Canon DSLR "Picture of the day"

[QUOTE=Gintaras;243873]btw, Drama, i still wonder where you take all those trained dragon flies:confused::D[/QUOTE



He has a trained Bird also

Great picture of the dragon fly.

Here is one for me for the day.

Taken with a Tamron 17-50 and post processed in Lightroom.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1376/...36d06dcc_b.jpg

Drama - Fantastic dragonfly shot.

Kolky - Interesting perspective. Did you use a CP on that shot? - there is alot of vinegetting in the corners.

No, I actually added the vinegetting in Lightroom becuase I thought it drew the eye up through the tower to the sky.

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Kolky - nice shot! Beautiful colors (though just a tad-over processed for me.)

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Cant think of a good title for this one, any ideas

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Sitting Duck!

I doubt it's a duck, but, sounds fitting.

Gintaras & speed 2, now you know my secret :D
kolky & michaelb thanks :)
kolky flickr was flaky, so I could not mail you, am adding you as a contact, will send you an invite you to the "dcrp shooter's" soon

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No, I actually added the vinegetting in Lightroom becuase I thought it drew the eye up through the tower to the sky.

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You may already know, but when you add vignetting to a photo from lightroom, it is only evenly done on the full image. If you crop it at all
before or after you add the vignetting it will be off. Just a quirk in the program. Just fyi. Still like the shot.

Rebel Rat
Thanks :)
That fits the bill, perfectly :D

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No, I actually added the vinegetting in Lightroom becuase I thought it drew the eye up through the tower to the sky.

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It's an interesting effect - kind of cool.

Let me know what you guys think of this one.

Sigma 17-70, f/7.1, 2 stop ND grad.







The Road Less Traveled.....

I like it Michael, it makes me want a NG filter. One thing, is that the filter hits the tree on the left since it rises above the horizon, so that it loses the shadow detail.

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I like it Michael, it makes me want a NG filter.

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I second that one. :eek:

Here's my contribution. I was fooling around with the Canon 100mm 2.8 Macro and some stuff I found in the kitchen. Water, baby oil. I couldn't decide which one to post so I hope you folks don't mind two.

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.... One thing, is that the filter hits the tree on the left since it rises above the horizon, so that it loses the shadow detail.

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Thanks for the comments guys.

Yes, that is one of the disadvantages of ND grad filters as compared with blending/HDR.

nqjdu - cool shots....I've got to try some of those drop shots one day.

Great work everyone! Hey Mike and Adam, I just read in the recent Popular Photography And Imaging magazine a cool PS process where you take one image with a ND grad (taken on a tripod) then take a second picture without the ND filter (same settings) then merge the two together by creating a mask layer etc.

I'll make a proper post once I get a chance to try it out!

Cool shots nqjudo :)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1309/...569d54b6_o.jpg

U got a trained Dragonfly too drama?
Wait a minute...isn't that the same one you had the other day? How u get him to do that?

Hey, did you add grain to that shot? Looks good!:)

Few from around the house.

#1
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k1..._2945-Edit.jpg

#2
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k1..._2943-Edit.jpg

#3
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k1..._2936-Edit.jpg

NickCanada & Speed2

Thanks :)
I liked that grainy look, I shot it in RAW at iso 400

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1316/...27cd5f2a92.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1300/...3109031689.jpg

Personally, liked the B&W more

Its a black drongo, a brave little feller, who will take on bigger birds, if necessary :)

Drama - Very nice shot. I like the B&W more too but both are really nice. Here's another macro experiment.

That is fantastic!

[QUOTE=drama;246247]NickCanada & Speed2


Damnit here we go again, first the Trained Dragonfly then the sitting Duck and now he's got a Sparrow?...the darn things even looking at him while he takes the picture (posing Sparrow). Whats that running down the right side of what ever the birds sitting on?...maybe a rope? Nice pic even if u do have it on a leash...lol

That's great, nqjudo! I'd love to try that. Could you explain how you did it? Please?

Ngjudo thanks :)
this concept of not taking shots with a dark subject on a dark background, bugs me

water drops on a CD?
very inventive :)

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That's great, nqjudo! I'd love to try that. Could you explain how you did it? Please?

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I second that!

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That's great, nqjudo! I'd love to try that. Could you explain how you did it? Please?

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It's pretty easy and nothing original on my part. I got this idea from a friend. It's just a blank DVD with water drops placed on it using an eyedropper. You can get some nice shots just like that but what makes the colours so interesting in this case is the use of the flash. I use the Canon MR-14EX and by dismounting the flash from the front of the lens, you can place the ring at different heights and angles over the drops to refract the light differently, thus producing different colours and patterns. I took dozens of shots, each one very different. Have fun!

Nothing too interesting here. It's rainy today so I was stuck inside. These are 50 - 90 second exposures, light-painted with a key-chain flashlight.

Thats one moody shoe :)

One for Speedy2 & Gintaras :)
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1221/...84616650b7.jpg

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Thats one moody shoe :)

One for Speedy2 & Gintaras :)
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1221/...84616650b7.jpg

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You have to be kidding me! You have an entomological insect museum near u or what?

Drama - Those are really nice and crisp. Are you doing much sharpening in PP?

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Drama - Those are really nice and crisp. Are you doing much sharpening in PP?

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Those? The bottom one is mine...lol

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Those? The bottom one is mine...lol

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Speed2 - UUUhhh yeah. I'm not tired enough yet to be unable to tell one post from another. I was asking about Drama's shot. His shot appears in both his post and in yours, hence 'those'.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1084/...530af7ea75.jpg


I think I was using my EF-s 17-85 for this shot. Pretty sure.

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How's that for a simple picture of a pretty girl? :D

I wanted to post the larger veersion...hahaha. She's so cute!

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I wanted to post the larger veersion...hahaha. She's so cute!

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She's cute alright, but i prefer the trained Dragon flys. She doesn't look trainable...lol

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She's cute alright, but i prefer the trained Dragon flys. She doesn't look trainable...lol

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I beg to differ!

I pointed the camera at her and she posed and smiled. :cool:

Thanks ngjudo :)
I shoot raw & play around with the sharpness a bit in the CS2 raw plug in 50 to 75 %, plus curves

Speed2, cool shot, the detail in the wings is excellent

Rebel Rat
She does look better than most dragonflies :D

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I beg to differ!

I pointed the camera at her and she posed and smiled. :cool:

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haha Rebel, if thats the case then i would say she's able to train you....lol