Photo of the Day - January 2010

[someoldguy]

 

[luminosity]

I'm going to guess it's because most "people shots" involve subjects with whom the photographer is acquainted, so these photos are kept off of the internet in the interest of privacy.

An interesting thought, but not one I see borne out over at fredmiranda. The "post your best Nikon shots" thread over at the Nikon forum is filled with people pictures, including a lot of family ones. I'd say the people to "other" ratio there is flipped compared to what it is here.

 

[H2Ockey]

I came back to this shot a couple times, so I thought that must mean it is ripe for some happy comments!

I really like the capture, the timing is great. Part of me thinks I *should be* distracted by the people blur from the long shutter speed but i'm not, just a fun shot. Have you tried cropping with a portrait orientation to isolate the bottle rocket more?

 

[H2Ockey]

A Very Hungry Caterpiller

Found this guy going through the last tomatos of the season a couple months ago. All of the spots and what not that look like cuts or scars are really just tomato residue.

 

[Doylem]

Looks like a lovely place. Is a wattle fence or stacked stone? Either way, that's a lot of fence to maintain.

Thanks. In the North of England we call them 'dry stone walls' (dry in the sense that no cement is used: it's quite a skill).

I used to feel awkward, asking people to be in my pix... but I find it easier to chat to strangers these days. Anyone, no-one objects (well, two people, in the whole of last year...) if you say what you want. And I always email a pic or two...

Then the girls said: "We'll take one of you". So here I am...

Blea Tarn, today...

 

[spitfirejd]

Hah! You don't look anything like your avatar

 

[Maxxamillian]

Jackson, Wyoming

(Also posted in the Fortnightly Challenge thread)

 

[Phrasikleia]

This was the last photo I took out of my smoke photography session. The last one turned out the best! Played around with it in Photoshop CS2.

Really elegant. I love the purple. Nice one!

An interesting thought, but not one I see borne out over at fredmiranda. The "post your best Nikon shots" thread over at the Nikon forum is filled with people pictures, including a lot of family ones. I'd say the people to "other" ratio there is flipped compared to what it is here.

Well, I believe that Nikon forum is rather closed (only members can view it), so it's a bit more "safe" there. I can at least speak for myself about this forum: I have a number of portraits that I count among my better pictures, but I would never post them here.

I came back to this shot a couple times, so I thought that must mean it is ripe for some happy comments!

I really like the capture, the timing is great. Part of me thinks I *should be* distracted by the people blur from the long shutter speed but i'm not, just a fun shot. Have you tried cropping with a portrait orientation to isolate the bottle rocket more?

Thanks, H20Hockey. I went through a similar thought process and decided I like the photo with the blurry people and not as a crop. I'll share my reasoning: I like how the holiday decorations and people provide a context for the bottle rocket. However, if the people were also in sharp focus, they would compete with the tiny little bottle rocket. As it is, they are "present" without being concrete enough to be subjects. I particularly like the couple at the right who are obviously watching the rocket go off, since they help direct attention to it. I shot a bunch of photos while this guy was setting off his bottle rockets, and this one (with that couple in it) works the best, I think.

 

[luminosity]

Well, I believe that Nikon forum is rather closed (only members can view it), so it's a bit more "safe" there. I can at least speak for myself about this forum: I have a number of portraits that I count among my better pictures, but I would never post them here.


No, it's very public. Maybe you're thinking of a different forum. The one over at FM is open for all to see. See for yourself here: http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/board/7

 

[Phrasikleia]

No, it's very public. Maybe you're thinking of a different forum. The one over at FM is open for all to see. See for yourself here: http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/board/7

Ah, ok. Yes, I was thinking of another forum.

 

[YosemitePaul]

Lathkill Dale, Derbyshire

A little stream emerging from the hillside.
Canon G10

http://images.macrumors.com/vb/images/attach/jpg.gif

 

[H2Ockey]

An interesting thought, but not one I see borne out over at fredmiranda. The "post your best Nikon shots" thread over at the Nikon forum is filled with people pictures, including a lot of family ones. I'd say the people to "other" ratio there is flipped compared to what it is here.

I've really only poked around fredmiranda's buy/sell forum, but from another perspective the Nikonians galleries are pretty well dominated by landscapes, second is wildlife then macro. You would have to put 4 or more of the people type galleries together to get to the same number of photos posted in the landscape section. Also the "picture I took" thread, that is private, must be a paid memeber to view, is likewise dominated by landscape or travel type photos.

Or it could be that everyone here is inspired by Doylem.

 

[Phrasikleia]

I've really only poked around fredmiranda's buy/sell forum, but from another perspective the Nikonians galleries are pretty well dominated by landscapes, second is wildlife then macro. You would have to put 4 or more of the people type galleries together to get to the same number of photos posted in the landscape section. Also the "picture I took" thread, that is private, must be a paid memeber to view, is likewise dominated by landscape or travel type photos.

Or it could be that everyone here is inspired by Doylem.

Surely the last explanation is the right one!

 

[TH3D4RKKN1GH7]

If it's people shots you want...

