FEATURED Photo of the Day

neonblingbling · Jul 5, 2014

I've been very busy with work, and now I have a backlog to sort/process several months' of photos...

Canon 6D, Rokinon 14mm 2.8, f8.0, 1/400s, ISO 100, 16 image panorama

Silver_Pharaoh · Jul 6, 2014

Dark_n_Beyond said:
With all the rain and flooding we've had here over the last month, it's pretty tough to find a waterfall around here that isn't dirty brown and doesn't have a pretty large debris field. Scouted out a couple yesterday that I'd never been to anyway, and it gave me a chance to try out the Big Stopper a little bit. This was taken at 10am, well past my normal time, but still in a pretty shaded area with the sun shining over the trees onto the falls.

Wolf Creek Falls

60D, 16-35L @ 16mm, f/16, 30sec
View attachment 146206

Wow, beautiful!
This is close (didn't have to travel far?) to where you live?

Dark_n_Beyond · Jul 6, 2014

Silver_Pharaoh said:
Wow, beautiful!
This is close (didn't have to travel far?) to where you live?

Thanks. That's in Banning State Park, an hour and 15 minutes north of me. There's another, larger falls (Big Spring Falls) at the southern end of the same park that I stopped by, but the water was very brown and I didn't like any of the handful of pics I took there. I'll go back after things calm down a bit. I'm pretty fortunate to live as close as I do to so many. Minnehaha is 35 minutes, Willow Falls is 40 minutes, Hidden Falls, Vermillion Falls (I haven't shot Vermillion yet) and Cascade Falls are all about an hour, Minneopa is about an hour and a half. All of these are easily accessible, only requiring anywhere from a 0-30 minute easy hike.

Oklahoma Wolf · Jul 7, 2014

A shot of this evening's unexpectedly severe thunderstorm, complete with rotating wall cloud.

Shortly after this shot, the storm took off at lightspeed to the southeast and it was all I could do to keep up. Finally gave up and went back home to get night time lightning.

I do have a shot with some daytime lightning in the same shot as the wall cloud, but this shot is way cooler I think.

GTXJackBauer · Jul 7, 2014

Oklahoma Wolf said:
A shot of this evening's unexpectedly severe thunderstorm, complete with rotating wall cloud.

Shortly after this shot, the storm took off at lightspeed to the southeast and it was all I could do to keep up. Finally gave up and went back home to get night time lightning.

I do have a shot with some daytime lightning in the same shot as the wall cloud, but this shot is way cooler I think.

View attachment 146271

Love that...Powerful!

hokiealumnus · Jul 7, 2014

Wow, you guys are posting some stellar images!! I was out of town over the weekend in DC. Here's hoping some of mine turned out well enough to post.

hokiealumnus · Jul 7, 2014

I managed to PP a couple photos from this weekend. Here is the Jefferson Memorial at the golden hour.

70D, EF-S 18-135 IS @ 113mm, f/5.6, 1/130 sec, ISO 100

The Jefferson Memorial at the Golden Hour by hokiealumnus, on Flickr

As for the rest, please be gentle, this is my first attempt at fireworks and they were hand-held. I'm as wide as I can get to try and grab some reflection, so please forgive the foreground trees (though I think they actually add to the shots).

70D, EF-S 18-135 IS @ 18mm, f/3.5, 1/10 sec, ISO 640 (yes, that's 1/10, hand-held.

)

Fireworks Reflecting off the Tidal Basin II by hokiealumnus, on Flickr

70D, EF-S 18-135 IS @ 18mm, f/3.5, 1/10 sec, ISO 500

Fireworks Reflecting off the Tidal Basin by hokiealumnus, on Flickr

Last, but not least, a shot to show our full view during the fireworks, between the MLK, Jr. memorial and the FDR memorial on the tidal basin. We couldn't have asked for a better spot.

