Day 12: October 2010 PAD

[Colin Southern]

And on the 12th day ...

[Peter Ryan]

Working from home today and looking onto the garden. It is very special this time of year. I wanted to try my new 2 x teleconverter. This was taken with my Nikon D300s, Tamron 180m macro at f16, 2 x teleconverter, tripod and self timer. Unfortunately I do not have my screen for processing so I am not 100% sure about the colour.

[mastamak]

This is Alpinia zerambut, photographed as it caught the early sun, this morning. Another plant from my garden - fairly common in the tropics.



Grant

[wilgk]

I took a stroll at lunchtime today, there is an agricultural & farm management college nearby. Later today we had thunder and a lot of rain, so I am glad I popped out when I did.
Conversions are another area where I would like to practice more of & get better at.

[timo2]

[cityscapelover]

Clear skies over Mumbai again...first sign of the receeding monsoons?

[cityscapelover]

or is this better in any way? provided Nikon pays for online advertising of course

both direct from my new Canon S90. My first posts so-to-speak.. C&C MOST welcome...

[Geoff F]

People sometimes ask 'why is it supposed to be unlucky to walk under a ladder'.



Well it is definitely unlucky if I am up the ladder!

On my own, so I had to use the timer for this shot.

This autumn, I have 'wasted' far too many sunny days on maintenance work to the outside of my house. But I suppose that once it is completed I should have a few worry free years.

[Pete W]

I went upstairs to say hello to Harry and saw him transfixed in the gloom....and yes we do keep our children in the attic !

Pete

PS any advice on settings ? It was just getting dark.

[Geoff F]

I rather like the dark background, Pete.

You could experiment with adding a tiny bit more brightness in the highlights providing you don't increase the apple symbol as well.

But I wouldn't alter it too much.

[Pete W]

Hi Geoff,

Fun shot, how many "takes" to get the falling brush?
The shadow looks interesting too...could you angle the shot so the shadow telling the story?

Pete

[Pete W]

Thanks Geoff,

yep did that and cloned over the apple logo at 60% to tone it down..looks better.

Pete

[Oldphotobuff]

I was drafted to help clean up the veggie garden and spotted the very late tomato blossom. It may just make a small green tomato before frost as we are predicted to continue what is known as Indian summer for perhaps two more weeks.




OldPhotoBuff

[Ollokot]

Pass this window most days and this cat is usually sitting in it, but when I go to take a shot the cat is gone.Today however I managed to get a quick shot before it was able to scarper.

[Dave Humphries]

A strange "T" shaped insect that looks more like a wood chiseling splinter than a creature - it has attached itself to the hall ceiling near the lamp.

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Nikon D5000 + Nikon 105mm f2.8 VR2: 1/60s f/11 at 105mm iso400 Flash Av +2EC
F11 and click image to see at 1,250px × 1,000px

I'm quite pleased with these few images over the last couple of nights - not bad for hand held (this one at arms length using Live View to focus) and using the on-board flash. If I have one criticism of my own images; it is that there is nothing to really give a sense of scale of what we're looking at.

Thanks,

[Dave Humphries]

A couple of new shots of Green Lacewings - first a top view of last night's creature, it is still there and waving its antenna gently.

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Nikon D5000 + Nikon 105mm f2.8 VR2: 1/60s f/11 at 105mm iso400 Flash Av +2EC
F11 and click image to see at 1,500px × 819px

and this is the other one, on the wooden door - it looks a little 'the worse for wear'.

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Nikon D5000 + Nikon 105mm f2.8 VR2: 1/60s f/11 at 105mm iso400 Flash Av +2EC
F11 and click image to see at 1,500px × 815px

Thanks,

[carregwen]

Shot of a water reflection flipped vertically.

My PAD album for October 2010

[Oldphotobuff]

Peter

That is a gorgous shot with great depth of field.

OldPhotoBuff

[Peter Ryan]

I like this Tim, particularly the background lighting effect. I think it works well with the image.

[Peter Ryan]

A couple of new shots of Green Lacewings - first a top view of last night's creature, it is still there and waving its antenna gently.

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Nikon D5000 + Nikon 105mm f2.8 VR2: 1/60s f/11 at 105mm iso400 Flash Av +2EC
F11 and click image to see at 1,500px × 819px

and this is the other one, on the wooden door - it looks a little 'the worse for wear'.

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Nikon D5000 + Nikon 105mm f2.8 VR2: 1/60s f/11 at 105mm iso400 Flash Av +2EC
F11 and click image to see at 1,500px × 815px

Thanks,

There's a lot of bugs around your place Dave. Thought of having the pest control man in?