Nice looking beach. Was this taken with your phone? There's a lot of noise in the sky and a few stitching problems that are quite noticeable.
My neighborhood!
Laguna beach.
Are you there on holidays? Your location shows you as being in New York!
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Photo of the Day September 2017
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Are you there on holidays? Your location shows you as being in New York!
Pillar Point-3-20170331.jpg by Charles Martorelli, on Flickr
Yes is from my lost at river
7plus that’s why the noice .. My location is NY? Maybe I forgot to switch to California! I’m leaving here Three months now! :·)
America's Paris by Seth Meece, on FlickrSan Francisco is like America's Paris. The city itself is a work of art. Every street corner you come to rewards you with something beautiful; whether it be a sweeping vista of the white and cream colored city, or a peek of Alcatraz in the bay. If a studio apartment didn't cost like $3000 a month, that's where you'd find me.
I like this. One suggestion I'd offer is to use a shoot through umbrella with your flash mounted on a stand. The shadows from the flash are pretty harsh in this pic and the umbrella makes them nice and soft. It makes it a bit more of a production to shoot (though still fairly portable), but the results are pretty dramatic. They are inexpensive and offer a huge bang for the buck. They work well for portraits too.
2 really horrible images that may serve as examples (I was going to shoot some flowers outside but it started to rain, so moved into the nearby shed):
Off camera flash without an umbrella (notice all the harsh shadows)
Off camera flash shot through an umbrella (notice how all the shadows are much softer)
Also possible you liked the harsh shadows, in which case never mind
Cheers Kallisti, point well taken. Flash is something I've never really got to play with in any serious way; it's on the bucket list of techniques to explore some day. I'd agree that this shot would certainly have benefitted from the sort of diffuse light that you describe since flowers are generally not seen as 'harsh' objects. Unfortunately this was taken outside in a mall fountain in Florida under midday sun lighting....
Here's today's long exposure giving a wider view of the bridge. Taken from Wigg island (sounds exotic but was home of the bulk of the UK's mustard gas production in WW1...). Comments always appreciated.
From Wigg Island by another scotsman, on Flickr
Very nicely done, again! Have you been and taken some long exposures of the power plant yet? That looks like a fascinating subject in its own right.Cheers Kallisti, point well taken. Flash is something I've never really got to play with in any serious way; it's on the bucket list of techniques to explore some day. I'd agree that this shot would certainly have benefitted from the sort of diffuse light that you describe since flowers are generally not seen as 'harsh' objects. Unfortunately this was taken outside in a mall fountain in Florida under midday sun lighting....
Here's today's long exposure giving a wider view of the bridge. Taken from Wigg island (sounds exotic but was home of the bulk of the UK's mustard gas production in WW1...). Comments always appreciated.
From Wigg Island by another scotsman, on Flickr
Cheers Alexander. The power plant (Fiddler's Ferry) is in the process of decommissioning so rarely runs the cooling towers but I'd like the chance to get them in full flow.
Ship in the Fen! I visited it, many moons ago.
Another bird, another early morning....
Lambeau Top by Jay Peek, on Flickr
I wish I would have taken the 12-24 with me on this tour (even if I did not know how to use it yet, and probably still do not). This was from the highest publicly accessible place at Lambeau Field.
Lambeau TopNice shot. What I do when I forget to bring along a wide lens is to take a series of shots capturing the entire scene and then stitch them together into a panoramic using photoshop, lightroom or the other program with a stitch feature.
But worth it!Another bird, another early morning....
Just outside of Athens, Greece today. Late lunch at a little restaurant/bar called Ithaki.
I wish my first picture looked like that, really good effort, take on board the advice on here and you'll get better and better.
Early morning on the bay...
Thats just sublime, so placid and serene, i wish i was there. The bird looks like he's looking for his dinner. Or maybe just somewhere to chill!
Here's another one of Iblis, the nine year-old Asiatic lion. Couldn't resist a black & white treatment.
He is a magnificent beast. keep them coming.
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I like this. One suggestion I'd offer is to use a shoot through umbrella with your flash mounted on a stand. The shadows from the flash are pretty harsh in this pic and the umbrella makes them nice and soft. It makes it a bit more of a production to shoot (though still fairly portable), but the results are pretty dramatic. They are inexpensive and offer a huge bang for the buck. They work well for portraits too.
2 really horrible images that may serve as examples (I was going to shoot some flowers outside but it started to rain, so moved into the nearby shed):
Off camera flash without an umbrella (notice all the harsh shadows)
Off camera flash shot through an umbrella (notice how all the shadows are much softer)
Also possible you liked the harsh shadows, in which case never mind
Great example, not only telling but showing. This place is a hive of information for us budding Lord Lichfields, thank you.
One of the first you've shot?! No way! Brilliant picture. Keep us posted with some more photos in the future!
Thank all of you. Lucky that I have someone, who has a nice garden and that it was raining in the night before.
I will take the advice and looking forward to it! At the weekend I am going to take some more photos...currently I'm watching some videos on youtube to get better at focussing, so that I also can take photos of moving objects
From Moreton Island, where we went for our whale watching cruise while in Queensland recently. Upon arriving at the island via the ferry, you were greeted with this mass of Cormorants on the beach!
Thank you for the reminder! I forgot to take a sequence of images at the very top (I was like a kid in a candy store according to my Fiancé... first trip to Lambeau!) I did remember to do that at the luxury box level... Took me a bit to stitch it together, first time doing this. I knew it was possible, that is why I took the pictures.
Funny story, I knew it was possible to stitch together pictures to make a pano. I worked with a guy in the 90's that had a stitched together pano of Lambeau made from disposable camera pictures the cut and taped together. I always thought that picture was really cool.
Anyhow, here it is... I might get it printed on something cool...
Lambeau Stitched by Jay Peek, on FlickrSomething from Santa Fe. Comments always appreciated.
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A glimpse inside by another scotsman, on Flickr
A glimpse inside by another scotsman, on Flickr
Nice framing and colours. I could see this printed large at a restaurant chain or hotel.Something from Santa Fe. Comments always appreciated.
A glimpse inside by another scotsman, on Flickr
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I think the quote is 'they will come isn't it?
Anyway very seasonal!
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Funny looking birds. Look like a penguin and a seagull had a love child!From Moreton Island, where we went for our whale watching cruise while in Queensland recently. Upon arriving at the island via the ferry, you were greeted with this mass of Cormorants on the beach!
Years since I've seen it. I'm not a big fan.Yeah, I thought that until I looked it up
Cheers
Hugh