PHOTO-A-DAY: February 2013

donaldejose

D5100, 18-55 kit lens.

proudgeek

Moon setting in Jordan.

D90 | 24-70 | 31mm | f/5.6 | 1/250s | ISO 400

Scuderia1

Time for dinner?


D800 | 300mm f/4 | 1/500sec | f/5.6 | ISO 2200 | 420mm

[Deleted User]

Little D600 test today for sharing, had the 70-200mm f/2.8 on it.
Ice pattern. RAW (Always), added some contrast, sharpen 20 in LR.
View bigger on Flickr, he that rimes.

tganiats

One more Winter in Zion photo. Keen eyes...pull off the road. Wait. Snap. (and then crop a bit)



D800, 70-200 (2.8,VRII) @ 200, 1/320 @ f/4, ISO 320

Dredden85

February 2012
The Decan Cheetah Refuge, Djibouti Africa



D5000 + Tamron 18-250 @ 250mm, f6.3, 1/320, ISO 250. A little un-sharp. I could not hold the Zebra still!

DanPhoto

Street graph - Paris

donaldejose

Street Graphics: now that would make an interesting thread.

adamz

one more gull:

D800+TC14+N70-200/vrII

Gitzo

This is a leaf trapped in melting ice.



D5100 with 18-55 kit lens at f11.

I think the leaf is from a beech tree..... very nice color

MikeGunter

Hi all,

Good pictures as usual.

@Brent4ADV I live in Kalispell and used to ski both Blacktail and on Big Mountain.




My best,

Mike

Pickerel

I played around a little with the 45mm PC-E while at a dance festival last weekend. I wish I had more room to play with it, as using the altered DOF plane from ground level would have been a fun way to isolate a couple while including a large portion of the room. I experimented both with tilting to isolate a slice of the room, and to place the plane of focus across the dancers' heads as accurately as I could. Live view manual focusing on moving targets was difficult, but if I set the focus before the dancing started I could easily make sure every dancer is in focus. Combining that with the D800's resolution and low light capabilities is an exciting prospect - everybody in focus, without going ultrawide and without having to let motion blur creep in from slower shutter and smaller aperture / excessive noise from higher ISO and smaller aperture.

It is much different from any other dance photos I have tried - other shots I have done that encompass the entire room have used wide angle lenses to get adequate DOF. This is the one of the largest halls I have ever been to, and it is really cool to have the combination of normal perspective, resolution, and depth of field that lets me scan across the entire shot and find people I know at any distance, instead of having most of the dancer melting into bokeh.



Original size

D800 - PC-E 45mm f/2.8D - f/2.8 - 1/200sec - ISO 3200

rschnaible

Wonderful shares from everyone this month.... Very inspiring!

SquamishPhoto

Nice work with the 45, Pickerel.

I find I like simply setting the tilt/swing to where I want it and them reframing for different shots without adjusting the focus much if at all. Its akin to limiting yourself to a specific focal length, except that its more about a specific zone of focus or the effect it has on the bokeh(one you'll find unique to the lens type).

Rx4Photo

D800, Nikkor 14-24mm @ 15mm ; f/16 ; 4 seconds; ISO 200.

Coastalconn

This one surprised me a little. D300 Tamron 200-500 and a Tamron SP 1.4x tc. AF worked but very slow. F7.1 (F10), ISO 800, 500mm (700mm) 1/500th on a monopod... The TC doesn't relay exif correctly...

spraynpray

Nicely exposed, processed and held Kris!

Msmoto

In an attempt to produce an image similar to the masters of the 1920's-1960's...

Dredden85

@CoastalConn- Great shot! I am almost convinced of the Tamron 200-500 capabilities. I just might go for one!
Continuing my Africa series...
The Decon Cheetah Refuge, Djibouti Africa
February 2012



D5000+Tamron 18-250 @ 250mm, f6.3, 1/125, ISO 1000
It was a hard shot to get with the day light fading and no camera support. This was hand held and holding my breath!

tganiats

Dancers at a dinner show in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.



D800, 60mm macro @f/2.8, 1/20 @ ISO 5000

Dredden85

@tganaits- I had been laid-over at the Addis Ababa airport last year (twice) but was not long enough for me to leave and explore a bit. I am really enjoying your photographs and wish to return to Ethiopia some day.

donaldejose

D5100, 18-55 kit lens.

proudgeek

I had taken this some time ago and thought nothing of it, as it was somewhat overexposed. Then recently I saw something on Flickr that reminded me that I had this. So I went back in, reduced the exposure by about 2 stops, and bumped up the contrast.

D90 | 105 macro | f/9 | 1/125s | ISO 200

Benji2505

Nice one proudgeek.

Gab

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