Photo of the Day (February 2008)

[SLC Flyfishing]

Now THIS is zen photography: going to the tiger pool at the zoo to shoot a bubble. Kudos...

Actually, I think it's a lovely shot (wherever you took it!): simple and quietly atmospheric...

Thanks Doylem! although it may not be as ZEN as it seems. I went to the Zoo to take photos of the Tiger, but it was asleep and in a spot where I couldn't get an interesting shot of it. So I defaulted to the bubbles out of boredom while waiting to see if the tiger would wake. It never did by the way.

But your comments are encouraging either way, I had a lot of fun trying to get the bubbles in focus at f/1.4!

SLC

 

[valdore]

One handheld RAW // HDR
Shutter: 1/50 sec.
Aperture: f/12.9
Focal Length: 24 mm
ISO 100

 

[Edge100]

The 3-year-old son of a good friend, taken on my recent trip to Halifax.

Canon 10D
50/1.8
1/180s, F1.8
ISO400

One More Time, Please?

 

[Edge100]

wow... that is nice

Thanks. I like the shot as is, but I now wish I had stopped down just a bit to get the planes in the background in a bit better focus.

 

[Padraic]

Taken today at my U's botanical garden. Composed of two different shots.

Canon 400D + 100mm macro + Ring Lite
1/200, f9, ISO 100
Handheld, manual focus (both pics)

Wow! Amazing shots and manually focused! What kind of bugger is it by the way?

I need to know what I'll be running away from if I ever encounter one

 

[fett]

Great... HDR used in the landscape where it really adds to the pic... punching a little light into the shadows.

Really, really nice! Thumbs way up!

Thanks Doylem and pdxflint, I'm really happy with how the photo turned out.


Another photo of the Big Rock taken the same day. This one is also HDR and is from 4 different raw photos.

 

[alecmcmahon]

D80, 50 mm 1.8 lens, On board flash. Iso 1000, PP done in lightroom.

 

[dllavaneras]

Wow! Amazing shots and manually focused! What kind of bugger is it by the way?

I need to know what I'll be running away from if I ever encounter one

That's a small wasp, they're about 1 cm long, and pretty harmless if you don't bother them

That's amazing that you were able to manually focus on that. that image has such a small 'in focus region' (I'm not really down with the lingo here) that I almost wouldn't believe you were telling the truth if I hadn't seen all of your other amazing pictures.

It helps that these little wasps tend to hover for a while near the entrance of the nest. That way it isn't so hard to focus manually

 

[PimpDaddy]

As always Freebooter is posting some great pictures. Other favorites of mine in this thread is posted by M@lew, Doylem, pdxflint and Valdore. Many other have posted some great stuff! But these were the ones that leaved a really strong impression

Taken at XFC 2 in Herning, Denmark
ISO 500
f 2.8
1/250
Taken with Canon EOS 30D with Sigma DG EX 28-70mm @ 32mm​

 

[shieldyoureyes]

Uppsala, Sweden

Nikon D80
Nikkor 18-70

 

[jlcharles]

Flickr Link for larger

 

[JohnMC]

My shot of the moon tonight...

 

[EarthDawn]

Plain old iPhone in Manhattan ......

 

[dllavaneras]

Get back to work!

fett, that is one awesome HDR!

Taken last friday at a visit to my U's botanical garden. By now you can see that I love that place!

"GET BACK TO WORK!"

Atta laevigata (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) soldier
Canon 400D + 100mm Macro + Ring Lite
1/200, f9, ISO 100
Handheld, manual focus

 

[carlgo]

One handheld RAW // HDR
Shutter: 1/80 sec.
Aperture: f/12.9
Focal Length: 47 mm
ISO 100

Another scene from my helicopter ride yesterday - Kansas City, Missouri.

Your HDR cityscapes are very interesting. They make the cities look new, neat and clean like the dreams of a city planner. This is in opposition to the closer views where the grime and all is actually accentuated. Just an unusual phenomenon. I like both effects.

 

[kylos]

My shot of the moon tonight...

I tried getting shots of the lunar eclipse with my brother tonight, but the results were rather blurry and we were about a minute late for peak.

I guess I'll post this night-time shot taken with my mom's Ricoh film SLR back when Hale-Bopp was passing by (around 1997 or so, I think).
It was shot on 1600 ISO film with about an eight minute exposure time. I can't really remember too many other details other than that this project really got me into photography. They're not the best shots, but it was a neat experience back then.

The comet would be the bigger blur in the center.

 

[Fiasco]

 

[terriyaki]

 

[Plymouthbreezer]

Creepy basement, Clinton, MA...:

I think that was with my D70s...Too lazy to check the EXIF.

 

[seattle]

Very cool picture terriyaki!

 

[oblomow]

Uppsala, Sweden

Nikon D80
Nikkor 18-70

I like this! Peaceful. Works very well in B/W

 

[fett]

I screwed up a bit on the lighting of this flower macro. You can see my two umbrella's in the water drop.

 

[SolracSelbor]

I screwed up a bit on the lighting of this flower macro. You can see my two umbrella's in the water drop.

I like that photo a lot. I think im'a gonna built me one them there light box's. Maybe then I can start taking some awesome shots like yours.

 

[oblomow]

Scottish temple...

Canon 30D, 1/800 f7.1 25mm

 

[Doylem]

Fisherman at Morecambe, Lancashire, UK. There's no harbour... so the handful of fishermen have to come in and out on the tide. He throws a grappling hook to catch hold of his dinghy; he'll leave the boat moored in its place, and row in for his tea...