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Photo Reviews by William Neill

Friday, June 11th, 2010

Greetings from the Sierra Nevada!

Photo Reviews by William Neill
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Calla Lily Heaven

Saturday, May 8th, 2010

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III__TS-E90mm f/2.8__f / 32__ISO 100

Earlier this week, I received three calla lilies to photograph.  For three days, I left them in a corner of my dining room where I have found magic light in the past (see blog post from October 2009).  I hung my every-ready black velvet on a chair behind the blossoms.  On the second day, the early morning sun glanced across this one flow.  Aiming downward, I needed f/32 and a little lens tilt to hold sharpness in the vase and flower.

Due to the wide contrast, I bracketed seven exposures that were one stop apart.  This image was made with six of those frames using Photomatix by my assistant John.  The exposure blend enabled us to show fine separation of tones in the white, nice shading in the green stems but left the background black.

I made about 700 exposures in various light, including some blurs and many 7-frame brackets, so I still have much editing to do.

Until I can polish up some more selects, I hope you enjoy this one.  Let me know your thoughts!

Cheers,  Bill

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New Dogwood Featured Print

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

Dogwood blooming, Yosemite National Park, California 2005

I have been busy with the “day to day” of running my business, including making new images.  I hope to post soon, so stay tuned!

This month’s Featured Print is “Dogwood blooming, Yosemite National Park, California 2005″ shown to the left.  I created this image five years ago.  My EXIF date shows that I was at 370mm.  It took a great deal of patience, and many frames, to get a sharp exposure since the branch was suspended over a very tumultuous Merced River!  I’ve printed and sold 20×30″ prints and the quality holds up very well.

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II__70.0-200.0 mm+2x Extender__1/5 sec at f / 13__ISO 100

This Special Edition image is an archival inkjet print, sized to 9″ x 6″ on Ilford Galerie Gold Fibre Silk Paper, matted and mounted to 11″x14″ on archival museum board. The print will be initialed by me, not signed. The series will be unlimited in quantity andnumbered sequentially on the label.

With each collectible Special Edition released, you can build a fine art portfolio of my photographs at a very reasonable cost. And the best part…it’s only $40!

New Dogwood Featured Print

KInd regards,    Bill

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Sunrise, Scripps Pier

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III__EF70-200mm f/2.8L USM__10.0 sec at f / 32__ISO 100

Here is another pier photograph from La Jolla.  This was my first session photographing the pier, and my previous post was taken at sunset on the same day.  For this image, I used my Singh Ray Vari-ND filter to extend the length of the exposure.  I waited for a wave to wash up near my tripod, and then watched for the reflection to develop as the surf pulled back.

Let me know your thoughts on this image, and which Scripts Pier image you like the best.  I prefer the sunset image, but still love them both!

Cheers,   Bill

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a vacation at the beach…

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

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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