70D, EF-S 18-135 IS @ 18mm, f/3.5, 1/10 sec, ISO 1000

July 4th Fireworks & the Washington Monument by hokiealumnus, on Flickr

ATMINSIDE · Jul 7, 2014

Playing with the flash that I just got today! See it here.

T3, EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM, 20mm focal, f/5.6, 1/10 sec, ISO-100, External Flash

T3, EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM, 18mm focal, f/5.6, 1/15 sec, ISO-100, External Flash

P.S. I do not own an Xbox One, I just use the controller on PC.

hokiealumnus · Jul 8, 2014

Really like the 2nd one.

ISO 6400. I don't need no stinkin' full frame.

Lincoln Memorial by hokiealumnus, on Flickr

ATMINSIDE · Jul 8, 2014

hokiealumnus said:
Really like the 2nd one.

Thanks bud! Can't wait for that diffuser to get here

Dark_n_Beyond · Jul 11, 2014

Been pretty busy lately and haven't been out as much as I like, but did manage to chase some butterflies a little bit last weekend. I find that macro work in general has a bit more of a learning curve. With such a shallow depth of field, I really have a hard time figuring out how to get what I want. I end up deleting an awful lot of photos because of DOF or movement issues. I wish a little more of the wings would have been in focus on this one, but I still kind of like it.

hokiealumnus · Jul 16, 2014

Another ISO 6400 shot.

Washington Monument & US Capitol by hokiealumnus, on Flickr

Oklahoma Wolf · Jul 17, 2014

Smoke from distant forest fires, dead calm water, and sunset. All I needed to go out shooting today.

I really need to clean the D5100's sensor filter. I had way too many dust spots to edit out.

Silver_Pharaoh · Jul 17, 2014

Oklahoma Wolf said:
Smoke from distant forest fires, dead calm water, and sunset. All I needed to go out shooting today.

I really need to clean the D5100's sensor filter. I had way too many dust spots to edit out.

View attachment 146670

Beautiful shot

Has the smoke filled the air by your place yet?
I hear it's really bad

Oklahoma Wolf · Jul 17, 2014

It's not too bad - just enough to make the sunsets look good. I don't dare try to go jogging in this though, with my asthma.

hokiealumnus · Jul 17, 2014

It's definitely not a preferable situation, but the sunset you captured is absolutely beautiful.

JLK03F150 · Jul 17, 2014

I call this "stupid shallow" depth of field. Practice shot from when I first got the 100mm macro lens. It's a cracker on a paper towel, if anyone is wondering. Macro is fun but it certainly has its challenges.

ISO 400, 100mm, f/2.8, 1/60

Aldakoopa · Jul 17, 2014

I can't get over how it looks like a mouse crap right in the middle of that cracker.

Automata · Jul 17, 2014

JLK03F150 said:
ISO 400, 100mm, f/2.8, 1/60

Way too wide open for macro, especially being that close. Stopping down quite a lot should help.

JLK03F150 · Jul 17, 2014

thideras said:
Way too wide open for macro, especially being that close. Stopping down quite a lot should help.

Yeah, I stay between f/8 & f/11 now that I've had some practice with it. Need lots of light (or time) with it though.

Seeds Aldakoopa, not poo. :rofl:

FEATURED Photo of the Day

Member

Likes the big ones n00b Member

Member

Senior Warranty Validity Sealed Stick Remover

Water Cooling Senior Member, #TEAMH20HNO

Water Cooled Moderator

Water Cooled Moderator

Sim Racing Aficionado Co-Owner

Water Cooled Moderator

Sim Racing Aficionado Co-Owner

Member

Water Cooled Moderator

Senior Warranty Validity Sealed Stick Remover

Likes the big ones n00b Member

Senior Warranty Validity Sealed Stick Remover

Water Cooled Moderator

What have I done! Member

KING OF PROCRASTINATION Member

Destroyer of Empires and Use

What have I done! Member

Similar threads