tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59721611134488867232024-03-13T05:25:22.211-07:00Ted Truex - TJT PhotographyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13055326172760211407noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972161113448886723.post-88568766257173776062012-04-21T13:26:00.001-07:002012-04-21T13:26:04.966-07:00Late Again - Favorite Fotos From FlickR for Friday, 4/20/2012<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was a tough week at my other job so I did not spend much time on FlickR. To catch up, I decided to browse through the latest 30 images from each of the groups I have joined to find five interesting fotos. Your 'groups' page on FlickR can be sorted in alphabetical order or by recent activity. I decided to try to browse the 'oldest latest' images and to do that I sorted by recent activity and then started with group at the bottom (oldest recent activity) and began working my way up. When you access a group, you are presented with the thumbnails of the most recent dozen images but beneath those images is a widget that expands the thumbnails to the most recent 30 images. So I went to each group, bottoms up in terms of recent activity, and then expanded the thumbnails to the most recent 30 images and began browsing. I found five favorites in probably 6 groups but I can't say for sure because the groups list will re-sort based on recent activity. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In this first image, I like the overall composition along with the sense of movement conveyed by the lines of the water. I also like the leading lines of the rock stream bed.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pronghorn Antelope are one of my favorite subjects so this image immediately grabbed my attention with the subject. Additionally, I like the bokeh in this image likely created by the combination of a long lens and large aperture.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This last image struck me as one I would have composed had I been in the same location at the same time. I like vertical images, the use of the water pocket in the foreground to spark interest and the way the storm clouds lead into the image. I realized that IntrepidXJ had two of the this weeks 5 favorite images and so added him/her as a contact so I can follow the images that IntrepidXJ posts to FlickR.</span></div>
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13055326172760211407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972161113448886723.post-18668813112626850762012-04-13T10:36:00.000-07:002012-04-13T10:36:44.485-07:00Favorite Fotos From FlickR for Friday, 4/13/2012<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The theme for this weeks favorite images is tranquility. As I was sitting listening to the rain (and now thunder and rain) and thinking about this weeks blog update, I realized that one of the reasons I like rain and rainfall is the sense of calmness and tranquility I experience when I stop, listen and watch. Living in Southern California, the opportunities to feel the tranquility brought on by rain are not very frequent but I also realized that there are other things that affect me in the same way.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Photographic Exhibitions Committee (PEC) of Professional Photographers of America uses twelve elements when evaluating an image. One of those elements is impact. Impact is described as "the sense one gets upon viewing an image for the first time. Compelling images evoke laughter, sadness, anger, pride, wonder or another intense emotion." When I saw the water on the grass after a morning rain I realized the scene evoked the emotion of calmness. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I decided to search FlickR for images that evoked those same emotions. I used search terms like 'japanese garden', 'water rock' and 'zen garden' and found these five images. All of these images evoke tranquility, calmness and peace but they are also interesting in other ways.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I like the placement of the central rock and sense of movement in this first image.</span><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mitja/997365777/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Non-Rolling Stones" by Miodrag Bogdanovic mitja</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/magichatstudios/2146737331/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Botanical Garden Waterfall" by BARLEY MOON PHOTOGRAPHY</span></a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I like the clean edges, concentric circles and the placement of the lantern in this monochrome image,</span><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/brian-ana/3266675541/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Zen Garden" by LomiMonk [Brian]</span></a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I like the shadow lines in the water and rock texture in this next image.</span><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/10464608@N06/6019979761/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Birdbath Rock" by bratjerm</span></a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I like the depth of field and use of the bamboo as a leading line in this last image.</span><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hollytroschuk/6862178940/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Bamboo for you..." by hollyberry1204</span></a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I hope that both of my recent uploads as well as these FlickR images evoke the emotions of peace and tranquility when you look at them. Feel free to visit my website, like my Facebook fan page, follow me on Twitter or add me to a circle on Google+.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another 'late' blog update. This weeks favorites are a bit of a mix. They range from the typical sunrise/sunset images that seem to grab my attention to a really interesting capture of a horse in a field to a monochrome image of man made things.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recently I was out trying to find California Poppies. To that end, I have been searching FlickR for recent images of poppies to see what others have been finding (and where). That is how I came upon this image of California Poppies captured near Bakersfield, CA.</span></div>
