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D3100 - Blurry Images?
Hello all, I am new to the forums and probably have the simplest question to be answered. I just got my D3100 about a month ago and have been taking photos ever since, but I was wondering why they seen to be blurry? I know that hand-holding the camera can affect this, but I don't think it should be affecting it this much, and I don't have a tripod yet, so that's not an option. I was wondering, is there a setting that maybe I'm overlooking that can fix this issue or anything? Any advice would be very helpful! Thank you!
#1. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 0Wed 30-Mar-11 05:27 PM | edited Wed 30-Mar-11 05:28 PM by aolander
Blurry photos can be the result of inaccurate focusing or from camera and/or subject motion. If you are taking photographs in dim light (without flash), the problem would be from using a shutter speed that is too slow to stop camera movement or subject movement or both. You will probably have to tell us more about what you are taking photos of and how, e.i. subject, lighting conditions, focusing technique and modes, etc. Posting an image would also help.
#4. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 1Wed 30-Mar-11 06:00 PM
I've posted a picture in the other reply, if that can help you? If there is any other information that I can provide that isn't there, please let me know.
Thank you for replying!
#2. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 0
Welcome to Nikonians,
Without a sample image it is pretty hard to tell what is going on.
Hand holding technique has a lot to do with blurring images on 35mm and FX media that is twice as large and the D3100. The reduced sensor size with the large focal length lenses makes even the smallest movement visible. If you are using a shutter speed or less than 1 / (1.5 * focal length) for a minim shutter speed. Also the larger the number of pixels the more evident that any movement will appear in more than one pixel. Some posters have noted that breathing or hear beats can even affect the sharpness of focusing.
Not allowing the VR lens enough time to lock on the scene can cause blur as the VR system locks in. The lens becomes inactive when the camera focus times outs and needs to stabilize after the focus system wakes up.
Not knowing where the focus point is or how the focus point interacts with the subject can cause blurring. A moving target needs to be tracked by panning or by an active focus point. Using the 'closest' object can have the focus system lock on a object that you do not want the focus on. You could also have the wrong focus point selected.
Another issue many photographers overlook is the Depth of Field, DOF, or the area that is in acceptable focus. Unlike the human eye that constantly adjust the focused item and blends a series of images into one perceived image, your camera lens with a given aperture opening and given focal length will only have a limited area the appears to be in focus or you can not tell that an item in that area is not at the precise focus distance. This area can be from only several inches to hundreds of feet. The smaller the aperture the smaller the DOF for that image. For example with an f stop of 3.5 and a focal length of 18mm and a 10 foot focus distance, you would have in focus depth of 20.8 feet from 6.14 to 27 feet in focus but at a focal length of 55mm you only have an area of 1.42 deep in focus from 9.38 to 10.7 feet. See DOF Master for more information. Increasing the f stop and making the iris smaller will add greater DOF to a limit where the smaller iris opening adds diffraction or blurring to the image. This generally starts above f 11.
Another issue is how you release your shutter. Depressing or pushing the shutter release can cause the camera to be pushed down during the exposure. One needs to very softly squeeze the shutter release or roll their shutter finger from the on/off switch to the shutter release.
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#3. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 2Wed 30-Mar-11 05:59 PM
A lot of this things that you are saying don't really make sense to me just yet, but I think I kind of understand what you are saying. Even with the fastest shutter speed I seem to be having problems, I have just upped it just to see if it would make a difference and it doesn't. I usually try to use a shutter speed of 1/25 - 1/30. Is that too slow? Maybe it would have something to do with how I set the white balance? I'm not really sure. I just want sharper images! Or am I expecting too much from my camera?
Here is an example of what I am talking about: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dreasaurusrex/5575136866/
With this image I used an ISO or 1600, Zoomed in at 180mm, F/5.6, and the shutter speed is at 1/25. Do you think maybe that I had the shutter speed too slow? I was going by the <||||||||+||||||||>, not sure what that is called, lol.
Maybe this will help in determining my problem?
Thank you for your reply! If you need anymore examples, I can give you some to help determine my problem.
#5. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 3Wed 30-Mar-11 06:37 PM | edited Wed 30-Mar-11 06:46 PM by aolander
The shutter speed is too slow for hand holding. You need to use at least 1/250 second to hand hold a 180mm. You probably don't have enough light for this shot to get a high enough shutter speed. A fast lens (f/1.8 to f/2.8 maximum aperture) would help.
"I was going by the <||||||||+||||||||>". That's the meter display. Zeroing the meter gives you the correct exposure, in most cases.
A good book for you to read would be Bryan Peterson's, "Understanding Exposure".
#7. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 5Wed 30-Mar-11 07:17 PM
I've actually been reading a book, it's been very helpful in understanding my camera.
It's called "Nikon D3100: From Snapshots to Great Shots"
A lot of the things that it's been teaching me have helped me progress. But you think that reading an exposure book will help? That's great, thank you so much for your help.
Well, sometimes I can get them to not be blurry, and other times I can't. I guess it's like a trial and error thing until you get the perfect shot. The only problem is, sometimes animals don't hold still long enough to get that second shot, lol.
Are you saying that I should just take all of my pictures with a tripod or try to up the shutter speed whenever I take pictures? Is there any way to take them with a faster shutter speed with a lower lighting condition without a tripod or anything?
#8. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 3Wed 30-Mar-11 07:32 PM | edited Thu 31-Mar-11 08:35 PM by gkaiseril
As noted, your shutter speed is too slow by a factor of 10.
The rule of thumb formula is the take the focal length, 1800mm for example, and multiply that value by 1.5 (an adjustment for the 1.5 crop factor of the D3100) to get a value of 270. That is the slowest fractional second you want to start at for obtaining a stable image with good hand holding technique. So your shutter speed needs to be at least 1/270 sec. Since your dSLR does not have this shutter speed, you should round that value up to the next faster shutter speed or 1/300 sec.
In general one wants to use the lowest ISO for a reasonable exposure. A lower ISO will eliminate or reduce the grainy appearance that hides sharp edges and softens the entire image.
I see you are stripping all of the Exif data from your images for you post, you might want to leave some of that data and remove most of the personal items.
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#9. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 8Wed 30-Mar-11 07:56 PM
I'll try that out then. Hopefully it will help. I knew you were supposed to have the lowest ISO, but I thought that if it was higher then it would have a faster shutter speed, but I guess that I had that backwards.
What do you mean Exif data? I'm guessing you mean by saving it as a JPEG? I take them, normally, in RAW, but I forgot to change it for a few pictures. Lightroom only lets me save it as a JPEG, unless the other formats would be acceptable for like Facebook or anything? I didn't know anything about the other formats so that's why I saved them in JPEG. What do you suggest for saving them and such?
#10. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 9Wed 30-Mar-11 09:12 PM
With digital images and files not only can the camera record the image, but also a lot of camera settings and photographer entered data like a a comment, artist name, and copyright for example. The camera settings include the manufacturer name, camera model, date and time of the image, f stop, shutter speed, WhiteBalance, sensor size, Jpeg compression, focal length of lens, and equivalent 35mm focal length for example. Nikon even has a whole set of data that they include.
Look around other flicker galleries and you will see some of that data.
It looks like flickr changed how they list this data since the last time I looked at it.
Click on your camera name and a new window will open with lots of details. Ever wonder how flickr know your camera model?
And there is even more data buried within the image, including another Jpeg.
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#11. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 9SheriB Nikonian since 11th Sep 2010Wed 30-Mar-11 09:19 PM
Hi Andrea
exif data is info imbedded in your image file that tells others what camera, lens, shutter speed, ISO, even the lens you used. If you go to one of our galleries and look at pics, when you open one up and view it on its own page, toward the bottom there are some options and one is "view exif data" click on it and it shows you all that info unless it has been removed , or in a case like my pics of the shoeing forge, I actually downloaded the pics from my camera to computer using a program that didn't support the exif.Didn't realize it until I loaded them into my gallery here.
You can add your own data too, like 'tags' that are keywords to describe teh image like yours might have "peafowl' or 'bird'
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#13. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 11Wed 30-Mar-11 11:07 PM
Is there a setting that turns this on and off or anything on the camera? Maybe I just haven't noticed it yet? I'm not sure. I would like to see these things in my pictures.
