Este timelapse se obtuvo con una nikon D700 y el objetivo Nikkor 14-24 f2.8. Para acentuar la espectacularidad de las imágenes, se optó por el aspecto irreal que ofrecen las fotográfias HDR de alto rango dinámico.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Dawn Norris | Mon Amour
Check out this stunning boudoir album sent in by Dawn Norris of BeYoutiful Boudoir Photography . . . I am in love with her color choices. Don't they totally change the look and feel of this Mon Amour? Paired with such classy, sexy images – just beautiful!!! Thank you Dawn for sharing this, your work is amazing!
Autumn shoot in Garfield Park
Today's post presents images from my autumn shoot this week in Garfield Park. As often as I've ventured there to shoot, you'd think I'd run out of things to photograph. But I can't think of a time I've not come away with finding something of interest.
As Central Indiana residents well know, this has been an extraordinarily dry summer and early autumn. For once, the Bobby Russell song lyric " ... and it don't rain in Indianapolis in the summer time" from the the 1968 pop hit "Little Green Apples" (recorded by O.C. Smith) proved to be true.
Forecasters predicted that this dry spell could bode ill for the traditional enjoyment of the fall color show. Indeed, we saw early leaf falling and colors not nearly as brilliant as we've seen in past years. That, in turn, challenged my creative instincts, as you'll see from the images in this post.
You'll find a few traditional tree shots, as there were still a few worthy of capture. But this season's shoot focused largely on looking upward (attribute the rich blue sky color to the polarizing filter), zeroing in on closeups, exploiting interesting juxtapositions and the late-afternoon's dramatic light, and getting down low. In the case of the light contrasts, I present two versions of two frames -- one of the multicolor leaf display in one of my "look upward" shots, and -- in the final pair of images -- a "normal" vs. infrared treatment of a pathway vista noteworthy for the splash of setting-sun highlight on the left foreground tree while almost all other trees are in shade.
Enjoy. And, oh, in case you weren't already aware, you really need to click on each picture to fully appreciate the image. The thumbnails never do them justice.
Friday, October 22, 2010
BENCE MÁTÉ, WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2010
El fotógrafo húngaro Bence Máté fue proclamado ganador de la edición 2010 del certamen Wildlife photographer of the year. La fotografía ganadora tomad en Costa Rica nos muestra una hoja al trasluz que está siendo devorada por hormigas. La cámara utilizada fue una Nikon D700 con un objetivo Micro Nikkor 105mm F2.8, una velocidad de obturación de 1/200, diafragma f10 y con una sensibilidad ISO 640. La iluminación se obtuvo con un flash Nikon SB-800.
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/temporary-exhibitions/wpy/index.jsp
A tree that defies ... geometry?
While out looking for interesting autumn pictures in Garfield Park in Indianapolis the other day, I was reminded of a shoot I'd wanted to do for some time: a coniferous tree growing at a dramatically unusual angle in the park near Bean Creek just outside the grounds of the Sunken Garden and conservatory. The angle has to be at least 45 degrees.
So, I grabbed my images, trying to get it from every possible vantage point and to include as many landmarks, such as "normal" trees, buildings like the conservatory (in the background in photo above) and even a park pedestrian pushing a child in a stroller so viewers had proper perspective of not only the radical angle but also the size of the tree. This was another occasion when I was glad to have my wide-angle lens (Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5) with me; without it, I'm not sure I could have captured the quite large tree in its entirety -- growing at this angle -- and do it justice.
You probably noticed the rock with plaque in front of the tree, as did I. Well, um, I did some months ago when I stopped to check it out ... on a day I did not have my camera gear with me. I did not review the inscription the other day when I was there for the shoot, but I'm almost positive it does nothing to explain the unusual-angled tree. As I recall, it mentions some other fact about the park's history.
Friday, 22nd October, 2010
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