Stairs and Falls

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

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

The Forbidden One

WDW in B&W – WBW01
Animal Kingdom, Walt Disney World

 

MLCreations Photography: WDW in B&W &emdash; The Forbidden One

The Forbidden One
Nikon D5100, Nikkor 35mm f/1.8, 1/250s, f/16, ISO 400

Low Flow

Buttermilk Falls State Park

 

MLCreations Photography: Buttermilk Falls &emdash; Low Flow

Low Flow
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 5s, 15mm, f/16, ISO 200

At the Center

Monochrome Monday
Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World

 

MLCreations Photography: WDW in B&W &emdash; At the Center

At the Center
Nikon D7100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/100s, 17mm, f/5.6, ISO 800

Depth

In The Yard – ITY14

The other evening while I was in the yard playing with my macro lens I decided to try out a cool feature. I have written about exposure bracketing before, which is a technique for increasing the dynamic range in an image, well my Olympus camera has focus bracketing as well.

After I set my exposure and my focus point the camera will adjust the depth of the focus above and below that point capturing an image at each slice. It will then combine all the images into a single image with a larger depth of focus than possible with a single exposure. You can read a better explanation of the technique here at Digital Photography School.

 

MLCreations Photography: Blog Post Related &emdash; Depth

Depth
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro, 1/125s, f/5.6, ISO 200

Down the Drain

Buttermilk Falls State Park

 

MLCreations Photography: Buttermilk Falls &emdash; Down the Drain

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