Day 31: July 2010 Photo-a-Day Thread

[rick55]

Great image, Colin - just goes to show you can get DOF with one of those full-frame camera thingees. Choose the right lens and distance, and voila! And you didn't need pinhole aperture, either. Very nice.

Cheers,
Rick

[carregwen]

Rob, It isn't a gutter, it's the top corner of a bridge (as seen from underneath it), but actually it looks good 90 CW as a gutter, thank you for the tip!

Sorry, Jeroen, I probably didn't express myself very clearly. I meant that I was down in the gutter by taking shots of tooth-brushes having sex!

[carregwen]

Great image, Colin - just goes to show you can get DOF with one of those full-frame camera thingees.

I think I'm right in saying that the 1D has a multiplier of 1.3x whereas the 5D and 5D Mk2 has a multiplier of 1x. So the 1D has a better DOF than the 5Ds. Is that correct, Colin?

[Colin Southern]

Great image, Colin - just goes to show you can get DOF with one of those full-frame camera thingees. Choose the right lens and distance, and voila! And you didn't need pinhole aperture, either. Very nice.

Cheers,
Rick

Thanks Rick,

To be honest, DoF isn't usually a big issue with wide-angle lenses though

[Colin Southern]

I think I'm right in saying that the 1D has a multiplier of 1.3x whereas the 5D and 5D Mk2 has a multiplier of 1x. So the 1D has a better DOF than the 5Ds. Is that correct, Colin?

Hi Rob,

Yes and maybe

Yes regarding the numbers, but "better" DoF really depends on what you're after; sometimes a tighter DoF is a blessing, often it's a curse. But yes - basically the bigger the sensor, the smaller the DoF for a given aperture. For a FF & 1.6x CF camera the difference is about 1 stop - so between a 1.3x camera and either of the other two, it's only about 1/2 stop - so not a lot.

[rick55]

I think I'm confused again. According to Canon's site, the 1DsMk3 has a 24x36mm sensor. The EXIF of the image says Colin is shooting a 1DsMk3.

Cheers,
Rick

[PopsPhotos]

This storm has been approaching for a couple of hours. At one time I counted 30 seconds of continuous thunder.



Pops

[carregwen]

I think I'm confused again. According to Canon's site, the 1DsMk3 has a 24x36mm sensor. The EXIF of the image says Colin is shooting a 1DsMk3.

Cheers,
Rick

My fault, I think. I thought Colin had a 1D which has a sensor size of 28x18mm (not quite FF) with a focal length multiplier of 1.3x. But he actually has a 1DS which is FF at 36x24mm (the same as the 5D) with a FLM of 1x..

[Colin Southern]

My fault, I think. I thought Colin had a 1D which has a sensor size of 28x18mm (not quite FF) with a focal length multiplier of 1.3x. But he actually has a 1DS which is FF at 36x24mm (the same as the 5D) with a FLM of 1x..

I used to have a 1D3 a few years ago, but have been shooting with a 1Ds3 pretty much ever since they came out.

[GrimTheRipper]

Is that a lighting or a sun? If it's a lighting, then you did a really damn good job on this one. I tried that couple days ago and didn't catch 'em!

[JK6065]

Sorry, Jeroen, I probably didn't express myself very clearly. I meant that I was down in the gutter by taking shots of tooth-brushes having sex!

Well, you are quite right there :-) haha
Do you get baby toothbrushes now? Or did everything happen save ever after?

[carregwen]

Well, you are quite right there :-) haha
Do you get baby toothbrushes now?

Jeroen

I know you are young, but you need a lesson in the facts of life. Err... how can I put this....oral sex doesn't make babies! (insert wry sardonic smilie here)

[Dave Humphries]

Nikon D5000 + Nikkor 105mm f2.8 VR2 Macro: 1/60s f/11 at iso1000
View bigger at PBase; 1340 x 1050px



Nikon D5000 + Nikkor 105mm f2.8 VR2 Macro: 1/60s f/16 at iso1000
View bigger at PBase; 1729 x 1050px

Two quite different looking shots of the same quite tiny spider deep in its web; one shot up and under the web, the second one down through the top. Both with on-camera flash at +1 EC.

My apologies for failing to produce 'something different' for the final day as promised, family stuff cropped up that meant I just never got out as intended and was forced back to the garden again. But hey, it was a visit from my daughter and a few drinks in the pub after treating ourselves to a take-away chinese meal, so no hardship involved

Thanks, that's my lot for July! Phew!

[Crovean]

Ending my PAD with a portrait of my life's inspiration.

[triggerhappy]

Thank you Colin for the idea.
It was hard on some days to get a shot. I forced myself as others have I think ...
Today, I tried something different on the trend of what I saw in Silvershotz.
Poor result so far. Just a start .
G 9 shots

Hockney Art!

Nice one.

[Antonio Correia]

Hockney Art! Nice one.

Hey Mark ! haven't you seen this ?

Go to the bottom please ...

And have a look at this gorgous work Michael Hallett

[triggerhappy]

Thanks Antonio.

I missed that thread. Thanks for pointing out.

Mark

[PopsPhotos]

I keep forgetting to change the title on my posts.

That is the sun peeking through the hole in the center of the storm. I did get one with lightning, but it was an accident and the picture wasn't good enough to post.

The blotchy swirl in the lower left is a raindrop.

Pops

[rick55]

Sorry, all, I'm way behind in my final group of comments!!

Killer cats, Kit: where did those eyes come from in the first one? Crazy. I really like the second,
kind of abstract, in a way.

Interesting concept, Rob, and nice execution. I won't say a word about the mind that thought that
shot up. Not a word.

I like the yin/yang teacup: very clean, very interesting, and the yin/yang is nice and subtle, doesn't
overpower the shot.

Cheers,
Rick

[rick55]

Wow, great shot Rick. You guys are such perfectionists. I would be every so pleased with a shot like this. fuzzy mandible and noise be darned.
Nice work and great way to finish the exercise. I really liked reading your comments all through this too. It's very helpful to hear how others view the shots and great of you to take the time.
Wendy

Thanks, Wendy. Seeing what everyone else was doing was half the fun. It was a great month.

Cheers,
Rick