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    Awards
    Complexity :: Second City
    Leading Lines XI :: Water, The Gift of Life
    March Free Study :: Toucan Candid
    Macro IV :: Interrupted at Dinner
    Stock Photography II :: Sonoran Starlight
    Looking Up From Underneath :: Beneath the Wonder of the Night Sky
    Once in a Blue Moon :: Wild Blue Yonder
    Honorable Mentions
    Primary Colors :: Primarily Peppers
    User Profile
    Name: Fritz Byle Age: 65
    Username: kirbic
    Gender: M
    Type: Administrator Location: Hubertus, WI
    Cameras: Canon EOS R5
    Canon EOS-5D
    Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
    Canon EOS-6D
    Google Pixel 6 Pro
    Nikon Coolpix 995
    Lenses: Canon RF 24-70 f2.8 L IS
    Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM
    Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
    Canon EF 135mm f/2.0L USM
    Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L USM
    Canon EF 8-15mm f/4 L USM fisheye
    Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro MF
    Canon RF 70-200mm F2.8 L IS USM
    Canon RF 85mm f/1.2 L USM
    Carl Zeiss 75mm f/1.5 Biotar In M42 Mount
    Lensbaby Spark
    Rokinon 14/2.4 SP
    Sigma 20mm f/1.4 DG HSM ART
    Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art for Canon
    Steinheil Munchen Macro Quinaron 35mm f/2.8 Macro 1:1.8
    Steinheil Munchen Macro Tele-Quinar 135mm f/2.8 1:1
    Vivitar MF 600mm f/8.0 Series 1 Solid Cat
    Registered: Jun. 21st 2002
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    Biography: I'm a mechanical engineer working in the electronics industry program management and a diehard techie; I've been dabbling in photography since the '70's (35mm film, then digital since about 1999).
    I stumbled upon DPC in June, 2002 looking for a photo contest site to help me improve my photography skills. I lurked for a while, until early 2003, then gradually entered a few challenges. I became active in the forums and first joined the SC in the Spring of 2004, took a long sabbatical from 2008-2019, then stepped back in.
    I started out in digital shooting with various early digital cams at work, and eventually bought a Nikon CoolPix 995 in 2001. When the Canon 1Ds came out in 2001, I realized it wouldn't be too long until a true 35mm-frame DSLR was reasonably affordable. As a stopgap, I picked up a Canon 10D to replace my Nikon 995 in 2003. (Summer 2016: the 995 has finally been fully retired; what I once used it for at work is now done with a smart 'phone). In Summer of 2005, I watched the rumors materialize as the Canon 5D, bought it immediately and never looked back. I was finally back in a 35mm SLR. Upgraded to the 6D in 2013 and upgraded again to the 5D Mk IV in Fall of 2016. Fast forward to 2022, I finally found the siren song of mirrorless too sweet to ignore and picked up a lightly used R5. The reign of the SLR is, after 80 years, surely coming to an end.



    Some of my other interests include:
    - Home remodeling projects of all kinds
    - Motorcyling (a third of a million miles logged in the past 39 years)
    - Statistics & Experimental Design, which is both vocation and avocation
    - Reading, both fiction and non-fiction, most especially anything science-related
    - Travel, especially international travel
    My wife of 36 years and I have two children, born in 1989 & 1992
    My old Exakta film SLR looks at me forlornly from the shelf.

    My gear:

    Accessories for the Canon cameras:

    - Canon 2.0x II teleconverter
    - Canon 1.4x II teleconverter
    - Canon 580EX flash
    - Canon TC80-N3 remote
    - Canon Angle Finder C
    - Circular polarizers (58mm, 77mm)
    - 3-stop neutral density filter (ND8), 77mm
    - 10-stop neutral density filter
    - Macro coupler (58mm)
    - Extension tubes: 12mm, 25mm
    - Bogen 3021B Pro Tripod with Bogen 488-RC4 head
    Signature: 1f u c4n r34d th1s u r34lly n33d t0 g3t l41d

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    Highest Rated Photographs
    Toucan Candid
    2nd PlaceToucan Candid
    March Free Study
    Average: 7.5526
    Second City
    1st PlaceSecond City
    Complexity
    Average: 7.4307
    Sonoran Starlight
    3rd PlaceSonoran Starlight
    Stock Photography II
    Average: 7.3088
    Interrupted at Dinner
    2nd PlaceInterrupted at Dinner
    Macro IV
    Average: 7.1023
    Primarily Peppers
    Primarily Peppers
    Primary Colors
    Average: 7.0320
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