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Was blown away by the symmetry and serendipity as I was shooting on the headland.. it all just seemed to line up in the frame..
... yes the title is right - have a closer look.. ;-)
i posted 2 images at the same time as this might be my 2 last posts for now....will be on vacation for the next 2 weeks so i don't know when my next post might be...will try my best to catch up with your streams if i get a chance or maybe throw in a download....thanks again everyone and y'all have a great week ahead...stay well kids!!!!!! pls. View On Black
While out photography high contrast images of tree trunks agains the snow I couldn’t resist photographing this lovely isolated tree coated in hoar frost. I was looking uphill and had to actually tilt the camera to make the “horizon” level.
I shot two compositions: square with the tree centred in the frame; and a 16x9 horizontal with the horizon and tree aligned to the rule-of-thirds grid lines. Neither composition is very fancy, but they work, given the subject and the perspective.
I used a polarizer to darken the sky. The sun was almost perfectly 90° to the right so the polarizer effect was quite dramatic. Still, in Lightroom I darkened the sky even more with the B/W mix tool and added quite a bit of vignetting. I think to cool toning really adds the cold atmosphere too.
East Fork Magic
On the very first morning of my North Carolina trip this past fall, I headed up the mountain to one of my favorite spots on the Blue Ridge Parkway to hopefully catch a sweet sunrise with my girlfriend. I parked the Jeep at the East Fork Overlook while still dark and scouted around the area with my flashlight to find a nice spot to set up. The skies were mostly cloudy so the chances of catching a great sunrise were pretty much a coin flip. You can sit for an hour or two and not catch a glimpse of the sun at all. On the other hand the sun can come up and at just the right moment, find a perfectly placed hole in the thick clouds, making magic unfold right before your eyes. Fortunately this was the case on that glorious Monday morning high up in the Blue Ridge Mountains. If you follow me on Flickr and do the Facebook thing, then check out my Facebook photography page and give it a "Like".
Trying out my newly purchased B+W 10-stop ND filter. The filter adds a very warm hue to photos so I had to do some color correcting in Lightroom.
Lens: Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 @ 13mm, 2.5 min exposure, f/18 - ISO 100
just another shot of the amazing Chicago skyline and the ever popular Cloudgate sculpture AKA The Bean, reflected on a small puddle...the very low pov gives it a little bit of a unique perspective to the whole scene...pls. View On Black
before the boating season comes to a close in Chicago, these 2 boat enthusiasts take their sailboat around Lake Michigan at sunset for one last time before putting the boat for winter storage.....pls. View On Black
Cruising outside San Francisco Bay on a sunny and calm afternoon. Not enough wind for kite flying!
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spotted a couple of fishermen om their boat out at Lily Lake on a perfect, comfortable late afternoon as the sun slowly retreated and casting some really beautiful light over the lake and the trees....the still lake with it's mirror-like reflections was a big bonus....pls. View On Black
2-minute exposure with ND400 and CPL filter at daylight. Photo taken near the port of Vuosaari in Helsinki, Finland.
Originally released on my DeviantArt gallery
Taken on a freak False Spring day.
Those clouds were really tearing across the sky ahead of a big snow storm
This one made Explore.
A closer look at the RPSI's 2-6-0 steam loco No.461 just after she passed under Pike Bridge with a Santa Special. Because there is no turntable in Maynooth the return legs of the Santa specials back to Dublin have to run tender-first.
I've uploaded a video of the day's Santa Specials over on my YouTube Chanel.
We stayed at the west entrance to Yellowstone and got up at a reasonable time the next morning. We traveled in and at a spur of the moment notice I noticed a little gravel drive off to the left (south). I turned off on this one way path which traced along the Fire Hole river and came to these falls. Even though it was 7:30 in the morning, the area was still shaded in shadows. Using my circular polarizer, an aperture of f/29 and ISO 100 I was able to get 1 sec exposure times. The nice blurring of the water is the result. I'm uploading two versions. One with and one without a vignette to see what people like better. Personally, I'm liking the vignette one better..
Base HDR exposure 1.0 sec at f/29 ISO 100 with "18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G VR" at 46 mm focal length on a NIKON D80
Summer visit to the Cemetery with Marty Straub and his friend, Jay.
