PHOTO-A-DAY: February 2013

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Grebe



D300, 70-200mm f/2.8 VR II, 1/125, f/8

dpidude

One from Greenfield Village, Edison Labratory.

CitizenD

@ CitizenD - nice lines. I like it. 30s, huh? hmm. . .

thanks !

Yes, 30s, indeed ; the difficulty is to create decent ligthing down there. This is some sort of cave and there is no light at all; we must thus bring our own and can only use our small equipment.
we (my co-explorers and myself) try to keep the iso very low so as to limitate noise as much as possible.
we keep the camera noise reduction program activated (very efficient)
we also try to hide the candles from the field of view to prevent "burning" some areas

Though it is not the case here, we sometimes also use led headlamps and just walk across the scene so as to light big volumes. The long exposure time prevents from seeing our body "ghosts" on the final picture.
But there are 2 disadvantages here :
- led light is usually too "blue" and does not reveal the actual color of the stone.
- mixing led and candle/acetylene creates a lot of white balance issues

Not sure what technique you guys would use, but I would really like to hear your advices !

Coastalconn

@cbg. Thanks, but looks like 1-2 feet forecasted here bummer

heartyfisher

Nice photos everyone. >-

rschnaible

Here is another winter mountain scene in the Sierra's

Benji2505

@cbg. Thanks, but looks like 1-2 feet forecasted here bummer

Predictions here are 50 to 70 inches, which is probably BS, but we have 5 inches by now.

:-c

jerl

A foggy scene from awhile ago that I got around to working on today:

dissent

You folks in the northeast play it safe with the storm now, y'hear! Send us some cool (figuratively speaking) pics when you get the chance.

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D700 20mm 1/60s f/3.5 ISO 2500

hammers71

my first attempt on long exposure light trails, no tripod hand held on a ledge at local hotel

spraynpray

This bird thing is contagious and harder than it looks!. Lapwing feeding taken with my 70-300VR HH @300mm 1/500th:

Juergen

Here is another one from the mixed martial arts event.
Jürgen

Msmoto

OK, a reprieve of the cars...
This I call, "I've got my eye on you."

Best viewed here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fantinesfotos/8456236923/sizes/o/in/photostream/

This is my version of the 800mm f/5.6 )

donaldejose

Blocked shot.



D600

dissent

@ SnP and @ Msmoto - Superb detail and color.

@ Juergen - those MMA shots are great.

bland

I didn't think it would take, surprised me.

proudgeek

A fun one for today. Does anyone or anything like fresh snow more than a Lab?

D90 | 70-200 | f/7.1 | 200mm | 1/1250s | ISO 400 | + 2/3 EV

Coastalconn

CT is pretty much shut down today. Gives me time to play with birds in snow :_

Benji2505

CT is pretty much shut down today. Gives me time to play with birds in snow :_

Damage in MA is pretty bad, definitely worse than the hurricanes in 11 and 12. Only mobile works right now. Will post some impressions when power comes back on. We had about 20 inches of snow, lots of trees came down and caused damage.

Golf007sd

@Benji2505 Been watching the news on the crazy weather going on in your neck of the woods. Be safe buddy.

rschnaible

@Benji2505 Been watching the news on the crazy weather going on in your neck of the woods. Be safe buddy.

agree.... best wishes

NSXTypeR

Nothing much to do- had fun shoveling today. Outside was a bit of a mess, played with the D7000 a little bit.

Decided to have an indoor photo shoot of the FM2 with the D7000.

But I haven't had them together before.

So, Mr. FM2 welcomes the D7000 to the family.

Golf007sd

D4 14-24 2.8 1/500 ISO 400 @ f/9.0

tganiats

With all the snow talk, I opted for a Spring upload. Taken a while ago with a d80 and 60mm macro. Rosemary. Composite of 17 shots merged with Helicon Focus. Note there's even a little bug crawling on the pollen (anther)