REI Lakes, night shot

May 31, 2014

We went camping at REI Lakes on Springfield Ohio this weekend and I got this great shot. This was a 30 minute exposure that I started about 10:30pm, the moon was a crescent and low on the horizon. Worked out great as you can see the star rotation and the moon falling below the horizon through the clouds. In the background on the back side of the lakes you can see the light trails from cars passing by during the exposure. Was a nice clear night  and very little ambient light to cloud the shot.

Lens: Tokina 11-16 wide angle at 15mm
Exposure time: 30 minutes
FStop: F10
ISO:100

Clingman Dome, Smokey Mountains North Carolina

Monday May 12th. 2014

ISO 100

F/18

1/60 Sec Exposure

12mm Focal Length

Tokina 11-16 Lens

HDR Processed in Photomatrix 2.0EV

ISO 100

F/18

1/80 Sec Exposure

12mm Focal Length

Tokina 11-16 Lens

HDR Processed in Photomatrix 2.0EV

ISO 100

F/18

1/60 Sec Exposure

22mm Focal Length

Tamaron 18-200 Lens

HDR Processed in Photomatrix 2.0EV

Canadian Pictures

Pictures from Yukon Canada on the Top of the World Highway, Alaska trip 2013

ISO 100

F/16

1/125 sec exposure

98 mm Focal Length

18-200 Tamaron lens

Processed in Photomatrix 3 pictures 2.0 ev

ISO 100

F/22

1/125 sec exposure

58mm Focal Length

18-200 Tamaron Lens

Processed in Phomatrix 3 pictures 2.0 ev

Geese!

May 9th, 2004

Watching it rain outside and saw some geese swim by with their family! You can even see the rain drops falling!

 ISO 1250

F5.6

1/100 sec exposure

300mm Focal Length

Nikor 55-300 zoom

Processed in Lightroom for Contrast and Clarity

ISO 100

F5.6

1/80 second exposure

18mm Focal Length

18-55 Tamaron Lens

3 shots merged with photomatrix at 2.0 EV then touched up in Lightroom.

Never throw away a pic!

May 9th, 2014

The below top photo was salvaged from the photo below it. It was just a quick shot before we were chased off by the rangers, it is a little blurry but a perfect example of why you should never throw away a pic from your LCD viewer. All I did was put it in Lightroom software and increase the exposure and bump up the contrast a little with some clarity added in and managed to pull the 2 bear cubs out of the photo. I cropped it to drop the un-necessary foliage around it.

ISO 100

F7.1

1/160 sec exposure originally

200mm focal length

18-200 Tamaron Lens

Processed in Lightroom for Contrast and Clarity and bumped up the exposure

This was the original photo before processing, after getting the cubs to pop out I cropped the picture.

Smokey Mountains, Cades Cove

May 8th, 2014

ISO 100

F20

1/40 sec exposure

14mm Focal length

Tokina 11-16 wide angle lens

HDR photo merged with 2.0 EV

ISO 100

F3.5

1/100 sec exposure

18mm focal length

18-200 Tamaron Lens

ISO 100

F22

1/40 sec exposure

18mm focal length

18-200 Tamaron  Lens

Processed in Lightroom with Contrast and Clarity

ISO 100

F11

1/60 sec exposure

200mm Focal Length

18-200 Tamaron Lens

Processed in Lightroom for Contrast and Clarity

ISO 100

F20

1/15 sec exposure

14mm Focal Length

11-16 Tokina Wide Angle lens

Processed in Lightroom for Contrast and Clarity

ISO 1250

F6.3

1/3200 sec exposure

200mm Focal Length

18-200 Tamaron lens

Processed in Lightroom for Contrast and Clarity

Tennessee Sights

May 5th, 2014

This is one of 3 waterfalls at Burgess State Park in Tennessee.

F7.1, 

ISO 100

Tamaron 18-200 @18mm

Exosure .8 sec

Using Variable Neutral Density filter

Contrast adjusted in Lightroom

This one is at Rock Island in Tennessee

F22

ISO 100

1/10th second exposure

Tokina 11-16 Wide angle @ 12mm

Variable Neutral Density Filter

Contrast adjusted in Lightroom

This one also Rock Island, Twin Falls

Above is an HDR tonemapped in Photomatrix. 3 shots with an EV of 2.0

F5.0

ISO 100

Main Exposure 1/13th second

Tokina 11-16 Wide angle @ 11mm

Variable Neutral Density Filter

Adjusted in Lightroom after HDR merge

Below is the original Photo before HDR Merge

This is the Middle Falls at Burgess State Park Tennessee

F6.3

ISO 100

Exposure 1/25th second

Tamaron 18-200 @ 28 mm

Fun with fisheye and wide lens

Took some photos of a friends garage this past weekend using a Rokinon 8mm Fisheye lens and a Tokina 11-16 wide angle. I then processed it through Photomatrix for effect.

Winter creek

Mad River in Champaign County (Rokinon 8mm Fisheye lens)

Some winter photos

Testing Rikonon Fisheye lens

Some more assorted shots

Just an old barn along the road

West Milton Falls

January 19, 2014

Kiser Lake State Park

January 19, 2014

Was  a really cold day with a stiff wind, but well worth the efforts!