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30 second exposure of the infamous stump in the water that I have shot time and time again at this location.
It's still there (obviously) and I still think it makes for a great addition to a sunset shot at this location.
You have to hurry up if you want to see something, everything disappears.
- Paul Cezanne -
I literally had to run a dead sprint to make it to this spot, set up and shoot before the sun came up over the horizon. Once that light is up it usually has a way of ruining what I'm trying to do.
See it how I saw it
A local astronomy group had announced in our local paper that they would be meeting last night at Hillcrest Park near where I live.
Being that I had nothing else to do but go to sleep, I figured it might be a good chance to try out some long exposures at night. I'm used to using ND filters to blur moving water and cut back on light entering my lens so I left a HOYA ND x4 on my lens on the night.
I should have removed it (hindsight is a bitch) because I find any filter at night is just asking to reflect unwanted light and create haloing which is sort of evident by the moon in this shot.
It's funny how many people approach you when you're standing on top of hill at night, camera tripod mounted and staring at the sky and ask you what you're doing. When I shot this, a lady just to the right of the tree was out walking her dog and asked me exactly that question. "What are you doing? What's everybody looking at?" (referring to the 20 or 30 telescope junkies behind me). For a second I thought to provide some sort of smart ass answer as I looked at my quite obvious pile of camera gear. I just responded "I don't know about them (the telescope people) but I'm taking pictures. Taking pictures at night."
She gave me a funny look and kept on walking.
"The Dawn of the Great Eastern Sun is based on actual experience. It is not a concept. You realize that you can uplift youself, that you can appreciate your existence as a human being. Whether you are a gas station attendant or the president of your country doesn't really matter. When you experience the goodness of being alive, you can respect who and what you are.
You need not be intimidated by lots of bills to pay, diapers to change, food to cook, or papers to be filed. Fundamentally, in spite of all those responsibilities, you being to feel that it is a worthwhile situation to be a human being, to be alive, not afraid of death." - Chogyam Trungpa
Thunder Bay's waterfront as it stands, pretty much unchanged before the grand plan to revitalize the waterfront with condominiums and skate parks.
The spot I was standing in is a better spot for their proposed condo's.
Actually, screw condo's and skate parks. They should make it into some kind of roller coaster laden paradise filled with free beer vendors.
That would attract the tourists.
Probably one of my most favorite spots for shooting along the whole north shore of Lake Superior.
About a 6 hour drive from where I live it is not that often that I get to shoot at this spot so when given the opportunity I didn't waste one second and got right to work on over 280 shots along the waters edge.
As luck would have it, I'm going to be back past this spot twice more before the summer is over. I just need more memory cards and were good to go.
Up again before the sun, camera pointed east, all alone standing on the edge of a somewhat swollen river.
I love to shoot in that magic hour that's not quite night but not yet day.
It's good to relax.
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I decided to have a scotch and sift through the vaults for something to post that I took earlier last year.
Found this one.
Once again, no idea how this didn't make the cut first time around.
View it LARGER!!
Just playing around with long exposures & HDR. 3 exposures (-2EV, 0EV & 2EV) merged and a levels adjustment, that's about it. Just for fun.
I always knew that these old rotten wood piles would make for a great sunrise silhouette. It was just a matter of right place, right time.
There are no rules and regulations for perfect composition. If there were we would be able to put all the information into a computer and would come out with a masterpiece. We know that's impossible. You have to compose by the seat of your pants.
-Arnold Newman-
And this saying held true for this shot. I had mere minutes to compose and shoot as many shots possible as this light was changing so quickly. 10, 15 minutes maximum and the sun was up, the colours gone.
Do it justice, view it on black
Out of approx 80-100 shots from this morning, the majority were shot in landscape format. I always manage to spin the tripod for a few shots in portrait format just for scenes like this.
I'm trying to fit so much into the scene and not make it look crowded. For this one I wanted to include 5 elements (sky, Sleeping Giant, the piles, water and some of the shoreline).
The shoreline could have been left out but for this one I think it ties everything together even though it's barely noticeable.
