Photo of the Day - July 2009

[Joe King]

Great Photo.

I think that cloning out the house in the background will make it look better, should be easy to do as the background is mainly green anyway.

Just a though.

Nstocks

Thanks!

I'm pleased with the composition but not with the lighting (a big bank of cloud came along at just the wrong time). I think this location could look really good taken at early morning on a frosty winter's day so I have plans to return and hopefully really nail it once the opportunity arises. You might be right about cloning out the houses - thanks for the advice!

 

[NeGRit0]

We have a ping pong table in our office. =o)



EDIT: Man, this looked so much better before i uploaded it to myspace. Maybe it will look better on my flickr. i will try that tonight.

Edit 2: Ok switched to flickr, looking much better! Click for larger.

 

[Maxxamillian]

Yeah, out of all the things that men can do, the one thing that most men cannot do is to get his picture taken properly...

Anyway love your recent baby shots. Love the composition and the B&W toning. I also like the even color. Is these shots taken in natural light? and are these your clients or you doing it for fun? Just wondering

Clients. One must feed the addiction somehow....

Thanks for the positive feedback

Edit: Realized I didn't quite answer your natural light question. No. No natural lighting was used in any of the baby shots.

 

[srf4real]

Got a new telephoto today from FedEx, but it's raining and the birds are all tucked away. Trying it hand held out in the back yard....

E-3 + Sigma 135-400mm /4.5-5.6
f/5.6
ISO 400
1/60 sec
800mm equivalent

 

[Phrasikleia]

I love this shot, it's quite stunning.

Thanks, jessica. It's hard to go wrong with such picturesque locations, but I do wish these gorges I've been shooting received more light.

Here's one from a different gorge, Tolminska Korita:

 

[Maxxamillian]

Got a new telephoto today from FedEx, but it's raining and the birds are all tucked away. Trying it hand held out in the back yard....

E-3 + Sigma 135-400mm /4.5-5.6
f/5.6
ISO 400
1/60 sec
800mm equivalent

What?! FedEx is doling out zoom lenses??!

Fun pic This is the state all of my golf balls ended up in...wet.

 

[srf4real]

EDIT: Man, this looked so much better before i uploaded it to myspace. Maybe it will look better on my flickr. i will try that tonight.

Yes myspace will murder a jpeg for sure... I don't know what kind of uploading and compression engine they use but it has jagged razor blades in it lol!

 

[NeGRit0]

Yes myspace will murder a jpeg for sure... I don't know what kind of uploading and compression engine they use but it has jagged razor blades in it lol!

Im seeing that.... the picture is way brighter and more detailed. its an HDR of sorts...

 

[Doylem]

This looks seen... rather than created (go on... tell me I'm wrong... and it's all been done in Photoshop ).

Rays of sunlight coming through a small aperture in a dark sky will naturally create contrast and saturation... and that green really 'sings. Anyone who looks out of the window and just sees a "grey sky" should take a look at all the wonderful shades of grey in this pic.

Very hot and hazy in UK right now; we're waiting for a big storm to clear the air.

'Still life' with labrador. The house dates back to the early 1600s...

 

[GoCubsGo]

Pittsboro, NC.

 

[JakeN488]

 

[jrm27]

 

[GoCubsGo]

Thanks, jessica. It's hard to go wrong with such picturesque locations, but I do wish these gorges I've been shooting received more light.

Here's one from a different gorge, Tolminska Korita:

Did you submit one of your gorge pictures to interfacelift?

 

[spitfirejd]

I'm lovin' this one. Great colors and reflections. Did you use a CPL or GND? Whereabouts is it?

 

[mikeschmeee]

Quack quack! Click click!

 

[mcavjame]

This looks seen... rather than created (go on... tell me I'm wrong... and it's all been done in Photoshop ).

Rays of sunlight coming through a small aperture in a dark sky will naturally create contrast and saturation... and that green really 'sings. Anyone who looks out of the window and just sees a "grey sky" should take a look at all the wonderful shades of grey in this pic.

Thanks. You are correct, this image is as captured with an ND grad to maintain the sky. We have been having the worst weather in Southern Ontario, but the skies have provided great light for photography when it's not raining. With all the dark rolling clouds, I can start shooting in the early afternoon and just have to wait for a break in the clouds.

This is so incredibly sharp and well exposed. Can I ask what lens you are using?

 

[Scalfani]

Pikes Peak

On top of Pikes Peak. Colorado Springs, CO. Elevation is 14,000 feet, so I was actually looking at clouds head on. I am new at this, I hope you like it.

 

[Atreyu25]

Hello!


I'm looking into doing some hobby photography, have all the right equipment, software and hopefully the gumption.. Still very much learning though... C&C is very much appreciated. I'm shooting with a Canon XTi DSLR Rebel EOS, with a nifty fifty. Here's my first shot, some blur and contrast changes with CS4.

 

[Atreyu25]

The image of the dog really captures his energy.

 

[sangosimo]

 

[cosmokanga2]

Click for larger.

Canada Day Celebrations. The local fire department pulled a fire truck through the village. Great day!

PS: I am the original owner of the image. Its from here: Demotix

 

[mcavjame]

Hello!


I'm looking into doing some hobby photography, have all the right equipment, software and hopefully the gumption.. Still very much learning though... C&C is very much appreciated. I'm shooting with a Canon XTi DSLR Rebel EOS, with a nifty fifty. Here's my first shot, some blur and contrast changes with CS4.

The figure definitely has some potential: de-emphasizing the hair and highlighting the eyes with illumination. You may have gone a tad dark on the hair, even for my moody, brooding taste in lighting. The setting needs work: a light shade growing out of her head and distracting, unnecessary clutter on the left side of the image should be something that is easy to resolve. I would try a backlight to add some depth and separate the figure from the dark area behind her head.

 

[Phrasikleia]

Did you submit one of your gorge pictures to interfacelift?

No, I didn't. Did you see one of them there? I just now had to google interfacelift to find out what that is.

 

[mcavjame]

 

[Phrasikleia]

You're on a roll with these well-lit and interesting shots. Keep 'em coming!