...Than it's people shots you get!

I call it, "My Name is James... and I'm a GAMER"
I took it with his Nikon D40 and 35mm 1.8 lens.

 

[oblomow]

Thanks. In the North of England we call them 'dry stone walls' (dry in the sense that no cement is used: it's quite a skill).

I used to feel awkward, asking people to be in my pix... but I find it easier to chat to strangers these days. Anyone, no-one objects (well, two people, in the whole of last year...) if you say what you want. And I always email a pic or two...


Then the girls said: "We'll take one of you". So here I am...


Blea Tarn, today...

Theirs is better.
See it's only the scenery that makes your images...

nah, please keep shooting and show us the british light.

 

[luminosity]

I've really only poked around fredmiranda's buy/sell forum, but from another perspective the Nikonians galleries are pretty well dominated by landscapes, second is wildlife then macro. You would have to put 4 or more of the people type galleries together to get to the same number of photos posted in the landscape section. Also the "picture I took" thread, that is private, must be a paid memeber to view, is likewise dominated by landscape or travel type photos.

Or it could be that everyone here is inspired by Doylem.

I would be beyond bored taking those kinds of shots. Nature talks, but not loudly enough for me.

 

[Designer Dale]

Super. That has to be a bottle rocket. They are so illegal here in the States...

Dale

 

[Doylem]

Nature talks, but not loudly enough for me.

And I thought it was money that talked... if only to say "goodbye"...

 

[Designer Dale]

This was the last photo I took out of my smoke photography session. The last one turned out the best! Played around with it in Photoshop CS2.

I dumped this into PS and inverted your invert. I like the green on black a bit better, but either way this is unreal. May I add this to my desktop collection?

Oh, did the shoot set off the smoke alarms?

Dale

 

[Keebler]

Sunlight was muted with a heavy snowfall. -27C with wind chill. Heavy slush on the Lake. Keebler... you know what I mean eh ? Pano from 3 handheld shots.

Sure do It was another bad year for ice - too warm into the late fall for ice to form before the snow started flying.

 

[Designer Dale]

Really elegant. I love the purple. Nice one!




Well, I believe that Nikon forum is rather closed (only members can view it), so it's a bit more "safe" there. I can at least speak for myself about this forum: I have a number of portraits that I count among my better pictures, but I would never post them here.



Thanks, H20Hockey. I went through a similar thought process and decided I like the photo with the blurry people and not as a crop. I'll share my reasoning: I like how the holiday decorations and people provide a context for the bottle rocket. However, if the people were also in sharp focus, they would compete with the tiny little bottle rocket. As it is, they are "present" without being concrete enough to be subjects. I particularly like the couple at the right who are obviously watching the rocket go off, since they help direct attention to it. I shot a bunch of photos while this guy was setting off his bottle rockets, and this one (with that couple in it) works the best, I think.

I agree with your logic. The sharpness on the banners/lamps freezes the frame and everything else seems to move as it is intended to. This is like your "20 Minutes at the Temple" series of shots you did a while back. The temple was crisp and clear while the fuzzy people put it in the modern context that it lives in.

Dale

 

[compuwar]

I've always found it interesting that this thread is heavily landscape and nature oriented. Not too many people shots.

Great shot- I love the texture and atmosphere!

Haven't posted in this thread in months so here goes. My camera won't be here till end of this month (Canon 7D) so I've been mooching off my friends and school equipment. I started doing some video stuff with this central theme of child memories or events. That turned into places and things you loved as a child. I made this video which was also for class project and I've taken several images that I will be sharing with you guys. This is the first of them.

C&C is always welcome. Cheers.

Did you try to white balance it? I think that'd make for a better image.

This was the last photo I took out of my smoke photography session. The last one turned out the best! Played around with it in Photoshop CS2.

Very nice- what did you use as a source?

Sunlight was muted with a heavy snowfall. -27C with wind chill. Heavy slush on the Lake. Keebler... you know what I mean eh ? Pano from 3 handheld shots.

The muted light works so well, and the sharpness of the trees on the right balances it out nicely.

I have the same one with colors, I cant dice which one works better.

I think I also prefer the B&W. Nice shot!

Paul

 

[mikeschmeee]

Really elegant. I love the purple. Nice one!

Thanks guys! Really appreciate it!

I dumped this into PS and inverted your invert. I like the green on black a bit better, but either way this is unreal. May I add this to my desktop collection?

Oh, did the shoot set off the smoke alarms?

Dale

Yes you can most certainly can! I'd be honored
No I don't think the incense is strong enough to set the smoke alarm off. I was doing it all in my room anyways. No smoke alarm in there hah.
I have a few more smoke shots that I'm playing around with in Photoshop. I'll post those up later tomorrow! One by one

Thanks again guys!
Cheers!

 

[TH3D4RKKN1GH7]

Did you try to white balance it? I think that'd make for a better image.
Paul

Oh no it was color graded, warmed up, softened, and a little bloom added to it.
Original:

 

[rost12]

Golf in January? Sure!