*OFFICIAL* Snapshot of the Day (one image per post please) #1

[rodi]

Originally Posted by The1

i feel like she's lost in the photo, might be due to the super dark upper left, maybe a landscape crop to get rid of the dark corner and limit some of the blown out window?

I'm sorry but I have to disagree on all those points. :\


thanks, Mark.

[The1]

Originally Posted by rodi

I'm sorry but I have to disagree on all those points. :\


thanks, Mark.

no worries I do like the photo still. Was just my opinion.

[rodi]

try to think of it as the person not being the real subject of the photo.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by rodi

try to think of it as the person not being the real subject of the photo.

Personally, I was wowed by the snowy white sheets.

[dcstep]

Bee heaven... by dcstep, on Flickr

[Seminole]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Personally, I was wowed by the snowy white sheets.

What sheets?

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by Seminole

What sheets?

The nice round ones. Duh.

[M_Six]

Natural triptych.

[M_Six]

We went to Rosa Mexicano in NYC for dinner tonight.

Best. Guacamole. Ever. Made tableside.

[Weebl]

Originally Posted by M_Six

The nice round ones. Duh.

+5

[hieu1004]

IMG_7182 by hieu1004, on Flickr

[Chewy734]

nice shot, but you might want to straighten the horizon.

Btw, I think that photo would look killer with a 10-stop ND filter.

[hieu1004]

IMG_8345 by hieu1004, on Flickr

[hieu1004]

Last one of Hawaii for awhile :P


IMG_7751 by hieu1004, on Flickr

[Chewy734]

cool luau pic. I have a similar one.

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by Chewy734

nice shot, but you might want to straighten the horizon.

Btw, I think that photo would look killer with a 10-stop ND filter.

Agree about the horizon. Also, the barrel distortion can be corrected in DPP, LR or DxO, among others. Unless you like curved horizons, I think that geometric correction during RAW conversion is a huge plus.

I like the exposure as is. I might have tried a GND at the horizon. The 10-stop wave action is almost cliche' these days. I think it's harder to get a landscape with energy, without any "tricks."

Dave

[hieu1004]

Originally Posted by dcstep

Agree about the horizon. Also, the barrel distortion can be corrected in DPP, LR or DxO, among others. Unless you like curved horizons, I think that geometric correction during RAW conversion is a huge plus.

I like the exposure as is. I might have tried a GND at the horizon. The 10-stop wave action is almost cliche' these days. I think it's harder to get a landscape with energy, without any "tricks."

Dave

For the images that I decide to keep, I will fix the horizon/distortion (LR and DPP makes it easy) - I am still going through the thousand images to see which ones are keepers. Thanks for the suggestions though.

[rodi]

nice, hieu. the distortion does stand out though.

[hieu1004]

Originally Posted by rodi

nice, hieu. the distortion does stand out though.

Thanks, yeah the distortion is an easy fix I can do.

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by hieu1004

For the images that I decide to keep, I will fix the horizon/distortion (LR and DPP makes it easy) - I am still going through the thousand images to see which ones are keepers. Thanks for the suggestions though.

Hieu, I'd suggest AUTOMATIC correction of distortion as part of your RAW conversion. Horizon straightening takes only five-seconds.

Now that you're getting really good, and you are, i'd suggest presenting everything that you do as a finished product.

My work flow for 1,000 pix would be as follows:

• Decide which 900 to delete.
  Load the winners into DxO
  Crop and straighten horizons, convergence, etc. apply exposure presets (20-sec. each)
  Process (10-minutes)
  Pick ten for sharing and posting to Flickr, SmugMug, BMWPost, etc.

Only use in-camera jpegs for previews.

Dave

[hieu1004]

Originally Posted by dcstep

Hieu, I'd suggest AUTOMATIC correction of distortion as part of your RAW conversion. Horizon straightening takes only five-seconds.

Now that you're getting really good, and you are, i'd suggest presenting everything that you do as a finished product.

My work flow for 1,000 pix would be as follows:

• Decide which 900 to delete.
  Load the winners into DxO
  Crop and straighten horizons, convergence, etc. apply exposure presets (20-sec. each)
  Process (10-minutes)
  Pick ten for sharing and posting to Flickr, SmugMug, BMWPost, etc.

Only use in-camera jpegs for previews.

Dave

Dave, Thanks for your suggestions and sharing! I appreciate it.

[hieu1004]

Originally Posted by Chewy734

cool luau pic. I have a similar one.

Thanks! I was a little disapointed in the Luau I went to (Hyatt - Drums of the Pacific). The one I wanted to go to was called the Old Lahaina Luau on Maui, but they were booked out for awhile.