"I took my Canon G9 on a recent trip to New York, my first in fact," writes Michael Cortina. "Even though the weather had been horrendous, I got off the tour bus and did some exploring on foot. That's when I spotted this curious laid-back cat and captured his pose with the G9."

Michael's G9 was set to ISO 200, with a shutter speed of 1/200 at f-4.5.

Photo by Michael Cortina. Click on image to zoom to larger size.

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"Thought I'd submit this shot from Jerusalem's Old City," writes Roderick James. "The sign didn't look out of place in this old market, but seemed jarring in our digital world -- especially since I grabbed this image with my Canon G10."

Roderick set his G10 to ISO 80, 1/80th at f/3.2 for this trip down memory lane.

Photo by Roderick James. Click on image to zoom to larger size.

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"I was trying some low-light candids during a high school graduation last week." writes Joann Wilson. "It was a little frustrating because the graduates looked bored and fidgety much of the time, making it hard to get a group shot where everyone looked alive."

"The fidgeting was a particular problem since the low light forced me to shoot at about 1/15 sec. I was about to pack up and leave when they announced the last thing on the program: a music slideshow with pictures of the graduates through the years. Suddenly they all woke up and sat in rapt still attention for the whole 5 minute slideshow, allowing me to finally get a decent shot."

Joann used her Canon 20D with a Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L on a monopod. Settings were: ISO 1600, f/2.8, 1/15 sec., and 70mm focal length.

Photo by Joann Wilson. Click on image to zoom to larger size.

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"I stoped in a small town in Texas, turned around and here, and I discovered this not-to-modern dential fixing establishment," wrote John Badgerow. "To capture the shot, I used my Nikon D300. I had been spending the day taking photos of wildflowers, but this was the most fun. I wanted to see the inside of the place, but is was closed for the weekend."

John set his Nikon D300 to Aperture Priority mode at f/5 with an ISO of 400. Zoom lens was set to 48mm.

Photo by John Badgerow. Click on image to zoom to larger size.

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"The weekend of April 18 and 19, the City of Denver 'opened' its doors, allowing public access to selected buildings," writes Paul Leasure. "I had the opportunity to go up in the Daniels & Fisher (D&F) Tower, a distinctive Denver, Colorado landmark. Built as part of the Daniels & Fisher department store in 1910, it was the tallest structure west of the Mississippi at the time, at a height of 325 feet (99 m). Modeled after St. Mark's Bell Tower at the Piazza San Marco in Venice, Italy, the 20-floor clock tower has clock faces on all four sides. This rare shot was taken from the inside of the clock face, with my Nikon D70s at 1/250 at f 8.0."

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"I am constantly 'jonesing' to photograph action," writes Winston Hendrickson. "Thus I typically find myself in situations where I have to juggle composition, exposure, and the pursuit of the golden moment -- all in real-time. Usually this happens with sports photography, but when I was in Tasmania last year as part of the Adobe Lightroom Adventure, I faced this challenge in the context of commercial fishing."

"The Lightroom Adventure involved 22 photographers trying to visually capture as much of Tasmania as possible in two weeks. During our time in Freycinet (Eastern Tasmania), local lobster fishermen Grant Whalen and Cameron Lucas gave me a chance to see the 'down under' island-state through their eyes. Grant, who has been fishing these waters since he was nine, heads out of port every day at o-dark-hundred; captain of his own boat made entirely from the local Huon Pine."

"At first, I had no idea what the rhythm of the boat would be or what type of shooting constraints I would confront. I quickly learned that both light and position would be ongoing challenges given the tight deck space and the frenetic pace of the work. I had to move constantly (practically after every shot) to stay out of the way as the boat never stopped sailing. Thus light, background and subjects were constantly shifting and difficult to predict."

"I wanted a single shot that captured the exhausting daily work of harvesting and re-planting the 41 heavy wooden traps. Halfway into the seven hour trip, when I was changing my battery in the wheelhouse and Grant popped in to use the radar in order to tune placement of the pots, I got this shot. The bridge was so tight that I had to hold my Canon EOS 40D with a 17-55mm f/2.8 over my head and against the back wall while sprawling out on the pilot’s bench seat. I couldn’t see the viewfinder or LCD so I framed using test shots. Later, in Adobe Lightroom, I compensated for the backlighting with a combination of fill light and local correction brushing (flash was not an option unless I planned to swim home)."

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"Attention all arachnophobes," warns Ruth Cooper. "What's scarier than an eight-legged spider? A sixteen-legged one!"

"It isn't really, I was just lucky catching this small hairy garden huntsman spider in the process of moulting. I understand that spiders do this mainly at night for their protection, but I guess this fellow just couldn't wait."

"I captured the shot on my hand-held pocket-sized Canon Ixus 800 IS, set on the digital macro setting."

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There are many challenges facing the San Francisco Chronicle. The venerable Bay Area newspaper lost $50 million in 2008, and is on pace to lose even more this year.

Virtual camera club member Jeff Fielding captured this painter memorializing the Chronicle building on canvas. You'll notice that the sky is much more dramatic in the painting, with an overall facelift for the structure. Jeff used his Canon 40D with the zoom set to 17mm. ISO was 100, and exposure was set in Manual mode: 1/50 at f/16 (for plenty of depth of field).

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"I visited the WW II Museum in New Orleans while on a business trip last year," writes Rick Brandt, "and saw this gentleman sitting on a bench in front of a Sherman tank on display. I don't know for sure, but it crossed my mind that he may have very well been a veteran. Regardless of whether he is a vet of not — this moment in time does make me consider the sacrifice his generation made for mine and those that followed."

Rick captured this moment with a Canon G9, processed in Aperture with the aid of Nik Software's Silver Efx Pro.

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"I call this picture Queen Snow because I think it shows my guinea pig, Snow, in a very queenly moment," writes Elizabeth Martin. "I used my Olympus C750UZ to capture her."

Editor's Note: One of the things that Elizabeth did well on this shot, is put the camera down to "pet level." You'll notice that it's right on the ground with Ms. Snow. This is something that I talk about a lot when photographing kids and pets. Nice job!

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