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[dOmInIX]

Thanks Ihno. I was going for the natural look and natural lighting, no massive editing & skin softening, just exposure/color edit.

 

[Mr. M]

Nice effect there Chris.. really adds a fitting mood to the scene captured. Almost a lazy, lonely, cold feel to the location.


Here's a couple more I took this past weekend:

Obvious to see that I have a tendancy towards high contrast photos which try to bring a sense of emotion and feeling to the scene captured.

Wow! Which country are you located at Beemer B773ER? This is beautiful.

 

[NevadaJack]

Canon 7D + EF 400mm f5.6L

 

[Beemer B773ER]

Wow! Which country are you located at Beemer B773ER? This is beautiful.

Currently living in California... more specifically, the central part which is mostly farming land (as you can see in the background). Used to live in Sydney, Australia, but made the move about 15 months ago.

The white on the grass is just early morning frost. Fingers were real numb, but gotta have passion for photography to get your butt out there when everyone else is snuggled in bed.

 

[Beemer B773ER]

EF 400mm f5.6L

Jesus, that's some serious hardware you get there Jack! How are your biceps looking after using that thing for a day ?

 

[NevadaJack]

Jesus, that's some serious hardware you get there Jack! How are your biceps looking after using that thing for a day ?

Yeah... I am a slave to Canon and their lens catalog...

This shot was handheld with a monopod attached but not used... I would imagine about 12-15 pounds. At 78, I don't have biceps anymore... I am surviving on guts alone...

I'll post some others in a thread later today... these were shot about 8:00AM.

 

[Beemer B773ER]

Well it's great to see you're continually pushing yourself and your photography,..and getting great glass is definitely a good way to go about it!


Here's a photo I took about a week ago just after the rain cleared. It's a HDR of 3 photos taken one f-stop apart from each other (ie: -0.3, 0, +0.3)...and then did a few teaks in PS Elements to get this final edit.

 

[cawimmer430]

^SPEECHLESS^

 

[Mr Robert]

This is not the best picture in terms of technical skill or presentation, but for some reason, I always take a second look at it.

 

[Giannis]

Please don't tell me that the guy in the blue racing suit is going to race that yellow monster?

 

[Mr Robert]

Please don't tell me that the guy in the blue racing suit is going to race that yellow monster?

Oh, how I laughed! No, the blue guy is not racing the yellow wheel loader That is used to help people who tries to cut corners or negotiating corners in ways not intended

 

[DaSilva]

This thread is magic... it's cool see how you all keep on getting better

 

[bmer]

Please don't tell me that the guy in the blue racing suit is going to race that yellow monster?

He looks like The Stig's Swedish cousin but instead of sheep, he's chasing a dog.

 

[Beemer B773ER]

Photo of my latest purchase... nice to get out and ride around for about an hour.

 

[Beemer B773ER]

...but for some reason, I always take a second look at it.

Yep,... beautiful women can make ya do that.


I think it's an interesting photo because there's so much going on in the photo, but there are no answers for each of those things. Like.. what is the lady doing? .. why is there a dog there? why's the guy in a blue outfit? why the heavy machinery? what's the dog staring at..... and so on.. and at the same time, the photo isn't cluttered, ..just a number of different things within the photo that make you wonder.

 

[ree]

Little preview for the upcoming photos.

Took this photo on June 3rd. The new Lufthansa Airbus 380 made an one hour stay in Hannover (the Lufthansa did a "german tour" with their plane to introduce 12 new Pilots for the A380).

It was a fantastic day…

 

[NevadaJack]

Another duck...

 

[ree]

Fantastic colours…looks like the duck is "sailing" on the caribbean ocean…bright blue water and beautiful reflections.

 

[NevadaJack]

Fantastic colours…looks like the duck is "sailing" on the caribbean ocean…bright blue water and beautiful reflections.

Thanks ree. This was shot with the 7D and the EF-70-200mm f4L IS with an added Tamron 1.4X TC. Set at 192mm and with the sensor and TC factors comes out to about 402mm equiv. AF still works fast and accurate.

These ducks reside on a pond designed for model boats... it is quite shallow and has a cyan tint around the edges. That with the blue sky and bright sun gives it that "tropical" look. I bumped up the saturation a little to get the sparkling effect.

 

[Centurion]

Having owned my prosumer camera for 6 months I've fully learned how to use manual controls and feel confident about the technical aspects of photography. Likewise, I've developed my abilities in using lightroom and photoshop.

What's I've paid close attention to recently is framing and angles, because that is what separates a shot from a photograph. I'm attempting to take photographs that have an emotional quotent but most importantly refrain from compensating from a trivial shot by excessivly enhancing it in photoshop. "Less is more" is what I'm striving for. It will be challenging but summer is here and there are some great photo opportunities out there