This is my personal favorite from this set.
"The use of the term art medium is, to say the least, misleading, for it is the artist that creates a work of art not the medium. It is the artist in photography that gives form to content by a distillation of ideas, thought, experience, insight and understanding."
Edward Steichen
"Welcome to today. How do you feel? This is what today looks like. Is it what you expected? There will come a time when you wake up and realize that there will come a time when you will not.
There will come a time when the version of you on this day will seem stupid.
It is not your fault."
Hasselblad 500cm
Carl Zeiss 40mm
Ilford delta 400
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After following the crowd for a while, I'd then go 180 degrees in the exact opposite direction. It always worked for me, but then again, I'm very lucky.
-Elliott Erwitt, on getting a different picture.
See it how I saw it
"I'm moving and not moving at all. I'm like the moon underneath the waves that ever go on rolling and rocking. It is not, "I am doing this," but rather, an inner realization that "this is happening through me," or "it is doing this for me." The consciousness of self is the greatest hindrance to the proper execution of all physical action.
Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way round or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves.
Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like and echo." ~ Bruce Lee
Another shot from last weekend. Similar to another one but I liked this one better.
More foreground, same 9 exposure HDR using up to 20 second exposures to give the effect of movement in the sky.
As in the other similar shot, I never intended to get the movement result, it just kind of happened that way. Now that I know how to do it I'm sure it won't be accidental next time.
Next weekend we plan on heading back into the depths of one of these abandoned elevators once again. It should be an interesting shoot as usual.
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After the storm as the sun was setting behind me. These clouds were some of the most amazing clouds I've shot in a long, long time. Once the storm had cleared, there was about a 30 minute window of spectacular light reflected off of everything.
I'm sure this will be the first of a few from this particular shoot.
30 second exposure @ f/20 tripod mounted, RAW converted to B&W and original water color brought back just because. The color is one of the benefits of shooting after dark. The sun had set behind the bridge and this was the actual color picked up by my sensor, no adjustments.
Canon EOS 7D + Tokina AT-X 124 AF Pro DX 12-24mm f/4 + Manfrotto190XB / 804CR2 + Filtro B+W ND110
Exposición: 150 sec
Aperture: f/11.0
Focal: 12 mm
Velocidad ISO: 100
No time for anything else lately than to go out on the front lawn early each morning and take a quick shot of the moon.
I've wanted to do a full stages of the moon shot for a while but without perfect weather it is hard to do. For this shot I was hoping to have a full moon but due to cloud cover in the morning and night before, I was only able to get a one day later version of the full moon.
I worked on getting these shots for over a week and it became quite the project as far as forecasting weather and figuring out when was the best time to see the moon without obstruction. Turns out it was between 5 and 6 am.
9 exposure full shot of the elevator from the other morning. More foreground and as an added bonus, the sky color has not even been manipulated at all. Somewhat of a long exposure as the first 4 shots in the series were all 5 seconds or more as evident by the slight movement of the clouds.
“I am learning to understand rather than immediately judge or to be judged. I cannot blindly follow the crowd and accept their approach. I will not allow myself to indulge in the usual manipulating game of role creation. Fortunately for me, my self-knowledge has transcended that and I have come to understand that life is best to be lived and not to be conceptualized. I am happy because I am growing daily and I am honestly not knowing where the limit lies. To be certain, every day there can be a revelation or a new discovery. I treasure the memory of the past misfortunes. It has added more to my bank of fortitude.” ~ Bruce Lee
On the longest day of the year I figured I had to get out and take advantage of the extended daylight.
Had to get up before the sun (4:30 am) and left the house before 5:00 to set up at this spot for some illuminated river shots.
Here's to hoping everyone has a great summer. Get out there and enjoy it.
Taken in almost pitch black darkness, wide open to gather as much available light as possible. The title for this one was taken from a Matthew Good tune I had on a loop in my head while setting up for and shooting this. Sometimes the music just helps things flow.
Triggered via remote, tripod mounted and left alone while I walked back down the beach to fetch a beer. Could have let it go longer, didn't, like it anyways. 159 seconds of stumbling around aimlessly in the dark.
