Photo of the Day : December 2010

[Designer Dale]

It is December on the International Dateline.

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

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Dale

 

[MSUSpartan]

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[pdxflint]

"Clydesdale"


D300, 17-55f/2.8, 17mm, f/5.6, 1/80, ISO100

 

[Schtumple]

Leaf in the snow

I finally think I've got how to tone colour in PS, it's only taken 8 or so months for me to grasp

Canon EOS 60D
0.002 sec (1/500)
f/5.6
109 mm
ISO2500​

 

[VirtualRain]

Self portrait

Canon 7D with 60mm EFS Macro; 0.8s @ f4; ISO 400

 

[macrumormonger]

Camera Canon EOS REBEL T2i
Exposure 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture f/5.6
Focal Length 35 mm
ISO Speed 100
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Zeiss Distagon T* 2/35 ZE

 

[TheReef]

^^^^^^ Great start to the month guys.

"Can I help you, mate?"

 

[grassland]

Newfoundland

packaged cod filets.

 

[Fujiko7]

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

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A moment caught ... very nice.

Well it's freezing cold and snowy in London, so I naturally went back to my photos of Sydney from October, where I found this little guy.



Canon EOS 1000D/0.006 sec (1/160)/f7.1/134 mm/ISO 200

 

[Phrasikleia]

D300, 17-55f/2.8, 17mm, f/5.6, 1/80, ISO100

Nice job of panning here. You've definitely conveyed the motion of the event. Is this one really better off in B&W?

I finally think I've got how to tone colour in PS, it's only taken 8 or so months for me to grasp

A really good use of split toning. I did a similar treatment on a shot I took a few days ago, but without a 'warm' element in the frame for contrast, it's not making my heart thump. Here you do have a warm element, though it's still a very 'cool' shot overall. Perhaps you could gild the lily a bit and warm up that leaf just a touch more? Also, are the highlights recoverable? If not, some cloning could go a long way. I was enchanted enough with this image to try a quick edit of it and will be happy to post it here, if you'd like. Or else I could just pm it to you.

"Can I help you, mate?"

Well it's freezing cold and snowy in London, so I naturally went back to my photos of Sydney from October, where I found this little guy.

These two are adorable. Good job in each case of getting us "close" to the subject.


A misty field, from the last time we had any sun at all around here (about five days ago) ...

 

[TheReef]

Another beaut... I love the warms and cools and again, the layering, tying them together. Brilliant.

 

[greenfootballs]

Hope this doesn't make you all too thirsty...

 

[Schtumple]

Hope this doesn't make you all too thirsty...

It's been far too long since I had a Guinness. Far too long.

A really good use of split toning. I did a similar treatment on a shot I took a few days ago, but without a 'warm' element in the frame for contrast, it's not making my heart thump. Here you do have a warm element, though it's still a very 'cool' shot overall. Perhaps you could gild the lily a bit and warm up that leaf just a touch more? Also, are the highlights recoverable? If not, some cloning could go a long way. I was enchanted enough with this image to try a quick edit of it and will be happy to post it here, if you'd like. Or else I could just pm it to you.

Do post it up, I love all your photos, intrigued to see the shot.

 

[fcortese]

 

[Phrasikleia]

Do post it up, I love all your photos, intrigued to see the shot.

OK, here you go...what I could do with your photo just from the JPEG you posted. I warmed up the leaf a bit, evened out the highlights, and smoothed over some distractions. Maybe a bit crude, but you'll get the idea, I think.

Before and after (clickable):

Of course if there is actual detail left to recover from your raw file, then you could surely do better than what I did in this quick cloning job.

Anyway, I think it was a very well seen shot. I like how the leaf looks tackled by the snow; it has a distinctly anthropomorphic quality, with a head and little arms sticking up. That gives it some nice metaphorical depth...winter conquers Fall...the passing of time...etc.

 

[anewman143]

Fall colors

A nearly perfect morning at Dixianna Lake in Norton, VA - still water, great color and a little mist to boot!

Shot with Canon xSi, 24-105 f/4L at 24mm, ISO 400, f/9, 1/160

A few tweaks in iPhoto, but mostly as shot...

 

[Schtumple]

OK, here you go...what I could do with your photo just from the JPEG you posted. I warmed up the leaf a bit, evened out the highlights, and smoothed over some distractions. Maybe a bit crude, but you'll get the idea, I think.

Of course if there is actual detail left to recover from your raw file, then you could surely do better than what I did in this quick cloning job.

Anyway, I think it was a very well seen shot. I like how the leaf looks tackled by the snow; it has a distinctly anthropomorphic quality, with a head and little arms sticking up. That gives it some nice metaphorical depth...winter conquers Fall...the passing of time...etc.

Nice, I like the edit, unfortunately I forgot to shoot in RAW for this, but yes, there is some detail in the original jpeg, but I think your clone tool did a good enough job, cheers.

 

[Phrasikleia]

Nice, I like the edit, unfortunately I forgot to shoot in RAW for this, but yes, there is some detail in the original jpeg, but I think your clone tool did a good enough job, cheers.

Glad you like the edit. I must say I only just noticed a minute ago that you had also posted this photo to the weekly contest. If I had seen that, I would not have said anything! Sorry! Actually, it's for this very reason that I think it's best not to post contest photos in other threads on this forum while the contest is still running. Oh well.

 

[Designer Dale]

A misty field, from the last time we had any sun at all around here (about five days ago) ...

I need a bit of help getting my jaw up off the floor after seeing this photo. Stunning! That looks like dawn light. What time of day?

Expressive guy. Nice capture. Between these guys, koala bears, funnel web spiders, brown snakes and box jellyfish, Australia has quite the diverse fauna.

Dale

 

[otter]

 

[Schtumple]

Glad you like the edit. I must say I only just noticed a minute ago that you had also posted this photo to the weekly contest. If I had seen that, I would not have said anything! Sorry! Actually, it's for this very reason that I think it's best not to post contest photos in other threads on this forum while the contest is still running. Oh well.

It's fine! I don't know anything about photography, so getting input on how to improve my shots is always well received!

 

[Keleko]

My grandfather made this. I have several other things like this that he either made from random things he found and/or made himself.

 

[FrankieTDouglas]

Yep, I just scanned for the big Photo of the Day thread, forgetting it's December now. Here's a first round mock of a class portrait for one of my photo 101 classes...

 

[srf4real]

Yep, I just scanned for the big Photo of the Day thread, forgetting it's December now. Here's a first round mock of a class portrait for one of my photo 101 classes...

A Classic.



Damselfly hunting at night;

Camera Make: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.

Camera Model: E-5

Flash Used: No (auto)
Focal Length: 35.0mm
Exposure Time: 0.125 s (1/8)
Aperture: f/2.0
ISO Equiv.: 200

 

[MSUSpartan]

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