Photo of the Day - June 2009

[Doylem]

 

[nuwomb]

 

[sonor]

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[TheReef]

^Great photos over the last few days all!

 

[NeXTCube]

A couple of days late with the macro theme...

In my parents' backyard
Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3
1/125s @ F2.8
Cropped in iPhoto

 

[sangosimo]

 

[fett]

A hill with a view

 

[FX120]

The 100mm 1:1 Macro thread made me realize that in the year or so I've owned that lens, I've never done anything close to 1:1 with it. Until now:

 

[mcavjame]

 

[Artful Dodger]

Trying to work on using light better, C&C welcome.
Lots of great photos this month from everyone

 

[oblomow]

Wonderful!

Where is it and what did you use to take it? Thanks!

Thanks.

Canon 30D, 1/50s f/6.3 ISO400 17mm. Shot here, near Aalburg in the Netherlands.

 

[WebMongol]

Wine cellar, Artesa winery in Napa Valley

 

[oblomow]

Main hall of castle Ammersoyen.

Canon 30D, 1/80s f/5.6 ISO1600 17mm

 

[dmmcintyre3]

Click to view full size

Taken with a $140 PowerShot a1000 IS not my dad's EOS Digital Rebel XT

 

[nuwomb]

 

[juanster]

some amazing stuff here lately

 

[MacRy]

Something similar to the flower Centaurea napifolia, haven't found the english name for it.

Only PP was exposure and crop. I think my flash made it that saturated.

Hey snap! I have those growing in my garden and the bees love them:

 

[mcavjame]

My darn cat work me at 4:30 this morning. Maybe he saw the sunrise and wanted me to see it too. I quickly got dressed and took off with my camera. 30 minutes later I had 73 shots to go through. Here is one of my favorites:

 

[cosmokanga2]

Really like what you did to the flower's leafs. Nice!

Mine for the day. Lone leaf on pavement.

 

[Doylem]

Gonna be the dissenting voice... as usual...

It's physically painful for me to look at this shot. My eyeballs start to ache. And it's something to do with the out-of-focus rendition of the leaves. Anybody else... or just me?

 

[kaybeee]

took this photo on sunday at the Coldplay concert in Vancouver.

i was right infront of the catwalk where they performed a couple of songs

 

[fett]

Dinner time - I waited and waited for him to move his head into the light but he was experienced in dealing with the paparazzi.

 

[Maxxamillian]

 

[Maxxamillian]

Gonna be the dissenting voice... as usual...

It's physically painful for me to look at this shot. My eyeballs start to ache. And it's something to do with the out-of-focus rendition of the leaves. Anybody else... or just me?

I think what you are seeing here are three things:

1. Bad bokeh and uninteresting background.
2. Centered shot
3. Complimentary colors that enhance each other (the greens and the reds), something that normally is a bonus but in this case I think it exacerbates #1.

Here's what I would do with this subject:
1. Pick a different, more interesting angle (get down on your stomach / elbows if you have to)
2. Find background that is interesting...and see what this looks like with a high and low aperture numbers.
3. See if you can get closer into the flower. Perhaps you can gently peel back one of the petals to get a better angle on the middle?
4. See if you can produce or wait for lighting that would make the flower more interesting.

Sangosimo: No doubts the flower is beautiful. Would be interested to see what else (if anything) you end up doing with it.

 

[heron88]

A panoramic I took at Joshua Tree Natl Park. 12 Shots. All shot at 18mm, iso1600, 30" exposures, at f/3.5

Photobucket wont let me upload at full size without compressing it horizontally. So please excuse the small size.

Please C&C, thanks!