Framed
I was flipping through some shots from last summer in anticipation of the return of warmer weather here. I found a few shots that were nice, but not spectacular. Specifically, I wasn’t really excited...
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Get out of the car!
Photographers say that the best camera is the one you’ve got with you. What they mean, of course, is that when you see a subject for a photo, you’re out of luck if you don’t have your camera with you....
View ArticleThe Accidental Bee
It’s late winter here in Ohio, and while we’ve already had our first tease of spring, it’s cold and damp out today — a perfect excuse to look back to a photo from the middle of summer last year. This...
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HDR from a single image
Over the last couple years, High Dynamic Range (HDR) photos have become pretty popular among photo processing types. HDR photos are really nothing more complicated than a combination of images with...
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On the Wing
A couple weeks ago, I spent a little time at a Columbus metro park called Blendon Woods. It turned out to be a worthwhile trip. There’s a large pond there with a pretty dense population of waterfowl,...
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Guarding the Parking Lot
I’ve seen this hawk hanging around work on and off for around two years now. I’ve tried a few times to get some shots of him (her?), and so far, I think these have turned out the best. I’m just about...
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Soon
It’s springtime in Ohio, and I had a chance to stop by the Franklin Park Conservatory last week to shoot some of the spring blooms. I got some nice shots of flowers in full bloom, but I thought this...
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Ohio Central
Here’s another shot from Blackhand Gorge. This is an Ohio Central trestle over the Licking River. I liked the contrast of the red maple buds and the blue-ish bridge in the background. From the looks...
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Dogwood
I’ve completed a pass through the photos from my Blackhand Gorge hike this weekend – they’re in the gallery if you want to take a look. This is a dogwood, which along with Eastern Redbud, is the main...
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Blackhand Gorge
I went for a hike today at the Blackhand Gorge nature preserve just east of Newark (OH). I’ve got quite a few photos I’m working through yet – I’ll get them posted to the gallery as soon as I can. In...
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Helping Hands
My son’s Scout Troop has been helping out at running races for several years now. Usually, we’ll work a water station, handing out water and/or sports drinks to the runners. Today, we worked a...
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Firelight
Here’s an unusual shot from a campout a couple weeks ago. We had a pretty nice fire going, and I got some shots of the fire, but I also got a few shots looking straight up at the trees overhead to...
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Walnut
The more photos you take, the more you’ll start to see the world as if you’re looking through a viewfinder. Good photos aren’t always the obvious ones. While hiking last weekend, this shadow jumped...
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Packed away, but not forgotten
When I last visited Slate Run Metro Park, it was January. Snow covered the ground, the house on the historic farm was closed up, and the staff was preparing for maple syrup season. Half a year later,...
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Pseudo-HDR in Lightroom
In an earlier post, I showed how you could synthesize an HDR effect by applying several different exposure settings (in sequence) to a single RAW image. Since I’ve started using Lightroom, I’ve gone...
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Giving me the Eye
I entered this photo in the photo.stackexchange.com picture of the week contest last week, and quite unexpectedly, it won. I say “unexpectedly” because I considered this a fairly unremarkable photo,...
View ArticleHappy Birthday, USA!
I know fireworks photos are a little cliche, but I’m fairly pleased with how these turned out. I shot all of these on a tripod at somewhere between 3 and 5 seconds’ exposure, and right around f/11...
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Making the most of bad lighting
A few weeks ago, I went for a hike, and needless to say, I brought my camera along. Although I started my hike fairly early in the morning, it was mid-morning before I knew it, and the sun was shining...
View ArticleGolden Hour
If my last post was about making the most of bad lighting, this is about great lighting. If you read any photography articles, you’ll hear about “golden hour” — the hour just before sunset, or the...
View ArticleHorizon
This shot was mostly about being in the right place at the right time — and having my camera & tripod in the back of my car. Just before sunset, I was on my way home, and I saw the storm on the...
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