Photo of the Day: May 2010

[Designer Dale]

What do you think?

^ Great colors on one of the true heros of the last great war. Nice angle to show off the plane. I would like to see it moved a bit out of the center of the frame. If the tail is closer to the edge of the frame with an expanse of blue on the right it will give a sense that it is going somewhere.

^ Fantastic colors. All of the elements combine to make a wonderful photo. I have been enjoying all of your interesting SouthWest landscapes. Perhaps you will become the Doylem of the American West.

Dale

 

[VirtualRain]

Heiliggeist Restaurant

7D with 17-55 @ 17mm; 0.6s @ f8; 800 ISO; Camera on table

Old church converted into an amazing restaurant in Mainz, Germany.

 

[NevadaJack]

^ Fantastic colors. All of the elements combine to make a wonderful photo. I have been enjoying all of your interesting SouthWest landscapes. Perhaps you will become the Doylem of the American West.

Dale

Thanks Dale... many of my shots are restricted to the Nevada area so my images are not representative of the large and beautiful "Southwest." The Southwest is rich in scenery and great fodder for hungry photographers looking for something to shoot. I am happy to contribute a small number of views which reflect this beauty.

 

[oblomow]

etchasketch

 

[Jason Beck]

Nice dude!
I can't wait to head to Vegas to take some pictures. Cedar City is too boring for me. : )

 

[Schtumple]

#1 KID

Removed the lens from the camera to take this, sadly this was the best focussing I could do but I still like the effect, a DIY tilt shift if you will.

Camera: Canon EOS 1000D
Exposure: 0.04 sec (1/25)
Aperture: f/1.8
Focal Length: (Removed) /50 mm
ISO Speed: 400

 

[Doylem]

Love the light... and the way the light and colour move across the picture area like a wave...

The old packhorse bridge at Watendlath...

 

[VirtualRain]

^^^^ Lovely photo... perfectly timed with the duck under the bridge.

BTW, it's striking to me how much effort was likely invested in building this bridge (a LONG time ago) over what seems like a minor fordable water way... outstanding. Now-a-days, such a bridge (if one could be justified) would be slapped together in an afternoon and wouldn't be close to worthy of a photo.

 

[IBobby]

My brand new kitten "Beef"

 

[Mastamarek]

Oh I like that, I like that a lot.

Beautiful work...camera and pp. Great colors!

thx for the comments!

Spectacular. Which city?
Greg

Chicago during the summer ^^

One moar from me:

 

[compuwar]

Lake Scranton Panorama

Shot this the other day- Stitch of 16 images shot with a D3x and 20-35mm AF-D at 20mm. Autopano Pro stitched, then into Photoshop. Single-image HDR in Photoshop CS5 to get the right side sun through the trees balanced with the rest of the image, some saturation and contrast adjustments, levels adjustments to remove a bit of haze and a final crop to a 3:1 aspect ratio.

Lake Scranton in Northeastern PA

Paul

 

[Razeus]

 

[TH3D4RKKN1GH7]

Meh

This is kind of a throw away picture, nothing really special about it at all. I've been shooting quite a lot of video with my T2i lately. This image is actually an image taken while I was shooting video, as you can kind of guess from the EXIF details.

Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T2i
Exposure: 0.02 sec (1/50)
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 1600

 

[macrumormonger]

Camera: Casio EX-Z750
Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/6.9
Focal Length: 19.7 mm
Exposure Bias: 0 EV

 

[Neil1138]

Nikon D90 + nikkor 85mm f/1.4D

 

[GregPQ]

Camera: Casio EX-Z750

I really like the composition and the symphony of tans. Casio could use this photo to demo their point-and-shoots!
Greg

 

[mcavjame]

Shot this the other day- Stitch of 16 images shot with a D3x and 20-35mm AF-D at 20mm. Autopano Pro stitched, then into Photoshop. Single-image HDR in Photoshop CS5 to get the right side sun through the trees balanced with the rest of the image, some saturation and contrast adjustments, levels adjustments to remove a bit of haze and a final crop to a 3:1 aspect ratio.

Seems like a lot of work. IMO, the lines lead to the centre when the structure on the right is what stands out. I think the HDR has defeated the image by flattening out your scene. With that many shots I would guess you are trying to convey the expanse of the view while it reads as a crop of a single shot. Maybe an ND grad would have served you better to help provide some contrast.

Wow. Stunning clarity. Is the colour image as interesting as the BW? Nice composition.

I love the repetition. Too bad the one person gets caught in the top right and the item on the lower left table isn't more interesting.

Here's mine for today. A shot from a yesterday's play off qualifier. We won 2-0.

 

[davegregory]

7D with 17-55 @ 17mm; 0.6s @ f8; 800 ISO; Camera on table

Old church converted into an amazing restaurant in Mainz, Germany.

Love your architecture shots keep up the great work!

 

[BarryJ]

Colouring book

Makes me want to haul out my box of crayons and start colouring. I like this shot. Mine for today: a Jackpine on a rock face at Killarney Provincial Park.

 

[compuwar]

Seems like a lot of work. IMO, the lines lead to the centre when the structure on the right is what stands out. I think the HDR has defeated the image by flattening out your scene. With that many shots I would guess you are trying to convey the expanse of the view while it reads as a crop of a single shot. Maybe an ND grad would have served you better to help provide some contrast.

Thanks for the comments.

Native 100% res is going to be large enough that printed it'll not look like a crop, I just wanted the image online small enough to get the door into the shot without scrolling. The problem with using a grad in this case is that it wouldn't have lit the trees in the right hand foreground and would have darkened the sky on the left- I much prefer the HDR version when looking at them side-by-side.

 

[Razeus]

Wow. Stunning clarity. Is the colour image as interesting as the BW? Nice composition.

The color version I'm working on. I preferred the B/W version MUCH better. I'm glad you guys like it.

 

[ColinEC]

Trying out figure out a good way to do split tone processing in Adobe Camera RAW. The effect works great for city shots.

 

[andalusia]

Photograph from my garden on Monday 24th May 2010... ISO 100, 6.2mm zoom, f/3.5, 1/1250th second shutter speed.

I have also increased Highlight Tones, Dark Tones, and Light Tones, and decreased Shadow tones.

 

[OrangeCuse44]

Trying out figure out a good way to do split tone processing in Adobe Camera RAW. The effect works great for city shots.

That is gorgeous, I love it. Show me your ways

 

[Mr Ski 73]

Chipping Campden in the Cotswolds, taken with Panasonic GF1 and a £6 Canon 28mm FD