PHOTO-A-DAY: JANUARY 2014

Msmoto · January 2014

Here is a fun shot…and I remember when the sign said "Over 7 Million sold"

jimo · January 2014

proudgeek · January 2014

Wow proudgeek!!! Beautiful shot!!!
PAD is so intimidating.....

Please don't let it be. For example, I started following this forum back in early 2010. It was six months before I could even comment on a post. It was well over another year before I had the guts to put up a photo. I'm sorry I waited so long. This is a very supportive group. In fact, I think that posting here daily and constantly striving to up my game in response to the "competition" has no doubt made me a better photographer. Rather than look at photos as a source of intimidation look at them for inspiration. Copy someone's style. I do it all the time. Then add your own aesthetic or technical sense to it.

And one more thing. Several weeks ago you initiated a conversation that went on for some time about which lenses and body to buy. I remember your lusting for a D400 (which many of us are), which doesn't and may never exist. Someone here said it, and I don't remember who, that the best investment you can make in your photography is plane tickets. I've never forgotten it. This particular image was taken in Coiba National Park in Panama. I find that seeing unusual landscapes and animals (my favorites subjects) is a phenomenal inspiration to me.

Post some images!

proudgeek · January 2014

And yeah, this is mine today. Shot in the cloud forest in Monteverde, Costa Rica. Don't see many birds like this in Vermont.

D800 | 300mm | f/3.2 | 1/320s | ISO 2500

kanuck · January 2014

Frozen solid from extreme cold in Cheorwon.

adamz · January 2014

calengor · January 2014

Leopard Spots in the Sky

D7100, 18-55 @18mm, f/3.5, 1/25 sec

Taken going about 70 mph on the highway, couldn't pull over, couldn't not take a picture of that sky.