Category Archives: landscape

Sunflowers

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Wagner Farms, Rome, NY

It is sunflower time! Well, it is definitely time to visit Wagner Farms in Rome, NY. A friend at work sent me a link to Wagner Farms and their annual sunflower weekends. How could I resist something like this? Especially considering I’m only 10 minutes away from the farm.

Last night was about the perfect time to go. Sunset was going to be dramatic with the encroaching clouds and the temperature/humidity was in that sweet spot for summer. They do it up right. Food, music, games, events and even a wagon ride out into the fields for those with accessibility concerns. With my camera in hand I walked out into the sea of sunflowers. I’m keeping this place on my calendar for the next few weekends, definitely worth returning to the fields as the season progresses…

  

MLCreations Photography: Blog Post Related &emdash; Minions

Minion
Olympus E-M1 Mark III, M. Zuiko 12-100mm f/4, 1/160s, 24mm, f/8, ISO 200

  

MLCreations Photography: Blog Post Related &emdash; All About Me

All About Me
Olympus E-M1 Mark III, M. Zuiko 12-100mm f/4, 1/320s, 21mm, f/8, ISO 200

  

MLCreations Photography: Blog Post Related &emdash; Sunflower Dreams

Sunflower Dreams
Olympus E-M1 Mark III, M. Zuiko 12-100mm f/4, 1/100s, 38mm, f/8, ISO 200

  

MLCreations Photography: Blog Post Related &emdash; Sunflower Sea

Sunflower Sea
Olympus E-M1 Mark III, M. Zuiko 12-100mm f/4, 1/125s, 12mm, f/11, ISO 200

  

MLCreations Photography: Blog Post Related &emdash; Sunflower Sunset

Sunflower Sunset
Olympus E-M1 Mark III, M. Zuiko 12-100mm f/4, 1/160s, 38mm, f/11, ISO 200

Mill St. Silhouette

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Bellamy Harbor

  

MLCreations Photography: Blog Post Related &emdash; MillStSilhouette

Mill St. Silhouette
Olympus E-M1 Mark III, M. Zuiko 12-100mm f/4, 0.6s, 47mm, f/11, ISO 200

 

Low Water Reveals

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Delta Lake State Park

It was another beautiful evening at Delta Lake. A little crowded for my liking, but it isn’t like I can kick them out, right? I can’t kick them out? No, I know, I can’t. It would have been a perfect sunset to capture the trees on the point in the corner of the beach area but it looked like a family had taken up residence there so I searched for a different view.

The extremely low water level has exposed quite a lot of the shoreline. Normally, the big rock in this image is barely visible in the water. The water in the lake will not be back to normal until next Spring. I’m hoping for another good sunset today and maybe if I’m lucky there will not be anyone out on the point. I would love another capture of those trees backlit by the sunset.

  

MLCreations Photography: Blog Post Related &emdash; Low Water Reveals

Low Water Reveals
Olympus E-M1 Mark III, M. Zuiko 12-100mm f/4, 1/125s, 12mm, f/11, ISO 200

 

Across the Canal

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Bellamy Harbor Park from across the Canal
  

MLCreations Photography: Blog Post Related &emdash; Across the Canal

Across the Canal
Olympus E-M1 Mark III, M. Zuiko 12-100mm f/4, 1/20s, 12mm, f/11, ISO 200

 

Bellamy Harbor Morning

Posted by Mike on

Bellamy Harbor, Rome, NY

As I was driving through Rome on my way to work yesterday morning I felt a constant pull of the rising sun. Officially, sun rise had not occurred but the colors in the Eastern sky were calling me. It didn’t surprise me when the car turned right and I drove to Bellamy Harbor.

It is a favorite destination of mine, especially when there are a few low hanging clouds to catch the changing colors. There is a small parking area on the Western side of the park and an area near the canal gates that lets you see the whole park. I setup the tripod and grab a familiar view.

Once I stop and actually look around I notice the moon and Venus in the morning sky. Well, I couldn’t let this opportunity slip away from me. I try a capture in portrait orientation which allows me to zoom in a little and get the celestial objects in the frame. This highlights the colors in the sky and water but the focus feels too narrow to me. I switch back to a landscape orientation and grab another capture. Although this puts the moon a lot smaller in the frame the scale feels better to me.

The last thought I have is to do a panoramic view of the entire harbor. I’ve done this a number of times from this spot at the harbor. I can’t help myself, I set the camera back to portrait orientation and adjust the tripod so the head stays level while I rotate it. To get the sequence right it is best to switch to manual mode on your camera. Find the mid-point of the dynamic range and adjust your exposure. It takes seven images to capture the whole of the harbor.

I like how the pano will turn out. I can see it already, even before I process everything. There will be a transition from left to right from a darker, almost night image to a colorful sunrise image. The change from night to day in one view. I wasn’t disappointed once I created the panoramic…

   

MLCreations Photography: Blog Post Related &emdash; Harbor Color

Harbor Color
Olympus E-M1 Mark III, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 0.6s, 23mm, f/11, ISO 200

   

MLCreations Photography: Blog Post Related &emdash; Venus and the Moon

Venus and the Moon
Olympus E-M1 Mark III, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 0.3s, 19mm, f/11, ISO 200

   

MLCreations Photography: Blog Post Related &emdash; Harbor Sky

Harbor Sky
Olympus E-M1 Mark III, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 0.3s, 13mm, f/11, ISO 200

   

MLCreations Photography: Blog Post Related &emdash; Slowly Rises

Slowly Rises
Olympus E-M1 Mark III, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 0.6s, 15mm, f/11, ISO 200