PHOTO-A-DAY: March 2013

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  • jjdarlingjjdarling Posts: 59Member
    A circus tent pops up in the South Bronx
    image
    From 2013-03-21
    Just...uhhh....don't look at the exif data.

    (Canon S100)
    www.jjdarling.com
  • TheGipperTheGipper Posts: 110Member
    edited March 2013
    See the ball....hit the ball.....(I think he still missed it!) ;)

    See The Ball...

    Nikon D600 + 70-200mm VRII + 1.7x TC Click on the image and follow the link in blue if you'd like to see more shots :)
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  • MsmotoMsmoto Posts: 5,398Moderator
    @TheGipper

    Yes, I believe the ball was in the catcher's glove before the batter even got the bat moving...or he recognized it was a ball..high and outside...LOL
    Msmoto, mod
  • cbgcbg Posts: 127Member
    edited March 2013
    Quick shot of the platform at the Wall Street station in New York
    Wall Street Station Platform
    D7000
    Tokina 12-24 f/4
    ISO 400, 24mm, f/5, 1/60
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  • rschnaiblerschnaible Posts: 308Member
    A landscape shot from a local regional park where my wife and I did some hiking last weekend in the San Francisco Bay area - Briones Regional Park. Spring is here :)

    Spring - NorCal
  • autofocusautofocus Posts: 625Member
    edited March 2013
    _1DuckonIce
    Duck on ice.
    D4, ISO 400, 1/400 sec, (New) 80-400mm @ 400mm, f8
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  • Scott_DScott_D Posts: 40Member
    edited March 2013
    image

    Infrared image (Fuji IS Pro) converted to black and white with Aperture
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  • GitzoGitzo Posts: 174Member
    @ Tidewatcher..........That's a very nice shot of a beautiful place; the colors are very nice, exposure is "right on" and composition is fine; having said that, please allow me to offer a suggestion; most of the people who look at the pictures that members submit are photographers themselves; and photographers tend to be a very curious lot; every time they see another photographer's picture, they almost invariably "wonder" about 3 or 4 things; "I wonder what camera", "I wonder what lens", "I wonder what exposure" (exif data), and "I wonder where that is".......simply adding most (or any) of that information will almost always create more interest and enthusiasm from most viewers.
  • kanuckkanuck Posts: 1,300Member
    Sand ripples and textures, extreme isolation in Southern Vietnam a few years back:

    Sand Ripples Vietnam
  • mikepmikep Posts: 280Member
    edited March 2013
    d700, 24 1.4

    osaka street night
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  • Rx4PhotoRx4Photo Posts: 1,200Member
    JK_03132013-6314a-1.jpg
    D800, Nikkor 70-200mm VR2 @ 85mm ; f/5.6 ; ISO 100 ; 1/320sec ; SB-900 on camera set to 1/250Focal Plane mode
    D800 | D7000 | Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8 | 24-70mm f/2.8 | 70-200mm f/2.8 | 35mm f/1.8G | 85mm f/1.4G | Sigma 35mm f/1.4 Art | Sigma 50mm f/1.4 Art | Sigma 50mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM | Zeiss 100mm Makro-Planar ZF.2 | Flash controllers: Phottix Odin TTL

  • jonnyapplejonnyapple Posts: 131Moderator
    Here's a follow-up for Gitzo. The battery is recharged on a little stand, and there is also a more subtle illumination mode where the dial is blue. Here it is in daylight, since you asked. I've got one more of another watch that I want to share (tomorrow, Tommie). ;-)

    Squamish, thanks for the compliment. I love your portraiture, so thanks for posting.

    image

    CC is welcome. DC is also welcome when I deserve it.
  • CoastalconnCoastalconn Posts: 527Member
    @ Dredden85, maybe someday I will sell it :) This was about 95% luck and 5% skill :)
    Finch in flight
  • MsmotoMsmoto Posts: 5,398Moderator
    @Coastalconn

