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Photo of the day : April 2011

This is my first time posting a photo on a forum

As explained above, I hope the photo is not a link.

Here are the specs: iso 100, 120mm, 0 EV, f/5.6, 1/250.

EDIT: Not too bad! Obviously, the raw file looks better. I was photographing this squirrel who was about 15-20 feet away from me and he/she ran to me, stopped, posed, and ran away. :) The squirrel was super close to me, like 4 feet or so.
 

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It'sa me on-a Flickr!
1/400
f/11
250mm (55-250 IS)

This photo is from my recent trip to India. I had asked about some gear and stuff before leaving (this is my first (D)SLR and my first foray into more serious photography). C&C on everything I post is welcome, as I would like to grow as a photographer!

Also, don't peek at my photostream, as I'd like to post some of those in the upcoming days here. :D

I posted this in the March thread... Way to go, me. We're obviously 3 days into April now. XD
 
jeevesofRKdia said:
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It'sa me on-a Flickr!
1/400
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Okay first off I like the framing in this. That little building doesn't feel cut off really, with that dominating focal point above it. I seriously love the placement of it, and how the picture just spans to the left. The lighting is superb. I love it, is really all I can say. You can see the golden highlights on the trees and the glow everywhere on the foliage. The saturated colors are lifelike and real to the photograph. You also positioned the focal point well. It's slightly under the curve of the hillside. This lets you take in the object with color popping it out all around.

This photo is better than I can do outside with nature. I really love this. That golden hour you shot at shows well. That is quite the capable lens! Loving this pic.
 
Waybo said:
Winter on one side, spring on the other... Which side do I choose? I choose spring!!! :)
This is a nice effect. Can you share how you did this?
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Good choice, and thank you for your comment! :)

I'm sure you can do it in Photoshop but I personally did it in Lightroom. I used the Graduated Filter tool which can be found up near the top right corner of the Lightroom interface and just dragged the saturation slider down to -100. I then applied the graduated filter vertically around the centre of the image at a slight angle (depending how your photo is and what parts you want in colour or b+w) and it desaturated half of the image whilst gradually allowing colour back in at the middle for the other half. I hope that makes sense, I'm glad you liked the photo :)

As for my photo of the day...


sprung flowers by tristangage, on Flickr

Camera Canon EOS 500D
Exposure 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture f/10.0
Focal Length 44 mm
ISO Speed 100


I'm running out of half decent photos to post, am gonna have to get back out and take some more!
 
Another one from my outing last week. I got some nice shots yesterday, but I'm still working on editing them. I tried avoiding posting this one, but ran out of others. While I am happy with it for myself, I know it is rather (ok, very) cliche to post a duck shot ;)


IMG_3102 by Rusty2192, on Flickr
 
Another one from the shoot last week from the 15th floor at Canary Wharf. This one is really a testament to what you can do in Aperture: it looked nothing like this (but I am OK with that: for me it's about the end image)


Skyline Glow by r0bbieduncan, on Flickr
 
Took my camera out yesterday for the first time in about four months: a bit like getting back in a car when you haven't driven for a while, to find you're thinking about something you used to do automatically...

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Tugboat

Tugboat in Miami Port, as we cruised on by.
ISO 200, 120 mm, 0 ev, f/6, 1/400.
C&C welcome & appreciated!
 

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It is little known that the Greeks made it all the way over to Kentucky. But, here is the proof from Hopkinsville, KY.

 
Jason Beck said:
I am so jealous. Love some of the places people in the UK shoot at. This was well captured. The exposure looks really natural and the green is very vibrant.
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Thanks for the kind words. It was my first outing with my new Canon EF 24-70 1:2.8 L lens. It's a lovely piece of glass and seems to just suck in light and colour, although I have to confess to adding a whiff of HDR in photoshop afterwards, just to boost the grass.
BTW, us Brits are equally jealous at the amazing diversity of scenery (both natural and man-made) that you enjoy in the US. As the saying goes, the grass is always greener...
 
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This is fantastic - you've captured a mysterious feeling here.

Doylem said:
Took my camera out yesterday for the first time in about four months: a bit like getting back in a car when you haven't driven for a while, to find you're thinking about something you used to do automatically...

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Looks like you've still got it ... welcome back!

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Great nature shot here - exciting!

Master-D said:
this is where boris and the clan are plotting how we can all pay for the olympics with parking tickets :rolleyes:
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aka the "giant testicle" (the building, not Boris).

Jason Beck said:
I am so jealous. Love some of the places people in the UK shoot at.
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Man, some of the people here are jealous of the, uh, "scenery" that you get to shoot.

rusty2192 said:
I know it is rather (ok, very) cliche to post a duck shot ;)
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No, it is an honourable tradition here ...


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