Thank you for replying!
#15. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 13Thu 31-Mar-11 02:50 PM
No, not even for you cell phone's camera, iPod camera, or iPad camera which all add some identifying Exif data to their images.
Some photo edit programs can remove the data.
Reasons you would want to keep the data:
You can sort and search your images for specific information like the date taken. Or if you add keywords or subject, you could find images with the same keyword or subject. You could find images take by a specific camera model and possibly even by a specific camera.
Programs like Nikon transfer can automatically rename you images to include the date taken or other date with the Exif data so you do not have duplicate image names when the image counter of the image name rolls over 9999 or you use multiple cameras and the image names from from both cameras could be duplicated.
You can use the data to analyze how well you have selected the data that determines DOF, and some Exif readers will even compute the DOF for you.
This data is used by all programs for RAW or NEF images for understanding how to process the image. And if the data is not present you could not edit these types of files with vast majority of image editors.
Nikon technical support also uses this data for diagnosing some problems with the camera or verifying proper processing by the camera.
This data should only be removed as a final step to processing an image and then only if you have a backup of the image with this data.
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#6. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 0
Andrea said, "A lot of this things that you are saying don't really make sense to me just yet"
For persons who appear to be beginners, I think we need to "Keep it Simple" when we post an answer. Overloading them with a bunch of technical jargon is only going to confuse them more.
#12. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 6d3100user Nikonian since 23rd Jan 2011Wed 30-Mar-11 09:47 PM
Andrea, a really good book for you would be Understanding Exposure by Bryan Peterson.
Don't forget while you are learning your D3100 you can use the "P" (program) mode and observe the camera's settings to get a good idea what a particular scene may require. The D3100 also offers the Guide section as well and that will run you through the basics.
Read up on the camera and exposure basics and in no time you will be taking great shots with a very capable camera.
#14. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 12Wed 30-Mar-11 11:09 PM
That's what the other guy said to read, I'm guessing it would be extremely helpful, so I'll have to invest soon.
I never really thought to turn it to program mode to check those things out. That seems really helpful as well.
Thank you for replying!
#16. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 0
>Adrea said: "I knew you were supposed to have the lowest ISO, but I thought that if it was higher then it would have a faster shutter speed, but I guess that I had that backwards."
You do NOT have it backwards. You are correct. I don't think that George meant to say that.
Also, do you have the switch on your lenses set to A as opposed to M? You would not see the </////0\\\\\\> screen at the bottom of your viewfinder if the lens was set to A. If it's set to M then you are in manual focus mode as opposed to AutoFocus mode which would certainly explain "blurry" pictures. The symbols do not have anything to do with metering, but rather it tells you that you are focused when you see the screen as above. However, you will get far better results most of the time if you turn autofocus on.
Alan probably thought that you were referring to the + -----0----- - that appears on the rear LCD which is, in fact, the meter info. For the time being, you do not have be at all concerned with that information.
Alan's camera has a different display for showing "in focus" information when he's in manual focus mode. In fact, I think that the D3100 may be the only Nikon camera that uses the </////0\\\\\> for manual focus, but I don't know that for sure.
#17. "RE: D - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 16Thu 31-Mar-11 06:28 PM
Higher ISO introduces more electrical noise due to amplification of the signal being recorded and any stray electrical currents that the circuit picks up. This additional noise can cause a grainy appearance that softens the sharp edges of the image.
In normal daylight you should be able to shoot with an ISO of 400 or less.
At an ISO of 1,600 you should be have noise reduction turned on.
See page 132 of your user manual:
"Auto ISO Sensitivity Control
Noise (randomly-spaced bright pixels, fog, or lines) is more likely at higher sensitivities. Use the Noise reduction option in the shooting menu to reduce noise (p 134)."
From your images Exif data:
Camera Nikon D3100
Exposure 0.04 sec (1/25)
Aperture f/5.6
Focal Length 180 mm
Focal Length 179.6 mm
ISO Speed 1600
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Date and Time (Original) 2011:03:26 04:14:47
Focal Length In35mm Format 270 mm
Serial Number 3240568
VRInfo Version 0100
Vibration Reduction On
Timezone -05:00
Daylight Savings No
Lens 55-200mm f/4-5.6
Noise Reduction Off
Focus Distance 5.01 m
Using the above information, your DOF in meters:
Depth of field
Near limit 4.93 m
Far limit 5.1 m
Total 0.17 m
In front of subject 0.08 m (49%)
Behind subject 0.09 m (51%)
or in feet:
Depth of field
Near limit 16.1 ft
Far limit 16.7 ft
Total 0.55 ft
In front of subject 0.27 ft (49%)
Behind subject 0.28 ft (51%)
You have an in acceptable focus depth of 6.6 inches.
You might also want to check your camera's time setting and time zone to make sure it is correct. It appears you are shooting at 4:14 am.
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#18. "RE: D - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 17Thu 31-Mar-11 06:59 PM
George - That's all good information, but like Alan said, it's way too much for a beginner. We've got to keep it simple.
Also, read my post above yours so that you can straighten out the ISO and shutter speed issue from your earlier post.
#21. "RE: D - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 18Thu 31-Mar-11 08:33 PM | edited Fri 01-Apr-11 12:39 PM by gkaiseril
Thank you for catching that.
High ISO causes a graininess appearance to the recorded image and that grain softens sharp edges. This is even a known phenomenon with film that had higher ISOs.
With a DOF of 6 inches for an animal scene one is just going to have a lot of the area out of focus.
If that shot was during daylight hours and outside an ISO of 1600 would indicate there is some kind of filter reducing the available light available to the camera, it could be a circular filter or a Neutral Density filter. Which it appears from the image that that type of filter would be unnecessary.
My values for the DOF calculation and NR setting information comes from the Posted link Exif. The tail feathers look in focus and if that is focused distance then from that point back only 0.28 feet will be in acceptable focus. This is pretty thin.
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#19. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 16
Ahh. I see. I don't have it backwards then, cause the book I've been reading told me the opposite of what George did, so that's why I was like "huh?" lol.
I was actually talking about the meter reading thing on the LCD. I usually use it to make sure I'm not over or under exposed. I don't think I've really paid that much attention to the things in the view finder, I usually just try to focus it the best way I can. I try to use manual some of the time, just to try it out, but other times I try to take pictures of moving "targets" and it gets hard to manual focus on them.
But, if I read the thing you were referring to in the view finder, using manual focus, then it can help tell me when I am in focus?
Thank you for replying!
#20. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 19Thu 31-Mar-11 08:02 PM | edited Thu 31-Mar-11 08:14 PM by jpFoto
Hi Andrea
Although the basics of photography are the same for all cameras, it's difficult for someone that doesn't have a D3100 to help you set up your particular camera. I have a D3100 and I can assure you that it is a "state of the art" piece of equipment and that once you straighten out a couple of things that you are going to love it.
So, yes, you can use the viewfinder info to help you focus in manual mode. Personally, I do not like the <////0\\\\> screen for these purposes and would recommend that you just use Autofocus for now. To use this feature, you have to press the menu button, then go to the "SETUP" menu which is the one with the wrench. Go to "Rangefinder" and make sure that it is "on."
Next, setup your Auto ISO settings. Press the menu button and go to the "SHOOTING MENU." Find "ISO sensitivity settings" and press the "ok" button. Turn Auto ISO sensitivity "on." Set "Max sensitivity" to 3200 and "Min shutter spd" to 1/100. Go up and set ISO sensitivity to "100." and press "ok."
Also in the shooting menu go to Metering and turn Matrix "on." You can change back to "Spot" as needed, but this setting will give you the most predictable exposures for now.
Again, make sure that the switch on your lens is set to "A" unless you really want to use manual.
You should be "good to go" for now. Just remember what some of the others have said, "you should try to keep your shutter speed as high as possible at the longer focal lengths like 180mm." Take some nice pictures and don't worry about "noise" or "depth of field" for now. You can get technical later after you've read your book.
#22. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 20Thu 31-Mar-11 09:06 PM
This is very helpful. I'll have to try this out then.
