Photo of the Day : January 2011

[gnd]

Excellant use of greyscale. This image has many of the continuous tone properties usually reserved for film only. Must have been difficult to achieve, but you nailed it.

Thanks!
I've been on a B&W kick for the past month and am really enjoying it. I'm getting the hang of what subjects to choose and how to do the conversion to bring out the textures and contrast that are the essence of good B&W photos.

Back-Lit Wind

90mm, f/6.7, 1/1000s, ISO200

 

[Phrasikleia]

Making fireworks of their own...

Another example of dragging the shutter, but this time with an exposure of two and a half seconds (and no panning, of course, resulting in a very different effect).

 

[TheReef]

^ I saw the picture then read the caption, gave me a good laugh
Nice capture btw, great balancing of light, is the building on the right lit by the flash?

90mm, f/6.7, 1/1000s, ISO200, EV+2

Very surreal again gnd, one could mistake it for sand.
I've noticed on a lot of your shots you've dialed in +2 EV.
Just curious as to if there were any specific reason for this - is it the camera overcompensating for the bright ice?

 

[Phrasikleia]

^ I saw the picture then read the caption, gave me a good laugh
Nice capture btw, great balancing of light, is the building on the right lit by the flash?

Thanks, Reef. No, my flash doesn't have that kind of throw (and if it did, the people would all be completely blown out). The buildings look lit mostly because of the long exposure (2.5s), which slowly picked up light from the fireworks and some street lamps in the square.

 

[TheReef]

Thanks, Reef. No, my flash doesn't have that kind of throw (and if it did, the people would all be completely blown out). The buildings look lit mostly because of the long exposure (2.5s), which slowly picked up light from the fireworks and some street lamps in the square.

Yeah I was going to say... that'd be a pretty powerful flash, the building just seemed to have that flash look to it, but with the street light the long exposure explains it.

 

[gnd]

Very surreal again gnd, one could mistake it for sand.
I've noticed on a lot of your shots you've dialed in +2 EV.
Just curious as to if there were any specific reason for this - is it the camera overcompensating for the bright ice?

Thanks!
This particular photo was shot in manual mode because of the K style lens (Vivitar Series1 90mm f/2.5 Macro) so exposure compensation didn't have any effect. I did have it set to +2 when I was using the DA style lens in AV mode to prevent the camera from underexposing the bright snow (and it apparently still shows up in the EXIF). Hmm, I guess I should delete the EV data from that post, since it is not relevant for that particular shot ...

 

[TheDrift-]

Dang the standard seems high this month! some great pics already and its only the 2nd!!

Ah well one of mine into the frey.

 

[Pau.c]

this is mine for today

makes me sad seeing such a classic car like this!

 

[srf4real]

The hotel, St. Augustine.

 

[Cliff3]

An older photo I reworked some in LR3. EXIF information is in the image.

 

[someoldguy]

5d2 , 24-105@ 70 , f4@1/6 , iso1600

 

[pdxflint]

climbing


D300, 80-200f/2.8

 

[Keleko]

Awwww. I'm always a sucker for cat pics.

I could take a cat photo a day. My cats are always doing something either cute or interesting enough that it wouldn't be difficult. However, I'm trying not to overload my 365 with kid or cat pictures.

For today, remember it is still Christmas season for the church. Wise men are coming.

 

[otter]

Kids learn about Karaoke at a very young age in the Philippines.

 

[otter]

For today, remember it is still Christmas season for the church. Wise men are coming.

That looks like the same set of wise men figures that my mom had.

 

[Keleko]

That looks like the same set of wise men figures that my mom had.

This is the set my church has. I've noticed all the wise men seem to look very similar among different sets, too. However, our Playmobile set does not look like that.

 

[NiKeZz]

Still practicing and shooting with the new Canon 60D I'm loving it thus far. CC.
These are my girlfriends two dogs. They love to cuddle.

 

[avro707]

90mm, f/6.7, 1/1000s, ISO200

Wow, that's amazing. Where is that?

Looks like somewhere around Mt Etna. I remember Lamborghini using this location when they unveiled the original Murcielago sports-car and filmed that dramatic reveal-video with Murcielago going down into the depths of Etna, like some wild beast that lives within the mountain. If I remember right (it was back in 2002), Etna erupted not long after Lamborghini finished all the festivities.


Meanwhile, I have to complain - why does the weather always go nasty on me when it's time for the most important photo of the day? Minutes before this photo, it was bright sunshine, and then this comes along and the clouds roll in:

Shame you can't hear it! What a classic. It was registered by Qantas as VH-EBM "City of Launceston" on 10 September 1964, after a roll-out on 29 July 1964! In February 1965, it carried Sir Robert Menzies back from the funeral of Winston Churchill, and later in 1966 it attended the inauguration of Launceston airport, Tasmania on a VIP flight with guests including Sir Hudson Fysh, one of the founders of Qantas. It since served with Braniff, Tracinda Investments (aka Kirk Kerkorian) and TAG aviation (run by the famous Ojjeh family), before finally going to John Travolta, who still has it.

And is still going well, looking beautiful as ever.

 

[Rowbear]

Crystal

 

[nicque]

 

[dmr727]

Meanwhile, I have to complain - why does the weather always go nasty on me when it's time for the most important photo of the day? Minutes before this photo, it was bright sunshine, and then this comes along and the clouds roll in:

You see? THAT is an airplane! Not those crappy ass plasticy 330s you're always photographing!

All kidding aside, I love seeing your photos.

 

[avro707]

Believe me, I love "Seven-ohs", I love the smoky exhausts, the shrill scream of Pratt & Whitney engines. Like Concorde, they are gorgeous machines. And they remind us of a time when flying was more glamorous and less monotonous.

I'd photograph it all the time if Mr Travolta would bring his plane here all the time. He's quite cool as well - I photographed him last year, and I can say for sure that he must live on jet-fuel. He's a massive aviation-tragic, and loves flying!

For me, it was a thrill to get up really close to a real, live B707 with engines running (so close that hearing protection was mandatory for OH&S reasons - not optional). I got to photograph him and the plane on multiple successive days.

 

[booth22]

Turtle Conservation in Cozumel

The world awaits...


IMG_4411 by Booth 22, on Flickr

 

[dmr727]

For me, it was a thrill to get up really close to a real, live B707 with engines running (so close that hearing protection was mandatory for OH&S reasons - not optional).

That's friggin' fantastic. I have more than average experience with Travolta, and like you said - he's the real deal.

 

[TheReef]

The world awaits...


IMG_4411 by Booth 22, on Flickr

Great shot, perfect caption, it sums up what I was trying to write as a comment.

Great capture, I've never seen a Qantas like that, it conveys a great sense of power, I like the background heat distortion too.

Nice, simple textures and contrast of the elements.
I think that warm colour patch in the water adds that touch.

Clever shot, I like the contrast of colours and the simple almost abstract concept (and perfect framing), it could be a shot from the movie.
Unconventional and creative, it works for me.