PHOTO-A-DAY: February 2013

Scuderia1 · February 2013

Might be a last chance for any winter shots in Pittsburgh..

D800 | 300mm f/4 | ISO 140 | 420mm (+TC1.4) | f/5.6 | 1/500

Sand · February 2013

@Yetibuddha-Thanks, I was also thinking about going again to Death valley since there is so much to cover.

Another one at Zabriskie Point

rschnaible · February 2013

@obajoba

Awesome!!
@rschnaible
Mysterious.
@Rx4Photo
Nice Pano!!

I would like to share with you another b&w now from "white time".

p.s. msmoto, thank you for fixing previous links. Other pic did not have exif saved with image. I change my process to keep it.

thank you

spraynpray · February 2013

Oh-oh, another duplicate post!

spraynpray · February 2013

Here is another of my home town. It is best viewed on a black background (looks best full screen but I will not put full resolution files on Flickr):

mihaich · February 2013

Using the winter morning sun as strong side light and little bit of retouching + the great DR of the D600:

Benji2505 · February 2013

Nice one tganiats.
Proudgeek: very nice. Did you try to give the ice in the background some silver shine? Silver efex pro should be destined to try that. Just my 2 cents.

Benji2505 · February 2013

Gab · February 2013

This is how one fails at modern art: (feel free to leave comments about how bad it is :-) )

spraynpray · February 2013

No failure detected Mihai.

donaldejose · February 2013

Gab. I like it. What was your technique in producing this image? Out of focus or movement blur?

proudgeek · February 2013

Proudgeek: very nice. Did you try to give the ice in the background some silver shine? Silver efex pro should be destined to try that. Just my 2 cents.

Thanks. I'll try that. The graffiti too?

obajoba · February 2013

@Benji2505 - Nice one! I like it.

Gab - I think the only ways one could fail in photography are 1) to not get the shot, or 2) to take a really boring snapshot. Once your photograph incites thought as to how it was taken I think you are pretty safe in concluding it is *not* a snapshot, nor is it a failure to get a shot. Nice photo, is the movement from the leaves blowing in the wind? The branches look fairly sharp.

Gab · February 2013

Gab. I like it. What was your technique in producing this image? Out of focus or movement blur?

This picture is entirely inspired by your "Crop for Modern Art?" topic on this forum. When I read your post about cropping a small area and the crazy color parts, while looking at your samples I immediately thought how much I liked a small area of a few month old landscape shot I've made. I've been experimenting with different focus distances (35mm 1.8 lens) and in the version from which this image is originated had that part fairly out of focus. So about the technique:

1. Small fairly oof area cropped out.
2. Strong sharpening with large radius in LR.
3. Various contrast, clarity and color adjustments in LR.
4. Strong noise reduction to make it look smooth.
5. Some Photoshop magic with blending modes.
6. Basic "wedding photographers" glow in PS. (gauss blur on one layer blended with a sharp layer)

Thanks for the great comments, I rlly thought no one would be interested