Post your best current shots

[ddt0725]

Maybe I shouldn't have let my daughter drive the truck ...


IMG_7956 by Denise Trocio, on Flickr

LOL!

[nvitalephotography]

here's a few from tonight.

Cuban Tree Frog



Saw the Screech Owls again tonight...they must be making a nest nearby, because my housemate randomly decided to imitate their call while were out in our backyard (Yes this type of thing is common when you have wildlife biologists living together, and no I don't suggest this technique for attracting animals to photograph, because, strictly speaking its considered harassing the animal, He didn't do it with the intent of actually attracting the owls) and they immediately came into our yard to investigate. I hate not having my telephoto lens with birds like this around.


And finally, one from a few days ago, its a pygmy Rattlesnake. I did a psuedo-HDR to it, because it really looked like it was lacking something. But Im not sure if I like it or not. opinions?




Thanks for looking

Nick

[DavidEccleston]

Nick, I like the owl, and the frog. With the rattlesnake though, there isn't any lighting variation, making it really hard to see it's shape. I mean, I can follow the curve of it's markings, but there are no lighting cues as to the shape, and my brain rejects it.

I thought I'd try out Corel Aftershot Pro (as new Corel employee I figured anything I can get with an employee discount is worth checking out ) I'll give a review a bit later, as I've only used it for 3 days. I'll save details for later, but should any of you download a trial, don't give up immediately! My initial 5 minute impression wasn't good at all. Since then, I've dug into the preferences and turned off the 'redraw in such a way that you can't subtly edit anything' feature, and learned to use the complicated and not very obvious what it's doing save dialog (when a programmer needs to load up the help page in order to use the save dialog, it's not intuitive!). After a few WTF moments, AfterShot now has a fighting chance of being something I'll consider using. There are things I like, and things I don't. I'll reserve judgment until I've had more time to play with it.

Here's an image with the 'Cross Processing' filter applied:

Bella pigtails by namethatnobodyelsetook, on Flickr

[ddt0725]

Nice photo, David! I am interested in reading your review as soon as you post it. So far though, it doesn't sound to user friendly. I just bought NIK Color Efex Pro 4, is this program similar to that as far as providing various filters? Color Efex does have cross processing with about 19 varieties to choose from under the cross processing. It also has a bunch of other filters, some I'm not so sure what anyone would use them for! I like this one that you have applied!

[Kayaker72]

.....this thread exploded yesterday with a bunch of great shots. First, thanks for the comments of mine from last week. Second...nice work everyone!

[conropl]

So many great shots here over the last couple of days. Everyone has been busy this week.

A couple of weeks ago I posted some shots of the blowing snow (hard to capture). So last weekend I went back to see if I could get some of the resultant snow drifts. There was some neat formations with a little bit of the beach sand mixed in. Here are a couple:


Snow Drift-8789 by westmichigan, on Flickr


Snow Drift-8788 by westmichigan, on Flickr

[Dave Johnston]

Had a little photoshoot of the wife today. I love that she humors me.

This shot was actually a compilation of 5 shots stitched together in photoshop. I had the idea to do this shot pretty randomly and thank goodness I had the time to set it up, if it hadn't been this free weekend, might not have done it.



5D mark II + 85mm f1.8 @ 85mm f8 1/200 ISO-400.

The two shots on the left were done with a 580 exII @ 1/2 power shot through a DIY 14" beauty dish gelled with a Cal Red 90 gel Subject left and then 45 degrees subject left. The two on the right were done with the same setup only backwards and using a Storaro Azure gel. The front shot was with a 580ex II and 1/4 CTO gell through the same beauty dish. The subject is holding a 30 inch white reflector under the frame. There is also a Vivitar 285 gridded at 1/16 power for the crown highlight.

This was a fun little shoot. My wife and I both enjoyed the result.

Thanks for looking and feedbacking (new word I think).

Dave.

[Steve U]

Very articyic snow drifts Pat, well captured.
To interupt the artistic flow, here is another shot of Bo playing Bath Pong, I don't know if Bo and I invented the game, but a table tennis ball in an empty bath tub and then include a kitten is a recipe for a lot of fun.

[Steve U]

What a great shot Dave and what a sport your wife is. The colours and the different facial expressions work very well. Specially love the middle one with the subtle wink.

[conropl]

Dave - Great composite.

Steve - That is funny. Why has nobody turned that into a sport before... probably because the bookies could not figure out the odds and point spread.