Photo of the Day March 2015

[Hughmac]

It's March on the International Dateline.


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

Photo of the Day is intended to be a showcase for your best pictures. There is no limit to your gear, just your imagination. P&S and film cameras are welcome along with DSLRs. There are no themes like the Weekly Contest, and no winners (or losers) either.


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To start us off, here's a perching peacock from Leeds Castle...



Perching Peacock by Hugh Russell, on Flickr

Cheers

Hugh

 

[MCH-1138]

Fan Dance by MCH-1138, on Flickr

D7000 • Nikon 300mm f/4D (AF-S) • 1/1250 @ f/4.5

 

[stillcrazyman]

White Heron

 

[someoldguy]

Had to make a choice yesterday , clean the basement or see if the Great Falls in Paterson were still frozen . I feel kinda guilty breaking the string of bird pix , but , if you look real hard under the bridge , just above the peak of the roof of the beige house , there's a small speck that could be a bird .

7D . 18-135STM @ 18 , f8@1/350 , ISO 100

Edit : Wasn't a bird , just crap on my screen.

 

[kenoh]

Took a trip to London

 

[Cheese&Apple]

Snowy Owl in very different light for a very different look.

 

[anotherscotsman]

Gormley's Another Place

Someone with a sense of humour...Comments always appreciated.


Cool by another_scotsman, on Flickr

 

[AlaskaMoose]

Auroras through the clouds in a very windy night (30 MPH wind gusts).

 

[kallisti]

Shot the snow shovel in my garage which I posted a few days ago again today. Wasn't happy with several things on the previous shot when I looked at it again. Didn't like the composition (the shooting position in the previous shot gave the shovel a funny perspective), didn't like the harsh shadows on the wall, and wanted the foreground to be in focus.

Nikon 85mm PC-E @ f/11, ISO 64, 1.6 sec. Slight tilt to bring everything into focus. Overcast daylight coming in from the front of the garage.

 

[AlexH]

the art of flight by ALXPhotog, on Flickr

 

[oblomow]

Snowy Owl in very different light for a very different look.

did you change the photo in your edit?

 

[Hughmac]

did you change the photo in your edit?

You're right, it's reversed

Cheers

Hugh

 

[oblomow]

You're right, it's reversed

Cheers

Hugh

thanks. So I'm not losing my mind.
I'm still liking your snowy owls!

 

[Cheese&Apple]

did you change the photo in your edit?

You're right, it's reversed

Cheers

Hugh

thanks. So I'm not losing my mind.
I'm still liking your snowy owls!

What are you talking about? I think you guys are losing your minds.

Seriously...I have no idea what I did but the first posted shot was a mirror image so I reposted to the one you see now.

Not that it matters much but this is the original way it was shot.

 

[rx7dude]

Blue Jay by RX-7Dude, on Flickr

 

[Apple fanboy]

Had to make a choice yesterday , clean the basement or see if the Great Falls in Paterson were still frozen . I feel kinda guilty breaking the string of bird pix , but , if you look real hard under the bridge , just above the peak of the roof of the beige house , there's a small speck that could be a bird .

Image

7D . 18-135STM @ 18 , f8@1/350 , ISO 100

Edit : Wasn't a bird , just crap on my screen.

Loverly location. Nicely composed.

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Shot the snow shovel in my garage which I posted a few days ago again today. Wasn't happy with several things on the previous shot when I looked at it again. Didn't like the composition (the shooting position in the previous shot gave the shovel a funny perspective), didn't like the harsh shadows on the wall, and wanted the foreground to be in focus.

Nikon 85mm PC-E @ f/11, ISO 64, 1.6 sec. Slight tilt to bring everything into focus. Overcast daylight coming in from the front of the garage.

Image

Better than your first attempt. Simple but effective.

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Image

Snowy Owl in very different light for a very different look.

Nice as usual.

 

[TheReef]

A moody morning at Crescent Head, NSW.

I lost my grad filter and Z filter holder here Let me know if it finds its way across the ocean and ends up on your beach

 

[avflinsch]

Waiting for Spring

A weed by my frozen garden pond.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

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Fan Dance by MCH-1138, on Flickr

D7000 • Nikon 300mm f/4D (AF-S) • 1/1250 @ f/4.5

Magnificent. Outstanding composition, framing, colour and subject. Terrific lines, and lighting. In a word, superb.

Image

Snowy Owl in very different light for a very different look.

Ah, I love your snowy owls. Lovely shot.

(But the one of the snowy owl brooding on the fence post in the snow from last month was superlative - I loved it.)

Auroras through the clouds in a very windy night (30 MPH wind gusts).
Image

Gorgeous picture.

 

[MCH-1138]

Magnificent. Outstanding composition, framing, colour and subject. Terrific lines, and lighting. In a word, superb.

Many thanks for the kind words, Scepticalscribe.

 

[Apple fanboy]

A moody morning at Crescent Head, NSW.

I lost my grad filter and Z filter holder here Let me know if it finds its way across the ocean and ends up on your beach

Image

If it makes it as far as the UK I'll be sure to post it back! Nice capture btw.

 

[soulreaver99]

Father Daughter Dance

Was at one my best friends' wedding. I totally teared up at the father/daughter dance but was able to capture this moment

 

[kingalexthe1st]

Some cracking photos have been posted already; what a great start to this months' thread!

Here's a shot of The Shard, taken a few days ago. It was grey and raining, and Siri told me it would be a dry day so I didn't take an umbrella with me, and I found myself a little sodden at the day's end. Still, it makes for interesting photos!


The Shard by alex.stedman, on Flickr

Alex

 

[someoldguy]

Loverly location. Nicely composed.

Thanks … But the real thanks go to the vandals who tore down some chain link fencing than was installed to keep people from ending up in the river .Maybe they were disposing of a body , or some toxic waste and weren't able to do the deed from the bridge owing to its' being closed due to icing so they pulled down the fencing. I've taken a bunch of pix at this location over the years , but couldn't get this view owing being unable to shoot through the fence .

 

[Apple fanboy]

Loverly location. Nicely composed.

Thanks … But the real thanks go to the vandals who tore down some chain link fencing than was installed to keep people from ending up in the river .Maybe they were disposing of a body , or some toxic waste and weren't able to do the deed from the bridge owing to its' being closed due to icing so they pulled down the fencing. I've taken a bunch of pix at this location over the years , but couldn't get this view owing being unable to shoot through the fence .

Some vandals.... Yeah right!