POTD - random

Discussion in 'Picture of the Day' started by haunteddoc, Nov 7, 2008.

  1. haunteddoc

    haunteddoc Member

    Very nice. ; I like the elephant!
     
  2. Coo1eo

    Coo1eo Member

    That is very cool & fascinating. Love the photo as well. Great work.
     
  3. ddindy

    ddindy Member Staff Member

    I heard (or read) one pro photographer said that the key to making a good-looking HDR shot is to take as many photos as you can. ; Have you seen some HDR shots with those white halos around everything? ; That's the result of not enough data, such as using just three shots instead of seven or nine.
     
  4. gary

    gary Member

    well that does give more data, but i think those 7 shots do better if they are from fully under to fully over exposed, say 1-1/2 stop apart on each one
     
  5. haunteddoc

    haunteddoc Member

    I've not heard of very many people using more than 7 shots for HDR. ; Seems like the usual number I keep hearing tossed around is 3 to 5 depending on the dynamic range of the scene and what you are trying to portray. ; Usually 1 1/2 to 2 stops between pics.
     
  6. Scottwdw

    Scottwdw Member

    Check out Jeff Fillmore's HDR photos. ; He usually uses 9. You don't have to use all 9, of course. ; Nikon D300/D700/D3 cameras make it easy to do 3, 5, 7, or 9 brackets in any stop range you like. ; I have read that the more exposures at closer stops tends to create less noise in the final HDR image.

    In this case, I did need all 9 photos as I said because of the bright light coming in through the windows. ; The key is to cover the entire range from dark to light.
     
  7. Scottwdw

    Scottwdw Member

    Dave (ExploringWDW) browsing for some photographic inspiration at the George Eastman House. This is my nod to the current exhibition at the museum called The Unseen Eye. ; A very interesting and a bit disturbing collection of photos which do not show eyes of people. However, if M.W. Hunt is looking to add to this collection, he can drop me an email.

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    Photographic Inspiration by Scottwdw
     
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  8. Scottwdw

    Scottwdw Member

    I know Gary is always looking for a way to cut down the size of this camera bag. ; This camera would help.

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    Mickey Mouse Brownie by Scottwdw, on Flickr
     
  9. Scottwdw

    Scottwdw Member

    Dave (ExploringWDW) at the top of the stairs in the George Eastman House in a stately pose per request.

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  10. gary

    gary Member


    for some reason i thought one could only do them in stately wayne manor


    bonus points for the first person to correctly identify that piece of trivia
     
  11. Scottwdw

    Scottwdw Member

    Wayne Manor is the mansion of Bruce Wayne (aka Batman).

    Well, we were in a mansion and it is said to have hidden rooms though there was no mention of a cave.
     
  12. gary

    gary Member

    for a minute there i was afraid i was the only tmip both old enough and tv geeky enough to have loved that show
     
  13. RedOctober25

    RedOctober25 Member

    It's still on tv on a channel called "The Hub". ; Putting it out there to a whole new generation. ; Same Bat Time, New Bat Channel.


    Sent from my iPhone...
     
  14. jbwolffiv

    jbwolffiv Member

    Now that is funny!
     
  15. ddindy

    ddindy Member Staff Member

    OK, since we're getting all nostalgic here: ; I was there the first time around. ; Batman was always a two-part episode, with part one aired on Wednesday and part two on Thursday. ; The Cub Scout pack that I was a member of met at my house on Wednesdays. ; There was always a big argument after the meeting about whether we would watch Batman or Lost In Space, which was on at the same time.

    If only I could send a VCR back to my young self!

    Oh, and great set, Scott. ; I guess George Eastman is the one we should call the Great Yellow Father (although like Alvah Roebuck, he always seems to be forgotten). :)
     
  16. Evad

    Evad Member

    Tim that's at place near my home up here called Dundurn Castle. Built in the 1800's. We go there from time to time.

    Here's a link... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dundurn_Castle


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  17. Scottwdw

    Scottwdw Member

    Been missing winter so I found this set of photos while I was doing a little reorganizing of my photo library over the weekend. Of course, this morning I woke up to 6 inches of snow. ; I guess I should be careful what I wish for!

    North Dakota Badlands panoramic in the Theodore Roosevelt National Park from 2010. I used a Mac app called Double Take ($24.95) which was recommended to me on TMIP which took four photos and auto-stiched them together and even loads the photo back into Aperture (or iPhoto).

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    Badlands Winter by Scottwdw
     
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  18. Evad

    Evad Member

    This is from last year... not much snow up here this year!!


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  19. jbwolffiv

    jbwolffiv Member

    Am I the only one not upset at all that I have had no snow? ; OK, we got about 2.5 inches a week ago, but it was on a Saturday so I had all day to deal with it!
     
  20. ddindy

    ddindy Member Staff Member

    No snow = happy Dennis. It's going to be in the 50s this week. ; Mid-40s forecast the day of that little Roman football game they're having in downtown Indy this weekend. ; (You know, that XLVI thing.)
     

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