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Photo of the day (April 2008)

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thinkband said:
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Great shot. You've really caught the 'essense' of gull. And the soft lighting's just right, too, with no harsh shadows. I just put a sheet of paper over the screen, to block off the land at the top: seems to make the bird stand out even more (the eye doesn't 'wander' up and down the pic). Try it... 🙂

This is an old packhorse bridge in the English Lake District, made of slate and held together by nothing more than gravity... 😱

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Four tripod mounted RAWs // HDR // Shutter: varied // Aperture: f/9.9 // Focal Length: 15 mm // ISO 100
 
Ok i did this really quick, so I know its not perfect..lol

These were taken last night during the candlelight vigil held for the one year anniversary of the shootings at Virginia Tech

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"We Remember 32"
 

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Doylem said:
Great shot. You've really caught the 'essense' of gull. And the soft lighting's just right, too, with no harsh shadows. I just put a sheet of paper over the screen, to block off the land at the top: seems to make the bird stand out even more (the eye doesn't 'wander' up and down the pic). Try it... 🙂
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Thanks for the comment!

Yeah I agree. I am not sure why I did not crop my bird pictures. I guess I kinda liked the unfocused boardwalk in the background, but the simple bird + water looks better.

ipodtoucher said:
Ok i did this really quick, so I know its not perfect..lol

These were taken last night during the candlelight vigil held for the one year anniversary of the shootings at Virginia Tech

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"We Remember 32"
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Very touching, good work.

Here is another sunset pic.. yes I know
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This isn't an earth-shattering image by any means, but this is one little critter!! My family is on vacation in Maui and my parents found this in their bathroom, he hung around so we dropped some change for size comparison. It's just amazing to think of how little this lizard is, yet he's got everything he needs to be alive. Fascinating!

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One handheld RAW // HDR // Shutter: 1/250 // Aperture: f/16 // Focal Length: 15 mm // ISO 200



wheezy said:
Valdore! Is the fisheye new? Once again, fantastic work man, fantastic!
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Thanks... yes, I got the fisheye lens a few weeks ago, still having fun with it. 🙂
 
Doylem said:
This is an old packhorse bridge in the English Lake District, made of slate and held together by nothing more than gravity... 😱

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/6046/slaterbridgejo2.jpg
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Thanks Doylem, I can see what you mean about the sun, thanks for the tip.
By the way this picture of the bridge is just beautiful, it's also strange how they could build bridges hundreds of years ago and they are still standing whereas nowadays a bridge doesn't last 20 years without them having to rebuild it umpteen times 🙄

SolracSelbor said:
Just a simple little photo I thought was kinda cute:

"Quackers" (non-HDR)

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I really love this shot Carlos, the expression & the colour just brilliant.

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This is mine for today, I generally like the way it turned out but I'm still not convinced by the tree root ball in the foreground, I thought it made it more interesting when I took it but think maybe I should have cropped it out. Is it too distracting ? 😕
 
It's a beautiful pic, but I agree: the 'whatever-it-is' in the foreground attracts the eye (and not in a good way 😉).

I wondered if it could take a bit of cropping, off both sides, to leave just a couple of stems in the foreground.

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I was in Hawaii (Oahu) on business a week or so ago, and things went so well that we were told we could go home early. "Unfortunately" there were no homeward-bound flights available, so the boss told me I could basically take a 3 day vacation on the company. So I tooled around the island with my trusty little Canon point-n-shoot (a PowerShot SD1000...I'll be getting a "real" camera in a few months).

It rained most of those 3 days, but I still managed to get some interesting pictures.

Anyway, over the next few days I'll post some of my favorite shots from there. I don't think they're too bad for a hack with a point-n-click camera, but I'm sure you'll let me know if that's true or not 😎

I thought this first one was pretty cool, but something about the jpeg conversion sure did mess with the corners..
 

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This is mine for today, I generally like the way it turned out but I'm still not convinced by the tree root ball in the foreground, I thought it made it more interesting when I took it but think maybe I should have cropped it out. Is it too distracting ? 😕
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I like the original the best. Sunsets imo are really supposed to be in landscape. Cropping horizontally takes away the beautiful reflection of the wtaer in the foreground, and cropping vertically, just makes the picture not as appealing. Not sure why.
 
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