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PHOTO-A-DAY: May 2013

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  • donaldejosedonaldejose Posts: 3,703Member
    edited May 2013
    birdman: I am from German genetic stock born and raised in North Dakota. My wife is from African-American genetic stock born and raised in Philadelphia but like many African-Americans there has been a lot of mixing of many things in her genetic past. When we were in Israel the locals kept telling her she looked like a Yemenite; many others have said she looks Brazilian, which is a long way from Yemen. So she has some sort of generic "brown peoples" look.

    dissent: Ok. I was confused. Personally, I think the flower pedals are distracting from your subject They are not far enough from the tip of the stigma to be reduced to a pleasing bokeh. Try a wider aperture or maybe there just isn't enough distance between the two to blur the pedals enough.
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  • aodwozaodwoz Posts: 89Member
    edited May 2013
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    My buddy's G.C.
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  • rschnaiblerschnaible Posts: 308Member
    My share from Old San Juan Puerto Rico

    Sentry Tower - El Morro
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  • Benji2505Benji2505 Posts: 522Member
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  • turnthedarncranksturnthedarncranks Posts: 116Member
    NY Mets Spring Training 2013. Can't decide if the funny shadow makes or breaks this.

    DSC_4489

    D7000 1/2000 ƒ/8 ISO 400 280 mm (Nikkor 55-300)
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  • GitzoGitzo Posts: 174Member
    @ Rschnaible.....I love that shot of Alcatraz ! How long of a lens was that made with ? It makes Alcatraz look so close to the GGB and the other side.......like it would be just a "short swim", ( which it definitely is NOT! )

    @ Aaron.....That's an outstanding owl, but it's one I'm not familiar with; obviously from someplace I've never been.

    @ Pierre.....Beautiful cave Pierre! The light is outstanding! It reminds me a lot of water-worn tunnel in a canyon in Zion National Park.

    @ Aodwoz.....That's a very nice picture of a VERY pretty girl !
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  • Golf007sdGolf007sd Posts: 2,840Moderator
    edited May 2013
    @Dredden85: Thank you...glad you like the reflections. It was not easy to setup so that the tripod, camera and myself did not show up. Spend some time getting the angle just right. Moreover, that is not a mirror to the left of the piano..that is a window! Had to work on getting the angle right as well.

    @birdman. The lines are straight...you have to take in to the account the angles in which I'm taking the shot next time we go to LJ I will show the setting in person.

    Here is a shot of what is to the right side of the piano. Keep in mind these shot where taken at around 11:00PM and the lighting in these rooms are very low. This is why I love the 14-24 2.8!!

    LV HDR lobby - table.jpg

    D4 14-24 2.8 ISO 100 @ f/5.6 +/- 1 EV 10 shot HDR using Promote Control System

    Click here for a Larger size of this image.
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    D4 & D7000 | Nikon Holy Trinity Set + 105 2.8 Mico + 200 F2 VR II | 300 2.8G VR II, 10.5 Fish-eye, 24 & 50 1.4G, 35 & 85 1.8G, 18-200 3.5-5.6 VR I SB-400 & 700 | TC 1.4E III, 1.7 & 2.0E III, 1.7 | Sigma 35 & 50 1.4 DG HSM | RRS Ballhead & Tripods Gear | Gitzo Monopod | Lowepro Gear | HDR via Promote Control System |
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  • MsmotoMsmoto Posts: 5,398Moderator
    Flippin' the omelet at the hot dog place...

