No "coming around" to it at all. I shoot Av way more often than any other mode. I only do sports in Tv (and since I hardly ever shoot sports anymore, I hardly ever shoot Tv). :)

I'm glad you brought this up.

The majority of the time my eyes do not see this, or my brain doesn't compute it very well, so I have a difficult time with it.

I worked with a local girl who shoots quite a bit and her eye is the polar opposite of mine. She doesn't even see the things that drive me nuts and I only quickly browse over what she values the most. It led to quite a bit of arguing and a large amount of learning about how other people my be looking at the images.

It wouldn't be so striking if the grass in the foreground weren't so brown and crinkly. If the background were similarly washed out, I'd be worrying this poor tiger was stuck in the dust bowl somewhere.

Gunnison Colorado.

My new bar:

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Say whatever you want, I'm buying you beers some day! :thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb:

Depending on lens, look into a polarizing filter. You'll be freaking amazed at the cool results. If not polarizing filter, go with a yellow filter.... NEVER bad choices to add at purchase time of any lens (in addition to the UV that you'll buy if for not other reason than protection).

****ed up pic!!!

* No booze
* Bar girl

Get those and get back to us!

This was about 2 hours ago....

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Where is that at? I don't remember seeing it.

That's clearly Cleveland OH.

It is on Oahu's North Shore. There is a little dirt parking area just west of Waimea Bay.

I was driving by a couple of nights ago and the sunset from that spot was spectacular, but I didn't have my camera with me. So I went back last night and got it.

This is the spot:

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Cold and stormy day on puget Sound

Use that telescope to spy on Rob Lowe /Franklin & Bash

Nice view.

Two comments:

1) Nice. :thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb:

2) **** off! :D:D:D:D:D

Very nice view. If I make it out there, we'll get beers and well works on some time-lapse photography. And if you get planes coming through the view, it's all the more cool...

Rep man, that awesome!

Just a few from St. George, UT area from September this year.

Anyone have an image printing suggestion? I haven't been real thrilled with my local options.

I can't say I enjoy black & white, or graveyards, but I found this old rock interesting. I couldn't tell for sure, but it appeared the top of the cross has been shot at several times over the years.

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Some pictures I took today on the North Shore.

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And the cutest photographer on the beach:

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A few I took today when my younger son and I took a short hike.. http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14...58365ec6e7.jpghttp://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14...d8940b5bab.jpghttp://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14...9a50d68d5a.jpghttp://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14...072b34efac.jpghttp://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14...e4378fdb1f.jpghttp://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14...abdd8f7879.jpg

The lights out over Susitna the other morning

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I've posted these before, but I've been working on them in Lightroom. Constructive criticism would be greatly appreciated.

I love the first one. The second one is good too, especially considering the dynamic range.

Took this one a couple weeks ago, not bad for January

Nice sunset tonight!

I've been in SoCal the last few days.

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8654/...18fe4111_z.jpgPelican Flying 2015-02-21_002_v1 by splatbass, on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7286/...c0463678_z.jpgPoint Loma Lighthouse 2015-02-20_007_v1 by splatbass, on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7401/...273e5c44_z.jpgImperial Beach 2015-02-20_003_v1 by splatbass, on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8587/...c79e6b27_z.jpgBaby Sea Lion 2015-0-21_003_v1 by splatbass, on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8647/...caf5b4fc_z.jpgSan Diego Skyline 2015-02-20_001_v1 by splatbass, on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8620/...5358ddef_z.jpgSanta Monica Mountains 2015-02-22_001_v1 by splatbass, on Flickr

GREAT work... Beautiful!

Thanks!

This was featured in KC Weddings Magazine. Jumping on the bed wedding night.

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15 mins outside of San Francisco.

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Denver International Airport.

https://41.media.tumblr.com/b819d92f...3f4o1_1280.jpg

UN Security Council.

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Broadway and Washington. Kansas City.

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I would be interested to see that cropped so the windows go up to the edge on all sides.

Would have framed it that way if I were more square to the windows height wise instead of on the ground tilted up.

Yeah is there any way to get a more square shot w/o renting a crane or something?

Possibly...was taken like...maybe 6 years ago though.

Excellent.

I'll just say

http://apod.nasa.gov

For today February 23

A few iphone pics I got last weekend in Joshua Tree.

