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Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III__TS-E90mm f/2.8__1.5 sec at f / 13__ISO 100
I am posting one of the waterfall photographs that I took on Mother’s Day in Yosemite. It was raining as I photographed. Using my Tilt Shift lens, I exposed three frames that I later stitched together using Photoshop CS5. You might also enjoy seeing other panos in my Panoramic Portfolio on my web site.
This weekend, I photographed my irises and fields of lupine. Hope to post some of them soon!
Cheers,
Bill
Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III__EF70-200mm f/2.8L USM__76.0 sec at f / 22__ISO 100
Last week, my family and I enjoyed a vacation at the beach. We stayed in La Jolla, a place I’ve been visiting since I was a small kid. Spent one day at Seaworld, and another day at the beach.
I’ve noticed the Scripps Pier for years, and I’ve enjoyed other photographer’s images of piers. But I’d never photographed one before, so this was my main focus on this trip. I photographed at sunrise and sunset. Here is one image I made, when it was nearly dark. I got to the point where my meter would not give me a reading at my desired aperture of f/22 or f/32. I could shoot with a wider aperture, but I would have lost good sharpness on the pier posts. I quickly extrapolated a good exposure, took out my iphone to use its timer. Started the exposure (with a cable release of course) and started the stop watch. f/22 at 76 secs. Focal length was 70mm.
I hope you enjoy this image! Let me know your thoughts…
Bill
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Painted bark eucalyptus, the Hana Coast, Island of Maui, Hawai
John and I have been working on more scans from my 4×5 film archive. It has been rewarding to finally make use of these images, but also frustrating to see how many good images are languishing in my filing cabinets. I have also been placing new images on my Facebook Fan page. I look forward to your comments here or on the Fan Page!
Enjoy, Bill
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Red Maples and forest, autumn, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee
Here is another image from Monday morning. I took seven frames, each one stop difference, and my assistant John assembled them using Lightroom and Photomatix’s Lightroom plugin (http://www.hdrsoft.com/). This was taken with my Canon 16-35mm as the sun rose through the fog. The tree behind the big oak were heavily tilted due to the convergence caused by aiming upward with 22mm of focal length! I raced back to my car (yes, I should have had my camera bag next to me!) to get my 24mm Tilt Shift lens, which I used in the previously posted image. To correct for the distortion of the trees, I asked John to straighten up the trees. Instead of using Photoshop’s Lens Correction tool, he used the Crop tool, with Perspective box checked. John writes about using this tool in this blog post, at the bottom of the page: Breaking the Funk/Meditations on a Moment Blog.
Let me know if you have a favorite between the two Sunrise Fog images!
Bill
Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III__TS-E24mm f/3.5L__1/180 sec at f / 16__ISO 100
Yesterday we had a wonderful morning of fog after the night’s rain storm. I have driven by this location many times in the past, made note of its potential, and finally got myself over there after the morning’s usual parental duties! Unfortunately, I started out with the wrong lens so I lost some good light making the short dash back to my vehicle to grab my Canon 24mm Tilt Shift lens. Happily, the fog was still great as I exposed this image. The lens was shifted up to near its highest position to maintain proper perspective and avoid convergence of the trees. Also, I positioned the sun so that it was mostly blocked by the tree, with just a tiny bit of light showing through my viewfinder.
Enjoy! Bill
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