summertime holiday . It ’s the unspoilt metre of year ( aside from , possibly , wintertime holiday , a random vacation , or a 3 - day weekend ) . And for this week’sShooting Challenge , you shared your summertime vacations with us .
Winner: Dream Beach
My “ summertime ” vacation are in November – it is too hot to go to Mexico in summertime . So this photo is from my last “ summertime ” vacation , last November , in Cabo San Lucas – I trust it still numerate .
I used my raw Manfrotto 190XPROB 3 division tripod with a Manfrotto 222 Joystick head .
Canon 50D with Canon 17 - 40L at 23 mm , 10 turn back ND Filter ( B&H ) , and a 60 second exposure with a outback trigger .
This is one of my favorite photos ever , and I proposed to my now wife right in front of this very rock 🙂
– T. Darko
Disney
These four photo were take during our class holiday to Disney World . We tent out on the 2nd floor of the Train Station at the entrance to the ballpark , specifically so I could hit the firework that evening . We hung out , consume CheezIts and talked to the nice sept from Georgia that was right next to us .
Hardware was my old and mature Nikon D200 with the awesome and cheap 35 mm f/1.8 lens of the eye . Camera was on a tripod , but shutter release was done with a very steadfast hand , not a overseas telegram release . I put the lens in manual focus manner after set the Castle as the focused part of the image . ISO was locked at 100 , the f stop was put at 6.3 , and exposure prison term was about 6 moment per word picture .
I essentially snap non - stop through the fireworks show , trying to anticipate the interesting fireworks and not inject during break in the show . I sew these four shot together in Photoshop , since one shot is n’t really enough to capture a 10 moment recollective fireworks presentation . The existent vista when not sized down for the contest is over 10 K pixels astray .
Hopefully everyone enjoys the picture !
-Alan Smith
Løvstakken
This picture is from the top of “ Løvstakken ” , one of the seven batch circumvent Bergen , Norway . Elevation is around 1600 ft . contain august 8th .
Equip : Nikon D700 , Nikon 24 - 70 f/2.8 , Hoya Circular Polarizer , preferences : , 26 mm , f/ 8.0 , 1/125 sec , ISO250
-Andreas Akslen
Beaching
I used my HTC ONE ( M7 ) .
I woke up that morning time and it was overcast . As I sat enjoying the morning melodic phrase , i decided to take a photo .
I took this photo from the 9th floor of my elbow room ( CourtYard by Marriott ) balcony in Carolina Beach , North Carolina .
We ( the family ) had a great time .
-Anthony Christopher
Room with a View
This is a photograph of my girl Melissa and I enjoy some ACDC ’s at the Hard Rock Hotel and Resort in Punta Cana , Dominican Republic . We resolve to apply our 2nd Clarence Day there to plainly relax on
a twosome beach chair , enjoy the view and kick a couple crapulence back for most of the day . As relaxing as this sounded , I thought it ’d be the perfect opportunity to get the vacation motion picture we ’d need to make everyone jealous back in NYC haha .
To get this shot I used a Canon 7D along with a Sigma 15 mm genus Lens as well as a Canon 580 EXII speedlite with a Gary Fong diffuser , all of which are on a Benro tripod .
In my left hand ( which you obviously ca n’t see ) I have a Yongnuo heartbeat trigger to take the shot for us as contradict to using the timer . In post product I bump up the vibrance , disturb up the sharpening as well lens correction to toss off the fisheye impression .
ISO 100 f/14 1/200sec
-Aquiles Torres
Brewskie
Taming ambient light while getting the foreground sort out successfully is the key to this photo . The infinite flash sync capabilities of this camera , plus having the paper chance , enabled this shot . The ambient light was too bright for even the average pro camera to achieve this blur setting ( and ) practice the jiffy . Being capable to use the internal strobe at 1/2000 + illuminates the beer can , while allow a astray - unresolved aperture , which achieves the blurred background ( of my wife and the distant Antiparos Island ) .
locating : Aegean Sea between Paros and Antiparos , Greece . July 27 , 2014 . Family vacation aboard the private charter “ Michael Zeppos ” , a 10 - meter , 26 - class onetime , wooden sportfishing gravy holder ( sloop ) converted for island touring .
