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Morning in Rome

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Delta Lake Dam & Bellamy Harbor
Rome, NY

This was going to be the morning when I realized my sunrise concept from last weekend.  I allowed myself to sleep in a little so as not to get to the dam too early.  There were some clouds starting to move in so my hopes were high.  The first image is the one I envisioned.  The sun is far enough North to almost rise over the Delta Lake dam.  What I discovered after grabbing this image is that the viewing angle is too low.  There is more color and drama in the sky behind the dam, closer to the horizon.  I wasn’t about to climb a tree to get a better view.

I didn’t let it discourage me!  I packed up my camera and headed down to Bellamy Park in the South of Rome.  Every morning as I drive over the barge canal bridge on my way out of Rome I get a great view of the canal and the park as the sun is throwing color into the sky.  I was hoping I could get there before the sun crested the trees.

The first image is a single shot with my wide angle lens.  I was able to capture the kayak launch, the park and the view East along the barge canal.  And then I had another idea.  I rotated the camera into a portrait orientation and grabbed five images encompassing about 150 degrees of viewing angle.  This would be a very cool panoramic view.  This allowed me to bring the Mohawk River with the pedestrian bridge into the same view with Bellamy Park and the barge canal.

The last image is my pano.  When setting up to capture your images for a panoramic you have to remember to set your camera to manual mode.  You do not want the camera refocusing or adjusting the settings while you grab each image.  Once I had all five images it was an easy process job using Photoshop to merge them into my final image.

All in all I had a great morning at both ends of Rome, NY.  I even managed to be back home by 6:30am so I could start my laundry.  I know, not very exciting, but at least I can process images while the washing machine does all the work.  Now I have to get those clothes out on the line to dry…  🙂

 

MLCreations Photography: Landscapes &emdash; Dam Morning

Dam Morning
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 3.2s, 16mm, f/16, ISO 200

 

MLCreations Photography: Landscapes &emdash; Bellamy Park

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

 

MLCreations Photography: Landscapes &emdash; Mohawk Meets Barge Canal

Mohawk Meets Barge Canal
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 1/40s, 14mm, f/16, ISO 200

Hosta Worlds

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In The Yard – ITY19

I wasn’t sure how the evening would end as the clouds were not giving me much hope for a sunset. I had all but given up for the night when 30 minutes before the official sunset a thin layer of orange appeared between the clouds and the horizon. This is when I remembered watching a Bryan Peterson video in the morning about shooting macro photography in my backyard (well, I have been doing that and wanted to see what he had to say…). Definitely check out the video here.

I played with the concept from the video in my own way.  I think there are times I get caught up in trying to capture my next great image I forget I can go create an image that I want.  This little creation brought back my failed Saturday attempt and now I am planning to give it another try.  I think it will be worth the effort even if the image doesn’t turn out the way I expect, the fun is in the attempt…  🙂

 

MLCreations Photography: Floral &emdash; Hosta Worlds

Hosta Worlds
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro, 1/40s, f/5.6, ISO 800

Easing Into the Night

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Wordless Wednesday
Delta Lake State Park

 

MLCreations Photography: Blog Post Related &emdash; Easing into the Night

Easing Into the Night
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 40-150mm f/4-5.6, 1/125s, 40mm, f/16, ISO 200

Stairs and Falls

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Robert H. Treman State Park

 

MLCreations Photography: Monochrome &emdash; Stairs and Falls

Stairs and Falls
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 2.5s, 27mm, f/16, ISO 200

Space Mountain

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WDW in B&W – WBW02
Tomorrowland, Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World

Do you ever get a concept for an image in your head and then when you attempt to execute it just doesn’t look right? That was me yesterday morning. I had an idea for something I thought would look cool and the conditions appeared to be in my favor (at least at home). When I arrived at my locations the sky was clear with nothing to help add color and interest to my concept. I tried! I really did but it was just not working, so I bought some donut holes and went back home to drown my sorrows… LOL!

I’ll keep the concept in the back of my head for another day.

What you get instead is another look at my Walt Disney World in Black & White series. I’m including the original color version as well for this post as I think it works as an interesting image too. I like the starkness of the all white Space Mountain building against a cloud-filled sky with just a hint of additional color from the sign.  It might actually be a stronger image than my conversion to B&W.

 

MLCreations Photography: Blog Post Related &emdash; Space Mountain

Space Mountain
Nikon D5100, Nikkor 35mm f/1.8, 1/4000s, f/2.8, ISO 200

 

MLCreations Photography: WDW in B&W &emdash; Space Mountain - BW

Space Mountain
Nikon D5100, Nikkor 35mm f/1.8, 1/4000s, f/2.8, ISO 200