Picture of the Day

[Lestat]

I am much in the same boat. but being in the Midwest there aint alot of neat scenic areas to take photo's of. Your picture is well done imo

oh come on man we have miles and miles and miles and MILES of corn and beans we can take pictures of!

[hikaricloud]

Thanks Lestat, I always feel strange showing off my pics because I think nearly everyone here is so much more advanced than I am, I have had a couple of suggestions PM'd to me about how I am make some of these shots better and that is why show some of my pictures, to get feed back and learn.

I pretty much have the same deal, I'm not used to using a DSLR myself, used to use 35mm a lot instead, so I'm just getting used to what I can do with this thing...I think you're a lot more advanced than I am, lol. Feedback is always nice.

By the way, I did really love that shot.

Anyway, photoshoot the night before, thought this turned out cool.



I got the light to shine directly there by turning my polarizing filter a little bit, worked pretty well I think. No editing in photoshop, not even "auto RAW" correction.

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel XS 10.1mp
Exposure: 1.0sec
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 18mm
ISO: 400
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

[ANP !!!]

Nice shot Hikari, Light is nicely controlled.


Green is not over saturated, Its cause of sunlight they were shinning.

16shot Panorama || Hand Held || Nikon D40 at 18mm f8 || Original Size: 9173x2848
Lens Nikkor 18-55VR

[Don_Won]

may i get some link to the full size?

[labs23]

I love panorama pics. too, but I've never tried shooting hand held though. I'll prolly do it sometimes.

[ANP !!!]

@Don Won:
Here is the original size
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2617/...61c241e5_o.jpg

[Kristall-99]

oh come on man we have miles and miles and miles and MILES of corn and beans we can take pictures of!

haha oh yes. so much it gets boring after seeing it to much!
Here is another from the fair two weeks ago.



D40
18-55 @ 55
iso 400
1/100 sec
f-5.6

[1Tanker]

40W(150W equivalent) CFL.




Camera: Canon A80
Exposure: 1/2000
Aperture: f/8.0
Focal Length: 7.81 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Flash: Not Fired

[Lestat]

haha oh yes. so much it gets boring after seeing it to much!
Here is another from the fair two weeks ago.



D40
18-55 @ 55
iso 400
1/100 sec
f-5.6

gotta love state fair's.
look at all those $0.50 pictures of M.J. off to the left side used as prizes lol.

[Jokester_wild]

[labs23]

@Jokester_wild

Nice pic. dude. Awesome DOF.

What lens are you using on that one?

[Elisha]

Camera: Sony DSLR-A700
Exposure: 0.04 sec (1/25)
Aperture: f/2.0
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 1600
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Lens: Minolta 50mm f/1.4

[Tarowah]

Elisha I cant figure out how you get your imamges so vivid, as always another great shot.

[monst0r]

friend dragged me to the airport



Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
Exposure: 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 74 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: +2/3 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire

[Chicken Patty]

^^^good shot. Looking like a text book landing

[RADCOM]

[Jokester_wild]

@Jokester_wild

Nice pic. dude. Awesome DOF.

What lens are you using on that one?

whoops forgot to add the details:

Nikkor 18-200 VR
1/200
F6.3
ISO Lo1
200mm

[ANP !!!]

Nice shot Elisha, the details in the eyes are amazing.
Great Panning shot monster, I gotta try panning once.
Those are some long legs, nice shot RADCOM
Amazing shots Tanker, Kristall and Joker, the DOF is amazing.

[1Tanker]

Nice shot Elisha, the details in the eyes are amazing.
Great Panning shot monster, I gotta try panning once.
Those are some long legs, nice shot RADCOM
Amazing shots Tanker, Kristall and Joker, the DOF is amazing.

Thanks ANP.




Camera: Canon A80
Exposure: 1/25
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 16.22 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Flash: Not Fired

[Elisha]

Elisha I cant figure out how you get your imamges so vivid, as always another great shot.

Lol not sure. I use AdobeRGB mode on my camera and so are all my colour spaces in LightRoom and PhotoShop.
The trick is to play around with the slider and trying to figure out how to make each image pop out.

Nice shot Elisha, the details in the eyes are amazing.

Thanks ANP. I intentionally softened the image using a -40 on the Clarity slider to soften the image but the eyes still look nice and sharp!

[Elisha]

Camera: Sony DSLR-A700
Exposure: 0.013 sec (1/80)
Aperture: f/2.0
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Lens: Minolta 50mm f/1.4

[Mescalamba]

Really nice pics Elisha. My guess is that A700 has simply perfect color reproduction, and quite good dynamic range. And you have skilled hands. I wonder, how nightshot from A700 looks like..

[Elisha]

Really nice pics Elisha. My guess is that A700 has simply perfect color reproduction, and quite good dynamic range. And you have skilled hands. I wonder, how nightshot from A700 looks like..

I have a few ISO 1600 portraits and thats about it. Haven't really ventured into night photography yet and I doubt anything short of a D700 or a D3 would look good beyond ISO 3200.

The a700 has the same sensor as the Nikon D300 and with firmware v4, it is almost on par with ISO performance. Probably 95% of the sensor performance of the D300. Nikon seems to have the upper hand on perfecting their firmware and Sony took over a year to bring out a near perfect firmware for the a700. Sony's filter implementation differs to Nikon as well. It's more noticeable when comparing the a900 and D3X.
The D90 has an improved sensor and is better at low light than the D300.
And I'm pretty sure the new D300s may get the newer improved 12MP sensor of the D90 or maybe a better one as well.

[itznfb]

The D90 has an improved sensor and is better at low light than the D300.
And I'm pretty sure the new D300s may get the newer improved 12MP sensor of the D90 or maybe a better one as well.

D90, D300 and D300s actually all have the same sensor. I believe the D300 and D300s may have more advanced EXPEED processors which is where the difference would come in. Especially between the D300 and A700. Though the D300 and A700 do not share the same sensor they are both created by Sony and they are very similar.

[Elisha]

D90, D300 and D300s actually all have the same sensor. I believe the D300 and D300s may have more advanced EXPEED processors which is where the difference would come in. Especially between the D300 and A700. Though the D300 and A700 do not share the same sensor they are both created by Sony and they are very similar.

the model number on the D90 is not the same as the D300. It is clearly visible in performance as well.

Though it incorporates a 12-megapixel DX-format sensor, Nikon stresses that it's not the same sensor as in the D300. The pixels are the same size, however, and though it uses only 12-bit processing rather than 14-bit like the D300, Nikon claims high-ISO quality as good as the D300's, thanks to the same on-chip noise reduction.

Very similar but an updated version of what's on the D300.
Regardless the D300 is a different class of camera all by itself. The D90 only has video and a slightly different sensor on it.