Photo-A-Day: June 2015

WestEndFoto

The Forum



Nice job on the bottle Autofocus. That is challenging photography.

Scuderia!, there is very little you can do. The harshness is caused by the small hard light source (the sun) and at high altitude the what little diffusion provided by the sky is even further reduced. If anybody has a solution to this, tell me where to buy it.

Coastalconn

Always makes me sad seeing Ospreys bring plastic to the nest...

7dm2, 500F4, wide open, ISO 100, 1/3200

Ironheart

@scuderia, have you tried a circular polarizer?

kanuck

SK Energy factory, just a small portion of the massive Ulsan Industrial Complex:

jimo

proudgeek

D810 | 105mm | f/9 | 1/125s | ISO 64

nitro4me

It's tough at the top!

HipShot

Playing around with composition..

heartyfisher

The Vivid Sydney event has been good fun for photographers and the people of Sydney. This lovely couple probably came across this random display of lights, in one of the back streets, after visiting the main light displays..

PS RE harsh light. Part of it is the UV that is causing it but most cheap "UV" filters (and some moderate ones) dont filter out UV. However, most Circular polarising filters also filter out UV so using circular polarisers will help as well as reduce reflected harsh light... Underexpose your images a bit and use RAW for most Dynamic range.

Witty_Nickname

D800 - Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24mm and f/7.1 with a 7.3 second exposure.

Msmoto

Note the ISO, 12.800....minimal light at the Fairgrounds

itsnotmeyouknow

One from close to home:

20 minute exposure - 10.10pm last night, 40 mins after sunset. The colours looked weird at first so used a dropper in LR6 on he lighthouse which gave me a better white balance, even if it was 30,000K!

Pentax 645Z FA 45 - 85 f/11 1200 secs ISO 100

Ironheart

Talk about close:

Nikon 1 V3 | 70-300 CX | 70mm | f/8 | 1/500 | ISO 160

PB_PM

Nikon D750 + Nikon AF 24mm F2.8n | Large Version

Benji2505

WestEndFoto

Forum and Coliseum

Scuderia1

Thank you for the tips, @IronHeart and @heartyfisher. I have a B&W Circular Polarizer brand new in the box. I The clear B&W works perfect in ideal lighting, but i'll be sure to switch when the light gets harsher!

Hummingbird in Rocky Mountain National Park (Grand Lake, CO)

kanuck

Southeast rugged coastline in Ulsan, South Korea:

heartyfisher

jimo

aman

Yetibuddha

River boats docked at Santarem Brazil:

nitro4me

WestEndFoto

Sunset on the Roman Empire

Ironheart

@WestEndFoto, I thought that happened 1500 years ago, your EXIF data is a bit off )