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SmugMug > keywords > tripod > Horseshoe Bend. A 180-degree turn of the Colorado River. This is a difficult subject because its so big and the contrast is incredible. Shot with the Nikon 14-24 at 14mm.
SmugMug > keywords > tripod > Upper Antelope Canyon. Bronica SQAi with Provia 100F.
SmugMug > keywords > tripod > Tomato and vines laid out in a shooting cube, great lighting provided by mother nature. Shot straight down with my Zeiss 50mm MF f1.4 and Nikon D300 using tripod
SmugMug > keywords > tripod > June 16, 2009; Day 45. Act Tower. Today was a busy work day and all the photography was confined to the evening. We explored the public area around the Act City Tower, which closes down in sections, some as early as 7pm and everything completely locked up by 9pm. Luckily we were able to get some shots of the Hamamatsu rail station in perfect storm-dusk light. This shot was taken just before the sky opened up and the rain chased us out before the police could. The remaining shots from Day 11 of my Japan trip start here. Raw: Color Temperature: 7500K; Tint: 0 Raw: Exposure: +0.35 Raw: Brightness: +51; Contrast: +49 Raw: Vibrance: +60 Raw: Saturation: +4 PS: Curves: Linear Contrast preset PS: Curves: Adjustment for Velvia effect PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
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SmugMug > keywords > tripod > June 10, 2009; Day 39. Rainscape. This is a shot from my hotel room of the city of Hamamatsu. The heart of the city featuring the bus and train stations are on the other side of the building, but this view is not too bad. The handful of Day 5 shots I was able to take start here. PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
SmugMug > keywords > tripod > May 26, 2009; Day 24. Shooter’s Block. Tonight I tried to complete the assignment for my Thursday photography class. That assignment was to find a colorful subject and shoot it every hour, observing how the light changes through the day. Unfortunately, I only had between 6:30-9:30 this evening to do this, so it was more of a study of how the dusk sky changes rather than the more interesting study of the color of sunlight. This was a potential set-up for the assignment. I quickly realized that it wouldn’t work because you need some artificial light to compare against the waning natural light. As a subject, it’s OK, but there are no doubt better ways to show “old wheelbarrow in front of old shed.” I may explore it. Raw: Crop: 9.4MP Raw: Color Temperature: 7350K; Tint: +2 Raw: Recovery: 100 Raw: Fill Light: 20 Raw: Saturation: +8 PS: Curves: Linear Contrast preset PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
SmugMug > keywords > tripod > May 25, 2009; Day 23. The Redwood. Early on our last morning in Vermont, I found a crisp and clean sky far from city lights. Immediately I thought it might be fun to capture this building under star trails. I had no idea whether Polaris would be present in this shot or not. Almost all of the lights in this house can be dimmed and all that are visible here are set quite low. A constant porch light just out of frame below the right side of this house is pointing down onto gravel; the reflection from that is illuminating the trees to the right. The shutter was open for nearly 52 minutes, the longest I have yet imposed upon the D700. On this camera I can disable long exposure noise reduction and have done so here. That’s why there is noise in the sky. If I could have stayed up all through the night I might have tried the same exposure again with noise reduction turned on and compared. Mostly I’d want to see how much detail is lost by the reduction, if any. Of course now that I know where Polaris is, I'd have re-positioned the tripod slightly. Next time. Vacation ended with a trip to the Cabot Creamery annex store in Stowe to get a month or two’s worth of Vermont cheddar, which could be the finest cheese on Earth. We also enjoyed watching a very experienced glass blower make a beautiful vase starting with a few wads of molten glass, an apprentice, and a 2100-degree crucible. Overall, it was a very enjoyable weekend and I’m almost sorry that it was over so quickly. Alas, real life beckons in just a few hours. Raw: Color Temperature: 3050K; Tint: +3 Raw: Recovery: 100 Raw: Blacks: 7 Raw: Contrast: +55 Raw: Saturation: +8 PS: Curves: Linear Contrast preset PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
SmugMug > keywords > tripod > May 20, 2008; Day 18. Why I Don’t Use Weed Killer. If you’d have told me a few years ago that I’d be sneaking into the neighbor’s unmowed yards to gather dandelion seed pods, I’d tell you that you were crazy. But I’ve done it twice now. My pods were mowed down last weekend and haven’t returned, yet. I’m pod-happy because tonight I wanted to recreate one of Oliver’s superb macro shots. I was shocked when I noticed that Oliver’s shot was taken at f/11. There are a couple of differences that help him do this: he’s a little further away from the subject and his camera has a crop sensor. Otherwise, we both have 68mm of extension tubes mounted on our lenses. Oliver’s lens is 100mm which should be an effective 160mm on his crop sensor. My lens is the 90mm macro focused at 1:1. Now that I’ve done this I must say that I like both shots. Still, mine is at f/22 which some would say now suffers from diffraction. I also have serious vignetting but only in the extreme corners. This must be due to the extension tubes. I've shot plenty of 1:1 subjects and not noticed this before. Someday soon I will try this with the D70 see what happens. Raw: Color Temperature: 5700K; Tint: -3 Raw: Recovery: 4 Raw: Blacks: 8 Raw: Brightness: 0; Contrast: +51 Raw: Saturation: +10 PS: Healing Brush to remove much sensor dust (needs cleaning) PS: Curves: Medium Contrast preset PS: Lab a channel adjustment: “Soft light” at 50% opacity PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
Horseshoe Bend. A 180-degree turn of the Colorado River. This is a difficult subject because its so big and the contrast is incredible. Shot with the Nikon 14-24 at 14mm.
> Horseshoe Bend. A 180-degree turn of the Colorado River. This is a difficult subject because its so big and the contrast is incredible. Shot with the Nikon 14-24 at 14mm.
Horseshoe Bend. A 180-degree turn of the Colorado River. This is a difficult subject because its so big and the contrast is incredible. Shot with the Nikon 14-24 at 14mm.
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