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Another 'late' blog update. I had a long day yesterday driving on northern Los Angeles County and southern Kern County looking for wildflowers. I was partially successful. You can visit my <a href="http://tjtphotography.com/p596228163">Places Page on my website</a> or my <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thetedinator/">FlickR PhotoStream</a> to see some of the images I created including this one of my new jeep (which I used to kill an hour driving down part of the unmaintained Old Ridge Route only to hit a locked gate). That day in the field might become the subject of another blog update.</div>
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This week I am highlighting macro images found on FlickR. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrophotography">Paraphrasing from Wikipedia, </a> a macrophotograph is a photograph where the captured image is larger than the life size of the subject. Macrophotographs are created using a macro lens. A macro lens is a 'long' barreled lens designed for close-up focusing. When photographing objects up close using a macro lens, the depth of field becomes very shallow. This shallow DOF is one of the challenges in macrophotography but it is also one of the tools applied in creating the final image. Because the DOF is so shallow, the photographer must make decisions on what will be in focus (and hence the subject of the image) and what will be out of focus (also called bokeh, which helps accentuate the subject of the image). </div>
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Macrophotographers will use tools like a tripod, off-camera flash and a cable release to create the image. Depending on the subject they may have to use other tools including clamps or wire and sticks to hold the subject steady while composing the image. When you search on FlickR for macrophotographs you will find that two subjects dominate: insects and flowers. Obviously, the photographer is not using clamps to hold the insects steady but when you see some of the incredible images created, you will wonder where the photographer got the patience it must take to get the final image.</div>
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13055326172760211407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972161113448886723.post-79084310848761038502012-03-23T17:59:00.000-07:002012-03-23T17:59:09.909-07:00Favorite FlickR Fotos for Friday, 3/23/2012This week I thought I would spotlight some images created using optical filters. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Basic-Book-Photography-Fifth/dp/0452284252">"The Basic Book of Photography" by Tom and Michele Grimm</a> has a full chapter on filters. You can find a good discussion on photographic filters (including internet references) on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filter_(photography)">Wikipedia</a>. Given that I have immediately pointed you to other material, you may have guessed that this blog update is not a treatise on filters, their use, etc.<br />
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Filters are just one of the many tools that photographers use when creating images. There are hardware tools like optical filters, tripods and monopods, ball heads, panning heads, nodal rails and robotic panning heads, gimbal heads and bush hawk shoulder mounts. There are software tools including raw image editors, filters and processors and post-raw image editors, filters and processors. Manufacturers of these tools include Acratech, Adobe, B&W, Bushhawk, Cokin, Gigapan.org, HDRSoft, Kirk, Lee, NIK, OnOne, Really Right Stuff, Singh-Ray, Tiffen, Wimberley and more.<br />
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Which tools to use and why is both science and art. Some hardware tools are used to stabilize the camera and lens for long exposures. Some hardware tools are used to stabilize the camera and lens while allowing motion on the X and/or Y axis. Some hardware tools are used to alter the light before it reaches the film or digital sensor. Some software tools are used to "stitch" digital images together to create panoramic images but most software tools are used to alter the affects of light after capture by the digital sensor or capture by film scanning.<br />
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Over time I have accumulated many of these tools and while I have many to chose from, my approach to creating an image has always been less work is better. I almost always use a tripod with a ball head. I sometimes use a gimbal head. When I am composing the image, I start out by visualizing the image. I then mix science and art by assessing the lighting and it's affect on the composition. Sometimes I use a circular polarizing filter, sometimes I use a graduated neutral density filter and sometimes I use a reverse graduated neutral density filter but I use them all with the same purpose: alter the light to fit the composition. Sometimes I find that the images did not turn out the way I wanted and I will use software tools to try to alter the results. When using the software tools, I try to make changes using the raw image editors, filters and processors first. If the image is still not where I want it, I then use the post-raw editors, filters and processors. One thing I am not very good at is remembering to make notes about what filter (if any) I used when capturing the moment in camera. Sometimes I can look at the image and figure out what I did but when I am doing my best work, I can't tell if I used a filter.<br />