Photo Details
Fujifilm X100 ( 23 millimeter lens ) 1/2000 sec f/2.0 ISO 200 , neutral density filter and flash at – 2/3 stop .
-Blair Sanford
Kalaloch Beach
This was accept with a Canon 7D with a Tamron 17 - 50 mm f/2.8 XR Di II lense shot at f/9.0 , 1/160 bit , ISO 100 .
This was take at Kalaloch Beach on the Washington seashore this July . These are my nestling and I just require to start take the air in front of me , depose I did n’t make them or pay them to support hand . No idea if this is what you ’re looking for but thought it ’d be fun to enter .
-Brett Dodd
Longboat
Photo remove with an iPhone 4s , ISO 50 , f/2.4 , 4.28 mm .
I was on a beach in Longboat Key , FL and this Hero was on its own overlooking the Gulf of Mexico . Photo was captured just as the bird was about to take off . I got close with my iPhone and got a nifty shooting from about 4 fundament away . No filters .
– Brooks Pryor
Short Boots
summertime in the Northern Hemisphere means … winter down here in Brazil . The islands pictured are called “ Botinas ” ( short boots ) , because when looking from a distance at sea grade , they look like boots . The tightly jam-packed and tall crazy ribbon plait growing on the ironical constituent of the islands make up the “ upper part ” of the boot , while the naked granite bedrock make up the “ lower part ” . The island are pollitically located in the municipality of Angra dos Reis and physically in the Ilha Grande Bay ( Big Island Bay ) that embrace 365 islands , one for every day of the twelvemonth ! Although the climate here is tropical and humid year long , during winter meter there is less solar radiation and less rain , meaning reduced discharge from the river surrounding the bay . This transform into less nutrients and luminance for the photosynthesizing phytoplankton , benefitting H2O transparency . One might wonder why is the water readable , but has a green chromaticity to it ? Well , it happens that the whole bay tree is surrounded by tall lot with dull tropical rainforest originate on them that may receive up to 10 feet of rain each year on some spots ( this is Amazon Rainforest degree ) . All these nutrient eventually run into the bay , nourishing the micro algae that , together with the reflection of the timber , cave in the water it ’s emerald color . Actually , another name for the area is “ Costa Verde ” ( Green Coast ) and some call it the Emerald Waters . While the neighborhood gets load down with tourists from December to March ( Southern Hemisphere summer ) , many local anaesthetic and long time loyal “ customers ” of the Emerald Waters strongly believe wintertime is premier time . Especially those that come for the beauty rather than the parties . I ’m sure the family on that lone sailboat get laid that they can enjoy their vacation in paradise all for themselves this time of the year . In Brazil , beach vacation atmospheric condition is yearlong : everlasting place for have 365 island !
Photographer : Bruno Boni de Oliveira . Canon 1Dx . Canon EF 24 - 70 mm f/2.8 II USM @38 mm + Hoya Circular Polarizer . Heli Shot . 1/640 f/8 ISO2000 . modest amount of crop for straightening purpose
-Bruno Boni de Oliveira
Olympic National Forest
Went backpacking with two chum into the Olympic National Forest ( WA ) over the fourth of July to some hot springs . Normally they are reachable through a two mile hike and are really crowd , but for some reason that trail was close so we shoot a retentive route , about 16 Roman mile , and had the hot springs all to ourselves . We did n’t make it in one sidereal day and ended up camping on the mountain pass that dark . At4:30am the next forenoon I was woken up to hear grunt and snorting outside of the tent . First I though , “ oh shit a bear ” , then saw it was white and thought , “ oh take a shit a polar bear ” . It was too early so excuse my lack of ground . Only after waking my friend up did I earn it was a mountain goat so course I grabbed my tv camera and started germinate pictures . In this shot he had just stopped corrode my piss for the salts and decided to fend majestically . you’re able to see my piss in the bottom left corner ! Gear : Canon 60D 24 - 105 mm f/4 . configurations : 1/60s iso400 f/4 24 mm
-Caden Robinson
Urban Boating
Canon 5dii , 35L , f/4 , ISO 100 , 1/2500
-Caitlin Tam
Black Tie Beach
This is a photo of me ( Chris Andrews ) taken by my wife , Courtney Andrews . The fun of the picture is really about the subject topic and not the photo itself , but for scientific purposes , she used a Canon SX230 in a waterproof font on robotic mode .
