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I really liked the late day clouds here, and had some fun trying out various compositions there with the lower tide.
This is my first attempt at combining Ha data with LRGB. I would like to add five more hours of luminance and 30 minutes each for G and B channels.
Equipment
Tele Vue NP101is/LCF
ZWO ASI6200MM-P/EFW 2" x 7 (HaLRGB)
Losmandy G11
Software
Planned and captured with NINA
Autoguiding with PHD2
Processing with PixInsight
Composition
Ha: 25 subs at 420s each
L: 24 subs at 90s each
R: 64 subs at 120s each
G: 48 subs at 120s each
B: 48 subs at 120s each
Total Integration time: 8:51
A much simpler image than yesterday's post, especially the surroundings which are more subtlety textured, but I am happy with this simplicity and the resulting composition. Even with a simple leaf in a gutter, Mother Nature seems to have placed that leaf at just the right angle for me and locked it in with a thin coat of ice at the top.
Compositionally Challenged Week 1 - Contrast
Low Contrast. We woke to dense fog. I grabbed the camera and went to my upstairs window. Just as I got there these geese flew over. In post I used a winter filter to add just a touch of color to the otherwise dreary scene. : )
“Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer the goal.” - Elbert Hubbard
This composition looked a lot better on the back of the camera than the actual end result, but since I went to the effort of standing under the downpour of rancid water dripping from the steel work of the high-level bridge, narrowly avoiding death by Deliveroo bicycle couriers, I thought I might as well try to salvage something in lightroom
~Arab Proverb
What's Cooking? I know I haven't been around much lately, but I wanted to share that it is with good reason: for the past few weeks I've been working with a large publishing house on a series of cooking encyclopedias! Woo-hoo! And even though I'm working with a group of folks (set assistants, editor, art director, etc.), it has been sooooo much work. Thankfully, I wasn't hired to do the actual cooking shots (those are done in a sweaty, 4-kitchen studio space)...I'm doing more of the culinary and beauty shots...such as the chapter head pages shown above (for demo purposes here, I added the "herbs" type myself—the final graphical elements will be included in the design phase).
Note: I promised myself that 2011 would be the year that I would share more info, techniques & tips with my Flickr friends, and in doing so, hopefully make my stream more than just about my photography. And that started with the inclusion of my EXIF and Strobist info with each shot, which I'm glad many of you have found useful. :) But with large projects like these, it seems like a great time to offer more detailed information...lighting configs, set-up shots and set sketches. To that end, below is a page from my always-handy moleskine that I use to frame out shots, lighting and compositional elements. It's crucial when conveying concepts to a design team and to ensure that print margins, bleeds and areas for typographical elements are maintained when shooting. Hope this is helpful!
Macro Mondays (2.21.11): "Spices & Seasonings"
Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 50mm f/1.4 USM
Canon EF 25 II Extension Tube
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 50mm
ISO Speed: 100
Flash: Off-camera front, low; diffused, 2/3 power
Polarizer/Filter: None
Exposure: 1/6
RAW File Processing: Lightroom 3
Slik Sprint Pro w/ Manfrotto 496RC2 Ballhead
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© Steven Brisson. Do not use without permission.
Ruddy Turnstone has a Conservation Status under the IUCN of Near Threatened
www.iucnredlist.org/species/22693336/254413189
This Ruddy Turnstone was in a group foraging on a pebbly beach on the Yucatan Peninsula in the state of Quintana Roo, southern Mexico. It is showing the characteristic behaviour of turning over stones to locate food.