sorry it was a really cool pic, too

Ok if you want to post a pic go and up load your pics to a pic hosting web site like photobucket or imageshack or any of the other million places. Yea you need to register and create an account. Then you copy and paste the URL to the little popup box that comes out when you press the little thing up on the box where you write messages that looks like a postcard. Copy and past the URL to that box. Enter. Submit reply. your pic will occur on the thread.

Okay ty merc, will try again tomorrow- in the midst of my 6 graders homework right now

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Make: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model: E-330
Shutter Speed: 1/30 second
F Number: F/4.5
Focal Length: 14 mm
ISO Speed: 320
Date Picture Taken: Aug 9, 2007, 6:46:10 PM


And why wouldn't I be fond of you? Did i get in a fight with you that I forgot about?

Just a hunch I guess. Glad to see I'm wrong.

On to the photography!

First off, if you can work out a tripod or some hard level surface that's always a plus. I don't know how much info like this you already know so I apologize ahead of time if this is old news to you. Anyway, a tripod will help you keep things level and allow you to mess with longer shutter speeds if you so desire. Keep the ISO as low as possible, unless you're after a grainy film look. Keep your eyes open for something to frame the scene with like a pier, a fishing boat, an outcropping of rocks, a lone couple walking, etc.

As for the sunset its self, try under exposing and leaving the white balance on auto. If it looks a little too "cool", set the WB to cloudy and see what that does for you. You always want to expose your shot for the sky, not the ground/sea. Try at first setting your aperture to as small # as it gets. If there is a lot of detail in the clouds that you want to capture, bump it up to whatever the sweet spot is (the aperture that gives the sharpest images) for the lens you're using. For most it's around f/8-11. Don't be afraid to zoom in a bit too. Capture a silhouetted sailboat near the sun, etc. Also try going on Google Earth and looking for good, high vantage points where you can get some city skyline in.

The sunset is constantly changing, so keep checking your settings and reviewing your shots so you can continue to make adjustments as needed. If you have or know anyone with some filters, give those a whirl. I've seen some neat stuff done with warming and cooling filters that really capture the mood of the scene well.

If you have Photoshop and a RAW conversion program, try shooting in RAW and messing with the white balance on your computer. I'm not a huge fan of extreme post-processing in PS. But obviously there are many adjustments you can make to your images in that.

Skip the camera's creative modes and go full manual; you'll learn more and become more confident in your ability to get exactly the shot you envision.

Thanks for the beautiful pictures gang!!

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Well I tried the advice, here I am clicking the Insert Image icon and pasted the url of my picture and I'm still getting this.....

http://good-times.webshots.com/photo...97121429QopzhW

Anybody know what's wrong?

http://thumb9.webshots.net/t/24/565/...9QopzhW_th.jpg
I used the complete address they provide at good-times, but it's for the thumbnail and you have to click on it for the big picture.

OT - paddlegal: is it "padd legal" or "paddle gal"?

I get mine thru the little "paperclip" manage attachments and upload the pics from "My Pictures". Sometimes though I have to compress my pics because the file is larger than what is allowed.

Dawn Thread, "sunset".... Dawn Thread, "sunset".... Dawn Thread... Hmmmmmmmmmmm.... Ok.

I was trying to help Ibram get better sunset shots since he commented about them being so good but his shots not quite capturing them. Though it is applicable for sunrises too.

Happy smartass?

I wondered, briefly, about the same division. I have settled on the kayaker image.


eta: review of profile confirms my hypothesis.

Dawn from my back verandah

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...icture2103.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...icture2100.jpg

Dusk at Hamilton Island...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v34/Bartelby/ad1.jpg

Dusk at Mindel Beach, Darwin

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3.../darwin100.jpg

:stickpoke:



:comfort:



:3some:




:rotflol:

:cool:

DucksNuts, those are some great pictures. I like, particularly, the air of mystery in the first two.

Fort Flagler, WA

Later that night....

I love the juxtaposition of the kite and the moon.

I don't get up at dawn , unless I'm getting paid . Here is the sun going down by Devils Tower .

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...urgis05370.jpg

It's blue now, but an hour ago this is what my morning looked like.

DucksNuts,

Your pictures are breathtaking. Are all the mornings that lovely? Fabulous, beautiful. You have some beautiful pictures there. Thank you for sharing.

