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still all of my efforts, they fail me, leaving me broken and empty
i can't go on, half living this life on my own
explored #364
The first light of the day (about 11 AM) peeks over the ridge and illuminates the charcoal kilns at Canyon Creek, MT. These are 3 of the 23 kilns at the site. They were built in the late 1800's to supply the silver smelters at Glendale (now a ghost town) 5 miles down the road.
The kilns were located close to the timber, and according to the Beaverhead National Forest, more than 11,000 acres of wood were used to fuel the operation between 1880 and 1900 when the kilns and smelter were active.
Today, the kilns exist in various states of ruin, including 3 fully restored, whitewashed ones and some that are mere piles of rubble in an approximate ring. It is a delightful spot to visit, and if you go, you might very well be the only soul at the spot. I took my two boys (4 and 9) here on Saturday, and we had the place to ourselves the whole time we were there (about an hour).
Weekly Montana #8 11/5/2016
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Colorado
The Gunnison River, a tributary of the Colorado River, has a section of gorge that is extremely deep and very narrow with impressively sheer walls carved into Precambrian basement rock. It is said that certain parts of the gorge receive direct sun light for only a half hour a day, hence the name "Black Canyon".
This section of the canyon near the Painted Wall was being lit by the setting sun. The light colored streaks of rock in the canyon walls are pegmatite, a volcanic intrusion also from Precambrian times.
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis), taken in my garden in Derbyshire. I set up the camera on the tripod and used the wireless remote control to take shots as the finches flocked in to feed. This one looked straight into the lense and the low sun behind the camera helped with the lighting although as you can see the iso is still creeping up.
Through this photographic eye you will be able to look out on a new light-world, a world for the most part uncharted and unexplored, a world that lies waiting to be discovered and revealed.
-- Edward Weston
A nice little burst of sunshine, on our way up the steps and into the graveyard to put the Christmas wreath on my Mum and Dad's grave
Baily Lighthouse, Howth Head, County Dublin.
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Looking up the ramp to Platform 1 from the underground tunnel connecting to the other platforms at the Keswick Terminal.
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lighting maple leaves, Ogunijinja Shrine
小國神社
The trees are tall and you can enjoy the autumn colors.
樹高もあって秋の彩りを楽しめます。
Mori-machi, Shizuoka pref, Japan
Beautiful misted late evening winter light streaming through a once magnificent avenue of lime trees. Sadly many are now fallen and although replanted they will never look as stunning as they once did. Ah, such is life.
Shobrooke Park, Crediton, Devon
DIABLO LAKE DAM LIGHTING IN EVENING LIGHT
Diablo Dam is an Art Deco design by J. D. Ross (1872-1939). Height: 389′
Annual generation: 689,400,000 KWh
Did you know: At 389 feet tall, Diablo Dam was the tallest dam in the world at the time it was completed in 1930.
One of three dams along the upper Skagit River in Whatcom County, Washington and part of the Skagit River Hydroelectric Project that supplies Seattle with a large proportion of its power needs. The dam was built in Diablo Canyon, a gorge of solid granite with vertical walls rising 160 feet from the river bed, yet were less than 100 feet apart. Construction began in 1927, and was completed in 1930. The dam began generating electricity in 1936.
Just another assignment for my lighting class. Not too happy with the smoke, but it's not something I have total control over.
So here is my lighting set up....nothing extravagant. :)
One light, never a reflector.
Don't ask me about the light settings because no....gasp...I don't meter! :P I am a big time eyeballer. I look at my histogram and the back of my camera. I don't EVER even look at my light setting...couldn't even tell you what it said on the back of my light...I just move the lever up or down. I know, totally backwards! :) I normally use the same on camera settings for every newborn session....ISO 100...1/160 @ 3.2 w/ the 50 1.4.
For those of you who are comfortable with natural light you basically position the softbox where the window would be....kind of feathered in at a 45* angle, sometimes a little more in front. I know, easy for me to say, I feel the same way about shooting in natural light....feels so...ummm...UN-natural...sooooo out of my comfort zone. I like being able to just move my light if I need to and not have to move the baby! :)
That's it!
ETA: I have received some emails asking what to do if you have a smaller space to shoot in....well my space is a little over 12 ft. wide, and pretty long (26 ft), but it's 12ft. wide here in the space I'm shooting in. You can see in that first image, I'm way over in the corner...probably still have 3ft on the other side of the light, and the beanbag is at least 2ft. away from the wall. With the box being so close to the bean bag, I've set up in a 6ft wide area before...so it's doable! A smaller box will put out more dramatic lighting as will the Alien Bee boxes (I used to have one). I've never used a Larson, but from what I know about them you wouldn't feather the light at 45*, just keep at 90* with the back of the box even with the back of the beanbag. I BIG PUFFY HEART my Westcott though.
My bean bag was from beanbags.com, the Large vinyl size, I believe it was $130...but totally worth it.