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https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...b8&oe=55864E94

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I saw a teenager literally faint from the pain of getting one of these jumping chollas pulled out of her hand. Her eyes rolled back in her head and everything - totally freaked her friends out. They thought the cactus was poisonous and were freaking out about getting her to a hospital. We had to reassure them it was just pain and panic.

She got it stuck on the back of one hand then made the classic mistake of trying to grab it with her other hand. She probably had 20 spines stuck in her. They have micro barbs all down the shaft, so when you pull them out they just tear flesh the whole way.

Of course the stupid kids were drinking beer and wine, wandering off the trail and obviously payed no attention to the numerous warning signs. At least they learned a lesson in respecting nature w/o actually dying like those kids in Yosemite who went over the waterful.

Nice pics.

Thanks! Go ahead!

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Turnagain Arm Sunrise

That's beautiful.

Trip to the zoo last weekend. One of the employees had this kookaburra out in the open.

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/06...1df367b4c2.jpg

:thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb:

Sedona

Photo Geek Thread: Photos You Take - Post Them Up!
 

We will be going to Estes Park soon. I have a fairly nice Canon and I want to accomplish a few photos. Last year we went and I was getting the blurred waterfall motion pretty good but I didn't have a tripod so the photos could have been better. I also was getting some sun "orbs" and rings. Is that just from the angle in relation to the sun or is something wrong with my shutter speed or something else?

Also, how can I take a photo of the Milky Way? What functions do I manipulate? I don't have my camera or manual in front if me but I think the manual was having me mess with aperture and iso speed. I tried last year but just wasn't able to get the camera to really even take a picture. It kept giving me the error of not enough light I think.

I don't remember what settings I was trying or if that even matters given I was changing so much other stuff.

You definitely need a tripod for good blurred water motion. Set your shutter speed on something like 1/15 to 1/8. Also some ND filters if it's sunny (because the shutter is open so long you need to block out most of the light).

Similar concept goes for the Milky Way - longer exposure. Most of those shots you see with a dark foreground are blended - one exposure for the milky way, one for the ground. Then you blend them together with HDR software or manually in Photoshop. You need a tripod to make sure both shots are from the exact same spot and angle.

Thanks. I can definitely see after a quick search that an nd filter is needed. That seems like it would solve the problems of brightness I was having.

I recall now that I think I had set the iso speed as high as I could and gave a long exposure for the attempted sky pictures. I have no idea what all the combinations I tried or what aperture I was trying. I think I would need to use a high aperture setting then for the sky pictures to let in the most light? Or would it be a low aperture number to coincide with the slower shutter speed?

Yeah highest ISO your camera can handle, longest shutter speed (anything over 30 seconds though you start to get star trails), low aperture: http://improvephotography.com/5955/h...the-milky-way/

You can get really fancy and get a tracking tripod rig that tracks the earth's movement: https://www.google.com/webhp?sourcei...cking%20tripod

If you really want to do some Milky Way shots let me know. There's way more to it but it's not that hard.

Nice :thumb:

I showed this to some peeps who work for me (one just got back from a vacation in yellow stone), and they'd like to us this as their background. Is that OK?

Holy crap, that's beautiful.

Is that one shot, or did you layer multiple exposures?

Thanks for the tips. That link certainly helps. I guess I need to get out there and practice now.

Absolutely no issue at all tell them to enjoy :thumb:

The Grand Canyon image is a 5x5 matrix or 25 shots stitched together. They arent layed but overlapped on the edges. I have a bunch I'm putting up on my facebook page (Dave Lane Astrophotography) there are some pretty nice shots in there.

If you want to see a cool 1/3rd sized actual image (warning even as a jpeg its 29 mb) try clicking this link, then give me a star count :eek:

http://re-prop.com/dave/joshrock.jpg

Ur awesome man...

Holy mother of God that is ****ing awesome! How do I acquire on of these? Do you sell them?

