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avro707

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Original poster
Dec 13, 2010
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It's 2 January 2013 in Australia, so time to get us started for another year.

Welcome to Photo of the Day. The POTD thread was started by iGary in May, 2006 and converted to a monthly thread in November 2007 by Arn. POTD is one of the most popular picture groups on MacRumors, often exceeding 500 posts and 20,000 views per month.

Photo of the Day is intended to be a showcase for your best pictures. There is no limit to your gear, just your imagination. P&S and film cameras are welcome along with DSLRs. There are no themes like the Fortnightly Challenge and Weekly Contest, and no winners (or losers) either.



Policies


*One Photo per Day - Don't post more than one photo each day.

*Quote with Thumbnails - When you quote an image please restore it's thumbnail before replying. You can do this either by installing the AutoTIMG browser extension or by editing the code by hand.

*Multi-Quote - To comment on several photos, click the Multi-Quote button. This puts all your comments in one post. Multi-Quoting is required on all of the MacRumors forums.

*SFW (Safe for Work) only - This is a site - wide rule. If you wouldn't show it in a public place, then it's NSFW (not safe for work). Think before you post.

*Describe your photo - Tell what it is and where you took it. If you know the EXIF data of a photo, include it. The following EXIF fields are recommended: Camera, ISO, Focal Length, Shutter/Aperture and Lens.

*Photography forum tutorials - If you need any help with posting, try one of these tutorials.

Posting Photos to Photo Forums from Flickr and ImageShack

How to Quote, Multi-Quote and Edit Posts

Restoring Thumbnails in Photo Quotes (AutoTIMG Extension and Code Editing)



For One-Click Access, they are all here: Designer Dale's Google Docs Folder:



Note: Anyone may start the Photo of the Day thread on the first of the month GMT. Please copy a quote of this post or download the Welcome file from HERE when you do. Both maintain all the formatting and links.
 

Keleko

macrumors 68000
Mar 26, 2008
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Happy New Year! Fireworks seems appropriate as a photo share for today.

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acearchie

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Jan 15, 2006
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First try with a studio setup. One of my resolutions is to try and make some money with photography this year!


Flo by acearchie, on Flickr
 

DirtySocks85

macrumors 65816
Mar 12, 2009
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Wichita, KS
How in the heck did you do that? Wow.

Set the lens in the picture to maximum aperture and manually focus it to infinity. Then hold it in front of the camera at arms length. Camera settings: 1/200, ƒ/9, ISO 1600, 50 mm. Aim at mirror about 10 feet away with everything aligned, click. Note that in doing this your subject (you) will be upside down, I rotated it right side up in post.
 
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