Photo of the Day - May 2009

[otter]

LOL....

I didn't think clear days existed in Seattle...

Beautiful shot, though... what did you use? Thanks...

We do get some really nice days occasionally. We just try not to let everyone else know. ;-)

It was taken with a Canon 40D and the EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM.

 

[Doylem]

Still looking for a name for him... any ideas

Shagger?

Those on the forum who photograph butterflies may find this of interest...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/may/27/painted-lady-butterflies-migration-britain

 

[kayes]

Shagger?

Those on the forum who photograph butterflies may find this of interest...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/may/27/painted-lady-butterflies-migration-britain

Thanks for butterfly tip.

A bubblefly.

 

[timmyb]

 

[otter]

 

[pdxflint]

Shagger?

LOL! I'm glad you read all the way through my post on the lost fellow, but you must have missed the part where I said his equipment had been re-plumbed, or repaired (depending on your point of view... )

It's quite a departure from your normal pallet... I like it.

 

[Maxxamillian]

More from taking the macro for a walk last weekend.

 

[mcavjame]

... but you must have missed the part where I said his equipment had been re-plumbed, or repaired (depending on your point of view... )

It's like when you call a bald guy "Curly" or the fat guy "Slim"

 

[wheezy]

Nicely done!

BTW...one hour(ish) north of you (Layton).

Thanks! Yes, Layton... I don't get up that way much.

^^^ +1. That picture is awesome!

Thanks!

Beautiful shot wheezy, did you crop it or pana it?

It's a crop, I was stupid and forgot my tripod, so I steadied it on a cement bench at the FDR Memorial

 

[Razeus]

 

[cosmokanga2]

Pansy

 

[tejota1911]

 

[Educ8r]

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[RHVC59]

I saw these guys from the kitchen table right in close to shore...
By the time I got off the phone with my sister, grabbed the Nikon, switched the 50mm for the 55-200mm lens, and ran across the street, the pod had moved out quite a bit. I think there were a four or more on the pod. The thumbnail looses something in the compression...

 

[fett]

You've got something special going on here (I'm just not sure what it is ).

Thanks...I think

 

[fett]

I think it's his ability to capture some sense of an emerging adult in each child. Photos of children usually make them look, well...childish. These kids look pensive without that quality seeming forced or unnatural. It's a side of all children that exists but is difficult to capture.

I couldn't have said it better myself. I've found that everyone poses for the camera, even little kids. I wait for the moments between the poses and try to make my subjects as relaxed as possible before snapping my photo. I'm not coaching them to look like this. I'm just interacting with them waiting to see what they will give me.

This photo of my nephew is one of my favorites of him and I think is an example of what I'm talking about. You can see the frustration on his face from his mother trying to tell him how to smile. After this shot I told his mother to let me work with him and then told him that this was one of those times he didn't need to listen to his mom, he didn't have to smile.

Good lighting technique certainly helps as well...looks like off-camera flash with a softbox or brolly for both of them, done very nicely.

Thanks. Good lighting is the key to all photos. Light and shadow is what makes a photo interesting. It was a softbox in both.

 

[DAMNiatx]

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[mcavjame]

The view from my kitchen window

It's been raining off and on for the past few days here. Very gray times for photography.

 

[sonor]

Beautiful. Great mood set with the light and I love the detail in the drips on the web.

Thanks mcavjame.

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[otter]

 

[Rt&Dzine]

Still looking for a name for him... any ideas?

Pete.

And I'm a fan of your dog photos.

 

[techie4life]

Still looking for a name for him... any ideas?

You could always go with Max...

Pongo, Einstein, Harold, Jip, Roy, Wiggins, Buckley, Charlie, Duke, Jerry, Diesel, Spike, Turk, Zero, Doc, Seymour

Just some unusual names you might like. Good Luck!

 

[Saladinos]

 

[Phrasikleia]

Still looking for a name for him... any ideas?

I think his name should express something about his personality. What's he like?

This one looks as though it's had some fake bokeh added. In order to be successful, that effect requires some time-consuming masking, with gradiated amounts of blur and great precision along the edges. Otherwise it ends up looking hokey.

Great light and unusual antiques: two of my favorite things in the world.

Really nice lighting here. Your EXIF says the flash didn't fire, but surely one did. Was it remote and therefore not picked up by the EXIF?

 

[pdxflint]

Pete.

And I'm a fan of your dog photos.

You could always go with Max...

Pongo, Einstein, Harold, Jip, Roy, Wiggins, Buckley, Charlie, Duke, Jerry, Diesel, Spike, Turk, Zero, Doc, Seymour

Just some unusual names you might like. Good Luck!

I think his name should express something about his personality. What's he like?

Thanks for all the creativity, guys and girls...! I'm sure he will eventually tell me what his real name is... but you've given me some additional ideas. You'll probably see a few more shots of him and his tribe/pack mates in the days to come. I'm going to make a short video and throw some stills together in a slideshow to run in some veterinarians' offices on their lobby displays - hoping to stir up some interest in adoption. Anyway, thanks all. -phil