Picture of the Day (November 2007)

[arn]

Continuation of the previous Picture of the Day (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=204316)

iGary wrote:

Thought it would be fun to share one of your best every day - doesn't matter what it is, just as long as it is decent (no nudes or overly graphic shots). You can add a picture everyday as long as it is different.

It does not matter when the picture was taken, as long as you only post ONE SINGLE IMAGE per day. Make sure to post a date, location and description.

Please use this format when posting:

Blue Angels Flight Demonstration, U.S. Naval Academy/Severn River 5/24/06

And if you like, post your EXIF data, so others may learn if they want to - but please use the following format (optional). If you do not know what you have or only have a couple of bits, post those, but in the order listed below, leaving out the titles of what you do not have, please.

Camera: Canon EOS 20D
ISO: 400
Focal Length: 220mm
Shutter/Aperture: 1/1000 @ f11
Lens: EF 100-400L f4.5-5.6 IS USM

[epicwelshman]

Just out of curiosity... why the continuation? Was the original thread getting too large?

[baby duck monge]

Not going to question the continuation. Not even a great picture. I just wanted to be first. This is from when some Buddhist monks came by the University to create some art for us. Really bad light, and no tripod, but here it is.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1227/1445009630_b2df36123a.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/babyduckmonger/1445009630/)

[M@lew]

Yeah the original one was pretty big. I was wondering if it was going to get remade.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2276/1850805390_3381b5bb3e.jpg (http://flickr.com/photos/matt_lew/1850805390/)

[Abstract]

Despite the fact that large threads are split up into multiple pages, it actually takes up more "resources" (don't know the technical words to describe it) for you to go into a single page of the Picture of the Day, with only 20 posts in it, than it is for me to go into another thread with only 20 total posts in it.

So basically, the amount of resources used is dependent on the size of the thread itself, and not just the number of posts in the particular page you want to look at.

This happened once before on a board I used to go to many years ago, and that was the explanation we were given back then.

[Martin C]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2212/1864354185_b03aaa45bf_b.jpg


Unwashed Feet
September 23rd, 2007
New York City

Nikon D40
1/80 sec at ƒ/3.5
18mm
ISO 200

I used a wide aperture and the built in flash to isolate the feet from the rest of the body. In post processing, I desaturated a bit and did some burning and dodging as well.

[J'aime]

90261

Red Wolf, Chattanooga Nature Center

[walangij]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2254/1640872853_e30599846d_b.jpg
Camera: Canon EOS 350D
ISO: 100
Focal Length: 135mm
Shutter/Aperture: 1/4000 @ f2.0
Lens: EF 135mm f/2.0L

[seenew]

http://seenew.net/breakfastTotem.jpg

Polaroid emulsion transfer. 2007.
3.25 x 4.25"

[arn]

So basically, the amount of resources used is dependent on the size of the thread itself, and not just the number of posts in the particular page you want to look at.

Yep. basically. When the server loads a page of a thread with 8000 replies, it has to sort through all of those.

Announcement here: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=381541

arn

[jlcharles]

St. Peter's Square in Vatican City from right in front of the basilica.

Hasselblad w/50mm probably around f/8 or so, hyperfocused.

Shot on Kodak Portra 160VC.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2281/1812150873_568a49b12e.jpg

Flickr link for larger (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimcharlesphoto/1812150873/)

[BigJohno]

Ok lame question but how do you add those boarders to your photos. I cant seem to figure it out in PS. Sorry to interrupt the thread. My connection is **** at work or els I would have put a picture up.

[jlcharles]

Ok lame question but how do you add those boarders to your photos. I cant seem to figure it out in PS. Sorry to interrupt the thread. My connection is **** at work or els I would have put a picture up.

I made an action that basically adds 60 pixels of white to the canvas size. Then 5 pixels of black. It's under Image->Canvas Size

[pdxflint]

From the archives of old b/w 35mm workprints.

http://lh4.google.com/pdxflint/RssstShzaiI/AAAAAAAACAo/KTL7LGVJluE/s800/art%20alexander.jpg

Canon EOS A2
Canon 28-105 f/3.5-4.5 USM
scanned from workprint

[BigJohno]

I made an action that basically adds 60 pixels of white to the canvas size. Then 5 pixels of black. It's under Image->Canvas Size

Hey thanks! :)

[BigJohno]

Here is mine.

[seenew]

From the archives of old b/w 35mm workprints.
<snip image>

Canon EOS A2
Canon 28-105 f/3.5-4.5 USM
scanned from workprint

perfect exposure! Man, look at that tonal range. Digital has a long way to go.

[shieldyoureyes]

Wow, Seenew. Those are simply amazing. I just love the 'feeling' they have. The tones, the great, in your face grain (is it even still grain?) Anyways, they certainly have a magic quality to them.

[shieldyoureyes]

Unwashed Feet
September 23rd, 2007
New York City

Nikon D40
1/80 sec at ƒ/3.5
18mm
ISO 200

I used a wide aperture and the built in flash to isolate the feet from the rest of the body. In post processing, I desaturated a bit and did some burning and dodging as well.
I love it.

From the archives of old b/w 35mm workprints.

<snip image>

Canon EOS A2
Canon 28-105 f/3.5-4.5 USM
scanned from workprint

Wow. Great photograph. What film was this?

I'm with Seenew, digital has a long way to go before it even starts to catch up to film...thats why I almost always grab my Nikon F3 and some Tri-x over my D80.

[shieldyoureyes]

Stockholm, Sweden

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2278/1809063946_06037a183c_b.jpg

Camera: Nikon F3
Lens: Nikkor 35mm f/2
Film: Ilford XP2

[anti-microsoft]

Here is mine.

Hey thats quite nice...keep up the good work!

[Edge100]

Yeah the original one was pretty big. I was wondering if it was going to get remade.

<snip image>

Wow, I love this. Something about her legs against the background.

[devilot]

Mod note: We are going to try something a little different and have a "Picture of the Day" thread each month, rather than a behemoth thread. So this one will be for November 2007 (and I'll edit the thread title as such).

Thanks!

[miranda.danny]

Funny...

Camera: Canon EOS XTi
Lens: Canon 50mm f1.8 II
ISO: 1600
Exposure: 1/60 @ f/1.8

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2158/1878333836_febfe40222.jpg?v=0 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dannymiranda/1878333836/)

[bld44]

http://brandondavis.us/photography/sunsetsm.jpg
Camera: Nikon D40
Lens: Nikon 18-200mm VRII @ 55mm
ISO: 1600
Exposure: 1/160 @ f/6.1

[nando2323]

http://gallery.mac.com/fernando.dasilva/100162/DSC_0020_2/web.jpg

[pdxflint]

perfect exposure! Man, look at that tonal range. Digital has a long way to go.



Wow. Great photograph. What film was this?

I'm with Seenew, digital has a long way to go before it even starts to catch up to film...thats why I almost always grab my Nikon F3 and some Tri-x over my D80.

Thanks to both of you... I believe the film was Illford Hp5+ 400, although I also used Tri-x for a while. The only way I can be sure is to dig through my negative archives and find the actual negative used for the print.

I was hesitant to post this at first because of the "blown" highlights, but since I was going for the "sidelit" effect with no fill flash I knew the light source would be overexposed, and liked the look. Much of my film shooting ventured into serious backlighting and strong sidelighting, creating some interesting specular highlights and difficult contrast situations - which made the photographs more interesting, at least in my mind... :) I do like the look of b/w film, including the variations of the grain from changing film. Tri-x looks a lot like HP5, T-Max 400 looks more glassy, and Ilford Delta 400 has it's own look... I also played around with overexposing Plus-x 125, or doing shots into harsh backlighting, and doing a very diluted, longer development (with very gentle agitation) using the old classic German developer, Rodinal, to capture more shadow detail, and tone down the highlights. Usually the tonal range of the film was pretty extensive, and the contrast had to be bumped while printing to find the right balance....

Anyway, I babble on... but film is fun, and demanding - digital is fast. Some parallels to music. Analog vs. digital. I love them both.

Seenew: Really nice work with the polaroids - very artistic and beautiful results...

[pdxflint]

Taken on campus at Portland State University near the end of the 1995 Pacific Rim Economic Conference which was held there for two days in June, 1995. In this shot Clinton addresses a large crowd which had waited hours to hear him speak. The lighting was tricky (extreme contrast,) since it was severe sidelighting with the sun at a low angle, yet in the shade of the elm trees of the South Park Blocks. The SS gave me about 1 minute from this spot. Scanned from a work print (print done on RC paper meant to be scanned, not displayed...) Please: No politics, pro or con, on the subject. This was strictly non-partisan journalism :)

http://lh3.google.com/pdxflint/RvAI3LWiZXI/AAAAAAAACWs/e7ZXY5HnFcw/s800/clinton%2C%20podium%20original_1.jpg

Canon EOS A2
Canon 100-300 f/4.5-5.6 USM
Scanned from workprint

[M@lew]

Something different?

