"While on a recent trip to County Donegal, Ireland," said Stuart Murchison. "I took this shot in a tiny local pub in the middle of nowhere with musical instruments for the customers to play. While we were there, there was a family entertaining the punters. The two daughters played fiddle and accordion, while the father (pictured) gave his best rendition of Johnny Cash's Walk the Line. Shot on Nikon D70 F4.5 0.8s ISO 800 with slow sinc flash."

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Updated 4-20-06

"I shot this photo this past weekend during a thunderstorm," said Dan Polly. The lightning show was awesome, so I took a chance, grabbed my camera, and came away with this shot. The whole storm was very surreal, and this picture seemed to capture that feeling."

Dan used a Nikon D70 in Aperture Priority set to f-8 ("I'm a sucker for this mode!" he says). The ISO was 200, focal length 13mm, and the exposure was a whopping 25 seconds. This is the best way to catch lightning, by leaving the shutter open for a while. You can also go the other way and set the shutter to 30 seconds in Shutter Priority mode.

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"A neighbor of mine, whom I've never met, often sits in this swing and watches the world go by," said Charlie Solomon. "Only when I got a little closer (one day when he wasn't there) did I realize that he's got all these gnomes (and maybe an angel) set up as though they're paying attention to him, maybe as if he's holding court with his advisors, the gnomes."

Charlie used a Canon PowerShot S2 IS set to 1/60 at f-4 to capture this grab shot.

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"I was out at the Starnberger See, which is a large lake close to Munich," said Oliver Breidenbach. "And there was a woman selling easter eggs that she had painted herself. I was attracted to the colors in this composition."

Oliver used a Panasonic DMZ-FZ30 in program mode with the ISO set to 80 and the flash turned off.

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"I was in Venice Italy earlier this year," said Allen Rockwell. "After taking several hundred photos of canals, gondolas, and Venetian architecture, I was sitting in my hotel room at the Danieli looking out the window at all the interesting people walking by below. I thought maybe I should go down there and take some people pix."

"My partner was taking a nap, so I slapped on the long zoom lens and headed down. I captured these dear old ladies sitting at a sidewalk cafe on the grand canal, and could not help noticing the lady's wild orange hat and tinted sunglasses. Her animated personality was as vibrant as her chapeau. Her friend looked on enjoying the show."

Alan captured this grab shot with a Canon 20D and an EF 100-400 IS telephoto lens. Settings were f5, 1/250th, ISO 400, and 250mm focal length.

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"This cormorant was photographed in Everglades National Park a couple of weeks ago," said Frank Blanco. "I used a 100-300 zoom to blur out the background. The bird was resting on the side of a 'tourist' trial enjoying the South Florida sun and was not phased by the people passing by only inches away. The cormorant reminds me of an elderly, retired lady living on South Beach... you know the one I mean... who always wears those tacky sunglasses."

Frank used a Nikon D100 set to 1/80th of a second at f-9 (Aperture Priority mode), ISO 200.

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Lori Matthiesen was hiking at a location in Ocean Shores, WA that was supposed to be good for bird watching. But instead of finding fowl, she found this great sign, which cracked her up.

Lori used a Canon 20D, ISO 200, 1/250th @ f-5.6. The flash was turned off.

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"This shipwreck occurred in Ocean Shores, WA," said Jordan Matthiesen. "I took the photo early in the morning on the day of the wreck. We were told that the captain had fallen asleep at the wheel and the ship crashed into the rocks. He made it out OK, but what a terrible loss!"

Jordan captured this shot with a Canon 20D. The ISO was set to 400 with the camera in shutter priority mode, 1/200th of a second. The focal length was set to 22mm.

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Jan captured this shot with a Sony DSC T3.

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Here's a section of a full panorama that Seth Grad photographed on the roof of his office in downtown Atlanta. He stitched the shots together using Pixtra. His lens was set to 18mm (1.5x sensor), and he used a tripod.

"Another useful tip for shooting panoramics (especially at night)," says Seth, "is to use exposure lock or manual settings for exposure. If you have the time, you can spot meter a few areas of the scene and pick one exposure. Be careful not to use a very bright or dark area. Then, using exposure lock or manual settings, make sure the same exposure is used throughout the scene."

To get a feel for the breadth of his panorama, here's the full length of the image:

Great work Seth!

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