Photo of the Day: May 2010

[NeGRit0]

Peaceful...


Click for large....

Exif Info:
Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
Exposure: 0.033 sec (1/30)
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 25 mm
ISO Speed: 200

 

[AxisOfBeagles]

Baja hood fence

Some years ago came across this rather ingenious yard fence in Loreto, Baja California Sur.

Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel
Exposure: 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture: f/5.0
Focal Length: 30 mm
ISO Speed: 200

 

[ColinEC]

Figured out that you can import JPEGs into Adobe Camera RAW. Above is an older JPEG from when I used a point and shoot (wish I knew about Adobe Camera RAW back then!).

 

[katbel]

There are so many so beautiful

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3341/3649157383_5c8a0ede56_b.jpg
http://nevadajack.smugmug.com/Photography/Canon-7D-Images/IMG55271024CS5/861403727_wDcmD-XL.jpg
http://nwdad.com/pic3/mm2.jpg
http://www.jbucchi.com/picture_library/IMG_1115_small.jpg


The one below is a mongoose, eating some chocolate..... ; )

 

[Jason Beck]

Just the wife.

 

[ChefJayPeek]

we were baking for a friend. the first batch burned so my friend stared at the oven for the next one.
edit: amateur/hobbyist weclomes C&C

Use a timer? Oh, you meant on the photograph? I like it, he looks intent on making sure it comes out good next time.

Mine for today...

Chef Jay

 

[mikeschmeee]

Squamish & Howe Sound.
The view on top of The Chief.
I'm still learning how to stitch photos. I think I'm getting better at it but not sure hah.

 

[Designer Dale]

Just the wife.

^ This will do you no good at all in the future, son. Try something along the line of this line: My lovely wife catching some rays. I'm so happy to have such a photogenic woman with me day and night...

Mine for today...

Chef Jay

^ So, the next photo from you will be duck soup, no? Perhaps a series of "raw ingredients" coming our way...
Nice lighting and detail on this shot.

Dale

 

[ChefJayPeek]

^ So, the next photo from you will be duck soup, no? Perhaps a series of "raw ingredients" coming our way...
Nice lighting and detail on this shot.

Dale

Thanks Dale! And although duck is very tasty, I do not think the zoo I took that shot at would look kindly at me making soup out of that duck! I got some real nice pictures there today, I will just have to wait to post them over the next few days. I am loving my D90! When I get the hang of the 35mm prime, I will try some more food shots. Well and when I get a better handle on those as well.

Chef Jay

 

[Joe King]

Just wanted to tell you again that I enjoy your photos. Those clouds sure help make a composition stand out ! Now I'm curious about the "gap". Was it a pass between mountains ?? And the building, how is it significant ? Barry.

Thanks. I'm quite pleased with that one myself. The gap is a mountain pass between the mountain on the right and the range on the left out of frame. The ruin is an abandoned mining building; there was lead mining in this area up until the nineteen-fifties and the remains of this activity are dotted all along the valley.

This another shot from another abandoned mine building looking down into the valley:

 

[ComputersaysNo]

Mine for today...

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1073/4600095519_8764c0ee30_o.jpg

Chef Jay

I'm sorry chef, but there's nothing sharp in this picture, how come?

 

[macrumormonger]

Camera: Canon PowerShot G10
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/320)
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 15.7 mm
ISO Speed: 80
Exposure Bias: +1/3 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire

 

[TH3D4RKKN1GH7]

"An Education is the Foundation to Great Success"

EXIF
Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T2i
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/400)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV

 

[JudgeDanny]

Today was a rough day at work.... Vodka with lime

 

[Doylem]

I'm looking at this and thinking I'd have exposed for the furthest hills, letting the hills in the left foreground go into shadow. If that wasn't enough to stop the clouds being blown out, maybe use a grey grad at the top. Great location... I just don't think you've got the most out of it. Hope you don't mind a bit of C & C.

The ruin is an abandoned mining building; there was lead mining in this area up until the nineteen-fifties and the remains of this activity are dotted all along the valley.

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We have a lot of lead mines in the North of England too, mostly in remote valleys in the Yorkshire Dales. This one is at Cononley, West Yorkshire, quite a way from any of the other lead mines: must have been one isolated 'strike' of lead ore...

 

[grassland]

plane

not being used anymore.

 

[BarryJ]

Abandoned mine

Thanks for the info Joe and Doylem. Here's a headframe of a silver mine near Cobalt Ontario circa 1920's. No stone used here. Going to revisit this area soon.

 

[oblomow]

Went on a trip to northern spain. Beautiful country, expect more photos from it. I'll start with the mandatory shot of the Bilbao Guggenheim.

 

[mcavjame]

New Recruits

 

[OrangeCuse44]

Daily Damage - reverse lens macro shot of my car key

 

[macrumormonger]

I'm looking at this and thinking I'd have exposed for the furthest hills, letting the hills in the left foreground go into shadow. If that wasn't enough to stop the clouds being blown out, maybe use a grey grad at the top. Great location... I just don't think you've got the most out of it. Hope you don't mind a bit of C & C.

Thanks for the tips doylem, I know I'm learning from one of the best in the forums! This is the second time I've been told to use a filter for my shots, I'm gonna pull the trigger and get one.

On top of those mountains is this:

Camera: Canon PowerShot G10
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/320)
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 6.1 mm
ISO Speed: 80
Exposure Bias: 0 EV

 

[AxisOfBeagles]

I'd like to hear from other, more experienced, photographers on this.

Personally, I love photos like this - the black background is perfect, sharp focus, great lighting. Technically, it really looks fantastic (at least to me). But I perceive a composition in that is seems unbalanced. It's too right-hand heavy.

To my untrained eye, i want to see something counter-balance on the left, maybe the lime from which the slices were taken?

 

[oblomow]

I'd like to hear from other, more experienced, photographers on this.

Personally, I love photos like this - the black background is perfect, sharp focus, great lighting. Technically, it really looks fantastic (at least to me). But I perceive a composition in that is seems unbalanced. It's too right-hand heavy.

To my untrained eye, i want to see something counter-balance on the left, maybe the lime from which the slices were taken?

I think part of the unbalance comes from the glass almost touches the edge.
It needs more space.

 

[.mark.]

sorry about the cat photo!

 

[AxisOfBeagles]

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