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Zoomify Gallery We've added a Zoomify gallery at ShutterFreaks. This is my gallery there.
January 2009 Images taken/processed in January 2009
February 2009 Images taken/processed in February 2009.
March 2008 Images taken/processed in March 2008.
April 2008 Images taken/processed in April 2008.
May 2008 Images taken/processed in May 2008.
June 2008 Images taken/processed in June 2008.
Best of 2008 My favorites from 2008. The rest of the year's images can be seen in "Albums from 2008".
December 2008 From 2008 - To be updated as spplicable.
November 2008 From 2008 - To be updated as spplicable.
October 2008 From 2008 - To be updated as spplicable.
September 2008 From 2008 - To be updated as spplicable.
August 2008 From 2008 - To be updated as spplicable.
July 2008 From 2008 - To be updated as spplicable.
Holiday Season 2007 Now that I'm retired, it's all holiday, but I did make extra efforts and these are the results :).
Holiday Season 2006 I usually take off between Christmas and New Years. The time is spent as defined in this gallery :).
Panoramas These are difficult to appreciate on line, but make impressive large prints.
Cameras, Lenses, and Other Hardware When I get new equipment, I just have to try it out.
Best of 2006 My favorites from the 2006. The rest of the year's images can be seen in "Albums from 2006".
Best of 2005 My favorites from 2005. The rest of the year's images can be seen in "2005".
Best of 2004 My favorites from the 2004. The rest of the year's images can be seen in "2004" .
Park Avenue Entries My entries in an art show. A collossal bust :).
Top Thirty My favorites from the first couple of years.
Gray Scale Images A selection of conversions. Some few images work best without color.
Robbie's Creations My friend Bob Burger is the consumate digital artist. to see more of his work check out CustomPosterWorks.
Albums from 2003 Some of my earlier work.
2004 Month by month for 2004
2005 Month by month for 2005.
Albums from 2006 Month by month for 2006.

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LightEchos - Catagories
Over The Edge Processing Extremes
Found on the Beach After the light comes up.
Negative Creativity Mostly self-portraits.
Various Ads Examples of some commercial work.
Artifacts Images where the 'thing' is the purpose.
Benches People tend to put benches in places with good views.
Black and White - Converted with SilverOxide Actions More gray-scale conversions.
Blue Early morning light tends to have a blue cast.
Boats Living in Florida, I see a lot of them.
Buildings Occasionally, the light and color work well to show off various buildings.
Clouds I assume we all grew up fascinated by the shapes and colors in the clouds.
Color Images where 'color' is the purpose.
Critters Animals in various stages of nature.
Dark While we mostly photograph light, some images work because of the dark.
Flora Plants, mostly flowers.
Old Glory A symbol of which we should be proud.
Venus Some early mornings, she is the brightest star in the sky.
Cartoons Murals and other funny stuff.
PhotoMatix Examples using High Dynamic Range and Tone Mapping from HDRSoft.

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LightEchos - Hasselblad - Kodak 645H and Phase One P21+ Backs
Early in the Learning Curve The first set of images with the new back
General Images A wide range of subjects just to get a general impression
St. Augustine / Cocoa Village A favorite pair of places.
People An uncommon subject for me.
Titusville An untold wealth of photo-ops, where I keep finding new ways to look.
Greenville, SC. and Vicinity Visiting my friend, Steve Chandler in search of memorable images.
Orlando Home turf that seldom disappoints.

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LightEchos - Map Support
Cape Canaveral Jetty Park Gateway to the Cruise Ship Basin
Apalachicola, FL Area A different coast to explore.
Charlotte, NC Area Ron Donson showing Steve Chandler and me around the area.
Wildacres A super workshop put on by Kelly Culpepper at a super place. Albums for 2006 and 2007
Greenville, SC Two photo trips - 2003 and 2006.
Las Vegas 0405 A business trip with few photo-ops.
San Diego - Two Visits More business trips.
Lukas Nursery - Six Visits A super place for flora - 2004 - 2008 (Images being added as processed)
Ft. Lauderdale Area Not particularly representative, but perhaps one or two of interest.
Leu Gardens A fine place that suffers from limiting access to only times of poor light.
St. Augustine A favorite place that has been very kind.
New Smyrna Beach A place that caught my eye in passing.
Titusville Often beautiful, a constant lure.
Cocoa Beach Just south of Titusville, and beautiful as often.
Orlando Home, and fun to shoot for many reasons.
St. John's Pass Just a fun place to visit.
Panama City A business trip that worked better than expected.
Pensacola Area Limited time and results, but interesting, I think.
Americus Visiting my friend Larry Carter.
Atlanta and North Georgia Targets of opportunity, mostly in the surrounding country-side.
Wilmington, NC Visiting my friend Robbie Willoughby.
Folly Beach, SC A rained out trip to Charleston, that worked out OK.
Hilton Head, SC An interesting place, but, so far, not a really successful trip.
Schaumburg, IL Spring 04 Mostly from the since dismantled Motorola Museum. A missing tribute to a petty Ego.
Clearwater, FL w/SteveH Visiting my friend, Steve Hampson, who was staying there on vacation.

