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Photo of the Day: April 2014
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Had some fun this week. Sigma hosted a photo contest at the College of Southern Nevada. There were two requirements - you had to use a Sigma lens and you could only submit a JPG straight off of the camera with no post processing. They had multiple copies of most every lens in both Nikon and Canon mounts that you could check out for up to an hour.
With the time constraints and having to stay on campus it really put the pressure on. The shot had to be right the first time, clone stamps not allowed.
There were six categories:
- People/Portraits
- Architecture
- Macro
- Experimental/Creative
- Product/Still Life
- Nature/Plant/Wildlife
This was my entry in the Experimental/Creative category.
With the time constraints and having to stay on campus it really put the pressure on. The shot had to be right the first time, clone stamps not allowed.
There were six categories:
- People/Portraits
- Architecture
- Macro
- Experimental/Creative
- Product/Still Life
- Nature/Plant/Wildlife
This was my entry in the Experimental/Creative category.
Had some fun this week. Sigma hosted a photo contest at the College of Southern Nevada. There were two requirements - you had to use a Sigma lens and you could only submit a JPG straight off of the camera with no post processing. They had multiple copies of most every lens in both Nikon and Canon mounts that you could check out for up to an hour.
With the time constraints and having to stay on campus it really put the pressure on. The shot had to be right the first time, clone stamps not allowed.
There were six categories:
- People/Portraits
- Architecture
- Macro
- Experimental/Creative
- Product/Still Life
- Nature/Plant/Wildlife
This was my entry in the Experimental/Creative category.
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Nice! Clever idea really well executed.
You shot a cannon with a nikon!
Well that's what they are good for
The Cannon had a really slow speed as well. I can do 6fps. The Cannon could only manage 1 shot every 5 minutes
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Very good. Keep them coming.
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Had some fun this week. Sigma hosted a photo contest at the College of Southern Nevada. There were two requirements - you had to use a Sigma lens and you could only submit a JPG straight off of the camera with no post processing. They had multiple copies of most every lens in both Nikon and Canon mounts that you could check out for up to an hour.
With the time constraints and having to stay on campus it really put the pressure on. The shot had to be right the first time, clone stamps not allowed.
There were six categories:
- People/Portraits
- Architecture
- Macro
- Experimental/Creative
- Product/Still Life
- Nature/Plant/Wildlife
This was my entry in the Experimental/Creative category.
Image
Sounds like a fun day. Very creative.
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Welcome back.
Yesterday a friend and I ventured downtown to the Tidal Basin in Washington, DC, to shoot the still-emerging cherry blossoms. While there was a small crowd there, since Friday-Saturday-Sunday will be "peak," that is when the place will be jammed. Some of the trees are in near-full bloom while others are still on the way.
(Sony NEX-7, 18-200mm, f/13 @45mm, 1/125, ISO 100)
(Sony NEX-7, 18-200mm, f/13 @45mm, 1/125, ISO 100)
Pushing that creativity as usual. Very professionally done. Arty instead of smutty.
Nice! Clever idea really well executed.
Thank you.
Since I couldn't do any post work it is a bit over exposed. Even simple level adjustments in Lightroom make a huge difference. The sky above him pulls in more detail but remains a dingy grey while the blue sky defined within the silhouette gets really nice and saturated. For me the overall feeling is that he is dreaming of clear skies in a post industrialized world.
There is another shot where the silhouette is completely burned out. So the torso is only defined by the tree and the sky goes white. In that one I think the composition is better. Also the yellow stripe is centered on the tip of the tree and the branches follow the shoulders perfectly. It was even lighter so that's why I didn't submit it but it is recoverable in post.
This was my first attempt at doing a double exposure. I knew the look I was going for but had to experiment a bit to get the right balance. Some of them came out rich an dark but failed in composition. The best compositions all happened to be over exposed. Overall it was a fun experiment in a fun competition.
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Thank you. Yes it was a fun couple of days. I was able to do two shots Monday after work and three more yesterday during an *cough* extended lunch break.
Thank you.
Since I couldn't do any post work it is a bit over exposed. Even simple level adjustments in Lightroom make a huge difference. The sky above him pulls in more detail but remains a dingy grey while the blue sky defined within the silhouette gets really nice and saturated. For me the overall feeling is that he is dreaming of clear skies in a post industrialized world.
There is another shot where the silhouette is completely burned out. So the torso is only defined by the tree and the sky goes white. In that one I think the composition is better. Also the yellow stripe is centered on the tip of the tree and the branches follow the shoulders perfectly. It was even lighter so that's why I didn't submit it but it is recoverable in post.
This was my first attempt at doing a double exposure. I knew the look I was going for but had to experiment a bit to get the right balance. Some of them came out rich an dark but failed in composition. The best compositions all happened to be over exposed. Overall it was a fun experiment in a fun competition.
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Thank you. Yes it was a fun couple of days. I was able to do two shots Monday after work and three more yesterday during an *cough* extended lunch break.
An extended lunch break? Whats a lunch break?
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So same Cannon as yesterday (see what I did there
) but this time it was being fired. By fired the big guy in the hat would shot bang to simulate cannon fire! Notice how he is the only man? Somehow I missed that fact when I was there. 
I have been working so many hours lately that I have not been able to take a lot of photos but I did get to do a shoot this weekend. This is my favorite from it.
If gopros could come out with that quality and raw files out of the camera I would buy one in a heartbeat!
It was shot on a RED Epic with super speeds. Probably my favourite combo at the moment.
Creative and tastefull...Great job on this set needfx.
Another macro shot. This one from a telephone pole painted with graffiti.
Well seen and captured Florian. Very cool shot!
I'm jealous !!!! Was in DC last week , thought I'd get some great cherry blossom pix , but got skunked .All I got was this .....
Same thing happened last year , too . Feel like I'm becoming the Cap't Ahab of the Cherry Blossom Festival .
Yes, people who live here have the advantage of being able to wait to go downtown when the blossoms are actually near or at peak; I really feel for people from out-of-town for whom it's really the luck of the draw if they manage to schedule their visit at just the right time. This year the blooming season has been much later than usual, which thwarted a lot of people's plans.
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Tulip Magnolias are just starting to pop out now:
(Sony NEX-7, Sony/Zeiss 18-200mm, ISO 200, f/8@200mm, 1/800 sec)
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Tulip Magnolias are just starting to pop out now:
(Sony NEX-7, Sony/Zeiss 18-200mm, ISO 200, f/8@200mm, 1/800 sec)