Category Archives: beach

Playground

Posted by Mike on

Delta Lake State Park is less than 10 minutes from my house. It has become my favorite playground with my camera. I can walk the trails there and still find interesting views to capture. Lately, the sunsets have just been incredible affording me great opportunities with the camera. Last night was another great end to a beautiful day.

This is one of the first images I captured as I walked onto the beach. I still had an hour until sunset but the light on the trees was too good to pass up. I decided this week to leave the 35mm lens on the camera and learn to find the best compositions without being lazy with the zoom lenses. It definitely gets you thinking and working the scene more. It was a great exercise for me!

Playground Nikon D5100, Nikkor 35mm f/1.8, 1/125s, f/8, ISO 200

Playground
Nikon D5100, Nikkor 35mm f/1.8, 1/125s, f/8, ISO 200

Wordless Wednesday: Hope is Lost

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Hope is Lost Nikon D5100, Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6, 1/640s, 145mm, f/8, ISO 200

Hope is Lost
Nikon D5100, Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6, 1/640s, 145mm, f/8, ISO 200

Thoughts of Summer

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Thoughts of Summer Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/100s, 46mm, f/16, ISO 100

Thoughts of Summer
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/100s, 46mm, f/16, ISO 100

Beachcomber

Posted by Mike on

Sitting on the edge of the beach waiting for the sun to set I spied this lone rock disturbing the sand. I couldn’t pass up the opportunity for a close-up. Luckily, I had done my research before I bought my tripod earlier this year. I made sure the legs reverse folded allowing me to get the camera very low to the ground. The wide angle lens gave me the close-up of the rock I wanted, and it still provided a nice view of the beach and sky. I knew I would be taking this one into Photomatix for a little HDR help so I used a 3 image exposure bracket to capture the scene.

Beachcomber
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, (1/40, 1/10, 0.4s bracket), 17mm, f/16, ISO 200

Wrong Blue Hour

Posted by Mike on

The week had been very hectic and long with having to deal with issues at work. I was definitely looking forward to the weekend. I had only been able to venture out with my camera during lunch and was thinking if the weather cooperated I would take a drive up to Sylvan Beach on Oneida Lake.

Saturday afternoon approached with everything lining up as I had hoped. There were some nice clouds in the sky, a slight haze to soften the light and my afternoon was free. I grabbed my daughter and we made the 40 minute drive to the lake. The conditions were a little worse at the lake and I only had a few minutes with the sun before it dove behind the incoming clouds.

This image was after it disappeared but still an hour before the official sunset. Technically it wasn’t in what would be called the blue hour but I do like the tone provided by the cloud cover. This is a portion of the break wall which separates the entrance to the barge canal and the beach area. I would have loved to get an image from the wall looking out into the lake but I couldn’t get around the fence. Don’t they trust us? 🙂

Wrong Blue Hour
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/3s, 70mm, f/22, ISO 200