PHOTO-A-DAY: April 2013

autofocus

Took this last year at Loretta Lynn's Amateur Nationals. This is what the D4 was built for.

jjdarling

My cat smashed yet another glass last night, so here is my catshaming photo of her.

From MMKT

Nikon D3000, Tokina 16-28mm, SB-700 + Yongnuo flash (forget model name)
1/200, iso 100, f/6.3, 26mm.

Both flashes pointing straight down, shooting through spaghetti boxes.

JJ_SO

First attempt in Capture One after learning some tutorials
OpenAir dancing last summer, windy, rainy, suny, funny,
D7000, 85/1.4 @f/2.8, 1/400, ISO100

adamz

SquamishPhoto

Nice one, adam. I like that you went with black and white, it really helps focus attention on the face of the tiger.

pippigurl

Nikon D800 | Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 | 1/125 @ f/5.6 | ISO 100

bland

OK, Bland, you have inspired me to post this one...

Nice shot, Tommie! I got the vintage car race this weekend, can't wait!

@autfocus .... nice shot!
@Benji2505 ... thanks, you'd think they'd at least get color matching tape! lol

Rx4Photo

@Rx4Photo I could be wrong but the halo around the ship gives away your HDR like PP trick. I sometime push it too much too. Unless you intended to give it a ghostly effect.... in which case my appology..

It's pretty obvious isn't it!? No offense taken. As much as I did like the overall "look" of the image I didn't like that halo around the ship either and was tempted to just post the original, which probably would have been the best. I used one of the presets from Topaz Labs software that I've had for some time but rarely use. The more I learn about LR4 and CS5 the less I use those 3rd party programs anyway. Thanks, though. Your observations are always welcome, Pierre.

rschnaible

A long exposure for my share today.....

DavidJaan

@adamz - Fantastic image. Really captures the majesty of the tiger.

One of the little sister for today. She was really basking in the sun.

Gitzo

@ autofocus.....Great shot ! ( and couldn't agree more with you about the D-4 )

@ rschnaible......I LOVE that shot ! Beautiful !

And now from last summer..........


I love flowers, so last summer I decided to kill two birds with one stone; I thought I would plant some petunias, some gladiolas, (and a few more that I forget their names ); also, I can't resist rocks ! Been dragging them home now from almost every state, for maybe 30 years now; I decided to put a few of my favorite rocks in my flower bed, so I could "enjoy" the rocks along with the flowers. The pretty pink rock in the center is a chunk of red granite from a mine in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The purple rock on the right is from a river in New Hampshire. And the rock on the left is white quartz from North Carolina. ( but apparently I used the wrong picture, so you can't see the white quartz rock) The "glads" didn't do so well last summer it was so dry. (even thought I watered the things every day for 3 months!)

Benji2505

Nice one Bob, one can even see the airplanes coming in. 'like the reflections of the lights in the water.

rschnaible

@Gitzo and Jan - Thanks, yes the planes line up for SFO so far in the distance you cannot see them

mikep

some really good photos there ^^^^

Pierre

@Rx4Photo the below uses a similar technique, I edit-out the halo (mmmm maybe not completely) in CS5 using layers and mask. We really need to watch the edges at all zooming-sizes. BTW, I find lots of your work very impressive.

Scott_D

Discovered the blue filter preset in Aperture today! The center of the flower is normally bright yellow-orange.

tganiats

I made an interesting software discovery today. But it takes two days to show when doing PAD...

Here is the ceiling of the Bole Medhane Alem Church in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Tomorrow for some fun. :-)



D800 with 16-35 @ 27mm, 1/8 @ f/4, ISO 200.

Benji2505

Something totally different today:

proudgeek

Adam, your photo is why I like black and white so much. Mine for today....a little street food.

D90 | 24-70 | 70mm | 1/80s | f/4 | ISO 400 | + 2/3 EV

aodwoz

adamz

thank You guys for good words. one more animal portrait below:

Dredden85

Phenomenal shots shot everyone!

6Hours of Bahrain. September 2012. Strolling through the paddock at the Bahrain International Circuit. .



Larger: http://blg.nikonsrc.com/image/ls2pyw2qjWjsrWACu3fb72Bu0FLtEi1PBX9VvNpaVzOUr69H3M7qHO97ksGSfQw8_eAT_60jDC4/item.JPG?rot=1

D5000+Tamron 18-250 @ 30mm, f11, 1/500, ISO 2000

autofocus

So many great photos posted here it's difficult to comment on all. I have visited a few on Flicker and made comments there. There are some amazing photographers in this group. I'm just an aspiring amateur.
Keeping with my bike photo from yesterday I decided to go the street route today. I was playing with a star filter (had to experiment) so don't beat me up too bad.

Msmoto

Oh the bikes...

jjdarling

@autofocus I like the stars but maybe that's a BIT overdone (but to each their own).

Here is a photo I took on Sunday. I was using the SB-700 as a fill flash as the midday sun was high and harsh. The stars in his sunglasses really gives him a rockstar look, IMO.

From LJ Patio

D3000, 50mm f/1.4G, SB-700
1/200, f11, iso 100, flash naked at 1/2 power