Take a picture once a day, whether you need to or not

[Khaldun]

Trying for some more painterly shots of autumn scenes.

[Cadaverine]

You nailed the painterly thing, I'd say.  Absolutely beautiful photo, sir.

[apocrypha]

That's lovely, indeed very painterly.

[JWIV]

Went to Disney for the week. Was about ready to run out and buy a new camera and be all like I LOVE PHOTOGRAPHY and time to buy a new camera.  Then I started the painful process of going through 500+ shots and 

That said, I'm liking the mix of using Raw Therapee + DigiKam right now.

I _really_ wish I had a second day, or a full day without the kids at the Animal Kingdom. There's a lot going on there and it all makes for some beautiful scenery that I really wanted another go at.
Tree of Life

Tree of Life - Monkey Detail

Tree of Life - Lion Detail

Obligatory Cinderella's Castle (Magic Kingdom)

[Khaldun]

Southern California shots.

[Mosesandstick]

Lovely, is that your fam?

[Khaldun]

Nope! My daughter was with me on the trip, but those were just two kids who happened to be in the sun as I shot. Worked out pretty well.

Unless you mean the second shot--in which case my fam would have to be one of those Hills Have Eyes kinds of families...

[JWIV]

We did the B&O Museum for my son's birthday, so I got a chance to wander around the Backyard Collection a bit.

[MrHat]

I wouldn't consider myself 'into' trains, but it's amazing to see that stuff in person.  Just huge machinery in general.

Don't have a picture - but taking a tour of the printing museum in Houston is awesome too.  They fire up the old presses and show you how everything works.

[Shannow]

Nice pics, though JJ Abrams might ding you for copyright violation on the first one.

[JWIV]

Nice pics, though JJ Abrams might ding you for copyright violation on the first one.

I really need to replace the damn lens hood on that bit of glass. I tried shielding it with my hand which worked about as well you you'd expect (not at all).

[Sky]

Hopefully I'll get active in this thread this year. Assuming I can figure out this crazy camera and lightroom and my fiancee doesn't kill me. Or my cat doesn't kill me.

[Numtini]

That's a magnificent cat.

[Sky]

Yeah, so majestic and regal...



I kinda liked this one, such expression:

[Ookii]

This girl was awesome. 

[Khaldun]

Very distinctive look.

[MisterNoisy]

A combination of rain and freezing temperatures means these have been falling from the trees all day.

[apocrypha]

Haha awesome! Do they go "CLINK" when they land?

And Ookii, nice, although she looks stoned :p

[MisterNoisy]

Haha awesome! Do they go "CLINK" when they land?

They 'pop' when they shatter, but that one landed in some not-quite-froxen pine straw.

[Bunk]

Not mine, but a friend's taken a few nights ago (I was too much of a wuss to stand out in the cold for four hours). I thought it was pretty cool considering the relatively cheap equipment he's using:
Celestron CG-4 motorized GEM Canon Rebel T4i with Sigma 70-200 at 200mm

According to some Reddit bot, the image contains: NGC 3077, M 82, NGC 3034, M 81, Bode's nebulae, NGC 3031

That brighter dot in the upper third of the smudge to the left is the SN2014J Supernova, which is what he had set out to capture.

[Fraeg]

couldn't think of where else to put it.. not a funny picture and certainly not awesome... but I did discover this gem in a box in my garage:

[Khaldun]

Poor old Shadowbane.

[MrHat]

Awesome.

[climbjtree]

Shadowbane is alive and well on an emulator, in better shape than when it was live!

[slog]

This 9 year old knows how to hook up a Boost controller to the intake and the Wastegate. 

[Lantyssa]

That's adorable.

[Bunk]

Took some Father/Daughter portraits for a friend. This one came up as we were just messing around. Best part, neither new what the other was about to do. This also just happened to be the first shot I looked at after downloading the set.
Currently unedited.

[apocrypha]

Haha classic 

[Numtini]

That's a great shot. I'm willing to bet 20 years from now, that's the one they look at, not the "nice" one meant for the mantle.

[RhyssaFireheart]

Yeah, what, Numtini said - that's just a great shot with personality.  And good for you being the dad who let's his daughter have crazy colored hair.

[Bunk]

I'm not the dad, he's just a good friend, but thanks.

She lives in another province, so he doesn't have a whole lot of control over those things, but he's pretty cool about it. We all had a discussion about her upcoming nose ring plans during the shoot.
Before they came over I was talking with him on the phone and he asked "Do you have a backdrop that won't clash with blue?"

I showed her this shot just after I took it, her response was "I look like Grumpy Cat"

[RhyssaFireheart]

Oh duh, reread and for som reason, originally thought you were the dad there.  It's still a cool pic, obviously.

[croaker69]

Shadowbane is alive and well on an emulator, in better shape than when it was live!

Damn you.

[Merusk]

Love the shot, reminds me of me and my daughter.  That'd be the one I hung up in the house.

I showed her this shot just after I took it, her response was "I look like Grumpy Cat"

Yes she does.  I will try and get a photo of it this weekend, but my daughter does the same thing.

[Khaldun]

Fun. The people whose portrait work I like best seem to be really great at talking their subjects into either great "performances" or into being themselves--lighting and camera technique are only a small part of it.