Phantom Cat

I will admit that I did use some Photoshop to do selective desaturation on the face. However, as some on the board know, this cat's eyes actually are this big, so no trickery there! The poor selective focus to get that DOF, well, that's all me!

Alaska

Hello, hello! As you might surmise from our lack of posts internet service has been "unreliable". Consequently you get numerous photos and numerous posts in a single night. Brief details below each photo.

Lunch on a peninsula in Prince William sound.

Bald eagle in Prince William Sound

Surprise Glacier, Prince William Sound

Stellar seals, Prince William Sound

Gull rookery outside of Whittier.

A day on the hill

On Wednesday we went downhill mountain biking for the first time this year at Diablo Freeride Park in the picturesque hamlet of Vernon, NJ. Of Course we brought a camera and in the process of shooting lots of riding shots I squeezed in a few more artful ones. Shots were taken with my D300, SB-800 flash and either a 50mm 1.8 or 70-200 2.8.

For anyone interested you can see our riding pics (my screen name is nervous_john, photos on page 3) along with a few shots from our good friend Whoryder by browsing through the pages in the forum link below:
Ridemonkey: Wednesday Shred Pics!

Little Lost Shoe

I literally stumbled across this children's shoe walking home about a week ago. I snapped a quick shot and thought nothing of it until I had a chance to look through my card a few days ago. I really like how the red contrasts with the gray background. I wasn't expecting the DOF to so extreme, but I think it works.