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Photo of the day : October 2013
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Here's one from the Graian Alps, south of Mont Blanc. Click through for a larger version and for the story
As they say, "the hits just keep on coming!" Another beauty. I was away for a few days and missed your last post with the sunburst in the notch of the mountain. That one was magical.
Absolutely sublime. The Mistress of Light strikes again!
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My meagre attempt, from the third waterfall at Morialta Falls, South Australia.
Dont be discouraged, folks. Be inspired! Phrasikleia gets to some beautiful places, but thats only element in taking/making a successful landscape image. There are so many ways we can improve our photography, and all those small increments add up. More planning. More patience. Walk further. Greater sensitivity to seasonal changes, the land on the landscape, etc. Spacial awareness. The ability to link elements together and pull them apart. A sense of design, tonality, colour, harmony. A feel for composition. And thats before you start thinking about the technical aspects, and PP.
I see beautiful sunsets on this Pic of the Day thread, but a lot of them are taken from the back door. So theres a gorgeous sky, full of colour... but the foreground is a bush and two telephone poles! Its like the sky said take me and the photographer went click. With a little more planning, that sky could have been part of a really fantastic pic. I appreciate that time is a precious commodity these days, and not everyone is able to down tools and take off with a camera, just because the evening skys getting rosy. But even a few minutes would help, so the photographer can choose a location and acclimatise him/herself to the conditions... before the sunset is at its fieriest.
Right, Im off to Grasmere with my camera. I can talk the talk, but can I walk the walk? Or will I just end up in the pub, drinking beer and deleting photos?
I see beautiful sunsets on this Pic of the Day thread, but a lot of them are taken from the back door. So theres a gorgeous sky, full of colour... but the foreground is a bush and two telephone poles! Its like the sky said take me and the photographer went click. With a little more planning, that sky could have been part of a really fantastic pic. I appreciate that time is a precious commodity these days, and not everyone is able to down tools and take off with a camera, just because the evening skys getting rosy. But even a few minutes would help, so the photographer can choose a location and acclimatise him/herself to the conditions... before the sunset is at its fieriest.
Right, Im off to Grasmere with my camera. I can talk the talk, but can I walk the walk? Or will I just end up in the pub, drinking beer and deleting photos?
Loverly shot again P.
John, likewise great capture.
Went boating this long weekend, a mate took us out on his boat and we had a great time.
We were expecting it to be a small tinny, but to our surprise it was quite a bit larger with mini kitchen, toilet and observation deck.
We ended up spotted a group of whales. After observing them for a while they started to jump out of the water! Here's one I captured, I do realise it's technically sub-bar but thought I'd share with you guys for what it is.
Very keen to head out again and get an improved photo, if the whales are feeling generous
All the way along the escarpment in the background you see is where most of my "reef" shots are taken.
John, likewise great capture.
Went boating this long weekend, a mate took us out on his boat and we had a great time.
We were expecting it to be a small tinny, but to our surprise it was quite a bit larger with mini kitchen, toilet and observation deck.
We ended up spotted a group of whales. After observing them for a while they started to jump out of the water! Here's one I captured, I do realise it's technically sub-bar but thought I'd share with you guys for what it is.
Very keen to head out again and get an improved photo, if the whales are feeling generous
All the way along the escarpment in the background you see is where most of my "reef" shots are taken.
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Dont be discouraged, folks. Be inspired! Phrasikleia gets to some beautiful places, but thats only element in taking/making a successful landscape image. There are so many ways we can improve our photography, and all those small increments add up. More planning. More patience. Walk further. Greater sensitivity to seasonal changes, the land on the landscape, etc. Spacial awareness. The ability to link elements together and pull them apart. A sense of design, tonality, colour, harmony. A feel for composition. And thats before you start thinking about the technical aspects, and PP.
I see beautiful sunsets on this Pic of the Day thread, but a lot of them are taken from the back door. So theres a gorgeous sky, full of colour... but the foreground is a bush and two telephone poles! Its like the sky said take me and the photographer went click. With a little more planning, that sky could have been part of a really fantastic pic. I appreciate that time is a precious commodity these days, and not everyone is able to down tools and take off with a camera, just because the evening skys getting rosy. But even a few minutes would help, so the photographer can choose a location and acclimatise him/herself to the conditions... before the sunset is at its fieriest.
Right, Im off to Grasmere with my camera. I can talk the talk, but can I walk the walk? Or will I just end up in the pub, drinking beer and deleting photos?
