Photo of the day: August 2011

[TheReef]

It's August on the International Dateline.


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Mine to start off...

 

[iBlue]

Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London:

 

[Ravaroo]

 

[xMClass]

8/1

More Thunderbirds

 

[Melizard]

Pure joy.

 

[Ish]

Beautiful start to the month Reef. You either travel a lot or live in a very scenic part of the world and know how to capture it well.

I think of you every time my urls change into timgs!

Now from the sublime to the faintly ridiculous …

 

[Doylem]

Yesterday, in the Duddon Valley...

 

[fireman32]

Another Butterfly pic


DSC_1251 by dspector32, on Flickr

 

[runlsd]

 

[Barnzee]

Untitled by Barnzee01, on Flickr

Ebby's Landing

 

[emorydunn]

I've been out of the "photography" loop for a little while, between lazily browsing the internet and not doing a any real work I haven't had the time (I have lots of excuses). But I finally made the time, or more decided I was going to take some pictures, last Friday.
What was supposed to be a long exposure cityscape shoot turned out to be a much better portrait opportunity.

This is a black and white version of one of the shots. The only lighting is a big landscaping light pointing up from the ground and reflecting off the umbrella to provide lighting to her face.

 

[appie57]

Finally the sun came through on sunday afternoon..

 

[Designer Dale]

Hill Ward Memorial. This was an "urban ruins" for years with crumbled walls and all that cool stuff until it became a teen party hangout defaced with graffiti. It was torn down and the local historical society made this memorial based on the footprint of the original building. A short wall and part of the graffiti was retained.


EXIF Summary: 1/250s f/8.0 ISO100 Tamron 28-75 f/2.8@28mm

Dale

 

[Hisdem]

Sony DSLR-A290, 1/160, f/22, 18mm, ISO 100

 

[SB123]

Ocean City, NJ

 

[Keleko]

I didn't have much time to get out and about for something, so I went for a macro today.


Work Together by Gerg1967, on Flickr

 

[sanPietro98]

These are the massive chains that are attached to the anchor on the Battleship New Jersey. I was struck by the sheer size of these chain links.

 

[Laird Knox]

Bryce Canyon

(Sorry, don't have exposure data at the moment.)

 

[fcortese]

Wheeee!! Out for a weekend drive

 

[Mr Garbaggio]

Baby with Baby Corn =). OC Fair '11

Baby and Baby Corn by JosephSolorio, on Flickr

 

[Phrasikleia]

I start to twitch when I see awesome, craggy mountains like that. Is this New Zealand? I really like how you've put us in the water for this shot. The little wave forms a nice leading line into the image.

Very cute. If I were a bird, I'd probably perch there too.

Yesterday, in the Duddon Valley...

Magnificent light, terrific clouds, and a beautiful location. I'm not used to seeing such a subdued treatment from you, though. It would appear that you forwent your usual GND filter and Aperture tweaks. Am I right?

These are the massive chains that are attached to the anchor on the Battleship New Jersey. I was struck by the sheer size of these chain links.

I'll have to take your word for it that they're massive. It would help to see something in the photo that could give a scale reference.

Bryce Canyon

(Sorry, don't have exposure data at the moment.)

Wonderful composition, though perhaps it would better to see a bit more of the canyon and less of the rather blank sky. You might also consider turning down the volume on the saturation. At any rate, you found a very striking and cooperative model!

 

[BarryJ]

Newfoundland dog in - Newfoundland!

 

[Laird Knox]

Wonderful composition, though perhaps it would better to see a bit more of the canyon and less of the rather blank sky. You might also consider turning down the volume on the saturation. At any rate, you found a very striking and cooperative model!

Thanks for the notes.

There wasn't much more canyon to see from that angle but I'm sure I could have captured a bit more. The image isn't cropped so perhaps I can tighten it up a bit. The biggest challenge was with the model not following directions. There was a railing just under the bottom of the frame and I didn't have a ladder with me to get a better angle - one of the drawbacks of traveling by motorcycle. Still, it is a location I will be returning to. This was as much of a scouting mission as an excuse to go for a ride.

I agree on the saturation. I intentionally pumped it up on this image as a test. On another, non-photography, web site people were going nuts over images with what I considered to be too much saturation. I even went to a gallery here in town to see one of the shots people were raving about. The posted picture had the red highlights completely blown out. I figured it was an artifact of resampling it for the web. In the gallery it was just as blown out in all of its 60" of glory. Heck, I can produce photos like that!

 

[Designer Dale]

Yesterday, in the Duddon Valley...

Great image. I love the feel of depth that this establishes. looks like something from prehistoric times.

Dale

 

[orangeillini14]

@Doylem... what a cool photo!

My dad just bought a Canon 60D with a 15-85 lens yesterday after getting sick of using the family point and shoot cameras that he/we have been using for the past 15+ years. I took the opportunity to try and familiarize myself with the camera, as I have never used a camera like that before. I'd have to say it produces awesome photos and it is so much fun to use!

Here's one of the few hundred we snapped already...