So if I want to zoom out then I should have a shorter shutter speed, or does it really matter in that case? But you are saying that the closer that I zoom, the shutter speed should be faster?
Thank you for helping me, this is going to be much more helpful when I go to take pictures with faster shutter speeds. I wasn't aware that it needed to be at around 1/500. My book told me around 1/50, maybe I interpreted wrong?
I went to the store and actually read a few pages of "Understanding Exposure" and from those few pages that I read, it was very helpful, hopefully tomorrow I can buy it.
#23. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 22Fri 01-Apr-11 03:30 PM
All exposure settings are trade-offs. Generally, you want a fast shutter speed so that you don't get camera shake and so that you can "stop the action." That's why I had you set your minimum shutter speed in the Auto ISO to 1/100, but even that is not fast enough for some situations, but it at least gives you a fighting chance. The other trade off is the aperture setting. As George was attempting to explain, a larger number like f8 gives you more depth of field that f4 which means that more of the foreground and background will be in focus at f8 than at f4. But, because you are letting in less light at f8 than f4, you may have to slow your shutter speed or increase your ISO to compensate for less light.
There are many factors to consider which is why you are going to read that book and learn everything there is to know. It's really very easy once you understand the basic concepts, and the illustrations and explanations will make perfect sense.
#24. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 23Fri 01-Apr-11 03:57 PM
There are so many different things that you have to do to get the perfect picture, but I will admit, I have progressed since the first day I picked it up, I have to read the manual to really even understand how to take a picture, lol.
It's so hard to figure out all of the things to trade off when switching setting, but the meter reading thing on the LCD usually helps you with that for the most part, right?
I do need to read that book, hopefully that will clear up a few fuzzies that I have. Hoping to get it today. Maybe by the time I read it, I'll be even better and it will be easier to understand some things.
#25. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 24Fri 01-Apr-11 08:34 PM | edited Fri 01-Apr-11 08:37 PM by jpFoto
>the meter reading thing on the LCD usually helps you with that for the most part, right?
Wrong. I seldom use that display. I almost always use Aperture Priority Mode which means that when I pick the aperture, that the camera then picks my shutter speed and if it can't do it at ISO 100, that it raises my ISO (and eventually will lower my shutter speed). The only time that I use that display is when I press the +- button to either over expose or under expose my shot because I know more about the lighting conditions than my light meter.
Again, it really isn't that complicated, so just read the book and you will know what I am talking about. It's a lot of fun. In the meantime, and assuming that you have setup your Auto ISO as I had suggested, you are going to get some pictures that will knock your socks off. Switch it to P (program) for a while as someone else had suggested. Get some nice images so that you can see what your camera can do.
#26. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 25Fri 01-Apr-11 10:05 PM
Alright, awesome. I am going to the zoo tomorrow so I can get some great shots then! I'll be sure to let you and everyone know when I've uploaded them so you can maybe see if I did things correctly and such.
Thank you for you help!
#27. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 25Sun 03-Apr-11 03:03 AM
So, I programed my camera like you told me to, I even set my shutter speed to 1/4000, and I still, somehow, have blurry images. I don't really understand, is there anything else that it could be?
#28. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 27Sun 03-Apr-11 09:45 AM | edited Sun 03-Apr-11 10:12 AM by jpFoto
Hi Andrea
Sorry to hear that you didn't get good results. Why don't you post a couple of your images.
You have definitely gone from one extreme to the other. Although 1/4000 definitely eliminated the possibility of camera shake or subject movement, you also eliminated any f stop that could have given you some depth of field and most of your shots probably required the highest ISO that you allowed which should have been 3200. You also must have been shooting in either Manual Mode (M) or Shutter Speed Priority Mode (S). Did you try any in Program Mode (P)? If so, take a look at the shutter speed and f stop that your camera's computer selected for you.
So, I think that the answer to your question is that you have to either read a book or get a video on exposure. Perhaps there is something on U-tube that you could watch. In the meantime, and until you have confidence in your ability to select a shutter speed or f-stop, you may want to use P. There is nothing wrong with P. Alot of us use it when things are happening too fast to think about our settings or we just want to relax and let the camera do the work. Think of it as having an expert photographer at the controls. There are also some creative ways to use "P" so that you remain in control. Here is a link to an informative article by the author of a number of books about Nikon cameras:
In any event, don't give up. Post a photo or two just so that we can see what you have done and possibly head you in the right direction until you start your education.
#29. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 28toko Registered since 04th May 2009Sun 03-Apr-11 12:42 PM | edited Sun 03-Apr-11 12:43 PM by toko
As a beginner you should study what's controlling the exposure (the image registered on sensor or film). Exposure is determined by shutter speed, aperture and iso, so you should think about that happens when these settings are adjusted. And it's also good to know what the term "stop" means in photography (1 stop more = 1 increment in exposure value; the sensor gets double amount of light (through lengthening shutter speed or rising iso or opening aperture)).
#30. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 28Sun 03-Apr-11 01:24 PM
I shot most, if not all in Shutter Priority Mode so that I could just try to see if that would help moving them shutter up to 1/4000, I didn't shoot any in Program cause the shutter speed went down to where you said it wouldn't be safe to hand hold it. But maybe if I tried to use it it may have helped with it. I'll try that today to see if anything changes.
I was actually going to get that book a while back, but I just got the exposure one, so I'm going to read it first, them probably get that one.
Oh I won't give up, it's something that I want really bad and I won't stop till I get it perfect, or at least near. (:
I'll post a few pictures, I'm sure that Flickr shows you all of the details of the pictures, but if it doesn't, just let me know and I'll get you the info.
Those are just three of the ones I took yesterday, some turned out decent and others turned out like it. It's so frustrating!
#31. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 30toko Registered since 04th May 2009Sun 03-Apr-11 01:52 PM | edited Sun 03-Apr-11 03:42 PM by toko
Images does not contain EXIF data....
Edit: Sorry, I use to check the image itself, but now I found the EXIF info…
#32. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 31Sun 03-Apr-11 03:19 PM | edited Sun 03-Apr-11 04:41 PM by jpFoto
Toko - If you click on "Actions" over the photo you'll see the exif data choice. You can also click on D3100 to the right of the picture where it says "taken with a D3100."
Andrea, I looked at the photos and the EXIF data, and they are definitely "Blurry." I am acutally glad that you shot them at 1/4000 since you have completely ruled out a slow shutter speed as a possible cause. Here are my thoughts:
1. You may not be using AutoFocus. In addition to setting the switch on the lens to A, you also have to choose "AutoFocus A, S or C" on the rear display. To get there, press the bottom left button on the rear of your camera under the + magnifying glass. Toggle over to "Focus Mode." If it is set to "MF" then we have found your problem. Set it one of the others AF-A, AF-S or AF-C. I recommend AF-S (single) for now, but you can read the user's guide to see what the differences are.
2. While you are looking at the screen, toggle up to WB and turn white balance to "AUTO" unless you had a reason for changing it.
3. Read that link by J Dennis Thomas. When you are in P, you can rotate the command dial to increase or decrease the shutter speed, and it will automatically change the f stop or the ISO or both.
4. There is a green dot in the lower left hand corner of the viewfinder that lights up when your subject is in focus. Check to see if that happens when you think that your subject is in focus.
If that doesn't work, I'm stumped, since I really think that it's the Autofocus issue. Let us know how it goes.
Edit: One more thought. When you compose your shot in the viewfinder, do you push your shutter button half way down to start autofocus; and do you see the red dot? Is the dot on your intended subject before you finish pressing the shutter? If not, you can toggle the dot over you subject, and then repress halfway before you finish depressing the shutter. I honestly don't think that this could cause such serious blur, but let's not leave any stone unturned.
#33. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 32Sun 03-Apr-11 04:47 PM
I've looked at the Auto Focus settings, it was set to AF-A. Don't know if that would affect something or if I need to pick a different one, so I set it to AF-S to see if it has changed anything, so I'm gonna try this out for a bit. I didn't have the white balance on auto, but I had it on day-light, it was bright yesterday when I shot those pictures. I haven't really paid attention to the green dot that you were referring to, but I looked at it, I don't think that the camera will let me take the shot unless it is in focus, unless it's on manual, but I'm not for sure. Sometimes the camera beeps, which I think means that it's in focus, but the green dot is blinking? Do you know what that may mean? I always make sure that the red dot is on the subject, and I push the shutter button half way down so that it will start auto-focusing, and I push it all the way down whenever I I hear the beep. I'm just as stumped as you are, I'm not understanding. Maybe I got a faulty camera?
