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Photo Of The Day - June 2018

Apple fanboy said:
Another Nikon guy! Glad to see you are doing it properly ;)

Welcome to the POTD thread. Nice opening photo.
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Almost went mirrorless (Sony a6500 was another option), but in my reading up on the hardware, there were mentions of autofocus being slower on mirrorless vs. DLSRs. I imagine 300+ focus points vs. 51 might have something to do with that. But 90% of my photos will be of kids and focus needs to be as quick as possible with kids! Very happy with my Nikon thus far though.

mollyc said:
Nice! Welcome! For an image like this with lots of light, I would probably stop down the aperture a bit. It looks like you caught focus on the foam, which is great, but with the rocks, and especially bird, I feel like they should be in focus as well, and right now they are a bit soft. It could just be way the image was saved for web, though.
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Even in the full resolution image, these points are a bit soft too. I only recently acquired the 50mm f/1.8 lens, so I’ve been leaning toward wide open aperture; you’re exactly right - I narrowed my focal length too much with that. I appreciate your input!!
I read and watched so much on all this - on focal length, aperture, but it all goes kablooey when you’re out shooting. Ha!
 
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This old barn has since been torn down, unfortunately. I wish I would have stopped by during sunset hours.
iPhone 7+, edited in Luminar 2018.

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Hit over 100 yesterday, so I set my garden wand to mist to let the kids play in it so they could be outside for awhile. Made a dew-like effect on the portulaca.

MDF314159265 said:
Okay, I've been perusing these monthly PotD threads long enough - admiring everyone's great work. It's time to jump in.

I consider myself fairly new to photography; just picked up my first "serious" camera in April. Otherwise, I've only ever captured iPhone shots (which have never quite captured the scene as my eyes see it). I would love for you all, you most excellent photographers, to give me your input; be it adjust "this" or "that" on my shots/editing or correcting my terminology.
With that said, I give you my first submission, with no title whatsoever:

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Nikon D7500, AF-S Nikkor 50mm, ISO 320, f/3.2, 1/6400, edited in native "Photos" app on iMacs.
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Welcome to the POTD thread! I lived in San Diego proper for a short time, but my work was mostly in the mountains of San Diego county. I know you have plenty of good landscapes to work with!
 
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MDF314159265 said:
Okay, I've been perusing these monthly PotD threads long enough - admiring everyone's great work. It's time to jump in.

I consider myself fairly new to photography; just picked up my first "serious" camera in April. Otherwise, I've only ever captured iPhone shots (which have never quite captured the scene as my eyes see it). I would love for you all, you most excellent photographers, to give me your input; be it adjust "this" or "that" on my shots/editing or correcting my terminology.
With that said, I give you my first submission, with no title whatsoever:

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Nikon D7500, AF-S Nikkor 50mm, ISO 320, f/3.2, 1/6400, edited in native "Photos" app on iMacs.
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Welcome I’ve noticed your likes in the past. Keep the momentum going.
 
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Stormy Weather.

Only had half the group turn up on Friday due to Wintertime illnesses, so I was able to take my camera and grab some frames as well. I took about 12 frames all up and this was the standout for me. It needed no faffing at all in post-production, and is basically straight out of camera, with just a slight crop and vignette applied.

Canon 6D, Canon 24-105mm f/4 L, Spot Metering, Aperture Priority
ISO 100, 105mm, f/4, 1/4000

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