476C5444 by kevinfl2011, on Flickr
Decided to take the 50mm 1.8 out for a spin. It really is the best value lens you can buy.
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Photo of the day: August 2012
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476C5444 by kevinfl2011, on Flickr
Decided to take the 50mm 1.8 out for a spin. It really is the best value lens you can buy.
This is interesting. My brain is struggling to get perspective and figure out what's what ... (that's a good thing
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Here's a seagull flying past the Houses of Parliament. Taken on iPhone 4.
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Here's a seagull flying past the Houses of Parliament. Taken on iPhone 4.
This is interesting. My brain is struggling to get perspective and figure out what's what ... (that's a good thing
Maybe I should have been a little more descriptive. Right at the bridge was a wall that created a waterfall.
This is looking the other direction (downstream)
Yeah, been there done that. I was just editing a shot a few days ago that I took accidentally at exactly that ISO. Didn't realize it until the moment I was trying to capture had passed, so I'm stuck with the ISO 3200 version.
Anyway, this one of yours doesn't seem to have suffered from it (not at this size, at any rate). I really like the somber color palette and the various leading lines.Well, thanks for the very detailed description of your processing, but that doesn't answer my question. What you are describing regards style more than genre. Superficial treatments in Photoshop might determine the style of a photo, but content, more than anything else, will determine its genre.
Glad I didn't have to be the one to say that.
I'll throw my hat in the ring here.
This was taken over the side of a bridge that crosses a sluice channel near a lock on the Mohawk river in NY. I took it with a Canon PowerShot S410 and did no post-processing except to resize it.
I find myself fascinated by this photo. I see a whole landscape within it: snowcapped mountains, a green plain below with a farm on it, post-storm light overhead, and an inexplicable, epic waterfall below it all. It's abstract and representational all at once. This would look terrific enlarged as far as it will go and hanging in a modern-style frame (I would probably clone out that little bit of something floating at the top, though). Very well seen.
I'll throw my hat in the ring here.
This was taken over the side of a bridge that crosses a sluice channel near a lock on the Mohawk river in NY. I took it with a Canon PowerShot S410 and did no post-processing except to resize it.
Ha ha got it, I was struggling to understand this on my phone, just got to my laptop and now it all makes sense
As phrasikileia said well seen, I also love the colour palate and the parallel lines, good shot,
Yes, exactly! All that stuff is there, and I couldn't get a handle on it. As I said, I think that's a good thing. This is a fascinating photo that I could keep coming back to.
Very interesting analysis, but you're not the first to make out a farm (or at least farmhouse) in this picture. That object (not the floating object but right near the top of the "fall") is actually me, looking down from the bridge. I wouldn't say it was taken in haste, but there wasn't much thought put into it, it was more of a "I'll snap over the edge and see what I get".
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Camera: Nikon D800
Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 320
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
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Camera: Nikon D800
Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 320
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Definitely an interesting perspective, with a nice color palette. I like that it stimulates the imagination!
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A juvenile tree frog (Hypsiboas crepitans, formerly Hyla crepitans) resting on a leaf:
Ahh it's been awhile since I've posted here. This months potd is incredible!
Here's a shot of the area that I'm currently working in. The landscape is beautiful, unfortunately not much of a chance to get out and see it during 'golden hours.' Tonight I'm going to attempt to shoot some northern lights, if I can manage to stay awake long enough.
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Rock View by Melissa.O.Anderson, on Flickr
Here's a shot of the area that I'm currently working in. The landscape is beautiful, unfortunately not much of a chance to get out and see it during 'golden hours.' Tonight I'm going to attempt to shoot some northern lights, if I can manage to stay awake long enough.
Rock View by Melissa.O.Anderson, on Flickr
That’s because the footage isn’t 16:9 it’s 2.35:1 (or 21:9 IN TV terms). What I think you have done in your image is take a 4:3 image and add bars to make it 16:9.
I personally don’t think it deserves it’s own genre as it seems you can apply the style to a multitude of of subjects making it very broad.
EDIT: just realised that Phrasikleia said it perfectly:
I see what you are trying to emulate, the blockbuster look, but I think it’s better suited to moving images. Have you experimented with video? It could be an interesting progression.
Don’t know if your lens held you back but was it not possible to get a wider shot with the whole car in the frame? Would have made it really nice!
Did you flash with this? Nice shot!
Just Hangin' by acearchie, on Flickr
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^^^ Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, But to be young was very heaven!
William Wordsworth, who knew Easedale very well indeed...
William Wordsworth, who knew Easedale very well indeed...
Haha sadly, I only had the 50mm with me at the time, and it was an extremely narrow one lane street. Had to act fast before he got away so it was a lens limitation unfortunately.
Well better to have a shot than nothing at all!
This is the Thames at Chelsea Harbour, at sunset.
This is were the internet becomes a scary place! This is about two minutes away from where I live. Are you a resident too?
my first photo of the day
Here ya go. Nothing super, I'm still essentially a novice on a dslr.
Taken in Arizona, on the White mountain Apache reservation, with a Canon EOS -1 Ds. EF 50 mm. f1.8 if I recall correctly. No processing, no nothing, other than to make smaller size for the forum. Hope folks like it.
Here ya go. Nothing super, I'm still essentially a novice on a dslr.
Taken in Arizona, on the White mountain Apache reservation, with a Canon EOS -1 Ds. EF 50 mm. f1.8 if I recall correctly. No processing, no nothing, other than to make smaller size for the forum. Hope folks like it.
