Day 22: October 2010 PAD

[wilgk]

I'll go first as I took these early this morning.....I was fiddling about with some attempts at reflections as my nearest & dearest left for work



not really sure if either or neither work - so you get to see both...

[timo2]

Just after suunrise this morning

[mastamak]

Portia, I have to say, has not been in a good mood recently. She has been smarting from comments, in this forum, about "inflatable ladies". However, I am pleased to report that she cheered up considerably when the Rhapsody of the Seas moored in Trinity Inlet, yesterday (see yesterday's PAD). Alert contributor, Kay, spotted her discussing matters nautical with the Captain on to poop deck. Being an impetuous gal, she threw on her mink and a facinator and announced she was off to a new life on the high seas - Captain's Table, of course. Don't be surprised, Kay if you see her in the Royal box at the Melbourne Cup in a few weeks time.



Grant

[Katy Noelle]

I'll go first as I took these early this morning.....I was fiddling about with some attempts at reflections as my nearest & dearest left for work



not really sure if either or neither work - so you get to see both...

Oh, those are so cool! I especially like the ball reflecting in the water.

[Geoff F]

This was actually shot yesterday evening, but I didn't get home until just after midnight so I'm posting it today.



The show was in aid of regatta funds and held in the 'posh' hotel. About 200 people there and I was lumbered with being official photographer. 'I don't do that sort of thing' didn't get me released!

So I have done what I could, but I think I will shortly be asking some questions about this type of photography in another part of the site. This image is just one taken at random.

Started shooting Raw but realised I would run out of card space so switched to Jpeg to finish. About 200 photos to edit so it might take me a few hours!

[carregwen]

My PAD album for October 2010

[Pete W]

Taken from my car at a level crossing...

Pete

[wilgk]

Portia, I have to say, has not been in a good mood recently. She has been smarting from comments, in this forum, about "inflatable ladies". However, I am pleased to report that she cheered up considerably when the Rhapsody of the Seas moored in Trinity Inlet, yesterday (see yesterday's PAD). Alert contributor, Kay, spotted her discussing matters nautical with the Captain on to poop deck. Being an impetuous gal, she threw on her mink and a facinator and announced she was off to a new life on the high seas - Captain's Table, of course. Don't be surprised, Kay if you see her in the Royal box at the Melbourne Cup in a few weeks time.



Grant

I will hone my skills of observation to razor sharpness - required, I suspect due to the fact that there may be quite a number of 'Wannabe Portias' amongst the masses on that certain Tuesday in November.
....if her taste in fascinators is mimicked by many....she can rest assured it is that form of flattery to which all the girls aspire....in secret

[Oldphotobuff]

Today I had boat work to do and it was expected to rain. The boat work got done but the rain never happened. I had already made some "how slow can you hold it" shot of friends at breakfast just at day break. This was shot with my E-330 which doesn't have image stabilization at 50mm, f/5 @ 1/13sec. Not a great shot, but the best of 4 and it's nice to see that they old hands are still reasonably steady



OldPhotoBuff

[Oldphotobuff]

Kay

Very interesting. Did you use a blue filter or use in camera effects?

Stan

[melikarish]

[Ollokot]

Almost didn't make the pad today. This is a hand made model of a gargo vessel that was named the William Ashburner.The model was made with matchsticks.
I had a lot of trouble with the lighting and the colour cast from it. All the same I don't think it's to bad.



Best Wishes Pat

[Katy Noelle]

I was so grateful for the new tutorial on exposure. I know that I just barely understand it but there were a few revelations in there - i.e. why I can never get a good photo of a deep blue flower. Not knowing what I was doing but knowing that fiddling around can help me figure it out, I pushed the exposure compensation down and played around with mm and fstop. This is, actually, the best I've ever done with a deep blue flower. However, advice and insight would be extremely welcome!!!



1/30 f4.5 exposure bias -1.00 35mm (so that I could get f4.5) spot metering ISO 100

P.S. Is the underside of that leaf too distracting? I just love it! Also, it was a muted quiet day and soft light on the widowsill - I was trying to get that across but is it too dark? I couldn't seem to get it lighter without having the white edges blow out.

[rick55]

Canon 50D, EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM, f/2.8, 1/30s, ISO 1600. Full EXIF, PAD slideshow.

Another desperation shot. Oh, well, that's part of the point, to do something.

A brass ship, illuminated by a single overhead light, in my mom's guest room. I'm on a quick run up to Pennsylvania to visit with an aunt before she goes home. I left the tripod in the trunk, so it's high ISO and slow shutter.

This is one of the things I really love about the 50D, though: I can shoot at ISO 1600 and get a decent shot. It really opens things up.

C&C are always welcome.

Cheers,
Rick

[wilgk]

Kay

Very interesting. Did you use a blue filter or use in camera effects?

Stan

Hi Stan - no filter, that is the colour of the water, just tried to focus on something above the water, that's at the same distance away - then flip the image and in the second shot - cropped the 'real' just leave the reflection.
Rob posted 1 recently - so I thought I'd give it a try.

[Donald]

P.S. Is the underside of that leaf too distracting? I just love it!

You mean the one on the right? No. What I do find distracting are:
a) the one at the bottom left and,
b) that vertical dark line (is it the edge of the window?) at the back (right of centre)

The exposure looks very good to me.

[Peter Ryan]

I thought I would add to the Sings post today so captured this classic Aussie sign.

[Geoff F]

I was so grateful for the new tutorial on exposure. I know that I just barely understand it but there were a few revelations in there - i.e. why I can never get a good photo of a deep blue flower. Not knowing what I was doing but knowing that fiddling around can help me figure it out, I pushed the exposure compensation down and played around with mm and fstop. This is, actually, the best I've ever done with a deep blue flower. However, advice and insight would be extremely welcome!!!

From my experiences of trying to capture difficult colours, particularly blue, I found that a Custom White Balance certainly helps. Shooting Raw also gives you an opportunity to fiddle with the colour temperature during conversion. Avoiding direct sunlight can help to produce better blues.

Irises, particularly the early spring flowers have always been a nightmare to me. I have even brought flowers inside so that I can compare them with my computer screen. But when you bring an iris indoors, it changes colour! Must be something to do with the lack of real natural light I suppose.

[rpcrowe]

Holly, my Goldendoodle...

[Camellia]

Last Friday I went to an exhibition of Taryn Simon's work at the Centre for Contemporary Photography in Fitzroy in Melbourne. This was the view across the road.