May 17, 2010 | Landscape Photography
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There wasn’t really much of Central Park we didn’t photograph. This little kid in the sun, going as fast as she could and simply enjoying being out summed up for be a really great day. We talked photography, explored flash, walked, talked and enjoyed all that NYC & Central Park has to offer. I want to thank Adorama and Nikon, Jeff, Mike & Chris and the whole gang who spent the day with us. It was another great day to put in the books!
Why isn’t the background all blurred you ask? I shot at 1/45 and panned but guess what, while she was having fun, she just wasn’t going that fast.
Photo captured by D3s, 70-200VR2 on Lexar UDMA digital film
May 17, 2010 | Landscape Photography
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Yeap, there is wildlife in Central Park! Ricky here wasn’t the first coon we’d seen but it was by far the most fun. It was just hanging around and lookin cute so it had to be photographed.
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The first photo was taken in pure shade which was a little bit of a challenge. Had to be sure as you shot up you didn’t get any canopy because it would burn a hole in the photo. But the shade here while dark it’s color wasn’t tinted. When the coon moved to the other side of the tree, the light filtering through the canopy left a little bit of a green cast. Oh well, that’s how it was.
The real photo opp of the day where the birds! Warblers were everywhere and most of the time, when I had the 18mm attached, at point blank range. My hat’s off to the shooter I saw in the park chasing these little guys around with their big glass. That’s true wildlife photography dedication that I can appreciate!
Photo captured by D3s, 70-200VR2 on Lexar UDMA digital film
May 17, 2010 | Landscape Photography
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So the crazy cement wave cover at the pool provided us with an hour of very cool graphic clicks. My opinion might change with time, but these are two I really like from our time there.
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What are you looking at? You’re looking at the light coming in from the cracks in the cover and hitting the pavers on the ground. The pavers appeared to have been painted once with some sort of design but time and taken it’s toll. It was just more simple fun with colors and light being punched up with simple underexposure.
Photos captured by D3s, 18AF on Lexar UDMA digital film
May 17, 2010 | Landscape Photography
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Then we went to the pool. Actually, we were at the lake and I looked up and saw this crazy cement cover that I just knew had to be something cool to photograph and on the way to it, I saw this pattern with great colors that I had to click.
Photo captured by D3s, 24AFS on Lexar UDMA digital film
May 17, 2010 | Landscape Photography
I’m a little bummed that the cool features on this images just don’t pop in this small frame. I shot at f/1.4 and focused on the limb in front of the trunk. I underexposed a full stop to punch up the color and blacks. Normally it would have been posted as a Simple Click because that’s really all it is. The rains which had come and gone by this point really made the image though, with the dark trunk (all wet) and the greens all washed.
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Photo captured by D3s, 50AFS on Lexar UDMA digital film
May 17, 2010 | B&W Photography, Landscape Photography
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It’s in the middle of a lawn, so it’s either for a possible forest fire in the middle of Central Park, or the builder was a dog lover. The photo might have been stronger if I used the power of CS5 to remove some features but decided to not go that route. The B&W conversion was done in CS5 using Scott Kelby’s Gradiant Map technique and then adding a Brightness/Contrast Curve.
Photo captured by D3s, 28AF on Lexar UDMA digital film
