Digital photography tutorials - contributions, January 2008

Patience 
Irish step dancers were waiting for their turn to perform. I wanted to capture the patience they were showing as they waited.

It was originally in ...

Martini 
I wanted the focus to be on the Martini, but I also wanted to portray a very elegant woman holding the glass.

I loved how you can see her reflection ...

My Autistic Angel 
This is my beautiful autistic daughter.

I was hoping to capture her personality in this shot. I did.

Her love of sand or anything like it shows ...

Model-ish 
I wanted to capture my block-mate and I wanted her to look like a model.

She's on top of a table in our Botany Lab. I used the fluorescent light to ...

In Flight 


This picture was taken outside my home on 06/25/07. I love taking pictures of hummingbirds, I feed them all summer long.
I wanted to capture the ...

Mongoose Lake 
This picture was taken by the pier on Mongoose Lake in Canada.

I was hoping to capture the fog on the water and the sky mirrored in the water. I ...

moon man swings 
This Photo was taken on the beach in Santa Monica, Ca.

The subject is wearing a deep cell marine battery back pack with an inverter attached....

N734XQ  
The night after my father and I had purchased this aircraft I wanted to get some good pictures. This night shot was done with a Fuji FinePix S700.

Trying ...

Sunset over Bournemouth 
I took this photo last summer in Bournemouth, on the south coast of England.

I was at a friend's wedding at the time, and the sun was setting. The sun ...

my mothers designs 
My Mom designs bags and she asked me to take a few photos of them so that she could put a portfolio together.

I just grabbed a few bags a time, choosing ...

Pool Pro 
This was my first shot at a lighted portrait.

While I think the shot is fine, I am unimpressed with the lack of detail.

Shot in ISO 400 with a Canon ...

Sunset near a beach 
I have this Nikon S10 point and shoot camera and had gone to a place called Harihareshwar (Western Coast of India).

The top right corner of the picture ...

Full Moon 
It was a full moon night and I wanted to create a freaky photo on that night.

Photographing the moon is notoriously difficult.

The problem arises ...

Snack time 
The photo was take on the fisherman's dock. I saw the cat hiding behind the wooden bars and waiting to eat.

I take some photos from different angles ...

sunset 
Sunsets look terrific, but are strangely difficult to capture in photos. Somehow, the magic gets lost.

So what is needed for a good sunset?

Well,...

Orange Flower  Not rated yet
I was visiting my grandparents in Nova Friburgo (lovely town on the countryside of the Rio de Janeiro State: I recommend a visit!), then I noticed their ...

Secret Stairs Mara Lake  Not rated yet
This is a hidden staircase located in the forest outside my brother-in-law's home leading to a lake.

I was hoping to capture the curve that makes ...

Sunbathing Butterfly  Not rated yet
I captured what I wanted but I wish some of the dead flowers at the bottom of the image were in bloom at the time I took the picture.


Joe first contributed ...

A road in the Jungle  Not rated yet
I had gone to visit a jungle in western India during my holidays.

This picture is of a pathway created by the tyre marks of the Cars (Safari Jeeps)...

Orange Blossoms  Not rated yet
I feel like the composition isn't quite right.

What do you think?

This is an artificial plant in our bathroom that really stands out when you first ...

Cross-processed windmill  Not rated yet
My father made this steel windmill for me when I was a child. It is approximately 50cm wide and is on the top of a 2 metres steel pole.

This picture ...

comely..  Not rated yet
It was actually a stolen picture. This was taken inside my room.

The model is my cousin, who was just two years old. It took me some time, before I ...

silhouette  Not rated yet
silhouette effect with the use of sun.

Not much for us to go on from this photo, and I have to admit, I’m a little confused.

Is it a photo of the ...

Biker on the mirror  Not rated yet
My father and I were taking a friend home, and I was taking pictures with my cell phone VGA camera.

I found the angle of the mirrors very interesting....

Emotional  Not rated yet
This was taken at a window on the third floor of the building where we study.

He's my friend, and we tried to take a picture of him while he was looking ...