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That’s right, my favorite DAM program DigitalPro5 just got better, faster and cooler! Besides being so UP-TO-DATE that it previews P6000  NRW files, it has the biggest, bad ass EXIF information display of ANY DAM program! David went full on crazy with this update making DigitalPro its finest. On my new Dell 6400 running Vista 64, the speed is just sick!

And with this release we have some presents for you! From now until the end of the month, update to DigitalPro5 from ANY previous version of DigitalPro for only $99! And, and, coming this winter will be a DigitalPro event in the SF Bay area, a all day, FREE event sponsored by DigitalPro’s partners, ProShooters and WRP. But you don’t, and shouldn’t take my word for it. Try DigitalPro5 FREE for 30days by simply clicking here. Once you do, you’ll find yourself with more time to do what is important….photography!

This might answer the question the quickest

but that comes more from Scriv trying to understand these dang critters than Moose hitting his mark. Working with free roaming critters, vehicles driving by, photographers asking what we’re doing right in the middle of taping, weather, darkness and cold for the “newbie” can be a bit much. Really!

But our very last shoot which was with #6 topped off three huge days of taping. Seriously, hours and hours of great info, tips, techniques and critters got put in the can. Can’t wait to share it with you!

Photos captured by: top-P6000, bottom Sharon Peterson D200, 70-300VR on Lexar UDMA digital film

Win a Trip to Barcelona, Spain in the 4th Annual International
Photoshop User Awards Competition
Worldwide Competition for Adobe® Photoshop® Users – Nov. 1-Dec.31, 2008

Tampa, FL – Nov. 6, 2008 – Today, the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) is pleased to announce a call for entries for its 4th annual Photoshop® User Awards competition held exclusively for Adobe® Photoshop® users worldwide.

“The Photoshop User Awards provides Potoshop artists, photographers, and designers from around the world an exceptional opportunity to gain international recognition, celebrate their best work, and share their vision and creativity with the worldwide Photoshop community,” said Scott Kelby, president of NAPP and #1 best-selling author worldwide of computer and technology books.

Winners will be chosen in 11 categories with one Best of Show grand prizewinner receiving a dream assignment to Barcelona, Spain to create a future cover of Photoshop User magazine, the official publication of NAPP. The trip to Barcelona includes airfare, hotel accommodations, hotel transfers, and daily expenses for five days for the winner and an assistant of their choice.

Winning images in each of the 11 categories will appear in a special issue of Photoshop User magazine, and each winner will also receive a prize package courtesy of these sponsors – Adobe , Peachpit Press , Mpix , Kelby Training , Layers magazine , and NAPP – valued at $2,500.

The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008 at 12:00 midnight EST. Each entrant may submit up to three pieces for consideration. The entry fee is $35 USD per piece, or $25 USD per piece for members of NAPP.

For official contest rules and entry form visit http://www.photoshopuserawards.com. Winners will be announced on or about February 1, 2009.

Filming for episode #4 in our Kelby Training series is in the can and man, it’s a big ass can! I can’t wait to see what the team does with all the footage, it was GREAT! Gotta thank my bud Jason for working his butt off  following me around to capture all that we saw. The last day had a few surprises. The photo above  is one of the bigger ones.

This is the infamous#6, the lead bull at Mammoth Hot Springs. He has taken out a dozen cars and gored two folks we were told by a ranger this season alone! Yeah, that’s one bad ass elk. Well, we found him away from the springs and were able to make some cool images. For the whole story, you’ll have to watch the KT class when posted. Here’s a small taste from the Moose Cam.

Made some more small Moose Cam improvements, more on the burner.

Photo captured by D3, 600VR /TC-17e on Lexar UDMA digital film

Here we are in Yellowstone shooting. While bringing you select stills from the shoot and a little text might help you improve your photography, I’ve been wanting to do more on the blog. My mind turned to video earlier this year when we started to post on the D3 microsite. We’re working on our 4th Kelby Training video, but still wanted to do more. Then came the Coolpix 6000.

Its video mode got me to thinking and you’re seeing the beginning of that thought here. The Moose Cam is the P6000 affixed right over the lens barrel so you can see what I saw with my naked eye at the time of shooting. Now this is in its beginning form, I will be refining it as time goes on. I hope it helps your photography with what little I can pass along.

In this first one, Jake & I are shooting with 600mm lenses this lone bull elk we found for one of our segments in the new upcoming Kelby Training video on big game photography. Enjoy!

We are incredibly fortunate, able to spend most of this week in Yellowstone, the north end. We spent the morning with the normal cast of characters. After lunch in Cooke City, Jake met up with us. The weather was cold, gray and wet as we headed back towards Mammoth. We got separated and when Jake caught up with us down with the sheep, he burst from his truck and said, “You wanna see 5 wolves?” I think we broke the speed limit after that.

We got back to the spot only to find the wolves gone. After a little searching, we found the five had moved east. Now you needed your bins to see them (heck, need them to find them in my photos) but they were spectacular! There was a collared white wolf which we knew meant it was an alpha wolf. After watching them for a half hour, they ducked down behind a ridge. Just then a biologists showed up and after talking to her and reporting what we saw, we parted ways. We followed the path we thought they would take and found them again. We caught up with the biologist again and reported what we saw. It’s then we found out the collared wolf is #471 and split off and has formed a new pack. As we shared what we had seen, she shared what she knew giving us a locale for tomorrow to possibly find them. As the last rays of light lit the valley, we heard a wolf off in the distance. What a Great Day! Thanks Jake!

Photos captued by D3, 600VR w/TC-17e on Lexar UDMA digital film

Now we’re talking Mammoth Hot Springs! The color produced by the algae that lives in the scalding temps are surreal. It boggles my mind that in water that would kill us, these microorganisms can thrive and produce an artists pallet of colors.

Than on top of that you have trees that take hold and are able to grow for a period of time. Once they die, they remain as monuments to the tenasity of life to hold on even when it doesn’t seem possible. Photographically, their black gives the eye a great reference to see the colors that make Mammoth Hot Springs such a landscacpe gem.

Photos captured by D3, 200-400VR on Lexar UDMA digital film

There’s a person who is always at my side, has been for over 33yrs and when she’s there, I always seem to produce some of my finer work. You don’t see her much in my photos because even though she was a model once, she’s incredibly camera shy. Now that she shoots, it seems to be even harder but I like a challenge. Sharon has been and is always by my side. Like I always say, I’m a real lucky guy!

And just after taking our portrait, I raised up the 200-400VR to catch the light just lighting the rim of the hot springs. I particularly like how the normal cool colors are missing and the scene is almost a B&W just with a click. It’s the drama in the light that drew me to the scene and why I like it now. Finishing was no more than going from Raw to PSD with nothing in between.

Photos captured by D3, 14-24AFS / 200-400VR on Lexar UDMA digital film