This shot was set up in the morning light with a black plate, two forks and a purple wine bottle for reflection.
The camera was mounted on a tripod using the Canon Rebel T1i and the 55-250mm lens.
-Jennifer Bartles
I recently moved to a new apartment partly because of the incredible views it has. I woke up early before work Friday morning to take some pictures of the sunrising and illuminating the New York skyline. I wish I did not have to go to work because the light started to become incredible right as I was leaving. Every so often I go through an HDR phase and am in the middle of one now. This image is made up of 3 exposures from my Canon 7d using the 24-70 f2.8 L lens. The first exposure was 0.3 sec, the 2nd was 1/13th and the last was 1.3 secs all at ISO 100.
-james Ogle
This picture was taken at the Lazy 5 Ranch in Mooresville, N.C. Despite all the exotic animals in the park behind fences, there were many of these little birds that were there by choice.
Photo details:
Canon EOS Rebel T3
Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6
ISO 3200
300MM
0EV
f/7.1
Shutter speed 1/400
January 14, 2021 4:26:03 PM
iPhoto
-Jim Bennett
Title: Kite in the Horizon
Camera – Nikon D90
Lens – 18-105 AF VR
ISO – 200
F-stop – f/10
Focal Length – 105 mm
Story – 14th Jan is the day of festival on the Indian subcontinent and it is celebrated by flying Kites. The kites are of different shapes and vibrant colors and the submission here was the most exciting one I saw on that day. Just tried to apply the rule of thirds to the capture this kite with high focal length.
Note: This is my first submission, so please kindly let me know if I have made any mistakes in entering the details OR uploading the pictures.
-Chinmay Trivedi
The past few days have graced western Washington with some amazing sunset vistas. This one, in particular, had some stark contrast that neatly framed the blue sky in the center of the image. I see the silhouetted C-9 bulbs hanging from the roof on the right as a major focal point for the eye. That nearby roofline borders the top third, almost making it look like the clouds are pouring out from behind it, swirling around the outer parts of the image, and being swallowed up by the setting sun in the lower left. The trees and rooftops in the lower third emphasize the effect and create an “illusion” of depth. Or, maybe it’s just a nice shot of a sunset.
-Jeremy Klukan
Comfy winter beach
I like this photo because of the comfy spirit we get by just look to it. The table, blanket and pillow invites us to take a seat and relax.
This was taken at lunch time with low temperatures outside on a portuguese beach. I just did the crop to keep the rule of the thirds and gain impact.
I love it!
Canon 550D with EF-S 55-250mm IS at 55mm
f/8,1/400s,ISO-100
– Filipe Soares
Paparazzo by chance
This shot was taken during the sunset near the sea with this romantic couple being catched on the frame by chance.
I did a crop to place them at the bottom left intersection to rule the thirds. Then I adjusted the levels with ACDSee, to play with the foreground and leave the rocks as outline.
Canon 550D
EF-S 55-250mm IS
f/5.6
1/100 sec.
ISO-200
– Ines Sousa
This was taken down on the farm. Shot with my canon T1i with a canon 35mm lens. This area had been hit by a bad flood recently and left this lonely stump behind.
-Robin Coats
Within an hour of our first snowfall in Seattle, I excitedly ventured outside with my camera. I walked by this fence and was instantly drawn to how the snow sat so delicately on these strong metal spikes. It made me think of the contrast between roughness vs. fragility. I captured this image using, Camera: NikonD5100, Lens: 18-55mm, ISO: 800, Aperture: f/8, Shutter: 1/250 sec.
-Andrea Willner
i just got a sony nex5n with the 18-55 kit lens a few hours ago and have just been fooling around, taking random pics, this was one of the only rule of thirds pics i took, used the BW preset in the cam (1/320, f4, iso 3200). randomly put my headphones on the lightstand on my desk and played with angles and liked this one. its simple but has something to it i like.
-Jayesh Chandiramani
Hello Shooting Challenge!
My work schedule provided only one evening to produce my first entry into the Gizmodo Shooting Challenge. I waited until dusk to enjoy a deep blue sky paired with these shapes of Disney Hall.
I chose f/4 and -2/3 EV along with VR and hand-held the Nikon D3 using 1/4″ shutter speed and ISO 2000. The 105 Micro/2.8 VR handled excellently!
-Ricky Rynearson
Hi,
very nice topic indeed, here my shooting summary:
We made a small walking trip to a local mountain top. Due to the winter time here, we had to hurry to arrive there before nightfall but had a scenic view with the sunset. During a short stop (actually we wanted to find a geocache), I noticed these very similar trees right in from of the sun. So I let the cache to my wife and daughter and took some time to play around with the camera settings, ISO100 was fixed but I varied the F-stop and the opening time a bit (never noted before that the camera actually goes down to 1/4000 🙂 ) – this one was taken with F-stop 11 and 1/250 according to EXIF – which was more of an accident, because hit the wrong buttons, I wanted to take a larger F-stop, which would have ruined the picture:
Post processing: some minor cropping at the bottom and enhancement of contrast in GIMP.
Canon EOS400D, standard kit lens, manual mode
Best,
-Christoph Baumann
“A Bike Ride on Mt. Umunhum”
My cycling friends invited me for a bike ride up Mt. Umunhum – the fourth-highest peak in the Santa Cruz Mountains. I had also recently gotten a new bike and wanted to photograph it out on the road. When we made it to the top of the mountain, I took the opportunity to shoot a photo of my bike with the trees and other mountains in the background. I also made sure to capture the tilt of the road, hoping it would hint at the steepness of Mt. Umunhum.
Camera: To travel light, I used a Sony DSC-TX10 (1/500sec, f/6.3, ISO 125).
-Joseph Torralba
The Date:
* January 15, 2012
The Equipment:
* Nikon D7000
* Nikon 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6 AF-S DX VR ED lens with included hood on
* Tiffen screw-on UV filter
The Settings:
* Exposure – 1/125 sec at f/5.6
* Focal Length – 105mm
* ISO 110
* Flash did not fire
* VR on
* Hand held
* Auto-focus set to AF-S
* Captured in RAW
The Technique:
* I used the longest focal length available to my lens, with the widest aperture available at that focal length, and crept as close as possible to the subject, all with the intent of achieving the shallowest possible depth of field. Since I was shooting hand held, I used my lens’ VR, while also using a shutter speed at least the inverse of focal length in hopes of keeping the subject in sharp focus. I positioned myself so as to minimize distracting elements, minimize fore- and back-ground in focus, give the impression that the subject was traveling into the frame, and produce what I consider to be a generally well composed picture. Finally, since I shoot in RAW, I used Adobe Lightroom 3 to finish the exposure, crop the frame to exactly where I want it (being sure to put the subject on intersecting third lines), and add a touch of vignetting to really draw the viewer’s attention to the subject.
The Story:
* As I was walking out to the beach, I noticed this little hermit crab clinging to the side of a concrete sea wall. The wall is about three feet high and almost vertical, and the crab was clinging half way up facing down. It let me take several pictures, although I could tell when I was getting too close because it would flinch a little. I didn’t want to get so close that I disturbed it’s rest before I could get a good shot, so I wound up having to crop in closer once I got home. After a few shots the crab dropped to the beach below, and I moved on to other subjects.
-Tony Castellani
