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Photo of the day : October 2013
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Good old days
Found this Chickadee checking out an old nest yesterday. The nest looked pretty cool... moss, birchbark... He / She had a good look, and headed off to greener pastures.
Found this Chickadee checking out an old nest yesterday. The nest looked pretty cool... moss, birchbark... He / She had a good look, and headed off to greener pastures.
Tampa Bay, Florida. Learning photography as a hobby. What do you think?
Thats a beautiful sunset Die RoZ. Youve obviously been making good use of your new DSLR.
If youd like to experiment with it, you could have a look at the rule of thirds. Like all rules its made to be broken of course, but the thought behind it is that if you divide your picture into three horizontally and vertically with imaginary lines, the horizon often looks more effective if you place it on one of these horizontal lines than in the middle. It depends what you want to achieve with your photo. If you want to emphasise the sky you can have two-thirds sky and if you want to emphasise the landscape then you can have one third sky. Sometimes you might not want any sky at all. If the sunset was on a smooth, still body of water, you might want to put the horizon half way up to add equal emphasis and balance to the sky and its reflection.
In your photo Im guessing your aim was to capture the sunset, and these colours are beautifully set off by the dark sea. The sea is pretty much the same all over so you could probably lose some of it and still have that effect. Hope you dont mind, I cropped your photo to show you what I mean but I'll take it down if you like.
One other point, is that the focal point of the picture, in this case the sun, can look more effective if its placed at or near one of the intersections of the two vertical and two horizontal imaginary lines. In the end, its your photo and you have no-one to please but yourself, so feel free to rip up the rule book whenever you like!
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Looks like we have some new posters in this thread this week. Awesome! Keep it coming guys and gals!
My photo for today, sunset over the Santa Ana River (not as idyllic as it may sound).
Bridge Sunset-12 by Puckman2012, on Flickr
My photo for today, sunset over the Santa Ana River (not as idyllic as it may sound).
Bridge Sunset-12 by Puckman2012, on Flickr
Another one taken the other week. It rained all day todayso no new material. Going to set something up in the house for a couple of projects I have in mind for rainy days.
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I strongly suggestion you work on:
1) Composition
2) Lighting
3) Subject matter
Wow, thank you so much for the input. I really, really appreciate it. I kinda wanted to have the sun where it is, but your cropped image puts it into a great perspective regarding want and actually knowing what you're doing =) Going by the rule of thirds would make it more than just a beautiful sunset.
Once again, thank you very much. Unfortunately, my wife and I decided that for budget reasons we should hold off a little bit and this morning i went back to Best Buy and retuned the camera. But its okay
, gives me time to learn LR5 better, and study the basics of photography, such as various terms and rules.
First chance to try out my new lens at the weekend. I was hurrying back knowing that the sun was going and where I wanted to original take a shot was pretty much pitch black.
Fortunately the sun shone through and gave this very intense red light as it was setting. Quite a surreal moment but just enough time to capture the shot!
As always, comments appreciated!
Flo by acearchie, on Flickr
Fortunately the sun shone through and gave this very intense red light as it was setting. Quite a surreal moment but just enough time to capture the shot!
As always, comments appreciated!
Flo by acearchie, on Flickr
What's the new lens? Inquiring minds want to know!
I was out taking shots of the sunset yesterday (posted a sample above) and took a few portraits of my gf in that same red-orange glow that you've captured here. I haven't decided yet if I like that look or not (vs. a more natural skin tone). Can't decide if the gals would consider that flattering or not. Did Flo like the results?
I was out taking shots of the sunset yesterday (posted a sample above) and took a few portraits of my gf in that same red-orange glow that you've captured here. I haven't decided yet if I like that look or not (vs. a more natural skin tone). Can't decide if the gals would consider that flattering or not. Did Flo like the results?
Wow, thank you so much for the input. I really, really appreciate it. I kinda wanted to have the sun where it is, but your cropped image puts it into a great perspective regarding want and actually knowing what you're doing =) Going by the rule of thirds would make it more than just a beautiful sunset.
Once again, thank you very much. Unfortunately, my wife and I decided that for budget reasons we should hold off a little bit and this morning i went back to Best Buy and retuned the camera. But its okay
You're welcome, and not to worry about the camerayou can practice to your hearts content with a cell phone, point and shoot, anything. You don't need a DSLR to post on here and get feedback. If you enjoy reading there are a couple of books I'd recommend: Understanding Exposure and Learning to See Creatively both by Bryan Petersen. Alternatively, you can find a lot on the web. Just remember to enjoy!
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It was raining all Sunday, and from the looks of it, the summer is gone, gone, gone for the year. Fall colours are mostly over, so the only thing to look forward to is winter. Oh, the loveliness of winter in the big city. Montreal, in this case. Can't wait!
Streets of Montreal by FriskyFreeze, on Flickr
Streets of Montreal by FriskyFreeze, on Flickr
My neighbor is a real estate broker and asked if I would snap a few pictures of him for his business.... so, I grabbed my camera and grabbed a couple of pictures. This is one of them.
Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Lens Canon EF 24-70mm 2.8L IS USM II
Focal Length 47mm
Shutter Speed 1/60 secs
Aperture f/2.8
ISO/Film 500
Shot under existing light. Lots of cloudy daylight from the windows mixed with tungsten. Which blended well enough to pull this off.
Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Lens Canon EF 24-70mm 2.8L IS USM II
Focal Length 47mm
Shutter Speed 1/60 secs
Aperture f/2.8
ISO/Film 500
Shot under existing light. Lots of cloudy daylight from the windows mixed with tungsten. Which blended well enough to pull this off.
Framing issues, blownout, your title suggests what is being watching ought to be in focus.
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I like this. The shrub on the right is distracting however. Work on the white balance.
Framing is out of balance. Really heavy on the right. Nice clarity and sharpness though. I really need to get my hands on an X100S.
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Really nice composition and color. Do you think can get the face less hot? I know the red is intentional, but she seems hot. No pun intended.
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Cute. Why the vignetting?
From a weekend trip up to Ricketts Glen:
Swirly by nburwell22, on Flickr
5D Mark III
EF 17-40mm f/4L
Cokin CPL Filter
Tiffen 0.9 ND Filter
Swirly by nburwell22, on Flickr
5D Mark III
EF 17-40mm f/4L
Cokin CPL Filter
Tiffen 0.9 ND Filter
I like this. I wish it was composed more for the sky however. See if you bring out more of that sunset light hitting those homes.
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Splendid. Great colors.