Picture of the Day

**grskier** · 10-02-2010, 04:21 AM

Last night in Florence:

**SchralphMacchio** · 10-02-2010, 09:00 AM

damn grskier, that is some awesome pattern, great composition!

**pbourdon** · 10-02-2010, 11:03 AM

Originally Posted by SchralphMacchio

anyone else find it really hard to sit still for 30 seconds? self timer self portrait from Saturday

Heh....now you can relate to how much of a bitch it must have been to be a portrait photographer at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries.

Nice shot man.

Everyone's posting some really good shit.

**grskier** · 10-02-2010, 03:03 PM

Originally Posted by SchralphMacchio

damn grskier, that is some awesome pattern, great composition!

Thanks man... first shot in 5 months that I thought I could post here...

And way to hold your breath for that long.

**AlexC** · 10-02-2010, 06:42 PM

Gotta love fall colours.

**Wes Mantooth** · 10-02-2010, 10:34 PM

Originally Posted by grskier

Last night in Florence:

Sweet composition, sort of a confusing effect trying to figure out where the buildings are relative to eachother and the background. I like it

**outabounds** · 10-03-2010, 01:54 AM

**SchralphMacchio** · 10-03-2010, 12:11 PM

outabounds, that shot reminds me of some thoughts I had last weekend around Thousand Island Lake and Island Pass.

I'd been contemplating fishing waders so that I could get out into lakes and open up more composition possibilities ... then I realized I would have to stand perfectly still for a couple of minutes for the beautiful water I just disturbed to get all flat and glassy again

**outabounds** · 10-03-2010, 01:34 PM

Originally Posted by SchralphMacchio

outabounds, that shot reminds me of some thoughts I had last weekend around Thousand Island Lake and Island Pass.

I'd been contemplating fishing waders so that I could get out into lakes and open up more composition possibilities ... then I realized I would have to stand perfectly still for a couple of minutes for the beautiful water I just disturbed to get all flat and glassy again

Getting in the water is more of a waterfall thing for me because it helps you get a good foreground. I don't know if that helps with reflection shots. I guess you can find out by getting wet. In that water, yeah, you're going to want neoprene. :-)

I don't know if I've mentioned it enough for anyone to notice, but this tool is priceless for planning shots with the sun or moon involved.
http://photoephemeris.com/

**uglymoney** · 10-03-2010, 02:38 PM

Maquoketa River. Formerly known as Lake Delhi till this years epic floods took out the damn - epic floods have become a part of summer around here the last few years.

**outabounds** · 10-03-2010, 06:24 PM

before the sunset:

**SchralphMacchio** · 10-03-2010, 07:42 PM

nice colors, I think I like the trees comp on this one a little better but the foreground rocks on the other one a little better

I shot my whole Banner Peak series and then after the fact realized I needed to be looking to really use some of the "thousand" islands of the lake to anchor the image. I got one comp I am really happy with but the light was the most boring of the set. I'm almost done collecting photos from that set for a TR ... probably subtitled "how many photos of one mountain can a guy take in 3 days?"

**splitter** · 10-04-2010, 08:21 AM

**SchralphMacchio** · 10-04-2010, 08:27 AM

Chad I really like the light on those rocks - good combo of both backlight for shape & contrast and sidelight for texture on the first guy. I like the exposure.

**pbourdon** · 10-04-2010, 06:49 PM

Originally Posted by SchralphMacchio

Chad I really like the light on those rocks - good combo of both backlight for shape & contrast and sidelight for texture on the first guy. I like the exposure.

x2.

Gotta love the fall. The skies start to get really interesting this time of year, and we all know winter is just around the corner. By the way, anybody know of an image hosting site that doesn't compromise color/image quality during the upload process? Photobucket is starting to piss me off.

One from tonight...

**splitter** · 10-04-2010, 07:23 PM

Originally Posted by SchralphMacchio

Chad I really like the light on those rocks - good combo of both backlight for shape & contrast and sidelight for texture on the first guy. I like the exposure.

Originally Posted by pbourdon

x2.

thanks fellers, b roll from that dog walk...

Originally Posted by pbourdon

By the way, anybody know of an image hosting site that doesn't compromise color/image quality during the upload process? Photobucket is starting to piss me off.

I like the zenfolio. I use the fancy dancy one, I'm not sure about the basic. It seems it's the same IQ, less bells and whistles, but as far as hosting, seems similar. They have a free trial I checked out and was sold.

**pbourdon** · 10-04-2010, 09:03 PM

Originally Posted by splitter

thanks fellers, b roll from that dog walk...

I like the zenfolio. I use the fancy dancy one, I'm not sure about the basic. It seems it's the same IQ, less bells and whistles, but as far as hosting, seems similar. They have a free trial I checked out and was sold.

That one is really trippy. Almost like the rocks are fake. I dig it. And thanks for the suggestion, I'll check it out.

**mtcham** · 10-05-2010, 12:16 AM

Originally Posted by SchralphMacchio

anyone else find it really hard to sit still for 30 seconds? self timer self portrait from Saturday

That is such a great shot!!! After spending a week shooting in the moonlight I can really appreciate the challenge, and you nailed it-very nice. Trying to combine the right focus, aperture and speed at night is not as easy as it seems.

**Fuzz** · 10-05-2010, 06:51 AM

Originally Posted by SchralphMacchio

self timer self portrait from Saturday

That is an amazing shot. Nailed it on all aspects.

I've been looking for more regular, non-landscape shots. A few from the preserved historic houses in Frisco. 40D, 35mm f/1.4L.

**crackboy** · 10-05-2010, 07:26 AM

Originally Posted by grskier

Last night in Florence:

grskier

would it be possible to get a version of that at 960x800, it would make a sweet wallpaper for my phone?

**JimLad** · 10-05-2010, 04:51 PM

Dramatic sunset tonight

**pbourdon** · 10-06-2010, 03:48 PM

Fuzz, between these B+Ws and your fall color shots you've been killing it man! Specifically, I like the use of DOF in these and the contrast.
Not to mention the astro-shit is outta hand. Definitely some great stuff.

A couple from the shoreline the other night.

edit: Looking at the last shot in this set, I should've used a slower shutterspeed to blur the water. The others, I like the texture of the water, but the last one I feel would've been better with the water blurred.