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Photo of the Day January 2017
- Thread starter Hughmac
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Were the cornflakes in a beaker?
Cheers
Hugh
There was a lady there with a big box of them and she gave me a handful to get their attention.
Being naughty, breaking the POTD rule #1... you can see the swans were getting a bit nippy...
DSC09350.jpg by Ken OHagan, on Flickr
Oh, my best joke, ↑↑ and you missed it
Cheers
Hugh
I suspected it was but I missed it yes... sorry...
I have Luminar, too. I haven't used it a whole lot yet, but I do like what you can do with it.
[doublepost=1483621534][/doublepost]A few days, late, but happy New Year! Unfortunately, we were downwind from the fireworks, so the smoke obscured most of the show once it started. Only the fireworks at the beginning came out well.
Sure I'll try to get the original unedited version uploaded in a little bit so you can try it.
I made it a bit on the darker side since many of the old gold rush era pics that I've seen from here seem to be on the darker side, I'm not sure if it's just how they've aged or if there was something about the cameras back then, but that's the look I was going for.
Edit here is a link to the original image that I just uploaded to flickr.
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Just another day out at my fiancees parents home.
Your biggest challenge is going to be getting somewhere with a real dark sky. You need to be away from the light pollution of nearby conurbations. Best look at an astronomy sight and lookup your location, it will tell you your nearest dark sky site.
If you cannot get a dark sky site, you can try in a place with a relatively dark sky where you have a view to the south to the horizon.
Then learn the Expose to the Right technique, get yourself a wideish lens and then shoot at ISO 1600-3200 at widest aperture for about 30 seconds pointing the camera a few degrees up from the horizon in a southerly direction on a moonless night.
Then you need to do some post processing to bring out the details using the expose to the right technique.
I too am trying to do this. I almost nailed it in November on a trip to Utah as below.
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Just another day out at my fiancees parents home.
I hope you didnt make an ass of yourself in front of them...
Were the cornflakes in a beaker?
Cheers
Hugh
AAAARGH!!! I got it!!!! I got the joke....
Man that is rotten....
Lester
Ok, I understand. I have never seen these photos, so I couldn't make a quick reference. I do know.
Anyhow, here is my take. Feel free to shoot at it ( or ignore it)
I like what you did with it.Ok, I understand. I have never seen these photos, so I couldn't make a quick reference. I do know.
Anyhow, here is my take. Feel free to shoot at it ( or ignore it)
Your biggest challenge is going to be getting somewhere with a real dark sky. You need to be away from the light pollution of nearby conurbations. Best look at an astronomy sight and lookup your location, it will tell you your nearest dark sky site.
If you cannot get a dark sky site, you can try in a place with a relatively dark sky where you have a view to the south to the horizon.
Then learn the Expose to the Right technique, get yourself a wideish lens and then shoot at ISO 1600-3200 at widest aperture for about 30 seconds pointing the camera a few degrees up from the horizon in a southerly direction on a moonless night.
Then you need to do some post processing to bring out the details using the expose to the right technique.
I too am trying to do this. I almost nailed it in November on a trip to Utah as below.
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Awesome, thanks for the insight...I'll definitely have to plan ahead. Since I live near Washington DC, I may have to drive a bit to find a spot that doesn't have a lot of light pollution.
That's one ugly Duckling!
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Don't encourage him!I suppose it came over to you because it heard it's cygneture tune
Cheers
Hugh
Just wanted to see if he could swan up meThat's one ugly Duckling!
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Don't encourage him!
Cheers
Hugh
AAAARGH!!! I got it!!!! I got the joke....
Man that is rotten....
Can you enlighten me, because I fail to see it. ( and being dutch doesn't help either)
Loved this lighting on a tree stump on my walk the other day in Clent. Not a lot else to photograph that day (too many dame people!)
_DSC0486 by apple fanboy1, on Flickr
_DSC0486 by apple fanboy1, on Flickr
Swans beak... Beaker...
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Really nice use of shadow and lovely bokeh. Nice.Loved this lighting on a tree stump on my walk the other day in Clent. Not a lot else to photograph that day (too many dame people!)
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Yep sorry to break it to you but you need to be as far away from cities as possible... Hope it helps
Ruins of the Santo Domingo Convent, Panama City
