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Photo of the Day: August 2010
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I love all of your photos, they perfectly capture the emotion of the subject, keep them up, they're great inspiration for people shots.
I've got the Lee sample packs too. Problem is that I seldom use them- I need to fix that!
A cargo plane air dropping some packages at an Israeli Air Show
Nikon D40x, 1/4000 exposure time, f/11.0, No flash, ISO 3200
Generally with propeller-driven aircraft you want the shutter speed to be between 1/250th and 1/500th to get some motion blur in the propellers.
Second-most not fun flight I've ever had was in a Hercules from Raleigh-Durham International to Mazatlan Mexico. Good thing we had Suburbans i the back or it would have *really* sucked to be in jump seats the entire flight instead of just take-off and landing.
Paul
I wouldn't stand there, if I were you...
Canadian Coast Guard Hovercraft coming into the beach. (In retrospect I wish I had zoomed out just a bit to get a bit more foreground in there but it was moving quickly and unexpected).
Canadian Coast Guard Hovercraft coming into the beach. (In retrospect I wish I had zoomed out just a bit to get a bit more foreground in there but it was moving quickly and unexpected).
Nice shot VirtualRain. Was that taken from Stanley Park?
Very nice
.A very rare landscape-type shot for me:
No, Spanish Banks. It was coming in to wait on the beach to assist with any waterborne emergencies during one of the recent fireworks events.
5d2 , 17-40 @ 23 , f4@ 2 sec , iso 100 , tripod w/ cable release
Lovely shot, loving the soft/diffused light look.
Mine for the day...
5d2 , 17-40 @ 23 , f4@ 2 sec , iso 100 , tripod w/ cable release
Might I suggest a bubble level be added to the bag?
Paul
Had one ... used it on my initial setup about an hour and a half before I took that shot . Also used the gridlines on my focusing screen . Let's say it was an interesting evening , cops , bikers , the homeless , big friendly unleashed dogs . Had to move and replace the tripod a few times.
Anyway , the problem isn't that the building is terribly off ( check it with a grid against the cornice that runs above the left and right arcades that flank the center arch , but rather that the camera wasn't parallel to the face of the structure . Here's one I took a bit earlier , same settings save the lens is at 17mm and the camera is closer to parallel to the building's face , check the seams in the pavement . I'm glad you commented as I knew something wasn't right but was unable to finger just what it was .
Had one ... used it on my initial setup about an hour and a half before I took that shot . Also used the gridlines on my focusing screen . Let's say it was an interesting evening , cops , bikers , the homeless , big friendly unleashed dogs . Had to move and replace the tripod a few times.
Anyway , the problem isn't that the building is terribly off ( check it with a grid against the cornice that runs above the left and right arcades that flank the center arch , but rather that the camera wasn't parallel to the face of the structure . Here's one I took a bit earlier , same settings save the lens is at 17mm and the camera is closer to parallel to the building's face , check the seams in the pavement . I'm glad you commented as I knew something wasn't right but was unable to finger just what it was .
Now that one doesn't bug me! I have a leveling base below my tripod head- it's only my fault when I don't re-level after moving the gear. If I thought a self-leveling base would hold my big lens, I'd probably go that way though.
Paul
Shutting down for the day...
Dandelions in the shade begin to close up in the mid-afternoon. Another of my mid-day excursions in the "back yard" with camera and a single-focal length lens. Since I live way out in the back country surrounded by forest, my subject matter on these little trips usually winds up being vegetation, streams and dogs... But, it's good practice to make myself get out and shoot something, even when it seems like I'm just repeating myself.
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D300, 300mmf/4.0, 1/320, f/8.0, ISO800
Dandelions in the shade begin to close up in the mid-afternoon. Another of my mid-day excursions in the "back yard" with camera and a single-focal length lens. Since I live way out in the back country surrounded by forest, my subject matter on these little trips usually winds up being vegetation, streams and dogs...
But, it's good practice to make myself get out and shoot something, even when it seems like I'm just repeating myself.
D300, 300mmf/4.0, 1/320, f/8.0, ISO800
