Pic of the Day/Best Shots Thread v.12+1 - New contributors please read 1st page

**nathancarter** · 04-14-2015, 12:33 AM

Two from the "Tolkien it Off" LOTR-themed burlesque show.

Tolkien_20150410_8600.jpg by nathancarter, on Flickr

Tolkien_20150410_8585.jpg by nathancarter, on Flickr

**MaxSteel** · 04-16-2015, 01:53 AM

991 GT3 by Max Simpson, on Flickr

**nismoracer65789** · 04-16-2015, 08:12 AM

Originally Posted by nathancarter

Two from the "Tolkien it Off" LOTR-themed burlesque show.

Tolkien_20150410_8600.jpg by nathancarter, on Flickr

Tolkien_20150410_8585.jpg by nathancarter, on Flickr

Always enjoy your portraits!

Originally Posted by RVAE34

Lovely!!^

Thanks!

Here's one from a few weeks ago:

Long Road Home by Arlen Liverman, on Flickr

**Boomer Depp** · 04-16-2015, 12:12 PM

TransPac 52 GLORY delivered from builder on the hard and first sail in zephyrs.

First pic Canon 1DS2 and Canon ef 17-40/4 @ 20mm @ f5.0 ....Second pic Canon 1D2n and Canon ef 28-70/2.8 @ 35mm @ f4.5

**JonBoy1979** · 04-16-2015, 01:08 PM

A few of my daughter during her riding lesson.

A Girl and Her Horse by Jo_Da_Cu, on Flickr

Round and round by Jo_Da_Cu, on Flickr

**AngelsNeverLose** · 04-17-2015, 12:55 PM

^ Love the first one and 'feel' of it

**MaxSteel** · 04-20-2015, 10:55 PM

Cayman R by Max Simpson, on Flickr

**nathancarter** · 04-20-2015, 11:09 PM

Originally Posted by nismoracer65789

Always enjoy your portraits!

Thanks, feeling is mutual toward your automotive work. I gotta get the wife's mustang out for some shots, but I'm afraid I don't know what I'm doing with car photos

**laselvasurf** · 04-21-2015, 07:12 PM

Up in Portland for a few days for work...

DJI_0175 by laselvasurf, on Flickr

**douglee25** · 04-22-2015, 09:31 AM

Nice pic! How'd you get that one?

**laselvasurf** · 04-25-2015, 02:13 AM

Originally Posted by douglee25

Nice pic! How'd you get that one?

Thanks! It was taken with my quadcopter, a DJI Inspire.

**douglee25** · 04-25-2015, 08:13 AM

Very very cool!

**Spyke** · 04-27-2015, 11:27 AM

IMG_0600 by Spyke e36, on Flickr

**mpower5266** · 04-27-2015, 05:45 PM

A few from the Mitty yesterday that I think turned out well.

**nathancarter** · 04-27-2015, 07:46 PM

Shooting some portraits at the near-abandoned historic Howey Mansion. I shot video for most of the day, but one of the other photographers left sick so I was able to take his place for about an hour.

I didn't get to shoot stills in any of the good "main" rooms - the ballroom, or the study with the fireplace. Shot some video on there though, we should have the video edited and up within a couple weeks.

Mostly ambient, supplemented by one Speedlight for fill. Processed entirely in Lightroom, as usual.

Howey_20150425_0036.jpg by nathancarter, on Flickr

Howey_20150425_0042.jpg by nathancarter, on Flickr

Howey_20150425_0017.jpg by nathancarter, on Flickr

**nismoracer65789** · 04-28-2015, 01:03 PM

Starting to shift my processing style

DSC_6742 by Arlen Liverman, on Flickr

DSC_6687 by Arlen Liverman, on Flickr

**Neds Bimmer** · 04-28-2015, 02:54 PM

Nismo - whats your secret to getting the lighting so perfect? Or is that all processing? I feel like I've hit a ceiling in my automotive photography and that photo is amazing.

Example of my work:

Laguna Seca Blue E46 M3 by NedsBimmer, on Flickr

**nismoracer65789** · 04-28-2015, 03:30 PM

A good bit of it is post work was used for those images (roughly 4-5 hours each). This set was my first time using a reflector and that helped with the lighting tremendously. Other then that, I will take a few images while rotating my circular polarizer to help clean up reflections. The first one I posted is a single exposure/polarization and the second one is 3 exposures/polarizations combined.

I really like the image you posted! I love the good background.

**Spyke** · 04-28-2015, 07:24 PM

Exactly what Nismo said. A reflector or even a big white sheet does wonders, and cuts ugly/busy reflections in car paint. And a CPL is absolutely crucial for us as well. Sadly I just don't have that kind of time to spend on many shots, as I work too much and play too little.

Lightroom (on the creative cloud) can FINALLY do stacked exposures too, which would make that much easier.

**douglee25** · 04-28-2015, 10:59 PM

Let me know your thoughts....

**Neds Bimmer** · 04-28-2015, 11:02 PM

Thanks for the replies guys! I have a circular polarizer but I don't like using it so much because I get too much saturation sometimes. Gotta mess around with it more I guess haha.

-Douglas, nice shot!