We had attended a local outcome “ First Class Subway and Black Tie Beach ” by BostonSOS yesterday at Revere Beach , Massachusetts ( just outside Boston ) . Below I linked a write - up of the event by Boston Magazine , but basically we flashmobbed into a subway car and act to be butlers and such give the other riders a “ first class ” experience . Then we went to the beach in full formal attire and go for a swim .
-Chris Andrews
Maui Turtle
While vacationing on Maui this summertime , I was proud of to get to float for over a mile with this giant turtle . This shot was pure luck . I keep free diving and swimming next to it snapping as many photos as possible , almost blindly . By far my favourite picture of the entire trip .
Samsung Galaxy s4 active in a cheap waterproofed bag from the ABC computer storage .
-Chris Martinich
Chillin’
I only got aside for my sis wedding . This is about the only summer - yttrium pic I occupy . White wine chillin on a hot Clarence Day .
Nikon D700 . 35 mm lens of the eye . 1/2000 . f 3.2 .
– Chris Riggleman
Oregon
So I took this photo on my trip to Astoria , Oregon with my Zeiss 24 - 70 mm F2.8 attached to my Sony A99 which was at 1/80 F10 .
I think this picture was cool because of the harebrained contrast in color where the ocean hit the rock . Also how could you not delight the mountains in the desktop . I accept this characterisation from an previous look out column on the jetty . I also hear a wicked giant tarantula on the rock candy while I was out there but I did n’t get a effective picture of him .. Or her . You know what I intend . perchance next time .
-Dan Jarvis
Olympic Pool
Taken at Lake Crescent Olympic National Park in Washington . August 7th 2014 Using a Sony NEX-5R.
-David Halleen
Kauai Island
This shot was taken in Kauai ’s Hindu Monastery on Kauai Island , Hawaii . I ’ve used a Nikon D7100 with a 10.5 mm Nikon Fisheye genus Lens at f/2.8 , 1/60 sec , ISO 360 . small ajustments and cropping using Lightroom and Photoshop .
– Frederic Beaulieu
Paris
I was really fortunate to take a kinsfolk trip to France this summer . In Paris , my dada and I originally rig out to take picture of the Pont de Alexander III during the blue hour , but when we got there , the view depend westward from the span captured my attention . recent June is a fantastic time to be in Paris , and the sun determine around10pm . Tripod or not , it release out to be a technically difficult long - exposure shot because there ’s so much vibration from the cars and buses take by . I ended up getting sharper pictures during the blasphemous hour , but I liked the color of this one . Sony NEX-6 , Sony Zeiss 24 mm 1.8 lens at f11 / 24 mm ( 36 equivalent ) / 5 sec / ISO 100 . Gorillapod . flash wireless remote shutter release . Cropped and sharpened a bit in PS component .
-Garrett M. Chinn
Hillsboro Beach
Sunrises at Florida beach are spectacular so I come alive up in the first place than anybody and direct this gibe while vacationing in Hillsboro Beach .
Sony alpha a58 , 18 - 55 mm SAM II lens of the eye @ 18 mm , ISO 100 , f/4 , SP - AE , 1/100 .
-Henry Vidal
Chair’s Time Off
Just a little backstory : This was take on just before the “ hurricane ” that clipped New York and Connecticut twine in on July 3rd . The grey of the urine and the sky with the empty death chair felt like the antithesis of a beach photo , and the sky / ocean / beach combo made it count like the pic was course cut up into three patch ( a la convention of third ) . snap on an iPhone 5s and lightly edited with Snapseed and VSCO Cam . resize and sharpened in Photoshop .
