Oct 19, 2010 | Landscape Photography
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So hopefully, you’ve been wondering about how when shooting at 1/20 – 1/45 I was stopping the action. This little bull wasn’t holding still, was always on the move. Under those conditions, how do you stop the movement?
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Stopping the action is something I talk about alot in my new book Captured in many places in many ways. The most common methods are fast shutter speed (not available in this scene) or working with Peak of Action. That’s simply what I did here. As the Moose raised its head, it would stop at a point and for a heartbeat, hold still with its head raised. That’s when I went click. Regretably, you can’t see here that the top image is not tack sharp and the bottom one is. I only kept the top image for this post, I deleted it from my files.
Is there an issue with both photos I don’t like? Something else I talk about in my book is the subject’s appearance. In this case, the ears are back and that just drives me nuts!
Photos captured by D3x, 200-400VR2 on Lexar UDMA digital film.
Oct 19, 2010 | Landscape Photography
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We headed out our last morning to see a gorgeous sun rise. It lit up the remaining fall color which we took as a positive sign. No matter what you have on your agenda, when you see great light, you gotta stop and click.
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No matter looking up or looking out, in all directions it was gorgeous. I’ve been to Baxter I don’t know how many times but I’ve never seen it this explosive with fall color! It was just spectacular, so spectacular I could have easily forgotten out objective….for a moment.
Photos captured by D3x, 24f1.4AFS on Lexar UDMA digital flim
Oct 18, 2010 | B&W Photography, Landscape Photography
You gotta love mother nature. No matter what you plan, it really doesn’t matter because she is going to do whatever she wants to do. So the sign in the Appalachian Cafe was so true. No Rain, No Pain, No Maine!
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The first day, we didn’t even try to get out, the nor’easter pretty much kept us pinned up. The next day despite the rain and drizzle, we made an attempt. We drove up to Baxter State Park and waited in the truck for 90min while the worst of the rain went by. We then made the short walk up to Sandy Stream Pond only to stand in the wind in drizzle. With the best eyes in teh business scanning the pond, after a couple of hours, we called it.
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Heading back to the room wasn’t an option so we started to cruise the park looking for targets of opportunity. We were pleased to see that even with the big rains, leaves still remained in some locations. So out we popped to make some clicks.
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Why B&W? The wet trunks just suggested to me that B&W worked better so, B&W it is.
Photos captured by D3x, 24-70AFS on Lexar UDMA digital film
Oct 15, 2010 | Aviation, Landscape Photography
We left Freeport and headed up to base out of Millinocket to work the Moose in Baxter State Park. We got in with just enough time to reconnoiter the area for color before the storm comes in. It is simple stunning in the surrounding hills, the color is maxed out!
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Well one of the lakes has an air service so headed in that direction to see if I could get some aviation with fall color. A great twist on landscape photography if you ask me.
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As it so happen to unfold, the pilot James was warming up and taking off on a run. The light level was so low with the pending storm, I was shooting at 1/45 f4 handheld! So we were able to photograph him in his Cessna 206 taxing down lake, turn around and lift off. I’ve photographed a lot of float planes in our work in Alaska but never with this kind of fall color. I could do this kind of landscape photography all day long!
Photos captured by D3x, 200-400VR2 on Lexar UDMA digital film
Oct 14, 2010 | Landscape Photography
The best shot of the week for me was made by literally falling out of the van and pointing the lens. -2.5 exp comp was all there was to it, the rest was all right there before me. And was there luck? Na, just getting up early. Simply gorgeous!
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Photo captured by D3x, 24-70AFS on Lexar UDMA digital film
Oct 13, 2010 | Landscape Photography
And then I simply looked up. Wow! The heavens were dancing as the clouds skipped on by. This all unfolded as the sun was rising.
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And then the last element was added. Perfection! Simple! I just had to show up and look up.
Photos captured by D3x, 24f1.4AFS on Lexar UDMA digital film
