Photo of the Day - August 2009

[Phrasikleia]

I really like this. Nice composition with an interesting foreground, good light balance and an interesting subject. What is on the side of the castle, a glass elevator? Looks like an anachronism.

Thanks. I too wonder about that anachronistic appendage and agree that it's probably a glass elevator. I've not been inside that castle and don't know why an elevator would be necessary, but I think it's a pity that they would compromise the appearance of the castle with such an incongruous element.


And for today, the Grotto of Tiberius:

 

[mcavjame]

Canon 5D
Focal Length: 24mm
Exposure: 1/25 f11 ISO 200
Lens: 40-70L

 

[iBlue]

I love these threads. I'm a bit to shy to share in it because I know squat about photogrpahy but I really enjoy perusing this thread. SO many absolutely stunning photos!

I must mention all of these (below), for sheer ability to make me smile:

Fantastic. How ever you got such a crisp motion shot of a dragonfly, I have no idea.

Robot Attack!! - Test of my new FA31mm f1.8 ltd.

Love it. (want it too)

Just having fun.....

peekaboo!

My boy + some bokeh

awwwwww!

Pentax K100D
Pentax DA 18-250mm F3.5-6.3 @250 mm
1/2500 sec, f/8.0
Cropped (original here) - we were down the first-base side and this was moving toward third base.


Nashville Sounds at the Salt Lake Bees, August 9, 2009.
Sean Rodriguez tossing the ball toward 3rd base. The runner, Johnny Raburn, looks alarmed.

THIS is hilarious! It could be in a caption contest.

Anybody else think this guy looks like Beethoven?

Completely adorable.


… And for sheer ability to look sechsay:

 

[BarryJ]

Wakami Lake, Northern Ontario (clickable)

The view from my camping spot on Wakami Lake, Northern Ontario. f9.5, 1/30 sec, iso 250 fl18 mm on my 1 and only 18-200mm lens

 

[Doylem]

I love these threads. I'm a bit to shy to share in it because I know squat about photogrpahy but I really enjoy perusing this thread. SO many absolutely stunning photos!

Never mind photography; you've got a job as the resident critic...

High Birk Hat, Hannah Hauxwell's Farm...

 

[compuwar]

I've not been inside that castle and don't know why an elevator would be necessary, but I think it's a pity that they would compromise the appearance of the castle with such an incongruous element.

Wheelchair access?

 

[spitfirejd]

I checked out the castle's website and I see it is now a hotel, so I'm guessing it is indeed an elevator for wheelchairs or others who can't climb the steps.

 

[Maxxamillian]

SLC Flyfishing got some new lenses. A shot from my Nikkor 24-70, a lens that he got me to fall in love with all over again.

 

[mcavjame]

Took this at the park yesterday.

I want to keep the background b&w, and convert the bouncy thing (I can;t think of what they're called) back into color. If anyone could tell me how to do this, I would appreciate it.

Don

Mask the "ride"
Invert the mask so the grass is selected
Desaturate the grass (Image>Adjustments>Desaturate)

 

[wheezy]

Hope

Canon EOS 20D :: 45 mm TS :: f 2.8 :: 1/125 sec :: iso 800

 

[GoCubsGo]

SLC Flyfishing got some new lenses. A shot from my Nikkor 24-70, a lens that he got me to fall in love with all over again.

A beautiful lens, why did you fall out of love with it?

 

[luminosity]

Taken on my N80+85/1.8 on Kodak 400 B/W.

 

[abijnk]

Dr. Buzz Aldrin

 

[Maxxamillian]

A beautiful lens, why did you fall out of love with it?

Because I snagged a 105 mm VR micro

 

[mcavjame]

Canon 5D
Focal Length: 23mm
Exposure: 1/80 f11 ISO 200
Lens: 40-70L

 

[Maxxamillian]

 

[luminosity]

Excellent work, both mcavjame and Max! I love both your images. Interesting how they're completely different, yet both are great photos.

 

[gnd]

Swan

105mm, f/8, 1/500s, ISO200

 

[mcavjame]

Excellent work, both mcavjame and Max! I love both your images. Interesting how they're completely different, yet both are great photos.

Thanks for the positive feedback. I like maxxamillian's work too.. always top notch stuff. The washed out area in this pic works well and helps to set the figure as the object of focus. Great stuff!

 

[tonyeck]

This photo was taken at Desert View (around the corner from this) approximately 25 minutes before the sun set over the Grand Canyon. I was scoping out my position for the sun set when I took this shot, and I quite liked the outcome. The Grad ND filter really helps retain detail in the clouds and the true blues we could see that evening. The haze you see is smoke from the Controlled fires on the North Rim of the Canyon making it's way down the Colorado River.

Taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II.

* Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)
* Aperture: f/8.0
* Focal Length: 27 mm
* ISO Speed: 200
* Exposure Bias: -1/3 EV
* Lens: EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM
* 0.9 Grad ND Filter

 

[flosseR]

This photo was taken at Desert View (around the corner from this) approximately 25 minutes before the sun set over the Grand Canyon. I was scoping out my position for the sun set when I took this shot, and I quite liked the outcome. The Grad ND filter really helps retain detail in the clouds and the true blues we could see that evening. The haze you see is smoke from the Controlled fires on the North Rim of the Canyon making it's way down the Colorado River.

Taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II.

* Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)
* Aperture: f/8.0
* Focal Length: 27 mm
* ISO Speed: 200
* Exposure Bias: -1/3 EV
* Lens: EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM
* 0.9 Grad ND Filter

D@MN.... Pictures like those, make me realize that I live in the wrong country and SO want a 5D MK2

Well captured

 

[.JahJahwarrior.]

Discovery taking off last night/this morning. 500mm really cheap, crappy lens. Click on it to go to my gallery where there is another shot of Discovery flying through some clouds that also looks pretty cool.

 

[GoCubsGo]

D@MN.... Pictures like those, make me realize that I live in the wrong country and SO want a 5D MK2

Well captured

EVERYONE says that. Somehow we all manage to look at pictures from another place and think how much nicer it is than where we live. Then we find people who take pictures of the places we're at and think ... how do I not see that?

Discovery taking off last night/this morning. 500mm really cheap, crappy lens. Click on it to go to my gallery where there is another shot of Discovery flying through some clouds that also looks pretty cool.

OK WTF AWESOME!
I'd love this as a wallpaper suitable for say ... oh gosh I dunno ... a 30" display.

 

[NeGRit0]

Clickable...

 

[Edge100]

Little Miss Sunshine