Photo of the Day: July 2010

[Phrasikleia]

Photo of the Day: July 2010

It is now July on the International Dateline

Welcome to Photo of the Day. The POTD thread was started by iGary, and first posted in May, 2006 It was converted to a monthly thread in November 2007 by Arn. POTD is one of the most popular picture groups on MacRumors and often exceeds 500 posts and 20,000 views per month.

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[Phrasikleia]

The House That Time Forgot: Redux

This photo sort of brings me full circle at the MacRumors photo forum. It's a retake of one I did in 2008, one of the very first images I ever posted to the Daily Thread. You can see my first version, posted in the June 2008 thread, here.

 

[CK Williams]

The House That Time Forgot: Redux

This photo sort of brings me full circle at the MacRumors photo forum. It's a retake of one I did in 2008, one of the very first images I ever posted to the Daily Thread. You can see my first version, posted in the June 2008 thread, here.

I prefer the new version. Nice shot!!

 

[MecPro]

At a house party I was at on Friday, his greenhouse is amazing. Taken with an iPhone 4

 

[Hitrate]

Playing with my new t2i (first DSLR), no editing on this pic. Took a shot of the whole guy (who is kinda funny), but since there's only room for 1 pic in this thread, I decided on just the portrait shot and I'll leave it to your imagination what the rest of him looks like.

 

[chrmjenkins]

This photo sort of brings me full circle at the MacRumors photo forum. It's a retake of one I did in 2008, one of the very first images I ever posted to the Daily Thread. You can see my first version, posted in the June 2008 thread, here.

I like that you used a time lapse to underline the fact that the house is bereft of care.

 

[VirtualRain]

 

[heron88]

 

[Schtumple]

Sleuth



Camera: Canon EOS 1000D
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1000)
Aperture: f/2.0
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 800

 

[GregPQ]

The House That Time Forgot: Redux

This photo sort of brings me full circle at the MacRumors photo forum. It's a retake of one I did in 2008, one of the very first images I ever posted to the Daily Thread. You can see my first version, posted in the June 2008 thread, here.

Beautiful image. It's neat the way you capture both the long-exposure headlights and the well-lit detail of the house. How'd you pull that off?
Greg

 

[georgemann]

My local gas station

Photo: George Mann, location Siem Reap, Cambodia

Nikon D300, Nikkor AF-S DX 12-24mm F/4

I took this photo on Tuesday morning, there are more in the series at http://angkorroad.com/2010/06/siem-reap-riverside-village/

 

[Designer Dale]

A marsh by the river. Yakima, Washington.

EXIF Summary: 1/200s f/8.0 ISO100 Tamron 28-75 2.8@65mm

Dale

 

[Phrasikleia]

Beautiful image. It's neat the way you capture both the long-exposure headlights and the well-lit detail of the house. How'd you pull that off?
Greg

The short answer is that I used a tripod. But perhaps you're asking more about the lighting than the detail? I lit the house with three Speedlites, fired by Cybersyncs. Since I didn't have a fourth flash, I had to do a separate exposure and fire one of the three at the road in the foreground; that's how I got some light there too.

 

[munkees]

magical, like it a lot, somehow it bring back good feelings of my teens, and summer romances.

 

[NeGRit0]

Thanks, NeGRit0. Yes, it's fair to say I've seen the light since then. Also purchased a few lights, which helps a lot. Used three Speedlites on that one, to be exact.

Love your side note. It's so true: seeing the world through a photographic eye tends to make everything seem that much more beautiful.

Im taking a night photography class, and our recent assignment was 'moonlit' landscape. This was a test shot to find a good exposure(thats why the high ISO), but i really like the tail lights in it so i processed the best i could, but there was a fair amount of noise, and i think might focus might have been a little off as well. I have a couple more from this shoot that I'm still processing. I really like all the fun and interesting things you can do at night Light painting, in its vaguest sense, is extremely fun, but Las Vegas is pretty bright so you have to work quick with the shorter exposure times.