    Joe's topdogconeyisland 05.01.13-3
    Msmoto, mod
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  • adamzadamz Posts: 842Moderator
    Common Pheasant
    just behind the fence at my folks backyard
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  • proudgeekproudgeek Posts: 1,422Member
    Superb color Adam. This osprey was generous enough to pose while taking a drink from a small pond. I don't believe you can get much closer than this to a wild bird. This is uncropped. As an aside, when a "civilian" looks at your photos and asks if you have "a lens that zooms really far out" and you're tempted to explain this you have a prime lens which is of a fixed focal length, you know you're a photography geek.
    _DSC3858
    D90 | 300mm + TC17 | f/5.6 | 1/640 | ISO 400
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  • donaldejosedonaldejose Posts: 3,703Member
    edited May 2013
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    D5100, 18-55 kit lens at 45mm and f5.6.
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  • CEBluecloudsCEBlueclouds Posts: 1,943Member
    edited May 2013
    hopefully would be able to share pixes more frequently on PAD.... I like what I see so far this month and picking up tips on composition, etc.. i do especially like Rista_Rile's potrait...
    My share for today..from my recent Morocco trip
    Jamaa El-Fna, Marrakech
    Jamaa Ef-Fna, Main public square/market in Marraketch ..D800, 24-120mm f/4 @ 120mm, 1/80, f/4, ISO 5000 (handheld)
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  • pippigurlpippigurl Posts: 241Member
    May is starting strong from all...
    Flow
    Nikon D800 | Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 | .3@f/6.3 | ISO 100
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  • CoastalconnCoastalconn Posts: 527Member
    Here's something I don't see every day... :)
    Red Throated Loon vs Striped Bass 1
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  • rschnaiblerschnaible Posts: 308Member
    @Gitzo - It was a Nikkor 24-70mm on a DX body (D7000), so the shot was at 105mm
    Thanks for the kind words....
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  • birdmanbirdman Posts: 115Member
    @GolfSD - Nice red colors! The chairs' colors and fabic designs stand out big-time.
    @Donald - I have a VERY SIMILAR picture taken with my first "real" DSLR - Canon 40D. The 28-135mm kit lens has macro abilities & captured dew on "Elephant Ears" or whatever the plants are named.
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  • SymphoticSymphotic Posts: 711Member
    Springs Fire W/A 130502
    Hell comes to Newbury Park, California
    Jack Roberts
    "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what nobody else has thought"--Albert Szent-Gyorgy
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  • autofocusautofocus Posts: 625Member
    edited May 2013
    I went to a Fashion Show benefitting the Newtown, CT first responders. Gilbert Gottfried and Chevy Chase were Cohost's. I had a rough time with the lighting and wonder what others do to combat house lights.

    fs14
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  • dissentdissent Posts: 1,342Member
    more D7000, 105mm VR fun for me -
    D7k testing 05
    - Ian . . . [D7000, D7100; Nikon glass: 35 f1.8, 85 f1.8, 70-300 VR, 105 f2.8 VR, 12-24 f4; 16-85 VR, 300 f4D, 14E-II TC, SB-400, SB-700 . . . and still plenty of ignorance]
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  • itsnotmeyouknowitsnotmeyouknow Posts: 481Member
    Another from London

    D800 Nikkor 24 - 70 91 sec ƒ/16 ISO 50 29 mm

    westminter-twilight
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  • rschnaiblerschnaible Posts: 308Member
    edited May 2013
    El Farro Lighthouse - at El Morro in Old San Juan Puerto Rico (First Lighthouse in PR)

    El Faro Lighthouse at El Morro _HDR2
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  • mikepmikep Posts: 280Member
    maybe too much processing, but ... its done now so ... there ya go

    canary wharf and the thames
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  • Rx4PhotoRx4Photo Posts: 1,200Member
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    D800 ; Nikkor 70-200mm VR2 @ 170mm ; f/2.8 ; 1/250 ; ISO 140
    D800 | D7000 | Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8 | 24-70mm f/2.8 | 70-200mm f/2.8 | 35mm f/1.8G | 85mm f/1.4G | Sigma 35mm f/1.4 Art | Sigma 50mm f/1.4 Art | Sigma 50mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM | Zeiss 100mm Makro-Planar ZF.2 | Flash controllers: Phottix Odin TTL

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  • DavidJaan DavidJaan Posts: 284Member
    Unbelievable captures to start the month! Great stuff everyone.

    I was setting up to do some moon shots but unfortunately there wasn't a good angle from my house and didn't have time to venture out. Then I spotted the neighbors satellite dish.

    The Final Frontier
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  • turnthedarncranksturnthedarncranks Posts: 116Member
    DSC_5210

    D7000 1/500 ƒ/5.6 ISO 400 105 mm (Nikkor 18-105)
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