#34. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 33Sun 03-Apr-11 05:27 PM
OK - I think that we're getting a little closer. First, AF-A is alright, it just means that your camera chooses between AF-S and AF-C. I don't like it, but it would not cause your problem. You are generally right about your camera not allowing you to take the shot if it isn't in focus, BUT, if you read pages 24 and 56 of the users guide, it tells you that the blinking green dot means that the camera could not auto-focus, but that it may beep and let you snap the shot without being in focus. Everything else that you say that you are doing is right.
So, let's concentrate on seeing a solid green dot before you fully depress the shutter. If you don't get in focus shots outside with a shutter speed of around 1/250, give or take, and an f stop of at least 5.6 at the short end of your zooms and f8 at the long end, then maybe we will have to start pointing fingers at the camera. Try some shots with both lenses to see if the results are similar so that we can rule out one or both lenses or one lens and the camera body. Hopefully, we've solved the problem.
Good luck.
#35. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 34Mon 04-Apr-11 12:20 PM
I did some practice shots with my other lens, and it seems to do the same thing. Maybe not as bad, but it still does it the same. It was fine when I first got it though, and I haven't abused it or anything, I've been treating it very carefully. So, is my last resort taking it back to the place where I got it and ask them what I should do and if they'll replace it? I really don't want them to send it back to Nikon, that will take forever.
#36. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 35Mon 04-Apr-11 03:02 PM
If you bought it locally, you sould definitely take it all back. Hopefully, you have had it less than 30 days or whatever period your seller allows for returns or exchanges. There may not be anything wrong with it, but you won't know for sure until you try a different one. Some places allow longer for exchanges than returns. The same advice applies even if you bought it from on line retailer. Get an RMA and send it all back.
Keep us posted.
#37. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 36Mon 04-Apr-11 03:14 PM
I've actually had it for 2 months yesterday, so idk, maybe they can figure something out? I'll just have to go talk to them. I have the Nikon warranty, but idk if that will work with them just exchanging it or if I have to send it off. I was looking up http://www.the-dslr-photographer.com/2009/11/camera-shake-get-rid-of-it-in-5-steps.html the correct shutter speeds with the different focal lengths, but I still don't think that 1/4000 with a 200mm focal length should be blurry, unless it really will be? I'm still trying to figure everything out to make sure that it's not the camera, it's me, but idk yet. I'm really hoping it's just me! I don't want to send it back, I'll be lost without it.
#38. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 37Tue 05-Apr-11 12:30 AM
If you have to send it to Nikon, it's not the end of the world. There is no point in owning a camera that has a defect. It's much better to be "lost" without a camera that doesn't work right than to own it.
Try to talk your local retailer into exchanging it.
#39. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 38Tue 05-Apr-11 06:05 PM
On last thought if you haven't exchanged it or sent it back yet.
Try resetting your camera to "the factory" settings. You do this by going into both the Setup Menu and Shooting Menu and making the appropriate selections. "Reset shooting options" and "Reset setup options."
#40. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 39Tue 05-Apr-11 06:33 PM
I did do the reset options, but that was a few days ago. I don't really know if that helped or not, but I'm really hoping so.
I've taken a few pictures and I'd like to see if you think that they are "normal" quality, and I'm thinking that they are.
I did no retouching on any external programs other than changing them from RAW to JPEG through Lightroom. They look pretty clear to me, other than a few fuzzies from the ISO I'm sure. And as you can prolly tell from the data, I used the 18-55mm kit lens. I'm thinking that maybe something is wrong with my 55-200mm lens? I did get it from my birthday and my boyfriend bought it off EBay and the seller was from Cameta Cameras, and they said it was a refurbished lens by Nikon. Would being refurbished have an affect? If it really matters that much, I used a UV filter from Polaroid on ^ those up there, and the others that I've asked you to look at are with a Polarizer from Polaroid as well. But I don't really think that filters would cause that much damage to the pictures that I've showed you before.
I also took a few more, below these, if you look through my Flickr, not very many, but I'd like to know what you think of those as well, I did, do a few touch-ups on those.
#41. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 40Tue 05-Apr-11 08:06 PM
>I used a UV filter from Polaroid on ^ those up there, and the others that I've asked you to look at are with a Polarizer from Polaroid as well. But I don't really think that filters would cause that much damage to the pictures that I've showed you before.
#42. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 41Tue 05-Apr-11 08:36 PM
Yeah? Would it cause that much of a problem? I know they are low end and stuff, but I wanted to try some out. I don't really have that much money to spend on a small piece of glass. (:
#43. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 41Tue 05-Apr-11 08:36 PM
Though the ones that I've showed you before didn't include a polarizer, like the one of the peacock and stuff.
#44. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 43Tue 05-Apr-11 08:54 PM | edited Tue 05-Apr-11 09:18 PM by jpFoto
OK, I've recovered, it really wasn't cardiac arrest.
Start again without those filters. Unscrew them and take some shots.
#45. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 44Tue 05-Apr-11 11:39 PM
I haven't used them long, so I really don't think that they are what's causing my problem, but idk.
I'll put some more shots up tomorrow whenever it's daylight :3
What brand of filters do you recommend? I've heard good things about B&W.
#46. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 45J_Harris Nikonian since 29th Mar 2011Wed 06-Apr-11 12:53 AM | edited Wed 06-Apr-11 01:06 AM by J_Harris
My opinion.
I have owned the D3100 since they were first available. To me your first batch of photos look extremely blurry. Although, the composition is very nice and are of interesting subjects.
The last batch look normal to me. I have shot some that are sharper (I use the 16-85 lens), but I think they look about average for a D3100 using the kit lens, the selected ISO, and a average UV filter. You may be correct in assuming your problem is a bad lens (the 55-200) and not your shooting technique or camera . If you can borrow a tripod, please take a few pictures using it and post them too.
Yes, the B+W UV Pro filters are very nice, that is what I use - but they are expensive for a small piece of glass
Oh, in case anyone is interested, the Nikon D5100 was introduced today!
Good luck tommorrow.
#47. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 46Wed 06-Apr-11 01:42 AM
Which first batch are you referring to? The ones I've linked?
I can get a B&W filter for about $15 used, is it worth trying out?
I am upset that it was released today! I want it now, lol. But I don't really see too much of a difference other than a few added options and more mega-pixels. Or maybe I don't really know what I'm looking at, lol. But for $300 more, I don't really think that it is worth it to upgrade just for a few added options.
I am actually getting a tripod this weekend from my dad, given that it works with my SLR, which I'm hoping that it does, or else I'm going to have to find me one.
I think Lava Lamps are very interesting subjects because they are never the same twice, if that was what you were referring to.
Do you by any chance know what the red VR on the lens and the gold VR on other lens stands for, color wise? I know that it stands for Vibration Reduction.
Thank you for replying!
#48. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 47J_Harris Nikonian since 29th Mar 2011Wed 06-Apr-11 02:30 AM | edited Wed 06-Apr-11 02:33 AM by J_Harris
The first batch = three pictures you linked to on flicker taken April 3rd:
The pictures taken on April 5th are the pictures I was referring to as looking normal.
All of your pictures are interesting, not just the Lava lamp.
The red color VR was used on older manufactured lenses - the gold VR is the latest color. Red doesn't necessarily mean VR version I because the first version of the Nikon 18-200 had a red VR, but used VRII.
A new B+W 52mm UV 010 F-Pro is currently selling for 36.50.
I agree that if you have already bought the D3100 it is worth keeping as it is very nice, and capable of taking very good pictures. The two big advantages the D5100 has is it uses the same sensor as the D7000 (very good) and a higher resolution LCD screen. If I was going to upgrade from the D3100 I would buy the D7000 and skip the D5100.
