Picture of the Day

**[XC] leviathan18** · 09-07-2009, 10:14 AM

elisha did you process the last pic?

**Elisha** · 09-07-2009, 10:30 AM

Originally Posted by [XC] leviathan18

elisha did you process the last pic?

yep all the colours were already there i just punched it up with tone mapping.

**Mescalamba** · 09-07-2009, 10:42 AM

New Zealand - Eden on Earth..

Wish I could live there.. plenty of opportunities for shooting pics.. Really nice photo..

Speederlander - nice amp

Jokester_wild - beautiful light..

**Mescalamba** · 09-07-2009, 10:43 AM

[XC] leviathan18

That small halo effect says she did.

Tough.. still nice.. I´m not sure that A700 really needs that.. would be nice to see how that photo looks without improvements..

**Elisha** · 09-07-2009, 10:56 AM

The Halo affect happens when I use Manual Focus on this camera and not so much the processing itself. And that day I shot everything in manual focus.
Here's another of a similar flower that was processed in LR whereas the other one was tone-mapped in Photomatix only and cropped in CS4.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3470/...38f60c4a_b.jpg
Notice how this one too has a virtual halo.
I believe it has something to do with the Macro mode on the lens which only functions on the 28mm wide end causing an extreme OOF. The skies probably contributes as well cause if you look properly, have the clouds seem overexposed and nicely merges into the blue skies.

Anyway all PP parameters are listed alongside the EXIF in Flickr if anyone wants to try and emulate the processing.

**Mescalamba** · 09-07-2009, 11:06 AM

Interesting effect of lens..

**Elisha** · 09-07-2009, 11:12 AM

Yeah for sure. The 28-135mm is from 1985. it has an atrocious MFD of 5ft however it has lightning fast focus. It is also extremely prone to flare and Minolta never built a hood for it. The Marco switch for it disables AF and locks zoom to 28mm only.
Also the day I shot the flowers, it was windy as hell and the MF attempts weren't giving me much keepers. AF wouldn't have helped either since I would not have been able to hold on to the flower to get a better shot cause of the thorns.
I'll post another of the same flower tomorrow which was also tone-mapped but in a different angle.
The flowers have 2-3 tones of purple on the same flower naturally and the juvenile ones are darker still.

**itznfb** · 09-07-2009, 11:49 AM

Camera: Nikon D90
Exposure: 1/250sec
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 200mm
Exposure Bias: 0
ISO: 400
Flash: N/A
Metering: Pattern
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX VR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G

**[XC] leviathan18** · 09-07-2009, 01:32 PM

Originally Posted by Elisha

yep all the colours were already there i just punched it up with tone mapping.

elisha can i have the full version of that pic please?

my email is leviathan18 [@] gmail . com

i want it as desktop background

**spaz77** · 09-07-2009, 05:23 PM

Canon xsi
exp:1/4000
aperture:28/5
focal length:55mm
iso:100
flash:N/A
lens:canon kit lens 18-55 IS

have recently upgraded to the Nikon d90/w 18-55mm kit lens.

**Marin** · 09-07-2009, 08:19 PM

Camera: Canon 50D
ISO: 100
Shutter: 0.001 sec (1/1000)
Aperture: f/3.5 (forgot to stop down)
Exposure Bias: 0
Lens: Canon 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5

**Elisha** · 09-07-2009, 10:03 PM

Another of the wild flower.

Camera: Sony DSLR-A700
Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/641)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 28 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Lens: Minolta 28-135mm

**1Tanker** · 09-07-2009, 10:10 PM

Great pic, itznfb...i love Cardinals.

I'm starting to attempt night photography.

Solar lights, out front of my parents house...near-full moon behind me.

Camera: Canon A80
Exposure: 15 sec(tripod)
Aperture: f/5.0
Focal Length: 11.44 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Flash: Not Fired

**hikaricloud** · 09-07-2009, 11:34 PM

More telephone poles...

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel XS 10.1mp
Exposure: 1/80
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 25mm
ISO: 200
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

**inCore** · 09-08-2009, 05:50 AM

First shot from my trip to Amsterdam, Zürich airport.

Model = Nikon D90
Lens = Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 HSH Macro
Exposure Time = 1/80"
F Number = F4.5
ISO Speed Ratings = 1600
Exposure Bias Value = ±0EV
Flash = Off
Focal Length = 17mm

**AceNZ** · 09-08-2009, 07:13 AM

...

**labs23** · 09-08-2009, 07:25 AM

AceNZ
What a great place. I wish I could have a chance snapping pics. at a place like that.
I really love landscape photography.

A CPL used on that pic. would be much of a bonus.

**inCore** · 09-08-2009, 02:32 PM

It's past midnight, here's another, one of my favorites:

Model = Nikon D90
Lens = Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6 VR
Exposure Time = 1/60"
F Number = F8
ISO Speed Ratings = 200
Exposure Bias Value = ±0EV
Flash = Off
Focal Length = 200mm

**Bootup05** · 09-08-2009, 03:24 PM

**Metric** · 09-08-2009, 03:53 PM

SPIDER WARNING!

Canon 400D, Reversed Nikkor 50mm f/2 @ f/4, 1/125" @ ISO400, -1 EV

**AceNZ** · 09-08-2009, 04:45 PM

Originally Posted by labs23

AceNZ
What a great place. I wish I could have a chance snapping pics. at a place like that.
I really love landscape photography.

A CPL used on that pic. would be much of a bonus.

NZ is an amazing place for photography. Wonderful place to live, too.

What do you mean by CPL?

**Stratman** · 09-08-2009, 05:27 PM

Meramec River near St. James, Missouri..

Pentax K110D, Sigma 28-200
Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/11.0
Focal Length: 78 mm
ISO Speed: 400

**[XC] leviathan18** · 09-08-2009, 06:14 PM

Originally Posted by AceNZ

NZ is an amazing place for photography. Wonderful place to live, too.

What do you mean by CPL?

CPL means circular polarizing filter

**HuffPCair** · 09-08-2009, 07:00 PM

STRATMAN

That is a beautiful shot. It makes me want to go down to Bennett Springs now lol and go fly fishing.

**Jokester_wild** · 09-08-2009, 09:03 PM

1/500
F/9
44mm
ISO400

I didn't even know I had my iso that high... whoops.

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