Post Your Scenic Photos 2

[Liesje]

"Ye ain't Dutch, ye ain't much!"

This one got a funny crop b/c there was a bright yellow flower that didn't match

LOL, not a pic (duh) but my friend and I saw a meteor explode and sent this to the local news station (we didn't know what the heck we saw, just this giant green ball of light in the sky) and they said it was a meteor.

Lilac

 

[last unicorn]

I was in our zoo with my nephew and took some pictures there:

I know there are no cangaroos in Austria, but still ...

Sadly, he was behind glass ... it's our national pride, the baby panda .. not such a baby anymore, but still sweet:

Sleeping kitty

Teach me tiger:

And a quite self-confident guy:

 

[last unicorn]

More animals:

They were so cute:

So tired:

And some flowers:

 

[last unicorn]

Flamingos ...

.. with their offspring

And some underwater stuff:

 

[ntalwar]

A Few More.

Nice photos. The faces are a bit underexposed here. I think some fill flash would help out for this type of shot.

 

[Carek1230]

im trying to do a lot more manual focus. I think I need to have my eyes check cause I think its in focus most of the time, or the subject is moving. Actually its a woman. her house had burned down over night when I stayed in the indian community.

Good job Justin, these as most of your work is beautiful You've a fine eye behind the lens. I think the 3rd photo is in focus and shot the way it was intended. After what you've described the shot to be about I can imagine the thousands of words that would tell that poor woman's life story all summed up in that one photo. Beautiful work, keep it coming. Stay well while on your journey too!


Everyone else, well done, great photos contributed by all!

 

[MsPurrl]

Thank you, everyone--these photos made my day!

 

[Nate Dogg]

 

[MrsSpringsteen]

Very cool Nate, I like that

 

[MsPurrl]

Holy crap! Head for the shelter!

 

[kramwest1]

Here's one of mine I like:

"The Cog" railway up Mt. Washington in New Hampshire.


Mark

 

[MsPurrl]

Very nice, Mark!

Sanibel Island (Florida) sunsets

 

[MsPurrl]

Liesje's pictures of her glasses a while back reminded me of this one of my glasses at the end of the Splash Mountain ride at Disney World:

Back to Sanibel:

 

[Justin24]

 

[Justin24]

All photos from my trip to Ecuador. The last photo is of the older lady who lost her house to a fire and propane explosion

 

[waynetravis]

How do you get the out of focus background from that distance?
I know it's done with the Aperture setting, but when I do it on the smallest number (2.3 or 3.2 whichever) the background still stays focused.

The only time it goes out of focus it when I use the macro on something really close.

 

[ntalwar]

How do you get the out of focus background from that distance?
I know it's done with the Aperture setting, but when I do it on the smallest number (2.3 or 3.2 whichever) the background still stays focused.

The only time it goes out of focus it when I use the macro on something really close.

What type of camera do you use? If it's a compact, the smaller sensor size on compacts yields less "bokeh" compared to larger-sensor cameras such as DSLRs, especially DLSRs with full-frame sensors.

 

[waynetravis]

Mine is a Fuji S800fd, not a DSLR

 

[ntalwar]

Mine is a Fuji S800fd, not a DSLR

Try this calculator, based on camera model, to determine depth of field:
Online Depth of Field Calculator

 

[Liesje]

How do you get the out of focus background from that distance?
I know it's done with the Aperture setting, but when I do it on the smallest number (2.3 or 3.2 whichever) the background still stays focused.

The only time it goes out of focus it when I use the macro on something really close.

Here's the EXIF data:

Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1600)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 145 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: 0 EV

 

[last unicorn]

Beautiful pictures everyone

 

[waynetravis]

Try this calculator, based on camera model, to determine depth of field:
Online Depth of Field Calculator

Thanks for that

I tried playing with the manual focus and I started to get the background blur I'm after.
Going to play around with it tomorrow during the day.

This person has my camera, and they got the background using the Program feature:

 

[jets]

 

[major_panic]

Beautiful long exposures, jets! And the composition of the third shot is amazing.

 

[last unicorn]

Wow, these are beautiful

 

[jets]

Went for a trip around the local beaches today & found some whales passing by.

All up I think there were 3-4 pods and maybe 15-16 humpback whales.

 

[MsPurrl]

Rock of Cashel, outside Dublin, Ireland, July 4, 2009

 

[last unicorn]

Some pictures I made out of a plane during a late evening/night flight:

 

[mad1]

Some pictures I made out of a plane during a late evening/night flight:

wow, GORGEOUS, esp the fourth one down, Im in heaven!

I swear, Id just be happy, if that was my view for rest of my life, the sky and no-one around, Id be very happy.

 

[MsPurrl]

A few more from the Rock of Cashel

Hore Abbey, as seen from the Rock of Cashel