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Herb Kammer











 
John Hackett
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February Title - Gear View

How I did it:Our club arranged a visit to a dealer of salvaged and antique nautical products. This was taken with my Canon G12 on a tripod with flash bounced off a dark ceiling; ISO 100, F/8.0 (app priority), 0.3 sec, RAW (CR2). I used the entire image (no cropping), converted to monochrome and concentrated on improving the contrast. I could have selected and blurred the cluttered background (see insert), but decided to replace it with gray fill. Which is preferred?


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 John Hackett

 

 Ginger Stein

 

 Stan Bormann  
 Andrea Meras

 

 Bob Athanasiou

 

 Ruby Gold  
   


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Herb Kammer

I was born in Vienna, Austria and lived there until the age of 9. This was followed by 2 years in Belgium and France. I came to the USA in 1941 with a children’s transport. Graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a Ph.D. in microbiology and was employed in the human and animal vaccine industry. Retired in 1994 and live in Boynton Beach, Florida with my wife Betty who is a retired school teacher.

I started taking pictures with a bellows type camera using 2.5 x 3.5 inch sheet film. This was followed by a 35 mm Voightlander Bessamatic. In 2004 I bought a Nikon Coolpix 5700 and have used it to the present. Member of the Boynton Beach Camera Club.

I take pictures at home (still life) and when I have a chance to travel. I use several versions of Photoshop and periodically enroll in classes.

 


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