Canon DSLR "Picture of the day"

Been busy, but here's something from yesterday

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Pacifica Pier by Lukas Wenger Photography, on Flickr

I love the foreground wave effect you've managed, very clever and beautiful image

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I'm not usually drawn to birds, but those ducklings are awesome!
-Brandon

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-Brandon

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Thanks! I usually am not either. My husband carves ducks and when he sees them he takes tons and tons of photos. While on a girls weekend I was able to get so close to the mother duck and her ducklings I was facinated with taking their pictures! Got a lot of shots he loved!

Lukas, Spinning: Lovely work from both of you!

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It is a great pile of ducklings.

love the ducklings shot!


I did a b&W series in the fog last night with a friend, here is one shot I liked:


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Rasidel,

I like the fog, but I would have probably cropped it to reduce the dead spaces on the bottom and right. It would also place your friend off center and facing more into the frame.

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Rasidel,

I like the fog, but I would have probably cropped it to reduce the dead spaces on the bottom and right. It would also place your friend off center and facing more into the frame.

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thanks for the feedback, could you show me the crop you are suggesting? I would be much appreciative :D

Rasidel,

The branches on the right make it a bit challenging. I did a little burning to bring down the highlights in those.

I think it's just a question of style/preference - I never crop that close to where trees start (bottom left) - or - see that part of grass at the bottom that is right at the bottom - I leave space there because I don't like things being cutoff abruptly like that, just from a composition perspective. But I do appreciate the feedback. The original shot could have been setup and framed better, from the get-go.

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Rasidel,

I completely agree. I crop when appropriate; sometimes not a standard ratio either. Wildlife shots from a distance are always cropping candidates. My crop suggestion was really as much a framing one as you imply. I mainly wished that the out of focus branches on the right were not there. I also thought the composition was a bit too centered with the subject turning his back on the largely empty right side.

Spinning,

The Georgetown brings back memories of two bike trips on the C & O out to Cumberland, Maryland. A nice ride in the Fall if the rain doesn't wash you out. I have done the last 65 miles in the pouring rain twice now.

I was trying for an 'atmospheric' shot here. My wife and I had been to a wedding and we were walking back to our car, parked some distance away along the main drag of the seaside suburb of Semaphore, South Australia. I call it "Street Walking on Semaphore". I just hope my wife doesn't read this!

Canon S95, ISO 800, 1/25 @ f/2.

[Edit: Perhaps I should explain -- the title is my attempt at humour, as the main subject in the photo is my wife, not a 'lady of the night'. :)]

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Rasidel,

I completely agree. I crop when appropriate; sometimes not a standard ratio either. Wildlife shots from a distance are always cropping candidates. My crop suggestion was really as much a framing one as you imply. I mainly wished that the out of focus branches on the right were not there. I also thought the composition was a bit too centered with the subject turning his back on the largely empty right side.

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thanks again. I actually like those OOF branches on the right heh. I thought it adds to the composition by adding a balance on the right side and by exaggerating the DOF and also by balancing the shades of grey.

It's been a while :) How's everyone doing?

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coming back after a long break. got other hobbies and things to do and was too lazy to do PP so got plenty images in RAW that still wait my attention.

how you guys doing these days, see fewer people around on this board.

breaking news for everyone, i nearly convert to Nikon D700 but the last moment chickened out and instead got a second hand 1DMkIII with good old 17-35/2.8 and 550EX all in excellent condition. 1D has only 6000 actuations, so sounds like brand new. simply could not resist the offer. yes, 1D is 1.3 crop but IQ and image quality are so good that i am not sure if miss true FF. and to my great surprise ISO is excellent all the way to 3200, and 1600 is simply stunning clean, not mention most accurate automatic white balance in-camera. all in all i am happy as puppy. :p:rolleyes::cool:

my impressions are it is like upgrading from VW Golf straight to Mercedes McLaren. huge difference in everything, speed, IQ, and functionality. even layout of buttons is all new to me and endless functions drive me crazy. so it will take some time in learning curve. :eek:

btw, now it's about time. this one is the older image taken with 400D about two years ago but only today convert to jpeg.

and happy to see all familiar faces and new members on this board. :)

lovely photos everyone, i feel shame now that my raw files are still waiting. perhaps in a few weeks will have some time to PP and post more.:o

a few more images from my stay to Rome, one of the most magnificent cities on our earth. simply no camera can capture this. so my humble attempt to reflect just a tiny bit of this feeling.

and a few more to finish my photo confessions for today. glad to be back here.

:cool: Excellen pics Gintaras!

Nice series Gintaras, must have been great in Rome with a camera.

thanks guys for kind comments, but actually i think i overdid highlights and coloration in a few images, so must still work to instal Lightroom instead of freaking Aperture program which i hate.

DRP, yes, this was more than lovely being in Rome with camera, and even without camera it would be great. this is magnificient city, nothing compares to it, even Venezia pales after Rome.

btw, funnily we with my wife did a mistake to visit Paris after Rome and all the way in Paris we were wondering what people love in that city. because Paris fails to excite after Rome not mention disastrous restaurants, bloody expensive and poor quality at the most places unless you climb to expensive category over 200 euros per head for meals. and Paris is just another city, i love London much better for style and flavor....

Wow don't tell the frogs that you had better food in England than Paris, too funny after all the stereotypes about English cooking. Glad you had a great trip and can't wait to see more of your great images.

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Lukas,

I like it, but the color is a bit over the top for me. I do like that it looks as if the city is on fire.

I like it just as is. Shows the difference it makes in thinking about what you want in advance.

Thanks guys! The pinks are a bit more than was there in reality, but it was a blazing sunset.

it's been a while for me as well. i'm still rockin my 40D =] was hoping to go FF this year, but monies went elsewhere

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Sylvia Falls - Wentworth Falls by blentley, on Flickr

Looks like a killer waterfall

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Yosemite Valley by Lukas Wenger Photography, on Flickr

Lukas,

Love the misty softness and morning light. I am guessing that is right from the road near the trail to the falls? I have only been there once in Winter and was lucky enough to get some good fresh snow. It was pretty, but made the hike to Vernal Falls a challenge as it was crotch deep in places.

Thanks! It was my first time with snow as well. I was hoping to do more shooting up there this winter but the snow fall was pretty disappointing. This was taken at a meadow in the middle of the driving loop.

Friend of mine asked me to shoot (as a 2nd shooter) his daughter's Sweet 16 last Saturday.

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