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Image of the week #11

March 18, 2012 by admin | 2 Comments

The summer Milky Way over the Sierra Nevada from the Alabama Hills, this image was taken last August but I finally got around to processing it. This is a single image taken with a Samyang 14mm f2.8 lens at f2.8 and ISO 3200 with a Canon 5Dm2. The moon had just risen up behind me and that is what illuminated the foreground and the mountain range, this 30 second exposure makes it look like daylight, almost. The Alabama Hills is a nice place to visit and is a familiar backdrop for a lot of Hollywood movies. This is located just outside Lone Pine, CA and in the mountain range to the right of the center of the image is Mt. Whitney, the highest peak in the Continental United States. The image turned out a lot better than I thought it would so I am pretty happy with it. Hope you enjoy it also.

 

 

Image of the week #10

March 11, 2012 by admin | Comments Off

Well it is hard to believe that 10 weeks have already gone by since the start of the year, time flies so to speak. This week’s image is of a stack of railroad wheels that are now scrap that were sent back for repair/service. This open air yard had hundreds of these wheel sets, most with recent dates on them. On the premises are some large buildings where they seem to work 7 days a week on these wheels. It is impressive to see how massive they are and I know I could not get one to budge, so literally there are tons of them at this location. I have no other information on what they do or how they repair them, but the wheels themselves make for interesting subjects. These are located in Mojave, Ca. This was taken with a Canon 5DmII and a Zeiss 35mm f2 lens, and processed in photomatix, lightroom and then turned to black and white using Silver Efex Pro 2. I think the border really adds to the feel of this image, and the late day light made for some long soft shadows. It is hard to get an idea of size but I am sure most of you have seen railroad cars so that might help give some scale.  Hope you enjoy it.

Railroad wheel sets

Image of the week #9

March 5, 2012 by admin | Comments Off

This week’s image is of almond blossoms. This is the time of year for the trees get pollinated and they flower before getting leaves. The owners had lots of bee hives everywhere, the bees buzzing around constantly. They rely on the bees and so so they rent hives to pollinate the crop. Taken handheld with a Zeiss 35mm f2 at f11. Location was near the town of Arvin, CA.

 

Image of the week #5

February 6, 2012 by admin | Comments Off

Here is a shot from inside the San Gabriel Mission, this is a small alcove off of the main church interior. The green color comes from the sun shining through green tinted windows up on on the walls of the main chapel. Why green I do not know but it made the whole inside of the church cast in a green light. The San Gabriel Mission was the 4th mission in California to be built, although it was not known as California then. It was founded on 8 September 1771, it is filled with all kinds of interesting historical pieces. The photo was taken handheld with a Canon 1Dm4, Samyang 14mm f2.8 at f.28 and ISO 3200.

Image of the week #4

January 29, 2012 by admin | Comments Off

Here is this week’s image, a sunset shot, looking at Catalina Island with the sun setting behind it. I rushed home because the sunset was so colorful, this was near the end, did not have time to setup a tripod so I rested the camera on the railing and turned on the IS to help stabilize the shot. This is a 1 second exposure at f4.0 taken with a 24-105mm lens at 73mm on a Canon 5dMII. All I did was adjust the contrast I did not add any saturation or change the color this is how it came out of the camera with just a little contrast adjustment. Amazing colors,  I really need to make sure I carry my camera around with me, but at least I did not miss all of it, it was nice to watch the colors while driving too and just enjoy it visually. Thanks for looking.

 

 

Image of the week #1

January 8, 2012 by admin | 1 Comment

This year I have decided that I need to get out and shoot more. So I decided to do a photo of the week. My goal is to post a decent picture every week that I am able. So here is my first weeks picture. This is a Cooper’s Hawk and was taken from my back yard, near my bird feeder. They prey on small birds, he was perched in an elm tree about 20 feet or so from my bird feeder. Taken with a 500mm f4 lens handheld on a Canon 1D IV.  This was taken from the back deck so there was not a lot of room to find a good shot but I managed to find without any trees or limbs in the way. He is resting on one foot and the other is being held up. The bird is looking towards the feeder. My feeder is generally very active, I have large flocks of house finches, goldfinches, and nutmeg mannikins that come by on a regular basis. During the winter I will also get lot of white crowned sparrows pecking around the feeder and I do get a California towhee on a regular basis. So plenty to interest the hawk.