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

[The1]

Originally Posted by M_Six

A couple months ago I was just down the street from my house shooting pics of a sunset. I had pulled just off the road a bit so no one would hit my car in the dusk. I had walked a few yards away from the car into this field to get a better shot and was shooting away when a car came by, drove onto the field, and almost ran me over. The driver demanded to know what I was doing. I told him I was just taking pics of the sunset. He launched into a tirade about it being his land and how it's only courteous to ask permission to walk onto someone else's land, yada, yada. I couldn't believe it. It's not like I was next to his house. In fact, I was several hundred yards from any structure. And I had no idea whose land it was anyway. So now I'm very cautious about being around someone's property.

very reasonable.

[Chewy734]

that's good he didn't shoot first and ask questions later.

[dcstep]

Jazz legend Kenny Burrell playing "YoYo", an archtop guitar by master luthier Ken Parker, at the famous Westwood Music Center in LA. I own YoYo's brother guitar, "Brownie" and a more distant relative "Spot". (Ken names all of his guitar. No serial numbers):


Kenny Burrell plays YoYo by dcstep, on Flickr

Canon 5D MkII, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS and ISO 3200.

[The1]

Nice shot, did you expose this to the right?

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by The1

Nice shot, did you expose this to the right?

0-EV on this one. See the blown out upper bout on the guitar. I might have gone lower, but I'd have lost all the detail in Kenny and his jacket. A compromise was needed.

BTW, in all my stuff you can click on the pic and go to Flickr and then see my full EXIF.

Dave

[UdubBadger]

sweet axe

[The1]

Originally Posted by dcstep

0-EV on this one. See the blown out upper bout on the guitar. I might have gone lower, but I'd have lost all the detail in Kenny and his jacket. A compromise was needed.

BTW, in all my stuff you can click on the pic and go to Flickr and then see my full EXIF.

Dave

I always forget to do that.

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by UdubBadger

sweet axe

Much more info here for those interested in super fine guitars:

http://www.kenparkerarchtops.com/

I own "Brownie" and "Spot".

Dave

[M_Six]

Hey remmib, you catching any of the aurora shows I've been reading about?

[MATT0404]

Untitled by mkrepp, on Flickr

[dcstep]

Matt, nice effect with the one pod in focus. Sweet bokeh with that lens.

Dave

[dcstep]

Sunset at Laguna Beach:


Sunset at Laguna Beach by dcstep, on Flickr

Canon 5D MkII, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 28mm, f/18, ISO 400, 1/50-sec (+1/3EV).

[remmib]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Hey remmib, you catching any of the aurora shows I've been reading about?

No, I haven't.
Never seen real nice aurora since I'm actually too south (at 59°North), while the aurora is best viewed north of the Arctic Circle at 66°North.

[UdubBadger]

Originally Posted by dcstep

Sunset at Laguna Beach:


Sunset at Laguna Beach by dcstep, on Flickr

Canon 5D MkII, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS at 28mm, f/18, ISO 400, 1/50-sec (+1/3EV).

sexx

I'll be in San Diego all next week.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by UdubBadger

I'll be in San Diego all next week.

Stiff

See also: Lucky

[Chewy734]

Originally Posted by remmib

No, I haven't.
Never seen real nice aurora since I'm actually too south (at 59°North), while the aurora is best viewed north of the Arctic Circle at 66°North.

7 degrees can't be that far away, right?

[UdubBadger]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Stiff

See also: Lucky

Also see: Holy shit it was expensive.

[UdubBadger]

Originally Posted by Chewy734

7 degrees can't be that far away, right?

I think they're more common over Alaska/Canada than anywhere else. Northern Norway gets a good view but the rest of the country doesn't have an overhead view like you'd see in Alaska/Canada.

Degrees doesn't matter as much as you think. I saw one (albeit faint) from the outskirts of Madison once. They're commonly seem from Minnesota and South Dakota too on stronger days.

http://www.gi.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast/3
http://www.gi.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast/4

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by UdubBadger

Also see: Holy shit it was expensive.

Yep, always pricey to fly west. Not sure why. Going east is much cheaper. Where are you staying?

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by UdubBadger

I think they're more common over Alaska/Canada than anywhere else. Northern Norway gets a good view but the rest of the country doesn't have an overhead view like you'd see in Alaska/Canada.

Degrees doesn't matter as much as you think. I saw one (albeit faint) from the outskirts of Madison once. They're commonly seem from Minnesota and South Dakota too on stronger days.

http://www.gi.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast/3
http://www.gi.alaska.edu/AuroraForecast/4

I've only see it once and that was out the window of a winter night flight to Germany. If you ever fly to Europe in the winter, try to sit on the left side of the plane so your window faces north.

[gcochard]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Yep, always pricey to fly west. Not sure why. Going east is much cheaper. Where are you staying?

Wind.

[UdubBadger]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Yep, always pricey to fly west. Not sure why. Going east is much cheaper. Where are you staying?

Mission Valley/Hotel Circle

Did Priceline on a 3 star hotel and they gave me the Hilton for $75/night