PHOTO-A-DAY: JULY 2014

dissent

may have posted this already (?)

Witty_Nickname

FreezeAction

With thunderstorms everyday the frog population has exploded even if they are the tiny sized ones.

Photobug

Victorian home in Eureka Springs, Arkansas.


D7100

jjb930

My cabin's dock around 1am

bland

kanuck

God rays over Seoul during monsoon season.

jimo

proudgeek

Caught an osprey hunting off the coast of Maine this past weekend.

D800 | 300mm + TC20 | f/5.6 | 1/5000s | ISO 640
Pretty heavily cropped

Vipmediastar_JZ

A statue at Millenium Park

Coastalconn

Rainy and cloudy morning, but I had this Osprey grab a fish pretty close...

D7100, Tamron 150-600 at 600mm, F8, 1/1600th, ISO 4500...

Gjesdal

Location scouting proved to be quite fun thing to do, I will probably never plan everything out down to details for a shoot, but I do see the use of having some ideas where to drag light and battery pack with me, extra lenses, model and her gear etc. For this shoot here I was not near a place I often visit as it is near where my in-laws live, and even when we're there we seldom goes to this exact place, but I remembered a few details of it and thought I'd go and check it out the day before the shoot and straight away saw the potential of the rocks that I didn't remember from previous visits. So wonderful when you see a spot like this and it just ticks.
In post I've made a layer of the photo into quite contrasty black and white and painted it in for the look of the rocks, I've done that a couple of times and I kind of like the effect it gives.
This was my second shoot with Renate

nitro4me

Diana, my attempt at a portrait. I will have years to practice i hope.

spraynpray

Another from the 60mm

jjb930

San Diego Bay. Returning home from a long trip.

billythecounselor

There's a bird in here somewhere.

Photobug

Heavy Bomber show throw back picture.


D7100 + 70-200 2.8

flight3

Took a long hike at Silver Falls this weekend. Such a beautiful park!

bland

Lambda

One of my favourites.
Big stopper (10 stop) overlooking St. Andrews

Msmoto

And where did you stay last night?…LOL

Vipmediastar_JZ

Screech Owl DF 85mm 1.8G

jimo

proudgeek

I was shooting this egret from a pretty great distance and not loving what I was getting. However, I did love the patterns of the ripples. I found that I could process this and really bring the structure of the water out while keeping the intensity of the light on the bird. B&W isn't always something I think about when shooting wildlife, but I really like the fact that it allows you to focus on textures, which were pretty cool in this image.

D800 | 300mm + TC20 | f/5.6 | 1/2500s | ISO 640

Golf007sd

@proudgeek: now you are getting it buddy; hence B&W should always be on your mind...regardless of the setting or object. Case in point many of the fine images itsnotmeyouknow has shared with us.