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2179/1850800518_6e73f37925.jpg (http://flickr.com/photos/matt_lew/1850800518/)

[srf4real]

Sunday was pretty epic - hurricane Noel swell.:D

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n30/srf4real/_1020737.jpg
L1+ZD 40-150mm
1/2000 sec
f/5
ISO 250
150mm

[baby duck monge]

Something different?

If this is going to be your new style, it's a wonderful evolution from your older work.

[miranda.danny]

Mine for the day

Camera: Canon EOS XTi
Lens: Canon 50mm f1.8 II
ISO: 100
Exposure: 1/80 @ f/1.8

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2098/1888525521_f9d155e923.jpg?v=0 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dannymiranda/1888525521/)

[seenew]

polaroid emulsion lift. 2007.

(conjuring up old memories of flying toasters, anyone?)

http://www.seenew.net/afterdark.jpg
("Afterdark")

[nateDEEZY]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2199/1808855304_9e5121dc4e.jpg?v=0
Camera: Canon EOS XTi
Lens: Canon 50mm f/1.8 II
ISO: 1600
Exposure: 1/60 @ f/1.8

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2258/1808855364_97f2cdab60.jpg?v=0
Camera: Canon EOS XTi
Lens: Canon 17-40mm f/4L @ 17mm
ISO: 1600
Exposure: 1/4 @ f/8

[Lovesong]

Leopard is here... (and looks he just licked his butt) :p

Canon 5D
70-200L f/2.8 @ 200mm
f/5.6
1/800

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2301/1889414481_76da00c4a7_o.jpg

[MacNoobie]

http://zieba-photo.smugmug.com/photos/218240876-O.jpg

Camera: Canon EOS 1D-Mark II N
Lens: EF 24-70mm f/2.8L | 1/60th @ f/4.5
Focal Length: 38mm
EV: -1/3
Flash: 580 EX w/small diffuser pointed at ceiling.

Shot in RAW mode, No Photoshop used.

[jayb2000]

Given that it is 48 and rainy right now :(

D200 with 18-200vr @ 70mm
f/8
ISO 200
1/180s

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2246/1893012699_b082589bf7_b.jpg

I really need to use a tripod and/or jack the ISO for shots like that, but I was trying to keep noise down. Instead it came out just a tiny bit blurred.

[M@lew]

If this is going to be your new style, it's a wonderful evolution from your older work.

Thanks. It was kind of a mistake gone good. I was mis-focusing bad it gave it a nice old style look.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2372/1879101081_725dc07d16.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/matt_lew/1879101081/)

[redrabbit]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2100/1877454995_2011074f51_o.jpg

[srf4real]

offshores and overhead, Sunday dawn patrol.

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n30/srf4real/emptyperfection.jpg
click for larger image

[mpr131]

First time posting in this thread. No special camera nor do I know any of the settings.

Town of Sorrento, Italy at night.

[srf4real]

No special camera nor do I know any of the settings...And a beautiful view none the less!:)

[fett]

Hi, I have enjoyed all your photos for a couple of months now and finally decided to join. I'm new to photography, I just bought my first dslr in July.

Here is one of mine from Saturday.

90458

ISO 100
Shutter 1/125
Aperture f/11
Focal lenght 33mm
Rebel XTi with EF-S 17-85mm lense.

[sthpark7791]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2284/1896882802_b173f7b725.jpg?v=0 (http://flickr.com/photos/8402955@N06/1896882802/)

[RoadieJodie]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2386/1896438809_7a831b50c7_b.jpg

Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1000)
Aperture: f/14
Focal Length: 18.5 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Date / Time: 2007:11:04 12:24:26

[gamerz]

Heres mine, I can barely compete here :rolleyes:

http://img479.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc01020tv5.jpg

If the picture didnt work then linky:

http://img479.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc01020tv5.jpg

[seenew]

<snip photo>

Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1000)
Aperture: f/14
Focal Length: 18.5 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Date / Time: 2007:11:04 12:24:26

aha! dried up foundtain. so cool looking, almost like a desert with old machinery lying around.

[redrabbit]

Inner Mongolian field..who wouldn't want to take a nap there?

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2391/1892594083_4cde2e0f8c_o.jpg

[pdxflint]

On a quiet afternoon on the Willamette River at West Linn. Scanned from workprint.

http://lh6.google.com/pdxflint/RvALz7WiZlI/AAAAAAAACZA/xvqhloyAnmE/s800/resting.jpg

Canon EOS 630
Canon 100-300 f/4.5-5.6 USM
Tri-X 400 film - scanned from print

[fett]

Taken in Waterton Glacier National Park.
90603

Exposure: 1/2 sec at f/25
ISO 100
Canon Rebel XTi EF-S 17-85mm

[srf4real]

Just goofing around with my new ZD 70-300mm f/4-5.6:D

f/8, ISO 250, 1/3sec. @ 70mm (140mm equivalent)

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n30/srf4real/test001.jpg
click for larger image
L1


... help yourself to the key limes- but the treats are for my puppies!

[M@lew]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2255/1900165387_6a66652d06.jpg (http://flickr.com/photos/matt_lew/1900165387/)

[Daringescape]

Experimenting trying to get some lightning shots. Fun stuff.

Shot with a Canon Digital Rebel from my upstairs bathroom window.

30 sec exposure f3.0 18mm iso 100

[RoadieJodie]

aha! dried up foundtain. so cool looking, almost like a desert with old machinery lying around.

Thank you :).

I have a few more from the same set, but I think I will change it up a bit with this addition.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2089/1911549658_2e0a729293_b.jpg

Exposure: 0.022 sec (1/45)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 6.3 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Date/Time: 2007:09:29 21:11:45

[Mechcozmo]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2190/1913347625_15d750a154.jpg
Linkety (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mechcozmo/1913347625/)

.6"
f/8
50mm
Pentax K10D

I really want to get into HDR but I have no software (nor the money to buy the many-hundred-dollar softwares that exist) but I like how this shot has enough of the sky and the trees to look good without needing HDR processing.

[BOOSTD]

Long time lurker, first time poster. I am relatively new to photography (maybe 4 months) so any feedback would be appreciated.

http://web.mac.com/rtjones85/Ryan_Jones_.mac_Site_v1.1/Picture_Hosting_files/Melancholy%20at%20the%20train%20stop%20%28web%29%20.jpg

Camera: Canon 30D
Lens: EF 85mm f/1.8
Aperture: f/1.8
Exposure: 1/50
ISO: 1600

[miranda.danny]

have a few more from the same set, but I think I will change it up a bit with this addition.

I love the shot!!!

Mine for the day, taken on a rainy day when bored in my room...

Camera: Canon EOS XTi
Lens: Canon 50 mm f1.8 II
ISO: 100
Exposure: 1.3 @ f5.6

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2025/1919594978_87182809c0.jpg?v=0 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dannymiranda/1919594978/)

[RoadieJodie]

Another shot from the set of the previous photo:


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2032/1910710009_a95fb700e2_b.jpg


Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 11 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Date / Time: 2007:09:29 21:04:51

[FunkyJunk]

Berchtesgaden, Germany

http://www.chrisweaver.net/images/CIMG0238.jpg

[sthpark7791]

Life on Wheels

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2338/1896128591_a583b3b5ee.jpg?v=0 (http://flickr.com/photos/8402955@N06/1896128591/)

[srf4real]

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n30/srf4real/001.jpg
click to enlarge

L1 + ZD 70-300 f/4-5.6

[pdxflint]

As logging in the coastal forests of Oregon continues to consume most of the remaining natural forests, places like this might not be around for those who haven't experienced them... taken during a short hike off the Hwy. 18 corridor between Grande Ronde and Lincoln City. Scanned from full-frame print.

http://lh6.google.com/pdxflint/RssptyhzagI/AAAAAAAACAU/a08idSt5tFs/s800/old%20growth.jpg

Canon EOS A2
Canon 28-105 f/3.5-4.5 USM
Kodak T-Max 400 film - scanned from workprint

[freebooter]

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b90/Planter12/DSC_0366-copy.jpg

Mound and Tree
November 9, 2007.
Near Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Nikon D40x
Nikkor 28mm f3.5 H
47s@f8
Hoya 72R Infrared Filter

Took this one this morning close to the country retreat where I'm taking a teaching course.

I haven't looked at the thread for a while and was shocked to see the closed sign. Then I found the continued here post....whew!

[valdore]

http://www.valdorephoto.com/images/gallery2/d/16114-1/IMG_2245.jpg

Skyline of Kansas City Missouri seen from the grassy berm of an interchange in Kansas City Kansas.

Canon 5D
Crappy telephoto lens
HDR from one RAW // Five source images
Shutter: 3.2 sec // Aperture: f/4.0 // Focal Length: 70mm // ISO 100

[Silverbird0000]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2255/1900165387_6a66652d06.jpg (http://flickr.com/photos/matt_lew/1900165387/)

I love this! Do the people you take pics of ever see you and get pissed? I really want to do more of this kind of photography but i'm afraid people will get pissed!

[Silverbird0000]

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k232/SilverBird0000/DSC_1290edited.jpg

Taken yesterday at my friends b-day party. I usually don't post pics of such things, but I really liked they way it looked especially after doing a gaussian blur in photoshop.

