Pic of the week!

[Ficeroy]

We have a similar landscape out here in Albuquerque. Awesome picture!

 

[cb91710]

Tokina 11-18 at 11mm, f/2.8, 30s, ISO 1600

 

[williamcrane]

Along the Manayunk Towpath ©2013 William Crane

 

[fast14riot]

Stellar shot Rich!

William, very nice!


-X

 

[Alacrity59]

That struck me just right William. Has all the tones from black to white. Amazing reflections and the canal just invites you to look deeper into the picture.

 

[robk]

"Split Decision"

A Stanford White-designed house. Sadly, everything to the left side of that cleavage is slated for demolition.

 

[fast14riot]

"Hey dad, can I push the button?!"
"Sure buddy, get real close and watch the light when you push the red button!" (Test button)

Zyler by f/stop & GO, on Flickr

This is the face you get immediately after that conversation...
Zyler by f/stop & GO, on Flickr

-Xander

 

[williamcrane]

Abandoned Train, Buckingham Valley, PA (C)2014 William A. Crane, all rights reserved

 

[Eeyore]

Arboretum Poortbulten, Pentax Spotmatic SPII, Kiron 2.8/28mm, Kodak BW400CN

(Scanned with an old Epson 4990 flatbed scanner ... I need a new one sometime!)

 

[Tacheless]

Scotlands Newest Iconic landmark....

" The Kelpies "

 

[FreddieP318ti]

My Daughter.

 

[williamcrane]

My first late wife
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[sarimento1]

Scotlands Newest Iconic landmark....

" The Kelpies "

Great!

 

[sarimento1]

from a beach shoot this morning.



nikon d4, 70-200mm, fill flash

 

[nuclearblast]

^^^^^

 

[fast14riot]

A background shot I took on Easter. I like shots like this for customizing various web page profiles or devices, they come in handy for such things adding a nice personal touch. Sort of my own stock photo gallery.


DSC_0450 by f/stop & GO, on Flickr


-Xander

 

[Toothpick]

Recent trip to IL. Taken with iPhone 5 while on the road. Something is on the inside of my camera lens.

 

[SilentTuba]

Pretty new to shooting with a DSLR. My wife and I have been taking some classes at a local camera store, which have been great; I'm learning a lot!

One of our assignments after our last class was to try bracketing, to take pictures at different exposures. We were in the city yesterday, and I was able to combine my exposures into an HDR shot:

 

[cb91710]

That's nice.
That is a perfect example of HDR done properly. It pops the details of the darker areas, but it does not make it look like a screencap from a video game.

WAY too many HDR shots end up looking more like a painting or something a graphic artist whipped out of paintshop.
Their "high dynamic range" ends up with virtually no dynamic range... it's all flattened out with fake-looking starbursts from light sources and cartoonish colors, and it ends up destroying any depth of field.

In the 80s, we used to refer to music of such nature as "overproduced"

 

[SilentTuba]

That's nice.
That is a perfect example of HDR done properly. It pops the details of the darker areas, but it does not make it look like a screencap from a video game.

WAY too many HDR shots end up looking more like a painting or something a graphic artist whipped out of paintshop.
Their "high dynamic range" ends up with virtually no dynamic range... it's all flattened out with fake-looking starbursts from light sources and cartoonish colors, and it ends up destroying any depth of field.

In the 80s, we used to refer to music of such nature as "overproduced"

Thank you. I actually posted the version I made yesterday, which I think is a little too dark. I have a newer one that I lightened a little bit, which I think looks better.