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Main Street : Some random shots along Main Street in Columbia, SC.

Some random shots along Main Street in Columbia, SC.

Updated: Mar 07, 2013 6:06pm PST

judesflowers-030113 : Two day study in light in our backyard. The sun was out and in most cases caused high contrast and bright lights. I used two approaches. One was to use a fill flash(high-speed sync. with high camera shutter speeds, i.e. 1/1600 sec.) in order to lighten the shadow, therefore decreasing the contrast and adjusting exposure/brightness accordingly. The second approach was to shoot using the Sony A77's capability to shoot in-camera HDR. Three shots are fired within less than a half second of -2 f-stop bias, 0, and +2 f-stop bias. Shadow exposures are set based on the +2 bias expose and the highlights are set using the -2 bias exposures. The in-camera processors processes the output of one HDR Jpeg from the 3-exposures.

Subjects in a bright, high-contrast, non-diffused light with light and/or highly reflective surfaces are particularly hard to deal with in photography. These make for good practice for shooting birds from the High Island blind this Spring on bright, sunny days. My backyard is oriented just like the situation at the blind.

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Two day study in light in our backyard. The sun was out and in most c ...

Updated: Mar 04, 2013 1:31pm PST

Ducks and Whoopers at Lamar Peninsula on 010613 : Jay and I made a 400 mile round trip to Lamar Peninsula to try to get some ducks in flight. When we arrived there were less than a dozen and one-half ducks there. The bonanza though was a male Bufflehead in breeding plumage with his mate and two Green-wing teal males. Normally there would be three to four dozen Pintails and Redheads on the lake and they would fly out over time in predictable paths allowing for fairly close shots in good light. The few Pintails and Redheads that were there gave as many opportunities for in flight shots in good light. As for the Green-wing Teal, they are afternoon opportunities. In the afternoon from about 2:30 PM to 5:00 PM the light is across the lake and if you stand at the edge of the reeds for cover and wait the Green-wing teal usually swim over to that side. Even so, you are afforded a shot at least half the distance across the lake as from the end of the lake by Beachfront Road. As for the divers, given patience and little motion, they eventually swim up toward the beach end of the lake where the deep water affords good diving and feeding. The opposite end has the depths for dabblers. Click on the 'Map This' button for a map of the lake's layout.

Usually on a day at that lake I would have at least 3000 shots, this day it was on 500. I have tried to post a sampling of what the day was like.

Ducks and Whoopers at Lamar Peninsula...

Jay and I made a 400 mile round trip to Lamar Peninsula to try to get ...

Updated: Jan 09, 2013 9:38am PST

Met Kees naar de Waal :

Met Kees naar de Waal

Updated: Dec 11, 2012 9:36am PST

Surf H-67, 07 juillet 2012 : Surf sur le fleuve Saint Laurent à Montréal -
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Surf H-67, 07 juillet 2012

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Surf sur le fleuve Saint Laurent à Montréal - richard9@contact.net

Updated: Oct 08, 2012 10:41am PST

surf H67 - 19 août 2012 : Surf sur le fleuve Saint Laurent à Montréal -
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surf H67 - 19 août 2012

Richard Tessier (RichardTessierPhoto)

Surf sur le fleuve Saint Laurent à Montréal - richard9@contact.net

Updated: Oct 08, 2012 10:36am PST

Grand Ridge Community Fest 2012 :

Grand Ridge Community Fest 2012

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Updated: Sep 03, 2012 11:53pm PST

Judy's Flowers - ISO50 and fill-flash on 072712 : Exploring the use of the on-camera flash used as fill flash.

Judy's Flowers - ISO50 and fill-flash...

Exploring the use of the on-camera flash used as fill flash.

Updated: Jul 28, 2012 5:32am PST

Jacob and Josh Swim and Dive on 072612 : A new crack at taking better pictures of the two youngest grandsons swimming and diving. I used a circular polarizing lens and shot most of the shots a F2.8 so I could get shutter speeds up high enough to stop action. Wasn't possible before last November.

Jacob and Josh Swim and Dive on 072612

A new crack at taking better pictures of the two youngest grandsons sw ...

Updated: Jul 26, 2012 1:13pm PST

Juni 2012 :

Updated: Jul 24, 2012 1:33pm PST

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