And your friend Alice first flashed that winning smile on September 7th...
Haha, pot calling the kettle black then, I have terrible memory, that's my excuse.
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Photo of the Day: September 2010
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Haha, pot calling the kettle black then, I have terrible memory, that's my excuse.
Thanks!Great shot, I really like the composition in different layers, the light background, the foggy middle ground (with the bonus of sheep
Someone seems to have eaten well
I really like your recent dusk long exposure shots, have you started using off-camera lights to illuminate the rocks? If so, what kind of a setup do you have to fire those lights?
A waterfall from a different perspective
Thanks!
Someone seems to have eaten well
I really like your recent dusk long exposure shots, have you started using off-camera lights to illuminate the rocks? If so, what kind of a setup do you have to fire those lights?
Thanks gnd,
I have been wanting to play with extra lighting for a while now, I tried earlier this year, and well...lost my part of my tripod
It's a single strobe, the Pentax AF-360FGZ to be precise. I use it in wireless mode, with the on camera flash firing it*
I'm still learning how to use it properly, haven't quite worked out how to most effectively utilise it in long exposures.
*As a matter of fact, for these shots I don't think I even had it hooked up to the camera.
I just clicked the 2 second timer, moved to the side, and pressed the little "READY TEST" button to fire one or two flashes manually
It took a few attempts, people must have thought I was crazy.
I'd like to learn more about using off camera lighting so I can do it properly, it's all new to me...and would also like to get some large area diffusion happening, as opposed to having a single small point of light... and maybe multiple lights...
But should buy a tripod first before I rust out the one I'm borrowing from a mate of mine
I've noticed Phrasikleia has been doing a lot of this lately, with great success.
If you don't mind me asking, what kind of diffuser and flash settings are you using, Phrasikleia?
Driving to work this morning, corner M59/Old US23 in Hartland Mich, this is NOT how you want to start a Friday.
Sucks being this guy, it had just happened in front of me, he power drove into the gas station making too fast LH turn in front of traffic, not seeing the little island/rock until too late. He had just gotten out of the car when I took this cell phone shot....my 5 year old cell phone, I'm waiting for iPhone to come to Verizon.....
Very nice! Is this an IR shot or did you achieve this effect in PP? I really like the long exposure fuzzy palm leaves, it makes this shot for me.
I swear you posted that photo before
(Or someone posted one that's almost identical)
If I remember correctly the leaf in a stream, was well over a year ago and it was someone different... unless we are thinking of two different similar shots.
Thank, Reef. Those are European limestone mountains, not the granite variety we have here in CA. I took that photo right about here: 46.3595°N, 14.5941°E.
I'm really enjoying this new direction of yours with foreground lighting!
Perfect use for a cell phone camera!
Thanks again.
On my outdoor shots, I almost never use diffusers because I'm lighting very large subjects (small buildings and whatnot), so diffusers won't make a big difference and mostly just sap power out of my Speedlites. I do however always use gels, usually CTO (of various strengths). I use up to four Speedlites at a time and sometimes do some additional light painting with a gelled LED flashlight to fill in spots that the Speedlites can't reach (a roof, for example). I use Cybersyncs to trigger the lights, but I very often don't even bother to put the trigger on the hotshoe because my exposures are usually between 6 and 30 seconds, and I need the Speedlites to fire repeatedly during that time (alas, they aren't really powerful enough for my purposes). So I keep the trigger in my hand and just fire away as fast as the Speedlites can recycle. It also helps that I have a wireless shutter release so that I can be in position somewhere away from the camera if I'm holding a light instead of putting it on a stand. I also frequently enlist the help of my husband as a voice-activated light stand. For something like your lobster shot (where the subject is close and small), I would recommend a diffuser. At that hour, when the wind is probably low, a simple shoot-through umbrella ought to suffice. If you hold it by hand, it won't blow away, but of course you'll need a wireless shutter release to do that easily. I'd also definitely recommend some CTO gel (such as Lee 204 or 205) to warm up your light and make it imitate golden hour sunlight a bit more. Or you might find some special effect color that works well (magenta?).
Hope that helps!
Lakeland gloom...
Powerful.
Love the heather. I'd love to see a shot of a heather covered hillside all lit up with a Doylem style spot light. For this shot, however, the purple cast with the dark clouds adds a very nice touch of "gloomy" color.
I swear you posted that photo before
(Or someone posted one that's almost identical)
No. It's the first time for this image. I have posted a series of "leaf in stream" nature shots over the last couple of months. I hope it hasn't offended anyone else...
organic (most recent - Sept 10 2010)
My reverse-chronology of other "leaf" shots, so inquiring minds will know.
ripple (Sept 4 2010)
electric water (Aug 1 2010)
another nifty-fifty leaf thing... alder leaf with rocks (July 31 2010)
an early fall... more leaf hunting with nifty-fifty (July 26 2010)
alder leaf (July 24 2010)
This is a magical shot, and I keep coming back to it. The foreboding tones are fantastic!Lakeland gloom...
Edit: Looks like more PP than I've normally seen from you, especially the vignetting, or am I just imagining things?
excellent exposure, and gorgeous sky.![]()
I really like the vignetting, and very cool sky, but slightly "hot" in the middle. I really like the panorama crop on this a lot.Sunset at sea.
SLC
My second try here...
There is code missing from your Flickr link. The image name, your user name and Flickr should each be a hot link. Look at this section of the Flickr Upload tutorial I'm working on and see it it helps.
Edit: Flickr won't automatically display your photo info if that's what you want. You need to add it by hand or use an app like EXIF Viewer. You can drag the original to it and copy/paste the photo info you want. There are extensions for Safari and Firefox that add a right-click/view EXIF data function.
My app is here: Simple EXIF Viewer
Dale
There is code missing from your Flickr link. The image name, your user name and Flickr should each be a hot link. Look at this section of the Flickr Upload tutorial I'm working on and see it it helps.
Edit: Flickr won't automatically display your photo info if that's what you want. You need to add it by hand or use an app like EXIF Viewer. You can drag the original to it and copy/paste the photo info you want. There are extensions for Safari and Firefox that add a right-click/view EXIF data function.
My app is here: Simple EXIF Viewer
Dale
Ahhhh that's what it was, they were just along the same theme, fair enough, it didn't offend me
I just thought I'd seen the exact same shot before. They're good shots though, nice colours and the water adds a nice dreamy feel to the leaf.I have one of those cameras and was thinking of attempting an IR conversion on it. A filter would be a much better choice I think.
