Photo of the Day (December 2007)

[Grimace]

Yeah, I think it could be very helpful for people who want to learn more about HDR and see lots of different examples. It's hard to do that on the "normal" forum because they are interspersed with standard photography.

On almost every page, we have folks (new and experienced photogs) that ask a lot of stock questions about HDR. It might be a really good resource to have a separate forum to try things out and get feedback from those who do a lot of it.

Frankly, I'd like to try it out myself, but for some reason I don't want to post in the monthly thread. If there was a monthly HDR thread, I would try my hand -- my overall thought is that it would encourage creativity and knowledge sharing among the users here.

 

[Doylem]

Yeah, I think it could be very helpful for people who want to learn more about HDR and see lots of different examples. It's hard to do that on the "normal" forum because they are interspersed with standard photography.

On almost every page, we have folks (new and experienced photogs) that ask a lot of stock questions about HDR. It might be a really good resource to have a separate forum to try things out and get feedback from those who do a lot of it.

Frankly, I'd like to try it out myself, but for some reason I don't want to post in the monthly thread. If there was a monthly HDR thread, I would try my hand -- my overall thought is that it would encourage creativity and knowledge sharing among the users here.

Yeah... whatever...

But HDR is still photography: one more tool in the box. Creativity includes deciding when to use - or refuse - that particular tool.

Here's one of mine: still learning...

 

[Grimace]

I wasn't trying to offend or say that HDR isn't "real" photography. It is different enough from the normal tweaks that people apply that I thought it might be useful for a separate monthly topic to encourage it more. Sheesh.

Edit: And, I like the shot of Mordor, the all-seeing eye, and the boats above!

 

[Doylem]

Sheesh.

This, I suppose, is the verbal equivilent of rolling your eyes.

My point is merely that HDR is in addition to (not instead of...) all the usual photographic disciplines: line, tone, colour, composition, etc. 95% of HDR is about 'seeing' a picture: ie pure photography.

 

[TomGolden]

First of all, those two eagle pics posted by Clix on the first page of this thread are by far the most amazingly clear and perfect digital pictures I have ever seen. If I had the $$$, I would buy a Nikon D3 immediately!

I am no where near the photographer the rest of you are, but I wanted to share a few of my own pics.

These are taken with my 5+ year old 2 MPixel Olympous C-2040 camera, and everything is on "auto" mode.

This is the "blow hole" a few miles south of the town of Mendocino, CA taken in August 2007.

 

[TomGolden]

Another, one of the giant redwood trees up neat Eureka, CA, also in August 2007. Same Olympus camera.

 

[BigJohno]

Belgium, today.

 

[BigJohno]

Nice shot bro. Good colors.

 

[baby duck monge]

Belgium, today.

Hooray for Atomium! I am a bit jealous. It was closed when I was in Brussels, so I couldn't really get up close and personal.

 

[marclapierre13]

Doylem, I like that shot.

 

[srf4real]

dawn patrol shredder, Brian Hewitson warming up for the Sean Slater Invitational, cocoa beach, FL
I will post part two of this sequence tomorrolol.

L1 + ZD 70 - 300mm
1/1000 sec
f/ 7.1
ISO 200
300mm

 

[bob3]

"The Square"

near "The Square" in New Braunfels, TX
Camera: Sony DSLR-A100
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1000)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 100

 

[GoCubsGo]

BigJohno all things considering if you were a woman I bet you'd be popular here! And you have amazingly blue eyes.

 

[dllavaneras]

Snapped this morning while waiting for my last exam of the year.

Canon EOS Rebel XTi
18-55mm kit lens @ 25 mm
f6.3, 1/320 sec, ISO 100​

 

[valdore]

"What the library presents to the street"

HDR from one RAW // Shutter: 1/25 // Aperture: f/4.0 // Focal Length: 17mm // ISO 100


Entrance to downtown library, Kansas City MO

Edit -- when I pick apart this photo, I see a lousy depth of field, probably owing to the wide open aperture.

 

[PineAPPLE]

 

[ACbc]

One more from the same portrait session of my last post..

Nikon D50
17-55 f/2.8 @ 31mm
1/250 second
f/4.5
ISO 200
Sunset directly right of subjects, bare sb600 on stand to the right of subjects a little bit in front of the sun zoomed all the way out at 14mm and at 1/2 power i believe.

 

[gamerz]

That is the best picture ever

MACS FOR THE WIN

But may I ask where that was???

and heres another one of my shots

It has to be the best landscape photo have ever taken, but it still looks over processed, and the sky was to bright

 

[Grimace]

Pineapple -- give us the details on the auditorium mac shot! Love it!!

 

[zioxide]

Pineapple -- give us the details on the auditorium mac shot! Love it!!

I doubt he took that. It was on digg a while ago.

 

[PineAPPLE]

Pineapple -- give us the details on the auditorium mac shot! Love it!!

http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/15070/

 

[PineAPPLE]

I doubt he took that. It was on digg a while ago.

I didn't. I just found it and wanted to share it with some fans like me, what better place than this?

 

[zioxide]

I didn't. I just found it and wanted to share it with some fans like me, what better place than this?

The Picture Gallery

this thread is supposed to be for pics you took.

 

[PineAPPLE]

The Picture Gallery

this thread is supposed to be for pics you took.

Ok. Sorry.

Here is one I took

 

[Grimace]

http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/15070/

Even better is this link to the school's explanation of why Macs are preferred by the institution. [and, 99.5% of froshlings purchased a Mac]