Category Archives: Experimental
Project 100: Photograph Eighteen
Downtown Manitou Springs provides a wealth of photographic opportunities. Also a little practice in panning (Which as you can see, I need more 
).
Project 100: Photograph Fifteen
Project 100: Photograph Eight
Sometimes, things aren’t quite in focus.
Minnesota Photo Project: Week 14
I took this at one of our local parks while the kiddos were running around. You never know what interesting things you will find around you.
Exposure: 1/400 sec, Aperture: f/2.0, Focal Length: 50mm, ISO 100
Minnesota Photo Project: Week 8
While taking some pictures of our kids outside on one of the few warmer days we’ve had, I noticed my daughter’s pine cone birdfeeder she had made in preschool. It was a breezy so I had to shoot quick to avoid too much motion blur. Once in Lightroom, I noticed several had some decent blue for the sky but overall, the shot was a bit boring so I mixed things up a bit to give it a much different look.
Exposure: 1/1000 sec, Aperture: f/2.0, Focal Length: 50mm, ISO 100
Minnesota Photo Project: Week 1
It’s been a cold January thus far (is it spring yet) and on one of our cold nights, I noticed this bit of frost on one of our windows. I waited until the next morning and used the macro function of my 28-135mm (memo to self: add macro lens to wish list) to capture this photograph. I used the Direct Positive present in LR2 to make the background blue and the frost to stand out a bit more.
Exposure: 1/50 sec, Aperture: f/5.6, Focal Length: 135mm, ISO 400
52 Week Project: Week 50
I had a night out in Lincoln, NE back in October and found a parking garage I could use as a tripod to practice some traffic light trails. I haven’t done a lot of night time photography but will pursue more when it gets a bit warmer out.
Exposure: 2.5 sec, Aperture: f/7.1, Focal Length: 28mm, ISO 100
52 Week Project: Week 48
This barn constantly catches my attention (or torments me) every time I drive by it. It’s a amazing setting but I’ve yet to grab what my eye sees. This is a HDR composite of five images that I’m still not thrilled about due to not having a dynamic enough sky and it’s a bit “busy” with too much going on. It’s a good reminder not to have too much in a photograph to distract the viewer. Perhaps next time.
52 Week Project: Week 46
I spent a couple of days in North Dakota last week and on my drive back, stopped to enjoy the sunset. I found this railroad crossing and was taking a few pictures that didn’t turn out. I was too lazy to grab my 430EX and opted to use the on-camera flash of the 50D to experiment a little on the crossing sign.
I think at this point in my photographic journey, this sign represents a crossroads of sorts in figuring out what I want to do not only with this blog but with photography in general. More to come…
Exposure: 1/125 sec, Aperture: f/7.1, Focal Length: 56mm, ISO 100, Flash Exposure Compensation: -2.0
52 Week Project: Week 35
This entrance light to the ore docks at Two Harbors has made an appearance on my blog way back in what seems like the dark ages when I wasn’t paying attention to composition (rule of thirds, anyone?). I was back in Two Harbors in July and had some nasty, harsh noontime sun, which made shooting a bit difficult for a second chance at this light.
After doing a little post production work, I decided to try some extreme changes and actually kinda liked how this version came out. I feel it gives a grainy texture to it and it looks like it was shot on some old film. I wouldn’t make a print of this but was a good exercise in getting me out of my comfort zone.
Exposure: 1/600 sec, Aperture: f/11.0, Focal Length: 135mm, ISO 200
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