Post your random photos here

[rickztahone]

Absolutely breath taking Stan. Well deserved bud

[brewmaster15]

Stan thats a beautiful picture. Congrats on the placing!

Underwater photography is the one type I never got into. I do believe it would put my wife over the edge!

Nice work.

[Second Hand Pat]

Congrats Stan, that is gorgeous. I can't help thinking that you miss this type of photography.
Pat

[SMB2]

I am sure I will always miss UW photography, but doing it just occasionally doesn't work for me. I would just keep repeating the same mistakes. When I was doing it full time I really thought I was growing as a photographer (and diver!). Not to mention the cost of maintaining all the systems for few and far between shoots.
Plus I am really enjoying land based nature photography.
Next life....

[Discus-n00b]

Congrats Stan, that is awesome. And the image is amazing, I would love to see that in person some day. Minus any sharks!!

Here is a few randoms from me yesterday. First is a stacked image, missed some focal points which bums me out a bit. Such a great image and such great potential if it weren't for missing those spots. I had it on a tripod but it was such an extreme angle and I think I missed some twists on the focus ring. I'll nail it one day. I need to get a rail or something.


Couple of the dog maybe?

[SMB2]

Great dog. He is probably glad he didn't get misted for the droplet effect.

Still going through shots taken with Pat in Fla.
This is a "high Key" white on white shot of a Great Egret as he turns to confront another Egret about to land near him.

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[Discus-n00b]

Those are all natural drops in the photo above! The last Orchid photo I posted in my after the rain photo is staged though...

[Second Hand Pat]

That stacked image is gorgeous Matt. I want to try this some day. Beautiful dog Matt. When I took photos of my cousin's daughters with their black 10 week old lab pup many of the shots of the pup were out of focus. Now the pup was moving and quick but was not sure if the out of focus shot were due to the pup moving or if there are trick of taking shots of a moving black object.

Stan, what is "High Key"? Those egrets are so expressive.

[Discus-n00b]

That dog is an absolute spaz Pat. He may have dog ADD, or he is just so high energy he can't stop. I put the camera on burst and hoped I got a few shots. His head was turning constantly for these.

I'd like to photograph those egrets sometime, after I get a telephoto!

[rickztahone]

That stacked image is gorgeous Matt. I want to try this some day. Beautiful dog Matt. When I took photos of my cousin's daughters with their black 10 week old lab pup many of the shots of the pup were out of focus. Now the pup was moving and quick but was not sure if the out of focus shot were due to the pup moving or if there are trick of taking shots of a moving black object.

Stan, what is "High Key"? Those egrets are so expressive.

Pat, it is easier to show you what High Key is rather than explain it. It is typically overexposing without blowing out an image, necessarily, but isn't always the rule. This is a very flexible technique:

http://www.dyxum.com/dforum/entries-...pic111548.html

[Second Hand Pat]

Got it Ricardo learned two new terms "high key" and keystoning.
Pat

[rickztahone]

Pat, found an old shot I had that was in high key:
High key? by Ricardo Vasquez, on Flickr

[Second Hand Pat]

Thanks Ricardo, I think I "get" what it is, basically a white on white.
Pat

[Discus-n00b]

Tried to get others but this seems like the best shot of the series so far. Shot at 100mm with my macro lens. Birds are jumpy as you know and my camera being 8 years old sounds like a dial up modem when the shutter clicks so they don't stay very long. I'll keep trying. Need that 5dsr so I can shoot further away and crop without losing detail. The original intent was to capture the birds fluffing themselves in the water, but I was struggling with shutter speed and fighting the lighting. Could of dropped the fstop but being a macro further away from the subject I wanted a wider DOF if possible, especially not knowing where exactly they would land/bathe. Give and take. I think it's a good capture none the less. I'll have to look at the others but I think the Cardinal was to skittish to even get in the bath and stayed on the outer edges of the frame. And the Robin got in but never got a great shot of him. Will keep trying this, it was great......apart from the waiting game!

[rickztahone]

Love that glowing yellow eye! What a subject!