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Photo of the Day (February 2008)
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I had gone out to photograph whatever I came upon in a parking garage...I was trying to force myself to find interesting ways to compose things, similarly to exercises we did in high school art classes. After an hour of being annoyed at lacklustre photos, I noticed the lights on top of the garage....bulb mode, wave the camera around.....viola! I know some people here cannot stand these types of pictures, but let me say this: Itook about 30 different ones and only two came out "good." Most of them lacked any interesting design.
Pentax *ist Ds
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50mm f2.8, shut down to f11 I believe (manual lens, no Exif)
ISO 200
I have seen a TON of this artwork lately, and I must say that this is the BEST abstract photo I have ever seen on this forum and anywhere else.
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Wow! So many really interesting and great photos today.
I just love this. The b/w gives it a wonderful gritty atmosphere.
Beautiful composition and muted colors. I like the contrasty style, even if the featureless sky's reflection in the river goes completely white. It's an exaggeration that I like a lot. Sometimes blown highlights don't matter. Can't wait to see your other ones.
Excellent composition! The branch makes the picture as well as the slightly out of focus background. Only haggle - the blown highlights on the ducks' backs, but it's a minor quibble. Color is outstanding!
Meatpacking District, New York City
D40 | 1/60 at /4.0 | 18mm | ISO 200
I just love this. The b/w gives it a wonderful gritty atmosphere.
A Bridge. Florence. Italy. January 2008
Taken with my Fujifilm F31fd. Minor tweaking and cropping in iPhoto.
C&C wholly welcomed as I'm very rusty with my photography skills at the moment. I've far better ones of my trip to Rome and Florence, but I haven't played with them enough yet.
Beautiful composition and muted colors. I like the contrasty style, even if the featureless sky's reflection in the river goes completely white. It's an exaggeration that I like a lot. Sometimes blown highlights don't matter. Can't wait to see your other ones.
Mighty Ducks
Excellent composition! The branch makes the picture as well as the slightly out of focus background. Only haggle - the blown highlights on the ducks' backs, but it's a minor quibble. Color is outstanding!
Mighty Ducks
Difficult to believe it's a real composition. They seem to be the heros from any fairy-tale. I like it.
It's good to photograph things that don't seem immediately photogenic; it makes us look harder at what's around us and avoid coming to predictable conclusions: ie "that's beautiful... and that's ugly". Here's my wall. I was photographing in a cave yesterday (actually a long-abandoned slate quarry), and I was intrigued by some of the shapes & colours...
Probably a tad fake for my taste. =\
Maybe use a diferent editing tecnique, but apat from that I love the vivid colours and the simpleness of the man and the bag.
Thank you so so so much! That's one of the nicest compliments I've gotten on a photo in a while! I was going to thank you when I posted a picture but I'm torn between a few pictures and wanted to make sure I didn't forget!
Saxondale--photo of the day, not photos of the day. great shots, but.....
Just a little cold here in Minnesota this morning...
Minnesota Frost
Olympus C-5060
f/4.8
1/250
ISO 80
Minnesota Frost
Olympus C-5060
f/4.8
1/250
ISO 80
Thanks, and yes it is an actual composition the only thing changed are the colors, highlights and shadows, and I slightly blurred the background.
Pangas in Mazatlan, Mexico
Small fishing boats on the beach near the old part of Mazatlan, Mexico. Taken with a tiny 35mm AF P/S with a 35mm 2.8 fixed lens. I was exploring the city on foot, and didn't want to attract attention to the camera, so I grabbed my Konica Big Mini, and a few rolls of Fujicolor.
Konica Big Mini
Fuji Super G 400
Small fishing boats on the beach near the old part of Mazatlan, Mexico. Taken with a tiny 35mm AF P/S with a 35mm 2.8 fixed lens. I was exploring the city on foot, and didn't want to attract attention to the camera, so I grabbed my Konica Big Mini, and a few rolls of Fujicolor.
Konica Big Mini
Fuji Super G 400
The Big Rock
Love this shot. Feels very atmospheric. If I'd taken it I'd have immediately left it in colour, but B&W was definitely the way to go there imo.
Mighty Ducks
Like someone said above, the bright vibrancy of the colour and the fisheye effect makes it feel unreal and intriguing; like something out of a childrens book. Which is good as it distinguishes it from normal nature shots.
I'm a big fan of street and transport photography. I think this captures the real public transport atmosphere. The strip lighting and the chrome - very cold and sterile.
The Colosseum at Night. Rome. Italy. January 2008.
Taken with my Fujifilm F31fd (unfortunately with no tripod, as is evident).
Once again, C&C very much welcomed
Taken with my Fujifilm F31fd (unfortunately with no tripod, as is evident).
Once again, C&C very much welcomed
I do agree with you on the blown out highlights. If you don't mind, I have attempted to fix this, could you tell me which of these two you like better? They are both the exact same thing except for the blown out highlights on the ducks backs:
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