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This cross at the Forest Lawn cemetery caught my eye. Shot hand-held with Nikon D70 and 20mm f/2.8 prime.

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I like the crop on the second one best of all the shots you had, but nice colors and composition all the way around. I need to get out this fall yet and do some shooting before the browns of winter take over.

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These were shot with an 80-200 f/2.8 (AF-S) model. I always shoot these mounted on a tripod and use a remote cable release as I'm often shooting at speeds slower than I can hand hold in the cat area.

bradley414 wrote:So what lens do you have on your D200?

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Yea, the little guy was very SHY. It took her 20 minutes to coax a couple of them into taking the little fish snacks she was serving.

Brad wrote:Cool Pictures! Â Until I looked longer at the last one for a while I thought was a turtle...

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Was lucky to catch a tiger cub in a playful mood and a feeding of a shy little penguin.

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I work at Werner which is right by the Interstate, so it takes me about 10 minutes to get there, shoot for 30 minutes and scurry back. Same thing with PRSP. I don't wander around much and have developed favorite spots (such as the cats). After a couple years I pretty much know where I want to go at ...

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Went to the zoo today over lunch to snap off a few. Just thought this might be the oddest expression I'd seen one of the big cats make. He wasn't growling, but he sure did drool like some kind of mental patience

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I loved number 3. Reminds me of one of my favorite trails out at Platte River State Park.

Brad wrote:Colors of Fall

My favorite:

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One of the Vala family also had this wonderful little German Shorthair pup.

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A little exposure to local Americana I guess, but Vala's pumpkin patch has some wonderful opportunities for photography. These are all just oddball shots I took an a rainy, muddy day. http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2044/1627397072_ab96a3b624.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2344/1627399188_d1ef754...

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That second one is great! Nice work. What are you shooting with? In the second shot it was a Nikkor 55mm AIS Â f/3.5 Macro on a D200. This was on a tripod and using a remote shutter release. Its a good thing Â these woods are pretty much deserted as I can only imagine what a 45 year old guy squatti...

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MTO wrote:you do take dam good sport shots though...

Thanks! Now I'd like to be able to get on the sideline of a game. These were all from the stands.

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Just a few shots from an afternoon at Platte River State Park. http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2024/1556876449_6ddb8d46f7_o.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2190/1557838816_a028f00a13_o.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2009/1557799828_6f6956ad15_o.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2315/155787292...

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Great shots! looks like it was a fun time. Â Just one question, why no shots of the cheerleaders? They were down the track a ways from where I was sitting. They were at an extreme angle and I just didn't see much of interest. I had grabbed a shot of one doing standing back flips before the game as ...

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are larger than they appear

Good thing this rig was standing still.

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Took in my first High school football game in many years. Had a great time taking shots under tough lighting conditions. Had to go to ISO2000 a lot! Heisman winner Eric Crouch was in attendance! http://aroundomaha.smugmug.com/photos/204489264-M.jpg http://aroundomaha.smugmug.com/photos/204488517-M.j...

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A few more garage photos. http://aroundomaha.smugmug.com/photos/198173233-M.jpg http://aroundomaha.smugmug.com/photos/198173495-M.jpg http://aroundomaha.smugmug.com/photos/198174090-M.jpg http://aroundomaha.smugmug.com/photos/198172770-M.jpg http://aroundomaha.smugmug.com/photos/198169162-M.jpg

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That's one of my favorite views and I've never even been up there. Do yourself a favor and GO! :) I prefer to use a 200mm lens on a tripod to get a nice, cropped city view. But while you are there, its worth driving a block to see the "dark angel" at the bordering cemetery. She's pretty p...

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This is actually a multi-shot panorama done with PTGui. Shot from the scenic look out down the street from the "dark angel' in council bluffs.

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Way cool! I shot large format last year (4x5 inch negatives) and it was the same way, upside down and sideways. But I LOVED the process and the quality of output. One trick I always wanted to try was a double exposure of a building both before sunrise and after. The shot before sunrise would allow t...

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Was this shot with a medium format TLR? I do love this shot though and the creativity and vision it took to pull it off! Thanks, but ... :) Trust me, it was accidental creativity here. :) I just spaced off winding between two shots. I was just taking various angles of the sculpture and forgot to win...