Camera: Nikon D40
Shutter: 1/6 second (and handheld, I think it came out good for being handheld!)
Aperture: f/5.3
ISO: 1600
Focal Length: 45mm
Lens: 18-55mm kit

[M@lew]

I love this! Do the people you take pics of ever see you and get pissed? I really want to do more of this kind of photography but i'm afraid people will get pissed!

They sometimes see me, but I've never had anyone confront me about it. You get mixed reactions. Some people smile, some look at you funny and some just plain ignore you. Depends how you look I guess. A lot of the time I'm in uniform so maybe the fact I'm a student makes them nicer to me. Don't go out and take photos while looking really shady. This will just make people suspicious and less welcoming.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2174/1912666227_5c703c56b2.jpg (http://flickr.com/photos/matt_lew/1912666227/)

[oblomow]

Skyline of Kansas City Missouri seen from the grassy berm of an interchange in Kansas City Kansas.


I really like this one. The color and clarity of the image. I would expect
a batmobile somewhere in the picture though....

[Stampyhead]

Taken on campus at Portland State University near the end of the 1995 Pacific Rim Economic Conference which was held there for two days in June, 1995. In this shot Clinton addresses a large crowd which had waited hours to hear him speak. The lighting was tricky (extreme contrast,) since it was severe sidelighting with the sun at a low angle, yet in the shade of the elm trees of the South Park Blocks. The SS gave me about 1 minute from this spot. Scanned from a work print (print done on RC paper meant to be scanned, not displayed...) Please: No politics, pro or con, on the subject. This was strictly non-partisan journalism :)

That's actually a really good picture. There's something Kennedy-esqe about it.

[Iamtherealwoody]

Butterfly Garden, Gainesville Florida
Canon PowerShot SD750

[seenew]

part of a series for my final in Color Photo Technique

Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Shutter Speed: 1/80 second
F Number: F/2.8
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Date Picture Taken: Nov 7, 2007, 9:00:32 PM

http://www.seenew.net/chameleons3.jpg

[ChrisBrightwell]

If you look really closely, you can see my reflection in her eye.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2359/1944195239_d2738254a8.jpg?v=0

"I don't sleep. I wait."
flickr link (http://flickr.com/photos/dimwell/1944195239)

50mm @ f/1.4, 1/10 sec, ISO 1600

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

[pdxflint]

Driving south from Pacific City, I pulled over near Neskowin to catch the last glow of the sunset. I know the horizon is too centered, and a bit askew. It might be better straightened and cropped, but I'm feeling too lazy...;)

http://lh5.google.com/pdxflint/RxlfP27Qi8I/AAAAAAAACqQ/DRhuaGUfpAo/s800/DSC_1876.JPG

Model: NIKON D50
ISO: 1600
Exposure: 1/80 sec
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 55mm w/18-55 kit lens

[Cliff3]

Scruffy, but quick.

http://www.coates3.com/modules/gallery2/d/17668-1/_DSC8755-Edit.jpg


D2X - 80-200 f2.8 AF-S @ 200mm - TC14E teleconverter - monopod used
f4 @ 1/1250 shutter priority

[shieldyoureyes]

Thank you :).

I have a few more from the same set, but I think I will change it up a bit with this addition.

Exposure: 0.022 sec (1/45)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 6.3 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Date/Time: 2007:09:29 21:11:45

Great capture...really like the high contrast

As logging in the coastal forests of Oregon continues to consume most of the remaining natural forests, places like this might not be around for those who haven't experienced them... taken during a short hike off the Hwy. 18 corridor between Grande Ronde and Lincoln City. Scanned from full-frame print.

Canon EOS A2
Canon 28-105 f/3.5-4.5 USM
Kodak T-Max 400 film - scanned from workprint

Wow, just beautiful. Nothing beats a good print, but this one really glows. I bet it looks even better in person.

part of a series for my final in Color Photo Technique

Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Shutter Speed: 1/80 second
F Number: F/2.8
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Date Picture Taken: Nov 7, 2007, 9:00:32 PM


I think this is my favorite from your recent posts... absolutely gorgeous.

[shieldyoureyes]

Uppsala, Sweden Nov. 10, 2007

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2375/1949096082_a3f46086d4_b.jpg

Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikkor 20mm f/2.8
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/400)
Aperture: f/8
Focal Length: 20 mm

[flyingscott]

"Keeping Work Simple..."

http://www.sacreativeservices.com/forum_stuff/simple.jpg

[seenew]

I think this is my favorite from your recent posts... absolutely gorgeous.

thank you. it's a series of about ten, so there will be others. :)

[DCBass]

This is my first post in this thread. Hope you all like it.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2225/1778510878_b7c700eb2a_b.jpg

I'll admit, there was just a little amount of post-proc in aperture.


D40
Nikkor 50mm 1.8
Handheld
-----------
I borrowed this lens from my friend in the pic), and I just might have to get this on my D40 and do the MF thing instead of saving up and spending 3x as much on a sigma 30mm 1.4. (When is Nikon going to come out with some AF-S primes!?)

Thanks,

DCBass

[OdduWon]

Half full
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r75/odduwon/P7080023.jpg

[Mechcozmo]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/183/434393976_2d6d0e956c.jpg
Linkety (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mechcozmo/434393976/) to Flickr



4 second exposure
f/8 I think
Ilford XP2+
Nikon FE, Nikkor 50mm 1.4
Flash from ~3-5 feet to the right of the camera.

Note the shadow that my friend is casting on himself; a byproduct of the off-centered flash. That was an interesting, and unexpected, effect.

[srf4real]

Eight time world champ, Kelly Slater tearing it up at his brother Sean's
annual invitational contest this morning in Cocoa Beach. First time trying out the new Zuiko digital 70-300 at the beach...

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n30/srf4real/kelly010-1.jpg
L1+zd70-300mm
f/8
1/1300 sec.
ISO 500
215mm (430mm equiv.)

[mattwe]

Okay, so this is the first picture I have ever posted for others to see online - be nice. I used a crappy digital P&S, and then Picasa to make it B&W. Taken at a restaurant in Athens, Ga where my wife and I were eating.

I used to shoot a lot of photos with an SLR, but bills came, I sold all my equipment and went back to school to try to start my 3rd career. Now I am about halfway through school and am taking pictures that aren't just candids of friends again (with my crappy P&S) and loving it. May have to step up to a DSLR soon.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y64/munkyboie/Summer2007102.jpg

[posix]

I finally got a DSLR today, a Nikon D40 :eek::eek::eek::eek:

Anyway, Heres one of my practice shots, I've finally realised why I needed a DSLR, I can't imagine how much film I would have wasted trying to get this one right!!! I hope this is the start of a lifetimes hobby hehe :) well its allready a hobby but... ;-)

Anyway, the photo, yes it has been edited in Photoshop (Old habits die hard...), and yes any feedback is gladly welcome!

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/614/dripdripdripcopyiw5.jpg

[M@lew]

Something VERY different. I need a studio and a proper model.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2040/1931547205_f59bddc91e.jpg (http://flickr.com/photos/matt_lew/1931547205/)

[RoadieJodie]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2214/1925794550_063afe8c76_b.jpg

Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/170)
Aperture: f/4
Focal Length: 6.3 mm
ISO: 64 (Auto)
Date / Time : 2007:11:05 16:28:12


Kind of generic for me, but I though some people might enjoy it . . . :)




part of a series for my final in Color Photo Technique

Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Shutter Speed: 1/80 second
F Number: F/2.8
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Date Picture Taken: Nov 7, 2007, 9:00:32 PM

<snipimage>



I like how abstract the subjects appear.

[seenew]

another one in the series

Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Shutter Speed: 1/80 second
F Number: F/2.8
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Date Picture Taken: Nov 7, 2007, 9:04:36 PM

http://seenew.net/chameleons2.jpg

[Doylem]

This is Lake Windermere, in the English Lake District...

I still don't understand how to insert a full-size pic into the body of my post (ie not just a thumbnail to click on). Can somebody whisper in my ear, please... :-)

[thr33face]

Snow, Vienna
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/1020/nff3fn7.jpg

This is from about 45 Minutes ago.

[srf4real]

Another of Kelly. I am trying a different method of p/p here, any comments would be much welcomed!

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n30/srf4real/kelly017.jpg
L1+zd 70-300
1/800 sec @ f/8; ISO500
263mm (+2x crop factor)

[Cliff3]

http://www.coates3.com/modules/gallery2/d/925-2/DSC2396.jpg (http://www.coates3.com/modules/gallery2/d/924-2/DSC2396.jpg)

2005 San Francisco Grand Prix (thumbnailed - click for larger image)
Nikon D2X - 85mm f1.4
Shutter priority, high speed crop mode, f2.5 @1/800 ISO 100

[miranda.danny]

Yellow leaves littering the floor in New England.

Camera: Canon EOS XTi
Lens: Canon 50 f1/8 II
ISO: 100
Exposure: 1/30 @ 5.6

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2159/1968624624_cd0b9975de.jpg?v=0 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dannymiranda/1968624624/)

[oblomow]

Shot during a (rainy) walk in a local forest.
http://www.murphy.nl/~marca/IMG_1003s.jpg
canon 30d, 17mm, 1/50, f9

[fett]

My nephew wanted to be like me and go around taking pictures so we gave him an old p&s and he follow me around all day. I was on the ground taking a photo of a flower when I noticed that he was on the ground too so I snapped this picture.

