Photo-A-Day -- August 2013

Beso

Smokey Sunset at Crater Lake with a touch of HDR ...

D800 | S 35mm f/1.4 @ f/6.3 | 1/100 | ISO 100

SquamishPhoto

Nice catch, Capt_Bane. :]

I really like the colour gradient in the clouds, Beso.

donaldejose: is your black background paper or fabric?

nitro4me

PB_PM

D800 + AF-S 300mm F4D IF-ED + AF-I TC14E

donaldejose

Squamish: 53 inch roll paper stapled to a wall so a subject can lean back on it. I stapled a black paper section and a white paper section side by side from top to bottom with the roll left on the floor so I can pull it out for the model to stand on. Then I put two background stands in front of that wall to hang background cloths from. So I can use the cloths or slide them to the side and use the wall. The idea was to layer background options for ease of switching between them. The apparent texture and variation on the black background paper is due to lights almost set right up to the wall on each side.

Benji2505

Donald: nice light, try to go one step forward from the background, just a thought.

Rx4Photo

Tremendous work everyone.
@ autofocus, I do like the way the bike is separated from the crowd. Has somewhat of a miniature look as well.

Niagara in the Morn

D800; N24-70mm @ 36mm ; f/16 ; 1/6sec ; ISO 100

donaldejose

Benji2505: for most of my work the subject located about 4 or 5 feet in front of a hanging cloth background. You will find many of those photos here amongst the flowers and other assorted photos if you scroll back through the pages: http://www.flickr.com/photos/76080384@N03/ The black and white paper rolls were stapled to a wall precisely for the purpose of allowing the subject to lean back against the wall; so that is how I was testing them. Yes, it creates shadows which can be eliminated by placing the subject 4 or 5 feet in front of the background with lights on the background. You will find examples on that referenced flicker photostream. But sometimes shadows can be interesting and leaning against a wall can also be an interesting pose. Just an option. I will post a few more from these tests over the next few days: some against a white paper roll stapled to a wall and some with shadows.

Golf007sd

D4 24 1.4G 1/3200 ISO 800 @ F/5.0

ttsisgood

I was lucky witnessing a few seagulls attacking a bold eagle. Never seens angry bird faces before.

proudgeek

OK, finally got the camera out to shoot something besides bugs. I'm completely blown away, and I haven't even put my two best lenses on it yet.

D800 | 24-70 | 56mm | f/4.5 | 1/125s | ISO 200

Msmoto

@Rx4Photo

Nice early AM shot of the falls....

Rx4Photo

TY so much Msmoto!

donaldejose

Me leaning against a white paper background stapled to a wall but no shadows due the the placement of light boxes on each side nearly up against that wall. Beauty dish directly above camera to fill in the eye sockets and wrinkles.

D600, 85mm lens at f5.6 (which still isn't enough DOF to get the watch dial in focus).

Yetibuddha

Sunset at Lily Lake, Clearwater National Forest:

itsnotmeyouknow

Another with my new little toy - Sony RX100 m2

Regent Tower, Swindon, at f/8

DavidJaan

A bit of a "sneak preview" of my wife's trash the dress session last night. We got some really exciting shots I'm looking forward to sharing.

pippigurl

Nikon D800 | Nikkor 24-70 2.8 | 1/5 | f/2.8 | ISO200

jimo

D600 | Nikkor 105mm | f25 | 1/60th | ISO 400

SquamishPhoto

D800 • 200mm f2 @ f2 • 1/320 • ISO 100

Pierre

D5200, eastern France

NSXTypeR

Yes, my sensor was very dirty.



I kind of half expected to see Dr. Frankenstein chasing his creation over the ice...

Beso

Milky Way Disappearing into the Smokey Haze at Crater Lake. The smokey haze is the result of a 46,000 acre series of forest fires burning approximately 40 miles to the west and south of Crater Lake. It has been a horrible fire season so far.

D800 | 14-24 f/2.8 @ 16mm f/2.8 | 25 | ISO 1600

nitro4me

@pippigurl & Beso, thank's for your kind comments on my flicker.

autofocus

Getting ready for a calendar shoot and drug the profotos out with my bike to try some lighting. Had to use a 4 stop ND filter to limit DoF. Afterwards I had fun playing with filters in Nik Color Efex Pro. This is the Indian Summer filter. A bit cheesy but I like the contrast with the blue bike.