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Remnants

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In The Yard – ITY08

What I love about this image is the various contrasting elements. There is the crisp, focused head of the goldenrod contrasted with the blurry, unrecognizable background. And then there is the light to dark contrasting layers of the background.  Once I tell you the background is the pasture and barn next door you can make out the shapes but before that it is a blur of colors.  This is the type of image I use to capture when I started photography and one I don’t return to often enough.  Another in my In The Yard series…

 

MLCreations Photography: Blog Post Related &emdash; Remnants

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

The Light & Dark of It

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Onondaga Lake Park

I have driven by the top end of Onondaga Lake Park for as long as I have lived in Central New York. Since I have been doing this photography thing I have been thinking to myself that I need to stop and explore this park. Well, it only took four years for me to make it there…

On Saturday my daughter had the Biology GRE test at Onondaga Community College. Although she has been enjoying her independence with the car I wasn’t sure even I could find my way to the college without some help from the GPS and who wants to fight a drive to an unknown location before a big test? I took the opportunity to go exploring after I dropped her off at the college. I had about four hours to myself, so the expansive park was all mine to explore.  I started at the main entrance off Route 370 just North of Destiny USA.

This image is one of the first views that caught my eye.  I loved the varying shades of blue and the reflection of the trees.  It didn’t hurt to have the stone wall leading toward my subject trees either.  Typically I would have stayed with a landscape orientation but by flipping to portrait I was able to focus in more on the trees and their reflection while using the wall as a contrasting angle and leading line.

 

MLCreations Photography: Blog Post Related &emdash; The Light & Dark of It

The Light & Dark of It
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 1/200s, 14mm, f/11, ISO 200

Bokeh Barb

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Squared – SQ89
In The Yard – ITY07

While I was away on a business trip I had some extra time in the morning before I needed to head over to the supplier I was visiting so I was able to read a few more articles every morning. One article in particular at Digital Photography School lead me down a path and has me thinking a little more about how and what I photograph. It was Do Visual Push-Ups Everyday to Grow as a Photographer by Valérie Jardin.  This of course brought me to her website and now another photographer I will be checking in on to read more articles.

What really struck me was the projects she uses to keep herself learning and exploring.  The I thought about all the various projects or themes I have started over the past few years and how I do not keep them going.  I get caught in trying to capture the big, beautiful sunset or the expansive landscape and forget about the little images all around me.

Last night after I got home from the trip and unpacked everything I grabbed the camera for a walk around the yard.  There were quite a lot of opportunities and I decided I need to work on my In The Yard series.  Images I capture while walking my yard and fields around the house.  Of course, the first one I really liked was from the barbed wire fence.  I guess you can’t break with tradition…

 

MLCreations Photography: Squared &emdash; Bokeh Barb

Bokeh Barb
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro, 1/250s, f/2.8, ISO 200

Wordless Wednesday: Crane Alert

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Melbourne, Florida
Squared – SQ88

 

MLCreations Photography: Blog Post Related &emdash; Crane Alert

Crane Alert
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 1/1250s, 40mm, f/5.6, ISO 200

Sorcerer Monorail 2

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Monorail Monday

Although I only went to a Disney park on one day my last trip to Florida I managed to satisfy my monorail hunting addiction. I enjoyed Epcot and the International Flower & Garden Festival but looking through my 300 images from that day I really did obsess over those dang monorails.

Disney once again placed the Sorcerer Mickey topiary in the plaza between the Imagination and Land pavilions so I think I was obligated to capture it with a monorail in the background. I mean, you have to have one on the monorail track if it is in your picture, right? That is a rule, isn’t it? Someone back me up… LOL.

I tried something a little different with the processing of this image.  Along with my normal work flow I added a little radial blur around the edges to bring the focus back to the center of the image.  I did this as the composition did not have any way of directing your eye to my intended subject(s).  I might be pushing this image a little by calling it a Monorail Monday shot, but hey, it is worth a try.  I do like this topiary display.  😉

 

MLCreations Photography: Epcot &emdash; Sorcerer Monorail 2

Sorcerer Monorail 2
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 1/400s, 15mm, f/11, ISO 200

Delta Lake Evening

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Delta Lake State Park

Last night I stopped over to Delta Lake State Park to see what I could find during the sunset. Still a little windy and cold outside but the were plenty of opportunities for images. I walked my little route from the beach around through the woods between the shore and the picnic areas. I was still a little early for the new growth to be photogenic but that just gives me a reason to go back.

 

MLCreations Photography: Squared &emdash; Getting Ready

Getting Ready
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 1/160s, 27mm, f/11, ISO 200

 

MLCreations Photography: Blog Post Related &emdash; Follow the Water

Follow the Water
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 1/160s, 27mm, f/11, ISO 200

 

MLCreations Photography: Landscapes &emdash; Sunset Rays

Sunset Rays
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 1/123s, 12mm, f/16, ISO 200

 

MLCreations Photography: Monochrome &emdash; Reflection Chute

Reflection Chute
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 1/50s, 12mm, f/11, ISO 200

The Duck Family

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International Flower & Garden Festival, Epcot, Walt Disney World

 

MLCreations Photography: Blog Post Related &emdash; Miss Daisy

Miss Daisy
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 1/100s, 27mm, f/11, ISO 200

 

MLCreations Photography: Blog Post Related &emdash; The Nephews

The Nephews
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 1/320s, 19mm, f/11, ISO 200

 

MLCreations Photography: Blog Post Related &emdash; Donald and Family

Donald and Family
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 1/250s, 23mm, f/11, ISO 200