Photo of the Day June 2015

[anotherscotsman]

Bok Tower.

A Door with some character.

Ack. Does image linking not work on here anymore ?

Lovely stonework and colour - the flowers in the grass add a bit of something as well. Nice.

To keep the door theme going, here's a church door from Venice - not as grand but full of its own character.

Venetian scene by another scotsman, on Flickr

 

[anotherscotsman]

Another door taken a while ago. Sorry guys, maxed at work and a backlog of pics to process but here is a door from the Necropolis.
Untitled by Ken OHagan, on Flickr

The Victorians in Glasgow did death in style.....

 

[Doylem]

Back in the Yorkshire Dales...

 

[Cheese&Apple]

Eastern Bluebird

 

[YosemitePaul]

Another recent one.
Foggy day on Grasmere.

 

[Apple fanboy]

Eastern Bluebird

That's a great looking bird. The contrast of the blue against the green is nice.

 

[stillcrazyman]

Owl rescue

 

[sixkiller]

 

[fcortese]

OK, since I started all this...from a trip to Italy taken 6 years ago

 

[gaswerks]

dandelion at dusk ...

 

[zaphodtheprez]

Grand Prix week in Montreal - warm up events happening all over town.
The Redbull pen

 

[kenoh]

Guys,

Please can you help me. I took this last night, looked amazing in the flesh but camera failed to capture what I saw. The clouds here are just too damn soft.

What could I have done to improve this?

Ken.


Untitled by Ken OHagan, on Flickr

 

[kenoh]

Another recent one.
Foggy day on Grasmere.

View attachment 558329

Really like this one but can't help but think they have been out dumping a body...

 

[Cheese&Apple]

That's a great looking bird. The contrast of the blue against the green is nice.

Thanks AFB...now waiting for the young to make an appearance out of the nest.

dandelion at dusk ... View attachment 558388

I love this shot...great colours and composition. Very cool gaswerks.

~ Peter

 

[Apple fanboy]

Really like this one but can't help but think they have been out dumping a body...

Tbh I thought it was odd being out there in the fog! Now I know why.

 

[Hughmac]

Pigeon Flight by Hugh Russell, on Flickr

Cheers

Hugh

 

[Hughmac]

Guys,

Please can you help me. I took this last night, looked amazing in the flesh but camera failed to capture what I saw. The clouds here are just too damn soft.

What could I have done to improve this?

Ken.


Untitled by Ken OHagan, on Flickr

Ken, you know I'm crap at PP, but I brought the shadows up and maybe improved it a bit?

Cheers

Hugh

 

[The Bad Guy]

Did some different portraits recently.

Neighbours by Adam Campbell, on Flickr

 

[YosemitePaul]

Ullswater, Cumbria. Waited ages for the sail boat to get closer & closer

 

[Cheese&Apple]

Guys,

Please can you help me. I took this last night, looked amazing in the flesh but camera failed to capture what I saw. The clouds here are just too damn soft.

What could I have done to improve this?

Ken.


Untitled by Ken OHagan, on Flickr

Hi Ken,

I'm not sure about the clouds being soft (they look ok to me in this small image size) but for the next time...

Compose, expose and focus for the star of of your shot. In this case I'm thinking it's the moon and the sky. Looks to me like you've tried to capture too much. I wonder how the shot would have looked:

- in landscape orientation,
- with increased exposure in the sky to capture more of the cloud detail, and
- with just a small slice of the ground and the city lights (the group of lights in the distance only) to give the shot perspective and to anchor the composition.

IMO, the foreground city lights are too prominent and they detract from the moon and clouds.

~ Peter

 

[stillcrazyman]

A different door.

 

[Apple fanboy]

A different door.

Now your user name makes more sense!

 

[Apple fanboy]

One of the few flowers in my garden. I'm sure @Ish knows what it is.

_DSC1291 by apple fanboy1, on Flickr

 

[kenoh]

Ken, you know I'm crap at PP, but I brought the shadows up and maybe improved it a bit?

View attachment 558589

Cheers

Hugh

Behave! you arent crap. You are just as good as (most of) the rest of us.

Thanks for taking the time to do this. It is the clouds themselves, they are just not crisp enough.

 

[kenoh]

Hi Ken,

I'm not sure about the clouds being soft (they look ok to me in this small image size) but for the next time...

Compose, expose and focus for the star of of your shot. In this case I'm thinking it's the moon and the sky. Looks to me like you've tried to capture too much. I wonder how the shot would have looked:

- in landscape orientation,
- with increased exposure in the sky to capture more of the cloud detail, and
- with just a small slice of the ground and the city lights (the group of lights in the distance only) to give the shot perspective and to anchor the composition.

IMO, the foreground city lights are too prominent and they detract from the moon and clouds.

~ Peter

Thanks Peter, yes I was trying to get too much, the whole things was this beautiful eerie moon which was hanging over the houses below.

I have 15-20 more shots of it. Will look at what other options I have.

My concern was that I was at a decent iso (this one was at 100 others were faster), with a wide aperture and couldnt get the shutter speed up high enough to get the clouds nice and sharp.

Hmm, next time!