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Photo of the Day: July 2010
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Much better! Your changes really brought the image to life. I hadn't even noticed that slice of brightness cutting across the sky just above the train on the larger version. The way you've cropped the photo now, the light area really pops and combines nicely with the light areas on either side of the train to create a frame of sorts.
It's true that the train and its setting don't completely "match," as you say, but I think now that you've brought out some more detail in the train, it doesn't have to. Creative lighting or Photoshopping will often produce photos that look a bit artificial, but if that artifice achieves a certain level of artistry, it will activate the viewer's willingness to suspend disbelief. I think your photo hits that happy place now.
I'll take that as a compliment.
And for today: an ancient marble quarry. You can see from the height of the marble around the edges that the ancient Greeks took a big bite out of the end of this island.
This street girl on Chicken Street (shopping street for scarves, carpets, jewelry, leather goods, etc. popular with expats) was such a charmer. She sold us some Bazooka gum and I got a few great portraits. She took my friends hand and walked with us down the street after having bought the gum. I've seen her there before, so I'll print the photo and give her a copy. I just bought this camera (Canon 50D) with 50mm f/1.4 Canon lens and am extremely pleased with the initial results.
I just got into photography. I've been reading up for a few weeks, but would love to get some feedback from you guys!
Focal length: 50mm (effectively 80mm, since the 50D has a 1.6x crop factor)
Exposure: 1/200 sec at f/1.6
ISO 100
I just got into photography. I've been reading up for a few weeks, but would love to get some feedback from you guys!
Focal length: 50mm (effectively 80mm, since the 50D has a 1.6x crop factor)
Exposure: 1/200 sec at f/1.6
ISO 100
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Eww... not a macro.
Ok... I was going to put up a little bird shot and then I saw that gorgeous pic from AlaskaMoose. I decided to wait until I've got something a little better. In the meantime, I got this pic while trying to get a good bird pic. It's not a macro, but shot with a 300mm with a 1.4x.
Ok... I was going to put up a little bird shot and then I saw that gorgeous pic from AlaskaMoose. I decided to wait until I've got something a little better. In the meantime, I got this pic while trying to get a good bird pic. It's not a macro, but shot with a 300mm with a 1.4x.
I just got into photography. I've been reading up for a few weeks, but would love to get some feedback from you guys!
It's a nice portrait. The lighting and exposure are both good. The wide aperture gave you some nice separation, and you got the focus nice and sharp on her eyes. The catchlights in the eyes are an odd shape, but at least they are there and help to liven up her face. The one thing you might think about next time is the composition. You chose a landscape orientation for this portrait, but it doesn't really add anything for us on either side of her. Perhaps it would have been better to go with a vertical (i.e. portrait) orientation so we could see more of your subject and less of the uninteresting background. At least you got us in close to her and didn't put her smack in the center, though.
Dragon boat races , Cayuga Lake , NY , last weekend .
5d mk2 , iso 200 , f9@1/400 , iso 200 , Tamron 28-300VC @ 180 +/-
5d mk2 , iso 200 , f9@1/400 , iso 200 , Tamron 28-300VC @ 180 +/-
Sunset in Maui.
Lens: 18-105VR
Filters: Nikon Circular Polarizer & Singh-Ray Reverse ND Grad 3 stop
Lens: 18-105VR
Filters: Nikon Circular Polarizer & Singh-Ray Reverse ND Grad 3 stop
Thanks Phrasikleia! I had my camera set to focus on one point (in the middle) and I read I should always aim for the eyes (both for portraits and wildlife photography). Would it have been better to set the focus on one of the sides instead in order to get her more to the side of the photo? Also, I read that you should never shoot down on kids or flowers and I just noticed I may have done that a bit. Composition is not an easy thing to think about, but I'll have to do that more from now on. So much to think of when you're just starting up!
Looking forward to tomorrow's comments.
Sunset in Maui.
Lens: 18-105VR
Filters: Nikon Circular Polarizer & Singh-Ray Reverse ND Grad 3 stop
Wow! That's incredible! What were your settings for that shot (esp. shutter speed). Also, did you use a tripod or a polarizing filter? (I read polarizing filters work well on waterfalls/streams/etc. with slow shutter speed... but not sure if you should/need to use that in lower light conditions with the sun setting)
Thank you. Yeah, I used 2 filters (posted below the photo) to prevent blowing out the sky because of the slow shutter speed. Tripod was a must for this shot.
EXIF:
1/4 sec
f/10
30mm
200 ISO (Forgot to put it down to 100 before I took this)
argh, the file name has a swear word in it. It can be viewed at Feel the Fear
This is tough sometimes but worth trying atleast.
This is tough sometimes but worth trying atleast.
Great shot. I particularly like the light on the rocks in the foreground...
Just signed up to do a couple of workshops on the Isle of Arran, during their mountain festival in September. I fell in love with the place when I first visited, two years ago. It's a bit old-fashioned, in the best possible sense, and very photogenic. As can be seen from this map, attached to a bus stop, public transport is a simple matter on Arran. If you stay on the bus, you'll eventually arrive back where you started...
PS: as a fellow D90 user, generally speaking I'd encourage you not to artificially suppress ISO below 200. If you're not careful, you'll end up losing your highlights in high contrast scenes with marginal gains to your blacks/shadows. The dynamic range at ISO 200 is practically the same as ISO 100.
Interesting. Shooting at the lowest possible ISO can actually hurt the image? Did not know that.
When that ISO is below the sensor's base ISO it will. The D90's base is ISO 200, so that's where you want to be if you can at all help it. That's why the
ISOs are generally labeled "Lo.1" and "Lo.2" rather than with numbers.
Paul
Any constructive criticism would be greatly appreciated!
UVA Lawn:
I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be looking at here- what's the subject of the photograph? The bricks in the foreground are the main visual element, but they're not really "interesting." The people are too small and underexposed to see...
Technically, the image is underexposed by a fairly large amount. Worse-yet, the brightest portion of the image where our eyes are naturally drawn are the white pillars, which lead the eye right out of the frame. If the center had something of interest, or were brighter, then the bricks would probably be the dominant lead-in.
Given the exposure difference between the sky and trees and the center of the image, it's likely that you'd have had to bracket exposure to get a good shot, or used HDR or probably more effectively shot at a time of day where the lighting was much more balanced.
Paul
Wukoki Moonrise
Been hanging out over on the Naurescapes forum lately. I can see I've missed a lot of great shots over here. Glad to see some of the regulars still around (or have returned).
This was taken with two exposures. The first was exposed with an off-camera flash with a red filter light painting the facade. The other was exposing for detail in the moon.
Wukoki Pueblo Ruin, Wupatki National Monument, Arizona.
Pentax K200D, 28mm Vivitar Komine 2.0, f5.6 30s Iso 200
Been hanging out over on the Naurescapes forum lately. I can see I've missed a lot of great shots over here. Glad to see some of the regulars still around (or have returned).
This was taken with two exposures. The first was exposed with an off-camera flash with a red filter light painting the facade. The other was exposing for detail in the moon.
Wukoki Pueblo Ruin, Wupatki National Monument, Arizona.
Pentax K200D, 28mm Vivitar Komine 2.0, f5.6 30s Iso 200