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This picture of me was taken earlier today, when I and my wife went to a beautiful small lake in the forest. I took some pics of the nature, but I think this was the best pic of the day. If you wonder what I'm doing, I am throwing myself backwards into the water, holding an inflatable mattress behind my back.

The camera used is a CP 885. This image required manual settings. While I was standing up, my wife set the camera to a small f number and adjusted the shutter speed to an appropriate value (in this case, it turned out to be 1/1000s, which is the fastest speed of the camera). Then she manually set the focus to the distance to the place where I would be splashing down. After that, she pressed the trigger halfways and counted one, two, threeee!

I hope the rest of you are having a great summer too!

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http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~mab/Gallery
Magnus
 
Ha!!! That is truly a great picture, Magnus!!! I love it..thanks for sharing!!
(a varation of the famous Edgerton Milk Drop photos)

Frank
Whimsy is salvation for a life taken too seriously.
http://www.pbase.com/poetrunner/photo_musings
Magnus Björk said:


This picture of me was taken earlier today, when I and my wife went
to a beautiful small lake in the forest. I took some pics of the
nature, but I think this was the best pic of the day. If you wonder
what I'm doing, I am throwing myself backwards into the water,
holding an inflatable mattress behind my back.

The camera used is a CP 885. This image required manual settings.
While I was standing up, my wife set the camera to a small f number
and adjusted the shutter speed to an appropriate value (in this
case, it turned out to be 1/1000s, which is the fastest speed of
the camera). Then she manually set the focus to the distance to the
place where I would be splashing down. After that, she pressed the
trigger halfways and counted one, two, threeee!

I hope the rest of you are having a great summer too!

--
http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~mab/Gallery
Magnus
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Wonderful shot!
Looks like your wife got the timing bang on :)

-Mark-
Magnus Björk said:


This picture of me was taken earlier today, when I and my wife went
to a beautiful small lake in the forest. I took some pics of the
nature, but I think this was the best pic of the day. If you wonder
what I'm doing, I am throwing myself backwards into the water,
holding an inflatable mattress behind my back.

The camera used is a CP 885. This image required manual settings.
While I was standing up, my wife set the camera to a small f number
and adjusted the shutter speed to an appropriate value (in this
case, it turned out to be 1/1000s, which is the fastest speed of
the camera). Then she manually set the focus to the distance to the
place where I would be splashing down. After that, she pressed the
trigger halfways and counted one, two, threeee!

I hope the rest of you are having a great summer too!

--
http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~mab/Gallery
Magnus
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makes me wonder why everyone is always so quick to upgrade to the latest camera. sometimes I don't think we realize that our cameras pretty much do the same thing today as they did on day one...take great pictures.

looks like fun.

tim
CP 995'er
Magnus Björk said:


This picture of me was taken earlier today, when I and my wife went
to a beautiful small lake in the forest. I took some pics of the
nature, but I think this was the best pic of the day. If you wonder
what I'm doing, I am throwing myself backwards into the water,
holding an inflatable mattress behind my back.

The camera used is a CP 885. This image required manual settings.
While I was standing up, my wife set the camera to a small f number
and adjusted the shutter speed to an appropriate value (in this
case, it turned out to be 1/1000s, which is the fastest speed of
the camera). Then she manually set the focus to the distance to the
place where I would be splashing down. After that, she pressed the
trigger halfways and counted one, two, threeee!

I hope the rest of you are having a great summer too!

--
http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~mab/Gallery
Magnus
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I'm glad you're not a fish or a bird or a flower... lol Great shot it's a family keeper! Would make a great display in a bathroom :-)
 
and she got it!!! You owe her a really REALLY big kiss for that one! The timing, lighting, focal length, everything, it was all in sinc! Talk about a pic says one thousand words!
Print it, frame it, and look at it in February!
Cheers, Sandi
Magnus Björk said:


This picture of me was taken earlier today, when I and my wife went
to a beautiful small lake in the forest. I took some pics of the
nature, but I think this was the best pic of the day. If you wonder
what I'm doing, I am throwing myself backwards into the water,
holding an inflatable mattress behind my back.

The camera used is a CP 885. This image required manual settings.
While I was standing up, my wife set the camera to a small f number
and adjusted the shutter speed to an appropriate value (in this
case, it turned out to be 1/1000s, which is the fastest speed of
the camera). Then she manually set the focus to the distance to the
place where I would be splashing down. After that, she pressed the
trigger halfways and counted one, two, threeee!

I hope the rest of you are having a great summer too!

--
http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~mab/Gallery
Magnus
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--
Sandi
'Light tomorrow with today.' Elizabeth Barrett Browning
http://www.pbase.com/sjackson
Nikon CP990 x2*WC-E63*WC-E24*TC-E2*ES-E28*MC-EU1
Kenko8x32*Celestron EQ80*Ikelite6175
 
Hej Magnus,

The water looks pretty inviting and what a perfect picture, seem like you know exactly how to take the very best out of CP885!
Where in Sweden is that?

I already had my 4 weeks of vacation in July of which I spent two mighty weeks on the island of Crete in Greece. Of course I had travel company also from my dear CP885. Here are all the pictures I took:

http://www.pbase.com/uffesa/crete_july_2002

One of my favourite pics is this one:



Enjoy your summer and looking forward to see more pictures from you!

Bästa hälsningar,
Uffe
Magnus Björk said:


This picture of me was taken earlier today, when I and my wife went
to a beautiful small lake in the forest. I took some pics of the
nature, but I think this was the best pic of the day. If you wonder
what I'm doing, I am throwing myself backwards into the water,
holding an inflatable mattress behind my back.

The camera used is a CP 885. This image required manual settings.
While I was standing up, my wife set the camera to a small f number
and adjusted the shutter speed to an appropriate value (in this
case, it turned out to be 1/1000s, which is the fastest speed of
the camera). Then she manually set the focus to the distance to the
place where I would be splashing down. After that, she pressed the
trigger halfways and counted one, two, threeee!

I hope the rest of you are having a great summer too!

--
http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~mab/Gallery
Magnus
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Nikon Coolpix 885 fan
 
What a great picture! One of the best action shots I've seen from ANY digital posted here.
--
Jarrell Conley
 
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