The Photographers' Corner 2013-2020

[Ronstar]

Yep, she's welcome as long as she wants to stay

 

[Mr. Paul]

That's a lovely shot, Ronstar.

Southern Geek, I love that first shot. There is an axiom floating around that one shouldn't put the horizon in the middle of a frame. This picture is a great lesson that these axioms should not be regarded as "rules," only "suggestions." That is a killer composition.

 

[Southern Geek]

Southern Geek, I love that first shot. There is an axiom floating around that one shouldn't put the horizon in the middle of a frame. This picture is a great lesson that these axioms should not be regarded as "rules," only "suggestions." That is a killer composition.

Thanks. That photo is, by far, my favorite of all the ones of taken with the camera to date. I get a feeling of serenity whenever I view it.
I was trying for a composition that maximized the lunar reflection on the sea with both the moon and fishing boat in the frame. The location of the horizon was just a by product. I had a lot of anxious minutes waiting for my ship, the fishing boat, moon reflection, and the moon to line up to get the shot. I was afraid that the moon would get too far above the horizon before the fishing boat came into alignment. But, it worked out just perfect. I didn't do any retouching. I didn't think any was necessary.

 

[Meadbh]

Southern Geek, I love that first shot. There is an axiom floating around that one shouldn't put the horizon in the middle of a frame. This picture is a great lesson that these axioms should not be regarded as "rules," only "suggestions." That is a killer composition.

+1

 

[FIREd]

I can finally relax, now that the wedding I was asked to photograph is over. No equipment failure fortunately, but a lot of unexpected technical challenges. Nevertheless, the newlyweds and their parents thumbed through my pictures already and they were very pleased with the results. I have enough good pics to create a substantial wedding album, which I intend to give as a surprise gift to the happy couple.

 

[REWahoo]

Congratulations on getting that behind you.

Relax? I should say so - isn't it way past your bedtime, or are you still on Pacific Standard?

 

[FIREd]

Relax? I should say so - isn't it way past your bedtime, or are you still on Pacific Standard?

Yep, I'm still badly jetlagged. I go to bed pretty early but I keep waking up around 3:00am.

 

[davemartin88]

Southern Geek, nice job on stitching together the composite shot of the moon!

 

[Southern Geek]

Southern Geek, nice job on stitching together the composite shot of the moon!

The ICE software did all the work. All I had to do was drag and drop the images I wanted the software to composite. The image I posted is much reduced in resolution from the original composite image which is hundreds of megabytes in size.

 

[Southern Geek]

Spider Spinning A Web

Found this spider spinning a web this morning. Learned that the auto-focus on my Nikon D5100 can't focus on spiderwebs and had to switch to manual focus. I'd not really used manual focus with this camera before. I discovered that the focus ring on the telephoto lens I was using is way too sensitive - very small adjustments resulted in big focus changes. Barely touching it would get image out of focus. I seemed to recall that my manual Minolta from years ago did not have this level of sensitivity for focus control - perhaps because that camera was designed to be focused by a human, not a computer controlled servo motor.

 

[Chuckanut]

Here's one taken with an old (by digital standards) Minolta A2, my first digital camera. Once I saw how much better digital was than my film, there was no looking back.

This image is from central/southern Italy. I think it would be better if I cropped out most of the trees on the lower edge, but then they also add some depth, IMHO. What do you folks think?

 

[Walt34]

Personal preference of course, but I'd leave it as is with the depth from the trees. The plow lines make the image.

 

[Chuckanut]

Rocca Colascio - Italy

 

[Chuckanut]

Sicilian night.

 

[Walt34]

Clearly HDR, but wow!

 

[seraphim]

I love the B/W snowscape...

 

[audreyh1]

Sicilian night.

That's just magical. I love night scenes!!!

 

[Chuckanut]

Looking up through the chandelier at the Hagia Sophia dome, Istanbul, Turkey.

 

[audreyh1]

Looking up through the chandelier at the Hagia Sophia dome, Istanbul, Turkey.

Awesome! Good job with the depth of field too!!

 

[explanade]

Handheld?

What kind of ISO?

 

[Mr. Paul]

Chuckanut! On a roll! Nice.

 

[Ronstar]

Pulled off the road and took this shot of the tundra with my new sony point & shoot.

 

[Mr. Paul]

That is a real stunner, Ronstar. Love it.

 

[audreyh1]

Lovely Ronstar.

Reminds me of some of the early evening shots I sometimes see in my favorite Facebook photography forum https://www.facebook.com/groups/NightSkyPhotography/
Scroll down a bit and there is a lovely San Antonio evening sky shot by Bob Kelley.

 

[Meadbh]

Taken on Boxing Day from my home, with my iPad 2.