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300m > July 6: Mr Spidey Yes I know, ooohhh youck a bug :). I was out looking for a pod, had my 18-200 on and was prowling the neighborhood. I found nothing spectacular, just a few shot. Most of the flowers are dead now due to the excessive heat and the lack of water we have had. I had found a whole 4 shots which were not much when I spotted this guy on the weeping cherry in my front yard. I went in the house and got the 105 macro and the R1 flash rig. I set the flash units on the ring at 0 EV and -1.3 EV and went out. He was still there so I fired away. I took about 30 shots to get a few good ones. He was a fast moving little guy and I chased him around the tree while he was spinning his web. In the end he stopped and was doing some furious work with the front legs and then disappeared. When I looked he was on the ISO knob of the camera checking me out. He is only the size of the thumbnail on my little finger so he is small. I did crop the shot for less leave and better view. I added +5 black and +16 clarity in Lightroom.
300m > May 2: Leaf: It was windy here last evening when I was doing the POD and we found this bunch of leaves on the back deck when we out to get something. THought I could make something of this so I brought it in to try. Very late last night I had an idea when taking shots and this the result. This is not a crop, but a full shot with my macro. I lit the leave with one SB200 flash (small) from the rear at a 45 degree angle to the leave to get this effect. The veining on the rear popped with this lighting. EXIF: D200 on a tripod ISO 125 1/160 sec, f/9.0 +1/3 EV single R1 SB200 flash
300m > July 9: Out of my comfort zone. Well I did it today, fully out of my comfort zone and in front of the camera. It was raining today and between that and the tasker I was working I did not get my lunchtime walk in today. I have had this SP shot in the back of my head for the last month so I figured that if John could get in front of the camera then I could. I did the setup in my "office" here at home with two SB800's. One is mounted on a stand at 90 degrees to the camera with the diffusion dome on and set for 14mm lens The second was on the camera with the diffusion dome and set for 17mm lens. I was using my 17-35mm lens at 24mm for the shot. Flashes were controlled by the master on the camera set at full and the off camera a -.3EV. Triggering was done with the Nikon electronic trigger set for multi exposure. This forces the camera to focus at every shot so I could trash the 1st shot and use the rest :) I was actually working on a shot in Lightroom in the picture. The sunrise is here. Sunrise This was my alt choice in case I lost my nerve to post my mug shot.
300m > June 2: Butterfly's are free tonight, fly away bye bye Elton John Butterfly that I chased on my walk for at least 10 min. He was flitting from dandelion to dandelion feeding on the flowers. I took about 10 shots before I got a good one to use for the DP. I had my D200 today so I was happy to chase him around the moat walk. Nothing special here, natural light and an 18-200 VR lens to capture the shot. EXIF D200 ISO 125 1/250 f/8.0 +1/3 EV 200mm
300m > April 23: Lilly of the Valley. I took a big group of shots today, but with overhauling our fish tank. New rocks, pump, plants and recycling 35 gals of water I have not had a chance to look at most of the 80 picture I have in LR. I did run Helicon focus on 3 different stacks in between cleaning the tank. This and the bug I caught on the rosemary turned out well. This shot is straight from the camera no PP sans focus stacking 4 shots. This lilly had opened fully between yesterday and today so I thought I had better get my shot before the bloom fades. I was real happy with this shot to the point that I have not even looked at the remainder that I took today. EXIF: The same for all 5 shots in the series D200 on a tripod 105mm macro 1/60 sec f/13 - 1/3 EV ISO 160 Nikon R1 lighting system, used both flashes one on the ring one hand held
300m > July 14: Bad hair day I caught this little gal early on my daily walk. There were a pair of herons down in the moat and I was able to get close enough without my usual scaring them away to get some good pictures. Here is the pair of them on the pipe in the moat Heron Pair The weather was real bad yesterday, heavily overcast, trying to rain so I stayed near the gym facility incase of rain I could run back with my camera. I have now put a big plastic bag in my gym stuff just in case. This gal stood posed on the pipe for me and let me take 4-5 shots. I liked this one the best. 18-200mm lens at 135mm leaning over the moat walk fence to get this shot. The later shot was when I got closer and the male flew in protective :) I took the shot and left them in peace. Shot was color corrected to remove blue - green cast.
