Picture of the Day

[Lestat]

It's just hot pixels and normally shows up in long exposure because the sensor is running hotter than normal.

the problem is that its not supposed to happen at all,, period, unless the sensor pixel is bad.

you should be able to do minutes at a time without causing artifacts like that.

as long as it hasnt shown up in pictures since that one i wouldnt worry too much.

[ANP !!!]

Great shots guys

Chicken Patty, thats a well composed shot.
I think noise is a huge problem on CCD sensors, especially with long exposures, where they get quite hot, worse then CMOS sensors, a couple of 5-10min exposures on my camera creates noise like I am shooting at the highest ISO (ISO3200)

Camera: Nikon D40
Exposure: 13
Aperture: f/10.0
Focal Length: 10 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: No Flash
Sigma 10-20 EX + B+W 10stop ND

[Chicken Patty]

Thanks ANP. That shot was taken with very little time on that camera. one of the first pictures I took and my buddy helped me set it up a lot.

[ANP !!!]

Taken from a running bus.

Camera: Nikon D40
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/320)
Aperture: f/9.0
Focal Length: 45 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: No Flash
Nikkor Kit lens VR.

[aslanwas]

Taken from a running bus.

wow, that's an amazing picture

[Elisha]

Very nice Abishek. What part of India is that?

[spaz77]

Nikon D90..

[ANP !!!]

wow, that's an amazing picture

Thanks

Very nice Abishek. What part of India is that?

Thank you, its in the state of Uttarakhand, this is just some 400-600 kms from the Himalayas, Northern mountains are a treat to experience.

[Xien16]

Camera: Canon PS SX110
ISO: 80
Shutter: f 4,3
Exposure time: 1/250 s

[Weevil]

Took this in an Anthropology clothing store in San Fransisco while my wife was shopping, was surprised when I viewed it later at home.

[Elisha]

Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Exposure: 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 55 mm
ISO Speed: 640
Lens: Canon 18-55mm IS

[agor]

Image input equipment model: Canon EOS 7D
Exposure time: 0.0008
F number: 4
ISO speed rating: 200
Lens focal length: 163

[inCore]

Model = Nikon D90
Lens = Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 Macro HSM
Exposure Time = 1/160"
F Number = F8
ISO Speed Ratings = 200
Exposure Bias Value = -0.67EV
Flash = Off
Focal Length = 60mm
White Balance = Auto white balance

[Lestat]

Elisha can you do me a favor, post that shot you jsut did with no processing.
just reduce it.
maybe do auto levels or something to even it out a bit but i would like to see what the vanilla 7D does in your knowledgeable hands.

too many of us post processed pictures and many times, especially with your fantastic shots i wonder what the originals looks like, and since you love taking shots of your boy as much as i do mine, show me what the regular 7D image looks like.... if you dont mind sharing.

[ANP !!!]

Another of the "shot-from-bus-window", but this time I mistakenly left the ISO at 800 causing a fair amount of noise in the shot, I dont like NR since it flushes away the details too.

Camera: Nikon D40
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/800)
Aperture: f/14.0
Focal Length: 55 mm
ISO Speed: 800
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: No Flash
Nikkor Kit lens.

[ripken204]

ANP, so you get to see that beautiful sight every day while going to work or something!?

[ANP !!!]

Nah, I wish , It was from my recent trip to North India.

[ridney]

elisha, did you fire flash on that picture of your boy? it looks like it was shot indoors. pretty sharp as always

[Elisha]

As vanilla as possible. Straight JPEG output from original RAW in LR 3 Beta. No presets or anything applied.
And yes if you see the reflection in his eyes, you will see the white umbrella!

The processed image is actually softened using Clarity -31 to smoothen his skin.

Before:


After:

[hale88]

wow Elisha. That is big different

[Xien16]

Generally I dont't like to rework my pictures (only frame and name) but I really like the look of this Lighttechnique

[Lestat]

oh wow!

so what is that,,,,
and what did you do for processing?

[Xien16]

Thanks

It's the inside of a special sewing machine.
What do you mean with processing? I only had the lamp of the sewing machine and the cam

Missing details:
Camera: Canon PS SX110
ISO: 80
Shutter: f 5,0
Exposure time: 1/20 s

[1Tanker]

Nice work Elisha. I think the thing i like most about that processing, is how much it makes his upper eyelashes pop.

It was -18C/0F here last night.. that created all these cool snow/ice formations. Keep in mind, this is shot @ 400mm, so it isn't very sharp..but i got to take it standing up. Oak leaf frozen into the ice works well for scale.



-Camera: Canon EOS Rebel XS(1000D)
-Exposure: 1/100
-Aperture: f/8.0
-Focal Length:400 mm
-ISO Speed: 800
-Exposure Bias: +1 EV
-Flash: Off, Did not fire
-Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM + Sigma 2x TC

[Elisha]

I tend to soften all my portraits but always try to make them pop out as well.
Most times softening tends to flatten things but once you get the hang of it you will know what makes them pop!



Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Exposure: 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 135 mm
ISO Speed: 800
Lens: Canon 28-135mm IS USM