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Photo of the Day - April 2009
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Kayes, that's a lovely shot! Where do you take your butterfly macros?
hi there, glad you like the shotThere is a butterfly farm near where I live. Just 15 mins away by car.
You ask for C & C... so here goes...
I don't understand why you tilted the camera. I don't understand why more than half the image is occupied by an undistinguished stretch of Tarmac. I don't understand why you chopped off half the casino entrance (top right), but included a bit of railing (bottom left). It's presumably the composition you wanted, as it seems you used a tripod. So I'm
It was set on a bench. I am obviously not a pro. I thought it was a nice picture. In the fall i plan on starting at the university for photography. So im just trying to get as familiar with my camera and learn as much on my own. I visit this thread everyday and most of the pics are awe inspiring. Like with all those butterfly pics, they were amazing. Hopefully after a few classes my posts will be on par with yours and the likes that frequent this thread...
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Don't be so defensive. You asked for C & C. If you're going to university, to study photography, be prepared to hear opinions that don't coincide with your own...
And beg, borrow or steal a tripod...
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I was going to say pretty much the same thing. As the saying goes, be careful what you ask for...
Don't be so defensive. You asked for C & C. If you're going to university, to study photography, be prepared to hear opinions that don't coincide with your own...
And beg, borrow or steal a tripod...
I was going to say pretty much the same thing. As the saying goes, be careful what you ask for...
I dont see how i was being defensive, but ok.
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Looks like that fellow has had a bit of their ale over the years
As much as I love your landscape shots, I'm really diggin' these village shots you've been posting lately. I really miss living in England and your pictures bring back fond memories. Keep them coming, please!
Love this. Thought I would try it out. I was not as successful as you, but I'll play a little later. Cool thing was I used a Chip bag and you can see some of the letters picked up in the water drop. That site has some interesting ideas for shaking things up a bit.
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What I love about digital is taking silly pix that may - or may not - work, without spending $$. Took this today, as a bus intervened, and got a self-portrait I hadn't planned for...
Thanks for the info. I definitely had trouble focusing on the biker (though some in the series were a little better than this). I'm not sure I wanted the focus to be solely on the biker, though, I would have liked equal between him and the architecture. A few questions, though:
When you have a moving subject that is going to flit by your viewfinder in only a second or two, and you don't know their distance, how can you get a sharp focus on just them? It doesn't seem like the AF would work b/c they would be through the area the AF is using in a fraction of a second, even if you could hit it at the perfect time.
When you have a small portion of the sky that is grey and the rest of the picture is fairly dark, how do you keep from having the sky blown-out?
Anyway, thanks for the C&C, sorry it took me so long to get back to the forum. I went to a butterfly house the other day, so I'll be posting some macros for a few days.
C&C still welcome
I was trying to get the little guy in flight. Image is cropped by almost half the original size to tighten it on him (though it doesn't seem like that much was cut out).
Ja Di KSW - I like the juxtaposition of the biker against the old architecture. I think it is wild. The image could go for a bit of tweaking though... hope you don't mind my interpretation. I'll remove it if you find it in bad taste. This was done really quickly with PS, without much precision on the mask for the fake DOF.
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