Hollenback Cemetery
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Thursday, June 22nd, 2017
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It was a beautiful SUN-day...!!
i spend good time with my boys..
left- my son Maninarayanan
Right- my Brothers son Shankaran
Mani playing TENNIS ..
but Shankaran take HIS "SQUASH" play very seriousely and under 11 he is national level player..
both the guys just reflection of me in every moment!!!
SHOT TAKEN @FRENCH EMBASSY OFFICE@PONDICHERRY. SOUTH INDIA!!!
CANON 5D MII WITH 24-105MM WITH CIRCULAR POLARISER!!!
Morning photo adventure to Hickory Run State Park and a portion of the D&L trail in the Lehigh Gorge State Park.
Hickory Run State Park
Carbon County, Pennsylvania
Thursday, July 13th, 2017
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just another sunrise shot from last week taken by Oak Street Beach in downtown Chicago....pls. View On Black
Featured on Chicagoist.com's Today's Weather section on 02/24/2011....
A rocky weir just below the Lower Nuadd Reservoir in the Brecon Beacons, Wales.
A long exposure to bring out the intricate detail of the water cascading over the rocks using a circular polariser and a ND8 filter.
15 seconds at f22.
I have only one itching desire
Let me stand next to your fire
Let me stand next to your fire (*)
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(*) "Fire" by Jimi Hendrix
caught this nice sunrise scene in Lincoln Park, Chicago shooting from atop the Nature Walk Bridge looking towards the city...closed down the aperture just enough to get that sun flare effect..
Seen on chicagoist.com's Around Town 09/20/2013...
A tree-filled island out in Bench Lake, looking across from our camp.
Taken with a Canon Elan 7; Fuji Velvia 50 film; Canon 70-200mm f/4 lens; Hoya Moose warming circular polarizer filter.
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Nikon F-801s
Nikon 28mm ƒ2.8 Series-E + too much Circular Polarizer
Kodak Vision 250D_5246 exp. 1996
Arista C-41 kit
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This is the exterior wall of a cafe in Navajo county that has been run continuously by one family serving Mexican and American food since 1943. Inside, the place is preserved (forgive its booth tears and broken jukebox) from a bygone era. It remains an unpretentious place to eat real good food, served by friendly genuine folks. We walked in at 11 AM and ordered stacks of hot cakes (pancakes), huevos rancheros and enchiladas. Their green and red chile sauces were equally flavourful and approaching 4,000 Scoville units, which is to say, mildly spicy. All food was made-to-order and tasty. Lard is not used to prepare the beans (thumbs up!) and servings were generous and fairly priced. I asked for permission to photograph while we were inside. The decor is filled with droll humor, southwestern charm and Americana that reminds that you are on the "Mother Road." Every booth came equipped with jocular, quickly-read paperbacks to pass the time while food was being prepared. We felt welcomed and had a genuine meal. Worth the stop in town when visiting Petrified Forest or passing through to/from Vegas. For those who can't get here, enjoy the dive on Route 66; check out the following three items in my Flickrstream!
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I wanted to do something a little different with one of my Mexico shots out of the archive, so I put this together. If you are interested in my workflow, read on... First, I took three RAW exposures (+3,0,-3) and fed them into Photomatix Pro, where I did a light exposure fusion (I toned down highlights/shadows and aimed for a smooth combination with fairly low contrast). I then took the TIF file created and opened it in Photoshop CS5 (Lightroom is always my hub for my workflow). I sent the file into Alien Skin Exposure (a plug-in I heavily rely on for toning), and went for a warm low contrast look. The toned file was brought back into Photoshop. I then layered Kim Klassen's "Little Things" texture over the top with a Multiply blend mode. I added a layer mask and brushed down the texture effect a bit in the middle. I then added another texture layer (Kim Klassen's "Evolve") at low opacity (25%) and a Soft Light blend mode. I flattened the image, and then added an inch of canvas all around, choosing a neutral tone from the center of the image for color. This would help serve as my frame. I then put the image into OnOne PhotoFrame, where I chose the "Malvre Background". This covered everything, but the look was fine. I accepted this and brought it back into Photoshop, where I then masked off the effect from most of the image, but feathered it (125 pixels) for a smooth transition. I then added my signature...and this is the finished result. I add this info and the metadata info back in Lightroom. Now this sounds like a lot of work, but actually only represents about 15 minutes...for two reasons: 1) I am very familiar with the programs in the my workflow, so my time needed to do what I want is drastically reduced. 2) I have a high powered PC with 8 cores and 12GB of RAM (very important for photo work). My PC works fast, enabling me to work fast. Hope this little insight helps someone...