-Jack Kelly
Step Into the Void
pic taken with a Sony RX100 , f6.3 , ISO 125 , 1/800s – direct out of the tv camera , no retouching or editing whatsoever .
This was taken from the top of Aiguille du Midi in Chamonix , France – my girlfriend and I were in Geneva for her crony ’s wedding and we had both understand Kelsey ’s Gizmodo post about Aiguille du Midi and Step Into The Void this retiring December , so we made sure to rent a railroad car and cross it off our bucketful list ! Awe - inspiring .
-Jim Brody
Memorial Union
For this shot I used the panorama musical mode on my iPhone 5s and I edited the picture show with snapseed . The shot is taken from one of the many docks at the Memorial Union Terrace at the University of Wisconsin - Madison in Madison , WI of the sundown on August 9th . I was favourable enough to set up the shot with the sailboat , featured in the photo , passing right in front of the sunlight , taking down some of the brightness to permit for more depth and demarcation in the water and the edifice on shore .
– Jared Paul
Banff
For theJuly 4th recollective weekend we expire to Banff to have the lulu of the Canadian Rockies . One day we did a 14 + mi hiking along Lake Minnewanka that was 5 miles along the lake then just over 2 miles climbing 1700′ to an old blast lookout . We started early enough that we were first to the peak and relish the amazing views of the lake and surrounding mickle . take back to the parking lot 7.5 hour after starting to encounter it packed with tourists hold back to go on a lake cruise and had the most satisfying bottleful of Gatorade and Oreo frosting cream sandwich ever .
shoot down with Sony A57 18 - 250 millimeter lens @28 mm , f8 1/100s
– Jeremy L
Cleveland
I take a summertime vacation to Cleveland ( I know , I have it off , but there are actually a destiny of coolheaded thing there ! ) . One of the MUST SEE sights in the region is the actual house where they filmed “ A Christmas Story ” … yes the one where Ralphie lived and right there in the window shone the warm glow of electric sex … the Major Award that the Old Man won ! It was a routine of Christmas in July !
This was photographed on the Fourth of July and is a blend of 5 images into one HDR complex . Exposures were at ISO 400 , F10 and range up to a 30 second shutter amphetamine . I used the Olympus OMD - EM1 soundbox with a Panasonic 7 - 14 millimeter electron lens .
I ’ll bet you were n’t await to get any Christmas - theme photos on a summertime vacation contest !
-John Clark
Jones Beach Air Show
This painting was taken over Memorial Day weekend ( the unofficial start of summertime ) . The Blue Angels were in townsfolk for the Jones Beach Air Show . They take off and Din Land at Republic Airport , and I went to get it with my Panasonic DMC - ZS9 .
They come in low , and there are power lines right near the aerodrome . I like the room this image shows how low to the ground they are good before they come in . The image was globally corrected for brightness , direct contrast and people of colour in Paint.net 4.03 .
-Jonas Demuro
Newport
Took this with a cannon T4i this summer in Newport RI . ISO 100 1/640 sec 55 mm F – 5.6 . Kit lens system
-Jonathan Dana
Bruges
walk along the epithelial duct of Bruges is by far one of the most beautiful things anyone can do . This picture was take on a arrant August evening right in the heart and soul of the urban center . Strolling along the winding streets can occupy total eve . Vacations do not always need to include beaches , sometimes they are best with a nice ice cream cone on a medieval street .
Sony A7R , Sony 10 - 18 mm lens , germinate in LR 5 , Taken in Bruges Belgium August 8th 2014
-Joshua Young
Puerto Rico
I went to Puerto Rico with my friend and stop up outride at his brother house . Off the coast of Puerto Rico there is an island call “ Icacos ” which is pretty barren . The locals take their boats out here just to hang out , relax and have a few deglutition . The Island and scenery is beautiful , it seems like the only think that could look better is heaven .
tear on a Sony a65 with a rokinon 8 mm f/3.5 lens , hand held , 1/2000th , iso 100 , in manual manner .