You'd never know it was pitch black though. Had to use a lighter just to navigate my way back down the shore to find the camera.
See it how I saw it.
Canon EOS 7D + Peleng 8mm 3.5 Fisheye + Manfrotto190XB/494RC2
Exposición: 66 sec
Aperture: f/5,6
Focal: 8 mm
Velocidad ISO: 1600
Procesado mediante objetos inteligentes a partir del archivo raw y reduciendo el ruido con Noiseware.
Gracias Peke!!
After sweating in direct sunlight for an hour, I managed a seamless panorama without parallax horizontally, but it would appear that while I have setup the horizontal nodal point correct, I have failed the vertical nodal point so there are vertical seams.
But this is far better than my previous shot without a pano head [1], so it is definitely an improvement. (self pat on the back). Calibrating for the vertical nodal point is tricky, as it requires comparing horizontal lines. For vertical lines I just bring a light-weight light stand with me and compare with buildings far away. For horizontal lines I have to come up with something different.
Pictured is one of the public housing development in Hong Kong, where as you can see, the view is spectacular and the air is fresh.
68-image stitch. Captured with the 6D + 17-40 mounted on Manfrotto 303 SPH pano head + 190XPro tripod. TC-80N3 remote release.
# Notes
1. 馬鞍山海濱長廊 Ma On Shan Promenade / 香港360度全景之寧 Hong Kong 360-degree Serenity Panorama / SML.20130308.7D.27330-SML.20130308.7D.27356-Pano.Cylindrical.360x62.8: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8538184863/
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-06-30T15:38:09+0800
+ Dimensions: 18473 x 6818
+ Exposure: 1/400 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ Panorama FOV: 360 degree horizontal, 136 degree vertical
+ Panoramic Projection: Spherical
+ GPS: 22°25'22" N 114°13'29" E
+ Location: 香港馬鞍山海濱長廊 Ma On Shan Promenade, Hong Kong
+ Subject: 頌安邨 Chung On Estate, 錦豐苑 Kam Fung Court, 吐露港 Tolo Harbour
+ Workflow: Autopano Giga 3, Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130630.6D.17608-SML.20130630.6D.17682-Pano.i68.360x136.Spherical
+ Series: 寧 Serenity, 全景攝影 Panoramic Photography
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
夏日熱度 Summer Heat / 香港馬鞍山海濱長廊360度全景之寧 Hong Kong Ma On Shan Promenade 360-degree Panoramic Serenity / SML.20130630.6D.17608-SML.20130630.6D.17682-Pano.i68.360x136.Spherical
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #全景 #Pano #Panorama #SMLPano #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #山水 #landscape #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan #promenade #sun
Another HDR version of the Federal Saguenay, Thunder Bay's first ocean going vessel to dock in 2009.
4 exposures tripod mounted with cold hands.
Sometimes I wonder why I don't bother with fishing when we go out to the lake. Then I come up with a shot like this and it reminds me.
Best view is always View On Black
I was going to PolyU to see a drama performance yesterday. Noting that I would pass through the Hung Hom MTR Station for this performance, I took the tripod and the Manfrotto 303SPH pano head with me so I can photograph the station on my way back home.
You can see that I have a similar shot earlier [1], which was a 360-degree pano shot without a panoramic head, and it was full of parallax error. But the earlier shot was done during rush hour so there were definitely more interesting things happening—you could do people watching, for example.
For this shot, the architecture is more pronounced, but more succinctly, you can see that although pano heads are not exactly cheap, they do serve a very functional purpose.
Stitched with 12 captures with the 6D + 17-40 f/4L. To accentuate the ceiling, these shots were angled 30-degree to the horizon, and thus require spherical projection to stitch accurately.