Exif Info:
Camera Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
Exposure 30
Aperture f/11.0
Focal Length 41 mm
ISO Speed 1600

 

[macrumormonger]

Just as I remembered it.

Camera Canon EOS REBEL T2i
Exposure 0.033 sec (1/30)
Aperture f/5.6
Focal Length 25 mm
ISO Speed 2000

 

[Doylem]

Side note: Everyday I'm amazed at how studying photography has almost completely changed how I look at things and view the world.

A good way of putting it. The harder you look, the more you see...

Light, to me, is both superficial and profound; it illuminates surfaces, but there's something else happening too... that I can't really put into words. I can understand why so-called 'primitive' people worshipped the sun...

 

[dotmanuk]

first time posting

long time lurker, first time poster on this thread...

a little polaroid action on my first trip stateside...

 

[Schtumple]

long time lurker, first time poster on this thread...

a little polaroid action on my first trip stateside...



http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4053/4718267866_ff59d89f6f_b.jpg

Looks a little bit blurry towards the top of the polaroid, but Grand Central is a pretty poorly lit, neat concept though, will definitely have to try this myself some time. Good job, and welcome to the thread, hope to see more submissions.

 

[Phrasikleia]

Looks a little bit blurry towards the top of the polaroid, but Grand Central is a pretty poorly lit, neat concept though, will definitely have to try this myself some time. Good job, and welcome to the thread, hope to see more submissions.

Yes, it is a fun concept, one explored pretty thoroughly by another forum member (posting as FrankieTDouglas). You may enjoy his take on the theme here: http://andybloxham.com/2008/photography/polaroids.shtml

I second the welcome to dotmanuk. Posting is much more fun than lurking, as I recently discovered myself.

Im taking a night photography class, and our recent assignment was 'moonlit' landscape. This was a test shot to find a good exposure(thats why the high ISO), but i really like the tail lights in it so i processed the best i could, but there was a fair amount of noise, and i think might focus might have been a little off as well. I have a couple more from this shoot that I'm still processing. I really like all the fun and interesting things you can do at night Light painting, in its vaguest sense, is extremely fun, but Las Vegas is pretty bright so you have to work quick with the shorter exposure times.

Sounds like a really fun class. That little sliver of the moon in the shot is a real tease; the moon looks to be perfectly exposed and probably would add a lot to the image if it were fully present. I look forward to seeing your final version.

 

[Shacklebolt]

LCD Soundsystem @ Terminal 5, May 2010

 

[mcavjame]

Cricket... I think.

The House That Time Forgot: Redux

The difference is astounding. This is why I love POTD, it makes you want to take better images.

Here is mine for today. I just picked up a 1.5x extender for my 70-200 and took a few test shots. It's really hard to get a good image as the extender not only magnifies the image, but the deficiencies in the lens. I might be returning the extender as I have a line on a used 300mm 4L. Of course, I will try them together before making a decision. I may just need more patience.

 

[Laird Knox]

Im taking a night photography class, and our recent assignment was 'moonlit' landscape. This was a test shot to find a good exposure(thats why the high ISO), but i really like the tail lights in it so i processed the best i could, but there was a fair amount of noise, and i think might focus might have been a little off as well. I have a couple more from this shoot that I'm still processing. I really like all the fun and interesting things you can do at night Light painting, in its vaguest sense, is extremely fun, but Las Vegas is pretty bright so you have to work quick with the shorter exposure times.



Exif Info:
Camera Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
Exposure 30
Aperture f/11.0
Focal Length 41 mm
ISO Speed 1600

Nice shot - is that Nelson?

 

[Laird Knox]

Valley of Fire National Park, outside Las Vegas

(D60, ISO 200, 50mm, f1.4, 66.7 seconds)​

 

[NeGRit0]

Nice shot - is that Nelson?

Yes!!! I wish I would have had more than the three hours my class was out there. Nelsons is like a photographers gold mine, no pun intended. Have you ever been shooting down there?

Thank you! Altough, I'm not sure im going to be able to salvage this pic, but I have one I'll be posting when i get back home, IMO it's better, and only needs a little adjusting in camera RAW.