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Album Sets
105 VR Set Close up images taken with the Nikkor 105 VR Lens.
70-200 VR Set Test images taken with the 70-200 VR Lens.
Artifacts Set Various 'things' that I found interesting.
Beach Finds Set A closer look 'down' while at the beach.
Beach/Coast Set Some examples of why going to the coast early in the morning is a fine idea.
Black And White Conversions Set The occasional, rare image does look better, or at least interesting, when converted to gray scale.
Earlier Black And White Conversions Set The occasional, rare image does look better, or at least interesting, when converted to gray scale.
Boats Set Boats can add character to various water-scapes.
Buildings Set Buildings can be difficult to isolate for a decent composition, but sometimes......
Earlier Buildings Set Buildings can be difficult to isolate for a decent composition, but sometimes......
Cartoons Set People in the world have interesting senses of humor.
Charlotte Area Set After a Photoshop class, Ron Donson showed us a couple of interesting places.
Cloud Set Clouds in their special guises.
Color Set On occasion conditions are dominated by a single color.
D1 Reprocessed Set A super pay off for shooting RAW years ago is being able to reprocess with new software and techniques.
Dark Set Intense color can show through the dark.
Early Blue Set The blue of the early hours can be special.
Fauna Set So far only birds, but that could change.
Flora Set Not just flowers.
Hamlet NC Set The train depot was worth the visit.
Lamps/Area Lights Set Creative Illumination.
Murals Set Public art - colorful and creative.
Old Glory Set Old Glory flying proudly.
A Florida Hallmark - Palms Set Palms in different guises.
Sea Oats - Naturally Sea Oats in their various places.

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Hugh's Gallery - ShutterFreaks
North Carolina 2004 A gathering of ShutterFreaks in a beautiful place. Thanks to Rick Bell for guiding us around the area.
Almost Random A selection of images that I particularly like.
PREVIEWS A gallery of candidates for printing - some made it :).
What's Your Sign? Images that could be from the Zodiac.
New Looks! A selection of uncommon light images.
Orlando After Dark It should probably be 'Before Light' since they are all sunrise images.
Fall Colors We do have some on occasion.
Small Growing Things Mostly local flora.
Launch View Gemini A favorite park in Titusville looking across the Indian River Lagoon.
Hilton Head 03/03 I keep trying to get this place right. Maybe next time.
Iron City and Panama City May 2003 Rural Georgia.
Film to Digital Scans that worked.
June/July 03 Random, local places.
Day Lilies Finally found the Lilies :).
August/September 03 Wider ranging targets of opportunity.
Olympus E-20 Test images from a fine pro-sumer camera.
September 03 Extended Shooting the area.
Ft. Lauderdale w/AC and Scott Wandering around with Adrienne and Scott.
Print Version Demos Prints from these mostly match the colors and contrasts.

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Equipment Test Images - ShutterFreaks
Phase One P21+ Early in the Learning Curve
Panorama Factory Test Images Limited to a single row of images, but excellent results.
Nikkor 105 f/2.8 VR Macro The VR makes it usable hand-held.
Panasonic LX-1PP - Lumix A fun, pocket camera that produces usable RAW images.
Panasonic FZ50 A pseudo-SLR, pro-sumer camera that works very well for informal, carry around occasions..
Nikkor 200 Macro A really fun lens for getting 'close'.
Nikon D-50 Find results for an inexpensive dSLR.
SB-800 If you just have to have a flash, this is the one.
D2x Dream Machine.
Hasselblad H1 - 300 mm f/4.5 An excellent lens. The two crop pairs are unbelievable.
Nikkor 12-24 Dx My most used lens.
Nikkor 70-200 f/2.8 IF/ED/VR Excellent when a longer lens is needed.
Hasselblad H-1 An expensive system, but lives up to its reputation.
Nikon D100 I didn't have it long, but it never disappointed.
Nikkor 24-120 VR An excellent choice for a general, hand-held lens.
Nikkor 10.5 Fisheye Really wide if you don't mind the FE effect, and sometimes, I don't :).
Nikon D-70 Excellent value for the price.
Olympus E-1 I was impressed, but not enough to change systems.
Olympus E-20 Another fine pro-sumer camera.
Kodak dBack w/Hasselblad H-1 Kodak chose to abandon the market, but I've been very pleased with the results.
Kirk Car Window Bracket Works fine for driving through the wildlife areas.

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PBase - Mostly A Look Back
Medium Format Digital Early images with the H-1.
First D-70 Images As the title says.
In Box A general selection.
Medium Format Film Pictures Scanned film from the Hasselblad 501-CM
First D-100 Images As the title says.
Recent pictures from several places Recent is relative to the time.
Recent Set 02 Recent is relative to the time.
Recent Set 03 Recent is relative to the time.
Recent Set 04 Recent is relative to the time.
Recent Set 05 Recent is relative to the time.
Recent Set 06 Recent is relative to the time.
Some Older Images reprocessed with my latest work-flow Latest is relative to the time.
Artifacts Interesting 'things'.
Benches Interest places.
Best of Early Digital An indication of my taste - at the time.
Early Blue Happenings in the early morning.
Buildings of Note In the right light, some buildings shine.

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