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Photo of the day: July 2011
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The Ramble - Central Park
I limited the PP as there was always something just simple about this shot. One of my recent favourites.
I limited the PP as there was always something just simple about this shot. One of my recent favourites.
Jeepers creepers...where to start. That reflection is just dreamlike, the layering, the colours so beautiful.
The chair is perfect! you've tied together all these elements really well, I could bore you with technics but I can't really put into words how much I admire this, the photograph speaks for itself.
I must say I'm a massive fan of your pics, the attention to detail and execution is beyond extraordinary. I think this sits along side your previous pic as my all time favourites (and that lit building amongst the blue mountain scape).
Now...
All that's missing is a couple romancing on that bench
I suppose that'd be quite hard to come by out there...unless you have marathon skills with the twelve second timer. (I've miserably attempted similar before...people must have thought I was mad...)
In all seriousness, regardless, the pic as it stands is unbelievable, you've captured a beautiful un-staged moment in nature, well done.
Wainman's Pinnacle...
Oh how I miss you posting at 1024px wide (hint hint
)Wonderful light and leading lines, the clouds framing the center feature is perfect.
Plenty of interest here too keeping the eye wandering and coming back for more.
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It looks so evil. I like it, but seems out of place in the NYC heat in July no? Unless of course the heat has caused all the trees to wither and dry up. Lol mice pic though.
Here is what I think, fwiw. I think the HDR part is what doesn't feel right. The lighting on the sunflower wasn't good in the first place and HDR doesn't fix that. There is no "active" light on it, the flower was in the shade. It looks like the shadows were brought up in PP which resulted in loss of dynamic range and contrast of the colours (washed out colours). What would make this a better photo, or just make it feel right, would be to use off camera flash, preferably gelled with a warm coloured gel, on the sunflower, make it look like it's being lit by a setting sun, maybe another one from the back for the rim light ... Much easier said than done
Or you could just go back there during the sunset, while the sunflower is in the sunlight, with hopefully some nice clouds in the sky, preferably dark stormy clouds, would make for a great contrast
This was taken near sunset time. The sun is behind the flower, and the flower is in the shade from a set of trees that the sun had just dropped behind. Any later and there's even less light around the flower. The problem is the range of light between the sky and the flower was so great, even -2 to +2 wasn't enough to capture it, so I had to apply a dodge to the flower in PP to get it bright enough. I should have taken the shot with a wider exposure range.
I do realize that using a fill flash is probably the best/right way to capture that scene without using HDR. My problem is I don't have any equipment to do it with. The only flash I have is the pop-up flash currently. I haven't been able to purchase any extra flash equipment yet because I don't have the spare cash for it.
I do have an HDR shot up closer of the flower, but because a breeze kept blowing up the flower would move a little and the focus was screwed up on the longest exposure. I have played with it in PP using texture and other effects to mask that the focus is screwed up to see if I can make a useful picture out of it.
While on my morning run I noticed this scene and took a shot using Camera+ with my iPhone (and use Clarity). PP was done on my iPad with PS Express (denoise and sharpen) and Photogene (dynamic preset, remove a lens flare spot, crop and apply a blur vignette).
Georgia Summer Morning from iPhone by Gerg1967, on Flickr
30 minutes later I came back with my 60D and tripod and took this HDR from the same spot.
Georgia Summer Morning by Gerg1967, on Flickr
Aw shucks...any more of that and I'll have trouble fitting my head out the door to go take more pictures.
Seriously, though, I really appreciate your comments, and I was really happy to nab that shot, especially after a dry spell of posting old shots from my reject bin. You know it's bad when you're dusting off digital cobwebs! Oh how I miss you posting at 1024px wide (hint hint
Wonderful light and leading lines, the clouds framing the center feature is perfect.
Plenty of interest here too keeping the eye wandering and coming back for more.
Yeah, why the change, Doylem? Did you have a problem with someone using a photo without permission?
Another thing to try is using a reflector. If you don't have one, a big sheet of foam core board or even some tinfoil taped to cardboard can work a treat.
It's a toss up between 2 images ... I think I'm gonna go with this one (for today):
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Smile Pretty for the Camera by thevelvetmermaid, on Flickr
Smile Pretty for the Camera by thevelvetmermaid, on Flickr
Depending on what camera you are using you can use your flip up flash as quite a successful fill. Just dial in the flash compensation to maybe -1 or -2 and it should reduce the brightness of the flash allowing the flower or your subject in general to blend in better with the background.
It's a toss up between 2 images ... I think I'm gonna go with this one (for today):
Smile Pretty for the Camera by thevelvetmermaid, on Flickr
Great texture and earthy colour here. Nice.
Beautiful colours, I think this holds together really well, excellent shot!
Mine for today:
"No Jet Sking" ...
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