Picture of the Day

[Soulburner]

Is that done on the camera, or editing?

Edit the pic and keep the original.

[Lestat]

Repel down is not the problem, it's the replleing UP, that may be.. ; )

boat.
if you go out into the water far eough and then come into the cover you wont have to worry about being throw against the side of the cliff.

[ridney]

new bag

[Weevil]

Well I tried some editing, so I'm going to post the before and after of yesterdays picture, and ask for critique.

Before


added contrast


added saturation

[inCore]

You can do it on some cameras but it's generally easier doing it in post processing. Takes only a minute or two, you just pull some sliders to where it looks good. You have some nice photos of nice locations but your photos look a little bland. Pushing the black levels a little and increasing the contrast and saturation will give it more depth and warmth.

Edit: That's what I get for having the "reply" window open for a few hours, I've missed around six posts, including the ones with the edits.

Looks good, definitely better than before. The green in the foreground is perhaps a little intense but in general, a great improvement.

[kinghong1970]

new bag

hmm... either Canon and Crumpler are working together on the bag line or someone knocked someone off...

nice bag!

[inCore]

That's my contribution, I don't have the EXIF available on this pc, but it was, as usual, shot with a D90 + Sigma 17-70mm, probably at F8 or so.

[Weevil]

Spring is here.



Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
f/10
1/500s
iso-250
60mm

[G.Foyle]

Caon 20D, 50/2.8, iso 200, 1/125 sec, f/1,8, some raw color adjustment

[ANP !!!]

Great landscapes Weevil, but that tree in the lower left side is so disturbing, ruins the shot
Amazing work Incore, you got that perfectly.
That looks delicious, xoqolatl.

My Droplet picture got published in the leading English Newspaper over here "Times Of India", this is my 2nd time .

They asked me
1. What joy does photography give you?
2. What does it mean to you?

On which my Input was (Check lower right part of the paper)
" According to student Abhishek Patel, capturing nature makes you a happy person. “It sensitises you towards nature and living and even non-living things. Once you get closer to nature, you feel your real existence against its vastness.” To him and many more here, it is just not another hobby. It is cherishing the beauty of the flower, solidarity of the mountain, fluidity of the river and the song of the birds.



He feel taking it up professionally will kill the joy out of the activity and hence are happy to have this hobby of a lifetime. "

The original pic in large size

Nikon D40
105mm
f2.8
1/500sec

[Anemic]

Great job ANP, that is sweet! Your pic is alot "poppier" after editin Weevil, just knock of a bit of the saturation and its a super shot. Looks like some kind of bird down at the beach. inCore, great shot. Im thinking of the Israelian wall when I look at it. Looks yummy xoqolatl, you should brighten it up a bit =)

[Marin]

You mean the Western/Wailing Wall/Kotel?

[Weevil]

Installed a new 125kw power supply the other day, had to make sure I had enough power to run my quad sli 480's in my new build.. ; )



Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
f/16
1/200s
iso-400
17mm

[Soulburner]

Weevil, I'd recommend not shooting at f/16 unless for artistic reasons (starbursts at night, controlling light and you don't have a ND filter etc). Reason is you are losing sharpness with every stop past f/11 or so, and not gaining much DoF.

Look up Diffraction.

Just a tip

[Weevil]

Thanks Soulburner, I really appreciate any and all tips from everyone here, I am not offended WSE.

[StickyRICE]

late to the game with the tilt thing, but pic is straight from the camera and used the tiltshift maker. photobucket reduced the size quite a bit.

[Soulburner]

Hey I am not a huge fan of the tilt shift stuff, but that scene really works well. Good job.

Thanks Soulburner, I really appreciate any and all tips from everyone here, I am not offended WSE.

What I mean is there are some situations that call for higher f-stops, but that doesn't look like one (everyday shooting)

You will likely get some extra sharpness by taking it down to f/8 and a boost in shutter speed.

[StickyRICE]

Hey I am not a huge fan of the tilt shift stuff, but that scene really works well. Good job.



What I mean is there are some situations that call for higher f-stops, but that doesn't look like one (everyday shooting)

You will likely get some extra sharpness by taking it down to f/8 and a boost in shutter speed.

Thanks, I just tried it with that site to see how it looks and it does seem to work well with this shot.

But, as a shot how does it look i mean are the color good and what not or what sort things should I be looking for maybe to foucse on, on a shot like this. Did that make any sense lol.

[Lestat]

poor lonely little pice of wood all by it's lonesome...

here is a 100% crop but resized to 900x597 (see below)
here is the 100% crop untouched - 100% Crop
here is the original picture resized to 900x600 - original



picture was taken from only a couple of feet away
canon 7D
canon 50mm F/1.8 II
F-4.0
ISO-100
1/60th sec
proctor 2.0 custom style applied ot raw file, converted to jpeg

[Weevil]

Great shot Lestat.

[1Tanker]

Great DoF on the wood shot, Lestat!

I love this dog! He just happens to be very photogenic too.




A little bigger:

- Canon EOS Rebel XS
- Exp-1/400
- Aperture-f/5.6
- Focal Length-129mm
- ISO-400
- Flash-No
- Exp. Comp.- +1/3 EV
- Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM + Sigma APO 1.4x DG EX Teleconverter

[Metric]

400D
0.5s
ISO 100
55mm @ f/36 (Didn't have a ND filter)

[inCore]

Great job ANP, that is sweet! Your pic is alot "poppier" after editin Weevil, just knock of a bit of the saturation and its a super shot. Looks like some kind of bird down at the beach. inCore, great shot. Im thinking of the Israelian wall when I look at it. Looks yummy xoqolatl, you should brighten it up a bit =)

You mean the Western/Wailing Wall/Kotel?

It was taken at the Olympic stadium in Barcelona.

Metric, at least your lens stops down to f/36. I don't think any of mine too, I desperately need to get a GND filter.

[agor]

Canon EOS 7D
Canon 100mm 2.8 L IS Macro
100mm
f/5,0
1/60sec

[Mescalamba]

1Tanker

Nice and sharp, does Sigma teleconverter auto-focus with that Canon lens?

agor

Like DOF and colors.