91016

[valdore]

http://www.valdorephoto.com/images/gallery2/d/16221-1/IMG_2330+copy.jpg

[sthpark7791]

Here's some more from last month.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2082/1973159196_3afb31320b.jpg?v=0 (http://flickr.com/photos/8402955@N06/1973159196/)

[Martin C]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2238/1974020334_ec61277413_b.jpg

Traffic Control
New York City
January 19th, 2007
Canon Film Rebel
f/16

I took this one in January using a Canon Film Rebel for a photography class at school. I believe the assignment was to take a photograph having to do with the word 'urban'.

[kwalsh16]

http://img259.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc0126oa5.jpg


does anyone know how to change the image size in iphoto?

[seenew]

http://img259.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc0126oa5.jpg


does anyone know how to change the image size in iphoto?

click the photo you want to save-

file>export
click the "file export" tab
change "original" to "JPG" in format
click "scale images no larger than:"
type in your size.

[libertyterran]

Took this photo last night. Pretty crazy weather over the last two weeks here.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2078/1962879837_6c199e19c1_o.jpg

[Silverbird0000]

Everyone has been taking some great pics lately!!! I've got to get out and get some pics. I just upgraded to Leopard and i've had the flu, so i've not been out much!

[M@lew]

@Valdore - Beautiful HDR(?) shot. :D

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2003/1973661350_5bb0b69f59.jpg
(http://flickr.com/photos/matt_lew/1973661350/)

[seenew]

Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Shutter Speed: 1/80 second
F Number: F/2.8
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Date Picture Taken: Nov 7, 2007, 8:35:20 PM

http://seenew.net/chameleons5.jpg

[RoadieJodie]

Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Shutter Speed: 1/80 second
F Number: F/2.8
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Date Picture Taken: Nov 7, 2007, 8:35:20 PM

<image snip>



Another nice one seenew :]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2221/1925790668_a6933941f9_b.jpg

Exposure: 0.005 sec (1/210)
Aperture: f/5
Focal Length: 6.3 mm
ISO Speed: 64 (Auto :rolleyes:)
Date / Time: 2007:11:05 16:28:25

[epicwelshman]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2348/1862098119_2d2fe67827_o.jpg

Three Wheels
Warnham Deer Park, West Sussex

[BigJohno]

<snip image>
Three Wheels
Warnham Deer Park, West Sussex

What program are you using to get these colors? Or are you getting it with your camera?

[shieldyoureyes]

Stockholm, Sweden
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2159/1908878886_5aa4c843a3.jpg
Nikon F3, 35mm f/2, Ilford XP2

[epicwelshman]

What program are you using to get these colors? Or are you getting it with your camera?

Combination of camera, beautiful weather, and photoshop. Plus a little magic, haha.

[baby duck monge]

Stockholm, Sweden
Nikon F3, 35mm f/2, Ilford XP2

I like that a lot. Reminds me of an old movie. And probably a scary one, at that!

[Iamtherealwoody]

I suck, but Ill still contribute:

[scotthayes]

You think Jimmy Would approve?

Canon 400d, 80mm, f/6.3, 1/320

[Cliff3]

http://www.coates3.com/modules/gallery2/d/6866-2/DSC0678.jpg (http://www.coates3.com/modules/gallery2/d/6865-2/DSC0678.jpg)

thumbnailed - click for full image

[shieldyoureyes]

I like that a lot. Reminds me of an old movie. And probably a scary one, at that!

Thanks, its part of a new series I am doing...glad you go the dark/scary feeling...that's what I was going for. :D

[jayb2000]

Long time lurker, first time poster. I am relatively new to photography (maybe 4 months) so any feedback would be appreciated.

guy sitting on bench

Camera: Canon 30D
Lens: EF 85mm f/1.8
Aperture: f/1.8
Exposure: 1/50
ISO: 1600

Did not see any response to this yet. I like the composition.
Seems a bit fuzzy, maybe due to ISO 1600. Keep posting, the more you shoot, the better you get.

I shot this one at a wedding on cape cod a while back (not shooting the wedding, just a guest). I like it, but I wish I had used my mini tripod or a sandbag or something to allow a bit more exposure to make it really sharp.

1/15s
ISO 400
50mm
f 1.8
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2231/1987962428_08049c9f9a_b.jpg

[srf4real]

CJ Hobgood from Satellite Beach, FL... he won the contest this weekend.

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n30/srf4real/CJ008.jpg
L1+zd70-300mm

[valdore]

@Valdore - Beautiful HDR(?) shot. :D


Thanks! Yes, HDR from one RAW.


and another HDR but this time with multiple source images...

http://www.valdorephoto.com/images/gallery2/d/16189-1/IMG_2255And7more+copy+copy.jpg

[seenew]

Thanks! Yes, HDR from one RAW.


and another HDR but this time with multiple source images...

<snip image>

what process are you using when you just use one raw file? I can never make mine come out decent at all (on the occasion when I try for an HDR look)

[valdore]

what process are you using when you just use one raw file? I can never make mine come out decent at all (on the occasion when I try for an HDR look)

1) I will import the RAWs into Aperture, and then split them into three different exposures - One overexposed by usually +2 exposure bias, one -2, and the original for the midrange exposure.

2) Export those versions as TIFFs with no metadata.

3) Go into Photomatix Pro and merge those differently exposed TIFFs, adjusting the levels in the HDR Photomatix editor as needed for the desired artistic and/or practical needs.

:)

[gamerz]

I can barley compete but:

http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd234/gamerz9/?action=view&current=DSC00951.jpg

and if the picture didnt work then linky:

http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd234/gamerz9/?action=view&current=DSC00951.jpg

[Grimaz]

This one was taken in Fiji, Yasawa Islands, May 2006 on my Canon EOS 350D. Sorry i don't have all of the other data.

[macgruder]

http://j-foto.com/images/33474_0cgced_m.jpg

My Fuji Compact.

[M@lew]

My Fuji Compact.

@Macgruder - Very nice photo. It looks so smooth. :D

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2031/1998158034_a3aef650fe.jpg (http://flickr.com/photos/matt_lew/1998158034/)

[pdxflint]

I know... a pet shot..., so skip it if you want to... ;)Two of my rescued Baja mutts on the local beach. The one on the left (Tequila) was very tentative for the first 10 minutes or so, and then finally let herself go. Her sister (Mini Maus) brings up the rear... just a point 'n shoot, but I like it.

http://lh4.google.com/pdxflint/RPIn31wWABI/AAAAAAAAAAg/F9sDqX5pDzM/s800/img_0019.JPG

Model: Canon PowerShot A95
ISO: 100
Exposure: 1/500 sec
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 7.8mm

[-hh]

(actually, she's just a good friend of my mom)

http://www.huntzinger.com/photo/2007/aunt_dottie.jpg

This is an image I intend to get some mileage out of the next time that people start moaning that DLSR's are always "too big and too heavy." :D

One of the Candids from the photos I did for my niece's summer wedding. Since she's holding my dSLR, this was digitized from 35mm film.


-hh

[seniorstinky]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2329/1938759895_ae4ee24b98.jpg

Model: Canon EOS 40D
ISO: 400
Exposure: 1/50 sec
Aperture: f/8
Focal Length: 28mm

Off-camera flash

Should have done it with black backdrop but didn't have time to set it up (figured my son might decide grabbing for the toy wasn't a good game soon)

[iBookG4user]

http://i8.tinypic.com/836p8ac.jpg
Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Shutter Speed: 1/250 second
F Number: F/4.0
Focal Length: 145 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Lens: Canon 70-200 F/4L

[georgemann]

http://dpmac.com/adobe/00-suvarnabumi1016/lrv12-suvarnabumi.jpg

Nikon D40 with standard 18-55 mm kit lens set at 32 mm, ISO 800, 1/160 sec. at f / 6.3

Full information on image and processing in Adobe Lightroom (on 17-inch PowerBook) can be found at:

http://dpmac.com/adobe/00-sva1016.html

[artesc]

taken with my fujifilm s6000fd

critiques please?

[srf4real]

Sean Slater Invitational, Nov. 10 2007
Sean's brother Kelly.

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n30/srf4real/KellySlater013.jpg
click for larger image
L1+zd70-300

[Mechcozmo]

taken with my fujifilm s6000fd

critiques please?

...I can see the contact lens... holy crap, that's cool! (But slightly distracting for such a picture, as they are fiendishly difficult to pose ;))

[DingerSox]

A bubble in the backyard, taken with a EOS rebel XT.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2302/2017599481_3aa9128638_b.jpg

[walangij]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2108/1640896567_0dbee2580d.jpg

I love this thread, loving all the shots I've seen, especially macgruder (very nice contrast, deep blue sky, the lines, the fence, road, just love it!) and georgemann reminds me of my time in Thailand this summer, love the airport, wanna go back asap.

