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just playing with my camera Christmas Night 2008.i hope you all are enjoying the season and looking forward to the new year.
.....peace
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love the non-typical "it's x-mas shot, in your face" love the contrast and the dark feeling as well as the texture that fits perfect with the mood of the shot!
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awesome composition, Mikey.. the texture works well.
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What a strange, yet really cool metaphor.. It's Christmas night and while the families are inside, watching movies and enjoying their presents, you're out getting photos; No less significant, no less reverent, but still a defining idea. I'm prolly rambling but I really like this.. You gotta tell me how you get such great low light shots..
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For me it's the best way to spend Christmas night. There are people around but not too many and the city's very peaceful. I went out last year and took pics Christmas Eve and Christmas night too.
I hope your Christmas and your vacation in general are going well.
The best thing about night pics is the guess work and that's only lessened with a lot of practice. I almost always use ISO 200, f8 and I set the camera to"bulb" and count in my head any of seconds between 3.5 and 6 usually cuz I mostly use a digital I shoot five different time counts per setup. The main thing is to play around with the in camera white balance.
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They went great..
But as for night shots, you've gotta use a tripod for that, otherwise they come out blurry, correct? And will "fluorescent" work instead, I dont have bulb.. What knids of things do you mess with with white balance? You mean like the colors to prime it to?
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I love the dream like atmosphere...YOu know that I am your fan...And get so admired when you shot some night photographs..
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One day I will meet you and give you a big hug my friend.
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I will wait for that day. But be quick my frend I am not a young man any more
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Leading the eyes to the capital-like building, with the use of the path, and lights, and trees. The bench is fantastic as well, patching together the rest of the frame just right, I have a feeling your Christmas was more exciting than mine.
Could just be the drugs though.
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Ummm well the drugs helped my Christmas along quite well actually. For the most part it's, so far anyways; dread-dead boring as hell.
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I'm really glad you like it. it's one of my fav spots in Toronto.
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That's what I would listen walking around your cityscapes (and you know its a compliment)!
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A great compliment indeed. Great video and Nick...he's soooo cool.
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Timeless...
Peace can be so illusive... but you seem to have captured it... at leas for a moment... in this beautiful shot. Let peace find you and warm your heart in the new year.
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aww thanks Yelena. You put that beautifully. All the very best to you in the coming year 
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Mike Mike Mike, I would love to know how you can frame it so that there is such a balance of complexity that it shows yet is not too overwhelming. And, I hope you don't say it is just luck or something. I wouldn't want to get out my friend Old, Rusty Carving Knife. Although, I do think he would enjoy the attention.
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Kyle Kyle Kyle, Good question! I walk around a place a few times and get a general sense of what might be of interest then I find a spot that's kind of neutral so that nothing in the immediate foreground detracts from the shot (sort of like the mouth of a funnel). Usually I'll take about six shots (digital) from one distance, using a few different f-stops and shutter speeds (rarely do I change the ISO from 200). then I'll move zoom in or out and maybe even flip the camera to it's side, like I did in this one, to get the dome of St Lawrence Hall. What I need is a wide angle lens like Taylor uses.
Luckily in most cases, as in this one, I don't need to recrop the shot in photoshop if I just go with what feels right to me. A lot of it's instinct my friend and a mystery to me too.
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Ah, you always can explain things so nicely. It is unfortunate that Old, Rusty Carving Knife shall remain lonely.
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"Old, Rusty Carving Knife" would be a very cool character for a one to three box per topic comic series.
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He could teacher children the importance of killing your enemies!...Or you know just be used for comedic effect...
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....now that's the spirit!... but I think it would be more fun if he just grazed them with his blade and let them slowly die of blood poisoning from all the blossoming rust.
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How do you always come up with such great ideas?
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I fell of a swing set when I was six and split my head open.
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gorgoeus and love the texture a winter wonderland
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Thanks so much Heather! Your book was much loved as a gift to the two people I had planned on giving it too and the third copy I ended up giving to a niece that is studying photography. I showed her yours and Violets dA galleries and she was blown away at your styles and abilities.
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wow 
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I love my gorillapod. It's cool to hang on the side car windows too if you're in an iffy neighborhood or the weather's bad or really cold LOL . I guess you don't have many "iffy" neighborhoods in Dryden but if you ever see a timberwolf or a bear near the road it makes for a little less drama while shooting a pic LOL
Happiest New Year to you and your family Heather... I hope you get a lot more well earned commissions and grants!....oh and thanks for the online pshop link I like online storage a lot and well 2GB ya baby!
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i agree will you it and thanks so much..and let me know what you think of the online phshop
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peace and light it seems, chocolate stars to you!
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mmmmmm chocolate! Thanks so much Sally, that's such a lovely comment.
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Lovely ... just lovely ...
and i wish the same to you!
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Hey Mike....omg time goes so fast! I'm trying to catch up this week. I have the week off from work.
Thanks as always for your kind comments.
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it's all right Mike. I got it- people who have work don't have time. I'm fuckin' unemployee so I have time and spend it here on Da all the time .
once again- all the best for New Year!
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aww Mike. I was unemployed for a long time (3 yrs) up until a few years ago (depression)and could spend all day and night on my computer and the internet which I think helped me to keep from isolating too much. In the past year your photography has come a very long way my friend and that is a good accomplishment that may pay off one day.
I hope you have a good year in 2009!
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thanks! that's the one good thing about toronto, there are plenty of good streetlights to work with.
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gosh i always love your textures... and those lights kind of remind me of will-o-the-wisps... leading travelers deep into swamps... muahahaha...
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hmmmm *makes note; get lantern, befriend will-o-wisps, seek cool hiding spot in swamp*
glad you like tex! thanks so much
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hehe sounds like a good plan to me tooo...
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