Post Your Best Nature Shots!

[Dann Thombs]

Yes you need a disclaimer since I want to rack up my credit card even more and pick up that baby. Love the colors.


This is the only decent shot I've taken lately. I really need to get back out into the field.

[chrisc]

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[chrisc]

I'll try to get it to fit - new at this


MT Hood near Portland Oregon - October[img]/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.00.29.52.chris/IMG_5F00_3882_2D00_compresses-web.jpg[/img] 2008 - Canon G9

[joback]

That's a most impressive shot of Mt. Hood. Lovely.

[joback]

This shot of a 1200 lb bull elk in Northern California was taken with the same 100-400L lens as the egret. Don't tryframing this beast with a short lens![img]/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.00.29.83/Northcoast_5F00_Aug_2D00_2007_5F00_1837.jpg[/img]

[prayharder]

Here is a picture I just took with my new 70-200 f4.0 L and my 40D





f/4, 1/200 sec, ISO-500, -1.7 step, focal length 200 mm





Please let me know what you think.

[joback]

Prayharder: Good effort. I see that it's a fire, but it's almost abstract art (in a good way). I don't know if it would be better this way, butpushing the ISO a bit so you can getbetter depth of field might be interesting, too.


Fire can be hard to photograph because you're trying to capture a single moment of something that dances and changes so fast. It can behard to capture the primal emotion you feel around a live firewithin a static photo, not to mention the sound, the heat, and the smells. I have the same problem shooting fireworks. I can getgreat exposures, but something is missing. The emotional impact just isn't there.Usually, it helps to have people in the photo reacting in wonder.


For your fire, a little wider shot that shows some context, such as campers gathered around or the devastation of a forest fire, might help the viewerfeel more drawn & connected to the image.

[prayharder]

Yeah, I was going for abstract...and for the coal's to be the focal point...





That is a good idea to push the ISO for a greater depth of field...





This is true that there isn't anything connecting it...I was wanting a bunch of red-hot coals...the fire wasn't big enough for that.





thanks !

[joback]

Prayharder: That's great--so long as you know I liked it. I enjoy taking "texture" shots to use a backgrounds in desktop publishing and PowerPoint presentations. Your fire photo is cool by itself, but it would also be cool as a background image. I'm always shooting leaves, grass, clouds, sand, walls, pavement, river stones, etc. for that purpose (and for fun). -John O

[joback]

Speaking of background shots for desktop publishing, I took thisshot of sunlight passing through Japanese maple against a shadowed wall.40D with24-105L at 73mm, ISO 200, f/5.6.[img]/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.00.29.83/IMG_5F00_0094.jpg[/img]