Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Photo of the Day - March 2010
- Thread starter Designer Dale
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
Thanks Jessica, I just tried to take some good photos today. I shot a bunch, and experimented with many things. I had a really good time today taking pictures, and I really liked this shot of a couple of geese. My skills suck, but I am working on them! I like taking nature pictures now, never really tried before. Heh, such fun!
Chef Jay
Day's End
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Tokina 12-24 f/4
Exposure: 1/1600
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 24 mm
ISO Speed: 800
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Tokina 12-24 f/4
Exposure: 1/1600
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 24 mm
ISO Speed: 800
Thank you, wheezy, for your kind feedback.
Here is mine for today.
Wow, that fog must have been really moving. Nice sense of motion.[/URL]
Great atmospheric depth with this one. Nicely composed..
Here is mine for today.
We must have posted almost at the same time, otherwise I would have commented on this shot right away. Gorgeous saturation of of late day colours. Very soothing.
Well, here goes! Inspired by Dale's clear how-to instructions, my first posting in PoD! I love slightly misty landscapes. The weather is really grey here at the moment, so this is a picture taken in Tuscany before I got my DSLR. I have a lot to learn and any helpful comments would be welcome.
Fujifilm Finepix 810
F 4.5
1/340
ISO 80
Fujifilm Finepix 810
F 4.5
1/340
ISO 80
Yum
Yum. I want to get home already!
Taken in Hawaii on some beach on the north shore, sunset.
I almost soiled myself, holding my 50D with the 10-22 on it just an inch away from water rushing towards it!
Lands End
Canon EOS 50D;0.125 sec (1/8); f/5.0; 60 mm
Yum. I want to get home already!
Taken in Hawaii on some beach on the north shore, sunset.
I almost soiled myself, holding my 50D with the 10-22 on it just an inch away from water rushing towards it!
Taken in Hawaii on some beach on the north shore, sunset.
I almost soiled myself, holding my 50D with the 10-22 on it just an inch away from water rushing towards it!
Great shot & colours, I can imagine the concern!
Thanks! It's a 90 second exposure with a lot of Aperture 3 adjustments. I personally just wish there was something in the bottom right area of the image.
Water and ice
I didn't need a slow shutter to "freeze" this water:
Whiskey Lake, Ontario. 33 Cm of ice. BIG pressure ridges.
I didn't need a slow shutter to "freeze" this water:
Whiskey Lake, Ontario. 33 Cm of ice. BIG pressure ridges.
A band of fog rolls over frozen Alta Lake in Whistler BC.
I really like the atmosphere and textures in this one. It's quite captivating.
It was pouring rain on the Colorado trail that day.
Nice tones here. Really good use of B&W. If you added the grain to make it look like film, I'm not sure you needed to do that. I don't think this one really gains anything from the grain.
I just popped into a pub for a pint... and there she was...
Love at first click?
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Tokina 12-24 f/4
Exposure: 1/1600
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 24 mm
ISO Speed: 800
Gorgeous colors here and nice composition. I would be tempted to bring up the shadows slider in whatever raw processor you're using to eke out a little more detail on that end. Also, was 1/1600s really necessary? Unless you were shooting from a moving boat, I imagine you could have gotten some more DoF (w/ smaller aperture) and used lower ISO.
Well, here goes! Inspired by Dale's clear how-to instructions, my first posting in PoD! I love slightly misty landscapes. The weather is really grey here at the moment, so this is a picture taken in Tuscany before I got my DSLR. I have a lot to learn and any helpful comments would be welcome.
Fujifilm Finepix 810
F 4.5
1/340
ISO 80
A happy consequence of Dale's instructions: more people joining the party!
As for C&C of your pic: This one leaves me wondering what it was you were trying to capture. Perhaps the experience of being there was quite wonderful, but nothing in the photo really translates that experience for me. Was your subject supposed to be the house? The field? The road? None of those things really "pop" in this photo, and they all have a rather equal amount of visual weight (which isn't much). When you shoot into the sun, try to do it when you can capitalize on long shadows that form leading lines or else on distinct streaks of light coming through some barrier (or both). That will add drama and interest to your photo. In this case, we have a really washed out scene with nothing really popping out to grab our attention.
Well, there's mist... and there's haze. Mist is forever changing: hiding, disclosing, drifting, rising, falling, clearing. The top pic has a beautiful mood (and I guess that mood probably didn't last long). The bottom pic is hazy, rather than misty, and haze tends to stick around all day... doing nothing except reducing the clarity of the scene, without adding any mood. On hazy days I don't take any landscape pix all; it's too frustrating...
I luuuurve the colour in the sky, but think you were so overcome with it that you didn't really 'organise' the boats into a composition that was more convincing...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7968709@N05/4404250509/sizes/o/in/set-72157623424557703/"
Nikon D200 50mm 1.8 @ 1.8 1/300
Nikon D200 50mm 1.8 @ 1.8 1/300
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7968709@N05/4404250509/sizes/o/in/set-72157623424557703/
Nikon D200 50mm 1.8 @ 1.8 1/300
Nice use of shallow DOF. I might want to see it at a bit more of an angle, though.
Your posting is fine, but you missed the " at the end of the Flickr link. The end should be this if you want the photo to click back to Flickr:
set-72157623424557703/"[/URL]
Dale
It's been a slow couple of weeks on the photo front for me. I bring you...the tower...again...
I got off a couple of shots here, and then the clouds covered up the sun for the rest of the day.
I got off a couple of shots here, and then the clouds covered up the sun for the rest of the day.
Thank you very much for the kind words...
...snip...
Anyway, that's what comes to mind. And, I'm still experimenting myself...
Thank you for taking the time to explain. The main reason i keep coming back to these forums, the wealth of knowledge is unreal. I cant wait until most of my pics are on par w/ the rest of the regulars.
again, your prowess amazes, and encourages me. thank you for sharing!
I agree with Dale, i think if you would have used a greater angle it would have been a better 'leading line,' if you will.
It's been a slow couple of weeks on the photo front for me. I bring you...the tower...again...
I got off a couple of shots here, and then the clouds covered up the sun for the rest of the day.
Nice DOF here, but I refuse to believe that the sky is that blue. Even in Cal.
Mine for today.
Early spring at the Nisqually Delta Wildlife Refuge.
EXIF Summary: 1/100s f/5.6 ISO100 Tamron 28-300 VC@119mm Manual focus on a tripod. Movement by the breeze kept me at this f/stop.
Dale