Photo of the Day (February 2008)

[freebooter]

Great shot, freebooter! I love the look on the girl's face, and the way she's balancing. The rest of the kids contrast nicely with her contemplation, which makes it interesting. That 18-200 must be a nice walk-around lens.

Thanks.
The 18-200mm was made for travel. I used it almost all the time.

 

[fett]

I bought some extension tubes and turned my 50mm f/1.8 into a macro lens. This is one of my first tries.

 

[srf4real]

Happy Monday.

L1 + ZD 70-300mm
1/1600 @ f/6.3, ISO 250

 

[Plymouthbreezer]

Tractor trailer fire, which closed Interstate 290 (South), Worcester, MA:

EXIF:

 

[ppc_michael]

Exif:
Rebel XTi
Sigma 24mm prime
f/2.8, 1/2000 shutter

More exif available from Flickr by clicking the photo above.

 

[James L]

Testing out my home made light tent:

 

[SolracSelbor]

"A Lonesome Lighthouse?"

"A Lonesome Lighthouse?"

 

[fett]

"A Lonesome Lighthouse?"

Very nice!! I like the bright colors that all your images have.

 

[SolracSelbor]

Very nice!! I like the bright colors that all your images have.

Thank you fett! Im totally digging your HDR's too, they are very well done.

 

[KameraGoddis]

Haight Street Mural

Taken in San Francisco's Haight Street with a Digital Revel XTi and Canon 24-70 mm F2.8 lens.

 

[BOOSTD]

Late Night Commuters

Looking into a bus in San Francisco.

Comments welcome!

 

[Doylem]

Nice idea, but if you're using a narrow depth of field, then the subject of the picture should snap into focus... letting everything else go into blur. Here the point of focus is just an area of the ornamental fence; it's like saying to the viewer "This is the important bit of the picture. Look here" and then not delivering on that promise. Does that make sense?

 

[M@lew]

Back to loving film.

 

[Doylem]

 

[Macmaniac]

Had to put this one in too. I was just walking by and snapped this shot, I love the way the sun hits it. Currently my desktop.
Digital Rebel XTi

Also how do I add the image inline into the post instead of as an attachment?

 

[pdxflint]

Baja daybreak

A beach on the calm Sea of Cortez serves as a perfect anchoring spot for a small boat in Loretto, Baja California Sur.

Model: Canon PowerShot A95
ISO: 100
Exposure: 1/250 sec
Aperture: f/4.9
Focal Length: 23.4mm

 

[ppc_michael]

Nice idea, but if you're using a narrow depth of field, then the subject of the picture should snap into focus... letting everything else go into blur. Here the point of focus is just an area of the ornamental fence; it's like saying to the viewer "This is the important bit of the picture. Look here" and then not delivering on that promise. Does that make sense?

Certainly. For this photo I was going for shapes and contrast though. The different fractal pattern of the trees at the top of the frame vs. the solid black of the rail, etc. I actually don't want this to have a subject.

 

[freebooter]

Bamboo Bridge

Bamboo Bridge
Luang Prabang, Laos
December 15, 2007.
Nikon D40 + NIKKOR 18-200mm VR @ 150mm
iso 400, f 8​

 

[Doylem]

Also how do I add the image inline into the post instead of as an attachment?

I'm the last person who should be answering this, 'cos I'm a bit clueless really. But no-one else has responded, so...

If your photo is already hosted on the web (I'm using ImageShack), you can copy the location, click the little yellow box (with 'sun' and 'mountain' when you're posting)... then paste your location into the box. This will display your image in the post: ie not as a thumbnail. Hope this helps...

 

[PimpDaddy]

MMA or BBJ no-gi training?


Inspired by that:

Canon EOS 30D with Sigma 28-70mm @ 28mm
1/250
f/2.8
ISO 800

Taken at Fight Arena 11 in Albertslund, Copenhagen, Denmark​

And yes, I know the watermark is badly placed but this picture is one out of around 900 from that event so I just batched them all in PS.

 

[pdxflint]

Back to loving film.

I like the out-of-focus look of this shot, the classic black-and-white film grain and smoothness of grayscale gradiation. It works. Now... go get in some peoples' faces. I'm sure you know who Garry Winogrand is, but if not... check his work out. Here's an interesting article by Frank Van Riper of the Washington Post on Winogrand, and another by Mason Resnick of Modern Photography in 1988, describing a 2-week workshop with Garry Winogrand. And, for all students of street photography and photojournalism, a great read called "Class Time with Garry Winogrand" by a former student of Garrys at the University of Texas, OC Garza, is worth reading. Winogrand wasn't concerned about the technical aspects of photography, focusing more on how to "see," and his body of work won't be forgotten, and instead will be discussed for years.

 

[M@lew]

That's really interesting.

I've been trying to be a tad more direct in newer shots because I think I have a lot of people's backs. =p Using a film camera makes it easier though since it's quieter and more discreet. Still saving up for that Leica though.

 

[marclapierre13]

Still working on some of them, but heres one thats almost ready. Still fiddling around with a few things to get it the way i want. I wont be able to finish until tomorrow, when I have some more time though.

 

[fett]

 

[srf4real]

My first try at developing with Aperture, compliments of the new version 2... 30 day free trial!

L1+ZD 70-300mm
1/500 sec. @ f/5.6, ISO 125
158mm