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Very nice shot. I've had mixed results from double exposures and pretty much now just use layers in photoshop. You can paste one shot across the other and use adjustment layer to only double expose the parts you want. I'm pretty sure that Photoshop elements can do the same thing. My kids do enormous...

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This guy was making a pig of himself

I know... its autumn now and the flowers are pretty much gone but I like bee shots. Handheld shot with 30 year old Nikon 55mm Micro lens on a D200.

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That's really cool. Â I like when there is an intense light like that in the middle of the subject. Â Inside the trailer of an 18 wheeler right? yes, he was refurbishing the trailer. Our maintenance guys do a LOT of really cool stuff. I'll publish a selection of shots from my tours when I'm done (a...

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Omababe wrote:Very nice one.

Thanks, it was a challenge as it was shot at 200mm and hand held. I just wanted to put something different up.

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I'm doing some shop photos at work for our maintenance department. Hope to get some more in the next few days, but this one jumped out at me.

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I wandered through there, but it was late in the year and it was COLD. This was the only shot I took that I liked that day.

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I guess the original message didn't say anything about showing its good side. T o be honest though they seemed a little more like snapshots to highlight issues and the original intent stated "best shots" But in fairness my original post was a positive bit on the stadium so other opinions a...

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Fog hanging over the lake... the sun rising... so I get enamored with shooting some dead trees :) It was a wonderful morning to be shooting while the sun was rising. http://aroundomaha.smugmug.com/photos/190146509-L.jpg http://aroundomaha.smugmug.com/photos/190146455-L.jpg http://aroundomaha.smugmug...

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I like the contrasting study of reds in the second shot. Â The angle of the shot also leads my eye back & forth, so composition was great as well. Congrats! I've been rather prolific lately. These are from my lunch break today. I've got a few more to post so check back later. Thanks. :) http://i...

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nebugeater wrote:Nice stuff!!!!

Really want to know how you got the Snow shots and the Green grass shots at the same time though ? Â Â :mrgreen: Â :mrgreen:

Well.... extreme time lapse photography! ....

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Nice shots AO! I would have to agree with your statements about the two parks. Have any pics from the tower? Did someone say tower! Rapunzel!...... oops sorry.. random awkward keyboard seizure :) Hmmm.... I have a lot of them but these are all I could scrape up at the moment. http://aroundomaha.smu...

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For those who know me online, it is no secret that one of my favorite parks in the Omaha/Lincoln area is Platte River State Park. While over shadowed by the more popular Mahoney (which is only a few miles away from PSRP), I find PSRP to be more enjoyable. I often think that Mahoney is the Adventurel...

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[/img] Awesome Shot! That crazy bug jumped right AT ME as soon as this picture was taken. Surprised me so hard that I nearly fell over. That was one of the bigger praying mantises that I've ever seen. This was taken in mid to late august so this would be about the right time of year to see them dow...

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These are actually older shots, but I thought I'd throw them out there as I had a good time shooting down there. Mornings are a particularly great time as the light hits the river and the downtown. Highly recommended place for photographers as there is a lot of room. Mornings are extremely quiet, wh...

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Since there is talk of bypassing or even tearing down this wonderful facility, how about your best Rosenblatt shots?!

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Coyote wrote:Nice pics Dave - I hope you will share more with us.
Welcome to the eOmahaForums!

Thank you for the welcome. My focus is area and Nebraska photographs, so I have *tons* of things to share!

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While I love all of the zoo, I find myself drawn back to the lions in the cat section (notice I didn't say cat house :) of the Omaha zoo. We are so lucky to have this world class zoo right here in our back yards. http://aroundomaha.smugmug.com/photos/182601983-L.jpg http://aroundomaha.smugmug.com/ph...

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Cross at Forest Lawn

Nice crop

Henry D. Zoo (cats & penguins)

Odd tiger face

Re: Colors of Fall

and his little dog too!

Trip to Vala's Pumpkin Patch

Autumn Treasures

Objects in mirror

Millard North Football

Men at work

Downtown Omaha -- from Iowa's POV :)

Re: A double exposure which actually kinda works ...

Re: A double exposure which actually kinda works ...

Re: A double exposure which actually kinda works ...

Little glutton

The Welder

One more

Fair enough

Foggy Zorinsky Morning

Re: Over My Lunch Break

Views of Platte River State Park

Re: A few from Lewis & Clark Landing

A few from Lewis & Clark Landing

Rosenblatt shots

Henry Doorly Zoo Tigers