Picture of the Day

[splitter]

I was thinking about a Grad ND, but I'm not completely sold on them because of the definitive transition in the middle of the circular lens. I don't take many (or any?) shots that have a transition right in the middle of the frame... seems kind of impractical to me. Maybe I'm just a noob when it comes to using them and don't know what I'm doing though, which is probably more likely.

Something like this, maybe?

http://smile.amazon.com/Tiffen-Gradu...density+filter

I think something more like this is practical: http://smile.amazon.com/IMAGE%C2%AE-...density+filter

The plate filters can be used with a holder or handheld to get the transition in the correct spot in the frame.

ETA: I know nothing about this particular product. Just that it's the style I'm referencing.

Phildo's got it right. I have 2 singh ray GND's that are the card style. They can either be hand-held or in a mount. I have the the cokin p-mount.


I'll handhold those guys with the UWA for something like this… With the Soft GND. Which as it turns out is a bad example since the horizon is near center...




or the hard GND in this mounted in a holder. Note the horizon is pretty high.




That previous posted North Peak shot had the hard GND at the lake's horizon right side up and the soft GND upside down to stop down the bright grass in the foreground. Just for balance. And that foreground turf still wants to come in a little bit hot. Though well within the histograms tattle-telling…

sorry for the reposts. They are some of the more accessible examples of what we're talking about. And it's nice to add some photos rather than 5 replies of words on the top of the POTD page.

[Lonnie]

Last week, on a lark, my mom sent us a suit of mine from when I was a toddler. We have a photo of me in it when I was just about my son's age (I'm the 3rd and he's the 4th). Here's my attempt to reproduce that photo 40+ years later. Now, I'm in no way, shape or from a people photographer, but I though I did ok.



Details on the shot:

SS 1/100
ISO 250
F/4.0
FL 160mm

Two speedlights (1/16 power) on wireless triggers bounced off 24" umbrellas on stands slightly higher than his head height aimed down. Fortunately, our walls were almost the same background color as the photographers backdrop from 40+ years ago...

[Fuzz]

^ Very nice portrait! Love the colours, the sharpness, the lighting.

I've joined the local photography society and we had an outing on Saturday to practice/shoot some portraiture with a few members of the local theatre company. It was my first attempt at shooting formal/posed portraits. Learned a lot. Here are some of the results...

1.

Luke by FuzzSummit, on Flickr

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Luke by FuzzSummit, on Flickr

3.

Luke & Abby by FuzzSummit, on Flickr

4.

Amanda by FuzzSummit, on Flickr

5.

Summer & Amanda by FuzzSummit, on Flickr

[splitter]

Been unable to shoot recently so did a little archive-diving

[Supermoon]

Had an interesting idea for a photo that involved skating through this huge puddle with a GoPro. Unfortunately, I forgot to charge the GoPro. I did get one that turned out kinda cool, though, and luckily I figured it out before I soaked myself for no reason

[Lonnie]

Steve, et al.

Many folks patiently wait for the 100mm Lee Filer holder to come into stock (it's perputially out of stock lots of places).

Century optics markets the exact same filter holder, it's even manufactured by lee.

[splitter]

[BeardedClam]

Field mapping - Catastrophic failure of a wooden culvert

[Wiilbert]

^ This is awesome! Love the deep greens.

Thanks Fuzz! Coming from you that's a compliment indeed.

I've been holding out on you guys, here's a few highlights from a road trip to Death Valley back in April.

[uglymoney]

^^^Nice Wilbert. I've only been to Death Valley once and it was with the wife in the middle of winter. Epic.

Brutal winter here, followed by a great mellow spring with good weather and near normal precip. A couple weeks ago things turned and we entered monsoon season. Making the most of it with a 5 am dawn patrol.





Last weekend in Somerset, WI we enjoyed WSP on the longest day of the year.

[Lonnie]

Airshow today....

[The AD]

Here's my attempt to reproduce that photo 40+ years later.

You weren't willing to go so far as to give your son a bowl cut, I see!

[smmokan]

I waited until close to dusk last night to head up to South Boulder Creek (via Walker Ranch) to practice some more long(er) exposure water shots. These were taken with my 24-105 or 17-40 and just a ND 0.6 B&W filter with the ISO cranked down and the f-stop cranked up between 11-18.

Question... when stacking filters like this ND and a CPL, does it matter which is closest to the lens? I had the ND on first and then the CPL (a thin Hoya) on top and I noticed some vignetting.

[Binky]

I like this because I feel it gives off a Rockwell-esque vibe. py iPhone pic that seemed to work. Carousel was built in 1883 in Watch Hill, RI, just a minute down the road from my house. It was my son's first ride.

[From_the_NEK]

Hazy Hot and humid days are leading to great sunsets:
Rorschach Sunset


sunset2

[dfinn]

Teton Pass, WY

[Fuzz]

Nice one!

[brice618]

[Lonnie]

Went to Bryce Canyon for the 4th, to escape the heat. I'm still in awe of what turned out to be an epic sunrise was that morning. Hope ya'll enjoy.

[systemoverblow'd]

Wasn't a very perfect night. Sand blowing, people jumping right in front of my setup minutes before with a mile of beach so had to relocate, 4 different times.

[Fuzz]

Went to Bryce Canyon for the 4th, to escape the heat. I'm still in awe of what turned out to be an epic sunrise was that morning. Hope ya'll enjoy.

There's just something about this -- the lines are very captivating. The lines of the flower stalks and rocks patterns at the bottom, the lines of the hoodoos, the lines of the clouds. Very nice.

[Lonnie]

There's just something about this -- the lines are very captivating. The lines of the flower stalks and rocks patterns at the bottom, the lines of the hoodoos, the lines of the clouds. Very nice.

There's a lot going on in this photo.

[The AD]

There's just something about this -- the lines are very captivating. The lines of the flower stalks and rocks patterns at the bottom, the lines of the hoodoos, the lines of the clouds. Very nice.

I agree. Great shot. Was a GND filter used?

[Lonnie]

I agree. Great shot. Was a GND filter used?

Thanks man. I used a 3 stop reverse. Very little other processing was done. I texted a couple of my buddies a cell phone shot of the back of my camera. Here's that image....

[Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer]

First time shooting with my iPhone (completely unintentional but had just forgot my camera). Had to clean up a lot of the noise in LR3, but was generally surprised. This is a cross post from the Pano thread of a 5 shot stich (using Hugin) I shot with the iPhone.