Photo of the Day - October 2009

[gkarris]

Great Falls is the closest National Park to where I live and I really enjoy it there over the fall and winter period.

"At Great Falls, the Potomac River builds up speed and force as it falls over a series of steep, jagged rocks and flows through the narrow Mather Gorge. The Patowmack Canal offers a glimpse into the early history of this country. Great Falls Park has many opportunities to explore history and nature, all in a beautiful 800-acre park only 15 miles from the Nation’s Capital."

http://www.nps.gov/grfa/index.htm

Fall brings some wonderful colors to the area (like most places!) while winter brings more water down the falls making them very rough, dangerous, and beautiful.

This photo was taken the first weekend I got my 5D mark II and I used a wide angle lens and a slow shutter to show the movement in the water.

Wonderful. I love the hues... I feel like renting a 5D now...

Flagstaff AZ

Canon 5D
105mm
f/10
1/640
ISO 1000

Nice work, Mr. Adams...

 

[Ja Di ksw]

I really like the green in this photo, and how it is just bulging out at you.


Self portrait (well, kinda, actually taken by the girlfriend), and finally starting to edit my photos. I spent a whole 45 seconds on this one in iPhoto .

 

[DoFoT9]

Self portrait (well, kinda, actually taken by the girlfriend), and finally starting to edit my photos. I spent a whole 45 seconds on this one in iPhoto .

you need better shoes

 

[NeGRit0]

Scarred

Dude, is that an amanita?!


Mine for today:

 

[Fiveos22]

Here's my most recent from close to peak color in the UP: I played with it a touch in photoshop (because I like saturation and because the camera I used was the worst casio P+S I've ever used).

 

[Keebler]

Nice find. Wedding photography is not what most people think.

My submission:

Scarred

fantastic photo! thanks for sharing.

I can't help but think it's too bad you didn't have a smurf figurine to go under it b/c that would have been amazing

 

[Doylem]

Flagstaff AZ

Canon 5D
105mm
f/10
1/640
ISO 1000

Great location, but I wonder why you used ISO 1000 and such a fast shutter speeed for a static subject? With lower ISO, and better lighting, this scene could really 'sing'...

Display in old church at harvest time...

 

[GoCubsGo]

Doylem, stunning as always. Great (interesting) to see something different from you. You seem to really master just about anything you shoot.

 

[platypus63]

A piano in NYC

 

[Designer Dale]

Downtown Tacoma. Not easy framing nature in the city.



Dale

 

[lostfan916]

I'll see your squirrel and raise you mine:

Haha very nice. They're pretty cool to photograph, this one would just stare straight at me.

 

[Designer Dale]

I really like the green in this photo, and how it is just bulging out at you.


Self portrait (well, kinda, actually taken by the girlfriend), and finally starting to edit my photos. I spent a whole 45 seconds on this one in iPhoto .

A bit more time in PhotoShop.
The highlight on the left hand makes it a bit difficult. It it goes darker to bring out the green, the hand is distracting.

Dale


BTW Nice shoes.

 

[Designer Dale]

Dude, is that an amanita?!

I looked it up in one of my Peterson Guides and it sure looks like one. Probably a Panthercap, which is native to Canada.

For those interested, amanita are poisonous mushrooms commonly called Death Caps...

Dale, who always buys his mushrooms in the store.

 

[otter]

Philippine public transport.

 

[SelfMadeCelo]

Found this guy wandering around outside.

** Feel free to comment and critique. I could use it =) **

 

[mikeschmeee]

Victoria Parliament Building.
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

 

[Phrasikleia]

Philippine public transport.

Super shot! Did you accomplish this motion effect by panning or by zooming?

Found this guy wandering around outside.

** Feel free to comment and critique. I could use it =) **

This is a "wow" shot in my book, even with the rather centered subject. The other elements in the frame help to give the whole a certain dynamism, and the lighting and colors are really terrific. Well done!

 

[SelfMadeCelo]

This is a "wow" shot in my book, even with the rather centered subject. The other elements in the frame help to give the whole a certain dynamism, and the lighting and colors are really terrific. Well done!

