Photo of the day (April 2008)

[TuffLuffJimmy]

 

[otter]

 

[ghostguts]

 

[oblomow]

I like it. My first reaction was to make a remark that the horizon is almost in the middle. But this time it works for me. The height from which the photo was taken gives me the impression the impression that I am standing there the bow, enjoying the view and the solitude.

 

[Doylem]

 

[Edge100]

The Back Alley

Canon 10D
EF 17-40 F4L @ 19mm
F4, 1/60s, ISO 400
HDR from one RAW (Photomatix)
Other PP in Lightroom

 

[Edge100]

I love this. Her face says so much. Great colours, too.

 

[sonor]

This reminds me of film processed using something called pyro developer. If you did that then did a contact print on 100% rag paper you would be amazed at the results. I love this shot.

Thanks - I like those traditional film effects, but I didn't have to get my hands dirty for this. I was just using Adobe Camera Raw: Curves to adjust the contrast, Grayscale conversion with some tweaking of the Mix sliders, then some subtle Split Toning.

How did you make this so sharp? well done, well done.

Thanks - the original shot was fairly sharp. I was using the Nikon 70-200/f2.8 VR at 200mm on my D200 - handheld 1/30s, f4, with a touch of fill-in flash.

In Photoshop I resized then sharpened: Lab Colour Sharpening with Smart Sharpen...

Lab Colour - select Lightness channel - Smart Sharpen - then back to RGB.

Smart Sharpen settings: I use Lens Blur, radius 0.3 pixels (for web photos) then adjust Amount until it's sharp, but not too sharp. Probably about 120% this time.

Sometimes Unsharp Mask is more appropriate, when I need to adjust the Threshold, but I often think Smart Sharpening looks better.

 

[HomeingPigeon]

Since I cant get my picture's to upload I will just link you to the one that I have been trying to upload.
http://flickr.com/photos/kermeter/2382866116/
That is the picture on flickr.

It is kinda ironic I find it that I have pictures with maybe 20 views and 2 comments. Then I have this picture with 500+ views and 1 comments.
What are the odds?

 

[pdxflint]

testing the limit...

Self-explanatory.

Canon EOS A2
Canon 20-35
Fuji NG 400
Nikon Coolscan V

 

[shieldyoureyes]

Here is one from earlier today. Taken through the viewfinder of a Mamiya C220 TLR with an 80mm f/2.8 Sekor with a Nikon D80, 35mm f/2.

 

[worriedmac]

 

[PkennethV]

 

[Everythingisnt]

Kilcar, Ireland

 

[srf4real]

Sebastian Inlet, FL

covered up

click image for large version

Lumix L1 + Zuiko D 70-300mm
f/8, ISO 250, 1/800sec

 

[TuffLuffJimmy]

I was going to just reject this picture, but I decided I liked the bug.

 

[ipodtoucher]

Yay NYC!

 

[iBallz]

La Grange

 

[Scalfani]

One of my first shots with a canon dslr rebel xti. I like it a lot, but think it may be a bit too dark. I have no experience with photo editing software, but plan to buy Aperature soon. I am brand new to this hobby, so any comments/ suggestions are much appreciated. It seems like all of my photos outside are too dark(under exposed I think its called). I tried upping the ISO to 400 and thought that would help... anyway hope you enjoy!

 

[Lightglance.com]

One of my first shots with a canon dslr rebel xti. I like it a lot, but think it may be a bit too dark. I have no experience with photo editing software, but plan to buy Aperature soon. I am brand new to this hobby, so any comments/ suggestions are much appreciated. It seems like all of my photos outside are too dark(under exposed I think its called). I tried upping the ISO to 400 and thought that would help... anyway hope you enjoy!

I don't see what you mean by the picture being to dark, make sure your screen isn't to dark. The picture lacks some contrast to my opinion, but in general a good picture to be one of your first with a DSLR.

Very cool picture iBallz

 

[PkennethV]

One of my first shots with a canon dslr rebel xti. I like it a lot, but think it may be a bit too dark. I have no experience with photo editing software, but plan to buy Aperature soon. I am brand new to this hobby, so any comments/ suggestions are much appreciated. It seems like all of my photos outside are too dark(under exposed I think its called). I tried upping the ISO to 400 and thought that would help... anyway hope you enjoy!

If you find it too dark, look in the manual for "exposure compensation". Boosting is ISO (assuming you're shooting in Auto right now) won't make the photo any "brighter" because the camera will just choose a faster shutter speed or small aperture to keep the exposure the same.

It does this so that it achieves what IT thinks is "the right exposure". By changing the exposure compensation, you are telling the camera what the "correct exposure" should be, and it will make the changes accordingly.

 

[valdore]

Shutter: 1/30 // Aperture: f/9.1 // Focal Length: 400 mm // ISO 100

I'm amazed you managed to get this pic so sharp at 400mm w/ 1/60s. Are you using an IS lens, or you a surgeon in your spare time?

Yes, image stabilization on my telephoto Canon lens. (Canon 100-400 L f/4.5). I sold my left nut for this lens. The new photo in this post is with this lens, handheld as well.

 

[minitrialer]

One from today, went after work to get some photos of a cross country rider. Any comments are welcome.

 

[Plymouthbreezer]

So so so much noise... But I love it anyway:



Click the above image for EXIF.

Fellow MR member, SuperCompu and I had a blast shooting at this event. We used my two Nikons and a number of different lenses. Tough conditions, thus we shot all in manual. Tis fun!

 

[Kebabselector]

Me slightly drunk on 3/4 of a bottle of red.

Went all arty and flashed through the bottle to make me look green.