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Photo of the Day: April 2014

And a dogwood in the morning.

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MCH-1138 said:
Thanks, both, for the kind words. Aerobics, indeed! Or maybe he is hailing a taxi...


Hummingbird (9416) by MCH-1138, on Flickr

D7000 • Nikon 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 24mm • 1/125 @ f/7.1 • 3 Speedlights
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Love looking at your hummingbird images.

For those asking about how he does it, I thought I'd share some other online information on photographing hummingbirds. I suspect these couple of articles by Scott Bourne are pretty similar to how the hummingbird photos shared here have been made.

http://photofocus.com/2012/05/06/photographing-hummingbirds-in-madera-canyon-arizona-part-i/

http://photofocus.com/2012/05/07/photographing-hummingbirds-in-madera-canyon-arizona-part-ii/
 
Armenian crosses

A local Armenian church annually places crosses to commemorate the Armenian genocide. I notice this yearly and tend to shoot it yearly, trying each time to try something new. This year I got lower than I have before and used a 50mm lens rather than a 35mm lens. May also try going back at night this year to see how it changes in low-light.

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Keleko said:
Love looking at your hummingbird images.

For those asking about how he does it, I thought I'd share some other online information on photographing hummingbirds. I suspect these couple of articles by Scott Bourne are pretty similar to how the hummingbird photos shared here have been made.
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Thanks, Keleko. Glad you are enjoying them.

I haven't seen those specific links before, but those articles describe one of the common techniques (and I started by reading similar articles). My technique is a bit of a mish-mash at this point, as I am really still experimenting with different ideas. I'm trying to find time to put something together with a BTS look for those who are interested.

A slightly different look for today:


Hummingbird (9884) by MCH-1138, on Flickr

D7000 • Nikon 85mm f/1.8G • 1/125 @ f/4 • 1 Speedlight
 
SimonDK said:
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The kids are taking Balloons to the clubs these days :eek:
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Electric fence? Are you sure that's a club and not a juvenile detention camp? :D

My pic for today - a montage of GoPro images. Note to self: when you take your camera out into the dales for the day, you have to actually stop and get off the bike to use it.
 

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Photo of the Day: April 2014

My wife's wedding bouquet. Still hanging up in our spare room nine years later.

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Fujifilm XE1 with Rokkor 50mm 1.4
 
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Since pictures of flowers are blooming all over this site (sorry for the pun), here's mine. I was playing with the multiple exposure setting on my camera to create a French impressionistic-type of picture.
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This poor little fella flew straight into my sliding glass door one morning last week. It bounced off with a loud thud and landed on a fabric chair. It sat there for about 3-5 minutes, blinking, but otherwise not moving. Then it just up and flew away, as if nothing had happened.


Hummingbird (9668) by MCH-1138, on Flickr

D7000 • Nikon 35mm f/1.8G • 1/250 @ f/1.8
 
Apple fanboy said:
My wife still has the flower ring her bridesmaid carried from 16 years ago. It gets pretty dusty though. Maybe I should attack it with my lens rocket blower!
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Yeah Mrs MacRy's bouquet is pretty dusty too. We daren't dust it in case it disintegrates though as it looks so fragile.
 
Apple fanboy said:
Initially took this for this weeks competition, until I realised it said not macro! Should have read that first! Anyway thought I would still share it with you guys.[url=https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3755/13910420612_4137d882ea_b.jpg]Image[/url]20140417-_DSC1558 by apple fanboy1, on Flickr

By the way they have dropped the drawing pin button in favour of these selections now. I guess there were too many complaints. I used BB Code which I guess is the right one.
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too bad..

nicely lit, I just saw the bts shot too

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acearchie said:
I've started tweaking even my film shots a little bit now!

It seems I can't simple just 'take a photo anymore!'

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yes, that time eventually comes to everybody

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MacRy said:
My wife's wedding bouquet. Still hanging up in our spare room nine years later.

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very nice fuji/rokkor colors

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Alexander.Of.Oz said:
That is a really intense orange sunset, I've never seen it before. I've come back and looked at this several times now and I have to ask. What is with the double sun? I know there is a natural phenomena which makes that appearance, but forget exactly how.

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From my 365 Project, where I am taking six images a week with my iPhone and one long exposure with my DSLR. Idea being to slow down and think even more about the imagery I am creating.

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nice shapes and gradients
 
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