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Future Tree

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Monorail Monday
Future World, Epcot, Walt Disney World

I am staying at Disney with today’s post as it was time for me to add another monorail image to my collection. Although I went to Epcot for the Flower & Garden Festival on my one day in March, I really enjoy grabbing images of the monorail throughout Future World. I did capture a few images of the monorail gliding through the flowers lining the area between Future World and World Showcase.

There is a wonderful contrast to the futuristic monorail and the organic feel of this area in front of The Land Pavilion that is a favorite.  I was very happy with the light on the tree and the almost perfect reflection in the water.  Of course, I had to put in a request very early for the puffy white clouds otherwise the sky would be very boring.

 

MLCreations Photography: Epcot &emdash; Future Tree

Future Tree
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 1/400s, 12mm, f/11, ISO 400

Climbing the Mountain

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Expedition Everest, Animal Kingdom, Walt Disney World

 

MLCreations Photography: Blog Post Related &emdash; Climbing the Mountain

Climbing the Mountain
Olympus OM-D E-M10, M. Zuiko 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 II R, 1/250s, 15mm, f/11, ISO 400

Cedar Bay

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Old Erie Canal State Park

I went exploring again the other day during lunch. I could not resist the beautiful blue skies and warming temps. I wanted to work my way down along the Old Erie Canal State Park trail to see what I could find. Looking via Google maps there were numerous places that held potential. Unfortunately there was construction at the parking area closest to the canal lock structures I really wanted to photograph so I ‘settled’ on the park at Cedar Bay.

I also was looking to play with a new filter system I received this week. I finally broke down and purchased a filter holder and a set of neutral density filters, a graduated ND filter and a circular polarizer filter that all work together. I like the filters by Vü Filters and their filter holder/system would work with my Olympus lenses.  The system was also a little less expensive than either the Lee or Cokin version. So far I have been happy with the purchase.

 

MLCreations Photography: Blog Post Related &emdash; Cedar Bay Park

Cedar Bay
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 1/60s, 17mm, f/16, ISO 200

On The Pier

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Melbourne Beach Pier

Today we return to Florida with an image from Melbourne Beach Pier. I am truly hooked by the coastal ways of Florida. I have been planning a trip back down sometime in late August to travel the eastern coast gathering images of lighthouses, marinas, bridges and of course piers. It probably doesn’t help that I have been following Kim Seng (Captain Kimo) almost from the start of my photography journey. I learned quite a lot from his HDR photography tutorials and recently I have been trolling his galleries looking for locations to visit on my next trip.

This image was another instance where I applied the finger filter method (where I block the sun with my finger to remove any lens flare from other parts of the image).  It was then a simple matter of combining the two images in Photoshop, making a few exposure adjustments and adding my normal tweaks.  This is another example of me trying to make my images feel more ‘alive’ by including people.

Time to get back to plotting out my path along the coast…  🙂

 

MLCreations Photography: Blog Post Related &emdash; On The Pier

On The Pier
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 1/100s, 27mm, f/16, ISO 200

Calm Reflection

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Wordless Wednesday
Delta Lake State Park

 

MLCreations Photography: Blog Post Related &emdash; Calm Reflection

Calm Reflection
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 1/80s, 12mm, f/16, ISO 200

In The Green

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Delta Lake State Park

In my post on Saturday I promised an image of the fresh green that is taking hold up at Delta Lake State Park. It has not dominated the landscape but near the waters edge I was able to find some good growth. I’m looking forward to the leaves filling out and completing the idyllic look for this park. As you know, I’ll keep you posted… 🙂

 

MLCreations Photography: Blog Post Related &emdash; In the Green

In The Green
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 1/50s, 12mm, f/16, ISO 200

Close-Up

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Squared – SQ92

Yesterday morning started off way better than the forecast had predicted. We were suppose to get some rain, possibly not until later in the day, but looking out the window there was no clue what was on the way. There was a nice heavy dew on the ground and because I was a little lazy about mowing my lawn I had an enormous amount of dandelions sprouting up everywhere. Yes, it was time to put the macro lens on the camera, dust off the tripod and go out dandelion hunting. OK, maybe it wasn’t as dramatic as all that and yes, I have been consistently shooting the little weeds, but it did sound nice, right?

I was looking for something a little different to capture. I also thought I would try the new focus stacking option of my camera. This is an option that will change the focal plane backwards and forwards from the initial location, combine all the images and output a file that has a greater band of in-focus in the image than would normally be possible. I did manage to get an image, but I am still processing it so you are being forewarned, it is coming… 🙂

Today’s image just looked cool to me.  The morning dew was hanging on the the dandelion and giving it a subdued look.  I focused on the seed at the center of the head but due to my orientation some of the white parachute ends are also in focus.  If you zoom in on the image you will be able to see all the water droplets clinging to the dandelion.

 

MLCreations Photography: Squared &emdash; Close-Up

Close-Up
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro, 1/80s, f/5.6, ISO 200

Sun Low

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Delta Lake State Park

The other night, after a day of almost record high temperature, I knew I had to go wander around Delta Lake State Park. I have been waiting for the green to arrive and wash away the over abundance of the color brown.  I did find some of my sought after color but I also could not ignore the color of the sunset.  I’ll manage to show some of that green in another post.

This image is taken right at the edge of the water looking through some of the grow that populates the northern end of the beach.  There was just enough of a breeze to give me a little movement on the surface of the water.  Before I headed out I changed the center column on my tripod to use the shorter version which allowed me to get the camera down within a few inches of the surface.  I really liked the low point of view.

 

MLCreations Photography: Blog Post Related &emdash; Sun Low

Sun Low
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 1/100s, 15mm, f/16, ISO 200