300m > June 17: Daisy in the morning light I caught this daisy in the early morning light as I wandered around taking pictures while waiting to get my car worked on. My flat tire from fathers day will not hold air so I had to replace the tire and discovered it an odd size. I liked the way the light played across the flower and the lingering effects of last nights rain were still present in the center and the pedals. I liked the effect of both the shadows and the light in this shot. EXIF D200 105mm VR hand held in manual mode ISO 125 1/500 sec f 9.5 0 EV +5 black in LR +15 clarity LR
300m > June 15: Muted Clematis This is one of the Clematis flowers growing on the vine my wife planted last year along a fence in the yard. There are actually 4 other bushes between me and this flower so I used the macro as a prime to get this shot. My neighbor came out to cut his grass while I was taking this shot, tripod in the bushes trying to get closer and asked if I was trying to commune with nature :) There were four other clematis in the shot, but this was the one I focused on and crisp so I cropped the shot to convey what I tried to frame when I took the picture. I used the gradient mask method to mute the colors that Gerry (Dream Hat) showed me to give the clematis the soft look it has. I am only letting 25% of the color through. I also used a reflector to bounce light back into the pedals at exposure. Here is the original http://300m.smugmug.com/photos/314038752_z7r8Z-M.jpg EXIF D200 105mm VR ISO 125 1/10 sec f/8.0 0 EV
300m > June 30: Sunrise after the storm Driving into work I was think about what to do for the pod of the day. The morning started with rain and dropped to light rain for my commute. On my way in the rain stopped and I saw the sun trying to peak through the clouds. I watched some of this sunrise on the way in. I really like the angry sky leaving and some of the creamy clouds rolling in behind this. Made for a nice sunrise. To top this my CD player was playing "Sunrise" by Uriah Heap. Funny combination, adding to the mix was the next song of "Desperado" by the eagles as I was now late for meeting my bud to work on our charts. Fitting mix for the morning :) I center weighted the metering, dropped the EV 1/3 and add some clarity and a slight contrast adj in LR for the shot The 30th is my wife's birthday today so the shot is fitting to her also. I see the error in my early post, yes I did take my wife to a great dinner last night, something she wanted, a dozen white roses (a DP option here) and a card.
April 23: Lilly of the Valley.
I took a big group of shots today, but with overhauling our fish tank. New rocks, pump, plants and recycling 35 gals of water I have not had a chance to look at most of the 80 picture I have in LR. I did run Helicon focus on 3 different stacks in between cleaning the tank. This and the bug I caught on the rosemary turned out well. This shot is straight from the camera no PP sans focus stacking 4 shots. This lilly had opened fully between yesterday and today so I thought I had better get my shot before the bloom fades. I was real happy with this shot to the point that I have not even looked at the remainder that I took today.
EXIF: The same for all 5 shots in the series
D200 on a tripod
105mm macro
1/60 sec
f/13
- 1/3 EV
ISO 160
Nikon R1 lighting system, used both flashes one on the ring one hand held
300m > April 23: Lilly of the Valley. I took a big group of shots today, but with overhauling our fish tank. New rocks, pump, plants and recycling 35 gals of water I have not had a chance to look at most of the 80 picture I have in LR. I did run Helicon focus on 3 different stacks in between cleaning the tank. This and the bug I caught on the rosemary turned out well. This shot is straight from the camera no PP sans focus stacking 4 shots. This lilly had opened fully between yesterday and today so I thought I had better get my shot before the bloom fades. I was real happy with this shot to the point that I have not even looked at the remainder that I took today. EXIF: The same for all 5 shots in the series D200 on a tripod 105mm macro 1/60 sec f/13 - 1/3 EV ISO 160 Nikon R1 lighting system, used both flashes one on the ring one hand held
April 23: Lilly of the Valley.
I took a big group of shots today, but with overhauling our fish tank. New rocks, pump, plants and recycling 35 gals of water I have not had a chance to look at most of the 80 picture I have in LR. I did run Helicon focus on 3 different stacks in between cleaning the tank. This and the bug I caught on the rosemary turned out well. This shot is straight from the camera no PP sans focus stacking 4 shots. This lilly had opened fully between yesterday and today so I thought I had better get my shot before the bloom fades. I was real happy with this shot to the point that I have not even looked at the remainder that I took today.
EXIF: The same for all 5 shots in the series
D200 on a tripod
105mm macro
1/60 sec
f/13
- 1/3 EV
ISO 160
Nikon R1 lighting system, used both flashes one on the ring one hand held
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