Archive for the ‘Environmental’ Category
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Late Summer Beach I
Late Summer Beach II
Late Summer Beach Visitor
Late Summer Beach III
Storm Over Late Summer Beach
Child's Play at the Beach
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Late Afternoon
Late Afternoon II
Late Afternoon III
Late Afternoon IV
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Hog
And a bonus pic…
Road
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Blatant
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Kendall
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Project 365:ONE-HUNDRED-TWENTY-NINE
Lifeguards
Considering the image: We spent the afternoon at the beach at Isle of Palms, SC for Mother’s Day. I took the opportunity to do some beach photography using Canon’s iTTL system. I took quite a few of the usual types of shots, but when the lifeguards offered to let the boys get some photographs with their buoys, I knew that would make the image for the day.
Making the photograph: For the beach shooting I wanted to keep things simple and just focus on getting the shots. In order to do that I swapped over to my old EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II just in case the camera took a drink or fell in a sand pit. I added the 430EX to the top and put it in iTTL and high speed sync. I set the camera on Aperture priority and shot at the widest possible aperture. I dialed in -1EV to saturate the colors in the scene a bit and then added the fill flash at -1 to -1/3 EV. Using the iTTL, the shots were easy and I could simply dial up/down on either the flash or the exposure to balance the scene. I would have liked to have had a diffuser dome on the flash to soften it just a bit, but most of the shots were far enough that the dome wouldn’t have made much difference.
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Daisy
Considering the image: I didn’t have a whole lot of time left in the day after completing a Half Ironman this morning, taking a long nap, taking the boys to the park, and cleaning the yard a bit. While I was in the yard I noticed our two cats padding around and decided they would be the subject(s) for today. So here is Daisy. Her brother Jack would not cooperate with the camera. At all.
Making the photograph: This was another straight forward photograph. The light was soft and flat. I bumped the ISO to give me a decent shutter speed with the EF 50mm f/1.8 Mk 1 set at f/1.8. I dialed in -2/3EV to saturate the colors a bit. Post processing was simple curves and sharpening. Easy day. Nice family pet photograph.
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At the End of the Night
This is another image from Saturday’s shoot with Peter and his Gibson. He played an awesome set of songs while I played around with a couple of speedlights, some blue gels, and my new EF 80-200 mm f/2.8 L lens. I wanted to capture a bit of onstage magic in my humble bedroom studio. I’m really happy with several of these shots. I liked this one the best. I think it distills the moment down to the intimacy of the musician and his instrument.
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MotoX Ben
This was the first frame with my new 80-200 f/2.8 L zoom. I remember now why I love this lens so much. This is my second copy, which I got for a song on eBay. I sold the original one I had years ago to help finance a triathlon bike project. I guess it is fitting that I sacrificed one of my sets of carbon fiber race wheels in order to get another of these lenses. They call this Canon lens the “Magic Drainpipe” and for good reason. Images are simply sharp, contrasty, and have a certain pop to them that is hard to find even in the current crop of 70-200 f/2.8 L IS lenses. You’ll be seeing a lot more of this lens in the coming months.
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The Usual Crowd
For my Tuesday night friends. Thanks.
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