Nikon DSLR "Picture Of The Day"

[SantaCruz]

What exactly is it you don't like? Too contrasty, underexposed, oversaturated? It might be nicer if the ball was not in the shade but... care to elaborate? Looks fine to me...

[r3g]

Its a good photo but I too dont like the dark parts. Looks really weird how the players are lit and the ball is a shadow, almost looks like the ball was photoshopped in or something.

[K1W1]

almost looks like the ball was photoshopped in or something.

Reggie you are brilliant!
I will Photoshop in a "lit" ball.

The park where they played yesterday is the worst place to take photos. It's completely surrounded by forest that is all sorts of green shades and when the sun is shining like yesterday the ground has places that are spotlit and other places that are black with shadow. The same applies to the backgrounds.
Apart from anything else I had a $%^& day and the team lost.

[Prospero]

Thanks for your comment K1W1. I tried to grow some trees on the slope in photoshop, but I didn't succeed yet.

My picture of the day: a waterfall in the Yorkshire Dales:

[Kellie]

This fireplace is located at the top of a hill on a cliff on the Lake Superior shore in MN. No one knows who built it or why, but they think it was built in the early 1900's. Odd spot for a fireplace!

28mm, f/7.1, 1/320, ISO 100 and some CS3 fun (mostly deep color pop, but probably a bit overdone - I like it, though)

[Kellie]

Cool capture, Prospero. The trees are so green and the threatening sky adds a great effect!

[Classic96]

Here is one of the photos from my first session with the new D80. I haven't played with any fill flash yet however. The mother to be was a squinter, even in the shade, so I never got any good shots of her eyes.

Thanks for looking

D80 w/55-200mm VR @ 92mm
Exposure 1/250
f/6.3
ISO 100

[Esoterra]

Here is one of the photos from my first session with the new D80. I haven't played with any fill flash yet however. The mother to be was a squinter, even in the shade, so I never got any good shots of her eyes.

Thanks for looking

D80 w/55-200mm VR @ 92mm
Exposure 1/250
f/6.3
ISO 100

Nice shot Classic. Is the lady in the picture pregnant? The guys head on her stomach leads me to beleive so? Thats a cool pose!

[Classic96]

Yeah she is.. another month or so to go. I shot some photos just now of my wife with the fill flash and I greatly regret not trying it yesterday. I never had great results with it using the D50. At least the photos I took yesterday were just for friends and not paying clients

[Classic96]

Hope no one minds if I break the rules and post 2 in one day. Here is on of my wife and her new tattoo of our son's name.

50mm f/1.4
SB-800 fired with diffuser on
Exposure 1/200
f/3.5
Editing done in PS CS3