Photo-A-DAY: February 2015

ggbutcher

More of a "current events", and a "where-am-I" than an art post...

srambler36

autofocus

Playing with photoshop today. This is my attempt to composite. Used three images I had handy. I also used the Lighting Effects in CS6 to add the painterly look. It was fun and I've learned a lot through the work on this image. Also got to work on my Pen Tool skills. Sheesh! Still have a ways to go...

Vipmediastar_JZ

Photobug

No cropping performed or other post processing

|D7100|294mm (70-210+TC17x)|1/60 F5|ISO 2500|

Hammie

Taken during a recent field trip with my son at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. The sculpture is called 'Gravity' by Richard Serra.

Nikon D750 + Nikkor 35mm f/2D @ 1/80 sec, f/2, ISO 125

itsnotmeyouknow

Another from the archives. This time I am behaving and this is from the D800 with the 24 - 70. I converted to b/w snd then reduced the opacity and fill on the silver efex layer...

Snapyouraw

Benji2505

2 days into the trip I shot my camera and learned to appreciate iphone6 photography. I am not totally convinced, but it is a reasonable fall back possibility. Camera is now in NY for repair. Yikes.

PB_PM

Revisited this location I first stop at last spring, I think I like the location better at that time of year.

D800 + 24-70mm F2.8G at 24mm. | Large Version

Flash800

Click Large View,

Photobug

@photobug800 - nice image with your D800 & 24-120mm lens.

flight3

It's almost rowing season. These people stay out past dark to practice, pretty dedicated.

Coastalconn

Pre-flight

gene_mcgill

Another bird eating. I finally lured in a Black-capped Chickadee.



D800E, 300 f/4, TC-14E II, ISO 800, 1/250 sec., f/5.6

WestEndFoto

Sunrise Over Queen Elizabeth Park, Vancouver, 2015



I had to be an early riser to get this image.

kanuck

Finger Rock in stunning Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, Utah.

Rx4Photo

Did I mention the pet Boa?


D800 | Nikkor 85mm f/1.4G @ f/4.5 | 1/160 | ISO 125

calengor

A lizard we saw at ~3000 meters ASL
D750 | 1.5x crop mode | Sigma 24-105mm f/4 | 105mm | f/5.6 | 1/160 sec | ISO 200

Gjesdal

Last month I went to my "local" zoo to try out how the inexpensive 150 - 500 Sigma was on the D810. I can understand that some might shudder in their sleep thinking they'd use anything like that combo, but this isn't he type of photography I normally focus on, it is 100% just for fun :-)
This one I cropped just the tiniest bit - Topaz Clarity and Details have been used on the lion.


From that one I cropped almost to 100%. For my use, I couldn't be more happy, unless I had something that wasn't as heavy :-) (Hope I didn't break any rules, written or not, by posting 2)

donaldejose

gjesdal: Great performance with that lens.

jimo

proudgeek

More fun with Silver Efex

D800 | 70-200 | 140mm | f/7.1 | 1/1000s | ISO 250

srambler36

donaldejose

Something different: birding on the cheap. This photo was taken with the Nikon 1 V2 I just purchased for $350 plus the Nikon Ft-1 I purchased used on e-bay for $160 plus the Nikon 70-200 f4 I purchased long ago for about $1,200. This $1,700 combination gives me an effective 189 to 540mm f4 zoom lens which is about 10% of the cost of a D810 ($3,200) plus f2.8 400mm lens ($12,000). Of course, I lose a stop of light, many megapixels and high ISO performance. I cannot print large with my cheapo combination but I think it is ok for how I will be using bird photos: viewing on a computer or posting on the internet. Since I already had the f4 70-200 all it really cost me is about $500 to turn that very good zoom into more "reach" for birding by mounting it on a Nikon 1 V2.