Photos from the S6000fd

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Well tomorrow ends a glorious week of vacation and it has been a good one.
During this week in July every year my brothers and I make the trip down to my folks house in Wabasha for what we call "Birthday week."
My mom and I have the same birthday along with my step daughter and since it falls in the middle of July it's a good excuse to get the whole family together for a week of R & R.
At any rate this week was one of those weeks that earns Minnesota / Wisconsin the nickname of "God's Country."
Temps in the 80's (f), low humidity, and azure blue skies that seemed to go on forever.

Here is a Monarch butterfly to start this off.
Manual Mode
ISO 100
F4.9
1/125 sec
Cropped
Framed
USM
Levels

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Here is a macro of a moth that happened to get on the inside of the screen.
manual mode w/ macro
ISO 100
F5
1/320 sec
Cropped
Framed
USM
Tweaked the levels

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Here is a shot of a small song bird.
The light wasn't quite right and only a small portion of the bird was lit properly but I still think it works with the black wrought iron heart and the black border.
Manual mode
ISO 100
F5
1/1200 sec
Cropped
Framed
USM
Levels

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These shots are of the new National Eagle Center building which is open to the public but hasn't had it's grand opening yet. They are still working on the exhibits so these shots are from the exterior. I'm rather proud of this building since my dad and my uncle were both involved in the development of the new center.

Brickwork on the front of the building.
Manual mode
ISO 400
F4
1/800 sec
CP filter
Cropped
USM
Curves

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Here is a full building shot.
Manual mode
ISO 400
F4
1/1000 sec
CP filter
USM
Levels

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Here is a shot of the main sign that hasn't been hung up yet.
Natural light mode
ISO 3200
F3.4
1/40 sec
Cropped
USM
Curves
Cleaned up in Neat Image

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These next shots are taken from Stockholm Wisconsin at the Stockholm Art Fair which is another annual pilgrimage for my family. This is located on the shores of beautiful lake Pepin.
Landscape mode
ISO 100
F8
1/85
CP filter
Cropped
USM
Curves

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Here is a sailboat shot facing the opposite direction as the last.
Landscape mode
ISO 100
F8
1/100 sec
CP filter
Cropped
USM
Curves

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I thought this one of the lake turned out pretty good.
It's hard to believe sometimes on days like today, that 6 short months from now all of this will be frozen under a layer of snow and ice.
Landscape mode
ISO 100
F8
1/100 sec
CP filter
Cropped
USM
Curves

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And finally a shot from the Fair itself.
Manual mode
ISO 100
F5
1/100 sec
Cropped
Fill light
Levels

I'll post some more tomorrow once I get them processed. I everyone enjoyed my week as much as I did!