# References
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hung_Hom_Station
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-07-30T23:29:09+0800
+ Dimensions: 18741 x 4628
+ Exposure: 1/4 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 400
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ Accessories: Canon TC-80N3 remote release, Manfrotto 303 SPH panoramic head, Manfrotto tripod
+ Panorama FOV: 360 degree horizontal, 96 degree vertical
+ Panoramic Projection: Spherical
+ GPS: 22°18'10" N 114°10'56" E
+ Location: 香港紅磡火車站 (港鐵紅磡站) Hung Hom MTR Station, Hong Kong
+ Workflow: Autopano Giga 3.0, Lightroom 5
+ Serial: SML.20130730.6D.24926-SML.20130730.6D.24937-Pano.i12.360x96.Spherical
+ Series: 人流 Human Logistics, 建築 Architecture, 全景攝影 Panoramic Photography
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
# Notes
1. 紅磡火車站 Hung Hom MTR Station / 香港人流建築全景 Hong Kong Human Logistics Architecture Panorama / SML.20130527.6D.15067-SML.20130527.6D.15088-Pano.i22.360x97: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/9075901907/
港鐵紅磡站 Hung Hom MTR Station / 香港人流建築全景 Hong Kong Human Logistics Architecture Panorama / SML.20130730.6D.24926-SML.20130730.6D.24937-Pano.i12.360x96.Spherical
/ #人流 #HumanLogistics #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #全景 #Pano #Panorama #SMLPano #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #people #metro #MTR #station
A four exposure HDR that didn't quite look right in color. I tossed in a B&W conversion and tweaked a couple of curves here and there and other than a little crop to remove some bland sky, that's about it.
Another shot from last weekend's morning expedition out on the ice with Scotty and Megs
Most of these shots are best to View On Black
“When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.” ~ Ansel Adams
After dark shoot with Scotty and Meg produced some fine results. It was also cool to run into some members of the local Flickr Group who happened to be shooting the same location.
This is an 85 second exposure, tripod mounted (obviously), set to a shutter speed of bulb and triggered by wireless remote.
I think I'll be doing some more of these in the near future.
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© 2013 Thousand Word Images by Dustin Abbott
This is another image I have been sitting on for a while. It was from earlier this winter as the ice was forming on the river. A long exposure helped ensure deep and vivid colors, and I hand blended multiple exposures to get the tonality that you see here. It's been a while since I have seen a sunrise like this, as the last several weeks have been persistently grey and and overcast, so it seemed like a good time to share this image. Enjoy.
Technical info: Canon EOS 5DMKII, Tamron SP 24-70mm f/2.8 VC USD, Processed in Adobe Lightroom 4 and Photoshop CS5
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Here's a little "old school" magic. SMC Takumar 50mm f/1.4, wide open, straight out of the camera. Spring warmth, new buds, and lots of delicious bokeh.
Technical info: Canon EOS 60D, SMC Takumar 50mm f/1.4. All images straight out of camera
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Probably one of the better results while shooting with my 55-200mm Nikkor. It has no VR (vibration reduction) so hand held use is almost impossible. Attached to a good tripod however, the lens is a dream, capable of crystal clear results so long as you use a wireless shutter release or timer.
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internet finally started working so now i can add notes.
The only things I don't always carry in my bag the Nikon f90x, sigma 28-200mm and the Nikon 80-200mm.
Not shown: Epson v500 Umbrella, various cables, lowe pro mini trekker and tamrac expedition 7, Sunpak 522 along with misc cameras I've acquired such as a polaroid passport camera amongst others.
oh and all my darkroom chemicals and equipment
© 2012 Thousand Word Images by Dustin Abbott
I saw this old anchor while looking for a spot to capture the sunrise and knew it was the perfect, ahem, anchor element for this capture. You can see the forming ice on the river (this is December in Canada!) The ice will soon go from shore to shore. The color here is right out of the camera. I used a combination of filters to get this single exposure shot; a ND1000 ten stop filter and a neutral grad (3 stop) for slightly more than half of the exposure on the sky (I handheld a square filter).
Explore Info: Explored December 7th, 2012 at position 216
Technical info: Canon EOS 5D MKII, Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L, Haida Pro II MC ND1000 filter, Cokin ND8 graduated filter Processed in Adobe Lightroom 4 and Photoshop CS5
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