Thread: Picture of the Day

Originally Posted by f2f

From today's Astronomy Picture of the Day. Picture is from Sigulda, Latvia:



What's interesting about this one, besides the æstetic appeal, is that the physical phenomenon behind the fanning of the columns up top is yet unknown.

Difference in pressure due to higher temperature at x distance from the ground causes a greater index of refraction resulting in the "fanning" of the light. I am probably totally off.

Originally Posted by norcalocal

Difference in pressure due to higher temperature at x distance from the ground causes a greater index of refraction resulting in the "fanning" of the light. I am probably totally off.

That hypothesis is suspect.

Sunrise at Angkor Wat, Cambodia.

Friend's band, last night.

Blue Ben



I had the bulb setting on and fired the flash through a blue nalgene, then turned the camera to the oncoming traffic and the road right in front of the car. Needless to say, driving through Wyoming is pretty boring.

Playing around with infrared:






Black and white is a whole other world I am just starting to learn about so C&C is very welcome.

While I'm not sure about infrared... a general rule of black & white is that you want at least one element in the image to be as black as possible and another to be almost pure white. The above two look a bit over-exposed and hence there is no true black; another consideration... the tree trunks in the first come close, but remember, discounting geometrics, the eye is drawn to the darkest or the brightest part of an image, which tends to make either of those your subject. What do you want the focal point to be?

just so impressed. keep it up, corps. especially you lucker-esquers.

My wife droppin in, taken in the jewell basin, looking towards glacier park last weekend

There are some raptors near my house that i see almost every day walking the dog. This is my best shot so far, still learning.

Once in a blue moon

Originally Posted by Chainsaw_Willie

Wenatchee?

Lev, that is a really cool shot! I would be tempted to crop it before the green though, so there is only that one color.

Rubicon, I love that IR stuff. You have a great eye for nature composition! I could see either of those hanging on my wall.

Originally Posted by single

Lev, that is a really cool shot! I would be tempted to crop it before the green though, so there is only that one color.

Rubicon, I love that IR stuff. You have a great eye for nature composition! I could see either of those hanging on my wall.

Thanks, Single. I've seen you put some very cool stuff up in these parts, so I will certainly take that as a compliment. I thought about cropping out the green and decided to leave it. I know it leaves the eye to wonder a bit, but I also like the added perspective. I could play around with it a little...