Technical info: Canon EOS 60D, Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS, 3 exposure fusion in Photomatix Pro, processed in Adobe Lightroom 4, toned in Alien Skin Exposure 4, Signature and texture layers added in Adobe Photoshop CS5
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..was just another perfect spring day i spent at the Volo Bog State Nature Park in Volo, Illinois....this is one of many shots i took of this scene where i just laid the camera as low as i can until i got a decent image with a straight horizon....used a circular polarizer for this one....pls. View On Black
Much of Portugal's prominent figures in its imperial age are wonderfully sculpted here on this monument. Captured at sundown on an unseasonably warm fall day, the limestone turns into honey! The moon waxes and floats above ...
stopped briefly on our way down from climbing Castle Rock to admire these beautiful skies that were before us....i probably took more than a hundred frames just on this climb alone....the circular polarizers really did it's job well on this one giving this frame that deeper blue and making the clouds pop out more...pls. View On Black
Winter visit to Concrete City with my photographer friends: Marty Straub and Curtis Salonick. Not a bad day after all; we didn't freeze and managed to capture some images!
Concrete City
Hanover Township, Pennsylvania
Thursday, January 18th, 2018
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Took a drive down I-81 South to Locust Lake State Park and Tuscarora State Park.
Since we didn't get a whole lot from those stops, we went back up our way and stopped at Frances Slocum State Park also.
Frances Slocum State Park
Kingston Township, Pennsylvania
Thursday, October 5th, 2017
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i’m forever grateful to Pacey, our first dog, a rescue from pinnellas county animal services in Florida – for all her unconditional love the 16 years we had the privilege to spend with her. she will forever be in my heart. last November i had the opportunity to put closure a loss that has had my heart broken for 4 years.
if you look into the photo you will see me standing on the beach alone, still for 283 seconds, spreading her ashes at sunset…. returning her to the state she came from and relieving myself of the guilt i felt for not being with with her when she passed (we were in Florida on vacation). i know she did it to protect me.
Pacey Lynn Neth 08.01.1998 – 08.12.2014
Let me carry you home
When you’re tired and you’re weary
And you have no strength to go on
Let me carry you home
When there’s no one to turn to
And all you’ve had faith in is gone
Let me carry you home
Everyone deserves a little precious time
To stumble ’til they find a little piece of mind
Let me carry you home /lyrics Tiesto/Stargate/Alo Blacc – Carry You Home.
📷EXIF
283 seconds
f/11
ISO 31
14mm
⚙Gear
Nikon D810
Nikkor 14-24mm (f/2.8)
ProMaster XC525
RFN-4s wireless remote
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Just as a watch is made up of several different pieces, "framed and put together for a purpose," he reasoned, so too are natural objects-eyes, ears, wings, and bones-made up of parts that combine to serve a higher function. As the watch is the design of a watchmaker, nature is the product of a designing intelligence, or God. William Paley 1802.
219/366: Silverton Colorado – Off The Beaten Path
After eating an awesome lunch at the Brown Bear Cafe, I decided to wander around the parts of Silverton Colorado that are off the beaten path. The areas most “tourist” don’t go and I found Cement Creek, which runs through town. I pulled out my camera, tripod and Lee Filters Circular Polarizer and Big Stopper and captured the creek showing the water movement as it runs over the boulders and rocks, with what I believe, is Kendall Peak in the background. The sky was perfect, it was a windy day, as you can tell from the tree and bush movement in the photograph. They almost appear to be painting the area with a lush green smear.
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The people in my town grow an ornamental tree called a Bradford Pear. When in full bloom, the dazzling white is glorious, but bloom only stays in "peak" for a couple of days. I took these 3/1/2011. By Sunday, these will be green. This is my last of this series for now. Thanks for looking.
Best viewed with love in bloom!