Picture of the Day

**BenchZowner** · 11-18-2013, 05:40 AM

And since it's a popular subject here... 2 moonshots follow

**hokiealumnus** · 11-18-2013, 06:17 AM

Crazy good catch with the bird!!

**BenchZowner** · 11-18-2013, 06:41 AM

Originally Posted by hokiealumnus

Crazy good catch with the bird!!

I just cheated

It's a composition ( blended two shots

).

I once had the opportunity to snap a wonderful photo, full moon and a commercial plane going vertical through the moon but wasn't fast enough to get the camera from the storage room to the front balcony and lost it...

**BenchZowner** · 11-18-2013, 09:38 AM

**Darakian** · 11-19-2013, 12:21 AM

Since we're doing moons

_MG_0191 by Darakian, on Flickr

also

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**hokiealumnus** · 11-19-2013, 05:32 AM

Today's picture is a Hibiscus.

f/5.6, ISO 1250, 1/160 sec, 87mm, No flash

**Soulburner** · 11-19-2013, 01:51 PM

Originally Posted by Darakian

Since we're doing moons

Nice work.

**@rne** · 11-19-2013, 03:34 PM

halaiwa_chicken von ArneM. auf Flickr

**hokiealumnus** · 11-20-2013, 05:22 AM

f/5.6, ISO 3200, 1/250 sec, 135 mm, no flash

**[XC] Oj101** · 11-20-2013, 06:49 AM

How dark was it that you needed to use ISO 3200 for that?

**hokiealumnus** · 11-20-2013, 06:51 AM

It was on auto ISO (what I use 90% of the time unless it's not doing what I want it to do), but during the release there were a group of kids standing in a circle with a couple staff members as well. In between them it was pretty well in shadow. However, I'm glad it chose that, because the trade-off is a slower shutter speed, which doesn't work with unpredictable butterflies.

**hokiealumnus** · 11-21-2013, 06:15 AM

Speaking of high ISO, here are a pair of nocturnal creatures.

f/5.6, ISO 3200, 1/4 sec, 67 mm, no flash (shot through glass)

**@rne** · 11-23-2013, 09:34 PM

bancroft-07930 von ArneM. auf Flickr

**kwscore** · 11-24-2013, 03:07 AM

Tofix by kwscore on Flickr

**hokiealumnus** · 11-24-2013, 08:38 AM

We went to the 18th annual Native American Heritage Celebration yesterday. It was cloudy (as it seems to be when I want to take photos), but the colors were so amazing it didn't matter anyway.

f/5.6, ISO 320, 1/200 sec, 135 mm, No flash

f/5.6, ISO 320, 1/250 sec, 135 mm, No flash

f/5.6, ISO 320, 1/200 sec, 135 mm, No flash

f/5.6, ISO 320, 1/250 sec, 135 mm, No flash

f/5.6, ISO 200, 1/160 sec, 100 mm, No flash

There are a few more here.

**@rne** · 11-24-2013, 07:21 PM

Which lens are you using?

Venus showing up over the bay.

bayarea-07975 von ArneM. auf Flickr

**alpha0ne** · 11-25-2013, 12:40 AM

Originally Posted by hokiealumnus

We went to the 18th annual Native American Heritage Celebration yesterday.

WOW.................. waht amazingly clear shots, and yes, the colours ARE amazing

**hokiealumnus** · 11-25-2013, 05:23 AM

Originally Posted by @rne

Which lens are you using?

Canon EF-S 18-135mm IS on a Canon T3. Lens review-ish thread here.

Originally Posted by alpha0ne

WOW.................. waht amazingly clear shots, and yes, the colours ARE amazing

Thanks! That day made me glad I had a longer lens; as you can see from the random heads in the shots, I wasn't in the best spot, having to shoot between heads and over shoulders. Needed every mm of length I had to get several of these. But hey...a challenge is always fun, right?