"A few months ago, I was at a model airplane meet in the Los Angeles area," said Allen Rockwell. "All of the radio controlled models were turbine powered. I was impressed by their realism. Here's one that I captured on a landing approach."

The photo was taken with a Canon 30D and a 100-400mm IS lens at 400mm. Processing was in Apple Aperture, Photomatix Pro (for HDR processing), and Photoshop CS2.

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"While at Samys Camera (in LA) testing a Nikon D200," said Jennifer Tofani, "one of the store guards spotted me taking pictures and started mugging. The old koot was great. I love the bomb squad emblem on his shirt."

The D200 was set at ISO 200, Aperture Priority mode at f-4.8, and shutter speed of 1/1500 of a second.

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"I recently visited my parents and had my camera just in case," said Kevin Miller. "I found Mandy reasonably cooperative and took these while lying on the floor. My dad saw me spread out on the hall floor and thought perhaps I had had a heart attack."

Kevin was just fine... he's a photographer. He used a Canon 30D, F4.0, 1/60, ISO 200, with flash.

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"Recently I grabbed my camera and my 3 1/2 old and went to the park," said Phillip Resuggan. "We stopped at a ball field where I 'grabbed' this shot. I was going to a 'timeless' kinda look. There was nothing wrong with the original image... just having fun."

Phillip captured the original image with a Nikon D200, ISO 800, 1/2000 @ f-5.3. He then processed the picture in Adobe Photoshop CS2 for the Mac.

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"Since listening to your Metering Mode Podcast #21, I've been experimenting with using different modes, especially the spot metering option," said Alan Amundsen. "A couple of weeks ago I was visiting some friends who had a small suspension bridge on their property crossing over a creek. I climbed down and wanted to get a shot of the bridge from underneath, but was having problems with both the sky above and trees on the far side of the bridge being blown out by the late afternoon sun. I kept reducing the exposure compensation down until it was at -1 2/3 steps, set the shutter speed at 1/250, and used spot metering on the side of the bridge."

"Was I ever surprised at the results. Not only did I get a shot of a suspension bridge, but it also appears to be suspended in space since everything else was blacked out. The focal length was 28mm and the resulting aperture was f-3.5. This picture was taken with my Canon PowerShot S2 IS with which I've been having a lot of fun since last November."

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I was driving down Highway 101 in Northern California when I spotted this abandoned gas station off the side of the road. I needed a break, so I pulled off and went exploring. The light was diffused from the overhead clouds that were also producing rain. I surveyed the scene for a few minutes, then pulled out my Canon 5D with its 24-105 lens and started working the shot.

I had just paid $3.35 a gallon for my compact Saturn, and I was thinking about how we were nearing the end of an era -- the petroleum fuel era. Funny that minutes later I stumbled upon this shot that echoed my thoughts.

I captured the image in RAW mode, 1/60th @ f-4.5, ISO 400. I then converted it to B&W in Adobe Photoshop. Image by Derrick Story.

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"I love Athletics Day. Rarely in the school year is there an event where can you can capture such a large spectrum of colors and people in a sunlit environment," said Michelle Kong. "Granted, considering the fact that it was a compulsory school event, and the fact it turned out cold and rainy, there were a few sour faces among the crowd. However, it's hard not to have a good time when you're with so many of your friends around you..."

Michelle captured this grab shot of her friend with coffee in hand using existing light and a Nikon D70. The ISO was set to 500 with an exposure of 1/160th @ f-5.6. She got nice a close and used a focal length of 24mm.

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"Spring is really beautiful here in Italy," says Jennifer Tofani. "We get these April showers rolling in. This afternoon after one such shower, a friend called to give me a tip that a full rainbow had formed. I grabbed the camera and shot away at whatever the camera was set at. A few moments later it faded away."

Jen used a Nikon D70, RAW, Auto Exposure Mode (1/320 ay f/9), ISO 200, Focal Length 18mm.

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"Had a 7-hour layover in Amsterdam, so I took a train downtown and started looking for pictures with no sense of direction or purpose," said Muyi Abifarin. "The first picture I saw was a black and red bike parked under a black and red sign by what seemed to be a closed bar. I took about three hand held shots at about 6:45 AM, right before the city was awake."

I then got nervous because I was by myself in an alley holding an expensive camera, passport, and boarding pass with a couple of men I had seen earlier approaching. Wish I could have taken a few more frames without the two pillars in front.

Muyi captured the picture with a Canon 20D and Tamron 28-75mm lens. The camera was set to f/4.5, 1/100sec, and ISO 200.

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"My cousins and I were 'cup stacking' in the backyard," said Charles Zablan. "I captured this shot of my cousin ripping one of the cups from our massive 15 foot tall stack. I loved the motion effect on the cups and the reaction on my aunt's face as she was startled by the loud crash of about 300 cups."

Charles used a Canon 20D with a 50mm lens set to f-1.8 in Aperture Priority mode -- ISO 400 with the flash on. The shutter speed was set to 1/15th of a second. (This set-up sounds very familiar Charles!)

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