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Anyway, if you have read the blog update this far, here is your pay-off. The images I am spotlighting today were all found on one of two groups on FlickR. Some images were found in the group "LEE Filters" and some were found in the group "Singh Ray Filters". All demonstrate both the science and art of using a filter to create a memorable image.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/vincestrello/7005787517/">"Beach of dreams II" by Vincenzo Mazza - www.afterglow.it/</a><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13055326172760211407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972161113448886723.post-1868345557943606222012-03-17T06:00:00.000-07:002012-03-17T06:00:12.318-07:00Favorite FlickR Fotos for Friday, 3/16/2012<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Normally, I highlight five favorite photos in my Friday blog. This week, the list is a little longer.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I love the southwest United States. Images created in New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona and Utah desert environments capture my attention. So this week, I decided to highlight images created on the Colorado Plateau. Roughly, the Colorado Plateau is region centered on the 4 corners region of the U.S. and encompasses approximately 130,000 square miles. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_Plateau">Wikipedia has a great overview of the Colorado Plateau including pointers to more information.</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I have spent time exploring the Colorado Plateau by car (staying in motels) and on foot (sleeping under the stars). I have day hiked on the Colorado Plateau and I have backpacked on the Colorado Plateau. The backpacking trips include the Grand Canyon, Paria Canyon-Vermillion Cliffs wilderness and areas north of Lake Powell on both Sierra Club and private trips. Through these adventures I became acquainted with some of the organizations (like the <a href="http://www.nrdc.org/">National Resources Defense Council</a>, <a href="http://www.suwa.org/">Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance</a> and <a href="http://greatoldbroads.org/">Great Old Broads for Wilderness</a>) who are trying to protect these areas for future generations. The Colorado Plateau is really unique and worthy of protection. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Colorado Plateau includes heavily visited places like Zion and Grand Canyon National Parks and less visited places like Coyote Gulch in the Glen Canyon Recreation Area. The heavily visited locations are usually easy to reach while the less visited are not. Some places are less visited because of the difficulty getting there (2 days by foot) and others simply because of they are so far off the main highways (60 miles each way on washer board dirt). Somehow the reward of getting there adds to the beauty. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My list of places to visit on the Colorado Plateau is long. It is so long that I decided to expand the number of highlighted images from the usual five. I hope that these images inspire you to visit the Colorado Plateau and to think about the issues threatening the future of this area.</span></div>
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This week, I decided to highlight great photographs created in California but with a twist in that the location could not be in a National Park. I put this restriction on the images because every week I look at many images created in National Parks located in California. I do this when moderating the photograph submission to the FlickR group, "Best of U.S. National Parks".<br />
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There many great places to create images in California. For "National" locations, you can chose from National Parks, National Historic Parks, National Monuments, National Preserves, National Forests, National Recreation Areas, National Historic Sites, National Seashore, National Historic Trail and the goes on. Then there are California State Parks, Preserves, Recreation Areas and more. Next there are County Parks and Recreation Areas. Then you have city owned/maintained areas.<br />
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There is a common theme to the images: all have a body of water in the photograph - two are of lakes and three are of the Pacific Ocean. Maybe next week I'll refine the restriction and eliminate images containing water. The images this week are all from areas that I have visited but never photographed: Lake Tahoe, San Diego, Big Sur, San Francisco and La Jolla. All are locations that are on my 'bucket list' of places to create images.<br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13055326172760211407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972161113448886723.post-90002106770836883212012-03-03T07:00:00.000-08:002012-03-03T07:00:09.397-08:00Fire on the Horizon, Dante's View, Death Valley National Park<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Two weeks ago, on an overcast afternoon, I went to Dante's View in <a href="http://www.nps.gov/deva">Death Valley National Park</a> hoping for some drama at sunset. When I got to the parking lot it was cold, windy, hinting at rain and not very promising. I hiked out to the view to look things over. I did not have my camera because it was looking more like "dinner time" then anything else. I wandered around considering what I would do if the sun would/could break through. I had my choice of were to work because with the clouds, wind, temperature and the appearance that rain was </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">imminent, it was very empty and only one other person had a tripod and camera (and he was leaving as I walked by him).</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">It was my first visit to <a href="http://www.nps.gov/deva">Death Valley National Park</a> and it was to be my last sunset in the park for a while. I looked around for a few minutes and noticed that the earth at one saddle in the trail was a rich red color and would make a nice foreground. I hustled back to the car realizing that I was losing what little light there was, grabbed my gear and hustled back to the saddle. This image is one of a few that I created on the saddle before moving out to a point that looked more directly west (this image is actually oriented more to the north).</span><br />