[nando2323]

A horse in some stables at the Berkshires in western Mass.

http://gallery.mac.com/fernando.dasilva/100170/DSC_0018/web.jpg

[devilot]

A bubble in the backyard, taken with a EOS rebel XT.How soon after the shot did the bubble burst? :p It's quite a fun image. Interesting juxtaposition between the sphere of the bubble and that sharp line of the grass (?).

image of odd switchbacks (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2108/1640896567_0dbee2580d.jpg)Whoa. Are all those switchbacks actually there? Or did you just photoshop one image over and over again? :o

[DingerSox]

How soon after the shot did the bubble burst? :p It's quite a fun image. Interesting juxtaposition between the sphere of the bubble and that sharp line of the grass (?).


Whoa. Are all those switchbacks actually there? Or did you just photoshop one image over and over again? :o

Yes, that was a blade of grass.
My 2 year old was doing most of the bubble work:)

[shieldyoureyes]

trying out a new idea. Any feedback is welcome.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2184/2021147542_7155854eb9.jpg

[redrabbit]

trying out a new idea. Any feedback is welcome.

...can't tell what it is. not too keen on this, sorry.

[baby duck monge]

trying out a new idea. Any feedback is welcome.

...can't tell what it is. not too keen on this, sorry.

I agree that it's a bit too blurred. Definitely preferred your last post more. But to me it looks like one or two people standing with a boat or a house or something in the background.

[bld44]

http://brandondavis.us/photography/DSC_0296.jpg

[Educ8r]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2312/2023667681_a22ff53a08_o.jpg

[OdduWon]

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r75/odduwon/fortfromtop.jpg

[kwalsh16]

Nikon d40 w/ kit lens

[ACallander]

My daughter Attalyn Sophia:

http://www.acallander.com/atty1.jpg


http://www.acallander.com/atty2.jpg

[pdxflint]

My daughter Attalyn Sophia:



Beautiful child. I really like the second picture-she looks so squeezable!:)

[pdxflint]

Newport, OR.

http://lh4.google.com/pdxflint/RvjDX27QiVI/AAAAAAAACgo/FjBMM-o0pkY/s800/DSC_5590.JPG

Model: NIKON D50
ISO: 200
Exposure: 1/640 sec
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 18mm

[srf4real]

Todd Holland, Sean Slater Invitational.

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee126/surferRob_photos/ToddHolland003.jpg
L1+zd70-300mm

[squeeks]

Flowers by our pool, one of my first shots with my new 75-300mm lens, taken from about 40' away

http://www.adpictures.net/flowers.jpg

Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
Focal Length: 290
Exposure: 1/500
Aperture: f/9

[kwalsh16]

Todd Holland, Sean Slater Invitational.

Wow dude all i have to say is that all of these photos that you are posting are amazing

[EssentialParado]

link to image (http://www.valdorephoto.com/images/gallery2/d/16221-1/IMG_2330+copy.jpg)
That's not a photo, that's a freaking painting! What did you do to make it so beautiful?

(edit: I see where you say you did the HDR, but is that all you did?)



Also, Mattwe - that restaurant table is one of my favorites!

[walangij]

Whoa. Are all those switchbacks actually there? Or did you just photoshop one image over and over again? :o

If I photoshopped those in then I'd really need some help haha, just a very long inclined walkway up a large hill to an art museum, I think it was a part of it, what I capture was only 1/3 of the switchback madness.

[pcuser2]

A bubble in the backyard, taken with a EOS rebel XT.

Hey I like this picture ,you should got a fast camera to get the photo , just before the bubble broken .

[valdore]

That's not a photo, that's a freaking painting! What did you do to make it so beautiful?

(edit: I see where you say you did the HDR, but is that all you did?)



Also, Mattwe - that restaurant table is one of my favorites!

Thanks... Yes, it was almost entirely HDR in the Photomatix editor. After that though I do usually perform minor adjustments in Photoshop such as curve tweaking and whatnot.

In other news, I love taking pictures of moving buses...

http://www.valdorephoto.com/images/gallery2/d/16211-1/IMG_2310+copy+copy.jpg

[freebooter]

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b90/Planter12/One-Morning.jpg
One Morning
Near Chiang Mai, Thailand
Nikon D40x
Nikkor-H 28mm f3.5
20s@f5.6
Hoya 72R IR filter
November 12, 2007.

[scotthayes]

90mm 1/400 f/6.3.

And on the full size version you can read the identification number on the wing.

[srf4real]

Wow dude all i have to say is that all of these photos that you are posting are amazingThanks! It helps to have these pro surfers never miss a chance to lay out some spray...:)

Another one from Cocoa Beach, at the contest Saturday. I was using a monopod and sitting in the sand up the beach a ways- Baron Knowlton cutback here.

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee126/surferRob_photos/BaronKnowlton005.jpg
L1+zd70-300mm
1/1600 sec, f/5, ISO 400
226mm (552mm equiv)

[gphoto]

[/IMG]
One Morning
Near Chiang Mai, Thailand
Nikon D40x
Nikkor-H 28mm f3.5
20s@f5.6
Hoya 72R IR filter
November 12, 2007.

This is an incredible pic! The water is eerily still and dark.

[andy5000]

ok i took these a while back but here is one of my favorites. Taken with a friends Fuji S5 Pro.
considering i have hardly any knowledge of dslr's and especially this one, my friend had only picked it up that week.
There are a few more on my .mac page
(http://web.mac.com/armayo05/iWeb/Andrew%27s%20Photos/Voice%20Of%20The%20North.html)
Comments appreciated, just dont be to harsh please:P
i am getting a Canon 400d for christmas, its no s5 Pro but its a start.

[pdxflint]

http://lh3.google.com/pdxflint/RVn0lqofABI/AAAAAAAAAGI/ZJxxmfOjHUU/s800/2006-09-22-07.18.29.JPG

Model: NIKON D50
ISO: 200
Exposure: 1/200 sec
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 18mm w/ 18-55 kit lens

[hankolerd]

No Filters. No Photoshop. Yes, Photography.:apple:
http://a700.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/23/l_d79d715b0a45abcf1567b0ff948b8a03.jpg

Sorry for the small pic, its a huge picture, but for some reason I got an error everytime I tried to upload it on here....so I had to send it to freaking myspace...:(

[Clix Pix]

http://clixpix.zenfolio.com/img/v2/p246433689.jpg


Conowingo Dam (near Baltimore, MD)
November 4, 2007
D2Xs
300mm Nikkor with 1.7x TC
ISO 200
1/750 sec @ f/5

[gamerz]

Heres another one of mine, taken with a Sony Cybershot :p

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd234/gamerz9/DSC00951.jpg?t=1195189735

[Silverbird0000]

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k232/SilverBird0000/DSC_1360_3_2_1_tonemapped.jpg

HDR image made from 4 images in photomatix. Downtown Fort Myers, FL. I'm just getting into HDR, so any comments would be appreciated!

Camera: Nikon D40
Shutter: between 10s and 1.3s
Aperture: f/11
Lens: 18-55mm kit
Focal Length: 19mm

[Steamie]

Chaaaaarge !!!Camera: Nikon D200
Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 120 mm
ISO Speed: 400
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2152/2026439463_265db6dfa6_b.jpg

This is my first post in a while (panicked when I couldn't find the original thread). My K10d has been away getting repaired for the last 5 weeks (Pentax uk service dept suck) so Calumet gave me a loan of a D200 for the week. Anyway, i was on my way up to take some shots at Ardnamurchan which is the most westerly point of the British mainland, but going through Glencoe I came across a crew filming a tv commercial.

Great pictures here as per the norm, Honourable mentions though go to Freebooter(the ir stuff is awesome),Clix Pix(fantastic wildlife shots),silverbird000, Pdxflint, srf4real, m@ttlew, ibookg4user(the meercat pic)

[EssentialParado]

Is there an equivalent - but free - alternative to photomatix?

[pdxflint]

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k232/SilverBird0000/DSC_1360_3_2_1_tonemapped.jpg

HDR image made from 4 images in photomatix. Downtown Fort Myers, FL. I'm just getting into HDR, so any comments would be appreciated!

It looks really nice - good job. The only thing that looks funny is the traffic lights, which show both green and red in each one... I realize it's because the exposures were at different times. It's actually kinda cool this way, though.

Chaaaaarge !!!Camera: Nikon D200
Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 120 mm
ISO Speed: 400
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2152/2026439463_265db6dfa6_b.jpg

This is my first post in a while (panicked when I couldn't find the original thread). My K10d has been away getting repaired for the last 5 weeks (Pentax uk service dept suck) so Calumet gave me a loan of a D200 for the week. Anyway, i was on my way up to take some shots at Ardnamurchan which is the most westerly point of the British mainland, but going through Glencoe I came across a crew filming a tv commercial.

Great pictures here as per the norm, Honourable mentions though go to Freebooter(the ir stuff is awesome),Clix Pix(fantastic wildlife shots),silverbird000, Pdxflint, srf4real, m@ttlew, ibookg4user(the meercat pic)

Thanks for the honorable mention comment. Great shot of the knight in shining armor...looks like he's emerging from a battle.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b90/Planter12/One-Morning.jpg
One Morning
Near Chiang Mai, Thailand

Your new genre is quite striking. I prefer it to the macro bugs, but you seem to master whichever style you experiment with. Are you doing this IR stuff with just a filter, or have you had the camera modified?

