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Photo of the Day : December 2010

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I think you've outdone yourself Phrasikleia, fantastic shot. Love the blue overall tone, the combination of absolute stillness and sharpness in the foreground ice contrasted with the dragged shutter movement in the water. Only wish I had access to places like this!
 
One from me for this month, been some amazing photos this month, wish mine were half as good! lol

 
While I did get a shot of the eclipse last night, it wasn't at full strength. The cloud cover was too much by the time it was full, and I couldn't see it. However, I took this picture earlier in the evening, and I much prefer the mood in it compared to my best picture of the partial eclipse.

 
^^ Nice Job, Amazingly enough it was clear her in SE Alaska,

Here is my favorite capture of the night.




NIKON D80
Lens: 28.0-300.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
Focal Length: 300.0mm (35mm equivalent: 450mm)
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 2.000 s
ISO equiv: 400
Metering Mode: Spot
 
Ummm, what the heck happened recently? These threads used to be populated mostly by snapshots with a few gems every 2 or 3 pages. Now it seems like the majority of the shots are interesting with a relative minority in the "meh" category. I used to feel okay posting things that I knew were mediocre but I still thought might peak someone's interest. After going through each page in this thread I'm now a bit embarrassed by what I've posted.

Go MacRumors. I've never felt the need here to follow the old maxim: only show people your best work. Suddenly I do. The bar has been raised compared to, say, a year ago.
 
Olympic Mountains as seen from the Nisqually Delta.


Edited with NIK software. Comments?
Shot with my Tamron 28-300 variable f/stop zoom.

Dale
 
Afterglow...

Post-race clean-up - a few stragglers wait for their turn to hose down their machines.


D300, 17-55f/2.8, 24mm, f/3.5, 1/250, ISO40

Phasikleia, Dale, Paulg, Reef, kcvensel and otter.... some really excellent shots here, too many for me to really mention but thought I'd at least list a few that caught my eye. Great work!
 
kallisti said:
Ummm, what the heck happened recently? These threads used to be populated mostly by snapshots with a few gems every 2 or 3 pages. Now it seems like the majority of the shots are interesting with a relative minority in the "meh" category. I used to feel okay posting things that I knew were mediocre but I still thought might peak someone's interest. After going through each page in this thread I'm now a bit embarrassed by what I've posted.

Go MacRumors. I've never felt the need here to follow the old maxim: only show people your best work. Suddenly I do. The bar has been raised compared to, say, a year ago.
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Don't feel that they're mediocre. I happen to really like that fence shot you just posted. It has quite a strong impression on me. The strong contrast of the yard and fence itself is very nicely balanced with the shadow of the fence. I think it fits in quite well with the other other pictures posted here.

I do agree that I am frequently impressed with other pictures posted here. I hope my own work fits in with it. I certainly don't expect to take an amazing picture every day, but I at least try to do something of reasonable quality where possible. Sometimes I may just end up with a quick snapshot of an event or people from that day that is terrible quality, but it speaks to me the most for that day. Other times I go out in search of something photographically interesting to me and try to get the best shots I can. I'll post either kind.

I also find I'm actually missing having snow and wintery weather here to photograph. For once I regret living in the south eastern portion of the US where I won't get opportunity to explore winter photography. On the other hand, my fingers and toes are probably much happier that I can't do that. :)
 
otter said:
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This has nice tones and is super sharp. Do you mind me asking what post tool you use and what sharpening you apply?

It would be strange to see all the Christmas decor out in summer! But I guess that's the norm there. :p

BTW, it's amazing how much difference a monitor can make to enjoying a photo. Most of the day, I'm working on a couple of crappy old LCD displays. When I get home and view these photos on my Apple LED displays, the photos just come alive with color and richness. It's a stunning difference. I think every digital photographer needs to have a quality display to enjoy their work (and the photos of others) to the fullest. :)

This is a perfect example of an image that just came alive...

Phrasikleia said:
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Designer Dale said:


Edited with NIK software. Comments?
Shot with my Tamron 28-300 variable f/stop zoom.

Dale
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Nice layers to this photo... and it seems nice and sharp... how did NIK work out for you? What are your thoughts?

BTW, is it me or is the horizon (formed by the body of water) a bit askew? It's odd, because the grass in the foreground seems level. :confused: Maybe it's just an optical illusion.


RHVC59 said:
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Awesome!
 
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