Photo of the Day (February 2008)

[iBallz]

Hey Doylem,

Thanks for the review! I dont even know how to spell half them words!:eek:

I can assure you the place was pristine, and I'm no tree hugger, but we found some trash (a ballon that probably fell from the sky) out there and hauled it out with us. Left nothing but some tracks in the snow.

I don't want to share the exact whereabouts of this trail, for just the reason you explained. Its best kept secret. ;)

Here's some without the machine (http://gallery.mac.com/dramodt#100166&bgcolor=black&view=carouseljs&sel=6)

[otter]

Statue in the Tuileries, Paris

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3103/2297868298_7f0e21912b_o.jpg

[SolracSelbor]

"In The Beginning..." (it's a personal title, nothing biblical :) )

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2059/2298634625_4af1efa0da_o.jpg

[juanster]

please criticize, i am trying to learn here...:)

[pdxflint]

Hey Doylem,

Thanks for the review! I dont even know how to spell half them words!:eek:

I can assure you the place was pristine, and I'm no tree hugger, but we found some trash (a ballon that probably fell from the sky) out there and hauled it out with us. Left nothing but some tracks in the snow.

I don't want to share the exact whereabouts of this trail, for just the reason you explained. Its best kept secret. ;)

Here's some without the machine (http://gallery.mac.com/dramodt#100166&bgcolor=black&view=carouseljs&sel=6)

I don't think this will give away the exact location, but from my own explorations that looks like it's somewhere near Moab, Utah. And, that's a really cool trail machine. What is it?

[pdxflint]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3146/2296637955_4efbfc92b3_b.jpg

It's a beautiful dog, I'm presuming an Aussie Shepherd. Nice detail and color. I'd say it might be improved if it were cropped to a tighter head shot to eliminate the distracting blown out glare/window on the right, but the vertical line also takes away from the shot a bit, and I don't see an easy way to crop it out without putting the dogs nose right on the edge of the frame. Just watch the background stuff, and keep taking his/her portrait. :)

[Doylem]

please criticize, i am trying to learn here...:)

Well, it's a great sky, but that's it: ie the foreground lacks interest. Are the fence posts lit by your car headlights?

If you're getting colourful sunsets where you live, then the better shots come from a little pre-planning: combining the sky colour with a more interesting subject, basically. Like the shot on this page of the pier jutting out to sea. They're kinda similar pix... except that one's been 'organised' and one's been 'grabbed'.

The eye thinks "fabulous sunset", and remembers how good it felt... but the camera just records what's in front of it. :)

[M@lew]

Makes me thirsty.....

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3060/2298343484_e5ca5c3311.jpg (http://flickr.com/photos/matt_lew/2298343484/)

[Plymouthbreezer]

An old Chevy, taken last summer. Worcester, MA:

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/6256/chevyolderzk4.jpg (http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/7239/picture1dr2.png)

Click the above image for EXIF.

terriyaki, your style reminds me of my own. I like your work lots. =]

[juanster]

Well, it's a great sky, but that's it: ie the foreground lacks interest. Are the fence posts lit by your car headlights?

If you're getting colourful sunsets where you live, then the better shots come from a little pre-planning: combining the sky colour with a more interesting subject, basically. Like the shot on this page of the pier jutting out to sea. They're kinda similar pix... except that one's been 'organised' and one's been 'grabbed'.

The eye thinks "fabulous sunset", and remembers how good it felt... but the camera just records what's in front of it. :)

haaa.. that does make a lot of sense and i completely agree with you, i did not see that before, i was trying to get the sense of "organised" by lighting the fence with my car headlights (it was on purpose), but i can see how that instead turned into a "just the sky" and nothing else pic... i will keep that in mind for my next shots, and thx :)

[timtam]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3190/2295254299_75b341e8de_o.jpg

iBloom.
:)

[Eauboy]

[Meant for Taylor Wilsdon]


Nice, crisp shot. I like the way the subject is looking out of the frame, like he's on guard duty, which in his mind he probably is. Shooting from below really helped this one, I think.

Unfortunately the blown-out window really hurts this image for me. Very hard for my eyes to settle in.

[srf4real]

Sebastian Inlet, January '08
it was rainy, but the lefts were firing!

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee126/surferRob_photos/SebastianInlet_01052008.jpg

[Educ8r]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3013/2298138067_9ca1800e62_o.jpg

[jayfire124]

Canon 400D
Sigma 10-20
25 sec @ f25

[iBallz]

I don't think this will give away the exact location, but from my own explorations that looks like it's somewhere near Moab, Utah. And, that's a really cool trail machine. What is it?

No, its about 10 miles north of St. George. Over the red mountain of Ivins

My ride is the new Polaris RZR.

Canon 400D
Sigma 10-20
25 sec @ f25

Wow! I love it. Make it bigger

[Doylem]

Canon 400D
Sigma 10-20
25 sec @ f25

My kind of shot: strong, simple, graphic...

[Steamie]

Canon 400D
Sigma 10-20
25 sec @ f25

I agree, everything about this shot is fantastic !