Good sound advice Doylem. Good luck with the weather in Grasmere, it's dropped about 10degC today
Dont be discouraged, folks. Be inspired! Phrasikleia gets to some beautiful places, but thats only element in taking/making a successful landscape image. There are so many ways we can improve our photography, and all those small increments add up. More planning. More patience. Walk further. Greater sensitivity to seasonal changes, the land on the landscape, etc. Spacial awareness. The ability to link elements together and pull them apart. A sense of design, tonality, colour, harmony. A feel for composition. And thats before you start thinking about the technical aspects, and PP.
I see beautiful sunsets on this Pic of the Day thread, but a lot of them are taken from the back door. So theres a gorgeous sky, full of colour... but the foreground is a bush and two telephone poles! Its like the sky said take me and the photographer went click. With a little more planning, that sky could have been part of a really fantastic pic. I appreciate that time is a precious commodity these days, and not everyone is able to down tools and take off with a camera, just because the evening skys getting rosy. But even a few minutes would help, so the photographer can choose a location and acclimatise him/herself to the conditions... before the sunset is at its fieriest.
Right, Im off to Grasmere with my camera. I can talk the talk, but can I walk the walk? Or will I just end up in the pub, drinking beer and deleting photos?
Wise and encouraging words, doylem. Hopefully you accomplish BOTH. Great pictures and a pint at a pub with very few photos to delete! I found I have been doing more scouting and thinking about how to compose a shot and doing more waiting around for better light to appear. I have been rewarded with some nice shots/keepers and have had days when the waiting was a bust. It's all part of the learning process and evolution of one's self as a photographer as you so aptly stated. Ms. P inspires us all to try and do better and I'm sure the "i quit" posts were made with tongue in cheek.
A shot from a fun job at the weekend involving flying the country following football fans.
All in a private plane to boot!
Peter Beardsley, Steve Howey and Flight Crew by AcearchieArchive, on Flickr
All in a private plane to boot!
Peter Beardsley, Steve Howey and Flight Crew by AcearchieArchive, on Flickr
Here's one from the Graian Alps, south of Mont Blanc. Click through for a larger version and for the story…
Another outstanding capture Phrasikleia...well done and a tough act to follow!
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Another shot of, and different part of, Rattling Brook Falls - Newfoundland:
Just as I was about to select one of my shots to post, I flipped through your website and... Well, I couldn't look at my own photos until the day after
The amount of time and dedication that goes into each of your shots, damn, I guess it's true what they say, the harder your try, the luckier you get
Here goes mine:
Firopotamus, Milos, Greece by FriskyFreeze, on Flickr
Great comment, Doylem. And yeah, the telephone pole sunsets is ME (I am pretty sure).
You're absolutely right about being inspired, and needing to make that extra effort (finding the right location, etc).
I've been striving for that. Unfortunately, life often gets in the way for me (I work long hours, and live about 1 hour drive away from anywhere with no telephone poles or obstructions...)
All joking aside. I do need to take a page out of Phrasikleia's dedication (and yours, for that matter...I find your landscapes just as inspiring as hers)
Which one if you don't mind me asking?
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Right, Im off to Grasmere with my camera. I can talk the talk, but can I walk the walk? Or will I just end up in the pub, drinking beer and deleting photos?
Based on previous posts yes you can! Enjoy the beer.
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As usual, outstanding!
Wakeboarding on Shasta Lake
Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Lens Canon EF 70-200mm 2.8L IS USM II
Focal Length 135mm
Shutter Speed 1/800 secs
Aperture f/2.8
ISO/Film 200
Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Lens Canon EF 70-200mm 2.8L IS USM II
Focal Length 135mm
Shutter Speed 1/800 secs
Aperture f/2.8
ISO/Film 200
Got my extension tubes over the weekend. First attempt at shooting with them.
Snail-3 by Puckman2012, on Flickr
Snail-3 by Puckman2012, on Flickr
Dont be discouraged, folks. Be inspired! Phrasikleia gets to some beautiful places, but thats only element in taking/making a successful landscape image. There are so many ways we can improve our photography, and all those small increments add up. More planning. More patience. Walk further. Greater sensitivity to seasonal changes, the land on the landscape, etc. Spacial awareness. The ability to link elements together and pull them apart. A sense of design, tonality, colour, harmony. A feel for composition. And thats before you start thinking about the technical aspects, and PP.
I see beautiful sunsets on this Pic of the Day thread, but a lot of them are taken from the back door. So theres a gorgeous sky, full of colour... but the foreground is a bush and two telephone poles! Its like the sky said take me and the photographer went click. With a little more planning, that sky could have been part of a really fantastic pic. I appreciate that time is a precious commodity these days, and not everyone is able to down tools and take off with a camera, just because the evening skys getting rosy. But even a few minutes would help, so the photographer can choose a location and acclimatise him/herself to the conditions... before the sunset is at its fieriest.
