Photo of the Day (December 2007)

[SolracSelbor]

This is my first real picture. I really want to get into photography and I am looking into buying a DSLR camera either (pentax K10D, D40, D40x, D200, or Rebel XTi)

Anyways, this was shot using a Kodak Easy Share 6.1MP camera:

1''
F 2.6
ISO 80
HDR

Hope you like! Dont ask what that picture by the tree is, one of my roommates put it there (This is a dorm room suite)

 

[taylorwilsdon]

I generally like HDR but honestly HDR doesn't do anything for that picture. It would look better without it I'd say.

 

[abijnk]

I am visiting my pops in Pennsylvania, this is the Brandywine River, taken from Smith Bridge if anyone is familiar with the area. Don't have a DSLR yet (hopefully soon ), so this is just a little Kodak point and shoot.

 

[valdore]

"Cemetery in the snow"

One handheld RAW // HDR // Shutter: 1/100 // Aperture: f/7.0 // Focal Length: 20mm // ISO 100

Union Cemetery, Kansas City Missouri

 

[taylorwilsdon]

My first little shot at HDR:
Can't do full size because its 50MB

1 RAW with exposures changed in Photoshop.
Shot at 70mm, ISO 200, Canon XTi, 70-200L

Rendered in Photomatix, then very poorly post processed in Photoshop.

The non-photoshopped (straight from pm)

View it on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/taylorwilsdon/2096347583/

 

[gamerz]

Heres one of mine taken in some small ski village above Montreal in the summer.

 

[SolracSelbor]

I generally like HDR but honestly HDR doesn't do anything for that picture. It would look better without it I'd say.

I would have to disagree. In comparison to the original photos, this picture looks far more vibrant. I think the HDR adds a warm, almost mystical, feel to the Christmas tree.

 

[taylorwilsdon]

I guess it would help to see the original.

 

[wheezy]

Inspired by HDR

I finally got an HDR to work out somewhat, at least with the Tonal Mapping done in Photomatrix

I took this several years ago with my first SLR, the Digital Rebel, and the kit lens.

Canon EOS Rebel :: f/22 :: 1/80 :: 1 RAW, 4 exposures in Aperture, HDR & Tonal Mapping in Photomatrix

 

[valdore]

I finally got an HDR to work out somewhat, at least with the Tonal Mapping done in Photomatrix

I took this several years ago with my first SLR, the Digital Rebel, and the kit lens.

Canon EOS Rebel :: f/22 :: 1/80 :: 1 RAW, 4 exposures in Aperture, HDR & Tonal Mapping in Photomatrix

I think that worked out very well.

 

[tangents]

Combined Effort

You guys all inspired me ... so I thought I'd post a pic that I think is kinda cool. My husband and I were walking home along St Kilda Road in Melbourne and I saw this shot that I thought would be cool, so together (his knowledge and my eye) took this picture ... unfortunately the wind got up a little whilst doing the time exposure, but it still looked good. Taken with an old Sony DSC-F707 ... Enjoy

 

[wheezy]

I think that worked out very well.

Thank you! I actually appreciate both your Photo posts and your critique/ comment posts, you seem like a very genuinely nice person. You're HDR's gave me the gumption to finally try it and stick with it until I got one. Took about 90 minutes...

 

[OLD ELPASO]

Shot on Film, then scanned.

 

[bob3]

flower.

My Backyard
Camera: Sony DSLR-A100
Exposure: 0.02 sec (1/50)
Aperture: f/8
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 100

 

[bob3]

Shot on Film, then scanned.

Really cool!
Interesting perspective.

 

[Shacklebolt]

I know there are a lot of sunrise/sunset pics here. But still....

Sunrise over the Dead Sea. Swimming in the Dead Sea is one of the coolest experiences I've ever had. I highly advise it, should you ever find your way to Israel or Jordan.

 

[contoursvt]

Canon 20D with Canon 28-105 F3.5-4.5
ISO 100, F4.5, 1/100, 44mm, built in flash.

 

[pdxflint]

Russian languages professor

Professor Rosengrant, Portland State U. Scanned from print. Part of a series of environmental portraits I did as a self-assigned project - dug out of the personal film archives.

Canon EOS A2
Canon 28-105 f/3.5-4.5 USM
Kodak t-max 400 - full-frame work print on Illford RC paper

 

[valdore]

^I like those journalistic photos featuring notable people as the subject matter... something I would like to give a try...

One tripod mounted RAW // HDR // Shutter: 4 sec. // Aperture: f/19.9 // Focal Length: 100mm // ISO 100


From my photoblog post...

From this past Thursday evening.

My first inclination with this shot was to throw it in the HDR editor and tone map the hell out of it, as I often love to do. It turned out however to have an unacceptable redness at the top right around where the Townsend Place condos stand tall. I loved the effect for the rest of the photo, but it seemed too glaring a flaw to present in good conscience. After several subsequent attempts with the HDR editor, I managed to get rid of the undesirable corner redness, but I also lost somewhat the effect I was hoping for. In the end, this probably looks pretty much how it would with no HDR editing/tone mapping. But at least I can sleep at night now (well, not really…).

 

[epicwelshman]

Rainy Days

 

[EssentialParado]

This is really nice, but I think it would look a lot better if you cropped off the bottom half of the stones so the sky took up 2/3 of the frame and the stones took up 1/3. It would turn it into a wider shot and I think applying the rule of thirds makes it look so much nicer. Just my advice

 

[PimpDaddy]

Wow, there are really many great pictures in this thread(as always)

Here's my first contribution in a while

http://www.23hq.com/PimpDaddy/photo/1785361/view-large

Canon 30D with Sigma 28-70mm 2.8
Exposure: 1/320
Exposure Program: Aperture-priority AE
Aperture Value: 2.8
70.0mm

 

[srf4real]

With all the hdr images making it into these pages, I feel no shame at all in posting this image from an epic swell back in June 2007, heavily stepped on in photoshop!

(Watch out- it's big enough for my 22" widescreen lcd display.)

Panasonic FZ 50
1/1250 sec @ f/7.1, ISO 100

 

[Doylem]

Penygent, Yorkshire Dales, UK

 

[BigJohno]

Here is mine. Taken in frankfurt a few days ago.