Post /Share your favorite photo taken this month

[Judy Hamilton]

Share please and tell us why you enjoy the photo(s)

you would think mine would be Megan

however i spent an hour or so at sunset last week watching
the sailboats and flights coming onto San Diego Airport, at one point counted
five lined up in the flight pattern
this is my favorite shot so far..have not edited/deleted them yet..the first
one is a garden window on Coronado Island

[Jonathan Long]

I've been shooting lots of senior portraits...

I think this is my favorite one so far.

On Thursday I'm headed to Starved Rock State Park in Utica, IL to shoot.

Here's a link:

http://dnr.state.il.us/lands/Landmgt/PARKS/i&m/east/STARVE/PARK.htm

Jon

[Hans Deventer]

I liked this one, an experiment with my new lens.

[Thomas Oord]

Here are a collection of four similar photos.

I encountered a photography exhibit in the middle of Riga, Latvia, this month. The photographs displayed were excellent.

I decided to take pictures of the people looking at the photos. And then I realized that there might be some interesting combinations of people looking and the subjects of the photos on display. So here are four of my favorite combinations...

[Jonathan Long]

Thomas,

It's interesting to see an "open air" exhibit. How are the photographs protected?

Jon

[Thomas Oord]

Jonathan,

Apparently the displays are rolled in and out of the square at night. So the photos are protected in that way. But I don't recall if they had a special "plastic" covering or not. I don't recall this kind of protection, but I may be wrong.

I could be wrong, but I think all of the photo subjects were Latvian. But not all of the photographers were Latvian.

Tom

[Judy Hamilton]

I liked this one, an experiment with my new lens.

Hans..which lens is your new one??

[Hans Deventer]

Hans..which lens is your new one??

The Sigma 10-20mm (http://sigma-photo.com/lenses/lenses_all_details.asp?navigator=6), Judy.

[Hans Deventer]

My attempt at a portrait.

[Katelynn Scott]

I just got back from visiting my grandfather, who has cancer. He has some beautiful flowers outside in his garden and I had fun shooting a couple of them. The pictures I took of family are more heartwarming than great quality photography or anything like that (not saying that this picture is "great quality photography" either... haha).

[Nelson Bradford]

a.k.a THE BEAN!
8-)

[David van Beveren]

On the quay of the Waal river. Taken at almost 20:00 hrs, that explains the color of the light.

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[Judy Hamilton]

On the quay of the Waal river. Taken at almost 20:00 hrs, that explains the color of the light.

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a.k.a THE BEAN!
8-)

I enjoy the activity of the people of the different cultures

[Susan Unger]

I enjoy the activity of the people of the different cultures

For my birthday, we went to Chester County, PA for the day. I didn't plan on taking the picture of the daisies but as I walked along this shaded, wooded area I came upon them as the sun shone on them. In the end, I think this shot is the best of the bunch. The second picture is coastal azalea.

[Cecil Wallace]

I took this picture of our "Easter Lilies" that started blooming today (5/25/08).
We purchase a lily to display in the church each year at Easter, then I plant them in a flower bed.
Obviously, the lilies have their own timetable for blooming.:basic01
(Those blooms in the foreground are on a wildflower called "Fleabane.")

[Jen Blackburn]

this one - taken after a long, fun day at the zoo... mommy & her girl...

[Hannie Deventer]

I took the two below today. Hans explained me how to use spot metering and especially the first one shows the result. I'm glad I'm learning how to use it!

[Judy Hamilton]

Ok Hans..and or Jon, or Dave any Macro Nikon photographers
am having problems with the spot metering
with my Nikon 60 MM lens
any suggestions are welcomed

BTW Hannie these are really good photos

[Jonathan Long]

Judy,

What kind of "problem"?

Jon

[Cindi Hammons]

Hannie,

I really like the water droplets on the first flower. Very pretty.

Thanks for sharing. :)

[Judy Hamilton]

Judy,

What kind of "problem"?

Jon
cannot get it to focus when I am reeealy close,
you know when the lens is in focus it has that ah ha sound?
well this one does not do this and sees to just not focus when up close, close

here are some examples, the
first two were done free hand
last three were using a tripod, and i was still not able to
get right into the center of the flower.
I broke a Tameron 300mm Macro lens in DC and sure miss it

[Hans Deventer]

cannot get it to focus when I am reeealy close,
you know when the lens is in focus it has that ah ha sound?

Judy, my macro lens wasn't good at it either. I've learned that with macro, the best thing is to focus manually. Otherwise, chances are the lens starts "hunting" or doesn't focus properly at all. Indeed that happens when you're really close.

[Jonathan Long]

Judy,

Keep in mind that you went from a 300 macro to a 60mm macro as well. The "working distance" of the lens just got much shorter. My Nikon lens did have trouble autofocusing at close distances, and the closer you are the shorter your depth of field will be. Which translates to less of your subject in focus unless you stop the lens down quite a bit.

Jon

[Cecil Wallace]

There appears to be a bit of courtship going on here between these two lizards.
Sorry, I forgot to use the flash, & with only one chance to take the picture, the shadows will just have to stay there.
She doesn't seem to be too interested. :basic01