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I hate it when work gets in the way of life. I have a real job and a dream job. Recently, the real job got in the way of the dream job to such a large degree that I had very little time to discover new and interesting photographs on FlickR. When I noticed that I had only found a few new favorites, I "cheated" and reviewed what my contacts had been uploading.</div>
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I became aware of the photographic talent of oracle11g when he submitted an image to the FlickR group, "Best of U.S. National Parks", a group I help moderate. Arches National Park is on my bucket list...</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/binhpham15/6798786314/">Light at End of Tunnel - Arches National Park</a></div>
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Robin Black Photography is another of my favorite photographers on FlickR. You can easily kill a couple of hours looking at the Robin Black Photography photo stream on FlickrR...</div>
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I spent last weekend in <a href="http://www.nps.gov/deva/index.htm">Death Valley National Park</a>. I highly recommend visiting this treasure and capturing your own images. A weekend is not enough time to see everything but you can visit some of the more iconic locations. I arrived Friday afternoon, scouted around a bit, and then went out to Badwater Basin for sunset. In my last blog I shared some of the inspirational Death Valley pictures I found on FlickR and knowing that I was limited to two sunsets and two sunrises, I drew up a short list of places I wanted to try to visit. Badwater Basin was first on my list. </div>
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This image from Badwater Basin with the polygon shaped salt residue in the foreground and the setting sun kissing the Black Mountains is called <a href="http://tjtphotography.com/p748194971/hc725636#hc725636">"Black Mountain Glow"</a>. I spent the first few days of this week processing images from the trip (you can see some of the results at my <a href="http://www.zenfolio.com/tjtphotography/p748194971">website)</a> before getting back to cruising FlickR looking for interesting Photographs.</div>
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So over the last couple of days I poked around on FlickR and found the following 5 images:</div>
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I am going to Death Valley National Park for the first time. As is true for many photographers, photographing Death Valley is on my bucket list. I have been doing some research including reading "The Photographers Guide to Death Valley" by Shellye Poster, two of the <a href="http://www.photographamerica.com/">Photograph America newsletters (#001 and #104) from Robert Hitchman</a> and visiting the <a href="http://www.nps.gov/deva/index.htm">NPS Death Valley National Park website</a>. While researching where to go, what to shoot, time of day, etc. I searched FlickR for images.</div>
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There are a lot of great Death Valley images on FlickR. The ones I am referencing here are 10 of the favorites I found while searching recently:</div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sieren/3831685450/">Death Valley - Artist's Palette by Steve Sieren Photography</a></div>
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13055326172760211407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972161113448886723.post-47759179137744320132012-02-13T06:00:00.000-08:002012-02-13T06:00:19.870-08:00LowePro SunsetRecently, I have been exploring the Santa Clarita valley and nearby areas for locations to shoot sunrises or sunsets. The Santa Clarita valley is north of Los Angeles and is the location of the city of Santa Clarita, the 4th largest city in Los Angeles county. The Santa Clara river, for which the city and valley are named flows west from the San Gabriel mountains meeting the Pacific ocean near Ventura, California.<br />
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The sunrises and sunsets can be spectacular when you have clouds move in from the west (the typical storm pattern) into the valley. With the last un-channeled river in southern California running through the valley, one would think there would be many opportunities for great images. But the city of Santa Clarita alone has over 100,000 residents and all of these people need infrastructure: roads and freeways, gas stations and markets, movie theaters and amusement parks, etc. So finding a location that favors natural elements over man made ones is difficult.<br />
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In trying to avoid scenes with roads, markets, cars and the like, I have been searching for locations above the valley floor. Central Park, sort of located "centrally" hence the name, is the largest recreation area within the city boundaries and supports many activities. It is the location of many cross country running meets because it has flat areas and hilly areas making for interesting course layouts. Adjacent to the park is privately owned land that overlooks the Santa Clara river. In hunting for locations, I had seen these hills and wondered how to access them. Using google maps, I found a way to access the private land using part of the cross country course that originates in Central Park.<br />
