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A blaze in the Southern Sky – Photo of the Day #78

April 20th, 2010 • 2 comments photography
Tags: nikon d90, photo of the day, project 365

Today, an RV randomly caught fire a few hundred yards from my apartment. It was odd because it had been sitting there for nearly an hour before it caught fire according to my girlfriend. I don’t think anyone was in it but it did burn for quite some time, it was nearly out when I shot this photo.

Nikon D90
Nikkor 18-108G DX f/3.5-5.6 @ f/16 @ 105mm (158mm equiv)
ISO200 @ 1/100s
Matrix metering
Sunny WB

It’s just so pretty – Photo of the Day #77

April 15th, 2010 • 1 comment photography
Tags: nikon d90, photo of the day, photography, project 365

This is the Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G ED that I’m shooting with tonight. It’s beautiful and HEAVY. It’s currently mounted on a spare D90 body. It just looks so nice.

Nikon D90
Nikkor 35mm f/1.8 @ f/9
ISO800 @ 0.6s
Matrix metering
Auto WB

One fine night – Photo of the Day #75

March 31st, 2010 • 3 comments photography
Tags: nikon d90, photo of the day, photography, project 365

This is my first successful capture of the moon that I’ve ever gotten with my D90. It’s also the first picture I’ve ever really had to post process. I changed the tone curve to help bring out more of the shadows naturally apparent on the Moon but were still a bit blown out by the light from the Sun. I’m so pleased I finally got one of these, I’ve been trying for months but the Moon was extra bright tonight with helped suppress light pollution.

Nikon D90
Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED DX @ 200mm f/11
ISO200 @ 1/100s
Spot metering
UniWB

A broken hope – Photo of the Day #74

March 30th, 2010 • 1 comment photography
Tags: nikon d90, photo of the day, photography, project 365

I was walking around the golf course tonight when I stumbled upon this shattered glass. I have no idea what it was, didn’t look like a bottle. But the first thing I thought was “Hm, how am I going to light this properly?” Since I had my SB-600 and lightstand with me, I just threw on a 1/1 CTB gel and started shooting. This was my favorite shot of the broken glass. Since I was using UniWB, the generated JPG was a little pinkish but the NEF had just that right touch of blue.

Nikon D90
Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G DX @ f/5.6
ISO800 @ 1/30s
Matrix metering
UniWB

Strobist:
SB-600 approximately 4ft from glass, aimed at 0deg, umbrella head pointing down slightly
1/8 power
Rosco 1/1 “Full Blue” CTB gel

I see a face in the trees – Photo of the Day #71

March 25th, 2010 • 1 comment photography
Tags: nikon d90, photo of the day, photography, project 365

This looked a lot more artsy in my head and could have probably turned out that way with a tripod. That is, until I looked at it full screen and saw the white light in the bottom right making what looks like the side of a face, so I thought that was pretty dang neat.

Nikon D90
Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G DX @ f/2.8
ISO800 @ 1/40s
Matrix metering
Tungsten WB

Thar be danger – Photo of the Day #70

March 24th, 2010 • 1 comment photography
Tags: photo of the day, photography, project 365

This is a table one of our neighbors gave us earlier this week and I absolutely love it. It’s got this nice bubbled texture and a pretty wicked green background, DANGER in bold red text and that giant offset skull. Since it was glass, I knew it’d make a nice shoot-thru so I gelled my SB-600 to 1/1 CTB and this is how it turned out. I like it a lot.

NOTE: The right side is not warped due to distortion or bent, it’s how the light looked since I wasn’t exactly centered.

Nikon D90
Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G DX @ f/11
ISO640 @ 1/100s
Spot metering
Flash WB B1

Strobist:
Nikon SB-600 @ 1/64 approx 1.5 feet from glass top, 0deg
Rosco 1/1 “Full Blue” CTB gel

Spaten Ice – Photo of the Day #61

February 19th, 2010 • photography
Tags: nikon d90, photo of the day, photography, project 365

As a continuation of yesterday’s picture, I had the great idea of using my Spaten steins from Zanetoberfest. I had about 8 or 9 others before this that did not turn out just right then I figured I’d just take the diffuser off and strobe it straight into the back of the glasses. I thought it looked great in camera but the larger resolution just screamed to me. I really like this, with the light diffraction through the glass in the center to discolor to a light purple/mauve and then the diffusion across the floor.

Nikon D90
Nikkor 35mm f/1.8 @ f/4
ISO200 @ 1/15s
Matrix Metering
Flash WB

Strobist info:
Nikon SB-600 @ 0deg iTTL BL, approximately 2 feet from glasses with slight bounce on the floor.

BONUS SHOT: Scooter jumping into frame, wanting some beer!.

Calm before the storm – Photo of the Day #59

February 16th, 2010 • photography
Tags: night, nikon d90, photo of the day, photography, project 365

This was taken next to a canal by our house. It was my last shot of the night and I was happy to be standing up and no longer lying in the dead itchy grass with ants crawling on me, however I was weary of the canal since there have been past reports of alligators living in this one.

The lights are reflections of a street light about 50 feet away, with a slight breeze right before it started raining. This was a lucky shot for sure given the conditions.

Nikon D90
Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G DX @ f/2.2
ISO800 @ 1/40s
Spot metering
Tungsten WB B2

One is the loneliest number – Photo of the Day #57

February 13th, 2010 • photography
Tags: deerfield beach, photo of the day, photography, project 365

A lone washed up sea urchin on Deerfield Beach…beach. It was a beautiful day down at the pier today and despite the wind, lots of fun! Until I got a handful of sand down my pants!

Nikon D90
Nikkor 35mm f/1.8 @ f/16
ISO200 @ 1/160s
Sunny WB
Matrix metering

White light bursting forth – Photo of the Day #56

February 12th, 2010 • 1 comment photography
Tags: fountain, photo of the day, photography, project 365

This is a fountain in a complex about a mile from our house. I thought the blazing white center light was a great focal point and I think this turned out well. Funny thing is this is a “private residence” with “no trespassing” and I walked right in, real private eh!

Nikon D90
Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G DX @ f/2.2
ISO800 @ 1/6s hand-held
Tungsten WB
Matrix metering

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