    95% (Patience + Skill), 5% luck..... You do this well and it is not because you are lucky, but simply have the skill to do. Of course, without that 5% we end up with nothing...LOL ;)
    Msmoto, mod
  • proudgeekproudgeek Posts: 1,422Member
    edited March 2013
    I would add patience to Coastal's repertoire. My guess is that those birds don't just come right out and pose when they see him show up with his camera. An older one of mine today. Perhaps if I'd better understood DOF at the time I would have shot this at f/9 or 11 to keep a little more of the snail in focus while maintaining that sense of isolation here.
    Snail's Pace
    D90 | 105mm | f/6.3 | 1/250s | ISO 400
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  • MsmotoMsmoto Posts: 5,398Moderator
    edited March 2013
    Here is something a bit different, I think. This was the final lighting setup for my recent piano shoot. The big difficulty in these is the piano being in the way. The final lighting is obtained by a well controlled light on the reflector, fill from the top half of the umbrella. Other setups were umbrella overhead at piano right, and one half way up on piano left. I post this only so some folks who do not use stuff like this can see at least what one person does.

    Here goes:

    Julia_Piano 03.13.13-12

    For more images in this shoot:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/fantinesfotos/sets/72157632986199811/with/8554655699/
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    Msmoto, mod
  • Dredden85Dredden85 Posts: 365Member
    edited March 2013
    msmoto +1
    @Coastalconn

    95% (Patience + Skill), 5% luck..... You do this well and it is not because you are lucky, but simply have the skill to do. Of course, without that 5% we end up with nothing...LOL ;)
    CoastalConn could you please write a book on improving your luck with skill?! I'll buy the first copy. :)
    Post edited by Dredden85 on
    D7000, 18-200VRII | 50 1.8G | SB-900
  • Dredden85Dredden85 Posts: 365Member
    @msmoto- Impressive!
    D7000, 18-200VRII | 50 1.8G | SB-900
  • Rx4PhotoRx4Photo Posts: 1,200Member
    @msmoto, did you first draw a diagram of your lighting setup on a paper towel or old napkin a la McNally? ;-)
    D800 | D7000 | Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8 | 24-70mm f/2.8 | 70-200mm f/2.8 | 35mm f/1.8G | 85mm f/1.4G | Sigma 35mm f/1.4 Art | Sigma 50mm f/1.4 Art | Sigma 50mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM | Zeiss 100mm Makro-Planar ZF.2 | Flash controllers: Phottix Odin TTL

  • YetibuddhaYetibuddha Posts: 388Member
    Msmoto, thank you for the information and the photo of the setup. This is nearly 100% skill, combined with equipment. The viewer is the lucky one!
  • MsmotoMsmoto Posts: 5,398Moderator
    I will stand around and look at the problem, then set up lights like I think I want them. Test shots...then redo the lights. More tests, and again redo.

    In my head I have a picture of the lights. And how I want the final image to appear...highlights, shadows, and the ratio between these. Of course I am looking at the background and deciding on this as well.

    In this shoot, the organ recital hall was the way it was...and I did not want to create an artificial background. we did pull the piano out a couple feet from the base of the organ, this to get some space for lights and me.

    I discuss with my subjects everything I am doing before we start. in some of the shots where the camera was literally on the keyboard I asked her to simply play into my hands and I would attempt to get out of her way.

    No diagrams for this one, but I have done this in the past, especially if an art director or client is standing around.

    Msmoto, mod
  • PostmanPostman Posts: 59Member
    Lighting in an art form in itself - and it's something I feel like I know almost nothing about, yet. Thanks for the post!
  • SquamishPhotoSquamishPhoto Posts: 608Member
    Really nice race shot, bland. The subject separation is great and the action is perfect, however it seems like its color could be a bit more lively. SOOC?

    image
    D800 • 200mm f2 @ f2.2 • 1/125 • ISO 160
    Mike
    D3 • D750 • 14-24mm f2.8 • 35mm f1.4A • PC-E 45mm f2.8 • 50mm f1.8G • AF-D 85mm f1.4 • ZF.2 100mm f2 • 200mm f2 VR2
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