Photo of the Day

[shaveitoff]

Thanks davent. That was just up in the Hockley Valley area. Nice rolling hills up there.

Billski, I really like that shot of the trees! It is surprisingly difficult (for me anyway) to get a good shot in an area like that, and you nailed it!

 

[Cash_Stronomer]

Terrific Gentlemen!

 

[Cash_Stronomer]

Aiming High

 

[Cash_Stronomer]

Aiming Low

 

[Reckoner]

I did some portraiture of everyone's favorite sniveling Sith lord (and played around with different closeness/framing/apertures to see how that affects detail/sharpness with the macro lens). The figure is 3.5 inches tall, for scale. These are not cropped down.

 

[Cash_Stronomer]

Right on!

Now I want to go get my Dr. Who toys!

 

[shm]

Nothing but great shots above

 

[shm]

The top of an empty pole for a robe fence

 

[ElectroMike]

If you don't want to invest a lot of money right away, just get a Raynox.

I never knew such lens existed, thanks for pointing it out! Also great shots, I showed them to my teenage kids and you received instant "oooh" and "that's cool" comments!

I see there is a dcr-250 and a dcr-150, priced about $20 apart, so looks like the 250 would be the way to zoom in closer, especially if I attach it to the 55-200 kit lens, is there a down side to the 250 vs 150?

 

[Guru17]

There of course is a downside, one is the depth of field. I have a 150, and even with that the depth of field is damn thin. I am sure it will be even thinner with 250. Also, these are clip-on lenses, and not weather sealed. You would want to keep them clean.

The good part is they are Japanese, so the optics are much better than general screw on variety. They are also super convenient, provided you have a pocket to keep them when not needed.

Please keep in mind, they fit on lenses only up to 67 mm diameter.

 

[shm]

"Windy"

 

[Cash_Stronomer]

Excellent!
I grabbed a couple of those "Oh my god look at the trees!" kind of shots yesterday. Slam the brakes and pull over. Fall is terrific!

 

[Guru17]

Can't get any fall pics around here, so I have to be content with bugs and spiders which are abundant these days -

 

[Cash_Stronomer]

The shot that made me pull over:

 

[ElectroMike]

There of course is a downside, one is the depth of field. I have a 150, and even with that the depth of field is damn thin. I am sure it will be even thinner with 250. Please keep in mind, they fit on lenses only up to 67 mm diameter.

I completely forgot about the depth of field, thanks for the reminder! Also thanks for the heads up on the 67mm limit! Looks like I might be in to order a 150 as well.

 

[shm]

Awesome and very beautiful photo Cash

 

[shm]

Can't compete with the beautiful colours of Cash's photo, but fall has come to Denmark as well

 

[Cash_Stronomer]

Thanks Soren! Great shot!

 

[Guru17]

Some amazing color there Cash. Bet you don't even think about B&W at such a time.

 

[sarimento1]

Cash, that was worth pullover!