Jan. Photo Challange

[Phil Landry]

I'll play...
for the somewhat serious division....



For the new division of this challenge that I think we need to add, drunks on film... I call this one "I should have waited another half second before pushing the button"




www.arkansastroutbum.com

[lawnman]

Well guys I started this and have no entry.  I could go down the list of excuses but I will sum it up and say can't get to my old files and been working too much to take anything new.  Ok anybody got an idea for th next one?  By the wall they all look good to me

[EricW]

Ok Ok I am in....

[ALflygirl]

Moonrise at dusk

[owengrad]

Key West Sunset





Jim

[Little Man]

Jumping in late, but here goes ...

Here are a few photos from a October/November trip to the Florida panhandle. Not sure if it meets the qualifications set by the contest, but nonethless, here they are: 

Caught this sunset over Eastern Lake (lucky shot): 



Piping plovers:



My favorite -- featuring the flies preferred by the little tunny and the amber sudsy stuff preferred by me:

[Looper Flies]

I'm not photographer, but here goes...

[dbradyh]

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll36/dbradyh/STPAT9.jpg

[dbradyh]

Let me try this again...

[Maniac]

I'm a slacker; these are old.  I plan to shoot some more this month though....These are 3 different lighting situations.







Anybody recognize this city?

I miss shooting Velvia....sure is a pain to get slides into digital though, but also expensive to get a high-end DLSR....I gotta get my priorities straight....

[Mike Hill]

I miss shooting Velvia....sure is a pain to get slides into digital though, but also expensive to get a high-end DLSR....I gotta get my priorities straight....

Velvia50 was a dream to use as long as not shooting portraits.  I'm looking to buy a add-on that would help me shoot digital that emulates V50.

[David L. Darnell]

that city is not Kelso, buildings not tall enough.

[Maniac]

Hey Mike, there's a plug-in for Photoshop (just a 2-step action--Curves & Channel Mixer I think) that emulates Velvia; it works pretty well. 

Or better yet, if you have a nice digital, get into HDR photography (it's kind of like bracketing, but instead of keeping the ONE with the best exposure, you combine all the pics using software & end up with perfect exposure across the board).  HDR blows away any other type of scenic/landscape photography, check it out.

[Mike Hill]

Hey Mike, there's a plug-in for Photoshop (just a 2-step action--Curves & Channel Mixer I think) that emulates Velvia; it works pretty well. 

Or better yet, if you have a nice digital, get into HDR photography (it's kind of like bracketing, but instead of keeping the ONE with the best exposure, you combine all the pics using software & end up with perfect exposure across the board).  HDR blows away any other type of scenic/landscape photography, check it out.

Yea, so it's a plug in for Photoshop.   I was hoping that there was one that was part of Nikon's programming.  I thought I had heard that at one time, but I could have heard wrong.  Even though I am blown away with some of the HDR stuff, I am also somewhat bothered by it.  Having shot film for 35 years I have gotten a feel for how the film would render a scene  - what would be in focus, what would be correctly exposed, etc....   There is no film that could have that much latitude in both exposure and/or focus (even though using the Zone system on large format gets close).  Actually our eyes don't have that much latitude!   Bothered is probably not the correct word but disconcerting!