Water Grass

Posted by Mike on April 23, 2013

Water Grass
Nikon D5100, Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6, 1/4s, 200mm, f/25, ISO 100

Thirds

Posted by Mike on April 22, 2013

Thirds
Nikon D5100, Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6, 1/10s, 82mm, f/20, ISO 100

Washed Ashore

Posted by Mike on April 18, 2013

I know I am addicted to books. I rarely throw a book away or even give it away. I have been known to loan out a book but if I do I will be after you to get it back to me. When I started down this photography journey I immediately turned to books. I wanted to read about this new joy of mine. To learn as much as I could.

And I don’t just borrow them from the library, I buy them. They become part of my collection. Imagine my joy when after receiving one of David duChemin’s books from my kids for Christmas I discovered his Craft & Vision website. I found the eBooks! Admittedly I went a little nuts. I’m still working my way through reading all the ones I downloaded.

I recently finished Andrew Gibson’s book Slow – The Magic of Long-Exposure Photography. I have known about and even attempted some long exposure images but reading this book really opened my eyes to new possibilities. I’m no reviewer so I will defer to Scott Thomas at Views Infinitum who reviewed this book last November.

Here is another image from my night at Delta Lake which is a result of Gibson’s eBook…

Washed Ashore
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 5s, 19mm, f/18, ISO 100

And the same image in its original color version…

Washed Ashore – Color Version
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 5s, 19mm, f/18, ISO 100

Water over the…

Posted by Mike on April 17, 2013

Ever since the first day I started exploring the dam at Delta Lake I have wanted to capture an image with the water flowing over the dam. I realized Monday night after capturing the sunset images that the water was probably high enough in the lake to make this a possibility. Sure enough, I drove past the dam on my way home and the conditions were right!

I made up my mind as I drove home to return Tuesday after work. Of course the weather decided to spoil my chances. My daughter had a dentist appointment late in the afternoon yesterday so I asked her if she was up for a small adventure rather than go straight home. There was still a slight sprinkle in the air but I wasn’t positive the rain would wait for after dinner. We were able to stay for about 15 minutes before we had to get back to the car.

It was such a cool thing to see (and hear)!