Day 02: July 2010 Photo-a-Day Thread

[Colin Southern]

Day 2 - Let's rock and roll!

[Crovean]

You guys are FAST! It's still July 1st for me here >.< GMT -6

[Donald]

Good on you guys and girls. Day 1 is looking good. I haven't signed up because I know I'm going to be out of range of a computer for a slice of July (2nd half).

Re Chriss' point, the important thing is that each of you post up an image that been taken on 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc July wherever you are. So there could be a 24 hour tailback as those EoG get in first and those WoG come along behind.

EoG? WoG? Easy - East of Glenfarg. West of Glenfarg. Forget Greenwich. We're the centre of the universe!

[Colin Southern]

You guys are FAST! It's still July 1st for me here >.< GMT -6

Don't worry about it - it'll all sort itself out exactly 1 day after the month ends, and nobody will ever be able to tell the difference!

[rick55]

I've been posting a day ahead, figuring that Colin's time zone would control things: I expected that he'd delete anything that wasn't there by midnight Enzed time. You know how inflexible he is.

Cheers,
Rick

[rick55]

Also in my PAD album.

This is a small stream that only runs during rainy periods. Pretty soon, it won't even have any water after a rain.

Camera Model: Canon EOS REBEL T1i
Lens: EF-S17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
Image Date: 2010-07-01
Focal Length: 28mm
Focus Distance: 5.29m
Aperture: f/11.0
Exposure Time: 4.000 s
ISO equiv: 100
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Spot
Exposure: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: No

I'm really happy about most of the composition. I didn't crop it by a single pixel: I got exactly what I wanted in the camera, which is rare for me. I like the diagonals and the light.

But now I think I shouldn't have that out-of-focus small log across the foreground. I thought it would give a feeling of depth to it, but it seems distracting when I see it on the screen: do others feel the same, or am I just having shooter's remorse?

Any other C&C most welcome.

Cheers,
Rick

[Colin Southern]

I've been posting a day ahead, figuring that Colin's time zone would control things: I expected that he'd delete anything that wasn't there by midnight Enzed time. You know how inflexible he is.

Nah - being a creature of the universe, I use UTC (Universal Time Co-ordinated). I am however tempted to give current eMail address of all those who don't vote in the monthly comp (now open for voting, hint hint) to ex-girlgriends and boyfriends (BCC current partners!).

[Klickit]

I looked out at that same tree this morning and it was swarming with wax-eyes. These fragile wee birds disappear if great, gallumping sparrows come near. The wax-eyes were my original "hope for" yesterday, but they quickly flew away when the sparrows arrived.
Wax-eyes are hard to catch - they move very quickly and "flitter" their wings often when feeding, like babies. There was a bit more light today, and less noise than the sparrow image yesterday. This wee one stayed on the apple long enough for me to catch her. Notice that the apple is much more hollowed out than yesterday and there is some light shining through the skin.

Creation date: 2/07/2010 12:11
Camera: NIKON D80
Focal length: 230*mm*(equiv. 345*mm)
Aperture: F5.6
Exposure time: 1/400"
ISO speed rating: 400/27°
Program: Aperture priority
Metering Mode: Center-weighted average
White Balance: Manual
Flash: Flash did not fire

[Klickit]

Rick - You shouldn't have shooters remorse over that. True, the front-most log is oof, but it then gently leads the eye to the back of the view. Voila!

[Colin Southern]

Tonight's humble offering to the Gods of Photography!







Click here to visit my July 2010 PAD Gallery.

[JK6065]

Tonight's humble offering to the Gods of Photography!

Well that's a beautiful pair of rocks. Really great atmosphere you created with the long-exposure-mist-effect. congratulations!

[JK6065]

My PaD Gallery

[carregwen]

My PaD Gallery

It's either upside down, or God is very angry and has got his big stick out!

[Colin Southern]

Well that's a beautiful pair of rocks. Really great atmosphere you created with the long-exposure-mist-effect. congratulations!

Thanks Jeroen,

I think I've got that technique pretty well sorted now

[Colin Southern]

My PaD Gallery

Hey - that's really clever "out of the box" thinking -- had my daughter fooled!

[peterb533]

Still not had time to leave house and its my sons stag weekend starting this afternoon so wont be able to post anything until Sunday or Monday.

[Klickit]

It's either upside down, or God is very angry and has got his big stick out!

No, no! That's a moderator coming after you...

P.S. That shot still has me wondering.

[Colin Southern]

No, no! That's a moderator coming after you...

P.S. That shot still has me wondering.

No no no ...

... we use MUCH bigger sticks than that!

[Crovean]

Musica Statue - Music Row Nashville TN

[Crovean]

Love that 2nd image Colin! The only thing i can say is "AMAZING!"