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[srf4real]

1995? Colorado Rockies

Shot on Kodak Ektachrome slide film.

That is perfect for my desktop! Do you mind?

 

[peterj1967]

This is from the Chihuly exhibit at the NY Botanical Garden

August 11, 2006
Nikon D70 18-70mm
56mm 1/160 @ f/6.3

 

[dsharits]

Do you often get pictures like this with your A610? It's a gorgeous shot

Oh all the time. It's really hard to take a bad picture with it. I love using it because it's really fast for those spur of the moment pictures, but it produces great results.

 

[srf4real]

another day in paradise.

and testing my imageshack skills - new at this![edit]Sorry, too big! I'll do better tomorrow...

 

[virividox]

Same model as in your 'tar?

Could you say a few words about the lighting for this shot?

no model in my tar isn't my shot.

lighting was a bit complicated, beauty dish on a boom about 3 feet above, softbox to her right (my left - main light), and barn doors on my right (her left) as fill

 

[sjl]

Male lyrebird

One of Australia's native birds, captured on my 20D at Healesville Sanctuary:



f/5.6, 70mm, ISO 400, 1/60th second. No cropping (missed out on a bit of the tail, but never mind).

Not an easy bird to capture; I'm not happy with the focus on the head. Would have been better with a lower f stop (maybe f/11) ...

 

[freebooter]

Red Dragon, Smiling

The Forest's Edge
Daegu, South Korea
Camera make: FUJIFILM
Camera model: FinePix F30
Date/Time: 2006:09:03 15:33:10
Resolution: 1089 x 792
Flash used: No
Focal length: 8.0mm
CCD width: 2.94mm
Exposure time: 0.0045 s (1/220)
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO equiv.: 100
Exposure bias: -1.00
Whitebalance: Manual
Light Source: Daylight
Metering Mode: spot
Exposure: program (auto)
cropped somewhat

So, I wonder how natural selection devised a faux pupil and eyelid for this creature. It has a kind of shy smile,too. Curious.

 

[freebooter]

This is from the Chihuly exhibit at the NY Botanical Garden

August 11, 2006
Nikon D70 18-70mm
56mm 1/160 @ f/6.3

Nice color and composition.

 

[seenew]

Took this shot while I waited 3 hours at the health department to get my meningitis vaccine for school.
I know the highlights are blown out, but it was intentional, I swear. It was post processing with the RAW file in photoshop, and then desaturation, plus a pink "Screen" layer over it. I wanted to give it a more artsy/design look to it. I really like this one, I think.

Make: Canon
Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Shutter Speed: 1/100 second
F Number: F/2.0
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Date Picture Taken: Sep 6, 2006, 2:44:31 PM

 

[Silentwave]

Nikon D2Hs
June somethingth 2006
ISO 200
f/2.5
1/3200.1 sec
200mm f/2.0G VR

Post processed in Capture NX

 

[ksz]

That is perfect for my desktop! Do you mind?

Not at all! Check your PM for a link to the full size image.


Circa 1995. Road to Nowhere. American Southwest.

Camera: Minolta X-700
Lens: 50mm f/1.8
Exposure: Unrecorded
ISO: 100

Shot on Kodak Ektachrome slide film.

 

[ksz]

This is from the Chihuly exhibit at the NY Botanical Garden

August 11, 2006
Nikon D70 18-70mm
56mm 1/160 @ f/6.3

Very nice! Sharp as nails.

The Forest's Edge
Daegu, South Korea
Camera make: FUJIFILM
Camera model: FinePix F30
Date/Time: 2006:09:03 15:33:10

Wonderfully colorful. How close were you to the dragon fly? The F30 has a maximum focal length of 108mm (FF equiv).

 

[Abstract]

Yeah, I was going to ask about the dragonfly. How do you get such great macro shots using that camera? I guess it's because my best lens for macro only gives me a 1:3.9 ratio, so I'll need to get a macro lens, but I can't believe how versatile point and shoots are, and how the lenses included with some of them let you zoom in and out so far, and how you can do so many things (even macro).

