Picture of the Day

^ Thanks hoki

I haven't really played with my tubes yet, the only lens I really tried is my 17-50 f2.8 as yet but I might see what happens when I use with one of my 70-300 lens ...........................yes, I bought another one, :shakes: I can't help myself sometimes..............or maybe its because I've become so used to only having enough $ in the kitty to buy 2 minute noodles ;) :D

Been playing with Photomatix, soooo much to learn :confused:

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Dolphin Quay 2 by alpha0ne, on Flickr

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Flow di Marco88it, su Flickr

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storm by kwscore on Flickr

lovely shot Marco!
Molto bella!

Pretty nice shot too kwscore :)

Tonemapped using Photomatix Pro

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Surprise by alpha0ne, on Flickr

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Amazing shot! I love it!

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lovely shot Marco!
Molto bella!

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Grazie! :)

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When you do HDR make sure you take the shots "properly".
What do I mean by properly.
You want the darkest exposure to be the... normal exposure ( check your histogram ), taking darker exposures only introduces more noise to the already noisy HDR process.
So, in practice, you need a normal exposure, and a few exposures ( depending on the situation, lighting conditions ) over-exposed.
Then you can "darken" the normal exposure to generate the dark frames for your HDR, or totally skip that part and do manual shadow deepening in post process of the completed HDR or tune the HDR software half-way through.

Thanks for the input BZ, its always appreciated :up:

The shot was not originally HDR/bracketed, its a cropped handheld RAW, then used Photomatix Pro for the effects

I haven't played too much with bracketing exposures as yet but I understand the logic, I'll try a similar scene next time (if this 'kin rain/wind ever stops :() using 3 exposures and maybe use a tripod

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https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5562/...51057d6d_b.jpgChopper a by Joel Hamilton Photography, on Flickr

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Leon di Marco88it, su Flickr

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The Old Secretarybird by Jonathan Horne, on Flickr

Canon 600D + Canon 18-55mm zoom reversed, 1/200, f/3.5, ISO 400

It's the South African Coat of Arms from the back of a R5 coin.

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Elena di Marco88it, su Flickr

Some extra info on my last image:

The bird's head is 3mm across. I have calculated the magnification ratio as 3.4:1 by photographing a ruler and fitting a maxumum of 7mm across the frame. The camera was attached to a tripod standing on the floor next to a table, and the lens was held freely in front of the camera.

70D, Nifty fifty wide open @ f/1.8, 1/80 sec, ISO 320, no flash

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Today it was Wildlife Monday, so I made a small trip to a local lake.

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Just got back from a hiking trip on the Na Pali coast of Kaua'i. Nearly died, didn't get to the end, but did get a few pics (only 1 from the trail due to aforementioned near death-ness)
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^ Really like the Na Pali pics Darakian !!!!

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Red Wattlebird, Anthochaera carunculata 2 by alpha0ne, on Flickr

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Just got back from a hiking trip on the Na Pali coast of Kaua'i. Nearly died, didn't get to the end, but did get a few pics (only 1 from the trail due to aforementioned near death-ness)
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I love these 2 pictures, really well done!

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Balance di Marco88it, su Flickr

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Ready di Marco88it, su Flickr

btw, you said you nearly died, what happened? :eek:

Lovely shots of Na Pali & Waimea canyon Drakarian. Sorry you had troubles out there; what happened?

Kauai is where my wife & I had our honeymoon. It's my life's mission to make it back there some day. Such a beautiful place.

Thanks all :)
Nothing much happened, it's just a very hard hike and I'm really out of shape :p: Conditions didn't help with the 90% humidity and no wind, but it's mostly on me. It's epically beautiful though, I want to get back there and finish the hike some day.
Also if anyone plans to take a trip out for the hike; either take a cab to the trail or get insurance on your rental. Our rental had its' fuel line cut while we were out camping.

Been playing with my Kenko extension tubes using the 36mm extension + Tamron 70-300 zoom, I'll try with a longer extension next time

These shots are cropped........................a LOT :yepp:

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Blowfly by alpha0ne, on Flickr

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Cactus by alpha0ne, on Flickr

Here's some more fun with the macro tubes and off-camera flash. Thinking alike again there alpha. Great fly!

The setup (apologies for the phone pic...the stone is under the lens there).

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70D, EF-S 18-135 IS @ 135mm, f/20, 1/5 sec, ISO 1000, off-camera flash fired

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...and 100% crop.

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Nice macro shots guys.

Here's a sunrise I caught yesterday.
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The Olde Coast by Jonathan Horne, on Flickr

Canon 600D + Canon 55-250 f/4-5.6, 1/160s, f/5.6, ISO 100s

you like it rough honey ?

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