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The sunset on the evening of February 11th, 2012 looked promising and I decided to try to shoot the sunset from the private land. I grabbed my camera bag and rain gear (it spit for a minute but rain was never an issue) and hiked south from Central Park. The good news is that when I finally got on the top of the right hill, I was rewarded with the view that I wanted. The bad news was that this was the private land I had been seeking but it had been graded and stripped of vegetation in preparation for building houses. I am not sure when the grading occurred (it was likely before the current housing bust) but the land is slowly recovering. At some point the housing market will recover and the owner will build out the houses with the side affect that the views from these hills looking out across the valley will be limited to a few people. Because the land had been graded and the scrub brush is slowly recovering, there was not anything interesting to use in the foreground so I improvised by using my camera bag.<br />
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In the meantime, I was there, set the aperture at f/8 and captured a few images. I had been in this general area one other time and did not relish hiking out in the dark so on that occasion, I left when there was still some light and as a consequence I missed it when the sunset "exploded". This time I brought a flashlight and waited but the sky never went boom. It was still very nice.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13055326172760211407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972161113448886723.post-1045388744380889122012-02-11T09:00:00.000-08:002012-02-11T09:00:00.807-08:00Look at the TreesThere are a lot of things to keep in mind when trying to take a memorable photograph. Obviously, you need to consider exposure. An incorrectly exposed image won't convey the story. But when you think about exposure you can't consider it alone because exposure affects the depth of field which in turn affects the composition. So start with composing the image and let that determine the exposure. With that in mind, I frame the elements that I see in front of me. What is the "message"? What am I seeing that I want the viewer to see and then how do I put the pieces together to capture that.<br />
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Ok...you see some elements and their relationship. These elements are things like foreground objects to draw in the viewer eyes, mid-ground elements that might be the main subject and then elements at other points that frame the image. You set up your tripod and camera, "place" the elements in the frame, decide on the depth of field to emphasize (or not) some elements, set the exposure and click away. You look at the back of the camera and the histogram looks good. Success!<br />
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Then you get home and look at the image on your computer and you notice something. Things don't look right. Oh cr@p! You sit there thinking...damn, I thought I leveled the camera/tripod. Oh well, Lightroom/Photoshop to the rescue! Simply use the cropping/straightening tool to find a level line, adjust the image, crop it so it's level and done. But then you look at those results and something still doesn't look right. What's wrong...hmmm...the trees don't look right. Why are the trees leaning left? Don't trees grow straight up (they do except under certain conditions)? Why are the trees leaning left...why are the trees leaning left...well you cropped the image...hmmm.<br />
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<a href="http://tjtphotography.com/p596228163/hFA26774#hfa26774">Here is the image that caused me to write this blog. </a><br />
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I (essentially) did what is described above and found the image did not look right after "straightening". Why...because I did remember to level the camera and tripod when I composed the image. The original image is correct and the ground in the background is slanted. Bear in mind that with a wide angle lens, objects on the edges of the image will keystone so you need to look at elements in the middle of the image. And the trees in the middle are upright.<br />
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If you are following my blog then you know that I regularly cruise through photographs on FlickR looking for ones I like. There are a lot of great images on FlickR. Just finding the photographs is enjoyable.<br />
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I am currently following about 25 photographers on FlickR but I don't limit my hunting to just that group. I cruise through various group pools like <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/bestofnationalparks/">Best of U.S. National Parks (a group which I help moderate),</a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/californialandscapephotographer/">California Landscape Photographer</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/utah_landscapes/">Utah Landscapes</a> and <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/singhray/">Singh Ray Filters</a> (I have almost 70 groups in the list I currently follow) and peruse the photographs. When I find a photograph I like I make them a "favorite" so I can go back and study them to either understand what the photographer did to capture the moment or to understand why the image works. Sometimes out of this, I find interesting photographers and I add them as contacts so I can regularly go look at what they produce.</div>
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So out of the gabazillion photographers on FlickR I am only following about 25 of them. Does that mean I think they are the 25 best photographers on FlickR? Not at all. There are lots of great photographs posted everyday and there are many, many great photographers but there is only 1 of me and I do need to make a living. So the 25 photographers is what I can manage and the 5 images I am linking to here are only 5 out of the many I found and really liked.</div>
