PHOTO-A-DAY: April 2013

donaldejose

Now for some spring flowers around the house and yard. First, a purple pansy.

Coastalconn

The Osprey I've been waiting for.. From 50 feet

Nikon D300 Tamron 200-500 1/1600th F7.1 ISO 400 +.33EC

Mike_Kobal

Nikon D800E, Nikkor DC 135mm, wide open

DavidJaan

Snapped this with the iPhone and edited in Snapseed. The girls were enjoying the glimpse of sun.

Scuderia1

@adamz I voted +1 for the composition in your deer photo.. I was out shooting some deer the other day and my eye was "struck" by a few I had taken with trees in the foreground and background. I just stopped to look for a while, because as you say, the composition was different for me as well. But it's something I've been trying to incorporate into my photographing. I personally think it adds a nice touch. Here was my take on it.. I "added" the trees in the foreground to really show how much this deer was hiding behind trees/shrubs..



D800 | ISO 3600 | 420mm | f/5.6 | 1/500sec

JJ_SO

@Mike_Kobal: great portrait, all tones are matching beautifully

Mitt

Nikon D600 50mm 1.4f
Revelstoke British Columbia Canada

JJ_SO

Manchester UK

cbg

@Coastalconn - Kris, outstanding shot, the only nit (and it's a small one) is that the back wing got clipped. Incredible sharpness, I wish I could handhold as well as you do. again, excellent shot, needs to printed and framed.

aodwoz

< 3 how she reacts in front of the camera!!!!

pippigurl

Great Smoky Mountain National Park



Nikon D800 | Sigma 150-500 f/5-6.3 | 1/60 @ f/16 | ISO 100 | Photomatix (1)

rschnaible

Golden Gate - Painted Sky

autofocus

I was playing with the Pocket Wizard III as a remote today and used the bird feeder as a subject. Had two cameras set up with remote and sat inside to trigger. Works great. Another tool for the belt. This photo was with the D4 and New 80-400mm.

aviachar

Benji2505

Very nice layers, pippigurl- super shot.
Kris, nice one, well worth the wait.
Adamz-I thought the blurred framing took too much space of the picture and therefore distracted. I like the idea though.

bland

@proudgeek ....... the lady in the middle is one of the top racers in the nation. I can't think of her name but I'll be shooting her again the first weekend in June.

dissent

so many very nice photos upthread. no surprise at all.

I think I posted this picture of the DuPage River in the February PAD.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/92617093@N05/8517021913/in/photostream

Well, here is the DuPage River from near the same spot as it appeared today -


I say "near" the same spot because the February pic was taken from the bridge that runs across the river. That bridge is just to the left of the stop sign in the photo above, except that bridge is now completely covered with water. Choosing discretion over valor, I took this photo. With the D7000, btw. Seems to be performing nicely.

Beso

More Tulips ....

hammers71

adamz

meet the new guy in town... in Warsaw since yesterday

D800 + N300/4 + TC14 - no crop!

aodwoz

@autofocus @hammers71 aviachar /thumb UP, I really enjoy your piece!!

proudgeek

Beso, are those ice crystals on the tulips? Amazing. And Adam...just wow. Perfectly framed, razor sharp, and outstanding use of dof. I love it. Took this one in Jerusalem late last year. This woman watched late afternoon traffic pass by from her balcony.

D90 | 24-70 | 70mm | f/6.3 | 1/800s | ISO 400

adamz

@scuderia1 - I think that the branches really work on Your picture, it's a beautifully composed environmental portrait, that says sth about the place where this deer lives. for me that's very important aspect of every animal snap.

Msmoto

Nice bear, Adam...and Proudgeek, I love these candid snaps.

My "Art Flowers"

DavidJaan

This shot sparked late last night. The setup was a black backdrop, two continuous lights on either side with the bottle sitting on top of a piece of black glass. It involved a bit more editing than I'm use to but the result was pretty cool. Next time is put another light behind the bottle to get the green color.