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[.::NeO::.]

London In Red by Marco88it, on Flickr

[hokiealumnus]

Interesting processing with the selective color. I like the phone booth you have on flickr as well. Good job!

Here's a butterfly

70D, EF-S 18-135mm IS @ 135mm, f/5.6, 1/250, ISO 1250

Butterfly by hokiealumnus, on Flickr

[.::NeO::.]

Interesting processing with the selective color. I like the phone booth you have on flickr as well. Good job!

Here's a butterfly
70D, EF-S 18-135mm IS @ 135mm, f/5.6, 1/250, ISO 1250
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Thank you Jeremy

Here are a couple more. I am just experimenting this editing tecnique and I quite like it

Couple by Marco88it, on Flickr

Missed Call by Marco88it, on Flickr

p.s. nice butterfly, really like the colours

[crustytheclown]

I like your b/w a lot Marco,i would use a little bit saturation in the red,nonetheless great shots!!!

[.::NeO::.]

I like your b/w a lot Marco,i would use a little bit saturation in the red,nonetheless great shots!!!

Thanks crustytheclown for the feedback, always appreciated

Here are a couple more shots of my recent vacation in London

599 by Marco88it, on Flickr

Above by Marco88it, on Flickr

12 O'Clock by Marco88it, on Flickr

Straight by Marco88it, on Flickr

[BenchZowner]

The return of the Ghost Ship...

[.::NeO::.]

The return of the Ghost Ship...

http://ppcdn.500px.org/81269663/5a51...5441e471/4.jpg

Excellent BW

Smooth by Marco88it, on Flickr

[BenchZowner]

Not another milky way photo... haha, of course not... oh wait!



I call it... Wanderers of the Galaxy

[alpha0ne]

Dolphin Quay 2 by alpha0ne, on Flickr

[.::NeO::.]

Not another milky way photo... haha, of course not... oh wait!

http://ppcdn.500px.org/81387087/8c24...93bf15ce/4.jpg

I call it... Wanderers of the Galaxy

Beautiful one. One short exposure for the silhouette and one longer exposure for the sky merged together in Photoshop or soemting like that?

Forces Of Nature by Marco88it, on Flickr

[BenchZowner]

Beautiful one. One short exposure for the silhouette and one longer exposure for the sky merged together in Photoshop or soemting like that?

That is correct Marco

[hokiealumnus]

Jim: Question. What kind of bear is best?
Dwight: That's a ridiculous question.
Jim: False. Black bear.
Dwight: That's debatable. There are basically two schools of thought-
Jim: Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.
Dwight: Bears don't... What is going on? What are you doing?!

American Black Bear by hokiealumnus, on Flickr

[alpha0ne]

For Sale or Hire by alpha0ne, on Flickr

[hokiealumnus]

Beautiful shot alpha0ne.

Not macro, but a close shot of a dragonfly with crazy bright coloring.

Dragonfly by hokiealumnus, on Flickr

[.::NeO::.]

First try at moon photography

Dark Side by Marco88it, on Flickr

D7100 in 1.3x crop sensor mode
AF-S 85mm 1.8G @f/8 (FX equiv. 165mm)
100% crop
Hand held

[BenchZowner]

Brighten it up moar

First try at moon photography

Dark Side by Marco88it, on Flickr

D7100 in 1.3x crop sensor mode
AF-S 85mm 1.8G @f/8 (FX equiv. 165mm)
100% crop
Hand held

[.::NeO::.]

Brighten it up moar

How about this one? (this is my second try)

Full Moon by Marco88it, on Flickr

[BenchZowner]

How about this one? (this is my second try)

Full Moon by Marco88it, on Flickr

A lot better.
How did you sharpened and increased the contrast ?

[.::NeO::.]

A lot better.
How did you sharpened and increased the contrast ?

Thanks
I sharpened and bumped up the clarity a little bit using a brush, highlighting only the moon since the sky was pitch black

[Darakian]

Great shots all
I gotta spend some free time trying to get a milky way pic. I love your hikers pic bench

[BenchZowner]

Thanks
I sharpened and bumped up the clarity a little bit using a brush, highlighting only the moon since the sky was pitch black

Avoid using clarity, at least not without masks, because it increases noise a lot.
For sharpening use the "High Pass" sharpening method a few times ( duplicate layer, desaturate, apply high pass filter, set layer mode to overlay, adjust opacity, merge layers, repeat steps to increase the effect )

Great shots all
I gotta spend some free time trying to get a milky way pic. I love your hikers pic bench

Thanks man, glad you like it
Awaiting your milky photos

[[XC] Oj101]

50/50 by Jonathan Horne, on Flickr

Canon 600D + Tamron 70-300mm f/4-5.6 Di VC USM, 1/320, f/6.3, ISO 100




Lighting the Way by Jonathan Horne, on Flickr

Canon 600D + Tamron 70-300mm f/4-5.6 Di VC USM, 30s, f/11, ISO 100



Appearances by Jonathan Horne, on Flickr

Canon 600D + Tamron 70-300mm f/4-5.6 Di VC USM, 25s, f/13, ISO 100

[BenchZowner]

50/50 by Jonathan Horne, on Flickr

Canon 600D + Tamron 70-300mm f/4-5.6 Di VC USM, 1/320, f/6.3, ISO 100

Need moar ( faster ) shutter speed.
Turn VC off.
Make sure to keep your shutter speed at least 1/effective focal length, which is 1/480s ( focal length @ lens 300mm = 480mm due to 1.6x crop sensor ).
1/480s speed would ensure ( unless you have parkinson's ) that you won't have camera shake caused blur ( shaky hands ).
Then, you'll also need to make your shutter speed good enough to freeze the motion of the birds, that depends on the bird and their flying speed, etc.
Usually 1/640s is good enough to freeze big birds.

[hokiealumnus]

70D, EF-S 18-135mm IS @ 29mm, f/9, ISO 6400, 1/5 sec (hand held ), No flash

Burruss Hall by hokiealumnus, on Flickr

[[XC] Oj101]

Need moar ( faster ) shutter speed.
Turn VC off.
Make sure to keep your shutter speed at least 1/effective focal length, which is 1/480s ( focal length @ lens 300mm = 480mm due to 1.6x crop sensor ).
1/480s speed would ensure ( unless you have parkinson's ) that you won't have camera shake caused blur ( shaky hands ).
Then, you'll also need to make your shutter speed good enough to freeze the motion of the birds, that depends on the bird and their flying speed, etc.
Usually 1/640s is good enough to freeze big birds.

I'm aware of that, I was on full manual and was not expecting them to take off. The two were perched with their wings spread on top of a nearby roof, which is how I was planning to shoot them. That was a lucky/unlucky accident, they'd been perched long enough for me to see them, watch them for a minute, go in and find my camera, get change lenses and get my exposure correct. As chance would have it, the second I have my camera pointed at them they decide to take off. The only reason I did anything with that picture is I really like the framing with the wings pointing into opposing corners. Had I expected them to take off I would have gone for 1/1000 at a higher ISO. Ah well, such is life