PHOTO-A-DAY: February 2013

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• vinopaul22 Posts: 78Member

  February 2013

  Okay, I thought I heard something up there. This darn critter has been living here for at least a month. Tomorrow he goes!

  

  D90 N105 f2 dc through the window.

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• ZSChow Posts: 72Member

  February 2013

  "suggest not cutting off any body parts in a portrait" Agreed, this is what I always thought. BUT then why am I seeing so many tops of heads cut off in headshots? Is't that cutting off a body part? I notice even Peter Hurley does this.

  Hurley seems to do it a lot...I understand that there's no real hard and fast rule to anything, but what comes under the exceptions?

  Hi all,
  
  Very good stuff!
  
  Body parts are general cropped somewhere other than at joints - but then there's always exceptions.
  
  

  Thanks Mike for the advice. When you come to the exceptions, whats a good exception? (Fascinating photo btw)
  
  I can open a new thread for this if we keep the discussion up

  Don't try, don't know, so I keep trying.

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• rschnaible Posts: 308Member

  February 2013

  My first contribution for February....
  
  

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• BlueRidge Posts: 4Member

  February 2013

  @Msmoto .. that photo is from one of the tunnels on the Blue Ridge Parkway near my house.. I have been to Bryson City and the Road to Nowhere that leads to a dead end with the tunnel you can walk through.. such a shame they never finished that road over to Fontana Dam..

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• Msmoto Posts: 5,398Moderator

  February 2013

  @ donaldejose
  I have spoken with Peter about this as I did this in the 1960's when Peter was very, very young..LOL. I did a series last year with the tops cropped as well. The effect of a head crop is to give a feeling of going beyond the frame. Cutting off one arm does not do this. Here is one I did today from my Family of man set on Flickr.
  
  http://www.flickr.com/photos/fantinesfotos/8436653100/in/photostream
  
  And one which is one the Nikon website
  
  http://www.flickr.com/photos/fantinesfotos/7115248369/in/photostream
  
  
  
  

  Msmoto, mod

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• hammers71 Posts: 97Member

  February 2013

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• Rx4Photo Posts: 1,200Member

  February 2013

  February's starting off with lots of variety.
  
  @ ZSChow, Trust me, I'm as much of a portrait and lighting "student" as the next guy. Your portrait is nice. The one thing that I might point out is to notice the catchlights in the eyes of your subject. I noticed in your portrait that the catchlights are on opposite sides of each eyeball which could indicate a needed adjustment in the placement of your lights. I've gotten to where whenever I look at a photo in a magazine I look at the eyes to see where the "professional" had his/her lights placed.
  
  Here's one I did last year using one SB-900 in a small Lumiquest Softbox III. The flash was supported on a tripod, connected to the camera via a SC-28 cord to the left of me above my shoulder.
  
  
  D800, 100mm Zeiss Makro-Planar *T ZF.2

  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
  
  

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• dissent Posts: 1,364Member

  February 2013

  seemed like it might make a fun HDR.
  
  

  - Ian . . . [D7000, D7100; Nikon glass: 35 f1.8, 85 f1.8, 70-300 VR, 105 f2.8 VR, 12-24 f4; 16-85 VR, 300 f4D, 14E-II TC, SB-400, SB-700 . . . and still plenty of ignorance]

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• Rx4Photo Posts: 1,200Member

  February 2013 edited February 2013

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  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
  
  

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• Meinrad Posts: 20Member

  February 2013

  My favorite fence; one more winter shot:
  

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• PB_PM Posts: 4,494Member

  February 2013 edited February 2013

  Very nice image Meinrad! Looks like you've got some dust on the sensor though.

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  If I take a good photo it's not my camera's fault.

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• Beso Posts: 464Member

  February 2013

  This isn't what I set out to shoot today but ...
  

  Occasionally a decent image ...

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• spraynpray Posts: 6,545Moderator

  February 2013

  Another London shot:

  Always learning.

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 0

  February 2013 edited February 2013

  Zola
  
  
  
  Studio, Softbox (key), hair light (grid).

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  Those who say it can't be done, should not interrupt those doing it!

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• DanPhoto Posts: 11Member

  February 2013

  
  Shanghai at dawn
  
  

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• Msmoto Posts: 5,398Moderator

  February 2013 edited February 2013

  Bezo, Spraynpray, Ton, DanPhoto...Nice work...
  Actually I like all the posts lately...some good photos on NRF.
  
  And now a break from the Detroit stuff, another from my Family of Man set:
  
  
  
  And, if you want to look him in the eye..http://www.flickr.com/photos/fantinesfotos/8435562427/sizes/o/in/photostream/

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• ErikssonRobin Posts: 28Member

  February 2013

  
  
  Went out looking for new shooting locations in the cold.

  Robin Eriksson
  Nikon D810 • Nikkor 24mm 1.4G • Nikkor 105 2.8 Macro • SB-700 • Gitzo 5562 LTS

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• Benji2505 Posts: 522Member

  February 2013

  Snow has the disadvantage that does not provide a lot of colors and light is reflected harshly. So I started to look for some backlit situations.
  
  

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• Yetibuddha Posts: 388Member

  February 2013

  Beso and Meinrad, really neat images--of course other images are powerful as well.
  
  This will be the last posting in the Death Valley series. More images are on the Flickr page. This was a difficult image to capture, the light was changing very fast, and it was difficult to focus--it was actually fairly dark, and I was unsure of the actual infinity focus point on the lens. Warning: their may be noise
  
  The mountains in the distance are nearly 20 miles away. Morning at Death Valley:
  

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• dissent Posts: 1,364Member

  February 2013

  @ Yetibuddha - A really nice series.

  - Ian . . . [D7000, D7100; Nikon glass: 35 f1.8, 85 f1.8, 70-300 VR, 105 f2.8 VR, 12-24 f4; 16-85 VR, 300 f4D, 14E-II TC, SB-400, SB-700 . . . and still plenty of ignorance]

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• Witty_Nickname Posts: 193Member

  February 2013

  
  
  D800 - Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8 @ 14mm and f/7.1
  3 second exposure.

  https://www.flickr.com/photos/witty_nickname/

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• MikeGunter Posts: 543Member

  February 2013

  Hi all,
  
  Nice photos all.
  
  
  
  Nikon D7000 ISO 100, 1/160 105mm Micro Nikkor f9.0
  
  My best,
  
  Mike

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• rschnaible Posts: 308Member

  February 2013

  Cave Rock Area - Lake Tahoe.... Best Viewed in Light Box
  
  

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• pippigurl Posts: 241Member

  February 2013

  Beautiful works! Mine for the day...
  
  
  Nikon D800 | Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 | 1/80 f/8 | ISO 100

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• bland Posts: 812Member

  February 2013 edited February 2013

  I had to really slap the deniose to it but for not having enough light to shoot I was surprised my D800 was able to capture anything. I almost left once I got there and saw how poor the light was but decided to give my D800 it's hardest test yet. Yee Haw!!! lol
  
  

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