Photo of the Day (December 2007)

[valdore]

Valdore,
I'm curious why you didn't go the HDR route with this one. Did you simply like this one as it was, or was it for some reason just not a good candidate? I only ask because I've really liked your past HDR stuff, and it's kind of inspired me to explore doing HDR myself.
TIA,
John

Oh trust me, I would have loved to HDR that photo, as I'm kind of a HDR junkie, but with that particular photo, the night sky at the top left and right is completely black, and 100% black color does not cooperate with HDR at all. Now, if the sky had been illuminated with low-lying nighttime clouds with the city's lights reflecting off them, then HDR might work. But with those pure blacks HDR just doesn't cooperate.

 

[Crawn2003]

Another from my Portfolio...

Candles, shot with a Fuji S5, 18-200mm, Profoto Lighting. Shot 3 images and blended them together.

~Crawn

 

[miranda.danny]

Twigs and Berries

Another shot of a bush littered with red berries...

Camera: Canon EOS XTi
Lens: Tamron 17-50mm @ 50mm
ISO: 200
Exposure: 1/500 @ f/5.6

 

[marclapierre13]

What do you guys think of this one?

(Half of the mountains in the back were mostly grayish, the other half black so I just made it all black)

 

[marclapierre13]

Another from my Portfolio...

Candles, shot with a Fuji S5, 18-200mm, Profoto Lighting. Shot 3 images and blended them together.

~Crawn

thats a christmas card for sure!

 

[Shacklebolt]

There's an iPod ad in here somewhere. Like this plain-clothes Israeli officer chilling in a mall in the Golan Heights, I also own a Nano. Obviously a fair amount of editing. Good, or bad?

Canon Powershot S2 IS

 

[Doylem]

What do you guys think of this one?

I'm afraid it makes me think of just one thing... that she's being sick over the rail. Sorry...

 

[Kebabselector]

One taken a while back on film

St Ives, Cornwall

Taken on a Lubitel Medium Format
Fuji Provia 100
f22 1 Minute 30 Seconds.

Scanned and cleaned up. Adjusted the colours a bit (only to match the slide)

 

[bob3]

Meow

my backyard
Camera: Sony DSLR-A100
Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/8
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 100

 

[marclapierre13]

awwwww!
so cute!

Hey(bob3), how do you like your A100, I was thinking of getting one of those

 

[bob3]

awwwww!
so cute!

Hey(bob3), how do you like your A100, I was thinking of getting one of those

thanks

I've had the camera for about a year now and i quite like it.
Pros:Amazing interface(dual control dials)
image quality
actually some great lens' out there if you have the money (carl zeiss); and more to come
Cons: noise at iso 1600 is unacceptable
iso 800, still very noisy, but usable

If you shoot a lot of night photography i say go for another camera with better iso performance but otherwise i love it and say get it!

 

[skinnybeans]

3 birds sitting on the roof!

 

[gphoto]

thanks

I've had the camera for about a year now and i quite like it.
Pros:Amazing interface(dual control dials)
image quality
actually some great lens' out there if you have the money (carl zeiss); and more to come
Cons: noise at iso 1600 is unacceptable
iso 800, still very noisy, but usable

If you shoot a lot of night photography i say go for another camera with better iso performance but otherwise i love it and say get it!

I never post to this thread, but I still second what he says. Great camera, great images!

 

[Grimace]

DinoBird

f/5.6
1/100
ISO125
420mm

 

[valdore]

There's an iPod ad in here somewhere. Like this plain-clothes Israeli officer chilling in a mall in the Golan Heights, I also own a Nano. Obviously a fair amount of editing. Good, or bad?

Canon Powershot S2 IS

that is a fascinating capture just because of the subject.

 

[Martin C]

Great shot gfxdesigner. I remember you posting this a while back in a thread you created with some other shots. It's incredibly sharp. What lens were you using? Handheld or tripod?

Nonetheless, nice work.

I really like the focus on this shot, well done.

 

[valdore]

One tripod mounted RAW // HDR // Shutter: 2.5 sec // Aperture: f/9.9 // Focal Length: 135mm // ISO 100

 

[jlcharles]

Another from my Portfolio...

Candles, shot with a Fuji S5, 18-200mm, Profoto Lighting. Shot 3 images and blended them together.

~Crawn

This is great. Could you give a bit more explanation of your lighting setup for something like this, and about how you blended them together? Thanks.

 

[xcalibre]

I like the two pix of the same white, Greek (?) church. There are some subtle colours in the second shot... but I wanted to see a bit more drama in the lighting.

Thanks! Here's a B+W Crop of the first pic of the same church (Greek). I thought it was significantly more 'dramatic'

 

[horrgakx]

This is great. Could you give a bit more explanation of your lighting setup for something like this, and about how you blended them together? Thanks.

Its actually surprisingly easy. I've lectured on HDR before but its quite long winded to explain, have a look on Google and check out the program Photomatix. (also the latter versions of Photoshop will do HDR).

 

[pdxflint]

Pt. Townsend, Washington

One of my favorite little cities on Puget Sound, a typical side street shot. Shot with film, scanned from negative.

Canon EOS A2
Canon 28-105 f/3.5-4.5 USM


Martin C. - Thanks for the kind comment on the moss shot. I was just playing around with manual focus, which I haven't really done in a few years out of laziness with AF and all, and it's surprisingly addictive, and actually quicker in a way since no AF focus and re-compose necessary. I think I'll be looking for a few old, manual Nikkors on eBay.

 

[Doylem]

Lake Windermere, Cumbria, UK

 

[peterj1967]

A multiple exposure HDR of that would really take advantage of what HDR can do, that is produce an incredible exposure range in a single image.

If I were to shoot that scene with the intent of HDR, I'd be on a tripod, fixed aperture and shoot the base shot to expose the building accurately then adjust the shutter speed to go two or three stops on either side.

Your single image HDRs have a cool look, but if you run a full HDR process, multiple well taken exposures, run through photoshop you can get an image that looks like it wasn't "HDR'd" but has an amazing exposure latitude.

--Pete

Oh trust me, I would have loved to HDR that photo, as I'm kind of a HDR junkie, but with that particular photo, the night sky at the top left and right is completely black, and 100% black color does not cooperate with HDR at all. Now, if the sky had been illuminated with low-lying nighttime clouds with the city's lights reflecting off them, then HDR might work. But with those pure blacks HDR just doesn't cooperate.

 

[Shacklebolt]

During a hair drive for the organization Locks of Love, which helps to provide wigs for children who, to put it shortly, have diseases that result in no hair.

 

[theenigmat]

My take on HDR

This is a single RAW HDR of a new rose garden on my campus.
I did it with Photomatix Pro.
C&C welcome.

ISO 100 - 1/250 - f/8

EOS 30D

24mm