It will be interesting to see what subjects you shoot tomorrow
#49. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 0
I've had trouble with the AF on the 3100 to where AF hits points not relative to my setting and have missed some shots because of this delay and miscalculations of the DX sensor in focusing. Focal point acknowledgement can be unpredictable.
JackMcGowan - Central Florida
#50. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 49fly on the wall Registered since 28th May 2011Sat 04-Jun-11 12:08 PM
I'm surprised no one has mentioned the diopter adjustment!
Andrea, play with the tiny dial next to the viewfinder on the right side. This dial accounts for differences in a user's visual acuity.
If you are framing your image to be in focus by what you see in the viewfinder and you have slightly ....umm, out of focus eyesight (?) then what is happening is you are using the lens to correct your vision.
The diopter should be used to correct your vision, not the lens.
Also, a distinction might need to be made between auto-focus settings (in the menu) and auto-focus mode (the switch on the lens itself, above the VR switch)... just be clear.
#51. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 50briantilley Nikonian since 26th Jan 2003Sat 04-Jun-11 01:46 PM
>If you are framing your image to be in focus by what you see
>in the viewfinder and you have slightly ....umm, out of focus
>eyesight (?) then what is happening is you are using the lens
>to correct your vision.
I'm afraid that is not possible.
If the camera's eyepiece dioptre isn't correctly adjusted for the photographer's eyesight, it has the effect of making the image in the viewfinder vary between slightly unsharp and VERY unsharp, but the least unsharp view will still be achieved when the lens is correctly focused.
>The diopter should be used to correct your vision, not the
Welsh Nikonian
#52. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 51fly on the wall Registered since 28th May 2011Sat 04-Jun-11 10:51 PM
Thanks for clarifying, Brian.
As a competitive rifle shooter I was taught to adjust the diopter of scopes for a sharp retical while looking at a plain background (a white wall or the sky). It is my understanding that the camera's diopter is adjusted in the same manner.
#53. "RE: D3100 - Blurry Images?" | In response to Reply # 52briantilley Nikonian since 26th Jan 2003Sun 05-Jun-11 06:04 AM
Yes, that's a good way to adjust the camera eyepiece dioptre. It's a good idea to do this with the lens removed.
Just bear in mind that (unlike with a rifle scope) what you are doing is adjusting the dioptre so that the image projected onto the camera's focusing screen appears as sharp as possible to your eye.
Welsh Nikonian


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LAKELAND | The Red Door Wine Market, a convivial spot for food, drink and live music in Lakeland's South Lake Morton neighborhood, will close by Oct. 15.
The good news for fans of the arty watering hole with an expansive outdoor patio is that owner Richard DeAngelis intends to reopen by early November on nearby Palmetto Street across from the Polk Museum of Art.
The intended new locale at 733 E. Palmetto St. currently houses the First Church of Christ Science reading room. The building, a former English tea room, gives DeAngelis room for a kitchen large enough to expand his menu of appetizers, entrees and pizzas.
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There you are!!! Where you been, man?!? Do you ONLY surface on marginally up days?!? I thought we were supposed to shoot thru $4 and hold?
I know what you're banking on....the fact that so many of the posters here are ignorant fools and they will have completely forgotten what you've said before, the missed predictions, etc., because they are going to want you to tell them what they want to hear, again?? Sounding a little not-so-confident today.
Dude-et, all that matters is who's ahead in the game. There are no guarantees but at least I can say my method has netted me far more money on SIGA than your method has so give it a rest. I've made a profit well into 6 figures just on SIGA, how much have you made?
I suspect at least one or two more down charges; the last will be the day of the verdict trying to shake off weak hands (of course assuming the appeal goes SIGA's way). Of course loss the appeal and we're legitimately under $3 IMO.
It has been interesting reading a couple of the reversals. Clearly a judge has the ability to get lost in the trees and miss the big picture and the appeals decision makes it clear what they missed and why. I've been impressed with the appellate decisions, how well they were reasoned. Certainly, they clearly lay out where the judge went off the rails and how to get back on correctly. IMO Parsons got so focused on SIGA's negotiating in bad faith (after of course a change in facts), that he missed the big picture. When a group of experienced judges read through Parson's analysis and compare it to existing DE. law it will be interesting to read what they have to say.
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Amputees as well as athletes for most of their lives, Ewasiuk and Lukasik are the first and so far only female members of the startup U.S. National Amputee Hockey Team. Ewasiuk skates on an artificial left foot; Lukasik has prosthetic legs below the knees.
For Ewasiuk, 17, a high school senior in St. Paul, Minn., and Lukasik, 45, a wife and mother from Ortonville, Mich., their memberships on the team are just the latest accomplishments in athletic careers that have emphasized ability and determination over physical limitations. Their yearlong membership on the national amputee team marks the first time either has played officially with other amputees and with men.
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Lukasik, a seasoned, competitive player on an all-women hockey league outside of Detroit, used to keep her disability a secret from her opponents so that she would not become a target for the able-bodied players she traditionally faced on the ice. Competing with other amputees was a revelation.
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Both women on the amputee hockey team say strong support systems figured in their athletic development.
Ewasiuk was born with a club foot that developed complications and had to be amputated when she was six months old. Her father and brother both played hockey, and Ewasiuk started playing competitively in fourth grade with the encouragement of her parents, Fern and Dale Ewasiuk.
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Lukasik, a Canadian native, was 16 when she lost her legs in an accident on her family's farm in southern Ontario. She was working alone one day when she slipped and got caught in a machine used to shoot cattle feed into a silo.
"By every medical textbook, I should be dead today," Lukasik said. "Everything was severed; it was 20 minutes before anyone found me."
She had been a hockey player before the accident, and during her recovery she held onto her hope of playing again.
"I can recall asking my doctor at the time, 'Will I ever be able to skate again?'" Lukasik said. "He looked at me and said--and it's been the best advice anyone ever gave me--'If there's something you want to do, there's no reason you can't do it.' So less than a year after the accident, I was back on skates."
Coach Says Women Are Making Valuable Contributions to Amputee Team
The U.S. National Amputee Hockey Team was founded almost two years ago in Stoughton, Mass., a Boston suburb. The team traces its origins to 1999, when Dr. David Crandell, a physiatrist who works with disabled athletes, and his colleague Mark Pitkin, a rehabilitation engineer, started brainstorming ways to get amputees into sports.
Pitkin organized a Russian amputee hockey team and arranged for those players to visit the United States. The exhibition games were such a success that when Russia hosted the World Ice Hockey Championships in 2000, Pitkin and Crandell organized an American amputee team to travel to Russia for games against amputees there.
Formation of the American Amputee Hockey Association followed, and the U.S. team to which Lukasik and Ewasiuk belong now competes against Russian and Canadian amputee teams. It has been sanctioned by USA Hockey and Disabled Sports USA.
Team officials say that both women have made valuable contributions.
"I don't know how many women players there are internationally," Crandell said. "I don't think we'll ever have enough to have an international women's team. But this enables them to continue skating. It's based on ability, not sex."
Men Embrace Female Players on National Amputee Team
In a recent competition in Lake Placid, N.Y., the Americans beat the Russians but lost to the Canadians. Lukasik was the only goalie able to make the Lake Placid competition, so a teammate filled in as a second goalie to help her. Ewasiuk, who was declared the most valuable player in last year's competition against the Canadians, played a tough defense against men who were almost all older and larger than she is.
They say they have been fully accepted by their male teammates. The easy camaraderie both display on and off the ice with their teammates confirms that.
"I think it's great," said Andrew Trivero of Monroe, N.Y., a college sophomore who plays on the team with Ewasiuk and Lukasik and lost a leg to cancer at age 14. "I've never been one to say whatever a guy can do, a woman can do, but once we're out there, we're all one team."
Both women play with regular hockey skates on their prostheses. There is no checking in amputee hockey, but it's still a rough game. Ewasiuk crashed into the boards with a Canadian player in the Lake Placid competition, and was knocked down twice during the first period, but quickly got up and re-entered the fray. She has described playing against such accomplished athletes as "challenging and an honor."
