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A Struggle for Bread Crumbs, The Bird Story
Looking for the foods is one of main duty of all creatures from Human to smallest Bug, Birds are an example and not an exception.Here is The Bird Story and the Struggle for Bread Crumbs..

Small birds are struggle for bread crumbs, they were about 3 meters away, I used my Nikon 70-300mm to freeze the moment, all happens in my home garden.[Click the image to enlarge]
This Bulbul just arrived to join and enjoy the Bread Crumbs Party, So can he take-part in this meal? Or the Small Birds have another thing to say. …[Click the image to enlarge]

After three minutes of Attempt and Failure to get some of the Bread Crumbs, the Bulbul withdraw with True Disappointment.[Click the image to enlarge]
When it comes to size, the largest often wins, or gets the biggest share, This is what happened at the “Bread Crumbs Party”, the Pigeon got the biggest share.
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At the end, Life Goes On; And Tomorrow will be another day with another Bread Crumbs..
Ali;
Preparing the Scene for a good capture.
It is not that easy, yes you may use the Point and Shot cameras for daily quick capturing. If you want to have a good shot you may want to set-up the scene and arrange the objects in the positions that suit you.
Here is a studio set-up for a shot, I used the natural lights from the windows and the room light, Nikon D90 with Nikon 35mm lens with f/1.8 to get the DOF effect, subjects are Watermelon, Orange [made of candle]and The Chinese’s Porcelainin in different distance from each other.
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Here is another view with more details on the set-up and distances. [Click the image to enlarge]

A shot with focus on the rear object (Chinese’s Porcelain).[Click the image to enlarge]
And now I just moved the focus to the watermelon and take the camera closer. [Click the image to enlarge]
Flowers Park
Flowers are the most beautiful things in the word, colos shaps and smells. In this article I will post some photos in some of them I will add the ‘Before & After’ applying some effects and filters in Photo shop.
Red roses are the most famous one, but others White, yellow and pink are beautiful to.

Here are some effect on the Yellow flower:
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In this one you can see the Fractalius Effect..
The original shot..
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Another one with some drops on it, here are the camera setting:
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I use Camera Nikon D90 with Nikon 35mm lens @ F/1.8, No Flash, Exposure 1/4000 sec.

I miss the first day of its life, it’s clear that some part of it been wilted.
:: Camera Setting ::
CameraNikon D90
Exposure1/4000 sec
Aperturef/2.8
Focal Length35 mm [Nikon 35mm]
ISO Speed400
Exposure Bias+2/3 EV
FlashNo Flash

The last one in this post with Nikon 70-300mm lens, Camera: Nikon D90
Exposure: 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length:300 mm
ISO Speed:400
Exposure Bias:+7/3 EV
Flash: No Flash
For more flowers Click Here to see them on my Flickr.
Macro Shots with 105mm macro lens
Shots @ 1:1, … Croped image.
[Upload in 29-3-2009]
Shot @ 1:4, iso:Lo 1, shutter:1/60
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New Nikon 105mm Macro lens
Lemon ‘N’ Splash Action
ISO Speed: 800
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