Photo of the Day - February 2010

[prodigee]

My friends .:R32.

 

[maddagascar]

Dead Man's Slide...

noo photoshop! and reason i always say that, is cause i always have a lot of people asking if the photos i do are photoshop..lol.

 

[Doylem]

Nice photo. How did you get the sun to look so nice. Where ever the sun is included in my photos it's just pure white and pretty much destroys my photo (and probably my sensor!). What's the trick?

You may get a more scientific explanation; this is just the way I see it... Including the sun ‘in shot’ needs a bit of thought. When the sun is high in the sky, and unobscured by clouds, it will be a few stops brighter than anything else in the picture... and so will ‘burn out’ to white. The lower the sun is in the sky (dawn or dusk), the less powerful it becomes as a light source, while also becoming ‘warmer’ in tone (ie towards the red end of the spectrum, rather than the blue). When the sun is close to the horizon (ie sunset) you can include it in a picture without it getting blown out... though a grey grad may help to balance out the exposure values between foreground and sky.

I don’t often include the sun in shot, because the camera can’t cope with the range of brightness. If the sun is hidden (or partly hidden) by cloud, it can work. Or you can ‘hide’ the sun (behind a figure, say, or tree branch), or expose for the sky and let everything in the foreground go into silhouette. Hazy light, mist or fog can also ‘mute‘ the effect of the sun to the point where you can include it in shot without it burning out.

This pic was taken directly into the sun, but the power of the light was lessened by morning mist... and by moving the camera so the sun was just obscured by part of a tree. You don't see the shape of the sun itself, but just the mood associated with backlighting. So no 'burn out', no flare artefacts, etc...

 

[pdxflint]

Very cool and restful... I can hear and smell the water, feel the motion. I'm with Dale on this, the "wide" crop really works here.

 

[pdxflint]

my last one for the month...

Camera: Nikon D300
Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 24 mm
ISO Speed: 800
Lens: Tokina 12-24 f/4

 

[mikeschmeee]

I'm surprised too! Eh oh, Cana- nvm I hate that Pepsi chant.

Nice photo. How did you get the sun to look so nice. Where ever the sun is included in my photos it's just pure white and pretty much destroys my photo (and probably my sensor!). What's the trick?

Another example: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pattersonminx/4108996604/

In my case, the trick is practice. And waking up early. I was in that area since 5am. Sun was just poking out at about 7:20am. Ten minutes later the sun was just everywhere and it got too bright. My shutter speed was 1/80 and fstop was at 8 or 9 I think? Just play around with it and keep shooting. If you are trying to get silhouette photos then it has be to during sunrise or sunset. I could be wrong though, perhaps there is another way of capturing it but as far as I know that's the only way. I learn quite a bit with trial and error style hah. Being dedicated and going out there at the right times is key though. That's when you get all the neat colours and such unless you're a genius with photoshop.
Here is another...





GO CANADA GO!!!!!

 

[nicque]

 

[someoldguy]

Part of a seemingly neverending series of this pond that I've been working on . The concept is to take a picture of this pond from about the same location , using the same focal length (35mm) , at about the same time ( Noon more or less ) in the beginning of each month .

 

[maddagascar]

swings!

 

[mcavjame]

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I didn't get exactly what I was looking for in the silhouette but it turned out alright.

I like the halo effect around the silhouette.

Here is mine for today. A little earlier and more cloudy, I think.

 

[Designer Dale]

Nisqually Delta Wildlife Preserve near Olympia, Washington.

EXIF Summary: 1/60s f/8.0 ISO100 28mm

Dale​

 

[RHVC59]

Weather was wonderful yesterday got out and had a walk...
One of the shots that came out. The M/V Western Titan was towing a full barge load up from Seattle.







Nikon D80
300mm lens
1/250 second @ f8
Exposure Program = manual control (1)
ISO 200
Nikkor * ED 300mm 1:4.5

 

[Designer Dale]

Camera: Nikon D300
Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 24 mm
ISO Speed: 800
Lens: Tokina 12-24 f/4

Nice. I like the lines created by the reflections in the water.

Weather was wonderful yesterday got out and had a walk...
One of the shots that came out. The M/V Western Titan was towing a full barge load up from Seattle.

[img]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4021/4396668060_7f1c3d720b_b.jpg[/img]

Nikon D80
300mm lense
1/250 second @ f8
Exposure Program = manual control (1)
ISO 200
Nikkor * ED 300mm 1:4.5

I'm really glad you got some good shooting weather up there. Nice colors in this one.

I'm just glad I don't get sea sick


The March thread is up. It is March one on the International Dateline.

Dale