Photo of the Day 6-26-11

Continuing in my buying streak I got an internasal lens. Its for taking pictures inside your nose. I think I pushed it up to hard because all I got were pictures of brain cells.

Nikon D3100 w/35mm f/1.8 1/100th f/1.8 ISO 400

Photo of the Day 6-25-11

Yeah, I bought a new TV today. Some dude named Squirrel sold it to me. Only cost me 20 cans, he gave me a discount because it only gets one channel. Thanks Squirrel! But really I was just scouting for future shoots.

Nikon D3100 w/35mm f/1.8 1/640th f/2.0 ISO 800

Photo of the Day 6-24-11

Sorry its been awhile, I was traveling and visiting in Massachusetts. To make it up to you here is the first triple photo of the day. I got to the top of a parking structure and shot a few pics.

First up is some kind of factory or plant. The light inside was green so I color corrected it to white to get the blue and pink colors.

Nikon D3100 w/35mm f/1.8 1/15th f/2.5 ISO 800

Sky...

Nikon D3100 w/35mm f/1.8 1/40th f/9.0 ISO 800

Here is a mega ISO shot of a train. I split toned it, to make it look like it was shot on some five cent film.

Nikon D3100 w/35mm f/1.8 1/15th f/13 ISO 12800

Photo of the Day 6-18-11

Lukie Dookie. Poor guy just lost some of his manhood yesterday but is doing fine today. He is also the reason for that flooring project I mentioned before. This was shot with natural light there was a door behind him and I cranked up my exposure compensation. Came out pretty sharp for 1/6th of a second with a spastic lab.

Nikon D3100 w/35mm f/1.8 1/6th f/1.8 ISO 800

Photo of the Day 6-17-11

Fuquay-Varina. A strange name for sure, you can find out where the town got its name here. This is a shot in FV at sunset. Where the track meets the street is a surprisingly large hump, I wanted to shoot an airborne car but everyone slowed down a lot at the crossing.

Nikon D3100 w/35mm f/1.8 1/200th f/4.5 ISO 100

Photo of the Day 6-16-11

High voltage! Some power lines and greenery near my house. Between the second and third towers is the driving range and the golf course is on the left.

Nikon D3100 w/35mm f/1.8 1/60th f/9.0 ISO 100

Photo of the Day 6-15-11

Flashing my fans. Actually flashing behind the fan and its lighting itself. Flash was behind a table on the floor with a light blue gel. Once I corrected the yellow fan light to white the blues got really intense. Used a radio flash trigger to pop off multiple flashes during one long exposure.

Nikon D3100 w/35mm f/1.8 2.5sec f/22 ISO 100 Nissin Di866 & Cowboy Studio radio trigger

Photo of the Day 6-14-11

Leaves you can't rake up. I was walking down the street last night and noticed the cool shadows the trees make from the streetlight above them. So I went back to shoot them tonight. I like how the lower leaves make darker shadows than the ones up high.

Nikon D3100 w/35mm f/1.8 1/30th f/1.8 ISO 3200

Photo of the Day 6-13-11

Today's PotD is an event picture. The event occurred almost two months ago but its impact is still clearly visible in the area surrounding me. This is storm damage from the tornado that ripped its way through Raleigh on April 16. Last week the city of Raleigh put aside $400,000 for low interest loans to help in the rebuilding process.

Nikon D3100 w/35mm f/1.8 1/100th f/6.3 ISO 200

Photo of the Day 6-12-11

Panoramic! I went to Rose Garden Park in Raleigh this morning to shoot for an upcoming article. While I was there I thought this would be a good opportunity for a panoramic. Here is a 180 of the park. Make sure you click the image to see the high res version. The original was about 28,000px wide this one is resized to about 7,000.

Nikon D3100 w/35mm f/1.8 1/200th f/8.0 ISO 200  Composed of 12 images

Photo of the Day 6-11-11

Another work day, but managed to get to the lake a few minutes from the house to do some duck hunting. Quack!

Nikon D3100 w/18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 1/320th f/5.6 55mm ISO 400

Photo of the Day 6-10-11

The vines that live on my doorstep. Floor shopping(long story) and job hunting today so nothing too exciting for you. But I like it. BTW look at the ISO. Pretty good for a D3100.

Nikon D3100 w/35mm f/1.8 1/50th f/1.8 ISO 6400

Photo of the Day 6-9-11

Day trip to Charlotte to see the city. Tim and I ended up going to Light Factory(photography exhibits) but that was pretty underwhelming. Got to walk around for a bit and some guy asked to "borrow" my camera. Haha, no. Here is one of four statues that was on one street corner. Each one was about 20 feet tall.

Nikon D3100 w/35mm f/1.8 1/800th f/3.5 ISO 100

Photo of the Day 6-8-11

More pet pics. Sorry but I swear it's not mine. It's my friend's parents' dog, Kallie(sp?). And she is pretty cute for a 3.5lb dog. Like a mini ewok that walks on all fours.

Nikon D3100 w/35mm f/1.8 1/50th f/1.8 ISO 1600

Photo of the Day 6-7-11

I feel like I have been doing stuff all day but now I can't remember what I did. I know I drove around a bit and took some pics of a medical helicopter(I don't like the pics very much, so not PotD). Here is a self pic from this afternoon. I probably should have cleaned the mirror first but oh well.

Nikon D3100 w/18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 1/60th f/5.3 45mm ISO 400 & Nissin Di866

Photo of the Day 6-6-11

Duke! Took a trip to Durham to see the Duke campus. Found something I didn't expect, a bridge covered in graffiti! I think it is one of those places to scroll out some school spirit without being arrested. So here is a piece of the bridge.

Nikon D3100 w/35mm f/1.8 1/2000th f/1.8 ISO 400

Photo of the Day 6-5-11

I'm in North Carolina! And somewhat settled so PotD will resume. This is a water tower in the next town over with what I thought were crows sitting on it. But once I pulled over and got a better look I realized they are turkey vultures. They are big and ugly.

Nikon D3100 w/35mm f/1.8 1/4000th f/1.8 ISO 100

Photo of the Day 5-28-11

Sick. So this is an older photo(end of April) taken in Nashua, NH.

Nikon D3100 w/35mm f/1.8 1/160th f/3.5 ISO 200

Photo of the Day 5-27-11

Special PotD today. An HDR Photo! Hopefully it will make up for missing yesterday :) Taken in Nashua, NH at drunk-o-clock(Bruins were playing). Four exposures melded into one.

Nikon D3100 w/35mm f/1.8 Varied Shutter Speed f/1.8 ISO 200

Photo of the Day 5-25-11

My face! I challenged myself to shoot my PotD in 5 minutes. Here is what I came up with. About 4 minutes to set up and 1 minute to shoot. Setup is a 44" white umbrella, 4 ft from me, to the right and rear of the tripod.

Nikon D3100 w/18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 1/200th f/5.6 55mm ISO 100 & Nissin Di866