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Photo of the day: December 2013

This was taken with my cheap knockoff Chinese phone's 8MP camera. Didn't have the 350D to hand & needed to get the shot taken before the sun set. Pleasantly surprised by how well it caught the light to be honest.

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rymack said:
Thanks for taking the time to offer the C&C, Doylem, it is greatly appreciated. To be honest, I couldn't quite decide what I wanted to capture: the colours, the reflection or the mist in the background. If you don't mind me asking, how would you have framed the shot, and what would you have made the focus?
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The eye looks at a picture and tries to find some place to 'settle'. When we say a picture 'works', that may be because we give the eye a way to move through the picture, before coming to the picture's main subject. I don't know how I would have composed the shot any differently, as I don't know what's left or right of your pic.

But, for obvious reasons, I shoot bodies of water quite a lot, and try to include diagonal lines, and maybe vertical lines that break through the land and water areas... which can 'link' them. The subject may be something distinctive... or it may be something that stands out momentarily, due to being brightly lit, or in silhouette, etc. I'm not talking about 'rules of composition', because there aren't any... but just organising the picture area till it 'reads' well. Finding the subject is a kind of reward for the viewer... for making the effort to look at a photograph...

Moondancer in the mist...

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Keleko said:
I visited the Air Force Armament Museum in Fort Walton Beach Friday after Thanksgiving. It isn't as big as the Naval Air Museum in Pensacola, but it has some great exhibits.

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Great shot! Really sharp!


You should check out the NMUSAF. The place is huge! And they are building a new extension here really soon. Definitely an interesting place to check out. Not right now though, it's f'in cold here right now, lol.
 
Doylem said:
The eye looks at a picture and tries to find some place to 'settle'. When we say a picture 'works', that may be because we give the eye a way to move through the picture, before coming to the picture's main subject. I don't know how I would have composed the shot any differently, as I don't know what's left or right of your pic.

But, for obvious reasons, I shoot bodies of water quite a lot, and try to include diagonal lines, and maybe vertical lines that break through the land and water areas... which can 'link' them. The subject may be something distinctive... or it may be something that stands out momentarily, due to being brightly lit, or in silhouette, etc. I'm not talking about 'rules of composition', because there aren't any... but just organising the picture area till it 'reads' well. Finding the subject is a kind of reward for the viewer... for making the effort to look at a photograph...

Moondancer in the mist...

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Thanks so much for the advice. It is much appreciated. To be perfectly honest, I was so overwhelmed with how amazing everything looked that day (and the entire honeymoon, for that matter!) I found myself pointing and shooting in a mad dash to capture everything. I really should have slowed down and looked at my surroundings compositionally. I am a little disappointed in myself for not doing that; it isn't everyday I can go and shoot in the Scottish countryside!
 
rymack said:
Thanks so much for the advice. It is much appreciated. To be perfectly honest, I was so overwhelmed with how amazing everything looked that day (and the entire honeymoon, for that matter!) I found myself pointing and shooting in a mad dash to capture everything. I really should have slowed down and looked at my surroundings compositionally. I am a little disappointed in myself for not doing that; it isn't everyday I can go and shoot in the Scottish countryside!
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Don't be so hard on yourself. You were on your honeymoon. Frankly, I'm surprised you left the hotel... ;)
 
Shot yesterday at Disneyland, spent most of my visit people watching. Field test with my new 6d, shot using Sigma 50mm 1.4.


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Aperture f/1.4
Focal Length 50 mm
ISO Speed 320
 
Been a while since last post...

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First time trying this new method of posting, hope it works:
Getting into the Christmas spirit

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Rich-212 said:
First time trying this new method of posting, hope it works:
Getting into the Christmas spirit

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Select the BBCode option instead of the HTML one.
 
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In London for the day today on business. This tunnel was just before my office for the day.

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Blowing a gale, me bracing the camera to eliminate vibration, sand whipping across my face, 6 foot swell spraying over me and you can't see any of it with this 63 second exposure! :cool:


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MacRy said:
In London for the day today on business. This tunnel was just before my office for the day.

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I love, love, love this, but wonder how it would look in B&W. Do you have NIK Silver Efex or some other B&W plug-in? Hint, hint... ;)
 
Alexander.Of.Oz said:
Blowing a gale, me bracing the camera to eliminate vibration, sand whipping across my face, 6 foot swell spraying over me and you can't see any of it with this 63 second exposure! :cool:

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I love, love, love this, but wonder how it would look in B&W. Do you have NIK Silver Efex or some other B&W plug-in? Hint, hint... ;)
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Do you use Silver Efex Pro? I have a copy, but don't use it all that often.
 
There are only a few things greater than trying a few new brews - this is from a recent trip to Oskar Blues in Longmont, CO

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Apple fanboy said:
Do you use Silver Efex Pro? I have a copy, but don't use it all that often.
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I love it for the control points it lets you place and manipulate to your liking, I'm only a beginner to using it and I'm trying to see what I can do and use it for and when I still need to use Photoshop. Which is taking a lot longer to work out than I thought! :eek:

Here's some video tutorials to help get you going.
 
Alexander.Of.Oz said:
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WOW! :eek::cool:

That's better than the recent thing at Bondi, in my books.

An excellent capture, Reef.
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Thanks Alex, it was quite spectacular being there.

Alexander.Of.Oz said:
Blowing a gale, me bracing the camera to eliminate vibration, sand whipping across my face, 6 foot swell spraying over me and you can't see any of it with this 63 second exposure! :cool:

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I'm a sucker for these long exposure black and whites, nailed it :) It's always worth the struggle :p


Home...

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