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Cardon
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2006 Baja Photos
Just got back from 5 weeks in Baja and had a great time. I won't give a detailed report but will give snippets of reports along with photos. Why
here is a photo now:
I have about 80 photos posted on my website www.craigpearson.com from this year's trip with many more to be posted in the coming days.
When you get to the site you can customize the way the site looks by clicking on the style button and picking your favorite style. Try different
styles to see which you like best and then just click thru the photos by using the NEXT button.
Underneath each photo is a place where you can make comments for all to see. If you see a photo that you know something about - interesting , funny
or have an opinion about (good,bad or otherwise)- then please make a comment.
Some of the styles have EXIF INFO about the pictures for all you photographers out there. Looking at the exif data you can get an idea of how the
photo was taken. Most of the 2006 photos were taken with my Nikon d50 and 18-200mm lense but a few were taken with my Casio z750.
Also, when/if you get to a photo that you like you can usually click on the photo to get a bigger view of it.
Again, I have lots more photos to post so check back often to see what's new.
Enjoy!!
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David K
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Here's a direct link to the first page of Craig's 2006 Baja photos: http://baja.smugmug.com/gallery/1274122
They were great to look over! Thanks Cardon!
Nice photo of Ann Hazard, by the way...
[Edited on 3-15-2006 by David K]
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bajajudy
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Spectacular
Keep em coming.!
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Bajagato
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Beautiful shots! Thanks for sharing!
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Juan del Rio
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Great Photography!!!
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rpleger
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Great fotos......got some good color ideas for my house.
Thanks
Richard on the Hill
*ABROAD*, adj. At war with savages and idiots. To be a Frenchman abroad is to
be miserable; to be an American abroad is to make others miserable.
-- Ambrose Bierce, _The Enlarged Devil\'s Dictionary_
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Cardon
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| Quote: | Originally posted by rpleger
Great fotos......got some good color ideas for my house.
Thanks |
Thanks for the comment. Here is another color scheme for you to consider.
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Sharksbaja
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one word "flashbacks"
Good fotos and layout. Thanx!
DON\'T SQUINT! Give yer eyes a break!
Try holding down [control] key and toggle the [+ and -] keys
Viva Mulege!
Nomads\' Sunsets
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Neal Johns
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Outstanding! I feel bad when I look at my little snapshots after seeing your Photographs.
My motto:
Never let a Dragon pass by without pulling its tail!
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Pompano
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Cardon...Bravo! Those are..simply put...truly great photos!
I also have a passion for taking photos, but I fear I now need a little better camera than my Nikon Coolpix 4300. It has been through the wars.
Could you recommend something?
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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Cypress
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Cardon, Great pictures! thanks
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Cardon
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Neal Johns
Outstanding! I feel bad when I look at my little snapshots after seeing your Photographs. |
Neal, I don't want you to feel bad so here is a photo just for you.
Please don't show this photo to the other guys on here, I'd hate to have them know the truth about me.
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Cardon
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Pompano
Cardon...Bravo! Those are..simply put...truly great photos!
I also have a passion for taking photos, but I fear I now need a little better camera than my Nikon Coolpix 4300. It has been through the wars.
Could you recommend something? |
I've heard that the Coolpix 4300 is a pretty good little camera. So you could keep that and jump up to a Digital SLR like I did. I picked the Nikon
D50 cuz its about the lowest priced DSLR out there but is quite capable and it has received great reviews. You can get the D50 with a kit lense
17-55mm for about $600-$700. That should get you started. I think nowadays most any camera is going to take good pictures. Also, all the photos I've
posted have taken a little trip thru Photoshop!
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Pompano
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Thanks for that info, Cardon..I had heard sometime back about the Nikon D50 (from ken Bondy, I believe) and you have confirmed that advice. So.. I
will go to the camera store manana and check them out.
I know I have 'Photoshop' on my pc...thanks to a computer friend...but really don't know anything about it yet...so after the new camera, that's got
to be next on my busy agenda. What does this do to help a photo? Dummies like me would like to know.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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eetdrt88
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Cardon...
your photos are inspiring...thanks
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Cardon
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Pompano
Thanks for that info, Cardon..I had heard sometime back about the Nikon D50 (from ken Bondy, I believe) and you have confirmed that advice. So.. I
will go to the camera store manana and check them out.
I know I have 'Photoshop' on my pc...thanks to a computer friend...but really don't know anything about it yet...so after the new camera, that's got
to be next on my busy agenda. What does this do to help a photo? Dummies like me would like to know. |
Photoshop lets you adjust how light or dark the pic is and can adjust the exposure of the pic and sharpen them up etc. Photoshop is overkill really,
there are lots of other cheaper programs that will do most anything you would need to adjust a picture. Photoshop has a very steep learning curve as
well. I've been using photoshop for years so I'm comfortable with it but I don't recommend it to others. I would recommend its little brother
Photoshop Elements, Corel Paint, Paintshop Pro, and many others. Picasa is free and can do quite alot of useful things to improve photos.
And about the camera recommendation- Canon is #1 it seems in digital cameras these days and they have one called Canon Digital Rebel XT that is
somewhat similar to the Nikon D50 that you should check out while at the store too. Just make sure you don't get a Konica/Minolta as they are going
out of business at the end of this month. Good Luck,Craig
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Neal Johns
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Pomp, the main difference between Photoshop and Elements 4 (both made by Adobe) re other photo programs is the ability to apply corrections to only
part of the picture rather than overall. Elements has more menus that Photoshop and has a few less features but is a better place to start. You can
move up to Photoshop later.
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Never let a Dragon pass by without pulling its tail!
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Pompano
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Thanks, Cardon and Neal Johns. That's all good info for me..
Today will be very informative, I can see. I'll see if I can learn something from my computer-savvy brother about his gift of Photoshop along with
getting instructions on Element from Adobe (I downloaded some dobe just the other day.) He installed some other photo-enhancing programs for me, too,
but I lack the necessary computer skills, experience, patience and gray matter to master these marvels. They are nice little icons on my screen,
though.
Thanks to the computer experts....my system is well-stocked ...but I am a little like Rodney Dangerfield, who said.........."I couldn't wait for
success...so I went ahead without it."
I can't post anything that comes close to your photos, Cardon, Neal Johns, Ken Bondy,Nikon, and other experts, but here's some examples of my old
Coolpix I just now shot.... What do you think? How much better will the Nikon D50 be? Can I expect to see some improvement over my old Coolpix?
Please excuse my taking your post a little off-thread, Cardon, but I felt this was the appropriate place to ask my questions.
Here's the first photo...a close-up.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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Pompano
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a second...regular inside distance setting.
(the 'maid' is grumping about my not helping with housework....sigh)
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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Pompano
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and the last...taken yesterday while drooling over this beauty!!
(I got a little 'sticker shock' on this Ford GT....can you believe 200K!)
WELL, THAT'S IT.....WHAT DO YOU THINK? SHOULD I EXPECT A LOT BETTER QUALITY? MUCHAS GRACIAS!!
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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