[pdxflint]

Schooner Creek empties into Siletz Bay at low tide.

http://lh5.google.com/pdxflint/RrkQjyBoR9I/AAAAAAAABtg/ez40O1mR7zE/s800/DSC_1364.JPG

Model: NIKON D50
Exposure: 1/125 sec
Aperture: f/9.0
Focal Length: 55mm w/ 18-55 kit lens

[miranda.danny]

I took this photo while waiting in the Providence train station to meet my girlfriend as she arrived from Boston. It was pitch black out and the skylight on the domed ceiling above looked quite interesting.

Camera: Canon EOS XTi
Lens: Canon 50mm f1.8 II
ISO: 400
Exposure: 1/80 @ f/1.8

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2199/2037836280_eb08ad933c.jpg?v=0 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dannymiranda/2037836280/)

[Clix Pix]

http://clixpix.zenfolio.com/img/v2/p156901203.jpg


Conowingo Dam (outside Baltimore, MD)
November 4, 2007
Nikon D2Xs
Nikkor 300mm with 1.7x Teleconverter
ISO 200
f/5 @ 1/640 sec

Steamie, thanks for the compliment about my images!

[shieldyoureyes]

Uppsala, Sweden
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2064/2037207761_90910814f1_b.jpg
Nikon D80, Nikkor 35mm f/2

[macgfxdesigner]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2313/1500389117_457b7dd8dc_b.jpg

I held the camera on the floor of the train and pointed it down and never looked in the viewfinder and well this what came out :)

Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Exposure: 0.05 sec (1/20)
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 200 mm
ISO Speed: 320
Exposure Bias: 1 EV

[shieldyoureyes]

I held the camera on the floor of the train and pointed it down and never looked in the viewfinder and well this what came out :)

Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Exposure: 0.05 sec (1/20)
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 200 mm
ISO Speed: 320
Exposure Bias: 1 EV

Oh, I dig it. Just wish it had been more centered, but hey, what can you do?

[gamerz]

Another one of mine. Taken when I was backpacking through Strathcona Provincial Park a few weeks ago.

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd234/gamerz9/DSC01020.jpg?t=1195229195

[EssentialParado]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2313/1500389117_457b7dd8dc_b.jpg

I held the camera on the floor of the train and pointed it down and never looked in the viewfinder and well this what came out :)

Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Exposure: 0.05 sec (1/20)
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 200 mm
ISO Speed: 320
Exposure Bias: 1 EV

Oh that is superb! This'll probably come out sounding sarcastic, but taking photos of people's feet is really interesting!

[Silverbird0000]

Chaaaaarge !!!Camera: Nikon D200
Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 120 mm
ISO Speed: 400

This is my first post in a while (panicked when I couldn't find the original thread). My K10d has been away getting repaired for the last 5 weeks (Pentax uk service dept suck) so Calumet gave me a loan of a D200 for the week. Anyway, i was on my way up to take some shots at Ardnamurchan which is the most westerly point of the British mainland, but going through Glencoe I came across a crew filming a tv commercial.

Great pictures here as per the norm, Honourable mentions though go to Freebooter(the ir stuff is awesome),Clix Pix(fantastic wildlife shots),silverbird000, Pdxflint, srf4real, m@ttlew, ibookg4user(the meercat pic)

Thanks for the honorable mention! I really like the knight shot, it really looks like it was taken in the time of knights!

I held the camera on the floor of the train and pointed it down and never looked in the viewfinder and well this what came out :)

Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Exposure: 0.05 sec (1/20)
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 200 mm
ISO Speed: 320
Exposure Bias: 1 EV

I really love this! Was the train moving at the time?

It looks really nice - good job. The only thing that looks funny is the traffic lights, which show both green and red in each one... I realize it's because the exposures were at different times. It's actually kinda cool this way, though.



Thanks for the honorable mention comment. Great shot of the knight in shining armor...looks like he's emerging from a battle.


Your new genre is quite striking. I prefer it to the macro bugs, but you seem to master whichever style you experiment with. Are you doing this IR stuff with just a filter, or have you had the camera modified?


Thanks! I was gonna fix the traffic lights in photoshop, but I kinda liked the way they looked too!

Thanks... Yes, it was almost entirely HDR in the Photomatix editor. After that though I do usually perform minor adjustments in Photoshop such as curve tweaking and whatnot.

In other news, I love taking pictures of moving buses...

The bus looks like it is going to come out of my screen, it's so cool! What were your flash settings?

[valdore]

The bus looks like it is going to come out of my screen, it's so cool! What were your flash settings?

Thanks! No flash, but it was tripod mounted with my shutter trigger, as the sun was just coming up... something around 2 sec exposure in using shutter priority.

[squeeks]

Heres one i took tonight, got this idea out of my XTi Field Guide
http://www.adpictures.net/zoom.jpg
this is not a photoshop effect, rather holding the shutter open and zooming out

Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
Exposure: 0.05 sec (1/20)
Aperture: f/16
Focal Length: 200 mm-18mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV

[EssentialParado]

^ Looks amazing. Just a shame you didn't take another pic properly exposing the grass, or that you didn't use an ND grad filter.

[freebooter]

Your new genre is quite striking. I prefer it to the macro bugs, but you seem to master whichever style you experiment with. Are you doing this IR stuff with just a filter, or have you had the camera modified?

Thanks a lot. I do have a converted camera, but it didn't arrive in time for my trip, so it's sitting in a box, unused in Korea.
I found a place in Hong Kong, though that had IR filters (Tim Cheung in Tsim Sha Tsui), so I got a small one and old lens that is supposed to be a good one for IR. So far, pretty happy, but the long exposure times are limiting.
Here's a regular shot from this morning.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b90/Planter12/DSC_5940copy2.jpg

November 17, 2007
Near Chiang Mai, Thailand
Nikon D40
Nikkor 18-200mm VR

This is looking down at water.

[chedda]

I was always taught to get the sun behind you not true !! Croyde Bay Sunset UK (spiritual homeland) yes this my desktop ! i hope you enjoy, Nikon D70 fisheye lens

[pdxflint]

Scanned from a print. Somewhere in SE Utah beneath a huge arch.

http://lh4.google.com/pdxflint/Rz7Hj1pa6JI/AAAAAAAAC84/qRsyjeaPvBI/s800/Image38.jpg

Canon EOS 630
Canon 28-80 USM

[Steamie]

Ardnamurchan ShoreCamera: Nikon D200
Exposure: 3 sec (3)
Aperture: f/22
Focal Length: 17 mm
ISO Speed: 100
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2064/2025902657_4be93cd18c_b.jpg

Thanks Pdxflint & Silverbird000

Macgfxdesigner Really nice shot, can't believe how clean the floor looks as well.
Squeeks I like your zoomed shot, really nice. The darkness at the bottom is fine I don't really think it suffers from not being exposed there.
Pdxflint Nice b&w shot.

[shieldyoureyes]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/112/314492061_3c56896eba.jpg

Nikon F4s
Nikkor 28mm f/2.8 Ai-S
Tri-x @ EI 1250, Diafine

[RoadieJodie]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2263/2040734811_c26db8fdea.jpg


Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT
Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture: f/4
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 800
Date / Time: 2007:11:17 14:45:39

[valdore]

Pretty little bird...

http://www.valdorephoto.com/images/gallery2/d/16250-1/IMG_2536-1A.jpg

Shutter: 1/60
Aperture: f/5.7
ISO 100
Canon 5D
Canon L 100-400 IS USM @ 400mm focal length

[M@lew]

Title - Standing next to mannequins is not going to make you look slim. :D

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2400/2008417004_86bb1609b8.jpg (http://flickr.com/photos/matt_lew/2008417004/)

[Silverbird0000]

Heres one i took tonight, got this idea out of my XTi Field Guide
<snip>
this is not a photoshop effect, rather holding the shutter open and zooming out

Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
Exposure: 0.05 sec (1/20)
Aperture: f/16
Focal Length: 200 mm-18mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV

That is really cool! I never even thought to do that! I'll be trying it later!

[iBookG4user]

http://i16.tinypic.com/7w5th5y.jpg
Canon Digital Rebel XTi

[RoadieJodie]

New day, new photo :]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2180/2042865080_cd0c28e199_o.jpg

Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT
Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Date and Time: 2007:11:18 01:14:42

(Clikc for full res.)

[Steamie]

GlenfinnanCamera: Nikon D200
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/350)
Aperture: f/13
Focal Length: 17 mm
ISO Speed: 125
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2012/2026938940_e58ef0d726_b.jpg


M@lew Great shot .

[valdore]

http://www.valdorephoto.com/images/gallery2/d/16264-1/IMG_2461-1.jpg

[Bananac]

http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/2894/picture1nk7.th.jpg (http://img527.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture1nk7.jpg)

Camera: Fuji S9600
Exposure: 4sec
Aperture: f5.6
ISO Speed: 400

[Lucifer_sam]

Thanks... Yes, it was almost entirely HDR in the Photomatix editor. After that though I do usually perform minor adjustments in Photoshop such as curve tweaking and whatnot.