In a competition a few years ago in her women's league, Lukasik got hit so hard that one of her artificial legs detached and skittered across the ice. Her able-bodied team had never publicized the fact that she was an amputee, fearing that she would become a target for opposing players. So when the mishap occurred, her opponents gaped in shock at the prosthetic leg lying on the ice, and the player who had slammed into her "just about fainted on the spot," Lukasik recalled, laughing.
Late Skier an Inspiration to Other Disabled Female Athletes
Hockey has caught on more slowly than other sports for disabled women athletes. Officials and players with the U.S. National Amputee Hockey Team don't know of any all-female leagues or teams for disabled players.
"Hockey is generally a less popular sport for able-bodied female athletes," said Chandonnet, the U.S. Amputee Hockey Team manager. "Therefore, I believe it is generally less popular for disabled female athletes than other sports as well."
The overall surge in disabled sports for women comes as the field of disabled sports is still mourning Diana Golden Brosnihan, a gold medalist in disabled skiing at the 1988 Calgary Olympics who died in August of the bone cancer that returned after her leg was amputated in childhood. She was 38.
Brosnihan had become famous for her fiercely competitive Alpine performances using only one ski. She went on to a second career as an acclaimed motivational speaker, helping to change public perceptions of disabled athletes even while fighting recurrences of the cancer that eventually killed her.
"Because of Diana, this sport for women has just opened up," Celo said. "Diana's love was Alpine, but she spoke about women in sports."
Hockey Provides Life Lessons for Disabled Players
As for Lukasik and Ewasiuk, the immediate future more likely holds the promise of trailblazing fun than gold medals. It could take several years for amputee hockey to become a regular part of the Paralympics.
Ewasiuk will begin college next year and continue playing in recreational leagues, but has no plans to compete at the varsity college level. She wants to study sports medicine and become an athletic trainer.
Lukasik, an accountant with Canadian certification will return to school for an American accounting degree and plans to play hockey as long as she can. Her 17-year-old son, David, plays on a league team that just won the state championship in Michigan.
Both women say they have learned lasting lessons from hockey.
"My philosophy has always been, never look at the outside of an individual, just what's within," Lukasik said.
Ewasiuk's advice to other disabled athletes reflects the philosophy instilled by her parents. "I'd say, just go for what you want," she said. "Don't let others ruin your dreams."
Darryl McGrath is a journalist in Albany, N.Y., who has previously written about co-ed hockey teams and changing perceptions of women athletes.
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When I saw an ad for a new Mexican restaurant that opened near my office, I thought about trying it. When I received a 10% off coupon in the mail, I thought about it again. But when my brother told me it was now his favorite restaurant, I went there for lunch on that very same day.
Without a doubt, a referral from your current customers is the best source of new customers. The same principle applies to sweepstakes and contests: You can increase participation through use of referrals.
As a result, "refer-a-friend" options are becoming very popular in the sweepstakes world, particularly with promotions pushed online or to social media sites.
These options appear in a various forms: "Refer-A-Friend," "Send-A-Friend," "Tell-A-Friend," "Tweet-A-Friend," and other variations, all of which basically do the same thing. Facebook's "Share" feature has a very similar function.
Sweepstakes sponsors routinely incentivize their customers with rewards of coupons, gift cards, products, or additional entries into the sweepstakes if they forward the promotion to friends. It's clear: Refer-a-friend options are here to stay.
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What Causes Does Phish Support?
The Phish Organization has been actively involved in numerous philanthropic projects (benefit concerts, grant making, hosting organizations at shows, etc.) since the early 1990's. Phish has performed a number of benefit concerts over the years, most recently Farm Aid in Chicago and the Bridge School Benefits near San Francisco. Closer to home, the band sets aside a portion of each year's net profits for direct grants to charitable organizations close to home, working on environmental concerns, social issues, and the arts in Vermont.
Greenpeace: Phish first met Mike Hayes in the summer of 1992 when they toured with Santana for several weeks. At the time, Mike was staffing the Greenpeace table on the Santana tour, signing up new members and raising awareness. When the Santana tour ended, Mike expressed interest in hosting a Greenpeace table on future Phish tours and we agreed. Along the way, Henry Schwab joined Mike at the table and the two became fixtures on Phish's tours (essentially beginning 4/17/92, although they were not at some shows for the first two years, e.g. 7.17.93.) In addition to representing Greenpeace, their table also became a a source of positive energy for fans, a gathering place for activists, and (in Fall 1995) the audience's strategy headquarters for the Band vs. Audience chess match. Over the years, many have helped a the table, including Amy Noel, Matt and Mike Beck, Joeann Costa, Russ Kreitman, and Rick Stansby.
The Touring Division began in 1997, the same year that Phish became involved in the efforts to clean up Lake Champlain. (Look for their tables inside, one on each side of the arena -- aka Page-side and Fishman-side, which is now Trey-side.) Since the WaterWheel's Touring Division began in 1997, you, the fans, have raised over $77,000 and helped 70 non-profits!
In the Fall of 1997, as part of a major restructuring, Greenpeace discontinued their touring division, and a philanthropic void was left that had to be filled. With Mike and Henry's assistance, the WaterWheel's Touring Division was born. Its mission is to help non-profits raise awarenesss and funds at Phish shows. Phish started the Touring Division to help non-profits in each city that the band plans, in particular, organizations working on issues such as homelessness, low-income health care, clean water, organic gardens, and women's and children's concerns. From these guidelines, Mike and Henry research organizations in the various cities on the tour and select a different local group to table at each show. All the proceeds raised at a particular show (including sales of WaterWheel t-shirts and other merchandise, raffles, and donation) go directly to the organization tabling at that show, after deducting a small fee to help cover the program's overhead. (For the Fall 1997 tour, they also invited Rock the Vote to join us at as many shows as they can attend to register voters.) If you are interested in helping out, talk to anyone at the WaterWheel table, and/or see contact info, below.
Intro: Phish created the non-profit WaterWheel Foundation in 1997 to oversee the band's charitable activities. Initially established to oversee contributions toward the Lake Champlain clean-up, the foundation now continues and establishedtouring program and now manages Phish's long-standing Vermont-based giving program.
Some Phish shows have had explicit political or social beneficiaries:
- A show 4-6-85 at Finbar's (for which admission was one dollar!) served as an Oxfam benefit and raised money for Central American humanitarian aid via the Tools for Peace and Justice in Central America effort.
- --88 was a benefit for NORML (the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws).
- 4/15/89 was a benefit for VPIRG (Vermont Public Interest Research Group)
- 5-16-95 was "a three-band benefit that raised more than $30,000 for for Voters for Choice, a national committee to help elect candidates who support abortion rights." (Paul Robicheau, Boston Globe) The show featured Gloria Steinheim as the opening "act", nine debuts (six originals and three covers), a "Gloria" encore, t'boot!
- Some proceeds from 7-2-95 went to support the King Street after-school program. (More information would be appreciated.)
- 10/17-18/98 and again 10/--99, Bridge School Benefit. (See also Concert Guide.)
- 10/3/98 Farm Aid (webcast) Trey made specific mention of Vermont congressmen Patrick Lahey and __ and of Farm Aid's efforts to stop expansion of the first factory farm in Vermont.
- At a number of shows (examples), Phish has encouraged people to bring canned goods.
In perhaps only one interview, Trey's made specific political statements, printed in Rollingstone 's October 23 issue (Bill Clinton on the cover). RS asked musicians for their opinion about "Lewinskygate" and included a reponse by "Trey Anastasio - Phish guitarist: "Clinton may be guilty of a lapse of judgment, but Kenneth Starr is a politically motivated, narrow-minded dirt bag. Privacy is a fundamental right in a democracy. If we allow Kenneth Starr to dismantle this presidency over basic issues of privacy, we'll have taken a dangerous step toward censorship and the loss of individual and personal freedom."
The only explicitly political song in their original repertoire was "Dear Mrs. Reagan", which hasn't been played since sometime prior to the presidential election in 1988. (Page's "Army of One", a Vida Blue song that PHish has played, e.g. 7/12/03 and 8/3/03, is not explicitly political, but is full of references to the warwongering of the time in which it was written and played.) However, discussions on Phish.Net occassionally address implicit sociopolitically ethicultural ideas. And Trey has written about The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday that, "It turns out that the revolution is funded thru Palmer's extorition of Wilson's money. (Shades of America in the eighties.)"
