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Photo of the day: November 2011
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Hi Phrasikleia. I love your pictures too; always well composed sceneries and stories well presented
What brand of graduated ND filter do you use, because I'd like to buy good quality ones. I have 2 low cost Cokin P GND and they do have a strong color cast; they do alter the colors on the red chanel especially.
Thanks and keep feeding our eyes with those lovely scenes
Thanks for taking the time to say that, Rowbear.
See below regarding filters...My panel-type filters are Cokin Z-Pro, which are larger and supposedly made from higher quality resin than the P-series. They don't give me any problems with color casts. Stacking up a bunch of filters for very long exposures is another matter, however, but I've heard that's really just an issue with too much IR light being able to reach the sensor (and is therefore a problem with any brand of filter)...so they say...
Not had chance to get out much this month so a simple one from me, just a dandelion
dandelion by Shaun Wilkinson Photography, on Flickr
Lovely photo. I can almost feel the crispness of the air around the dandelion.
That's a beauty, Reef. Great contrast between warm and cool hues and wonderful, moody atmosphere to go with it.
Tried to give a surreal look to something so mundane.
Larger, http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6019/6305147484_d00ceddd31_b.jpg
50mm, f5.6, 30sec, ISO 100. Some PS work afterwards, mainly abusing the noise removal filter to remove texture but keep sharp edges.
I think it worked. The subdued color palette, simple forms, and soft light make for a very interesting photo.
Just the opposite... Use a tripod, and try shutter speeds of say, 1-30sec down to whole seconds. The blur of the moving water will contrast nicely with whatever's not moving: ie just about everything else in the pic. A useful gadget in these situations is a neutral density filter, which cuts down the light without altering the colours, and allowing you to choose longer shutter speeds...
I remember seeing this photo shortly after I joined MR and being quite smitten with it. It's incredible how that leaf is clinging tenaciously to the rock, despite all of the water rushing over it. Great texture in the water, great contrast of warm and cool hues, and great composition. It's one of those photos that one could describe well after having seen it only once--the indication of a real winner.
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I like it a lot: the design, colour combinations, and just enough visual ambiguity to keep you looking. Your eye goes straight to the lamp, and explores outwards. It looks like the back cover of an album by one of the more 'sensitive' male singer-songwriter troubadors of the 1970s (Tim Hardin, say, or David Ackles...).
Beautiful. It's time you did a book (and maybe this could be the cover)...
Haven't shot anything interesting these past few days, so here's another cairn. Not on a summit, not marking a path, just constructed out of bits of slate left over from the slate-mining days in the Lake District.
"Old Church" West Coast USA interpretation.
The Little Church in Elbe, Washington from my most recent visit there. Built in 1906, it still has Sunday services (seats 46).
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The Little Church in Elbe, Washington from my most recent visit there. Built in 1906, it still has Sunday services (seats 46).
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I like it a lot: the design, colour combinations, and just enough visual ambiguity to keep you looking. Your eye goes straight to the lamp, and explores outwards. It looks like the back cover of an album by one of the more 'sensitive' male singer-songwriter troubadors of the 1970s (Tim Hardin, say, or David Ackles...).
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Thanks for the comments. I was experimenting and I liked they way it came out. Now for the 70's vibe I can kind of see it.
To be honest, it's a bit dark and the horizon in the middle makes it a bit uninteresting. I did a quick redo, hope you don't mind. Otherwise I will delete it.
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Thanks, Doylem. That means a lot coming from you. I would love to do a book. Don't be surprised if I come knocking on your pm inbox for tips when I get that far.
Yes this was taken at Duke Homestead in Durham NC. This is where tobacco got its start in NC
Thanks, Doylem. That means a lot coming from you. I would love to do a book. Don't be surprised if I come knocking on your pm inbox for tips when I get that far.
If you do a book, I would be among the first in line to buy it!
I'm just back from a trip as well. Spent the last two weeks of October cruising the Mediterranean so I've got some new stuff to share over the coming days.
Here's one of my favourites... the amazing Amalfi Coast and the village of Positano.
Cathay Pacific B-HLW
ISO10,000, 0.6sec, F/6.3, 240mm.
It was so dark I could barely see the plane with my own eyes through the viewfinder. The A330 was actually going quite slow (maybe 8kts), taxiing along the taxiway parallel to the runway. The low shutter speed makes it seem to be going faster.
ISO10,000, 0.6sec, F/6.3, 240mm.
It was so dark I could barely see the plane with my own eyes through the viewfinder. The A330 was actually going quite slow (maybe 8kts), taxiing along the taxiway parallel to the runway. The low shutter speed makes it seem to be going faster.
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