Right, Im off to Grasmere with my camera. I can talk the talk, but can I walk the walk? Or will I just end up in the pub, drinking beer and deleting photos?
As usual, Doylem speaks wisdom. I'm sure he can remember when I was posting photos here that only a mother could love (and I suppose some people still feel that way about my work!). It was Doylem who first inspired me many years ago to put my camera on a tripod for a reason other than achieving camera stability. I had heard this idea coming from many photographers, but none sold it quite as forcefully as he did. So I tried it one day, using my tripod even when I didn't really need it to get a sharp shot. For the first time ever, I was going to use the tripod to slow down and work creatively. I came away with a photo that was better than anything I had shot previously because schlepping along the tripod transformed the purpose of my outing into one that was expressly dedicated to photography.
I soon realized that the lesson I had learned wasn't really about the tripod, however; it was about method, about taking a whole different approach to practicing photography: putting the photos first. You can hope to get a lucky shot while being involved in some other activity, or you can make photography your top priority. If you take the latter approach, then everything else just follows: you will plan ahead, think strategically, use a tripod, exercise patience, make repeat attempts, learn new techniques, go the extra mile, get up early, stay out late, seek out criticism, etc. And I think I can speak for most people who work this way when I say that it's ultimately more exciting, enjoyable, and gratifying than doing things 'the easy way.'
I guess it's true what they say, the harder you try, the luckier you get
Or I could have just said that and saved myself a lot of typing!
Got my extension tubes over the weekend. First attempt at shooting with them.
Snail-3 by Puckman2012, on Flickr
The first thing I learnt when playing with my extension tubes was how everything is shown up in the frame. Lint, fluff, dust, scratches, you name it. I was already an OCD type for clean macro shots, extension tubes merely brought it home for me!
I have some interdental brushes in varying sizes and fine tweezers that I use under a magnifying glass to remove all manner of things from my still subjects now. Vegetable oil gives an amazing shine to things like this snail shell, or deceased insect carcasses and exoskeletons. Be warned though, if you are keeping them for later usage, oil will also attract every type of dust you can think of! So, check them thoroughly before using them to shoot with later on.
Keep going, you're off to a good start!
As usual, Doylem speaks wisdom. I'm sure he can remember when I was posting photos here that only a mother could love (and I suppose some people still feel that way about my work!). It was Doylem who first inspired me many years ago to put my camera on a tripod for a reason other than achieving camera stability. I had heard this idea coming from many photographers, but none sold it quite as forcefully as he did. So I tried it one day, using my tripod even when I didn't really need it to get a sharp shot. For the first time ever, I was going to use the tripod to slow down and work creatively. I came away with a photo that was better than anything I had shot previously because schlepping along the tripod transformed the purpose of my outing into one that was expressly dedicated to photography.
I soon realized that the lesson I had learned wasn't really about the tripod, however; it was about method, about taking a whole different approach to practicing photography: putting the photos first. You can hope to get a lucky shot while being involved in some other activity, or you can make photography your top priority. If you take the latter approach, then everything else just follows: you will plan ahead, think strategically, use a tripod, exercise patience, make repeat attempts, learn new techniques, go the extra mile, get up early, stay out late, seek out criticism, etc. And I think I can speak for most people who work this way when I say that it's ultimately more exciting, enjoyable, and gratifying than doing things 'the easy way.'
Or I could have just said that and saved myself a lot of typing!
Very well said. I completely understand the tripod way of thinking you describe, and have been striving towards that myself. Just "chancing" on a nice photo-op is not enough anymore to satisfy me. It's no longer about having the right photo just presenting itself to me. It's more about my going to it, if that makes sense.
Having said that, I'm at the very beginning of that journey, which people like yourself and Doylem have managed to travel for some time now. I'm looking forward to taking the next forward steps, one by one, on that road.
The first thing I learnt when playing with my extension tubes was how everything is shown up in the frame. Lint, fluff, dust, scratches, you name it. I was already an OCD type for clean macro shots, extension tubes merely brought it home for me!
I have some interdental brushes in varying sizes and fine tweezers that I use under a magnifying glass to remove all manner of things from my still subjects now. Vegetable oil gives an amazing shine to things like this snail shell, or deceased insect carcasses and exoskeletons. Be warned though, if you are keeping them for later usage, oil will also attract every type of dust you can think of! So, check them thoroughly before using them to shoot with later on.
Keep going, you're off to a good start!
I get what you mean. I'll confess that being a bit overly excited about trying the tubes, I shot the first thing I came across in my backyard, without touching it, moving it, cleaning it, or looking for composition or background. The future attempts will certainly be planned a bit better, including posssibly cleaning the subject of unwanted hairs and whatnot.