Photographed TODAY (or Processed today)

[Janet Petty]

I'm just finishing the processing on the pictures I took in Utah. Here is one of my favorites. The sun was just right that the sky was a deep, dark blue. When I opened the file, it just begged to be converted to black and white. Other than the conversion, I didn't do anything to make the sky look black.

The f-stop was probably around 11 (as it was quite bright that day). The shutter speed is anyone's guess because I have the camera set to aperture priority and seldom pay attention to shutter speeds. The lens is a 24-105 mm.

Janet

[limey-g]

Just a rose taken indoors available light Sony R1.
Geoff

[Janet Petty]

The rose is beautiful. The depth-of-field is great. The bluish-magenta cast to the background bothers me a little. That used to happen to me a lot when I was a Minolta shooter. Something in the camera settings converted all that green-yellow to blue, which was easily fixable in Photoshop. I love roses. They are so beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

Janet

[limey-g]

Thanks Janet , I did the background this way to give a contrast to the yellow rose.
Geoff

[James Penner]

Here's a picture of a rabbit I took out at my dad's place. He really likes his birdseed, but I don't think he appreciated me taking a picture while he was eating.

I really liked the threatening look, but his whiskers definitely need more work, and I'm not sure that I like the depth of field effect.

[CJ Swartz]

Originally Posted by James Penner

...I don't think he appreciated me taking a picture while he was eating.

I really liked the threatening look, but his whiskers definitely need more work, and I'm not sure that I like the depth of field effect.

I see what you mean about the depth of field, but you didn't have a lot of time to take another shot to correct it -- you had to get out of there before he came over to beat you up! That is a very threatening stare, and he looks pretty big...

You captured some nice lighting which highlighted his cheek, nose, muzzlepuff, and fur, and you caught an interesting expression -- nice!

[cardmnal]

I took some friends from Columbia to Yellowstone yesterday. It was stormy and sunny and creating all kinds of great lighting conditions. The subject here is Castle Geyser. The storm clouds had passed overehead a few minutes prior to this shot.

The only out of camera adjustment made here was a little tweak with levels to improve contrast. The colors are as they were.



Alan

[palms]

Great shot Alan the colours look spetacular

Palms

[lurch]

Beautiful image, Alan. Though I've never seen the park on a day like that, such days did happen in my native Montana. Makes me nostalgic, and I really envy you living in such a glorious area. As a footnote, my parents met in Yellowstone. Mom was a cabin maid at Mammoth and Dad drove a tour bus.

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[James Penner]

CJ: I appreciate your comments, and I'm glad you liked the picture. I'm just glad to still be in one piece; I think this critter would have made the Rabbit of Caerbannog look pale by comparison if I stuck around much longer.

Alan: WOW! That's an amazing shot! I haven't had much of a chance to take pictures in such dramatic lighting... I've got to get out more.

[DannyRaphael]

Experimenting with depth of field effects with my new Sigma 100-150mm F/2.8 lens.

This was shot with a Nikon D70s at 120mm, F/3.2, 1/400th... converted to BW in Photoshop.

[palms]

That is a super shot Danny i like it a lot

Palms

[dalphoto]

May as well jump in. Actually, processed last night, not today, but close enough right?

[Littlecoo]

It is the middle of winter over here and somewhat ironically the only flowering thing in my yard is this hibiscus- I used it when shooting off the end of a roll of film yesterday. The light wasn't ideal (dappled shade) but the flower itself appears to be the main source of illumination anyhow....hehe. I just love the vivid colour even though it hurts to look at too long.
The camera I used was a Pentax A3 with 28-80mm zoom, F/3.5, shutter 1/60 (I think), and ISO 200 film.
I ideally should have gone for a greater depth of field, it's looking way too shallow...but still pretty

[SwampDonkey]

Shot less than an hour ago. One of the pilots practicing for this weekend's Red Bull Air Race here in London.

Pete

[bills]

waycool!

Bill

[palms]

Originally Posted by SwampDonkey

Shot less than an hour ago. One of the pilots practicing for this weekend's Red Bull Air Race here in London.

Pete

Thats a great shot, the speed they go at i would have trouble keeping my eye on them , let alone a camera ! ! !

Palms

[CJ Swartz]

Pete - that's neat! I especially love your shutter speed allowing some motion of the prop -- nicely done.

I love photos of planes, and tried taking some at a few airshows -- when the Blue Angels were going to buzz the crowd from behind (I was ready for them, I thought) I raised my camera and caught -- blue sky and maybe a tip of a tail.

[Steve Conway]

"Lady Taking a Rest"

Had the original photo for a while. Did the manip this am.

Steve C.

[fpellerin]

Shot this a lunch time today. He did not like me being under HIS tree and did not stick around too long either.
D200, 70-300mm@170mm, f4.5, 1/125 sec., ISO 100.

[Janet Petty]

I love squirrels. They are so feisty, especially when you are sitting under "their" trees. Thumbs up.

Janet

[Andy Bird]

Just started to retouch this pic this mornin.
Black hair ona black background… always hard.

Fortunately I have the magic of RAW

[Inkjet]

A closeup of some plastic cutlery.

[CJ Swartz]

Originally Posted by Inkjet

A closeup of some plastic cutlery.

Cool! Did you use a lightbox or tent? You seem to have handled the lighting well.

[Inkjet]

I used a light tent lit from behind and blacked out the sides with some black card to increase contrast in the edges.

[CJ Swartz]

Originally Posted by Inkjet

I used a light tent lit from behind and blacked out the sides with some black card to increase contrast in the edges.

Nice work and nice effect! When I took a photography class, I shot some stemmed glasses for one lesson -- I had never tried any tabletop stuff before and didn't think that I liked anything other than "nature shots" at the time. I ended up loving the play of light on transparent objects -- need to work on it to get better. Seeing your work makes me want to try some again.

[Inkjet]

Thanks for those kind words.

Yes this is also someting that has long interested me. I normally light this from the rear but the soft box had just died and the light tent was my Plan "B" with the card used to recreate the normal lighting situation.

[chrishoggy]

Well here are a few of the 100's of shots I took at Chester Zoo yesterday.
The last one is my personal favourite, as it looks more natural
http://www.chrishoggy.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/zoo/

[Janet Petty]

Nice Chris. I liked them all. Isn't a zoo a wonderful place to take pictures?

I certainly hope the zoo officials know enough to have the prairie dogs in an enclosure they cannot burrow under. I'm originally from a state in the western part of the USA where prairie dogs are a huge bane on the livelihood of the people. I must admit that I viewed them with a mixture of laughter and despair.

I also admit to having several (errr...many) pictures of them in the wild, so to speak. Since they are protected by the endangered species act, they tend to take over people's lawns, the golf course, farmer's pastures, cemeteries, and any place else that there are NO natural predators.

Here are two that were taken this summer at the golf course just as the sun was coming up. The golfers tell me that they are guaranteed a hole-in-one no matter what. It just depends on the definition of "hole-in-one".

Janet

[chrishoggy]

The prairie dogs seemed to pose for their photo, and were quite funny to watch. The enclosure is rather good, as you get to see them above and below ground.
This is a shot of my two kids inside the dome that forms part of the tunnels you can go in under their enclosure.