Wow thanks! I was worried it was a little too centered but I think if I crop out the flower a little it'll end up losing some of its touch. I think I'll play with a bit and see what happens. =)

 

[oblomow]

One more from the primate centre.

 

[pdxflint]

2. "night delivery" Shanghai

Leica M6, 50 lux ASPH, Tri-X 400 @ISO 3200 and pushed further in Lightroom

3. "mobile ride" Shanghai

Leica M6, 50 lux ASPH, Tri-X 400 @ISO 3200 and pushed in Lightroom to ISO 6400 (!!!)

The last one really had me stumped, as I usually use a D3 for low light city shots. I shoot more film since a few weeks and was quite surprised, how much information film holds, even under such difficult lighting. My DSLRs collect dust, since I bought a used Leica and just one lens.

I like these last two. I have often wanted to go back and get a simple camera with a great, fast normal lens, no autowind, fully manual... and do what you're doing. I used to push tri-x and hp5 to 3200 fairly regularly using T-max developer - worked quite well. I'd also push develop t-max 3200 another stop or two when needed - grainy and fairly contrasty... but combined with a fast lens one could literally shoot in the dark...handheld. Anyway, I envy you the M6. Nice little piece of mechanical technology.

Just love her expression...! Kids are such naturals, if you can capture it.

Something for those who are considering photographing a wedding...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8292164.stm

I have a couple of friends who make a good living doing weddings, but... you really have to consider a lot of things. So, in that spirit, I'll also provide a few links which might be useful for anyone here considering trying their hand in this 'genre.'

http://www.wppionline.com/newsletter/October2009/IN-STUDIO-ON-SCREEN.aspx

http://www.markgardnerphotography.com/blog/facts-about-photographers/
(fairly informative photographer's blog site for comparative purposes)

http://www.sportsshooter.com/news/2251
(fairly brief article by a young photographer, Craig Mitchelldyer. Interestingly, on a personal note, I hired Craig to work for me when he was a high school senior in 1998. He was interested in photojournalism, and I needed a stringer to help cover high school sports and some features for the two newspapers we published, so I brought him on board. With a little mentoring and lots of critiquing, he took the bull by the horns and 5 years later added weddings to his repertoire of freelance editorial work. Now he's 29, and has figured it out, and in addition to the work he does for his clients, he puts on free photo workshops which bring in top local professional photographers, as well as pros from around the country as presenters and are always filled to capacity. At a recent Mitchelldyer workshop, David Bergman, a New York top freelancer who shoots for Sports Illustrated and Rolling Stone, as well as being the tour photographer for Bare Naked Ladies rock band, was the keynote presenter, finishing the day with an outdoor remote lighting hands-on workshop, complete with a rock band as subjects. Canon and several other companies, including Pro Photo Supply usually sponsor Mitchelldyer's events, which underwrites the expenses, thus: free to attendees! )

Okay... mine for today... ;-)

Edge of clearcut

Model: NIKON D300
ISO: 200
Exposure: 1/125 sec
Aperture: 6.7
Focal Length: 80mm

 

[xplor]

FLickr


Canon Rebel XSI - Sigma 30mm f1.4

 

[Ja Di ksw]

DoFoT9 - Ha! They're actually decent for tennis shoes, which is kinda what you want when doing taiji. Something that's soft and offers support for the bottom of the foot .

Designer Dale - Yeah, I agree. The upper hand was really bothering me, but I didn't know how to correct that in iPhoto. It was worse when I started, though, and I spent less than a minute on it.

Good news, though! I have PS CS4 now! Just got it an hour or two ago, along with Illustrator.

 

[wixberry]

C&C appreciated

My First Post...

 

[kimberlygfeller]

Wow, what great shots you all have posted!

I am an amateur, but I guess i'll post one of my favorite shots from this past month anyways!

 

[otter]

Super shot! Did you accomplish this motion effect by panning or by zooming?

Thanks! It was neither, actually. I was riding in the back of another vehicle and let the motion of the vehicle create the blurring effect. So I guess then it was a 'modified' panning.