Day 16: July 2010 Photo-a-Day Thread

[Colin Southern]

2 weeks to go!

[rick55]

Canon 500D, EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM, 4X ND filter. I did a bit of HDR by hand, both images at f/13, one ISO 100, one ISO 400, composited the figurine from the 400 into the 100. PAD slideshow.

I got the idea from Colin's "flash in the pan," thought it could be interesting to show a flash in action. What's kind of cool (to me, anyway) is that one of the flashes illuminating the overall scene was my 430EX, triggered as a slave by the 580EX that's part of the scene.

C&C greatly appreciated.

Cheers,
Rick

[Klickit]

Evening Colour.



I am struggling a bit here, but will post with ??'s elsewhere.

[Donald]

C&C greatly appreciated.

Rick

The very first thought that came into my mind when I saw this, was of this as an extremely powerful metaphor for the domination and exploitation of many members of society by other more powerful individual and institutions in society. From that viewpoint, this carries a very powerful message.

[Colin Southern]

I broke my glasses (again) today ... so today's shot is in honour of that!

Sorry it's not up to the usual standard, but I had a full-on day today, and didn't have the chance to shoot anything better

iPhone to the rescue!

[carregwen]

Sorry it's not up to the usual standard, but I had a full-on day today, and didn't have the chance to shoot anything better

So, it's an 'off-spec' shot then?

[Antonio Correia]

[carregwen]

On black

PAD gallery



And my second shot of the day...

Excellent on black

[Donald]

You've excelled yourself today, sir. Astounding stuff.

[JK6065]

Rick, I really like the idea of showing the flash in your shot and the execution is very good. Very well done.

Rob, This is great! The light on the spirals is spot on if you would ask me. The partial symmetry works very well. The only question remains is: what are those..uhm 'things'?

And here's my photo of this day.



1/200s . f/22.0 . ISO 100 . 18 mm

View on Black

The harsh sunlight on the other side, and the left side isn't really working but I had no time to do the shot at a better moment. I'll do a revisit at about sunset when I have time.

[Crovean]

Canon 500D, EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM, 4X ND filter. I did a bit of HDR by hand, both images at f/13, one ISO 100, one ISO 400, composited the figurine from the 400 into the 100. PAD slideshow.

I got the idea from Colin's "flash in the pan," thought it could be interesting to show a flash in action. What's kind of cool (to me, anyway) is that one of the flashes illuminating the overall scene was my 430EX, triggered as a slave by the 580EX that's part of the scene.

C&C greatly appreciated.

Cheers,
Rick

580EX: I'm going to eat you little girl!
Little Girl: Please spare my life! Just eat my doll instead of me! PLEASE!!!

:P

Rick: The art of demonstration! See i created a story behind the image

[peterb533]

Taken with the GX680II using Fuji Instant FP100B film.

[carregwen]

580EX: I'm going to eat you little girl!
Little Girl: Please spare my life! Just eat my doll instead of me! PLEASE!!!

Very good. What about a British police version...

PC 580EX: Oi! you, little girl. You're not allowed to take photographs in this public place.
Little girl: Oh, Sir! It's not a camera, it's a doll
Pause......more pause.... radio conversation.... bit more pause...
PC580EX: I have reason to believe you are a terrorist!!!

[peterb533]

Very good. What about a British police version...

PC 580EX: Oi! you, little girl. You're not allowed to take photographs in this public place.
Little girl: Oh, Sir! It's not a camera, it's a doll
Pause......more pause.... radio conversation.... bit more pause...
PC580EX: I have reason to believe you are a terrorist!!!

Anyone would think we are living in a police state!

[carregwen]

Rob, This is great! The light on the spirals is spot on if you would ask me. The partial symmetry works very well. The only question remains is: what are those..uhm 'things'?

Time vortices on the edge quadrant of Alpha-Sibex in the Nestar galaxy. I used a bloody long lens.

I like the log shot. Nice tonal range and composition. Is that one on earth?

[carregwen]

Anyone would think we are living in a police state!

Right! That does it Peter - you're nicked...

[peterb533]

Rob, This is great! The light on the spirals is spot on if you would ask me. The partial symmetry works very well. The only question remains is: what are those..uhm 'things'?

Beats me.

[rick55]

Hey, I'll give 2 points for effort: you put a string there instead of drawing it in PS.

Rick

[JK6065]

Is that one on earth?

uhmm.. There is definitely water on Mars...
And that without a bloody long lens or a bilion dollar Mars Exploration Rover.
NASA would be jealous at my 400d

[rick55]

Thanks, all, for the comments. I did vaguely notice that the flash was sort of looming over the subject, but didn't pay attention to it. In fact, I probably tried to make it loom less, to get the flash and figurine balanced for the concept I had in my head, which was the flash illuminating the subject.

I had a similar problem with the stream shot earlier this month, getting so intent on the composition I saw first that I kept ignoring a much better shot. Just as Colin points out about "check six" while shooting, I really need to keep in mind that a whole different idea can suddenly pop up while shooting or processing. I'm better at that when looking at others' images than my own: definitely something to work on.

Thanks!!
Rick