PHOTO-A-DAY: April 2013

Gitzo

@ dissent.......Thank you ! That was a really "quickie" shot.....it was pretty cold out that day

@ Adam........I think he's a black caiman......they get BIG ! (and are VERY nasty) (and I'm wondering if those flies were as pesky to you as they were to the caiman?)

birdman

Somewhere south of Palm Springs, CA...in the mountains

Yetibuddha

My kitty shot:

Shot through the glass at the Cat House at the Omaha Zoo.

tganiats

Water droplets on a gladiola. From the archive...



D80 with 60mm micro, 1/25 @ f/10, ISO 400

Benji2505

Pierre, yes my wife was about to discard some old artist ink and I thought I pump some light into it and see what the outcome was. This shot was with 2 inks in water, one SB900 from the side and one SB900 onto the background to make it homogeneously white, both M1/16. no modifiers, no gels, triggered by phottix odin.

Rx4Photo

Haven't posted in a while....away for Spring Break + D800 in the shop (Nikon, Inc., Melville, NY) for focus assessment - warranty/no cost, and sloppy shutter sound with Err message afterwards - warranty/no cost.

Here's one from last year in Marathon Key, Florida. Shot from the balcony of a condo.

D7000 ; Nikkor 28-300mm.

mikep

so benji what is that? is it in a fish tank or something ?

MikeFrewer

Nikon D7100, 1/2000, f/5.6, iso 360, 155mm.

Benji2505

so benji what is that? is it in a fish tank or something ?

It is colored ink in water, contained in a red wine glass. close-up with 105mm micro.

rschnaible

@ pippigurl......Beautiful shot of the swan!

@ rschnaible.......I haven't seen a shot of the GGB from that vantage point before; beautiful

Thanks, glad you enjoyed the different perspective

DXV_Photo

aviachar

Biking in Bolivia.

abacaxi

Yellow ohia
Nikon d70s Tamron 18-270@270mm 1/2500 f/6.3

mikep

interesting perspective being at the same level as the clouds, aviachar

bland

@bland great pic!

I am a huge Formula 1 fan and will be attending a race in Austin, Tx this year (November). I was going to practice motion blur shots prior to flying down there for the Grand Prix. I will be shooting with a D800 and 300mm f/4 with TC1.4 attached.

I've read several theories on how to shoot with motion blur properly. But would appreciate any advice/camera settings you'd be willing to share.

I just shot at 1/60 in Shutter Priority with the ISO set at 100. The trick is to find a place to shoot were it's the right distant for a smooth pan, it's real easy after that.

I'm not sure if I'm going to the F1 race but I'm going to try and get there next month for the V8 Supercars. Looking forward to seeing your pictures of the F1 race!

rschnaible

A bit of fun with Bokeh....

pippigurl

@Bland &Msmoto: Drug to a car show last week and thought about you two and your enjoyment from cars. So here is my fav...whatever it is. Just beautifully restored.


Nikon D800 | Nikkor 18-35 f/3.5-4.5 | 1/200 f/6.3 | ISO 100

Pierre

Lots and lost of nice things.
@ton & @Coastalconn beautiful bokey and birds.
@Benji2505 this could provide endless beautiful shapes and colors, well done.
@aviachar I hope you cached a ride to the summit, my legs are hurting just looking at the photo

Gitzo

@ rschnaible........ I love the green leaves....almost looks like Fuji Velvia !

@ pippigurl...... that's a pretty sharp car there....( wait til Msmoto see's the one I'm putting up!

@ Pierre.......Do you have any idea what they used to make in that building ? ( What ever it was sure leaked out a lot and got the building really funky....)

Msmoto

OK, a preliminary scouting shot... on my learning curve for time-lapse, from the Three College Observatory in North Carolina....more to come from this venue.



The joke is I tried to shoot time lapse with full size images...340 of them at 20 MB each..... )

Well, now I have read the manual and understand what I did wrong....maybe...

proudgeek

aviachar, that looks awesome. Were you riding on pavement or dirt? One last geese shot from the other day, this one landing instead of taking off.

D90 | 300mm | f/5.6 | 1/1250s | ISO 400

itsnotmeyouknow

One from a wet day in London a few years ago:

Pentax 645D FA 75 f/2.8 at 1/125 ƒ/8 ISO 640

tganiats

Another from the Archive. Using a rented 70-200 before I got my own. Loved the f/2.8. Was pretty dark...



D80 with 70-200 @ 117, 1/10 sec @ f/2.8 (braced on post), ISO 800

cbg

Since Coastalconn has started to post Ospreys from this year, I thought I'd post one of mine from yesterday. Caught this pair doing a little nesting and mating.

D7000, Sigma 150-500 @450mm
IOS 400, f/6.3, 1/1000

adamz

honestly I don't what kind of bird it is - not a birder, but thought I'll join the bird theme. if someone knows what's on my picture please PM me.