Don’t ask me why I’ve suddenly starting replacing “the” with “da” for my beach shots. I have no idea. Must be time to up my meds. Here’s another difficult beach shot, this time made even more difficult by converting to b & w. But at least my subject’s interesting — well, at least to me. Not sure why, really. Guess it doesn’t much matter. Hope you like it.
Feather caught in a light web against my window … texture added.
Feather-Light
Project 365 ~ Day 208
One of the most difficult things for me to shoot is the beach on a clear day. I can never find anything interesting enough to work with. It’s just a band of blue sky interrupted by a band of beige sand. If I’m lucky something will be going on that will be interesting enough to justify keeping the shot. Here’s one I happen to like. The little kid’s folks were just off to the left on a bench, but it looks like he’s out on his own, doesn’t it. I thought it was cute, what with the little chair and all. Hope you like it.
It has been a hot and dry summer so far and with very low water levels and I have been able to get some interesting shots.With the extraordinary low water there are more rocks exposed and more color.
A couple of days ago I drove up the Westbranch behind Webbwood to explore the Wakonassin River.I drove up to the 37 mile mark on gravel roads where I started hiking.I have found that you will walk many a mile sometimes before an interesting composition presents itself.Because of the low shutter speeds I shot at,the wind is a constant problem.One must be very patient and wait till the wind stops blowing. I have stayed at a setup for an hour or more waiting for that wind to stop.I am forever watching the trees waiting for the calm to come.At times you may only get a few seconds or a few minutes to get that photo.Be sure that there is no ripple on the water if it is reflections you are looking at.I will at times bring my fishing pole and fish while I am waiting for the wind to abate or the lighting to change.
I was walking downstream when I noticed some nicely colored rocks at the back end of a bend in the river.There was a fair amount of reflection of the rocks into the river.As the water is constantly moving you will never get a perfect reflection here.But that is okay.You will also notice that the predominant color is green in this photo.The trees are also reflecting into the water giving a green cast.There was a cedar tree in the foreground that I used to give depth and also to add more contrast and shadows to break up the background.I also have a boulder to the right of the photo that helped break up the green color and to again add depth.The old tree trunk on the left adds more interest to the photo,but I find the old tree on the right a bit of a hindrance but I can live with it.
This photo was shot at 115 mm at 1/5 sec @ f22.The wind as I have explained previously was a problem and I had to play the waiting game.I didn’t catch any Brook Trout that day but it still was a beautiful day to be in the wilderness.So until next time watch the wind and happy trails
This photo goes back to the G20 Summit. I was crossing the street at Dundas Square and casually turned my camera on these two guys. The younger kid noticed and started barking at me about taking his photo. I just walked on like he wasn’t talking to me. The funny part was there were like 20 cops on the other side of the street and they were all laughing at the scene unfolding. When I got to their side of the street one of them said, Hey not everyone’s gonna be happy about getting their photo taken, right?
Here’s another photo from yesterday’s outing. Today’s my last day with the free 30 day trial of Lightroom 3, unfortunately. I really have learned to appreciate it and now like it more than ACDSee. The only problem is it runs sooo painfully slow on my old computer. Now I’m thinking about buying a new ‘puter just for this. There’s no way in hell I could have gotten the above photo to come out in ACDSee the way it did using LR3. And this is just the type of manipulation I enjoy doing. Anyway, don’t be surprised if I end up with a new computer and LR3 in my near future. Hope you like the shot and post processing.
This photo was taken at one of the sites under construction for the upcoming 2015 Pan/Am Games. Toronto, unfortunately, won the bid to host these games — something we simply cannot afford. Simply put, they gave the games to a city on the verge of bankruptcy. Local taxes in Toronto have skyrocketed under Mayor Miller’s regime. Worse, our deficit is the highest in the city’s history. And our city council still spends like drunken sailors, as if all is fine. And what will the Pan/Am games bring to Toronto? A huge debt that will be passed down to our kids and their kids, along with outrageous tax increases to pay for this fiasco. Let us not forget, this is NOT the Olympics. Even if the city wasn’t being run into the ground by incompetent socialists, the Pan/Am games would still be a bad idea for Toronto. Until we elect people who can get our house in order, financially speaking, we should not be taking on any big projects. It’s that simple. But I did manage to catch this little photo. Hope you like it. Sorry about the rant.
Man, what a day! I mean, the weather was perfect. All that nasty humidity finally broke and although it was indeed hot, it wasn’t unbearable. Mauro called before noon to see if I was up for an outing of the photographic nature. I picked him up at 12:15 and we didn’t get home until almost 8:30 PM! Yikes! That’s a full 8 hours out and about snapping away. Of course we had to stop for the obligatory refreshments along the way too, which took time. Our whistles weren’t going to wet themselves, right? We went to Toronto’s Distillery District then walked over to the harbour front. Tons of people and music and good times. I took many photos, as you can imagine. The above is the first from today. I should also mention that after our last beer stop I decided to throw caution to the wind and shoot the rest of the day in full manual mode. You know what? It’s GREAT! I think I’ll be shooting in manual from now on, at least for static images. With “on the fly” or moving targets I’ll probably need aperture or shutter priority so as not to miss the shot, but stationary objects are another story. I can’t get over just how simple manual is to use. It took me a few minutes to get the hang of it over a pint and by the time we were back on our way I was pretty much dialled up. The above shot was taken in full manual. Hope you like it. Also hope you had as much fun as Mauro and I did today.
I took this photo way back when I first got my camera. I think it was around the first of April, during an outing with Mauro. I didn’t think all that much of it, mind you, but after playing around with it in LR3, I think it came out nice. Hope you like it. Happy Sunday.
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