Bad Photo of the Day (8/31/06)

by Neil Woodburn on

Today’s Photo of the Day is a testament to poor photo skills: mine.

This is an example of what happens when you get a new digital camera and you are not careful with all the new-fangled buttons and settings. I managed to capture this great shot of an Alaskan eagle taking off only to later discover the very poor, grainy image you see above.

Damn! I invested in an 8-megapixal camera just to ensure my photos weren’t this crappy. So, what happened? Somehow I had managed to adjust my ISO to 400. Although I have an automatic function on my camera, I switched to another setting that was supposed to compensate for cloudy days. In doing so, I must have accidentally switched the ISO. I don’t know much about cameras but I did learn that the higher the ISO, the more “noise” which appears in photographs-as is evident above.

Apparently there is “noise reduction” software which is supposed to fix this problem for us hapless photographers who’ve blundered into it. Does anyone have recommendations on the best software out there?

Photo of the Day (8/30/06)

by Adrienne Wilson on


Something about this door feels quite inviting. Like you could walk right in and find a family of smiling faces waiting for you with food and ice-cold drinks. If you listen closely you can almost hear laughter and storytelling coming from the other side. A door like this also looks as though it might be out of Thailand or Costa Rica or some tropical place, but this so-called Jungle House is in Cameroon. Localsurfer has a whole set from Cameroon found in our Gadling Flickr pool and then some! If you’d like your photo featured then upload some now!

Photo of the Day (8/29/2006)

by Erik Olsen on

Ah, if there is a more classic photo of the lovely West than the sandstone bridges of Utah, I don’t know what it is Well, OK, the Grand canyon, Monument Valley…and so on. But you get the point. This shot by JasonBechtel does justice to the majestic natural beauty of the West.

Now, I have to make a confession that I’ve never actually been to this part of Utah, the Natural Bridges National Monument, but someday I shall, be sure of that. In the meantime, I have to depend on the talented folks who post (as any of y’all can do) to our Gadling Flickr site.

Photo of the Day (8/28/06)

by Adrienne Wilson on


Blast Monday mornings! Can’t it just be Saturday again? Not sure how some of you are feeling on the start of this day, but this picture describes my many moods perfectly. StrudelMonkey captured this floating heads installation while hanging out at the Kelvingrove Museum in Glasgow one weekend. I think the face to the far right with it’s mouth wide-open provides the most comic relief. The face to far left center all frowned up is how I’m feeling right about now. Thanks for tucking this one into the Gadling Flickr pool!

Photo of the Day (8/27/2006)

by Erik Olsen on

I feel like it’s been a while since I posted a photography by the wonderfully-talented Buck Forester here for our POTD. For a while there I felt I couldn’t stop, his photos are simply too luscious and mind-blowingly well-composed. Never mind he has as his canvas the High Sierras and the breath-taking loveliness of California. that does help make it easier to take great pictures. But still, if you’ve ever seen his work before, you know how unusually great these pics are. OK, so enough gushing. take a look at this photo from Mono Lake in California. The kayak nose in the picture adds a dose of adventure to the shot, which, like all of Buck’s photos is amazingly colorful. Really nice.