In other news, I love taking pictures of moving buses...
<snip photo>

I love this picture! I was wondering what you shutter and aperture setting were.

[Plymouthbreezer]

Woah. I haven't posted in this thread in so long. I have been so so busy!

Anyway, I haven't stopped taking pictures. Here's one from a dance performance at my school last week:

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/3605/dsc9073rb8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Camera: Nikon D70s, 18-70MM Nikkor.

[Silverbird0000]

GlenfinnanCamera: Nikon D200
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/350)
Aperture: f/13
Focal Length: 17 mm
ISO Speed: 125<snip photo>


M@lew Great shot .

That is beautiful!

[Clix Pix]

http://clixpix.zenfolio.com/img/v2/p2807586.jpg


Conowingo Dam (outside Baltimore, MD)
November 4, 2007
Nikon D2Xs
Nikkor 300mm with 1.7x TC
f/5 @ 1/640 se
ISO 200

[pdxflint]

A single tug tows a log raft upstream, north of Willamette Falls at Oregon City, as it heads for the locks to get around the falls. The locks, run by the US Army Corps. of Engineers, are located just to the right of the Simpson paper plant, and the old Smurfit newsprint plant is on the left. Fuji SuperG 400 35mm film, scanned with an old Nikon Coolscan III (remember SCSI??)

http://lh4.google.com/pdxflint/Rz7HL1pa6EI/AAAAAAAAC8Q/7F-jtDs93fk/s800/Image28.jpg

Canon EOS 630
Canon 28-80 USM
Other Exif info not recorded...

Steamie:Wow! Your Scottish (right?) landscapes are just gorgeous. Very moody and enchanting.
RoadieJoadie:Nice artsy use of high contast. I like the second one the best - reminds me of the U2 War album cover, as if it could have been an outtake.

[pdxflint]

Silverbird0000, and others - if you don't want the mods to edit your reply posts to remove the images, try changing the image tags to make them thumbnails.

This: (add "t" before each img tag, including closing tag.)
GlenfinnanCamera: Nikon D200
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/350)
Aperture: f/13
Focal Length: 17 mm
ISO Speed: 125
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2012/2026938940_e58ef0d726_b.jpg

makes this:
GlenfinnanCamera: Nikon D200
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/350)
Aperture: f/13
Focal Length: 17 mm
ISO Speed: 125
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2012/2026938940_e58ef0d726_b.jpg


Anyway... carry on, men and women!! :) Forgive me if I'm telling you something you already know and practice..

[devilot]

... if you don't want the mods to edit your reply posts to remove the images, try changing the image tags to make them thumbnails.Actually, [timg] images are still loaded by the servers, we ask that you either make the image into a hyper link, or completely remove it.

Especially if you quote the post w/ the image in question, clicking the little blue arrow (this guy: http://images.macrumors.com/vb/images/buttons/viewpost.gif) takes you directly back to that post (where you can see the image).

[pdxflint]

Actually, [timg] images are still loaded by the servers, we ask that you either make the image into a hyper link, or completely remove it.

Especially if you quote the post w/ the image in question, clicking the little blue arrow (this guy: http://images.macrumors.com/vb/images/buttons/viewpost.gif) takes you directly back to that post (where you can see the image).

Referring to my previous message: ....nevermind. :)

[cookie1105]

http://www.fotish.dk/misc/cold_hawai_1.jpg


Those are some awesome shots you've got there Srf4real. Looks like it was a great contest.

[zblaxberg]

http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v159/153/84/1223310406/n1223310406_30148589_3639.jpg

[iCube]

Loch Raven Reservoir frozen at sunset. North of Baltimore, Maryland. 2/27/07
Canon S100 Digital Elf yr 2000 model

[jlcharles]

JMU pic

Boooooo JMU!!!!! Go Nova!!!! :)

We should be in the playoffs with you, not New Hampshire.:mad:

[Silverbird0000]

Pdxflint: Thank you! I was actually wondering how to do that!

[zblaxberg]

Boooooo JMU!!!!! Go Nova!!!! :)

We should be in the playoffs with you, not New Hampshire.:mad:

As they say...JMU is the university of virginia

[valdore]

I love this picture! I was wondering what you shutter and aperture setting were.

Thanks... this is the metadata for that moving bus photo...
Shutter 1/8 // Aperture: 4.0 // Focal Length 28mm // ISO 100

And a new one from Saturday...

http://www.valdorephoto.com/images/gallery2/d/16312-1/IMG_2540-1.jpg

Shutter: 1/250 // Aperture: 5.7 // Focal Length: 400mm // ISO 100

[BigJohno]

Here is mine. An air show in Muscat, Oman. Was this afternoon.

[RedDragon870503]

Believe me, I am not a fan of animal cruelty. Just took this shot while visiting Spain.

[pdxflint]

Shot on 35mm color neg. film in Zion National Park a few summers ago.

http://lh6.google.com/pdxflint/Rz7GcVpa54I/AAAAAAAAC6s/rFUPhD9-RCo/s800/Image14.jpg

Canon EOS A2
Canon 100-300 f/4.5-5.6 USM
Fuji Super G 400 film

[hooly]

I took this photo while waiting in the Providence train station to meet my girlfriend as she arrived from Boston. It was pitch black out and the skylight on the domed ceiling above looked quite interesting.

Camera: Canon EOS XTi
Lens: Canon 50mm f1.8 II
ISO: 400
Exposure: 1/80 @ f/1.8
<snip image>

very nice abstract :)

[hooly]

Well I just moved to a pretty dark place and am trying to improve my night photography. This is a crop of about 50% of the original image - I want to go back and try again for a sharper version.

Helsinki skyline over Töölönlahti

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2083/2037575411_582924f68e_b.jpg
Camera: Nikon D80
Exposure: 2 sec (2)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 48 mm
ISO Speed: 100

[shieldyoureyes]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2284/2042804566_a507532b02.jpg

[James L]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2227/1995529540_5120747f2f.jpg

[gorby]

Using this as wallpaper currently on my 24" iMac:

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/9210/59136866ui1.jpg

(yes, I am running Tiger!)

Don't remember the settings off hand, but should be something like 200mm @ 5.6

[~David]

Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1099/1312803235_01d53da00e.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidtaraso/1312803235/)

Camera: Pentax Optio M10
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/400)
Aperture: f/3.7
Focal Length: 10.2 mm

[zblaxberg]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2284/2042804566_a507532b02.jpg

thats a little too out of focus for my liking. I'd say it would be a great shot if it were in focus.

[cookie1105]

I like how anyone with a camera that takes a black and white picture is suddenly a photographer.

Who are you to judge?

A photographer is anyone who takes pictures with a camera. It doesn't matter if it's b/w, colour, IR etc. This digital photography forum is open to macrumors members of all ages and abilities. So, yes if a member took a b/w photo and posted it in this thread then they are a photographer.

I like how your first post in this thread and the digital photography forum is entirely negative. Why don't you post a photo and contribute something rather than just slagging other people's work off.

Anyway...here's mine for today.

Cold Hawaii SurfJoint; September 07; Klitmøller, DK

http://www.fotish.dk/misc/surfjoint_2.jpg
350d
50mm f/1.4

[gorby]

Who are you to judge?

A photographer is anyone who takes pictures with a camera. It doesn't matter if it's b/w, colour, IR etc. This digital photography forum is open to macrumors members of all ages and abilities. So, yes if a member took a b/w photo and posted it in this thread then they are a photographer.

I like how your first post in this thread and the digital photography forum is entirely negative. Why don't you post a photo and contribute something rather than just slagging other people's work off.


Hear, hear!

[terriyaki]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2284/2042804566_a507532b02.jpg


I like this a lot.

Edit: Sorry, devilot. I forgot to quote just the link.

[valdore]

I like how anyone with a camera that takes a black and white picture is suddenly a photographer.

Here's another one you douche...

http://www.valdorephoto.com/images/gallery2/d/16378-2/IMG_2661+copy.jpg

[srf4real]

Pointed the camera the other way, and it still took pictures!
Flowers nestled in the dunes- the ant is a bonus I didn't even
notice it or I'd have tried to get it in focus. Still learning, don't
do b+w yet.:rolleyes:

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee126/surferRob_photos/dunes.jpg
L1+zd70-300
f/5.6, 1/800sec, ISO200
300mm

[pdxflint]

I like how anyone with a camera that takes a black and white picture is suddenly a photographer.

...and your point is...??

I like how someone who makes no sense is suddenly a critic... care to explain your comment, or do we just write you off as stupid? Your choice...

[pdxflint]

Here's another one you douche...


<~okay... I snipped the pic :) >

Nice one! Great tone, angle.

[Grimace]

Let's keep our professional hats on ladies and gents. :)

Nice work all around, you guys make me want to try lots of new photographic techniques.

