Photo of the Day: March 2011

[BMP84]

I was playing around with my flash and a shoot-through umbrella the other day...

I Love this, great job! Only nit picking I got, is that she isn't centered on the hood. But that's me just being nit picky.

 

[Hisdem]

For today:

 

[BarryJ]

On the rocks.

From last summer.

 

[robbieduncan]

Messing around with my Epson R-D1 and a lamp at home. Despite the entire frame (this is a crop) being out of focus I really like it. Lens only focusses down to 0.7m. This was closer than that. The regularity of the pattern confused me focussing a bit: I thought it was in focus when I took it


Lamp Lines OOF by r0bbieduncan, on Flickr

 

[AlaskaMoose]

Lovin't the lights too. They used to be a nightly occurrence while growing up in Labrador... now we rarely see them in this part of Northern Ontario. I can't see exif data even though I have a plug in. Could you actually describe a set up for us ?? Tell us what you did or didn't do, what was uncomfortable, how you set camera up for the cold etc? Thanks, Barry

It varies since all depends on how dark the night is. In this case it was very dark, but the crescent moon was very bright near the center of the frame (slightly left). I used a Tokina 11-16mm (at 11mm) f/3.2, manually-focused to infinite, ISO 640, 15-second exposure. However, I took a few of the same subject at 400 ISO, f/2.8, 15-second, and the results were about the same. The camera on a tripod, timer set for a 2-second shutter release. I also covered the viewfinder to prevent light from reaching the sensor from behind the camera.

I process the RAW images in Camara Raw, then CS5. But when in Camara Raw, I switch to the "Default" setting, which in turn is an underexposed image I can expose gradually. I also had to lighten the small cabin in the center of the photo.

 

[Keleko]

 

[oblomow]

From last summer.

Nice action shot Barry, but I have the impression that I've seen it before. Repost?

 

[ironicall]

 

[Master-D]

 

[pdxflint]

From the film archives

circa 1994:
Native Americans from the Yakima tribe reclaimed their historical fishing grounds at Willamette Falls in 1994 by setting up scaffolds for dipnetting. I was able to get this photo by talking a lock operator from the US Army Corps of Engineers into taking me through an old, abandoned log mill near the boat locks on the Willamette River at West Linn. There was no other possible vantage point other than this "off limits" area.

 

[cooljoe349]

Another one I'd like to add

Taken yesterday at this small creek by my house.

 

[compuwar]

Nice image, I'd probably crop the right side out, or have framed with more space on the left for the vehicle to move into.

Tiff Silhouette by ZeePhotography, on Flickr

Very nice.

I was playing around with my flash and a shoot-through umbrella the other day...

Great well-executed concept and I like the off-center pose, the only thing that bugs me is her smile looks tense and forced- if she were more relaxed it'd be even more killer.

Paul

 

[cleanup]

babysat my friend's puppy the other day.

 

[Hisdem]

As I commented on flickr, I loved the puppy shot. Would have liked to see a bit more focus on her ears, but considering how hard it is to get focus at all on these hyperactive cuties, that's nothing. Congratulations!

 

[gaswerks]

syd ...

 

[bbeers]

Different Crop

Nikon D3100, Nikkor 18-55mm, ISO 400 , 18mm, f/7.1 , 1/40

A different crop of the same image. I still don't know which one I like more. I kinda enjoy the dimension of this one, but I not sure if the composition hold up with a lacking foreground.

Nikon D3100, Nikkor 18-55mm, ISO 400 , 18mm, f/7.1 , 1/40

 

[zonatigre]

Pug in a Bag

Taking a nap....

 

[gameface]

 

[BarryJ]

I've been caught.

Nice action shot Barry, but I have the impression that I've seen it before. Repost?

I cannot believe you remember this shot... you and your long memory!

Hmm... I guess I ACTUALLY have to go outside eh ?

Barry

 

[BarryJ]

Common Red Poll

Red Poll in the back yard in AM light. I've never posted this shot previously cause I was thinking its a little soft. Shot though the kitchen window!

 

[Keleko]

Shot of my son next to the back door.

 

[oblomow]

I cannot believe you remember this shot... you and your long memory!

Hmm... I guess I ACTUALLY have to go outside eh ?

Barry

hehehhe, we're not that easy to fool. Yes you really have to go out and shoot something new. ( this from the man that just had a look at the beautiful full moon, very close to the earth and didn't shoot 1 frame....)

 

[Hisdem]

Camera porn. Well, not really, but it's my baby. (Along with a XA-2 that sits in a drawer).


Ready for Duty by Hisdem, on Flickr

 

[seattle]

A group in front of the Seattle Post Alley gum wall.


Gum wall pic by Northwest dad, on Flickr

 

[Tragedies]

Random shot from my Airshow collection;