When photographers get bored, (pic heavy)

[MichaelHarris]

Everyone wins!! Between gigs so I made some wallpaper for DUers, Merry Christmas Bill Oreilly! Pan of water, goofy strobes, some tea, coloered gels, and a Nikon D300:









Some more here if you don't like those, putting gels in front of the strobes to get weird lights:

http://palousephoto.smugmug.com/gallery/6734451_3Deni/1/430118578_oLmSP#430151020_8gBuw

Have at um, sorry about the dust, I have messy dogs.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Lovely!

Kick and recommend!

[MichaelHarris]

3. Thanks

I figured I would put Harold Egerton's discoveries to work.

[merh]

2. I really like those

D-300, I'm jealous, I love my D-100 can only imagine what the D-300 is like.

[MichaelHarris]

4. Thank you. The D100 is very nice,

about the only super good thing you get with a D300 is less noise at higher ISOs. You can use the D100 and Noise Ninja and get about the same results. I keep wanting a D3 for my sports shooting but I talk myself out of it and get lenses.

[merh]

10. Noise Ninja

I just googled and found the site, wow - this is great. thanks for the info.

[MichaelHarris]

15. you're welcome

it's really going to open some low light doors for you using Noise Ninja.

[merh]

24. I'm looking forward to working with it.

thanks again

[MuseRider]

5. Wow! Thank you.

These are beautiful. I was just sitting here after cleaning off my unused programs and thinking I needed a different wallpaper. Perfect, now I just have to decide. Funny, on my other computer I have a SwampRat wallpaper. You all are too talented!

[MichaelHarris]

16. LOL Swamprat is talented

I just push buttons

[malaise]

6. Really lovely

Thanks :D

[Schema Thing]

7. gorgeous!

I gotta know, what does the text I see in the top picture read?

[MichaelHarris]

17. Hahahahaha

probably Pyrex Bakeware, LOL. I need some blue glass pan with no writing on the bottom.

[Blues Heron]

8. Sweet!

Edgerton would be proud! Nice work.

[MichaelHarris]

18. thank you

he did all the math and probably got shocked a few times.

[GrpCaptMandrake]

9. Great axe!

And a beautiful use of it.

More boredom, please!

[NashVegas]

11. Cool Shots

thanks for sharing

[Karenina]

12. WOWIEZOWIE!!!

:wow: Thank you Michael! NEW WALLPAPER!!! :woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

[barbtries]

13. very cool

i want that camera.

[Apotheoun]

14. What kind of strobes? Very Cool!

These are supremely stunning Michael. Post more of these whenever you get "bored". Are these big strobes or speedlights?

These Nikons just evolve better and better. You'ld love the Nikon D3, though the D300 images must be pretty darn close. 9 frames a second is so addictive on my D3, but that amounts to 110.7 megapixels a second! It puts my 2006 D200 to shame in color fidelity and low noise high ISO's, which in turn put my 2002 D100 to shame. Yikes, just now since Monday, there's the new flagship D3x at 24.5 megapixels! I'm quite satisfied with the rugged versatility and speed of the D3 though; it was worth the additional cost.

[MichaelHarris]

20. I may get a D3

I really need it for the Kibbie Dome and U of I football. It's pretty dark in there. I have Novatron strobes but for this I used 2 SB600 and 1 Sb800.

[SoCalDem]

19. So.. where's O'reilly? In the "insects" gallery?

:)

[MichaelHarris]

21. hahahahaha

he is a bug on humanity for sure.

[anigbrowl]

22. Why tea, rather than water? Does it give you richer blacks?

[SoCalDem]

23. The drops are great..but here's my fave

and i never did find OReilly :(

...a fellow smugmuggian
http://socaldem.smugmug.com/

[MichaelHarris]

25. Thanks, Ya know

I shot that picture a 1935 Leica. Old cameras rock!

[Karenina]

26. Do you know

Bob Witkowski?

Leica is in my neighborhood. Might you ever come this way?

[MichaelHarris]

28. Germany or

New York?

[Karenina]

29. Wetzlar

My cousin does guided tours there.

[MichaelHarris]

30. That would

absolutely rock to go there. If I didn't have an Ireland trip planned next year I would definitely do that trip.

[Karenina]

31. You're welcome anytime!

Another :kick: so fellow DUers don't miss the wonderful holiday cheer you've provided! :hi:

[WritersBlock]

27. Absolutely gorgeous. Wow!

Just... wow. Thanks for sharing with us!