PHOTO-A-DAY: February 2013

Dredden85

@ChromiumPrime- Awesome shot!! Looks like Miami. I can' wait to get back to Florida!

ChromiumPrime

@Dredden85 thanks! And yes, you guessed it right!

adamz

D800 + N70-200/2.8vrII + TC14

proudgeek

@proudgeek - you could extend your negative vignette by carefully brushing over exposure onto the background to virtually or completely remove it. You are right - that would improve it from a good shot to a VERY good shot.

Good call. Tried a slightly different process.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdanford/8489193627/in/photostream/lightbox/

ChromiumPrime

@proudgeek your second attempt has more of an "authentic old photo" look to it. I like it more than the first one.

Nice capture @admaz!

spraynpray

Excellent Proudgeek.

bland

Not sure that's what Henry Ford had in mind for his trucks but I bet he'd have one just like it.

Juergen

Adam, i like your bird, nice shot.



Here is my dog, looking for something to chase after.
Jürgen

Rx4Photo

Thanks for the positive words all.
@ donaldejose, that's quite a pack you have. My kids are all over me for just one puppy.
@ ChromiumPrime, I've been wanting to get down to Miami to shoot South Beach and the Art Deco district at night for so long. Someday...Super nice capture.
@ Adamz, I've always been amazed by your isolated subject captures. This one in particular is an exquisite play on whites and grays.

rschnaible

Yosemite Valley - Merced River

pippigurl

From the New Orleans Audubon Zoo...


Nikon D800 | Nikkor 70-200 f4 | 1/500 F4 | ISO 200 | Kenko1.4xTC | Single Photomatix HDR

SquamishPhoto

Nice catch, adam.


D5200 • ZF.2 100mm f2 @ f2 • 1/250 • ISO 100

Coastalconn

Well, here is one to go with RX yesterday.
I call it Big Heron Little fish

Witty_Nickname

D800 - Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 38mm and f/9
8.7 second exposure.

Benji2505

Squamish, nice one, I have a feeling that the front eye is slightly soft. How difficult to focus is the Combo D5200 and the Zeitz?

Nice catch, Bob

SquamishPhoto

Thanks, benji.

Here is a 100% crop of the eyes: http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8517/8490569061_7ca8c5cb32_o.jpg

To your question about focus, it was definitely a challenge at first. A well lit face went a really long way as most of the shots I took in even slightly dim light were a lot trickier to nail. I plan on selling my 85mm 1.4 to acquire an 85mm 1.8G and a 50mm f1.8G, so light weight portrait days will consist of the D5200 and either or both of those two G lenses - and thus AF will help in those scenarios where the tiny viewfinder and poor light render MF a larger challenge than normal. Lets just say that I have a renewed appreciation of the bright, huge FX viewfinder. :]

ChromiumPrime

@Rx4Photo thank you! I've done a SoBe group shooting a while back. Very fun experience... but the funniest thing was people kept stopping by us and asking "who's eating there?" They thought we were paparazzi! )

Well, if you ever do and I'm still in the area please do let me know... we can at least meet up over coffee or something ~O)

@SquamishPhoto awesome color and bokeh!

PB_PM

A somewhat strange image, taken just at 12AM Jan 1st. People across the street were shooting off fireworks, so I thought I'd try to get some shots. I ended up, "painting" with light instead.

D200 + 24-70mm F2.8G | ISO100, 10 seconds, F8.

Beso

Another posting attempt ...

Msmoto

And, for the Porsche fans out there.....from the NAIAS

donaldejose

MsMoto: Absolutely love those cars. My old 911 gives me feeling of direct connection with the car no other car I ever drove gave me. Much better than a BMW. Drove an old Boxster for two weeks and it gave me the same connection feeling. I have never driven the SUVs or the Panamera.

SquamishPhoto: Lightweight Portrait body/lens combo is a good idea. Let us know how limiting you think that 24mp DX sensor is for your work. What will your experience with it show is the largest print size you can make? I am guessing you will be able to make adequate poster size prints but I don't know.

adamz

Thank You gals'n guys

Yetibuddha

Coastal, great timing! and of course great shot. I wish I could get closer than about 50 yards to herons. Where go to see them, they have a long flight distance and all I have for a telephoto is the 70-300mm. They are great birds to photograph.

Pickerel

I've been busy preparing for the Appalachian Trail and have been shooting very infrequently. This is from a church fundraiser.



D800 - AF-S 85mm f/1.8G - f/2.8 - 1/400sec - ISO 400

proudgeek

Pickerel, I hope your preparations for hiking the trail involve more than baking cupcakes.

Thanks everyone for the critiques yesterday. This is what happens when you lock someone in the house with a macro lens. Still winter up here and still stir crazy.

D90 | 105 macro | f/25 | .3s | ISO 200