 

[seenew]

Yeah, I was going to ask about the dragonfly. How do you get such great macro shots using that camera? I guess it's because my best lens for macro only gives me a 1:3.9 ratio, so I'll need to get a macro lens, but I can't believe how versatile point and shoots are, and how the lenses included with some of them let you zoom in and out so far, and how you can do so many things (even macro).

Yeah, I kind of miss the versatility of my Coolpix 8800. It had a 10x optical zoom and a macro mode that must have been at least 1:1, maybe 2:1 with an adapter.

 

[freebooter]

Yeah, I was going to ask about the dragonfly. How do you get such great macro shots using that camera? I guess it's because my best lens for macro only gives me a 1:3.9 ratio, so I'll need to get a macro lens, but I can't believe how versatile point and shoots are, and how the lenses included with some of them let you zoom in and out so far, and how you can do so many things (even macro).

I think I was close to minimum focus distance, which is 5 cm. There were dragonflies all along the fence next to the forest, so if one got scared off from my looming camera, I just went to the next one. I took a lot of shots, some with flash, some frontally lit, and some, like the one I posted, backlit.

As to sharpness, I was able to brace against the fence, and that Fuji has a kick*ss lens and sensor, which is why I got it. Its 6 MPs seem like plenty for cropping/displaying (I don't make big prints). I cropped about half of the posted shot.

Also, my sharpening plug-in seems to do a good job.

 

[BigMäc]

City lights, Zürich CH - 8/26/2006

Camera: Canon EOS 30D
ISO: 100
Shutter/Aperture: 1/60 @ f7.1
Lens: EF 50 mm f1.8 II
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[Gwardys]

Taken during the same Florida trip, sometime last year.

 

[Buschmaster]

Taken during the same Florida trip, sometime last year.

Hey I have a shot just like that! Epcot was very awesome!

 

[Seventy5]

Moonlight hay bails

Bails of hay lit only by moonlight / Dundee, Scotland / 08-09-06

Camera: Nikon D200
ISO: 100
Focal Length: 17mm
Shutter/Aperture: 361.60 sec @ F/8
Lens: Nikon 17-55mm F/2.8 G DX



I nipped out this evening (23:30 ish) to see what a long exposure could do on a night like this. The moon was a bit too bright to allow me long star trails, but I think the idea is still there. I had to make a snap decision whether to allow the car lights on the right, or shut them off - hopefully I chose wisely!

 

[ksz]

17-Nov-05. Window Cleaning. JAL 777 at Nagoya.

Camera: Panasonic DMC-FX7
Focal Length: 17.4mm (105mm FF equivalent)
Exposure: 1/200s @ f/5
ISO: 100

 

[freebooter]

Bails of hay lit only by moonlight / Dundee, Scotland / 08-09-06

Camera: Nikon D200
ISO: 100
Focal Length: 17mm
Shutter/Aperture: 361.60 sec @ F/8
Lens: Nikon 17-55mm F/2.8 G DX

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I nipped out this evening (23:30 ish) to see what a long exposure could do on a night like this. The moon was a bit too bright to allow me long star trails, but I think the idea is still there. I had to make a snap decision whether to allow the car lights on the right, or shut them off - hopefully I chose wisely!

hilarious, scotland looks like b.c., canada

 

[Lau]

I nipped out this evening (23:30 ish) to see what a long exposure could do on a night like this. The moon was a bit too bright to allow me long star trails, but I think the idea is still there. I had to make a snap decision whether to allow the car lights on the right, or shut them off - hopefully I chose wisely!

I really like this — there's always something eerie about shots at night like this, and the car lights really work.

 

[FritzTheWonderM]

Paraglider - San Diego CA
Canon 20D
1/1000 shutter
7.1 aperture
200 ISO

 

[dejo]

1995? Colorado Rockies

Any more specifics where in Colorado? What a gorgeous shot!

 

[freebooter]

Paraglider - San Diego CA
Canon 20D
1/1000 shutter
7.1 aperture
200 ISO

Cool shot. Nice, creamy colours, and great composition.