feet, yet frame the egrets tightly! @_@ but, the yellowish hue of ?sunrise is not as pronounced as it was in other days before i made this shoot. ?by this day the intense yellows in gold tones characteristic of balinese sunrise had been lost. ?partly due to the slightly overcastted weather and, partly due to the thin ? clouds filtering the light in that specific day, in the other hand I’ve an unusual background… a great white egret in flight. ?okay, dunno why but I got so many ?emails requesting advices for choices of long lens, telling the truth i only know about my big lens ?nikkor 500mm f/4 dII? and what it’s good about it. ?but i’ve few basic points to tell you about super telephoto lenses, before you get your wallet in hands. ?think- which subjects you wish to photograph. ?think- the amount of lens weight and volume you’ve willing to carry in the field *_* backpacking or from a vehicle? ^_-… or which are your resources to go out

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