Mid-day Shooting
Nature/landscape photographers tend to become creatures of the twilight. It only makes sense, seeing as the light is best for those few soft hours at the start and end of the day. Mid-day is shunned as shooting time and is instead given over to other necessities – breakfast (pancakes!), editing, and siestas. And for the [...]
Simple Clicks – HDR vs. Single Capture
Another boat image from this morning’s outing, still working with the 7D + 17-35L on the tripod. I liked the scene itself, both because of colors and content. Since I was already setup after the first shot, I fired off a quick 3-shot bracket so I could try it as an HDR later. (Proof that [...]
Simple Clicks – Sunrise
Been shooting a few landscapes lately – got the urge all of the sudden, and after working at 300mm for several weeks, suddenly stepping back to the 17-35mm range is pretty amazing. The longer you shoot any particular way, the more accustomed you become to seeing the world that way. I think it’s artistically healthy to shake [...]
More from CCEEC
Beyond the raptor mews, the Carbon County Environmental Education Center offers a series of trails through field and wood, as well as a bird blind that looks out onto the marshy end of Mauch Chunk Lake. I had the best luck down by the lake, where I was able to capture a couple of different [...]
Simple Clicks – Sunrise
I’ve strayed away from landscape/nature photography during the past year, in favor of wildlife and people (not much people work lately, but that’s soon to change). But when the light is perfect, I look for worth-while landscape images. Shooting through the fog, into the sunrise is a bit cliche. So are spider webs with dew. [...]
Simple Click – 26 June 2010
Out on a scouting mission this morning – I’ve been to Ricketts Glen plenty of times, but this was the first time that I was there for something other than the waterfall trail. Checked out the lake shore and the Hayfield and got some good ideas of where to find critters in the future. Found [...]
Weekend Birds II
The last post was mostly for the “new” birds – so this one is for some of the regulars who I got photos of this morning. It’s exciting seeing new species, but honestly I have just as much fun working with the regulars, the ones who are consistently there. For one thing, the repeated encounters [...]
Friday, 07 May
Out in the morning to Fords Pond to chase the birds. It was a very good morning! After my experiences shooting the backyard, letting the birds come to me, it was very satisfying to successfully pursue them. The sheer number of species that I was able to see was exciting – I wasn’t able to [...]
More backyard birds
The afternoon was too nice to pass up on Wednesday, so before my evening senior shoot, and in between some editing, I stepped out back with the bird lens again and sat in the shade by the fence to see what came around. Damn good thing that I did. Caught a few of this male [...]
Thursday, April 29th
Here’s a couple more from last night; a few grabbed between birding shots, and a couple more from after the light fell too low and I swapped out to the 17-35. This was a grab with the big lens – just a little study in lines and light.