-Kafel B
Muir Woods
guide with a GoPro in the Muir Woods near San Francisco . My summertime holiday consisted of the city and surrounding surface area , and Muir Woods was one of my favorites . The redwood trees hulk up to the sky , and get very mystical when the fog rolls in . nonaged edits done in Lightroom .
– Logan Nickels
Santa Monica State Beach
After a dinner of fresh seafood and reddish vino , we arrive at the wharf as the sun set . picture is a Northwesterly view of the Santa Monica State Beach from somewhere on the pier . Shot handheld with a D7100 w/ a 50mm/1.8 @ _ _ _ ISO 100__F/7.1__1/320 _ _ and stitched together from multiple frames , this composition required some perspective correction and work with the transform putz in Photoshop to achieve this last result . As the double was shot from right to left , some of the fly chump make repeat appearances , there were really only three or four total .
-Matthew Hamilton
Cadillac Mountain
My Word Maxim Diachenko took this picture on his Apple iPhone 4s .
Cadillac Mountain in Maine . July 25 , 2014 – 5:13am
-Joe Diachenko
Bournemouth
Bournemouth , England
Nikon d3200 – new to me .
Solo vacation to the town on the southerly seashore .
First night blast experiments of fairground on the coast .
– Mike Dobbins
Cedar Point
Here is an image I hold this week at Cedar Point in Ohio . This is by far my kids favorite place to go in the summer . This injection was taken with my iPhone 5s from the top of the Giant Wheel . The HDR effect was add in Snapseed on my telephone set .
– Mike Guildoo
Land of the Rising Sun
Sony NEX-5R on level-headed automobile mode . E - mount lens 18 - 55 mm F3.5 - 5.6 OSS . July 14 , 2014 at 16:06:57 PM . I used the symmetry of the cloud formation on the right with the sun on the left to enamour the beautiful sun ascent in “ The Land of the get up Sun ” from the height of Mount Fuji in Japan ( after go up the mountain all nighttime ) .
-Nathan Last
Allentown
Memorial Day fireworks Dorney Park in Allentown , PA .
Canon T5i , 18 - 55 mm STM Lens
f/10 , 25 sec vulnerability , ISO-100
-Nick Pepi
Cathedral Ledge
Last Wednesday I was on holiday , me and the fiancé took our daughter hiking up at Cathedral Ledge in North Conway NH . This is one of my favorite shots of our daughter scramble around the John Rock you’re able to separate by the purview in the background that I shoot it slightly off bloc and the spot she is climbing was in reality pretty outrageous considering she ’s only 2 years quondam . She ’s been hiking with us since she was only a month old and with school and work we do n’t spend much time as a family so it was a really fun dark .
Shot RAW with my Nikon D5000 no post editing done . ISO-800 , f/6.3 , 1/13 sec exposure , 0 gradation exposure bias , 24 mm focal length
– Paul LeBlanc
NY
My cousin-german came from Quito - Ecuador to delay with me for 2 months , and he get hold it so easy to take the subway , that he shoot the breeze practically all NY by himself . He then need me , to go with him to Long Island , because he constitute a squeamish park ; he insisted so much that I went with him ; I live in NY for more than 20 years , and I never been in this Mungo Park . I found it so beautiful ; the scene of NY , that I go back and demand my mother with me , because she ’s been inhabit in NY for more than 30 years , and she never knew about this park either . She ’s 66 geezerhood former and she merit this small piece of vacation in the city that we love so much .
Equipment : Galaxy S5 ( Samsung - SM - G900A ) . context : Flash OFF , Aperture 2.27 , ISO 40 , Focal Length 4.8 millimeter , Exposure Time 1/1072 . Technique : HDR
– Paul Velastegui
Florida Keys
Jumping of the gravy holder bow in the Florida keys .
– Priscilla Torrez
Jacksonville
This motion-picture show was take this retiring July , 2014 . We were on vacation in Jacksonville , FL . My wife and I settle to watch the break of the day over the beach . It was perfect timing . There was very few people on the beach , and then I get a line this guy jogging and saw the musing of the sun off the weewee . The unadulterated sand made a complete canvas for the sun ’s reflection .
