With the return of Spring and the migrating birds there is always the chance of getting in some backyard bird shooting. Due to the way may yard is arraigned, one of the best shooting spots is from in the kitchen with the window open and the screen off the window. Needless to say after a…
I was asked today if I could come up with some images for a show that will be running in June. I was very happy to get the invitation as the show is at one of the galleries covered on the Eugene First Friday Art Walk.They are looking for “fine art” type images and are really leaning towards black and white.
What a shame! Asking me for black and whites.. The kind of request I love. I am entering one pretty recent image. Actually it is hanging in a current show. I will be entering two images that are old stand by’s for me. They both date back to 2005. The images are below. Please feel free to comment on them.
In many locations the saying “April showers bring May flowers” is a very real thing. Here in the Willamette Valley of Oregon the blooms start well before May with some of them starting as early as February. This yellow tulip was just about bloomed out but I did manage to fine one petal that was…
I think Earth Day is one of the better ideas they have come up as far as special days to celebrate. They have golf day, coffee cup day, wash your dog day and so many others that they are starting to overlap. I feel Earth Day is one of the needed ones.
This is really a cause that needs more discussion being that humans have determined to overpopulate the earth and destroy it. While man tries to keep the universe from evolving to keep the earth from changing they can’t figure out how to put a candy bar wrapper or an empty water bottle back in their pocket and carry it back to their fancy car that they spent 10’s of thousands of dollars on so they can end pollution. Throw the trash on the ground but the air will be clean! How many tons of coal did they burn in Japan or Korea to build the car that will save the world while they drive around throwing McDonald’s bags out the window.
Alright, I’m done ranting. I hope you enjoy the photographs. They are a mix of my work from the deserts of California to the glaciers of Alaska. Please remember, take only photographs and memories. Leave only foot prints and if you leave the trail please watch where you step.
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A project from a while back. Images of my ’56 Stude shot for monochrome and square format. It was shot with a Canon 40 D and I used two lenses. The Canon 50mm F1.8 and the old 100mm Macro F2.8. Don’t forget that polarizing filter! They are both fun lenses to work with. Hope you enjoy!
These are my digital entries for our monthly club competition at Emerald Photographic Society. Categories in order from left to right are Moods, Pictorial and Nature. (Quick note, there is no HDR in these.)
This image was taken at Seal Rock. Seal Rock can be found about half way between Yachats and Newport. The best time, I think, to go to Seal Rock is at very low tides. Minus tides are the hard to beat. If you are going to go out exploring and photographing the tidal pools please…
I had a feeling before I ever started playing with HDR that it was going to be addictive. I was right. This is another image where I used a single file and created my over and under files in Lightroom and worked from there. Hope you enjoy. Have a great weekend.
I wasn’t going to play with HDR. I really wasn’t. For those of you not in the know, HDR stands for high-dynamic-range and it is all about the lighting, shadows and highlights and in some cases, really playing with color. I really wasn’t. On one hand I could see where it could be very beneficial…