Photo of the Day November 2018

[mollyc]

But sometimes an iPhone just won't do!

_DSC9170 by apple fanboy1, on Flickr

Yeah I actually rarely use my phone camera anymore. I’m trying to carry a big camera with a 35mm lens on it to more everyday places.

When I start using my phone for photography all my knowledge goes right out the window. There is something about using the viewfinder and eliminating distractions that helps me shoot. I don’t get that with a phone.

 

[MBAir2010]

i hate using my ipad to take photos, well im beginning to hate my ipad in general but photography is using a camera, adjusting the aperture, zooming in out and selecting 3 out of 56 photos to place on flickr. On another note, i still think i have only 5 shots left, as the 1990 days of film, then i remind my dumbass that we live in a extreme digital world were i can now take 290 photos of a blue huron scratching their privates infront of passing humans that do not realize such wonder is in front of them because they a so glued to their cell phoneys. so that is why i went back to using 2GB drives and disiplined myself to take better photos. if that helps

 

[Susurs]

 

[stillcrazyman]

Fungi on the back of a bench

 

[mpfuchs]

Sunrises like this make you forget about getting up at 4am in freezing temperatures.
This is another picture from my recent trip to Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico.
Sunrise by Martin Fuchs, on Flickr

 

[tizeye]

 

[fcortese]

But sometimes an iPhone just won't do!

_DSC9170 by apple fanboy1, on Flickr

Majestic!

 

[Apple fanboy]

Majestic!

Thank you. I love lions. To be this close to them was special. Shooting through a fence of course, but close enough to feel the presence of the king of the jungle!

 

[mpfuchs]

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What equipment did you use to capture this bird?

 

[Nathan King]

“You can have anything you want in life if you dress for it.” -Edith Head

 

[tizeye]

What equipment did you use to capture this bird?

This was several years ago when had a Nikon D7000 with a 70-300 @300, f9 1/50 @ ISO 400. Not certain if it was the DX version as I later upgraded to the D610 and still have (about to e-bay) the FX-S version of the 70-300. While fortunate to get the picture, I don't particularly like the bokeh. I need to go out there again with my Sony equipment but they are very difficult to photograph as usually in very dense growth like yesterdays photo vs catching in open.
The bird itself is the Florida Scrub Jay classified as on the "Threatened" list with the decline of their scrub land habitat They apparently are not a specie that adapts to other habitats and with the continued decline an attempt to have them re-classified as "Endangered". Tomorrow may post a picture of the scrubland trail I walk around in looking for them.

 

[themumu]

A cat in Istanbul.

They are everywhere there.

 

[Keleko]

Reflecting in the water.

 

[mpfuchs]

This was several years ago when had a Nikon D7000 with a 70-300 @300, f9 1/50 @ ISO 400. Not certain if it was the DX version as I later upgraded to the D610 and still have (about to e-bay) the FX-S version of the 70-300. While fortunate to get the picture, I don't particularly like the bokeh. I need to go out there again with my Sony equipment but they are very difficult to photograph as usually in very dense growth like yesterdays photo vs catching in open.
The bird itself is the Florida Scrub Jay classified as on the "Threatened" list with the decline of their scrub land habitat They apparently are not a specie that adapts to other habitats and with the continued decline an attempt to have them re-classified as "Endangered". Tomorrow may post a picture of the scrubland trail I walk around in looking for them.

Figured it must have been a rare bird, as I haven't seen one before, and wasn't quite able to look it up either.
I realize, with a rare opportunity like this, sometimes we're overwhelmed when it finally happens.
Easy to say from afar, but was there any reason you were at f9? Like you said, the bokeh might have been more pleasant at say f4...

Either way, as I'm building my collection of birds, I'm happy to get any shot at first to ID the bird and be able to prepare for a better opportunity to get a good picture to put in the collection.

Currently there is a bird around my feeder that could either be a black headed grosbeak or an eastern towhee.
But he's not around long enough to properly ID, and once I scramble for the camera, he's usually gone.
Can't wait for the moment I'm ready to take his picture

 

[inkmich]

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I personally wouldn't mind seeing a photo or two of the rest of this car. What make is it and what year?

 

[MBAir2010]

Thank you. I love lions. To be this close to them was special. Shooting through a fence of course, but close enough to feel the presence of the king of the jungle!

the first and only word my feeble mind thought of when
i saw that lion photo was: STRENGTH!

 

[Clix Pix]

Yeah I actually rarely use my phone camera anymore. I’m trying to carry a big camera with a 35mm lens on it to more everyday places.

When I start using my phone for photography all my knowledge goes right out the window. There is something about using the viewfinder and eliminating distractions that helps me shoot. I don’t get that with a phone.

