"Photo of the day" - May 2008

[Phrasikleia]

First time poster to this forum. I really like what I see here as your work provides another conduit to learn from and get ideas.

This is a picture of a mask that my wife and I brought home from Venice, Italy.

Setup:
Nikon D3
f/5, 1/60
35mm (24-70mm f/2.8)

I use NIK Color Efex 3.0 as my mainstay for applying filters.
Neutral density filter--3 layers
Sunshine filter--painted into 3 layers
Background removed (I see my walls enough as is)
Gradient filter applied to two layers (warm hues)
Glamor Glow filter on two layers
High Key on one layer
Low Key painted on two layers
Liberal use of black airbrush

CC welcome--I hope I am not breaking any rules with this shot and the methods used to produce the final result.

Click on the picture for a larger image.

I'm not crazy about the framing. I think it would look better as a closely cropped vertical. I just tried cropping it that way, and it's much stronger. The diagonal of the eyes, swath of light, and tilt of the shoulders really fall nicely within a tight vertical frame, and you still get the effect of this radiant face emerging from darkness--it's actually far more engaging. I'd post my crop to show you, but I'm not sure if that's acceptable here.

 

[srf4real]

Just another day in paradise...

LUMIX L1 + ZD70-300
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[kayes]

Beautiful! The rays of sunlight look amazing in this one.

Thanks for comments Tommy. Some days the sunrise here is even more spectacular. I will just have to try to get up early enough and capture them

 

[kayes]

Nice Kayes.

hi xcalibre, glad you like the sunrise pic. Nice pic of the church We have several old churches here, some dating back to late 1800s

 

[eddx]

I was down in London last weekend to test my new 10-20mm Sigma and...



...it works a treat!

The above photograph and the process as to how I took it and removed the people can be seen on my blog, simply click the photograph above to find out more.

 

[PkennethV]

 

[kayes]

at the botanic garden yesterday

 

[BCains]

Quiksilver Bowl Riderz

Model: Canon EOS 350D
Lens: EF-S 18-55mm
Exposure: 1/1000
Aperture: F/11
Focal Length: 18mm
ISO: 400​

 

[Martin C]

New York City
5.25.2008
D40 | 1/500 at ƒ/5.6 | 55 mm | ISO 800​

 

[hector]

New York City
5.25.2008
D40 | 1/500 at ƒ/5.6 | 55 mm | ISO 800​

Awesome! Is this with the kit lens?

 

[Maxxamillian]

Well, the thumbnail is too small to see much, so I clicked... and the big version nearly made my monitor melt!

Not exactly CC... 'cos I can't view the pic properly... though I'm a bit baffled at the number of PP processes you needed to get the pic as you wanted.

But that's just me... a bit 'old school'...

Doylem--Thanks for the reply--silly of me not to post the original I worked from to help better understand the hoops I jumped through. The original is on the left and finished product on the right. Sometimes the pic I want is just a spark of imagination that I am lucky to get a glimpse at.



Phrasikleia--cropped per your suggestion. You are right, it is stronger. Would love to see what you had in mind.

Click on either pic to get a bigger view.

 

[Martin C]

Awesome! Is this with the kit lens?

Thanks hector, I appreciate it. Kit lens indeed.

 

[sonor]

"Defeat"

Adams Park, High Wycombe
Under 7s football tournament​

 

[Phrasikleia]

Phrasikleia--cropped per your suggestion. You are right, it is stronger. Would love to see what you had in mind.

I'm attaching my crop. I retained the proportions of your sensor and just made it a vertical. I like the immediacy that the tighter crop gives; it makes the mask more 'present'.

I also really like your Photoshop work on this shot. It's a terrific use of post-processing. Really masterful, in my opinion.

 

[Phrasikleia]

"Defeat"

Adams Park, High Wycombe
Under 7s football tournament​

This is a really good shot.

 

[GoCubsGo]

"Defeat"

Adams Park, High Wycombe
Under 7s football tournament​

I agree...this is an amazing photo.

 

[AlaskaMoose]

Rebel XT with Sigma 70-300mm macro.

 

[Maxxamillian]

Simplicity

Nikon D3
70mm (24-70MM f/2.8)
f/5, 1/60
ISO 200

CC welcome.

Post processing:
Gausian blur (background)
High Key
Soft glow
Healing brush


Click image for larger pic.

 

[Maxxamillian]

Rebel XT with Sigma 70-300mm macro.

This is art!

 

[Maxxamillian]

I'm attaching my crop. I retained the proportions of your sensor and just made it a vertical. I like the immediacy that the tighter crop gives; it makes the mask more 'present'.

I also really like your Photoshop work on this shot. It's a terrific use of post-processing. Really masterful, in my opinion.

Thanks for the feedback--I really like your take...stronger and more interesting.

 

[stcanard]

All in a day's work

All in a day's work
Nikon D80 + 55-200 VR
Exposure: Aperture Priority
Shutter Speed: 1/1000
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 200mm
Flash: Off
ISO: 100

Fishing boat, Steveston, BC
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[AlaskaMoose]

I set the camera in front of the kitchen sink, room lights off, lens around 4' from the water droplets dripping from the faucet. Set a red laser pointer on the water, as well as a flashlight at the other side (both pointing at the glass water's surface), and then shot a photo each time a drop of water was coming down from the faucet. Used the camera's flash, and got a few good ones out of about 100 photos. The droplets shown on the photos are ascending from the water surface's in the glass (splashes?)

 

[anti-microsoft]

New York City
5.25.2008
D40 | 1/500 at ƒ/5.6 | 55 mm | ISO 800​

Just one question... Do you listen to British Mac?

 

[Abstract]

Rebel XT with Sigma 70-300mm macro.

Wow, the first shot is amazing. I always meant to try something like that, along with a "dunking your hand into an aquarium and taking a photo from the side" type of thing. But water droplets are definitely higher up on my list of things to "do".

 

[Steamie]

"Defeat"

Adams Park, High Wycombe
Under 7s football tournament​

I agree also. amazing shot.

"Anchor Mill"

This is an evening shot of the Anchor Mill in Paisley Scotland. It is famous for being responsible for popularizing the "Paisley Pattern" .