Non Aviation Photography Thread

[wingsnstuff]

Nice shot Joe.  I've seen a similar affect using chemical glow sticks in abandoned structures at the Salton Sea in California.  The photographer is an associate of my son.  The affects were compelling. 

http://lostamerica.com/

[FelipeG]

Really wanted to try this out. There is some camera shake as the tripod wasn't secured enough. Will try again tomorrow with an extra bungee cord and more tension.


Night drive by KE7WOX, on Flickr


All systems off by KE7WOX, on Flickr

[Joe Copalman]

Nice shot Joe.  I've seen a similar affect using chemical glow sticks in abandoned structures at the Salton Sea in California.  The photographer is an associate of my son.  The affects were compelling.  

http://lostamerica.com/

Thanks Vance!  Troy's stuff is amazing.  Being an aviation guy, I prefer whole, intact aircraft to the scrapped hulks he shoots a lot of, but on the whole, he's probably my favorite night photographer.  I wasn't aware that he used glowsticks, but I can see that, given he uses a lot of mixed lighting, like full moon + flashlights + strobes, all in a single shot.  Surprisingly short exposures too (<2 minutes on a lot of his stuff), for the amount of detail he can coax out of the shadows.    

Just checked his site, and it looks like he's shot the Castle Air Museum at some point.  It's pretty similar to Pima in terms of the layout (tons of aircraft in a large outside display area).  Worth looking at for ideas for the PASM shoot in June: http://lostamerica.com/photo-items/castle-air-museum/#

[Jeff D. Welker]

This is a redux of a older image. I primarily used Nik's Color Efex Pro 4 to massage the pixels. Not sure I'm 100% happy with the image yet, but I'm heading in the direction I want.

[Scott Youmans]

Cool Cat - Nikon D3 with 70-200mm f/2.8 VR

[scottcolbath]

This is a redux of a older image. I primarily used Nik's Color Efex Pro 4 to massage the pixels. Not sure I'm 100% happy with the image yet, but I'm heading in the direction I want.

His forehead seems blown out. Maybe too much saturation and not enough contrast.

S.C.

[scottcolbath]

Cool Cat - Nikon D3 with 70-200mm f/2.8 VR

Cool shot, and I had a cat exactly like that 30 years ago.

S.C.

[scottcolbath]

Late night post processing. It's a pic from 2010.



S.C.

[Brian Lockett]

Annular Solar Eclipse as observed from Page:

[Stephen Marshall]

It's been a long time since I've done any real photography, let alone post anything here, and its been bugging me. Since I became limited to the stock 18-55 lens my passion for photography has slowly died. In order to rejuvenate myself I decided to pick up a Canon 50mm f/1.8 lens and went out to play tonight.

I fell in love with this lens quickly, though being my first prime it was interesting getting used to the fixed focal length. I feel like I did alright though and love the sharpness! Looking forward to playing with this at the PASM night shoot.


How am I doing? by unmannedpilot, on Flickr


Truly by unmannedpilot, on Flickr

[Scott Youmans]

Nice work Stephen! I know what you mean about fixed focal length lenses. I keep reaching for the zoom ring to compose!  Zooming with your feet is a good exercise in more ways than one!

[Matt Ottosen]

Here's another shot of last week's Solar Eclipse.  I played around with it quite a bit in Photomatix Pro, Photoshop, and Flickr's Aviary.

Cheshire Smile

[Rob Silliman]

Taking advantage of the cooler than normal May weather to visit the Phoenix Zoo.

Spider Monkey posing for the camera.

[Brian Lockett]

Pictures of the annular solar eclipse taken at five-minute intervals.

[Joe Copalman]

RODE HARD

Another shot from the light painting workshop I did a few weekends ago.  I was a bit frustrated with this shot, as it was difficult to get an exposure that had any acceptable degree of shadow detail without totally blowing out the highlights.