Photo of the Day - January 2012

[Mr Garbaggio]

Danbo in the yard

This is me experimenting with a couple of Christmas gifts, Danbo and a SB-900. I'm loving Nikon's CLS so far!!

Mikeschmeee, I know you're a fellow Danbo aficionado so I hope you like this.
I already have a few other ideas I want to try


Danbo Garden by JosephSolorio, on Flickr

 

[Elbert C]

Front Row Seating

A couple watching the New Year's fireworks.

 

[Doylem]

Taking a hike break by Northwest dad, on Flickr

I really like this: a little bend in the woodland path, the shallow depth-of-field and the ‘kid’s-eye-view’...

 

[acearchie]

Nice colour tone editing, my only criticism is it seems as though the shutter speed was too slow on this shot and you picked up a little bit of motion blur from the subject, could've upped the ISO a bit higher to compensate, just looks a bit blurry, not badly, but it's noticeable. Other than that it's a really well shot photo, the lighting is really nice and warm on the subject which helps against the blinds in the background, that and a thin DOF is always nice

Cheers, I am a fan of the colours too however, after messing around I noticed that the shutter was to slow for what was the equivalent of an 80mm FOV. It looked sharp in the camera but on my laptop it was a whole different story. Something I will look out for next time.

Awesome sushi picture aKCLee!

Really like this too. Can I hazard a guess at a 70-200mm style lens?

 

[Keleko]

I posted a couple of moody, b&w the past couple of days. It's really cold outside today, so I'm going to post a cheery, bright colors shot today to compensate.


Yellow Chairs by Gerg1967, on Flickr

 

[VI™]

A friend of mine that I shot across from the Verizon Center in DC. She was out test model for a photo scavenger hunt me and a buddy were trying to put together for the DC/Baltimore/NoVa Strobist group that I started. Unfortunately he passed away last month. I figure we can do something in his honor.

 

[Russinator]

 

[appie57]

The whole day storm and rain. Just before sunset the sky cleared.

 

[seattle]

I really like this: a little bend in the woodland path, the shallow depth-of-field and the ‘kid’s-eye-view’...

Thanks Doylem.

Really like this too. Can I hazard a guess at a 70-200mm style lens?

Thanks and great guess. It is a Tamron 70-200 f2.8.

 

[andalusia]

christmas candle by tristangage, on Flickr

Camera Canon EOS 500D
Exposure 0.1 sec (1/10)
Aperture f/5.0
Focal Length 50 mm
ISO Speed 100

 

[Flore]

Just posted this on my photoblog http://www.florephoto.com (you can see EXIF and the unedited version there as well!)

"THE OTHER SIDE OF NEW YORK CITY"
During my visits to New York City I spent a few long evenings in Manhatten trying to get some good night shots. While the city is interesting, the nightly rides on the subway often showed its poor side.

 

[VirtualRain]

The Burren: a country where there is not enough water to drown a man, wood enough to hang one, nor earth enough to bury him

Not far from the truth from what I saw... it's a barren landscape of limestone with eroded water channels that are perfect for twisting an ankle but of little use for anything else

 

[Flore]

A friend of mine that I shot across from the Verizon Center in DC. She was out test model for a photo scavenger hunt me and a buddy were trying to put together for the DC/Baltimore/NoVa Strobist group that I started. Unfortunately he passed away last month. I figure we can do something in his honor.

Nice shot - good composition and light as well! Sorry to hear that and all the best for the project!

 

[Designer Dale]

I posted a couple of moody, b&w the past couple of days. It's really cold outside today, so I'm going to post a cheery, bright colors shot today to compensate.


Yellow Chairs by Gerg1967, on Flickr

Great colors and composition. I like the simplistic feel of this, it would make a nice wall print in an office. The chair on camera right looks as if it had Dennis the Menace as a lunch guest.

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Mine for today.


EXIF Summary: 1/125s f/5.6 ISO100 Tamron 28-75 f/2.8@28mm

Dale

 

[BarryJ]

On Ice.

A couple watching the New Year's fireworks.
Image

I really like this shot. Took me awhile to find the couple though. Looks like Labrador, where I grew up. Cold!

Mine for today: More from the first ice fishing trip of 2012.

 

[zagato27]

Great colors and I LOVE the subject! Just purchased my first VW ('12 JSW TDi) and am loving it. Actually learned how to drive a stick in a sixty-something VW Vanagon. That was a challenge. The stick was about 3' long with some pretty long throws. As I recall the hp was around 43. Up hills and crosswinds were interesting

BTW, where was the photo taken. I'm guessing CA....SoCal.....Malibu/Hermosa Beach????

Cheers

 

[Oberhammer]

Deep in the Amazon Jungle

Basic Image Information

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM
Shot at 105 mm
Exposure: Auto exposure, Program AE, 1/125 sec, f/4, ISO 250
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Focus: At 6.5m, with a depth of field of about 55cm, (from about 26cm before the focus point to about 28cm after)
Date: January 1, 2012 12:52:42PM
File: IMG_7965.CR2
685 × 1,023 JPEG
370,264 bytes (0.35 megabytes) Image compression: 82%
10% crop of the 3,281 × 2,196 (7.2 megapixel) original

Image URL: http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll206/oberhammer/Best Photos/zoo0010.jpg

 

[acearchie]

My friend at about 2am on Jan 1st.

Made the great move of diving into the shallow end of a pool as it struck 00:00.

He was fine but now has a slightly Harry Potter resembling cut!

 

[LumbermanSVO]

American Coot

 

[sneil2]

The whole day storm and rain. Just before sunset the sky cleared.
Image

Please tell me how you get your watermark on your photo's like that!
I have a nikon j1 and upload to iphoto on my iMac

 

[andalusia]

Please tell me how you get your watermark on your photo's like that!
I have a nikon j1 and upload to iphoto on my iMac

I don't know how appie57 did it, but I know there's a setting in Lightroom for a watermark which seems fairly comprehensive and easy to use.

 

[lharvest]

Hiking in Northern PA New Year's Weekend

 

[Doylem]

Yellow Chairs by Gerg1967, on Flickr

Great colour & composition. Would look good in a frame on the wall (whoops... that's just what Dale said. Well, he's right)...

 

[Keleko]

Great colors and composition. I like the simplistic feel of this, it would make a nice wall print in an office. The chair on camera right looks as if it had Dennis the Menace as a lunch guest.

----------------------------------------------------

Mine for today.

EXIF Summary: 1/125s f/5.6 ISO100 Tamron 28-75 f/2.8@28mm

Dale

Great colour & composition. Would look good in a frame on the wall (whoops... that's just what Dale said. Well, he's right)...

Thanks guys. Last night I made a photo book of my vacation photos, and that shot got a 2 page spread in it (cropped more narrow to fit).

I also really like taking and viewing old car pics. I like the combination of the model with the real thing.

Although this is a "family" pic I liked it, too. It is another 2 page spread. The crop for that layout puts the boy's head right in the top left corner of the page.


Big Brother Is Watching by Gerg1967, on Flickr

 

[VI™]

This is before I became a photo shop master . If you look closely you can see the shoop. Strike that, if you glance in the direction of your monitor you can see the shoop.

Seriously though, if you want to learn how to do some really neat tricks in photo shop, start doing car rig shops. After a week straight of photo shopping car rigs out of pictures I felt like I had learned more than the previous 7 years of using photo shop.