<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372600154787886610</id><updated>2011-07-07T20:28:15.935-07:00</updated><category term='Mike in Concert'/><title type='text'>Steve's Focus</title><subtitle type='html'>My world looking through the lens.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stevesfocus.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2372600154787886610/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stevesfocus.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Steve</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07706861338011698441</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372600154787886610.post-6046614071137859262</id><published>2009-07-18T23:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-18T23:44:34.872-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mike in Concert'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SWlVi2qsjEk/SmLAii-TgMI/AAAAAAAAABw/PP7QwTVZdU4/s1600-h/mike_with_guitar.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SWlVi2qsjEk/SmLAii-TgMI/AAAAAAAAABw/PP7QwTVZdU4/s400/mike_with_guitar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360058206260527298" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;I added a little Photoshop magic to this photo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2372600154787886610-6046614071137859262?l=stevesfocus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stevesfocus.blogspot.com/feeds/6046614071137859262/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://stevesfocus.blogspot.com/2009/07/i-added-little-photoshop-magic-to-this.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2372600154787886610/posts/default/6046614071137859262'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2372600154787886610/posts/default/6046614071137859262'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stevesfocus.blogspot.com/2009/07/i-added-little-photoshop-magic-to-this.html' title=''/><author><name>Steve</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07706861338011698441</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SWlVi2qsjEk/SmLAii-TgMI/AAAAAAAAABw/PP7QwTVZdU4/s72-c/mike_with_guitar.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372600154787886610.post-2630261325919540761</id><published>2009-05-30T22:43:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-31T20:38:13.736-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div  style="text-align: center;font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Both of these photos were taken of the same flowers at the same time late in the day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SWlVi2qsjEk/SiIZFK4ufMI/AAAAAAAAABo/lAN6lA4Kbdk/s1600-h/Purple-Flowers-no-flash.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 360px; height: 286px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SWlVi2qsjEk/SiIZFK4ufMI/AAAAAAAAABo/lAN6lA4Kbdk/s400/Purple-Flowers-no-flash.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341859684627152066" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div  style="text-align: center;font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;I used a hand held manual flash (on camera left) using a Gary Fong Diffuser (with a yellow gel filter inside) to get this effect.  I like both photos but this one has pizazz!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SWlVi2qsjEk/SiIY-GX90_I/AAAAAAAAABg/QIcR4JWRZG0/s1600-h/Purple-Flowers-flash.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 360px; height: 278px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SWlVi2qsjEk/SiIY-GX90_I/AAAAAAAAABg/QIcR4JWRZG0/s400/Purple-Flowers-flash.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341859563156919282" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2372600154787886610-2630261325919540761?l=stevesfocus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stevesfocus.blogspot.com/feeds/2630261325919540761/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://stevesfocus.blogspot.com/2009/05/both-of-these-photos-were-taken-of-same.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2372600154787886610/posts/default/2630261325919540761'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2372600154787886610/posts/default/2630261325919540761'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stevesfocus.blogspot.com/2009/05/both-of-these-photos-were-taken-of-same.html' title=''/><author><name>Steve</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07706861338011698441</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SWlVi2qsjEk/SiIZFK4ufMI/AAAAAAAAABo/lAN6lA4Kbdk/s72-c/Purple-Flowers-no-flash.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372600154787886610.post-4408274994099094577</id><published>2009-05-30T21:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-31T20:56:41.241-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;So much time is spent on the computer it's nice to walk with the dog several times a day.  Use a fill flash to bring out detail that would have other wise go black on a darker back lit animal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;This has been an especially good year for outdoor nature photography!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SWlVi2qsjEk/SiIMO87Bg0I/AAAAAAAAAAo/GbtIYTKrqgw/s1600-h/Lula+on+Road.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SWlVi2qsjEk/SiIMO87Bg0I/AAAAAAAAAAo/GbtIYTKrqgw/s320/Lula+on+Road.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341845559026221890" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2372600154787886610-4408274994099094577?l=stevesfocus.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stevesfocus.blogspot.com/feeds/4408274994099094577/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://stevesfocus.blogspot.com/2009/05/so-much-time-is-spent-on-computer-its.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2372600154787886610/posts/default/4408274994099094577'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2372600154787886610/posts/default/4408274994099094577'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stevesfocus.blogspot.com/2009/05/so-much-time-is-spent-on-computer-its.html' title=''/><author><name>Steve</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07706861338011698441</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SWlVi2qsjEk/SiIMO87Bg0I/AAAAAAAAAAo/GbtIYTKrqgw/s72-c/Lula+on+Road.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
