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Photo of the Day - December 2009
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The other issue in museums, is lighting. Curators really do not like flash photography, since over time light damages the color of many of our artifacts. Light damage is cumulative, and can not be reversed. Museums are charged with the care of their collections for the long term. You can see the damaging effects of light on your own. Print two copies of an image put one in a drawer or other location which is not exposed to light, and one in a spot that has a bright light source or sunlight, wait 6 months or longer and compare the two images. One could also cover on half of an image with black paper to block light, check the print periodically over time it should not take too long for color shifts to begin to appear.
In our museum, we allow photography, but no flash.
I'm a total noob with very little idea of what I'm doing.
Then you've got some fun times (and a few frustrations...) ahead of you.
I love fish & chip shops, especially the ones in West Yorkshire towns (Fish & chips in London? Forget it...). Some are just little wooden shacks, like this, but don't let that put you off. These little wooden 'chippies' are where you'll find the warmest welcome and the best fish & chips. "One of each, please, with plenty of scraps", and carry a nice, warm, fragrant package, wrapped up in newspaper, back home for your tea...
just wow.. what an incredibly beautiful image. very well done
Wow, what a picture.... so clear at iso 1600 too! what lens did you use for this?
Model: NIKON D300
ISO: 1600
Exposure: 1/200 sec
Aperture: 4.0
Focal Length: 300mm
loving the line of sun reflection off the boats! that would make a very nice wallpaper, sir Very nice, really good composition and just such a good photoFrom my walk through Puyallup. Just doesn't want to go.
EXIF Summary: 1/20s f/5.6 ISO100 39mm
Dale
tiny bit overexposed though? ah i dunno just
I snapped this picture sometime around 7:30ish. I stayed awake all night and decided that I should take pictures in the sixteen degree weather when the sun first came up.
Why I stayed outside all night I'll never know...
well you should be glad you did, i think thats a really good pic you got there
Then your museum is doing the right thing. I have no problem with rules against the use of flash. I appreciate that some museums allow visitors to purchase a tripod pass, which I'll take any day over the right to use flash.
I had a day recently at the National Railway Museum in York but found it very difficult to take pictures due to the lighting conditions, kept a touch on the dark side to preserve the paint.
Anyway, I bought myself a birthday present (33 today thank you), my first lens apart from the 18-70 that came with the camera. I got a Sony 50mm F/1.8 mainly with an eye of doing portraits of the family. Here's one of my first shots with it, this was submitted in last weeks weekly photo comp. Taken at Falkirk model railway show.
Anyway, I bought myself a birthday present (33 today thank you
), my first lens apart from the 18-70 that came with the camera. I got a Sony 50mm F/1.8 mainly with an eye of doing portraits of the family. Here's one of my first shots with it, this was submitted in last weeks weekly photo comp. Taken at Falkirk model railway show.
I caught these Canadian Geese practicing and practicing for the big flight south 2 weeks ago....
This field is huge, and there were 5-6 large groups doing their thing.
Wild colors in the sky that evening, and different along portions and changing quickly.
Coolest thing was as they flew overhead I could hear the "swoosh" from their wing thrust.
Hard to describe but to those who have heard it before you know what I've mean.
This field is huge, and there were 5-6 large groups doing their thing.
Wild colors in the sky that evening, and different along portions and changing quickly.
Coolest thing was as they flew overhead I could hear the "swoosh" from their wing thrust.
Hard to describe but to those who have heard it before you know what I've mean.
I can't believe you're not concerned about the she
What sheep they look COWS
The two sheep, which are the all-white animals under the left-most cow.
Sorry boy!either I need new specs or you have a way to blow that picture up big,
(snip) Very nice, really good composition and just such a good photo
Thanks for the comment. Is this better? I took the Levels Adjustment Layer off. That's the last thing I do after I finish my RAW adjustments and I'm not sure I need to.
Dale
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I like the crop, as I can see what you are saying about the tonal range of the background making it look a bit flat.... is there any way one could avoid this in practise, given that I could not ask the kitty to move nor could I control the lighting without getting eaten setting up flashes close by?
In a new addition to the thread, took this from the girlfriend's london flat yesterday evening (but had no internet to upload!), I quite like the look.
link to bigger http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2774/4185698099_b44c8f926b_b.jpg
^^^ I like the simple fluid quality to this photo. Nice and minimalist.
^^^ Sometimes you just have to make do with what nature provides. Nice photo (again).
^^^ Very nice. Are those houseboats? great texture on the sky. Nice and moody up there.
Rockefeller Center:
^^^Most Excellant!
Dale
