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Photo of the Day - January 2009
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This is a photo I took from the top of Blarney Castle in Ireland last summer. Its HDR... Let me know what you think
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this is awesome! I want to go there someday!
and my variety store loves:
yep, right at my house, we get good lighting forthat side of the house. Got some interesting stuff, I just need good lighting. maybe its time to invest in some home depot lights. =D
Playing With Fire
This isn't HDR as the HDR's all turned out with supper high noise. Anyone know why? I used 4 RAW's in Photomatix.
This isn't HDR as the HDR's all turned out with supper high noise. Anyone know why? I used 4 RAW's in Photomatix.
Im having such a hard time doing HDR on my nikon D40, i basically need to take 3 pics starting from -5 exposure to +5? im confused 
Im having such a hard time doing HDR on my nikon D40, i basically need to take 3 pics starting from -5 exposure to +5? im confused
It doesn't have to be 3 pictures and it also doesn't have to be -5 to +5. Just make sure you have at least one picture to dark, one to bright and one in the middle. I use a Nikon D40x and I'm totally satisfied with my pictures: http://sigur.ipernity.com.
Kitten in "attack mode"
Focus done this way on purpose, straight off the camera
Rebel XSi, F1.6, Shutter at 1/40, ISO at 800 all using the 50mm Canon Lens (nifty-fifty)
Since the subject is the kitten she/he should be in focus and not the corner edge of the couch.
Say what?
I wish the walls were cleaner but it was the expressions that got me for this pic. Not taken on a dslr, that's on my hopefully to get soon list.
I wish the walls were cleaner but it was the expressions that got me for this pic. Not taken on a dslr, that's on my hopefully to get soon list.
You could say that. But I still had to climb out on a ledge near the ceiling of the four story atrium, hold the camera upside down (yeah I know I could've done it by rotating it, but I thought it was about 'taking the picture' in this case) using live view mode.
jessica said:
Right - so I suppose that since it's the subject, it SHOULD be in plain view too, not obscured? I don't think there are any SHOULDs in photography. You can argue you'd like it better if the kitten were in focus, but not any hard and fast rule. Besides, I think it works better here how he took it.
My subjects are out of focus too
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I'm not sure I agree that there aren't any "SHOULD'S" in photography. A picture is a picture, but some tell a better story than others. I agree that it would have been a much more compelling shot if the cat, which was the primary focus, had been in focus.
If you were to try to portray the same idea, (cat on the prowl and in the out of focus background), it might have been better to have used another sort of foreground element. Maybe something like a mouse, or a cat toy, or something else that says "attack mode". The couch doesn't quite say the same thing. It just looks like either a cat behind a couch, or worse yet, that you were sloppy and didn't get the focus right.
Just my 2/100's.
If you were to try to portray the same idea, (cat on the prowl and in the out of focus background), it might have been better to have used another sort of foreground element. Maybe something like a mouse, or a cat toy, or something else that says "attack mode". The couch doesn't quite say the same thing. It just looks like either a cat behind a couch, or worse yet, that you were sloppy and didn't get the focus right.
Just my 2/100's.
Enjoyed this shot... especially the deep blue in the sky (so much better than waiting till the sky goes black)...
" ... My son 'forced' me to take this picture ..."
One should always listen to one's betters ...
One should always listen to one's betters ...
San Juan Wildflowers
I took this one on the Colorado Trail from the pass at the top of Elk Creek. We were up there long enough to wait for the light to shine on all the wild flowers. It was taken a couple of summers ago, and I just re-discovered it in my archives.
I took this one on the Colorado Trail from the pass at the top of Elk Creek. We were up there long enough to wait for the light to shine on all the wild flowers. It was taken a couple of summers ago, and I just re-discovered it in my archives.
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