Picture of the day...

[Steamie]

Nikon D40
18-200mm VR II, @50mm
1/125
f5.6

Nice Shot bld44 the contrast and colors are great.

Curious Complimentary Mantis
July 30, 2007
Daegu, South Korea
Nikon D40,
Micro Nikkor !05mm D
Natural light plus fill-flash​

If you look at this photo for a little while, you may notice that the background color seems to shift from yellow to more and more green.
At least it does for me.... curious, auto-white balance in action

Taken in the same spot as yesterday's post, about 20 cm and a few minutes apart.

Once again freebooter you raise the bar ! Absolutely Love Your Shots. I really need to go buy a good macro lens.

Camera: Canon EOS 30D
Aperture: f/4
Exposure: 0.017 sec (1/60)
Focal Length: 100 mm
ISO Speed: 320
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire

I really like this shot as well, is the Eos30d a recent acquisition ? I seen to remember your previous shots being taken with the Rebel Xti.

 

[Steamie]

Camera: Pentax K10D
Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 55 mm
ISO Speed: 100​

Taken this morning, I'm plant sitting for my parents while they are on vacation.
I really need to go buy a macro lens but I quite like this one anyway.

 

[pdxflint]

inner/outer worlds

An odd crop from a shot inside the coffee room at Powell's Books, Portland, OR. I don't know why, but I kind of find it interesting in the contrast between folks reading and the outside world just doing it's thing.

Model: NIKON D50
ISO: 400
Exposure: 1/200 sec
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 18mm​

 

[srf4real]

Out in the yard yesterday... is the blue fringing around the sky area a bad thing? The sky was very blue behind the oak.

Panasonic L1+kit lens
1/125 sec@F3.5
ISO 125​

 

[oblomow]

Lone horses in the New Forest

Taken 12 july, in the new forest, UK

1/250s f/13.0 ISO400 40mm, cropped.

 

[bld44]

I like this one better than before.

D40 18-200mm VR
Focused @ 95mm
1/60 Shutter
Aperture f/5.3

 

[SkyBell]

Out in the yard yesterday... is the blue fringing around the sky area a bad thing? The sky was very blue behind the oak.

Panasonic L1+kit lens
1/125 sec@F3.5
ISO 125​

As always, I love your shots.

Taken 12 july, in the new forest, UK

1/250s f/13.0 ISO400 40mm, cropped.

Wow, that is absolutely beautiful, with what looks like a storm in the background. Very cool!

 

[oblomow]

Wow, that is absolutely beautiful, with what looks like a storm in the background. Very cool!

Thanks! You've made my day. The weather was indeed about to change.
South England has had some foul weather lately. I have a larger version if you want...

 

[imac/cheese]

Taken 12 july, in the new forest, UK

1/250s f/13.0 ISO400 40mm, cropped.

I agree with Cassie, this is a beautiful photo. I love the way the horse is just standing there despite the storm brewing. It gives a great sense of calm before the storm. And the way it is cropped is great and really makes the picture show a sense of vastness.

 

[epicwelshman]

Old rotary phone

D40x
1/60
f 4.5
31mm
SB-600 bounced

 

[Steamie]

Old rotary phone

D40x
1/60
f 4.5
31mm
SB-600 bounced

Hey , The lighting in this one is great , really atmospheric !

 

[ksz]

Taken 12 july, in the new forest, UK

1/250s f/13.0 ISO400 40mm, cropped.

The ominous weather and horizontal framing make this an appealing photo, but I would suggest (a) cropping out (or photochopping) the horse on the right to focus on the more interesting horse on the left, (b) reducing the sharpening, and (c) straightening the horizon even if the ground is naturally sloped.

 

[woodsey]

Panasonic DMZ TZ1

Aperture: f/2.8
Shutter Speed 1/10
ISO Speed: ISO 200

Date: March 10 2007
Location: Hong Kong

 

[DJMastaWes]

A nice yellow flower for today.

 

[oblomow]

The ominous weather and horizontal framing make this an appealing photo, but I would suggest (a) cropping out (or photochopping) the horse on the right to focus on the more interesting horse on the left, (b) reducing the sharpening, and (c) straightening the horizon even if the ground is naturally sloped.

Thanks for the C&C. The other horse was indeed distracting. The horizon was sloped ( as you correctly guessed).
This is how it came out:

I now feel the horse has moved too much to the center...

 

[freebooter]

Violet Eyes

Violet Eyes
July 30, 2007.
Daegu, South Korea
July 30, 2007
Nikon D40
Micro Nikkor 105mm D + Canon 250D close-up filter
flash, diffuser, handheld​

I'm quite fond of these bold little bugs. They can hop amazingly far and accurately, and, far from hopping away, these guys tend to jump toward me.
This one was perched on the same bunch of flowers as the mantis and spider in my last two posts.

 

[Jht]

Samsung GX-10​

 

[M@lew]

 

[Educ8r]

Argiope aurantia

also known as the Yellow Garden Spider

 

[J'aime]

Thanks for the C&C. The other horse was indeed distracting. The horizon was sloped ( as you correctly guessed).
This is how it came out:

I now feel the horse has moved too much to the center...

I think i liked the slope better. To me it looked more natural and you had an element of the horse moving from the higher area in the light down toward the darkness. I do think taking out the second horse was a good idea.

 

[ksz]

I think i liked the slope better. To me it looked more natural and you had an element of the horse moving from the higher area in the light down toward the darkness. I do think taking out the second horse was a good idea.

Agreed; the original slope does look better. BTW, the horse on the left is in front of a bright part of the sky, which makes it stand out, but the original horse on the right--a dark figure--was against a dark part of the sky, hence lacking contast and being unnecessary.

 

[dllavaneras]

Violet Eyes

Amazing, as usual I've taken a few macro shots but none with the "life" your pics have.

"Don't Look Down!"



Canon S1 IS
360mm equiv.
1/50, ISO 50, f4.0

 

[miranda.danny]

Happily Indoors

I got home and my roommate had got a bunch of flowers during the day for his girlfriend. It was a great time to take a few shots before they were given away.

Camera: Canon EOS XTi
Glass: Cannon 50mm f/1.8 II
ISO: 400
Exposure: 1/60 @ f4.5

 

[epicwelshman]

lonesome flower.

 

[balofagus]

Ms. Monroe

My little cousin, Ms. Marilynn "Paige" Monroe . Such a little poser!

The Poser
Pentax K100D
SMC Pentax-FA 77 Limited
f/2.8
1/125
ISO 200