Post your best current shots

[Mark Elberson]

Maternity photography has never been my thing. A good friend of mine is pregnant though so I thought I'd try to capture a few images for her. What do you think?

[dsiegel5151]

Another photo from Cochise County, Arizona.

[conropl]

dsiegel5151 - That looks too close for me.

Here is one from a week ago. I forgot my GND filters (got them out but left them in the car), so I had to improvise and use the island to knock down the light a little while looking into the sunrise.

7D, 24-105mm f/4L IS @ 24, f/18, 1/8 sec, ISO 200.


Ludington State Park Sunrise-5351 by westmichigan, on Flickr

[sedwards]

t4i with a 70-300 usm lense set at 300mm f9 1/160 shutter and iso 100

IMG_4008 by sedwards679, on Flickr

[cls]

Hi, @sedwards - that's a nice shot of the moon - yesterday evening/night I used the same moon and the clear sky for some night time landscapes. I haven't really tried this before but wanted to make an attempt before the snow melts. I came home with a bunch of photos unlike anything else in my Lightroom library - the moonlit landscape gets a kind of spooky look that I like, I'll definitely try this again.

I drove away a bit from the nearest city lights and found a frozen lake in the forest where I took most of the shots, these are two of them.



I usually put myself in the frame now and then to add an unusual component to landscape shots. Trying to keep still for 10 seconds was a challenge - on the third attempt it came out OK.



Thanks for viewing!

[Photog82]

Here's a few photos I took of my wife.

I used my external flash mounted on a tripod pointing slightly downward towards the belly, I used the on-board flash to light up her hand.

Maybe once my softboxes come in I'll retake the shot for a softer look, but I think that I'm happy with them.

[dsiegel5151]

Here's an earless lizard from Arizona. Notice that he has no external ear openings.

[ahab1372]

Here's an earless lizard from Arizona. Notice that he has no external ear openings.

Dustin,
I like your critter pics!
How do you get them to keep still when you approach them with the camera? Was it still cold from the night? And is the lizard earless for advanced weather sealing?

[dsiegel5151]

Dustin,
I like your critter pics!
How do you get them to keep still when you approach them with the camera? Was it still cold from the night? And is the lizard earless for advanced weather sealing?

Ha, don't know about the weather sealing, but there is definitely a trick to keeping lizards still. 1. Catch them. 2. Make a slip-knot out of sewing string and tighten gently around a rear leg. 3. Have a friend hold the string so the lizard sits where you want it to sit (I usually grab a log or a rock for modeling). 4. Edit out the string from the pics or shoot around the string (I try to shoot around the string in most cases...less editing).

Snakes are a little tougher. 1. Catch them. 2. Put a pot or some kind of cover (hands work well for small non-venomous snakes) over them for 5+ minutes. I wouldn't suggest trying this with venomous snakes unless you are comfortable doing it. The nice thing about vipers is that they tend to sit and be defensive once you find them, so they tend to pose for you. 3. Remove the cover and fire away (they will usually sit coiled up for a bit after being exposed).

Amphibians are pretty slow so I just keep placing them on substrate and firing away until I get the shots I want.

[Dave Throgmartin]

A couple more lake shot, first a light pole @ f/2.2.


2013_03_28_0693_upd by dthrog00, on Flickr

Second, a statue near the lake @ f/11.


2013_03_28_0646_upd by dthrog00, on Flickr

Thanks for viewing.
Dave