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PHOTO-A-DAY: May 2013

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  • mikepmikep Posts: 280Member
    edited May 2013
    well here is one. i had to be patient for the wind to blow the flag. shame about the reflection in the side

    austin healey 100s
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  • aviacharaviachar Posts: 48Member
    Grand Canyon
    Nikon D600 | 1/200 | ƒ/6.3 | ISO 400 | 85 mm
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  • JJ_SOJJ_SO Posts: 1,158Member
    Traffic jam on the race track. And how to get around.

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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 0
    edited May 2013
    @ Proudgeek So fragile, it's a beauty
    @Adam Great
    @ Coastalconn I never get enough

    Spring, so ugly but so beautiful
    Avifauna-6860.jpg
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    Those who say it can't be done, should not interrupt those doing it!
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  • itsnotmeyouknowitsnotmeyouknow Posts: 481Member
    @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.

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  • itsnotmeyouknowitsnotmeyouknow Posts: 481Member
    A rework of another shot - reprocessed using some sepia tones

    Sepia-London-Alley
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  • MsmotoMsmoto Posts: 5,398Moderator
    And, from my 1966 model lens NIKKOR-H Auto 1:1.8 f=85mm....
    NIKKOR-H 85mm f/1.8 (Ca. 1966)
    Msmoto, mod
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  • proudgeekproudgeek Posts: 1,422Member
    Nothing goes together quite like spring and a macro lens. Man I've missed shooting outside.
    _DSC4788
    D90 | 105mm | f/20 | 1/60s | ISO 400
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  • dissentdissent Posts: 1,341Member
    cropped the earlier dandelion pic to get a little more isolation on the stigma.
    Dandelion UCAP 4
    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]
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  • autofocusautofocus Posts: 625Member
    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.

    _1paint
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  • CEBluecloudsCEBlueclouds Posts: 1,943Member
    One of my first pictures using the SIgma 35mm f/1.4...
    DSC_9545
    D800, Sigma 35mm f/1.4, 1/25, ISO 200, f/1.4 (hand held)
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  • CoastalconnCoastalconn Posts: 527Member
    edited May 2013
    After the hawk stare down, I had a Great Horned Owl stare down...
    Great Horned Owl
    D300 Tamron 200-500 F8, ISO 400, 1/800 -1/3
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  • AaronAaron Posts: 8Member
    edited May 2013
    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?

    This is a crop as well not the original.

    LilRedRobins

    D3s 300 2.8/ f4.5 iso 200 1/80 s
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  • donaldejosedonaldejose Posts: 3,701Member
    edited May 2013
    The deck. Foxglove plant from my last post is in left background just behind the chair.

    DON_5511wb
    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/
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  • mikepmikep Posts: 280Member
    haha nice owl
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  • adamzadamz Posts: 842Moderator
    Gorilla seating on the grass
    Shooting with D800 gives You the ability to recompose. Originally it was a landscape photo, but portrait orientation works for it better IMHO.
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  • MikeGunterMikeGunter Posts: 543Member
    Hi all,

    Great images all.

    Another micro shot, 18-gauge speaker wire.

    image

    Nikon D7000, 320, 1/250, 105mm @ f16 with attachment Micro Nikkor on PB6 bellow and SB800.

    My best,

    Mike
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  • aodwozaodwoz Posts: 89Member
    edited May 2013
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    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.
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  • Rx4PhotoRx4Photo Posts: 1,200Member
    edited May 2013
    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.
    800_6840.jpg
    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/
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    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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  • dormantdormant Posts: 4Member
    edited May 2013
    That National Geographic shot of camels and their shadows has inspired me to do this:

    Ants
    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:

    An ant

    It's not quite right yet, but there are plenty of ants left in my garden for practice.
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  • rschnaiblerschnaible Posts: 308Member
    Streets of Old San Juan

    Color of the Streets of Old San Juan
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  • PierrePierre Posts: 360Member
    edited May 2013
    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.

    _0040142
    New-York. last fall.

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  • Benji2505Benji2505 Posts: 522Member
    nice one dormant. 'like it.

    Studio Session-064
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  • captjamocaptjamo Posts: 8Member
    DSC_0039
    D7100 and 70-300mm Cropped and warmed, but only a little in iPhoto.
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  • turnthedarncranksturnthedarncranks Posts: 116Member
    DSC_4057.JPG

    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.
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