@spraynpray: Thank you for the feed back and I'm glad you liked a good majority of them. HDR photography, when done out doors and with clouds in the sky do add that "haloing" effect due to light captured by the sensor during the long exposure time. It adds a unique touch to the shot that works for some and not for others. :P
For me the biggest risk with HDR as well as the haloing and unnatural tendencies amongst most is that it kills all contrast which robs a photograph of definition and shape. With no shadow, there is no shape.
cropped the earlier dandelion pic to get a little more isolation on the stigma. Tried doing a couple of handheld stacks for this to get a bit more dof, but can't get enough sharpness. Time to get out the old tripod.
- 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]
Ok, I know this breaks from the minimalist approach to processing but I'm trying to learn different elements of Photoshop. Playing with the oil paint filter and I really like the look of this.
Downtown Miami, D600, 50mm f1.8 @ f4. Original. the camera was mounted on a tripod when I took that shot at foreground of AAA(American Airlines Arena) PS: I am not sure if I nail it. @adamz great shot of chimp. @itsnotmeyouknow I really like that.
Continuous inspiration everyone!! @ Aaron, I'm thinking aperture. f/4.5 can still be a bit shallow depending on distance to subject. @ Adamz, Mr. Ape would be very proud of that portrait. @ aodwoz, would love to see some South Beach.....on a Friday night. My wife says "no way." LOL
This gator would occasionally raise its head to check out a couple of ducks down the lake bed. D800, Nikon 70-200mm VR2 @ 190mm but with quite a crop. f/8 ; 1/1000
Okay so any advice here would be much appreciated, having a hard time getting both robin babies in focus? Is it camera shake? Aperture? Focus? D3s 300 2.8/ f4.5 iso 200 1/80 s
At 300mm F4.5, your Depth Of Field (DOF) is apparently just half an inch to an inch thick, you can see the focused area on the left top part of the nest. You perhaps would need F7 or more. To avoid shake you may need to crank the ISO to get decent speed and a tripod. If you were a bit further from your subject, you would be getting thicker DOF. If both were at the same distance from the lenses (on the same plane) you would have better change to get them both in focus.
I like the way the plant pops, but wish I'd used a smaller aperture so it popped even more. One thing that I'm really enjoying about participating in PAD is learning not only from your work, but from rethinking mine.
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Nikon D600 | 1/200 | ƒ/6.3 | ISO 400 | 85 mm
@Adam Great
@ Coastalconn I never get enough
Spring, so ugly but so beautiful
D90 | 105mm | f/20 | 1/60s | ISO 400
Tried doing a couple of handheld stacks for this to get a bit more dof, but can't get enough sharpness. Time to get out the old tripod.
D800, Sigma 35mm f/1.4, 1/25, ISO 200, f/1.4 (hand held)
D300 Tamron 200-500 F8, ISO 400, 1/800 -1/3
Is it camera shake? Aperture? Focus?
This is a crop as well not the original.
D3s 300 2.8/ f4.5 iso 200 1/80 s
D600, old 35-70 f2.8 lens (this lens was replaced by the 28-70 which was then replaced by the current 24-70)
They always look better in flicker lighbox because you can see more.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/76080384@N03/8715921170/in/photostream/lightbox/
Shooting with D800 gives You the ability to recompose. Originally it was a landscape photo, but portrait orientation works for it better IMHO.
Great images all.
Another micro shot, 18-gauge speaker wire.
Nikon D7000, 320, 1/250, 105mm @ f16 with attachment Micro Nikkor on PB6 bellow and SB800.
My best,
Mike
Downtown Miami, D600, 50mm f1.8 @ f4. Original. the camera was mounted on a tripod when I took that shot at foreground of AAA(American Airlines Arena)
PS: I am not sure if I nail it.
@adamz great shot of chimp.
@itsnotmeyouknow I really like that.
@ Aaron, I'm thinking aperture. f/4.5 can still be a bit shallow depending on distance to subject.
@ Adamz, Mr. Ape would be very proud of that portrait.
@ aodwoz, would love to see some South Beach.....on a Friday night. My wife says "no way." LOL
This gator would occasionally raise its head to check out a couple of ducks down the lake bed.
D800, Nikon 70-200mm VR2 @ 190mm but with quite a crop. f/8 ; 1/1000
See the teeth: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rjperryphoto/8719034324/sizes/o/in/photostream/
Nikon D800E, 55mm f/2.8 AI-S Micro, PK-13 extension tube, SB800 off-camera
Here's a tight crop of one of the little fellers:
It's not quite right yet, but there are plenty of ants left in my garden for practice.
New-York. last fall.
D7100 and 70-300mm Cropped and warmed, but only a little in iPhoto.
D7000 1/500 ƒ/11 ISO 800 70 mm (Nikkor 18-105)
I like the way the plant pops, but wish I'd used a smaller aperture so it popped even more. One thing that I'm really enjoying about participating in PAD is learning not only from your work, but from rethinking mine.