[valdore]

http://www.madnessmatrix.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/traincrossing.jpg

One handheld RAW // HDR
Shutter: 1/500
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 17 mm
ISO 100

[jayfire124]

Wow! I love it. Make it bigger

How do I do that ??? It's a JPEG at max size allowed. Thanks for your comment

I agree, everything about this shot is fantastic !

Thanks Doylem and Steamie. Glad you liked it. I took loads in portrait and landscape that amazing night. Corbiere is a remarkable spot in Jersey to take sunset shots at this time of year.

[Doylem]

How do I do that ??? It's a JPEG at max size allowed. Thanks for your comment

Instead of posting your pic as an attachment, click on the 'picture' icon and link to wherever your pic is online.

[jayfire124]

My kind of shot: strong, simple, graphic...
Thanks 'Doylem' and 'Steamie'. Always appreciate your views. Corbiere in Jersey is a remarkable spot to shoot sunsets at this time of year.

Instead of posting your pic as an attachment, click on the 'picture' icon and link to wherever your pic is online.
Sorry to repeat post but I am having trouble with deleting original posts. (Think I better read the instructions again). My pic isn't on a website though. When you say 'online', do you mean if I have it on a website e.g.Flickr

[fett]

http://www.madnessmatrix.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/traincrossing.jpg

One handheld RAW // HDR
Shutter: 1/500
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 17 mm
ISO 100

It looks like you have perfected your technique, every HDR you post just keeps getting better. I really enjoy your photos.

[Doylem]

My pic isn't on a website though. When you say 'online', do you mean if I have it on a website e.g.Flickr

Yeah. I upload a pic (it's ImageShack for me), then cut 'n' paste the link into the box you get when you click on the picture icon here on MR...

[shieldyoureyes]

Uppsala, Sweden
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2280/2279351647_955466a092.jpg

Nikon D80
Nikkor 18-70mm

[M@lew]

Awesome shot Valdore. I like your more "natural" HDR's like this one.

[davinche]

Half Moon Bay, CA
Canon Rebel XT
f/8
1/400
ISO 100
105mm

[dllavaneras]

Hibiscus schizopetalus

[Doylem]

Long Meg and her Daughters...

http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/2379/longmegdj5.jpg

[SolracSelbor]

Long Meg and her Daughters...

http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/2379/longmegdj5.jpg

I like this shot, but I think I would like it more if either the sky was clearer or maybe the grass a bit less saturated. This is just an opinion, of course you cant make the sky clearer but, too me, I think if the sky and ground blended a bit more then it would look better. Amazing picture nonetheless.

[terriyaki]

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/4228/mg2274yj4.jpg

[fett]

Dripping water from kitchen faucet.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3215/2296775695_48191874c7.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinloganphoto/2296775695/)

[otter]

Paris

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3281/2297868488_eaae85eacd.jpg

[BOOSTD]

"What's For Lunch?"

[timtam]

she shoot me.

[oblomow]

Nailed to the bed with flu ( and a powerbook), so it's time to process and post
yet another scottish photo.

http://www.murphy.nl/~marca/scotland20080070.jpg
Canon 30D, 1/125s f/9.0 ISO640 17mm

[Doylem]

I like this shot, but I think I would like it more if either the sky was clearer or maybe the grass a bit less saturated. This is just an opinion, of course you cant make the sky clearer but, too me, I think if the sky and ground blended a bit more then it would look better. Amazing picture nonetheless.

Thanks. I'm a big fan of grey skies and so-called 'bad' weather. The photo opportunities may not come every minute, but when when they do come, it can be a bit special. When the sky is darker than the land, it seems like all the 'laws of light' are turned upside down... and the conventions of landscape photography too. You certainly don't need a grey grad (or HDR or post-production) to 'balance things up'...

[cutsman]

Photo taken with Sigma 10-20mm + Nikon D50 on University of Toronto campus.

10mm, ISO 200, f/5 @ 1/200 sec:

http://cman.zenfolio.com/img/v2/p322711010-4.jpg

[Plymouthbreezer]

Nailed to the bed with flu ( and a powerbook), so it's time to process and post
yet another scottish photo.
Canon 30D, 1/125s f/9.0 ISO640 17mm
Got a high res of this?? Would love it as a wallpaper.

Here's mine for today... One of the most amazing cars on the planet, taken in New York, New York last April:

http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/8287/2925jd8.jpg (http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/4201/picture1ui7.png)

Click the above image for EXIF.

[oblomow]

Got a high res of this?? Would love it as a wallpaper.

Here's mine for today... One of the most amazing cars on the planet, taken in New York, New York last April:


Thanks, I sent you a pm.
What kind of car is it, btw?

[cantthinkofone]

Thanks, I sent you a pm.
What kind of car is it, btw?

Good luck getting one even if you have the money. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Veyron

*EDIT* apparently somebody already made a faster car. the SSC Aero.

[Doylem]

Photo taken with Sigma 10-20mm + Nikon D50 on University of Toronto campus.