"I also think that when you go to play music, you're there to play music. You're not there to spread any particular... If you're Bob Marley you're there to spread a message, but very few people can do that effectively without shoving opinions down someone's throat. When I go on stage man I just want people to have fun, I don't want people to think about their problems, I want people to get energy and nutrition and food from that so they can go back into the real world and work on their problems. I don't want them to think about that shit when they're there, and I don't want to think about it." -- Jon Fishman, 1996
"We stand for things." -- George W. Bush, Davenport, Iowa, 8/5/04


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By Leafy Ways: Early works by Ivor Abrahams
7th February 2008 - 3rd May 2008
Sculpture Study Galleries
Ivor Abrahams
'Garden Suite No 1'
Silk screen and flock fibre
Courtesy Leeds Museums and Galleries (Art Gallery)
In By Leafy Ways, the artist Ivor Abrahams invites viewers into the strange world of the English suburban garden, in which ideas of nature and artifice are subtly opposed. Playing on this theme, he arranges and rearranges seemingly innocent images of bushy box hedges, ivy-clad walls, gravel paths, manicured lawns, flower borders, sundials and shrubberies into new configurations. He uses the common elements of the garden like a self-assembly kit to create scenes which are both achingly familiar and utterly bizarre.
By Leafy Ways takes its title from a film made by Abrahams in 1971, with sets made from toy garden kits and images drawn from popular gardening magazines. Taking this film as its point of departure, the exhibition deploys a body of work from the early 1970s, which has recently been acquired for the Leeds collection. It includes prints, collages, cut-outs, reliefs, small models of walls, hedges and other garden fragments and gloriously unnatural, life-size sculptures of trees and shrubs, cast in latex and foliated in flock. In these works, Abrahams uses the imagery of the garden to explore his interests in process, surface texture and illusion. At the same time, he is able to make images and objects which are accessible to everyone, at once kitsch and sinister, and filled with nostalgic longing.
Ivor Abrahams RA (b.1935) studied at St Martin's School of Art and Camberwell School of Art in the mid-1950s. He was apprenticed at the Fiorini Art bronze foundry and went on to work for Adele Rootstein, a pioneer maker of display mannequins. He first gained international recognition with an exhibition of his 'garden' sculpture at the Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne in 1973. He went on to have solo shows in museums and private galleries in Europe and the United States, including a major retrospective at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park in 1984. He was elected a Member of the Royal Academy in 1991. He currently lives and works in London.
This exhibition of Abrahams' early work runs concurrently with our main gallery show Against Nature: The hybrid forms of modern sculpture. Both investigate uncanny elements of the natural world and bring together a strange menagerie of fantastical creatures with an enchanted garden.
Further information
- Accompanying Essay:
By Leafy Ways (No. 58)
Early Works by Ivor Abrahams
- Ivor Abrahams' website:www.ivorabrahams.com


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The founders of Sons of Norway were Americans who had crossed the wide Atlantic in search of greater opportunities for themselves and their families. A majority of those European immigrants who left Europe left a poverty which had taught them that life could be harsh. When the founder chose the name Sons of Norway they wished to give voice to their gratitude to the land of their birth, but the name signified much more. It identified the hopes which they had for their American society with the Norwegian tradition and freedom and adventure which had sustained their forefathers since the days of the Vikings.
This fraternal benefits organization was founded on the principals of creating and preserving interest in the Norwegian language by its members, insofar as compatible with the loyalty the owe the USA; to labor for the development, enlightenment and progress that conduce to honest citizenship in order that the Norwegian people in this country may be properly recognized and respected; to aid its members and their families in case of sickness and death, by according them financial assistance of such magnitude, and upon such conditions as may be determined by its bylaws.
On March 31, 1910, Sverdrup Sons of Norway Lodge 4-107 of Bismarck was organized by thirty-five charter members. The name Sverdrup was established, officers were elected, and bylaws adopted.
Their first celebration was the Syttende Mai in May of 1910. In July of 1910 a delegate from Sverdrup was sent to the "head lodge convention" in Grand Forks. District IV was not established until September 15, 1914 at Devils Lake. The members of Sverdrup were advancing the ideals of the order.
The organization grew, interest in Norwegian culture grew, and many activities and small groups were established. Annual events such as Midsummer´s Eve, June 23, are celebrated in addition to Syttende Mai. We had our first Lutefisk Dinner in 1971 and this event has been an annual fundraiser, serving around 1,000 people each year.
The Sons of Norway Park was established and dedicated in 1982. This 7 acre park on Bismarck Expressway has two stabburs, two shelters, a waterfall, playground equipment, a tennis court, a skateboard park, horseshoes, and many other items. Trees have been planted each year and are dedicated to specific Sons of Norway members, a practice which started in 1989 as a state centennial project.
Individual cultural groups include Hardanger, Rosemaling, Knitting, Bok Møte, Singing and Folk Dancing now meets regularly. We have a youth group, and members who participate in the District Family Camps. Business meetings and social events are held regularly. Our lodge has grown to a membership of over 400.
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The Sons of Norway Park is located on 13th and Expressway in Bismarck, ND.
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2015 - Harvey & Wilma Melstad
2014 - Marilyn Campbell
2014 - Bob & Jan McCallum
2014 - Erling & Ruth Olson
2013 - Chuck & Janet Esser
2013 - Ted & Addie Thiede
2012 - Louise Benz
2012 - Wilfred & Mary Jean Hanson
2011 - Eugene Weekes
2011 - Lowell & Karen Jensen
2010 - Sig & Dorothy Lovold
2010 - Arne & June Sakshaug
2010 - Marcus & Jeannette Radig
2009 - Al & Eve Schultz
2009 - Arlene Olson
2008 - Russell & Jane Thune
2008 - Hilma & Ernest Blaich
2007 - Amy & Henry Wisness
2007 - Ione & Ralph Leet
2006 - Lowell & Muriel Boyum
2006 - Karen Kopseng
2005 - Margaret & Erling Botnen
2005 - Verna & Albert Dronen
2004 - Vern & Doris Hanson
2004 - LeRoy Nayes
2003 - Lyle Hanson
2003 - Corma & Lyle Reinke
2002 - Vernon & Enid Monger
2002 - Lillian Nayes
2001 - Bonnie Hadland
2001 - Lyle Schultz
2000 - Lorna Tyson & Lorraine Ostroot
2000 - Audrey Solheim
1999 - Al & Bernice Steinke
1999 - Sid & Cathy Bergan
1998 - Raymond & Arlene Larson
1998 - Ella Nordby Nayes
1997 - Sylvia & Terry Watson
1997 - Marvin & Donna Evenson
1996 - Peachy & Agnar Johansen
1996 - Otto Bervik
1995 - Melvin Berg
1995 - Valborg Fisher
1994 - Howard Snortland
1994 - M. F. Peterson
1993 - Dr. Norvald Brink
1993 - Sig & Marge Peterson
1992 - Norman Peterson
1992 - Tor Hegland
1991 - John R. Erickson
1991 - Ragnvald A. Nestos
1990 - Jeannette Myhre
1990 - John Moses
1989 - Gilman & Helen Storlie
1989 - Rasmus Karlgaard
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SIKESTON - If you've never seen a cat walked on a leash, you may very well get your chance in a couple weeks.
Amendments to Sikeston's animal control ordinance approved by the City Council recently go into effect June 5, according to Tom Bridger, public works director.
"I don't want to surprise people," Bridger said. "We're trying to get the word out."
Most of the amendments were just "cleaning up and straightening up of the animal code - a lot of it was clarifications more than anything," Bridger said. But there are some changes. "Now there's a leash law, so if it's not in a fenced yard, it will have to be leashed - and it includes cats."
The amended animal control ordinance now defines things like adequate food, water and shelter, Bridger said. The ordinance requires the shelter to comply with the USDA standards - a roof, four sides and a floor, sheltering the animal from heat, cold and the direct rays of the sun.
Appropriate fencing is also defined, requiring electrified or barbed wires to be inaccessible to the public.