I hear you on the VF!!! I wouldn't buy any real camera without a VF -- these days so many P&S cameras come without them, which i think is unfortunate. Sure, that enables the manufacturer to make a small, lightweight, tiny little P&S which slips easily into a pocket or purse, but without a VF it is definitely difficult to shoot and to control the image quality., especially outdoors. The other day when I was on the boardwalk with just the iPhone, while it was fine for some shots it wasn't so good when the sun reflected in the screen and I couldn't see what I was trying to shoot -- that was when I was tempted to run back to the car and grab the real camera, but resisted that urge. So I got a few casual photos on the boardwalk with the iPhone that I hadn't captured the day before when I was out there with the RX10 and that satisfied me. The image quality on today's smartphones such as the iPhone X and iPhone XS is head-and-shoulders above iPhones of a few years ago, but definitely when doing "serious" photography I reach for a "real" camera.

I find my iPhone comes in handy if I am out somewhere without a camera and spot what could be an interesting shot -- and there's that saying about "the camera you have with you...." At home I sometimes have used it as a preliminary test shot device when setting up a still life, spending some time trying different angles and perspectives before I then pick up the real camera to start taking some photos. (Kind of reminds me of the old days when we used a Polaroid back to shoot Polaroid images as immediately-viewable test shots to determine best exposure and lighting setup prior to putting film in the camera and shooting with that.....)

Over the years I have found that I tend to shoot either macro/closeup or telephoto, and rarely use the 35mm lNikon and Sony lenses I have in my bag for those respective cameras. I also find that i rarely use the 35mm length on the zoom lens of the RX10 M4, too. Once in a while I'll shoot wide angle, say 24mm, but really prefer getting up close and personal with my subject..... Now, if I had been shooting AFB's Big Kitty I sure wouldn't have been using my iPhone! LOL!!!!

 

[Apple fanboy]

I hear you on the VF!!! I wouldn't buy any real camera without a VF -- these days so many P&S cameras come without them, which i think is unfortunate. Sure, that enables the manufacturer to make a small, lightweight, tiny little P&S which slips easily into a pocket or purse, but without a VF it is definitely difficult to shoot and to control the image quality., especially outdoors. The other day when I was on the boardwalk with just the iPhone, while it was fine for some shots it wasn't so good when the sun reflected in the screen and I couldn't see what I was trying to shoot -- that was when I was tempted to run back to the car and grab the real camera, but resisted that urge. So I got a few casual photos on the boardwalk with the iPhone that I hadn't captured the day before when I was out there with the RX10 and that satisfied me. The image quality on today's smartphones such as the iPhone X and iPhone XS is head-and-shoulders above iPhones of a few years ago, but definitely when doing "serious" photography I reach for a "real" camera.

I find my iPhone comes in handy if I am out somewhere without a camera and spot what could be an interesting shot -- and there's that saying about "the camera you have with you...." At home I sometimes have used it as a preliminary test shot device when setting up a still life, spending some time trying different angles and perspectives before I then pick up the real camera to start taking some photos. (Kind of reminds me of the old days when we used a Polaroid back to shoot Polaroid images as immediately-viewable test shots to determine best exposure and lighting setup prior to putting film in the camera and shooting with that.....)

Over the years I have found that I tend to shoot either macro/closeup or telephoto, and rarely use the 35mm lNikon and Sony lenses I have in my bag for those respective cameras. I also find that i rarely use the 35mm length on the zoom lens of the RX10 M4, too. Once in a while I'll shoot wide angle, say 24mm, but really prefer getting up close and personal with my subject..... Now, if I had been shooting AFB's Big Kitty I sure wouldn't have been using my iPhone! LOL!!!!

Agree on the viewfinder.
The thing I dislike most about the iPhone as a camera is there is no proper way to hold it. If it had a viewfinder and grip it would be perfect. But then of course it wouldn’t be an iPhone!

 

[Clix Pix]

DEFINITELY agree about trying to hold the iPhone comfortably while shooting! I am always afraid I'm going to drop the darned thing, and I also have to be mindful that a finger or two doesn't get in the way of the camera lens.....! Also have to try to hold the phone still while tapping the shutter button, too, and sometimes that can be awkward.

 

[Apple fanboy]

DEFINITELY agree about trying to hold the iPhone comfortably while shooting! I am always afraid I'm going to drop the darned thing, and I also have to be mindful that a finger or two doesn't get in the way of the camera lens.....! Also have to try to hold the phone still while tapping the shutter button, too, and sometimes that can be awkward.

Agree. In portrait mode it’s not as bad, but in landscape it feels like I’m about to drop it.

 

[Clix Pix]

Yes!!! The other day on the boardwalk I was trying to shoot a couple of landscapes of the ocean -- there were wonderfully big waves coming in -- but between not being able to see what I was trying to focus on (sun was reflecting on the screen) and trying to hold the thing and not take a photo of my finger(s) and not drop the thing, it was somewhat of an awkward experience! Yes, in portrait position it's not nearly as problematic, but some images really need the landscape position....

 

[Janichsan]

An Eurasian coot:

 

[oblomow]

Cappella Palantina, Sicily

 

[Susurs]

I personally wouldn't mind seeing a photo or two of the rest of this car. What make is it and what year?

Well, unfortunately I have no clue ...But I have another part of it photographed...Maybe you have any idea for this photo puzzle...?

 

[mollyc]

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