06-JUL-2012
Our Street in HDR
I went to my usual spot at the end of our street thinking I might get a nice after-sunset-pastel sky. It was sort of there, and I fired off 3 shots thinking I might try a hand held HDR with my new Nik Eflex HDR. I am more impressed than I was a few days ago.
04-JUL-2012
Washington, DC, July 4th Fireworks
We were privileged to be able to view the fireworks from the historic Arlington House on top of the hill in Arlington Cemetery. It was a great view.
02-JUL-2012
Home Court
The sky looked ominous again this evening but there were no storms.
01-JUL-2012
Neighborhood Yellow
From a walk through the neighborhood to look at damage from the storm. Fortunately, there wasn’t much.
30-JUN-2012
Praise the Generator
We lost electric power when the derecho storm hit the Washington, DC area last Friday night. This is essentially a snap shot of the gray box which has made life easier for us, a 13kw generator feeding the house’s electrical system. Unfortunately, it is not big enough to run the air conditioner, but at least we have fans and water. Praise the gray box.
29-JUN-2012
102 Degrees
It seems that this is going to be a very hot summer.
28-JUN-2012
Balanced
I decided to play with water drops tonight. I need to get more creative with my backgrounds.
27-JUN-2012
Creativity Crisis
I could not have said it better.
26-JUN-2012
Sky and Trees
This isn’t much of a single image, but it was a windy day with low humidity and I thought the puffy clouds moving overhead needed to be captured with a time lapse video. I am very new at this art form and have a lot to learn, but it is very intriguing. I realize that in this one I needed a slower shutter speed yet, (I was at ¼ sec at f22) and a smaller interval between shots. It will be fun to learn more. My wife just noted that maybe on the next one I could watch grass grow.
I will post a link to the video when Vimeo has finished processing it.
25-JUN-2012
Tufted Titmouse
At least I think that is what this little guy is. I am not much of a birder, but it was fun waiting by the feeder this afternoon and watching them.
24-JUN-2012
3200 Feet over Maryland or maybe Pennsylvania
I have taken this kind of shot hundreds of times. The tonal range is huge between the instrument panel and the outside. Pick one for the exposure. I was carrying my 30D today and had the simple idea to pop up the little mostly useless flash. Given the lay out of the cabin I can only hold the camera over my head and hope for the best. This is about it.
23-JUN-2012
Life is a Bowl of Cherries
A twist on my previous strawberry image. I learned cherries sink faster than strawberries, for what its worth. I went with a large aperture to blur the background, but in the future I will go a bit smaller to give me more depth of field to work with.