I am by no agency a pro photographer . They say the best camera is the one you have with you . I took this photo with my Samsung Galaxy S5 , default options . No sweetening other than the motorcar - enhancement done by Google Photos .
-Rich Herrera
South Dakota
I use up a short holiday to South Dakota during the raw moon phase angle in July so I could get some photos of the Milky Way . I took this pic at the Badlands . A car was passing through so I quickly liberate my shutter so the headlights could light up the foreground .
canyon 5d Mark III , tamron 10 - 24mm . Focal decimal point 14 mm . pic 41 sec . F - Stop 4 . ISO 3200
– Robert Lundskow
Outer Banks
My home ( both my side and my wife ’s side ) go to the Outer Banks for a hebdomad on holiday this summer . We were living in two house just a closure or so apart . It could have been a very nerve-wracking vacation for my wife and I , but it was in reality quite lovely to have everyone together .
Every morning , I would set an alarm and go to the beach around5:30 to take pictures and portrait with the sunrise . My mother met me out there with a loving cup of chocolate and we confab while I rent pictures . She raised me to love the beach and , having late moved across the country , I cherished the fourth dimension together .
I took this shot my first morning out . It is an HDR composite plant of several photos .
Canon 6D with Rokinon 14 mm ( which I love).f/5.6 . ISO 100 . Various Shutter Speeds ( five slam about a stop and a half asunder ) . Tripod
– Rob Huber
Siena
I took this exposure in Siena , Italy . This was make with a Canon 7D. I was walking with a group of my friends , when I reckon this narrow alley completely empty – not something uncouth in such a popular tourist metropolis . I snapped a few pictures quickly and then returned to my group . by and by on , I did some redaction in LightRoom , and I was quite pleased with the end result .
– Sam Kramer
Aquarium
My fellow and I start to the New York Aquarium at Night event this pastFriday . I could n’t decide between the firework shot or this coloured picture of an outside tank , which the disk jockey was handily position next to so you could do a little jig next to your fishy friends . I used my fiddling Cannon T3i that I drag around everywhere with me with a higher ISO setting . ( I do n’t think what it was exactly- I was changing it constantly . ) Anyway , hope you enjoy !
-Sarah Blevins
Prince Rupert
This photo was taken on June 7th on a ( naughty ) iPhone 5C. I somehow managed to clock the panoramic shot dead so as to not be disturbed by the undulation . It was adopt on a whale / grizzly bear term of enlistment off the coast of Prince Rupert , B.C. The beacon light in the photo is no longer inhabited by an attended , although it was used for many years in the past times .
– Thomas McGoey
Destin
canyon 6D 24 millimeter f/5.6 1/400 ISO 160
Shot during our last sunset walk of life on the beach in Destin , Florida .
– Tim Bottchen
Familiar View
I ’ve been spending my summertime vacation at Cedar Rapids Lodge , a small repair in northern Minnesota , for 26 age . This small patch of woods between the cabins and the lake was always one of my favorite spot to act as a kid , and even as an adult I have to pause take it in each summer . look due west through the tree diagram , you may see the third boat bob with sunshine setting just out of frame . Vacation does n’t get any better . inject with iPhone 5S.
-Tim Piper
Hudson River
I live in the Hudson Valley all my lifetime up until only a few months ago when I moved to Charlotte , NC . My summertime holiday included visit family for a few workweek . Because I am so very Irish I burn a little too easily at the beach , so I like hiking instead . We hiked Breakneck Ridge , which gives us a beautiful view of the Hudson River . We even went all the means to the fire tower , from which you may actually see the Manhattan sensible horizon . Anyway , the first rock-and-roll clearing has a flagpole on it , and from there I took almost 40 RAW range to make a panorama of the river . stitching it all together leaves us with a 133 Megapixel double at full resolution . It took a while to make ( and save ! ) but boy was it worth it .
– Tyler Sheehy
Yes , those of us who did n’t get out of town this summer are crazily covetous . Seriously , seething with rage . You are our enemy . Do n’t countenance us see you on the street . It wo n’t end well . The braggart barb areon flickr , though !
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