Picture of the Day

**JayPowHound** · 08-24-2011, 09:46 PM

Originally Posted by Chainsaw_Willie

I can't quit staring at this one, it really sucks me in... it's a vertical wall, not a flat sidewalk right?

The second one's cool too, looks like a painting.

**powdork** · 08-24-2011, 10:15 PM

as i was going backwards from the last post i never got past outabounds pic to hotdiggity's ducks, which is awesome too.

**f2f** · 08-24-2011, 10:17 PM

the saddest picture of the day:

http://blogs.discovery.com/daily_tre...navy-seal.html

**splitter** · 08-24-2011, 11:39 PM

**Chainsaw_Willie** · 08-25-2011, 02:15 AM

Originally Posted by JayPowHound

I can't quit staring at this one, it really sucks me in... it's a vertical wall, not a flat sidewalk right?

The second one's cool too, looks like a painting.

Yep, that's water sheeting over a short vertical wall. Part of the same fountain in #4. Took about 50 pics of this - just held the button down but only got a few like this one.

#2 & #3 are my favorites just for the colors & psychedelic feel to them. #2 is the walkway just over the water and #3 is the reflection of a 60 story building.

Thanks!

powdork -That waterfall your kid captured is freakin' cool.

Alpinord - I feel your pain and I'm probably not the best person to be giving advice on this, but you can make the colors a bit more intense in post by bringing the black levels up a bit. To help with capturing the shot, use a small aperture and a long exposure on a tripod at the lowest possible iso. I've seen guys use ND filters for these kinds of shots and take up to 5 sec. exposures. Not sure why the longer exposure helps - maybe something to do with the amount of time the sensor has to collect light.

**splitter** · 08-25-2011, 07:46 AM

**powdork** · 08-26-2011, 02:35 AM

i like that one better. both the clouds and curls on the right rail stand out more to me.

**splitter** · 08-26-2011, 07:35 AM

Thanks PD, those will probably be displayed near each other if either ever gets displayed...

here's a landscape orientation, this one feels unbalanced to me

the train came through and stole a lot of the good light time

**Tuckerman** · 08-26-2011, 11:57 AM

A few from this weekend in Woodstock, Vt.

**uglymoney** · 08-26-2011, 05:59 PM

**JayPowHound** · 08-26-2011, 06:33 PM

x-post from BBQ thread...

**SchralphMacchio** · 08-26-2011, 07:07 PM

looks like a caterpillar larvae of an alien creature wandering the ship corridor, looking for Newt, Ripley, or other prey ...

(I'm sure it tasted good

)

**DeutschBag** · 08-26-2011, 10:52 PM

Two rounds of thunderstorms in one day (Aug 24). First round was at 3am. Had to take most photos from inside due to the rain. Here's one:

That evening, one of the best light shows I'd seen in years started around 9pm:

I'm thinking of sneaking a powerful pellet gun in to Germany simply so I can shoot the light out across the way. It kills the evening ambiance and view from the second floor balcony......

**Dromond** · 08-27-2011, 04:25 AM

Originally Posted by JayPowHound

x-post from BBQ thread...

That does look disgusting in an awesome sort of way. It reminds me of a monster for Quake or Doom or something

**Lonnie** · 08-27-2011, 03:52 PM

Hello from Germania Pass....

**outabounds** · 08-27-2011, 04:29 PM

The sun rising through a dark smokey haze, minutes after I did the same. Ugh, first hangover I've had in a long time.

here comes the sun by outabounds, on Flickr

**splitter** · 08-27-2011, 05:53 PM

you were always good, but the last few have been teh sickne55

Originally Posted by outabounds

The sun rising through a dark smokey haze, minutes after I did the same. Ugh, first hangover I've had in a long time.

here comes the sun by outabounds, on Flickr

**outabounds** · 08-27-2011, 08:23 PM

Thanks, splitter. That's nice to hear.

Here's the one that got away. Just a little bit to the left and I'd have hit a homer.

almost by outabounds, on Flickr

**HotDiggity** · 08-27-2011, 08:52 PM

^^^ That's still really fuggin sick!

Cape Cod Sunrise
Longnook Beach
Truro, MA

Longnook by beezskis, on Flickr

**Lonnie** · 08-27-2011, 09:16 PM

Three sick shots sandwitched between this post and my last....

**outabounds** · 08-27-2011, 10:18 PM

Killer sunrise. That lit up wave is way cool.

**kidwoo** · 08-28-2011, 12:38 PM

**kidwoo** · 08-28-2011, 12:39 PM

Originally Posted by outabounds

Thanks, splitter. That's nice to hear.

Here's the one that got away. Just a little bit to the left and I'd have hit a homer.

almost by outabounds, on Flickr

FUCK!!

I'd be kicking things.

**JayPowHound** · 08-28-2011, 04:28 PM

Went over to the beach in Lynn this afternoon to survey the damage.

A handfull of boats broke their moorings and ended up beached, ironically enough this was the first one to come ashore...

I was there for about an hour and watched three more come crashing in...

The seagulls didn't seem to mind the wind much...

And neither did this kook!