Author Archives: Mike

Hinckley Morning

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Hinckley Reservoir

The weather forecast was calling for a warm weekend. It also indicated that rain would be moving into my area in the afternoon. I took a chance that those conditions would produce a good sunrise up at Hinckley Reservoir. Although the thermometer was reading in the low teens I didn’t think it would affect my morning photography. Stupid me! I forgot about wind chill. I lasted about 30 minutes up at the reservoir before I gave up and jumped back into the car.

  

MLCreations Photography: Blog Post Related &emdash; Grand View

Grand View
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 6s, 24mm, f/11, ISO 200
8 image panoramic

  

I have captured numerous pictures over the years from my vantage point next to the dam. If you do a search for Hinckley on the blog you will get a sense of how often I return to this spot. Before I ventured down to my normal vantage point at the water’s edge I decided to try for a panoramic image of the entire scene. I didn’t quite have enough coffee in me as I neglected to turn the camera to its portrait orientation but I grabbed 8 images covering almost 180 degrees. FYI – turning the camera to portrait will require more images to capture your scene but you can capture more information top and bottom which will help when your software stitches the images together. If you are interested in the process, check out this article at Digital Photography School.

After getting all my images for the pano I went closer to the concrete columns frozen in the reservoir for my traditional image at Hinckley. If you did the search you will see these columns are typically the focus point of my pictures in this location. I think it is time for me to explore this area a little more and find the other views I am sure are here. Maybe next weekend…

 

MLCreations Photography: Blog Post Related &emdash; Frozen

Frozen
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M.
Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 2s, 13mm, f/16, ISO 200

Well-trodden Path

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Wordless Wednesday
Delta Lake State Park

  

MLCreations Photography: Blog Post Related &emdash; Well-trodden Path

Well-trodden Path
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 1/60s, 14mm, f/16, ISO 200

Dreary

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Old Erie Canal Park, DeWitt, NY

To work by 6am, 6 hours of working at the desk in preparation for an audit today, definitely needed to go for a walk during lunch. Although the sky was overcast and there was the constant threat of the drizzle turning into a straight up rain, I headed over to the park around the corner. I wanted another image of the pedestrian bridge over the canal and the best option was to create a panoramic. I turned the camera to portrait orientation and fired off three images to capture the scene. The day was practically monochrome to begin with so this was an obvious processing choice…

 

MLCreations Photography: Blog Post Related &emdash; Dreary

Dreary
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 1/15s, 12mm, f/16, ISO 200
3 image, portrait, panorama

Winter Rays

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Delta Lake State Park

I started Saturday at the Utica Marina but I ended up at my favorite stomping grounds, Delta Lake State Park. Practically balmy conditions made it easy to walk around the park with the snowshoes. It didn’t hurt that the sky has some great clouds to catch the light from the setting sun. Also, I’m always a sucker for a good reflection, even if it is only a muted trail of sunlight.

  

MLCreations Photography: Blog Post Related &emdash; Winter Rays

Winter Rays
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 1/160s, 14mm, f/16, ISO 200

Marina Morning

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Utica Marina

Yesterday was a get out of bed and find the sunrise morning. After working on my image for yesterday’s post I gathered up my gear and headed East in search of the sunrise. I could see the colors were going to be great but I needed a suitable subject. I wanted the barge canal in the image as I thought there would be open water somewhere along its route. The first few locations did not work for me, either the sunrise was in the wrong location or the ice was still on the canal. Finally I found my prize at the Utica Marina.

  

MLCreations Photography: Blog Post Related &emdash; Marina Morning

Marina Morning
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 1/4s, 31mm, f/16, ISO 200