10mm, ISO 200, f/5 @ 1/200 sec:

http://cman.zenfolio.com/img/v2/p322711010-4.jpg

I've been looking on eBay for a second-hand Sigma 10-20... but it looks like everyone is hanging on to them... :(

I'm curious, though, why you'd shoot this at the widest (10mm), 'cos the extreme view doesn't seem to suit the subject ('pincushioning', etc). I could imagine the doorway, and interior, looking more 'natural' with a lens somewhere about 'standard'... when you'd be able to stand further away. Just my 'two-pennorth'... :)

[thr33face]

Hot:
http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/5272/photoblog2rk6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Nikon D40 and some kind of lens

[unknown87]

http://mt12.quickshareit.com/share/p409001411c28.jpg

Taken somewhere in Wales...

[freebooter]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3013/2298138067_9ca1800e62_o.jpg

This one, I like. Perfect.

[Doylem]

This one, I like. Perfect.

Yeah, it's a fun shot. What I like is the little girl's 100% committment to that throw: both feet off the ground. I reckon that frisbee's going out of the park... :)

[krye]

Long Meg and her Daughters...

http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/2379/longmegdj5.jpg

Your photos are amazing, and you live in such a beautiful place. Do you have a website for your photos you can point us too?

[anti-microsoft]

Taken with a 20 year old Yashica (That works very well and takes amazingly crisp photos, this one however didn't turn out as sharp as expected!:p):

CLICK FOR LARGER

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3216/2299972517_8cca76cd37_o.jpg

[SolracSelbor]

Forgive me if this has been posted before:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2145/2200404662_10ae6266ff_o.jpg

[Plymouthbreezer]

Good luck getting one even if you have the money. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Veyron

*EDIT* apparently somebody already made a faster car. the SSC Aero.
Yep. Totally insane.

[davinche]

Another shot of birds in Half Moon Bay
f/7.1
1/320
ISO100
105mm

Also is there anything I can do when I export so that the colors don't look different when posted on the forums versus how they look in Aperture...

[iBallz]

http://Eph28.smugmug.com/photos/255948085_cJyEP-L.jpg

[SolracSelbor]

Got a high res of this?? Would love it as a wallpaper.

Here's mine for today... One of the most amazing cars on the planet, taken in New York, New York last April:

http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/8287/2925jd8.jpg (http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/4201/picture1ui7.png)

Click the above image for EXIF.

I hope you have some photos of the entire car

[Doylem]

http://Eph28.smugmug.com/photos/255948085_cJyEP-L.jpg

Scrumptuous... but is there any more of the pic at the bottom, so it's not cropped quite so tightly?

[TuffLuffJimmy]

I tried to make it look like an old polaroid picture.
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k187/the2headedboy/Portraloid.jpg

[iBallz]

Scrumptuous... but is there any more of the pic at the bottom, so it's not cropped quite so tightly?
Hmmm... hows about this one?

http://Eph28.smugmug.com/photos/260326531_Egw6v-L.jpg

[iBallz]

I tried to make it look like an old polaroid picture.
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k187/the2headedboy/Portraloid.jpg

Looks more like a mug shot.:D

[Doylem]

Hmmm... hows about this one?

http://Eph28.smugmug.com/photos/260326531_Egw6v-L.jpg

Nice... but I think i prefer the close-up...



@ Krye... thanks for your comments. My website is www.northpix.co.uk

but it's a bit of a mess at the moment, and needs some work...


Harbour life...

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/3240/glassonlq8.jpg

[dllavaneras]

I found this Sphingidae (maybe, I'm not sure) larva while strolling through (can you guess where?) My U's botanical garden ;)

[iBallz]

Cool colors and clouds!

[brendanryder]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2098/2301693136_54a4299f1d_b.jpg
XTi
1/160
F/9
ISO 400
@ 30mm

:D

[brogan]

Decided to have a little fun with this one:)

http://bruined4life.smugmug.com/photos/257336410_Xi3n4-XL.jpg

[valdore]

Okay guys, post in the March thread now. ;)


http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=445123

[krye]

Nice... but I think i prefer the close-up...



@ Krye... thanks for your comments. My website is www.northpix.co.uk


Great, thanks. I checked it out. Amazing!

[EssentialParado]

Phew… if anyone's curious, from front to back it takes almost two and a half hours to read through 33 pages of photos.

It used to be a lighthouse standing proud and tall...
Used to be? It didn't get washed away, did it?

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2150/2284313908_d893e01dae_b.jpg
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/12939356@N02/sets/72157603957302196/)
another photo from that prev. shoot. i think this one turned out the best.

Amazing. I haven't seen such a clever photo in a long while, some of the cards are flying straight at the camera, some are flying behind him, but he's staring perfectly into the camera, it's excellent.

In The Beginning (it's a personal title, nothing biblical :) )
That's good, because God wasn't making piers back then. :p


Now onto March…

[Maldini]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3140/2312579611_0aba62a1d1_b.jpg

[Rower_CPU]

Okay guys, post in the March thread now. ;)


http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=445123

*ahem* ;)