Photo of the Day - November 2008

[Qwest905]

 

[digitalfrog]

 

[Grasbak]

Winter Arrives!

Snow fell here in sunny Scarborough, then the sun came out for the afternoon!

Just a shot with my lowly 3.1mp point and shoot nikon...

 

[NintendoChick]

Sorry to be the dissenting voice, but I'm not sure it works here to have the sun 'in shot'. Even though it's low in the sky, it's so bright that it's just blown out to white.

If the sun is half hidden by clouds, or tree branches, or the sky is hazy, or the sun is even closer to the horizon (ie sunrise/sunset), then there's not quite such a stretch between the brightest and darkest areas of a pic, and a DSLR sensor will record some detail in the sun and surrounding area (a grey grad filter can help too)...

Very true. thank you for such honest input! I love having things to improve upon. A lifelong challenge, if you will

Oh, and thanks for the kind words, Steamie!

ohhh, so cool!

 

[PkennethV]

Thank you very much nuwomb and juanster


and now for something completely different.

 

[heron88]

20 sec exposure?

sorry, 1/2 second. I was probably thinking of a different shot

Nikon D80
32mm
1/2 sec
f/4.2
ISO 400
October 9, 2008

It's all there in the file.

As for C&C: I think this shot would have benefited from a more shallow DOF (the background is distracting) and better lighting (it's rather flat).

Thanks, I never knew about that.

And as for the C&C, thanks I'll take that into consideration next time.

 

[LittleCanonKid]

digitalfrog and PkennethV, those are very nice shots. Certainly caught my attention! Here's my shot for the day.

Canon Digital Rebel XT/ISO 100/15 sec, f/3.5

 

[osin]

awesome capture, WOW!

 

[PkennethV]

digitalfrog, the more I look at the photo, the more I wonder how much Photoshoping you did. I want to just out of pure curiosity (because it's just so awesome), I would have nothing against it even if you said you completely Photoshoped in the flare or if it's a composite of 4 images...whatever you did...i just want to know

 

[Bfat567]

Awesome beer tap.....Awesome points to anyone who can tell me what NY Club its from!

 

[wheelhot]

Yeah, that pic is just awesome dfrog!!! and LCK, thats a good photo, pretty spooky though

 

[bobt]

So cool.

Any details appreciated.

Admins, sorry I don't remember how to shrink down the quoted image.

 

[LittleCanonKid]

Yeah, that pic is just awesome dfrog!!! and LCK, thats a good photo, pretty spooky though

Thanks! If you had seen the creation process, it wouldn't seem nearly as spooky! Watching a guy shuffle around into three positions with a flashlight isn't that terrifying.

 

[Paulimac24]

Thanks Seenew

Those whales were awesome, but couldn't get a good shot of them, they blew out white. I have a few more good shots I will post later. Thanks

 

[nidserz]

Here is mine for today:

For some reason the quality decreased quite a bit when I uploaded to flickr. I am taking it to the printer tomorrow to test what it would look like once printed.

Cheers

 

[wheelhot]

Looks nice, but is it me or that there is a lot of noise in that picture?

 

[timmyb]

Really nice nidserz, I'm drawn a bit too much to the white patch midway up on the left though.

D40, 35mm, 20s, f/29, ISO 200

 

[Doylem]

I like the way you've shot this while there's still some light in the sky... makes it much more atmospheric IMO...

Derwent Water, today...

 

[nidserz]

Really nice nidserz, I'm drawn a bit too much to the white patch midway up on the left though.

D40, 35mm, 20s, f/29, ISO 200

WOW. I really like this one!

Thanks for the comment, and as for the white patch I know it frustrated me too. It is the "Times Square" of Toronto that has this huge video screen playing random videos.

 

[wheelhot]

Yeah, I like that too, really nice.

 

[digitalfrog]

The only photoshop is the green effect (LightRoom in fact)
There is no montage, it was shot facing lasers in a huge rave...

So cool.

Any details appreciated.

Admins, sorry I don't remember how to shrink down the quoted image.

 

[Phrasikleia]

The only photoshop is the green effect (LightRoom in fact)
There is no montage, it was shot facing lasers in a huge rave...

I'm yet another admirer of the photo. It's brilliant.

 

[Fiasco]

 

[nidserz]

Today:

Hand held Raw at ISO 100.
Photoshop adjustments: whitebalance and unsharpen mask.
C&C always appreciated.

{I also did an HDR which I really like and it can be seen here.}

 

[oblomow]

Snow clouds over the river Rhine, near Bonn (Königswinter)

1/160s f/8.0 ISO400 17mm