On the dawn thread ... Aliantha, have you ever done the pre-dawn hike up Mt Warning, in northern NSW? One of the best hikes around, could be done as a two-day trip from your place.

Here are 2 I took in Aruba in July at sunset. Digital cameras never cease to amaze me

I was visiting the Olympic Peninsula very early Sunday. Before dawn, in fact. In plenty of time to compose this very wide shot of Mount Rainier and Sol.


http://lh3.google.com/alt.fake.mail/...20panorama.jpg

Today's dawn to dusk in a little more than 57s. (4.1Mb Quicktime video) We had a really windy afternoon, hence the violent, sudden clouds. The wind shift towards the end calmed everything down, but no rain.

This wasn't done with the new time lapse camera -- I'm still working on that one.

That's very cool .... but when are we going to see the girls locker room?

Those clouds about 3/4 of the way through are really cool. Not the fast ones, but the slower ones that seem to dissolve and reform right next to each other.

I like these latest projects of yours.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...n/100_1797.jpg
Jekyll Island.
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...6/100_1034.jpg

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...6/100_1032.jpg

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...6/100_1022.jpg

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...6/100_1029.jpg

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...6/100_1014.jpg

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k1...6/100_0994.jpg


Blue Ridge

Here is a series I took this past March when I was in Bar Harbor Maine. One of the first US places to see sunlight in the am. The balcony of the mansion I was staying in looked east out over the Atlantic. It was so awesome. Enjoy :D

(Nikon Coolpix)

I was talking to my roommate and missed a couple minutes as the sun peeked over the fog... I didn't change the colors, these are natural lighting changes:

At the point of the sun just peeking over some islands a different morning:

This one is my favorite:

The third picture up from this post? The tiny sun makes it look so cold! Beautiful, deep colors!

Very pretty - very nice - thanks for sharing.

Two pictures of a recent sunrise over a plowed cotton field in rural GA.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19.../IMG_33742.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19.../IMG_33752.jpg

The sun looks so small on your planet.

:D

http://blogs.citypages.com/amadzine/...rom%20Mars.jpg

Dawn, also our commute. Tink drives, I shoot.

Nice pic V.

yeah.. i like it.. sucks to be on the road before the sun is up though.....gah.

Thank you, gentlemen. In a short while, we'll be in the night driving season. Up in the dark. Drive in the dark. Sit inside at desks during the brief period of less darkness. Drive again in the dark. Go to bed in the dark.

Sigh.

LJ, I do that all the time. It's not that bad...

I watch the sun come up every day I work. Ive seen more sunrises in the last 6 month than in my entire lifetime. The only part that sucks about it is the getting out of bed part.

Big V : :notworthy

I gasped at that photo. Wow.

Although I misinterpreted your phrase "Tink drives and I shoot"... what the hell kind of badass neighborhood do you live in?

Why are you so much higher than the traffic, overpass?

I'm tall.


just kidding.

This was taken on I-90, you're looking at the Lacey V. Murrow Floating Bridge. Most large bridge approaches rise from the road level to bridge deck, but in this case, the road's much higher than the surface of the bridge.

Here's a picture taken from the west side of the bridgehead area, looking eastward. The picture was taken when I was approximately where the orange truck is in this picture, just far enough through the overhead trusswork that it doesn't appear in the frame.

Thank you ZenGum, funny and flattering. :)

I never heard of a permanent floating bridge before. It seemed odd to me since things that float can also sink, and there in BigV's link is the story of this bridge sinking back in 1990. Crazy.

I was greeted by this sight when I went to retrieve the paper the other morning...:)

That's incredible, BigV--you still get a newspaper?!

*snort*

A newspaper is a much better user interface than a web page. Even if the news is 18 hours old.

Hey, I just bought a Sunday paper a week ago. Haven't looked at it yet, but I'll scan it as I pack up the glassware and stuff. Actually about the only thing I miss about not working, is reading the paper at lunch... I really enjoyed that.

Youse guys crack me up. Yeah... I'm old skool like that. I get the paper as much for principle as I do for news. I'm voting with my wallet for the kind of media environment I want to live in, that I want my children to live in. We used to have two papers here in town, and the one I take is just dying more slowly. I don't believe we'd have a better place to live if there were no newspapers, especially local newspapers.

Plus, the paper gives me something to count on in the morning. I mean, in my area, I can't really count on the sun coming up every day. I just got lucky on this day. Rumor, yes. Empirical evidence, no. But the paper shows up each morning.