Haven't posted in this thread in a while. Here's just a few newish ones.

https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7775/1...c358d13a_b.jpgOosterdam in Alaska by Andrew TheMagnificent, on Flickr

https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7761/1...8d795178_b.jpgMendenhall Glacier Trek by Andrew TheMagnificent, on Flickr

https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8866/1...97dcf8df_b.jpgWhere the Glacier Meets the Gravel by Andrew TheMagnificent, on Flickr

https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7731/1...f1ba9c74_b.jpgAlaskan Wildflower by Andrew TheMagnificent, on Flickr

https://c4.staticflickr.com/4/3882/1...e610100f_b.jpgUnnamed Fallen Rocks by Andrew TheMagnificent, on Flickr

https://c3.staticflickr.com/3/2940/1...8142b1c1_b.jpgFoggy Hiker by Andrew TheMagnificent, on Flickr

https://c3.staticflickr.com/3/2925/1...573c3d08_b.jpgMilky Rise by Andrew TheMagnificent, on Flickr

https://c4.staticflickr.com/4/3837/1...cd1d922b_b.jpgMilky Clouds by Andrew TheMagnificent, on Flickr

https://c3.staticflickr.com/3/2896/1...e259625d_b.jpgStormclouds Over Quartz Lake by Andrew TheMagnificent, on Flickr

https://c4.staticflickr.com/4/3891/1...07c579c7_b.jpgPiedra Road by Andrew TheMagnificent, on Flickr

https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5535/1...1f8c7b51_b.jpgIron Hand Man by Andrew TheMagnificent, on Flickr

https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7297/1...7506539e_b.jpgAsia Statue by Andrew TheMagnificent, on Flickr

https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7448/1...bc0c8913_b.jpgFantasdragon by Andrew TheMagnificent, on Flickr

https://c4.staticflickr.com/4/3678/1...4276987b_b.jpgA Dream Is a Wish by Andrew TheMagnificent, on Flickr

https://c4.staticflickr.com/4/3684/1...6135e79d_b.jpgBird of Pray by Andrew TheMagnificent, on Flickr

https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7380/1...11eb1d7b_b.jpgNighttime Cinderella Fountain by Andrew TheMagnificent, on Flickr

https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7314/1...5e5a7ff0_b.jpgFighting Elephants . . . by Andrew TheMagnificent, on Flickr

https://c4.staticflickr.com/4/3781/1...381ab2de_b.jpgHaunted Statues by Andrew TheMagnificent, on Flickr

https://c4.staticflickr.com/4/3821/1...ced5cff4_b.jpgLow Shot Fountain by Andrew TheMagnificent, on Flickr

https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7415/1...7107ccfa_b.jpgSpace Mountain Tunnel by Andrew TheMagnificent, on Flickr

https://c4.staticflickr.com/4/3759/1...d662c6d2_b.jpgStarburst Earth by Andrew TheMagnificent, on Flickr

https://c3.staticflickr.com/3/2816/1...dc878e29_b.jpgSanaa Savannah Feeding Time by Andrew TheMagnificent, on Flickr

https://c3.staticflickr.com/3/2877/1...716bd2da_b.jpgWorld Showcase Buddha by Andrew TheMagnificent, on Flickr

https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7366/1...5b4a690d_b.jpgTomorrowland by Andrew TheMagnificent, on Flickr

https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7433/1...46052873_b.jpgSpaceship Chapel by Andrew TheMagnificent, on Flickr

Lots of good shots but really like this.

Got back from an Alaskan cruise earlier this week and wanted to share some of my favorite shots.

First is Margerie Glacier in Glacier Bay. Then a couple of different views of Denali. And finally, a view from the White Pass Railway near Skagway.

Great work.. That second shot is wonderful...

That mountain in the second pic is gorg

Which cruise did you go on? I just got back from a Holland America cruise up there at the end of May.

Princess.

Moab lightning. You can see Balanced Rock in lower right sticking up. Thats Venus and Jupiter shrouded in a bit of clouds. Venus is super bright, Jupiter very bright above it and to the left.

As always, simply beautiful...

So I have been looking at filters. On a whim I bought a polarized filter from Best Buy but it was the cheap insignia brand. After reading on it people say it worked okay but I haven't tried it yet. I am kind of having buyer's remorse and am angry I can't find the receipt.

It seems I should have sprung for a bit more expensive version and gone with the Hoya brand. I will definitely be doing that on the ND filter but those are only about $20. The more expensive circular polarizers are over $40.

On the circular polarizer should I be getting gray or black?

Incredible...