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About MIkeRussia

MIkeRussia
38, Male
Moskow, Russian Federation
Where are you from?
Russia
About Me:
I'm 37 years old, but:-) I started to be a photographer just 2 years ago, so... I'm not a professional... yet:-)
I'm a writer and my experience have told me than photographing helps me. How? I don't know... Yet:-)
What Photography Equipment do you Use?
NikonD200
Nikkor 17-55
Nikkor 70-300 VR
Tamron 11-17
SB-800
SB-800
Cokin filters
Website:
mikerussia.blogspot.com/
Contact:
mikerussia@gmail.com

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I NEED HELP..Canon or Nikon?

Added a post May 11

don't you think about Olimpus E410? I bouth it for my girlfriend and now it's my second camera:-) Very easy and works really good. Read More »

Tagged: canon, or, nikon?

studio lighting or dslr?

Added a post Apr 20

I think the studiolight is very good! I bought it just one week ago and I really enjoy with it but now it just a interesting thing, not for money. I thing it's going to take about 3-5 month until I... Read More »

Do you sell your photos?

Added a post Feb 15

no budy:-) Ok. How can I close the topic? Read More »

 

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HDR.

HDR. There are many photos have made by HDR. They look really attractive but my opinion is that many of them are bad and they would be better without using HDR. Why? I know a main rule about landscapes – the foreground must be darker than middle plane and background must be lighter than middle one. Or we can say that foreground is dark, middle plane is middle light and background is lightest. So if you take a look at many pictures you can see that the most part of them don't follow this rule. Is…

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Posted by MIkeRussia on February 13th, 2008 at 4:52am — 4 Comments (Add)
 

Must be.

The landscape must be a harmonious. Picture about people must be with some sense.

Shishkin. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Shishkin

Posted by MIkeRussia on February 11th, 2008 at 5:41am — No Comments (Add)
 

About Russian painter Ivan Shishkin.

I bought the book about Ivan Shishkin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Shishkin , an famous Russian painter.

I'd like to introduce several interesting facts about them to you.

First. The cultural critics don't know either was Shishkin just a copy painter or a great painter. His pictures were very popular in the middle of 19th century but by the beginning of 20th his…

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Posted by MIkeRussia on February 11th, 2008 at 5:32am — 2 Comments (Add)
 

Today I'd like to complain to myself about myself:-).

Hi.

Today I'd like to complain to myself for myself:-).

I can't take any photos after I have developed my photo-skills from level "I can see what is cool here" to level "I can see what mistakes have I made":-). About 250 pictures from my two last sessions have been deleted today by "one click". I have fallen into a trance by the time I have recognized that I don't have any interesting.

The most ter…

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Posted by MIkeRussia on February 11th, 2008 at 5:32am — 6 Comments (Add)
 

all I must to have – just remember about my plans and hold my mind in its place:-).

Today I went to one interesting place to take some photos. At the beginning of the day I hoped for some masterpiece which I just have to have at the end of the day:-).

Well… I haven't.

I've been staying in Crimea (north of the Black Sea). The weather is very interesting here. A

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Posted by MIkeRussia on February 2nd, 2008 at 1:27pm — 3 Comments (Add)
 

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At 1:36pm on May 11th, 2008, MIkeRussia said…
thanks! Jadeast and Filip!
At 1:20pm on May 11th, 2008, jadeast said…
I admire your portfolio mike, Your photos show a great deal of insight into human nature.
At 10:50am on April 21st, 2008, Filip Račický said…
Nice photos Mike. I have big respect for your work!!
At 8:30pm on March 9th, 2008, graficallyminded said…
Hey I saw you had started a thread about selling your photos - check out my website www.sellphotos.tk to see how I am selling mine. I love it, they sell while I sleep :) Sites like istockphoto.com, shutterstock, etc.
At 10:41am on February 8th, 2008, Yurick said…
Just spent about two hours enjoying your photos. ALL of them are amazing! Excellent job, Mike. Thank you.
At 6:01am on February 8th, 2008, Yurick said…
Will come back soon. Постораюсь через местную почту.
At 5:48am on February 8th, 2008, Yurick said…
Hi Mike! Здравствуйте!
At 12:35pm on January 27th, 2008, MIkeRussia said…
Thanks John!
I will
At 9:21am on January 27th, 2008, John said…
Mike, go to the National Geographic website. You can submit pictures there. I'm sure you would get some type of response.
At 2:37pm on January 24th, 2008, John Graf said…
Thanks Mike. Glad you like the clown :o)
 
 

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