{"id":4222,"date":"2013-06-08T23:28:08","date_gmt":"2013-06-09T04:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/?p=4222"},"modified":"2013-06-08T23:33:06","modified_gmt":"2013-06-09T04:33:06","slug":"may-photo-contest-winner-at-midwest-photo-exchange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/?p=4222","title":{"rendered":"May Photo Contest Winner at Midwest Photo Exchange"},"content":{"rendered":"
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California Poppies<\/p><\/div>\n

I have never entered a photo contest before, but I responded to a request to enter the May photo contest at Midwest Photo Exchange (MPEX).\u00c2\u00a0 The theme was “Spring” so I submitted an early April photo of California Poppies. Photographers from all across the United States entered photos. Winners were announced June 3 and I won the “People’s Choice” award for the photo that was voted for the most by other photographers and visitors to the site. This is a first for me and I am thrilled!<\/p>\n

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The photo was captured in Northern California on Fujichrome Velvia slide film (ISO 50). The camera was inches from the ground and my face was literally in the dirt as I tried to see through the viewfinder.<\/p>\n

The camera was a Canon Elan IIe set to E.I. 40. The shutter speed was about 1\/30 second. A Canon 15mm fisheye lens (with a 180 degree diagonal field of view) was set to an aperture around f\/16 to provide depth of field from a few inches in front of the lens all the way to the horizon. The small aperture also created the natural sun star as sunlight bent around the aperture blade junctions.<\/p>\n

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Screen Capture, California Poppies at MPEX<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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