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Photo of the Day: May 2013
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Great shot!
Another fun one from me. Mixing the old finesse and beauty of my Hasselblad and film with the wonders of photoshop.
No prizes for guessing which one is actually Emma! ha
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For sure, I don't think I've ever stacked an exposure from my K-5, it's DR is huge.
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Loving my new DA* 16-50mm f/2.8 lens, it's my first that's weather sealed
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For sure, I don't think I've ever stacked an exposure from my K-5, it's DR is huge.
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Oh, you should try blending, Reef. How much DR you have is irrelevant to whether or not you decide to blend. More often than not, I'm blending single raw files (double-processed as two exposures) so that I can adjust a photo's tonality only where it needs it. Some photos really benefit from selective editing.
Nice photo, btw. I like the little bit of reflected color in the foreground.
Really cute. Nice timing!
A Brown Thrush (with lunch):
It's almost as if he's showing off his catch before eating it. Very well done.
Interesting, what kind of difference would I see blending a single double-processed RAW shot vs dodging and burning (what I currently do) if they're both from the same original source image?
Well, my old article on the subject might explain it more completely than I can here, but you get two benefits with blending over more basic types of dodging and burning:
1) Your adjustments reach into the raw data, so you get the cleanest possible results.
2) Your adjustments can be based on very sophisticated selections, ones that are impossible to produce with simple brushes and gradients.
2) Your adjustments can be based on very sophisticated selections, ones that are impossible to produce with simple brushes and gradients.
If you're doing your dodging and burning in a raw editor, then you will still have the benefit of #1, but not #2. If you're doing your editing with layer adjustments in Photoshop, then you can have #2 but not #1. Blending gives you the best of both worlds.
Yeah, I'm missing out the advanced selection potential of #2, I'll definitely have a look at luminosity masks that you mentioned in your article.
Thanks for taking the time to comment Phrasikleia, much appreciated!
The article looks fantastic btw great job there!
Yeah, I'm missing out the advanced selection potential of #2, I'll definitely have a look at luminosity masks that you mentioned in your article.
Thanks for taking the time to comment Phrasikleia, much appreciated!
The article looks fantastic btw great job there!
Happy to help.
Now I'm thinking that my little summary here in post #385 is a heck of a lot more to the point than what I wrote in my article. I think I may tack that on there at some point.
This scene reminds me of book illustrations by Richard Scarry (?), in which everyone is really busy. These guys were hay-making in a hurry, while the sun shone. As soon as one wagon was full of grass, it wheeled away, to be replaced, instantly, with another one. The speed and driving skill was really something to see...
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Imagine Dragons @ The Pageant by P Shu, on Flickr[/URL]
Took this shot at the Yahoo on the Road Imagine Dragons concert with my iPhone. Regrettably I didn't realize I had almost cut out the guitarist on the left with how tight I had shot the photo until I got home that night. I've been on a heavy B&W binge lately, and this photo is one of my favorites from my B&W.
Imagine Dragons @ The Pageant by P Shu, on Flickr[/URL]
Took this shot at the Yahoo on the Road Imagine Dragons concert with my iPhone. Regrettably I didn't realize I had almost cut out the guitarist on the left with how tight I had shot the photo until I got home that night. I've been on a heavy B&W binge lately, and this photo is one of my favorites from my B&W.
Near Lake Timiskaming, ON. The knobby hill in the back is a gabbroic intrusion, and the shape is the result of a passing glacier ("Roche Moutonnée").
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Abitibi by Melissa.O.Anderson, on Flickr
Abitibi by Melissa.O.Anderson, on Flickr
Bountiful Lake
Shot this one while helping out on a Boy Scout campout about a year or so ago.
Camera Canon EOS 40D
Lens Sigma 15mm
Focal Length 15mm
Shutter Speed 1013/25000 sec
Aperture f/22.62
ISO/Film 100
3 exp composite -3,0,+3
The curve of the far edge of the lake gives the illusion that the camera is tilted... but it is straight.
Shot this one while helping out on a Boy Scout campout about a year or so ago.
Camera Canon EOS 40D
Lens Sigma 15mm
Focal Length 15mm
Shutter Speed 1013/25000 sec
Aperture f/22.62
ISO/Film 100
3 exp composite -3,0,+3
The curve of the far edge of the lake gives the illusion that the camera is tilted... but it is straight.
Aptos Creek pilings
Canon 40D, EF24-70 f/2.8L @ 70mm, ISO 800, f/11 @ 1/320. Post in Aperture, Sharpener Pro 3, Nik Silver Efex Pro2
Looks better this way ... http://www.flickr.com/photos/20847981@N08/8870473503/
Canon 40D, EF24-70 f/2.8L @ 70mm, ISO 800, f/11 @ 1/320. Post in Aperture, Sharpener Pro 3, Nik Silver Efex Pro2
Looks better this way ... http://www.flickr.com/photos/20847981@N08/8870473503/
I am hoping to see the sun at least a few times this year...
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Sunny Silhouette by acearchie, on Flickr
Sunny Silhouette by acearchie, on Flickr
Some simple geometry I found today whilst out on a bird walk.
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Canon 60D, 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS II
Canon 60D, 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS II
Beautifull composition, soft BG...very well done
Thanks Rowbear & Phrasikleia...much appreciated.
I've been fortunate to be able to do some birding and photography in an "Alvar" area. If anyone is interested, an Alvar is a globally recognized biological environment (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvar) that provides a unique habitat where you find birds like the Brown Thrush.
This Upland Sandpiper shot is from the same area:
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