The amendments receiving the most attention are the ones defining and regulating dangerous dogs, however.
According to the ordinance, "dangerous dogs" include pit bulls, pit bull mixes and any dog designated by the animal control officer as being dangerous.
A dog may be designated as dangerous if:
* There are records of it biting hard enough to break the skin without provocation;
* It has ever killed another domestic animal without provocation;
* It is a dog used for fighting or trained to fight;
* It is used primarily to guard property, unless it is owned by a governmental or law enforcement agency;
* It has a known propensity, tendency or disposition to attack unprovoked;
* If it chases or approaches in a menacing fashion or with an attack attitude when provoked;
* If it has three separate instances of being unrestrained or uncontrolled off the owner's premises.
"Any breed can be classified as a dangerous dog depending on how they are, how they act," Bridger said.
While fines for violations of the animal control ordinance range from $50 to $500, failure to register a dangerous dog will result in immediate seizure and impoundment of the animal in addition to a $500 fine, even on the first offense, Bridger said.
Dangerous dog owners will have to post "beware of dog" signs within 30 days of the amended animal control going into effect, and registration of dangerous dogs with Animal Control is required within 60 days.
Bridger said the registration form requires two color photos; the name and address of the owner; the address of where the dog stays; proof of homeowners or renters insurance coverage on the dog; proof of shots and vaccinations; and adequate confinement for the animal.
Dangerous dogs must be kept indoors or in a secure, enclosed and locked pen or kennel except when leashed and muzzled or being walked in a fenced backyard, Bridger said.
If a dangerous dog is kept outdoors, the pen or kennel must have secure sides; a secured top attached to the sides; and a secure bottom or floor attached to the sides or the sides must be embedded at least two feet deep in the ground.
If a dangerous dog is kept indoors, it can't be kept on a porch, patio or any part of the house or structure that allows the dog to exit or enter on its own. It also unlawful to keep such a dog inside with open windows or where a screened window or door is the only obstacle preventing the dog from leaving the structure, according to Bridger.
"We've been trying to identify locations where these animals are kept," Bridger said, adding that code Enforcement and Animal Control have been attempting to make verbal contact with known owners. City officials plan to send out letters to known dangerous dog owners along with registration forms, he explained.
Bridger said it is not the city's intention to ban these animals, but some residents are apparently finding it not worth the effort to comply with the new restrictions. "Several people have already gotten rid of the animals," he said. "The goal is just making the owner be more responsible."
The amended ordinance also adds to the list of prohibited exotic animals, such as non-human primates; lions, tigers; leopards, bobcats, hyenas - "any kind of deadly animal," Bridger said. "It's kind of a health and safety issue."
Other provisions will allow the city to "try and recuperate some of our cost" of medical attention for the animals picked up by Animal Control or taken because of neglect.
For questions regarding the amended animal control amendment, call Bridger or Ken Fowler at 471-2174.


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The Future of Communications Regulation after Ofcom's Pay-TV Consultation
Pablo Ibáñez Colomo
London School of Economics - Law Department
December 3, 2010
LSE Legal Studies Working Paper No. 23/2010
The present article examines the implications of Ofcom's pay-TV consultation for the future of communications regulation. It is submitted, first, that the authority's approach departs from what appeared to be well-established principles in the relevant sector-specific instruments. While ex ante intervention only seemed justified in presence of structural obstacles to effective competition, the logic underpinning the pay-TV consultation suggests that intervention may be justified whenever the regulator expects it to benefit consumers and competition. Similarly, Ofcom does not feel bound by the limits that would derive from competition law. More generally, the article examines the extent to which the broader technological and regulatory context surrounding the pay-TV consultation is relevant to explain the position taken by the authority.
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Since this site got hacked a while ago, I haven't been in a particular rush to put it back online after clearing out all of the malicious code, since I effectively started again with a new site, a new direction, a new way forward etc. etc.
But after reading this post about how we should expect to look back at our past work and cringe (unless we don't expect our future work to get any better), I realised that was actually the reason I wasn't in any rush to put something like 6 years worth of blog posts, links and random thoughts back online.
So here it is again. A few broken links and lost images here and there (mainly the result of a poor backup strategy), but most of the work is still there, if you want to Google around for it.
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Neshoba/Kemper County Tornado
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Event Summary
The tornado started just west of County Road 450, downing some pine trees. As it crossed County Road 450, it began downing numerous trees, pushed a mobile home over, and damaged the roof of a house. The tornado intensified as it cross MS Highway 491, destroying a large portion of two chicken houses down to the ground, and causing extensive tree damage. The tornado then appeared to weaken slightly as it crossed County Road 729 and then crossed into Kemper County near White Store Road. Numerous trees were snapped, and a home suffered some minor to moderate damage along County Road 729.
The tornado intensified as it approached Little Rock Road and MS Highway 495. The tornado reached an EF-3 intensity at this location, causing extensive structural damage to two frame homes, completely destroying two mobile homes and carrying the remains some distance, snapping several power poles, and causing intense tree damage with some denuded trees. The tornado weakened a bit from here, but continued to cause extensive tree damage and downed power poles and lines as it moved east-northeast. As the tornado crossed Highway 16 for the first time west of De Kalb, it continued to cause EF-2 type damage, destroying several mobile homes, heavily damaging the second story of a frame home, and causing roof damage to other frame homes. Extensive tree and power line damage also occurred in this area.
As the tornado crossed Neely Town Road north of De Kalb it again caused EF-3 type damage, completely destroying a double-wide mobile home and wrapping the frame around trees several hundred yards away and carrying the remnants across a road a considerable distance away, along with intense tree damage including denuded trees, and snapped power poles. It also destroyed another mobile home and caused roof damage to nearby frame homes. It continued east, causing extensive tree damage across MS Highway 39, and then caused EF-3 damage again as it crossed Old De Kalb-Scooba Road. Tree damage was the most impressive of anywhere along the track in this area, with large swaths of area where nearly every tree was snapped and many trees were denuded. Additionally, a frame home suffered heavy damage with the roof mainly gone and some walls heavily damaged, another home had heavy roof damage, and some outbuildings were destroyed. This was also where the tornado reached its maximum width of three-quarters of a mile.
The tornado then weakened somewhat and narrowed as it crossed MS Highway 16 west of Scooba. Numerous trees and a couple of power poles were snapped in this area. The tornado then crossed US Highway 45 south of Scooba where it was relatively narrow but intense with damage on the border of EF-2/EF-3. A large warehouse building was totally destroyed, a pickup truck was moved a considerable distance, intense tree damage occurred with some denuding, and three homes suffered roof damage.
After crossing US Highway 45, the tornado widened again, and caused heavy damage in the area east of Scooba, particularly along MS Highway 16 near Giles Road. The tornado caused heavy roof damage to several homes and intense tree damage, with some denuding of trees occurring again. A number of power poles were snapped in the area as well. The tornado crossed into Alabama along and north of MS Highway 16. Additional information on this tornado can be found in statements issued by the National Weather Service in Birmingham.
Radar Imagery
These images from the Brandon, MS doppler radar show the thunderstorm at 12:52pm, shortly before the tornado initially touched down over eastern Neshoba County. The image on the left shows 0.5° base reflectivity data, and the image on the right shows 0.5° storm relative velocity data. Click on the thumbnail below for a higher resolution image.
As the tornado moved eastward into Kemper County, radar presentation improved substantially. These images from the Brandon, MS doppler radar show the tornadic thunderstorm at 1:11pm, as the tornado was moving along MS Highway 16 west of De Kalb. The image on the left shows 0.5° base reflectivity data, and the image on the right shows 0.5° storm relative velocity data. Click on the thumbnail below for a higher resolution image.
The tornado continued eastward across Kemper County, passing just north of De Kalb. These images from the Columbus AFB, MS doppler radar show the tornadic thunderstorm at 1:20pm, as radar continued to indicate very strong rotation. In addition, a bounded weak echo region (BWER) was indicated in base reflectivity data. The image on the left shows 0.5° base reflectivity data, and the image on the right shows 0.5° storm relative velocity data. Click on the thumbnail below for a higher resolution image.


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