*OFFICIAL* Snapshot of the Day (one image per post please) #2

[dcstep]

Coyote In Grass by dcstep, on Flickr

[Rodny]

WOW!!!

Great shots!

I'm so busy at worked haven't had time to take any pics.

Keep the good work guys!!!

[Itsed65]

At 3,849 feet, Mt. Diablo is not that high, but its location makes its viewshed spectacular. On a clear day you can see the Sierra Nevada, Yosemite's Sentinel Ridge, all 8 bridges on the SF bay and Mt. Lassen from the visitor center at the top. This is shot from the east side (Sac River Delta).

Diablo from the East by lennycarl08, on Flickr

[reu2]

This photo I took while playing around on the Ice over Lake Michigan from Atwater Beach. Just North of Milwaukee. The Ice went out over 500 feet, I wish I did a better job of showing the scale of this.


Atwater Beach by Reuben Neese, on Flickr

I also tried to do a little time-lapse with a GoPro, so I threw this little video together. I'm new to video editing and keep trying to come up with projects that force me to learn it. Constructive criticism is always welcome.

[dcstep]

I like both the video and the still.

I think that the wide-angle lens of the Go-Pro did show the vastness pretty well. I wonder if you'd been able to shoot from a few feet higher if that would have shown more, but it works as is.

[Itsed65]

Deer in the Grass by lennycarl08, on Flickr

[M_Six]

Waxing Gibbous 3-31-15


Moon 03-31-15 by Mark J Photography, on Flickr

[dcstep]

3-30-2015

Waxing Gibbous Moon © by dcstep, on Flickr

Interesting to count craters to see the difference a day makes.

[Itsed65]

Nice moons!

[M_Six]

DC's is bigger than mine.

[M_Six]

Total lunar eclipse this Saturday morning for the West Coast, Ed. Get your timer ready. You might see it, too, DC. If the moon doesn't drop behind the mountains before the eclipse starts.

[Itsed65]

5 am on Saturday. That will largely depend on what I will be drinking on Friday night

[druu]

Williamsburg. Bit the bullet on the fuji 56mm 1.2. First shot I took with it was this one.

[M_Six]

^^^^Killer shot.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by Itsed65

5 am on Saturday. That will largely depend on what I will be drinking on Friday night

Bought a bottle of A'bundah this past weekend. Oh boy is it good.

[druu]

Originally Posted by M_Six

^^^^Killer shot.

Thanks, though some might abuse me for shooting f4 on my first uses of a 1.2 lens heh

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by M_Six

DC's is bigger than mine.

700mm vs. 600mm. Size matters.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by dcstep

700mm vs. 600mm. Size matters.

No doubt.

I'm thinking that the Blue Hour is a much better time to shoot the moon. The deep blue sky just looks better and I think the lower differential between the bright moon and dark sky makes it easier to pull out detail in the moon.

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by M_Six

No doubt.

I'm thinking that the Blue Hour is a much better time to shoot the moon. The deep blue sky just looks better and I think the lower differential between the bright moon and dark sky makes it easier to pull out detail in the moon.

Oh, and I used a 1.6x crop-sensor also, so my effective focal length at 1120mm. I love that 7D2.

I was actually shooting in the golden-hour, about 1-hour before sunset. I really think the single most important key, besides focal length , is the angle in the sky. As you get up at 45-degrees and higher, you're shooting through less and less atmosphere, yielding sharper and sharper images. I shot this same moon and hour or two earlier and it wasn't near so sharp.

In daylight, like my shot, you shoot around 0EV, but as it gets darker you need more and more -EV. I end up at -2EV in some situations at night.

Dave

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by druu

Thanks, though some might abuse me for shooting f4 on my first uses of a 1.2 lens heh

We save that for the guys that lug around a 70-200/f2.8 and then always shoot from f/4 to f/8.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by druu

Thanks, though some might abuse me for shooting f4 on my first uses of a 1.2 lens heh

I have the Sigma 50mm f1.4 Art and the Sigma 18-35 f1.8 Art. I find that shooting wide open with them creates too shallow a DoF in many cases. Both those lenses are sharp wide open, but they get super sharp stopped down just a bit. I often take advantage of that.

[reu2]

Originally Posted by M_Six

I have the Sigma 50mm f1.4 Art and the Sigma 18-35 f1.8 Art. I find that shooting wide open with them creates too shallow a DoF in many cases. Both those lenses are sharp wide open, but they get super sharp stopped down just a bit. I often take advantage of that.

The sharpest point of any lens is typically around two full stops down. Don't get me wrong, the f1.2 and f1.4 have awesome bokeh, but I'm never embarrassed to to stop them down.

I use my 24-70 and 70-200 f2.8 at f8 often, and I use my f1.4 at f4~5.6 often. Just depends on what I'm doing. Don't be embarrassed, you're not alone.

This photo was shot in a setup I call "The Photo Booth", great for parties, just a white seamless and then a naked strobe pointed at two v-flats behind the camera. Just washes light all over. Notice pretty much everything is in focus. Use a 35mm lens set at f11 to allow focus on singles or group shots with a remote trigger, add some props, and get your drink on.

Of course it also helps to shoot teathered to a computer so people can see the results instantly for a good laugh, they tend to take more that way.


Capture0136-2 by Reuben Neese, on Flickr