Photo of the Day - March 2009

[Steamie]

Camera: Pentax K10D
Exposure: 25
Aperture: f/13.0
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 100

True Tao - Thanks very much, to be honest that shot didn't have too much post done on it, basically I increased the contrast and moved the white balance a bit warmer in Aperture then dropped the saturation down a wee bit . Other than that no other processing.

 

[Tesselator]

My Downstairs Art Desk

"Just Standing Up"
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[teleromeo]

The Eiffel Tower



click image for a larger view.

 

[Doylem]

Another winner, Steamie. Beautiful light and colour towards the bottom of the sky...

Thanks for all the positive comments about my shot yesterday. Latrigg is a well-known beauty spot, but I'd never been there before. I'll definitely make return visits, in different light and seasons. Also, it's easy to get there...

This shot is from exactly the same spot, but just turning ninety degrees to my right, as a band of rain swept across Skiddaw (the third highest mountain in the Lake District)...

 

[nuwomb]

explore

 

[soup4you2]

 

[Phrasikleia]

So close, but so distant

There are two countries visible here. The one in the foreground had its borders shut tight for half of a century. Until 1990, its citizens could not travel abroad, and no one was allowed in for tourism. The island across the water, a free country during that period, looks close enough to reach by swimming. I wonder if anyone did.

The high-rise buildings and hotels along the waterfront are all recent additions.

View from the newly-overbuilt Saranda, Albania to the island of Corfu, Greece.

 

[pac-a-mac]

Green Eyes

A regular visitor to our backdoor

EXIF

Camera: Canon EOS 450D
Exposure: 0.033 sec (1/30)
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 55 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off

 

[Cliff3]

Screwing around some more.

 

[oblomow]

Our daughter is waiting confidently to start her first swimming lesson.

Canon 30D, 1/500s f/2.2 ISO1600 85mm

 

[MaddMacs]

 

[Doylem]

Sorry... but I don't get a feel for the scale and grandeur of the canyon... and the monochrome treatment doesn't help...

 

[AlexH]

I'm not quite sure what this flower is, but I like it...

 

[thr33face]

 

[pdxflint]

Oregon woods...

Welcome to my neighborhood... sometime last summer.

Camera: Nikon
Model: D50
ISO: 200
Exposure: 1/60 sec
Aperture: 6.3
Focal Length: 35mm


PS: I'm really noticing a difference in the neighborhoods Doylem and nuwomb hang around in...
And, Steamie... fantastic shots again. You and Doylem compliment each other nicely... but I still say you should look him up and gently give him a boot on the backside for all those times he's leaned on those poor sheep for material interest...

 

[MaddMacs]

Sorry... but I don't get a feel for the scale and grandeur of the canyon... and the monochrome treatment doesn't help...

No need to apologize, your comments are always appreciated here! The Canyon is unfathomable, even seeing it with your own eyes. Here is a color version that may be more appealing:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3391/3284039166_b9a984ca6d_b.jpg

 

[Cliff3]

No need to apologize, your comments are always appreciated here! The Canyon is unfathomable, even seeing it with your own eyes. Here is a color version that may be more appealing:

The scale of it is difficult to convey in a photo, that's for sure. One thing your color version reveals that the monochrome rendition didn't is that snow on the ground. I only visited the GC once, but I quickly decided that the air above the canyon (in the form of clouds) is as much an ingredient to good photos taken there as the canyon itself is.

 

[sonor]

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[FX120]

Welcome to my neighborhood... sometime last summer.

Camera: Nikon
Model: D50
ISO: 200
Exposure: 1/60 sec
Aperture: 6.3
Focal Length: 35mm


PS: I'm really noticing a difference in the neighborhoods Doylem and nuwomb hang around in...
And, Steamie... fantastic shots again. You and Doylem compliment each other nicely... but I still say you should look him up and gently give him a boot on the backside for all those times he's leaned on those poor sheep for material interest...

Also from last summer (late august), also your neighborhood.

 

[jeffmode]

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Tell us how you did it!

 

[wheezy]

The Bride

I shot a wedding yesterday, she was looking down at her ring. I love to tell them to look up at the count of 3, always catches a great expression to me.

Canon EOS 20D :: 135 mm :: f 2 :: 1/2000 sec :: iso 100 :: 2009-03-06

 

[tophertec]

Twins

My twin daughters, taken at Sea World, Orlando

 

[3paulx]

Heartmelt

one night while dining in my frien'ds house.....

Canon 350D*18-55*f5.6*iso1600*1/15s

 

[rost12]

Taking photos the sneaky way, camera was hanging on my neck.

 

[srf4real]

Olympus E-3
1/800 sec
f/7.1
ISO 160
565mm