[seenew]

Model: Canon EOS 20D
Shutter Speed: 1/500 second
F Number: F/4.0
Focal Length: 17 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Date Picture Taken: Nov 19, 2007, 5:00:08 PM

http://seenew.net/cautionAutumn.jpg

[RoadieJodie]

Black/White seems to fit the mood:



http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2164/2048502525_d7d320f98c_o.jpg

Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT
Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture: f/3.2
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 800
Date / Time: 2007:11:19 21:38:19

Yes, let's see some of your work ;)

[seenew]

Black/White seems to fit the mood:

<snip image>

Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT
Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture: f/3.2
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 800
Date / Time: 2007:11:19 21:38:19

Yes, let's see some of your work ;)


bump that contrast down, maaaaan ;)

[whoathere]

Here's another one you douche...
<snip image>
What an awesome reply. That made my day, seriously.

[grizzlybrice]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2022/2049216484_a92f50c12d.jpg

My Sister, some stats:
Nikon D70
f4.5
1/40 second
100mm
on my (now broken :( I live right next to their SoCal repair facilities there is no excuse that it should remain that way) 55-200mm VR
It was technically taken on 7/15/2007, but I just edited it today. :cool:
gB

[oblomow]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2227/1995529540_5120747f2f.jpg


Nice, but am I the only one expecting Teletubbies to pop out of something
in this picture?

[M@lew]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2238/2044504369_11240284d2.jpg (http://flickr.com/photos/matt_lew/2044504369/)

[Doylem]

Lake Windermere, Lake District, UK

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/3633/wmrefromorrestheaddp4.jpg

[SLC Flyfishing]

This is a photo of the Eccles Olympic Legacy Bridge in Salt Lake City, Utah. It spans a road on the University of Utah campus and is the bridge the athletes of the 2002 winter games walked across on their way to and from the opening and closing ceremonies. Now their housing has been converted to Student apartments and that's where I'm living while I finish up school.

I didn't notice the highlights of the tip of the bridges tower when I took the shot. If I had, I would have metered against that part and avoided the blown out look it has, but the rest of the image I'm quite pleased with. Enjoy!

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc226/brinton_photos/IMGP6921-1-1postable.jpg

Image Data:
Camera: Pentax K10D
Lens: 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6
ISO: 100
Focal length: 18 mm
Aperture: f8
Exposure: 30 seconds

minor cloning done to remove a lens flare. RAW conversion done in Adobe Lightroom.

Image captured on Sept 20th 2007.

SLC

[James L]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2334/1994728165_4bf6b18c51.jpg

[James L]

Nice, but am I the only one expecting Teletubbies to pop out of something
in this picture?

I edited them out.

:D

[shieldyoureyes]

Here's an in-focus shot for a change.

Uppsala, Sweden
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2298/2041153434_88318bfcfe_b.jpg
Nikon D80, 20mm f/2.8 AF-D

[baby duck monge]

Here's an in-focus shot for a change.

Uppsala, Sweden
Nikon D80, 20mm f/2.8 AF-D

Don't care what other people say. I like this one and your last, unfocused shot.

[seattle]

Bee on a flower

http://www.puppybark.com/bee.jpg

[shieldyoureyes]

Don't care what other people say. I like this one and your last, unfocused shot.

Thank you. I like them too, I'm just sort of trying to develop my idea some right now...I'm planning on a series, and printing 16"x16" or so. They have produced a lot of mixed reactions, some people love them, some just hate them.

[pdxflint]

Incredibly fresh Pacific NW (Oregon and other parts) microbrews, like this newly tapped amber, are plentiful at the world famous Horse Brass Pub, Portland, OR. Just bring a few "quid" to get you through the night. Taken available light with a cheap Canon A95 at max ISO - 400.

http://lh6.google.com/pdxflint/R0KSBVpa6ZI/AAAAAAAAC_0/PCUd-D4CEmI/s800/IMG00391.jpg

Model: Canon PowerShot A95
ISO: 400 (max)
Exposure: 1/15 sec
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 7.8mm

[anti-microsoft]

Incredibly fresh Pacific NW (Oregon and other parts) microbrews, like this newly tapped amber, are plentiful at the world famous Horse Brass Pub, Portland, OR. Just bring a few "quid" to get you through the night. Taken available light with a cheap Canon A95 at max ISO - 400.

<snip>

Model: Canon PowerShot A95
ISO: 400 (max)
Exposure: 1/15 sec
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 7.8mm

Whoa! Tons of noise man!!

[oblomow]

Whoa! Tons of noise man!!

who cares?! It's a lovely sight of a great pint. Out of my way little robot.
(I guess you're just being sarcastic, I'm not. the pint's mine)

[Silverbird0000]

<snip image>

I love this! You use Photomatix right?

Here's an in-focus shot for a change.

Uppsala, Sweden
<snip image>
Nikon D80, 20mm f/2.8 AF-D

Wow, this is amazing! Was it all in camera or photoshop? What were your settings for this?

Lake Windermere, Lake District, UK

<snip image>

Wow, I want to be there!

[valdore]

I love this! You use Photomatix right?

Thanks. Yes, I did that HDR with Photomatix, which in my opinion is so much more useful than the HDR function in Photoshop. :)

[srf4real]

you guys rock! Not a day goes by that I don't see inspiring work in here.:)


Grommet going for a barrel... dawn patrol in Cocoa Beach, FL the morning of the Sean Slater Invitational. Nov 10, 2007.

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee126/surferRob_photos/_1030183.jpg
L1=zd70-300mm

[pdxflint]

Whoa! Tons of noise man!!

Uhmmm... well, yeah, Bro! Ain't the end of the world. I actually like film grain and digital noise, depending on the subject and light conditions. Did you notice the camera I used? The Canon A95 maxxes out at 400 ISO, and it was a fairly dark place. I took a ton of other shots over several various months in a few other similar venues, and much preferred the "flash off" hand-held slow shutter speed effects - noise and all. It's much more about atmospherics in places like these, and I just tossed all the shots with flash - they looked flat and uninteresting. In the end, I'd rather use as much available light as I can muster, very high ISO (depending on the camera,) and let the noise/grain fall where it may in exchange for additional sharpness. You may differ with this philosophy, and prefer your digital pics to have the smoothness of plastic, but I don't think that would have served this picture.

It just makes me thirsty looking at it, and I swear I can smell the hops...:)

Oblomow: thanx for your appreciation of the pint...
Srf4real: Nice little barrel! Too bad the wave wasn't a bit taller. You should see the ones we got pounded with here on the Oregon coast last week. But as always, nice surf action work from you. Keep 'em coming!

[Iamtherealwoody]

Heres a picture I just took at Multnomah Falls in Oregon today. Comments are appreciated, just starting out.http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2240/2050960283_42c5853f8a_b.jpg
Canon Powershot SD750 ELPH
Aperture f/2.8
ISO 200
Exposure -.07ev

Edit: Here is the photo adjusted in Aperture. Please give me feedback, are the colors too saturated?
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2330/2051819396_35f7651ec2_b.jpg

[valdore]

Edit: Here is the photo adjusted in Aperture. Please give me feedback, are the colors too saturated?


They are both very nice, but I like your edited version more. No one should be embarrassed to fine tune their photos.


Here's a new one I just took tonight...

http://www.valdorephoto.com/images/gallery2/d/16384-1/IMG_2882.jpg

... Kansas City, Missouri - a view of the West Bottoms, the old stockyards and warehouse district of Kansas City.

HDR from one RAW
Canon 5D with tripod mounted Canon 100-400 L @ 200mm
Shutter: 5 sec.
Aperture: f/5.0
ISO 100
Minor tweaks in Photoshop to desaturate and adjust curves.

[anti-microsoft]

They are both very nice, but I like your edited version more. No one should be embarrassed to fine tune their photos.


Here's a new one I just took tonight...

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... Kansas City, Missouri - a view of the West Bottoms, the old stockyards and warehouse district of Kansas City.

HDR from one RAW
Canon 5D with tripod mounted Canon 100-400 L @ 200mm
Shutter: 5 sec.
Aperture: f/5.0
ISO 100
Minor tweaks in Photoshop to desaturate and adjust curves.

I just love the deepness and richness of your pics!

Uhmmm... well, yeah, Bro! Ain't the end of the world. I actually like film grain and digital noise, depending on the subject and light conditions. Did you notice the camera I used? The Canon A95 maxxes out at 400 ISO, and it was a fairly dark place. I took a ton of other shots over several various months in a few other similar venues, and much preferred the "flash off" hand-held slow shutter speed effects - noise and all. It's much more about atmospherics in places like these, and I just tossed all the shots with flash - they looked flat and uninteresting. In the end, I'd rather use as much available light as I can muster, very high ISO (depending on the camera,) and let the noise/grain fall where it may in exchange for additional sharpness. You may differ with this philosophy, and prefer your digital pics to have the smoothness of plastic, but I don't think that would have served this picture.

It just makes me thirsty looking at it, and I swear I can smell the hops...:)
Well I guess, If the ISO is so limited. I was just saying that it would be nicer without the noise, just one mans opinion...

[cutsman]

http://cman.zenfolio.com/img/v2/p580905471-4.jpg