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 [...]
Simple Clicks – Great Blue Heron
That’s it, I’ve finally done it. This may be the Great Blue Heron shot to end all Great Blue Heron shots for me. I spent an entire morning working with John the Heron, crawling around in the grass, creeping closer. I finally told him that I was done; I walked out onto one of the [...]
Simple Clicks – Foggy Mornings
Foggy mornings are one of my favorite things. In some ways it’s probably a contradiction. After all, a thick fog eats up light and makes the world damp; it throws off the light meter and makes exposure and AF tricky at best. But at the same time, it rewrites the scene and can turn a [...]
Simple Clicks – Consecutive Sunrises
Haven’t done a lot of landscape work in the past few months. Got kind of bored with it during the winter and never really picked up again, especially once I started chasing birds and critters. But the past couple of days I’ve shot some again – it’s partly having had amazing light, and partly playing [...]
Outside on the 4th of July
I spent sunrise on the 4th of July on the grounds of Binghamton University’s Nature Preserve. Although BU is my alma mater, I’ve visited perhaps twice since graduating almost three years ago. During that time, I had forgotten just how rich the Nature Preserve is – although in my defense, when I was there I [...]
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 [...]
Simple Clicks – Saturday, 30 May
Last night was my girlfriend’s graduation party, so we didn’t get home until pretty late. One of our friends stayed over with us afterwards, and they were both still sound asleep this morning when I snuck out around 6. That’s me – the nut who gets up earlier on weekends than I do on weekdays, [...]
Simple Shot
I took a moment out from chasing the birds on Friday to turn my lens towards the pond, where the combination of rising mist, sunrise, and fishermen was too much to overlook. This is a simple shot that captures the morning and shows more clearly than I can explain why I love returning to Fords [...]
Easter Morning
I was going to sleep in Sunday, but the chance of a good sunrise dragged be out of bed while it was still dark. Looking for a shorter drive, I ended up at Lackawanna State Park, struggling to make something of a modest dawn. I tried the blue/yellow polarizer trick at first, but didn’t like [...]
