Photo-A-Day -- August 2013

Jon9v

Japan's highest point

ttsisgood

Fivehundred horsepower total on this Police speedboat in Bar Harbor, Maine

TheGipper

Vipmediastar_JZ

proudgeek

Awesome bird Pippi, what kind is it.

This one is for Beso. Think of I'm getting the hang of it. The D800 certainly delivers lower noise images than the D90. I'm still a little unhappy with the movement in the stars at the periphery. I used a shutter speed of :30, which should have been slow enough, given my focal length of 17mm. Or do you all think that's a factor of the lens being soft at the edges wide open?

D800 | 17-35 | 17mm | f/2.8 | 30s | ISO 2500

Yetibuddha

ProudGeek, I notice that even when I use the "500" rule for night time exposures with my 20 mm lens, I still often have star trails, most noticeable when the photo is enlarged. Try a higher ISO to shorten exposure time a bit.
Mine for today, last one from Kootenai Creek:

jimo

First time that I have seen one of these here at the Hylebors Wetlands Park. I think that it's a Green Heron

Golf007sd

D4 70-200 2.8 1/260 ISO 160 @ f/6.3 /w 1.7 Teleconverter
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adamz

dissent

I take it that this is probably a juvenile? Herring gull, perhaps?

bland

rschnaible

My share is a pano.....

donaldejose

Practicing producing a facebook profile picture


D600, 70-200f4 at 130mm and f5.6, ISO 400.

autofocus

@rschnaible, Nice pano. Enjoyed looking at the original size!
I'll post one too...

nitro4me

ghadiardja

This might give a little clue as to where I live

Scott_D

Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, with the Tokina 11-16mm. No tripod or flash, I had to find firm places to set the camera down.

Juergen

I am not getting assignments as PitchBlack :-) (fantastic work by the way), somehow I managed to excite some RC Car fans.
I am trying to adhere to some of the principles of real motor-sports shootings, like motion in the tires etc. This one is processed a little different.
Jürgen

ttsisgood

Somewhat of a cliffhanger. There is a steep drop to the ocean just below the picture. Seen in Acadia National Park, Maine.

CEBlueclouds

Just got back from a long vacation....been following daily PAD but not posted any pictures in weeks only just organizing pictures taken....so my first share from vacation pictures..

D800, 24-70mm f/2.8 @70mm, f/9, ISO 100, 1/200s, handheld.... taken off the cost of Fort Lauderdale from a cruise liner... if you zoom in you should be able to see the skyline

kanuck

A 600m view of some cirrocumulus clouds and distant mountains from Dobang Mountain in Seoul

pippigurl

proudgeek

Awesome shots. Moto, is ttsisgood's image the place you've reserved for us in Maine?

So the other night I was giving astrophotography my latest try. Once the moon rose and the stars sort of faded, I turned my attention to my friend's in-ground pool, which is heated just a little. Temperatures that night were in the 50s, which created a pretty cool combination effect. In retrospect, I should have taken some with the pool empty, what do you think.

D800 | 17-35 | 35mm | f/5 | 3s | ISO 500

aodwoz

@Scott_D great shot. I have been there once and oh yea I know how dark the cave is.

donaldejose

PitchBlack: very nice, very artistic. The only thing I find distracting is the orange color around the dancer's eyes. What's up with that? Tell us more about the technique you used: looks like flower all over the floor, flower sprinkled down from above the model, main light high behind the model and possibly some gels on side flashes to add blue/pink colors. How did you set your speedlights to produce the effect you wanted? Did you use a manual setting or an automatic mode?