Halloween Leftovers

Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Halloween Leftovers

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/4.5
Exposure: 1/25
Focal Length: 30mm
Flash: Fired
ISO: 400
Post processing included levels adjustment, contrast adjustment, and unsharp mask

Winter Is Here

Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Winter Is Here

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure: 1/25
Focal Length: 66mm
Flash: Fired
ISO: 400
Post processing included levels adjustment, colour adjustment, contrast adjustment, healing tool, and unsharp mask

Boo!

Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Boo!

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure: 1/10
Exposure Bias: -2/3 EV
Focal Length: 50mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 400
Post processing included levels adjustment, colour adjustment, contrast adjustment, and radial blur

Poof

Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Poof

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure: 1/8
Focal Length: 85mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 1600
Post processing included colour adjustment, contrast adjustment, and cropping

Wedding - Christina and Terry

Unfortunately, there is no "Photo A Day" shot for today, so instead I would like you to enjoy some of the photos I took for Christina and Terry's wedding. They got married on October 4th 2008, and it was a wonderful wedding! Congrats to both of you!

Man Vs Machine

Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Man Vs Machine

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/4.5
Exposure: 1/20
Focal Length: 26mm
Flash: Fired
Flash Bias: -1 EV
ISO: 400
Post processing included contrast adjustment, and unsharp mask

Hard Economic Times

Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Hard Economic Times

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/5.0
Exposure: 1/200
Focal Length: 41mm
Flash: Fired
Flash Bias: +2 EV
ISO: 400
Post processing included levels adjustment, contrast adjustment, rotation adjustment, cropping, highlights recovery, despeckle, and unsharp mask

Feel The Light

Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Feel The Light

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/1.8
Exposure: 1/25
Focal Length: 50mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 400
No Post processing

Fall Colours

Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Fall Colours

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/5.0
Exposure: 1/30
Exposure Bias: -1 EV
Focal Length: 28mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 100
Circular Polarizer
Post processing included contrast adjustment, cropping, saturation adjustment, and unsharp mask

M&Ms

Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called M&Ms

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure: 1/30
Exposure Bias: -2 EV
Focal Length: 85mm
Flash: Fired
Flash Bias: -2 EV
ISO: 800
Post processing included levels adjustment, contrast adjustment, and unsharp mask

Portuguese Wine

Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Portuguese Wine

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/1.8
Exposure: 1/2
Focal Length: 50mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 200
Star Aperture Mask
Post processing included levels adjustment, contrast adjustment, and unsharp mask

Ladybug

Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Ladybug

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure: 1/60
Focal Length: 85mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 800
+10 Close Up Lens Filter
Post processing included levels adjustment, contrast adjustment, despeckle, and unsharp mask

New Moon Rising

Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called New Moon Rising

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/6.3
Exposure: 1/100 & 1/15
Focal Length: 76mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 100
Post processing included combination of two exposures, contrast adjustment, and unsharp mask

Pilars Of Light

Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Pilars Of Light

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/6.3
Exposure: 1/2
Focal Length: 28mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 100
Post processing included contrast adjustment, healing tool, and unsharp mask

Red Flower

Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Red Flower

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/10.0
Exposure: 1/15
Exposure Bias: -2/3 EV
Focal Length: 47mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 800
Post processing included levels adjustment, contrast adjustment, despeckle, and unsharp mask

Scarecrow

Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Scarecrow

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/4.0
Exposure: 1/20
Focal Length: 17mm
Flash: Fired
Flash Bias: -1 EV
ISO: 200
Post processing included cropping, healing tool, and unsharp mask

Lens Cleaning

Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Lens Cleaning

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/3.2
Exposure: 1/8
Focal Length: 50mm
Flash: Fired
Flash Bias: -1 EV
ISO: 200
Tripod
Post processing included levels adjustment, contrast adjustment, conversion to black & white, addition of a slight sepia tone, and unsharp mask

Leaves In The Wind

Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Leaves In The Wind

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/8.0
Exposure: 1/80
Focal Length: 85mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 200
Circular Polarizer
Post processing included levels adjustment, contrast adjustment, added vignetting, and unsharp mask

Michelin X-ICE 2

Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Michelin X-ICE 2

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/5.0
Exposure: 1 sec
Exposure Bias: -1 EV
Focal Length: 38mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 200
Tripod
Post processing levels adjustment, colour adjustment, contrast adjustment, and unsharp mask

Rays Of Light HDR

Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Rays Of Light HDR

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/5.0
Exposure: 1/200
HDR RAW Exposure Bracketing: -2 EV, -1 EV, 0 EV
Focal Length: 44mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 100
Post processing included conversion from RAW, merge to HDR, tone mapping, unsharp mask

Centerpiece

Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Centerpiece

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure: 1/15
Focal Length: 85mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 400
No post processing

Abby

Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Abby

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure: 1/40
Focal Length: 64mm
Flash: Fired
ISO: 100
No post processing

September Contest Winner

First of all, let me thank everyone who participated in this contest. I got some really great shots with a wide variety of subjects, and it was difficult to choose the winner. There was however one shot that stood out above the rest and has won this past months contest! It was submitted by Giuseppe Federico, and is entitled Boat And Sunset.


I decided on this shot as our winner because of the wonderful composition and colours. The horizon being placed on the bottom horizontal thirds of the shot, with the sunset and boat on opposite vertical thirds follows the rule of thirds very nicely and makes for a clean shot. The exposure looks spot on, with a well defined and exposed sunset, and pleasing reflection off the water. Congrats Giuseppe, and enjoy your prize!

Our very close runner up was submitted by Kumara Yagambrum. It shows how filling the frame with your shot reduces distractions and gets you into your subject. It too was well composed and fairly sharp, however the colours seemed a tad off, probably due to the interference obtained from the glass and water, and also possibly due to the use of flash. It is still a wonderful shot and deserves credit. Keep it up!

I hope you all enjoyed the contest, and keep an eye out for the possibility of another contest coming up soon.

Carnation

Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Carnation

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/13
Exposure: 2 sec
Focal Length: 85mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 400
+10 Close Up Lens Filter
Tripod
Post processing included levels adjustment, and contrast adjustment

Art

Today's shot for the "Photo a Day" project is called Art

Exif Data
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Aperture: f/4.0
Exposure: 1/15
Focal Length: 17mm
Flash: Not-Fired
ISO: 400
Post processing included levels adjustment, cropping, added vignetting, and unsharp mask

Contest Closed

Just a quick note to say that this month's contest is now officially closed. Thanks to everyone who entered! I will present the winner in the next few days after deciding, and getting in touch with the lucky person.