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So here are 5 images out of the 16 images I found (and added to my favorites) this week on FlickR:<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidshield/6796128465/">"Still Life Canyon" by Landscape Images by David Shield</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/buckswildlifephotography/6837802145/">"Pouncing Coyote" by Bucks Wildlife Photography</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/25974668@N06/5377160116/">"Blackcap Basin, John Muir Wilderness, Sierras, August 1999" by Martin Swett</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffreysullivan/6847542419/">"Lake Tahoe Winter Sunrise" by Jeffrey Sullivan</a><br />
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Anyway, there are a lot of great images on FlickR. I like finding them and looking at them. Sometimes I make them favorites so I can go back and look and study them to either understand what the photographer did to capture the moment or to understand why the image works. Sometimes out of this, I find interesting photographers and I add them as contacts so I can regularly go look at what they produce.<br />
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So here are 5 images I found this week on FlickR:<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/41489864@N08/6758158553/">Sandstorm by Alpenglowimages</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/robinblackphotography/6801596211/">San Francisco Bay Bridge, Night by Robin Black Photography</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdcmjb/6807551641/">Playing with water by jdcmjb</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lswenger/6807886095/">Davenport Beach by Lucas Wenger Photography</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffreysullivan/6772515583/">Borrego Badlands at Night by Jeffrey Sullivan</a><br />
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For the longest time, I always left the UV filter on. Period. I would leave it on and then remove any vignetting in Camera Raw. But to save a step or two in my workflow, I started taking it off when using the GND/RGND filters and reminded myself to be careful. Then recently, I read on the internet, a recommendation to not bother with the UV filter for protection. I interpreted the blog (from a well known and reputable author) to support my decision to forgo the UV filter.<br />
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And then I banged the lens around on something. At first I ignored the damage to the coating. It was only evident as some splotching in the sky in some photographs and I could generally clean it up using the spot removal tool in Camera Raw. But I finally got tire of that and sent if off to Canon for an estimate. It was expensive to replace the first lens group but compared to the price of a new or refurbished lens, a bargain.<br />
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So I grabbed my gear, set up the camera and lens, mounted it on the gimbal head on my tripod and then stepped into the backyard as non-chalantly as I could. I edged out to behind a post holding up my patio cover using that as my blind. I set the camera down and looked at the bird and he was hardly paying attention. The session photographing this bird lasted 10 or more minutes. He stayed so long that at one point, I quit taking pictures and grabbed a couple of minutes of video. I would call this one very cooperative bird.<br />
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I came across the two images here while continuing to re-organize my photographs into Lightroom.<br />
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So what about all of the images I had prior to the LR3 purchase? Well...that is an on-going project. I decided the first thing to do was to get my website and LR3 in synch and I completed that task in December. The next thing is to get the photos on FlickR in synch with LR3. Getting the photos synch'ed takes some work and is a little tedious so I am slowly "chipping away" at the rock. Here is one of the latest images that I synch'ed up.<br />
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This is a Western Bluebird I photographed in December 2010.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13055326172760211407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972161113448886723.post-27931787698242729592012-01-27T17:50:00.000-08:002012-01-27T18:09:38.881-08:00Changing WeatherIt's been a weird winter all over California. I live a little north of Los Angeles. Our annual precipitation, measured from July 1 to June 30, averages a little over 14 inches. The total rain this season for Los Angeles is about 3.76 inches. That is about 8 inches below normal for this time of year.<br />
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Last weekend we had a low pressure system move in bringing a little rain (and awesome clouds) with normal temperatures for this time of year (highs in the low 60s). But that low pressure system moved out and by Thursday, there were highs in the 80s in various southern California locations (and 77° here on Wednesday, see the previous blog entry). Well the weather is changing again with a high pressure system moving in bringing high winds (called a Santa Ana wind). The weather service has issued wind advisories for gusts to 45mph where I live (and up to 75mph out towards Palm Springs) along with a red flag warning for fire danger because of low humidity. By January, the red flag warnings are a thing of the past in most years because we have had enough rain to dampen the brush on the hillsides.<br />
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One of the side affects of the Santa Ana winds is that whatever clouds were around are pushed out leaving clear skies. So instead of "looking up" for a subject, I looked down and realized that I could capture some nice images of a backyard flag in motion. I hope you like it.<br />
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Image particulars: 50mm/f1.4 lens at f5.6, 1/10th of a second with an ISO of 50.<br />
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Well...the hight temperature at my house today was 77°F. Seemed perfect for a "Snow Day" and so being thusly inspired, I captured this image. </div>
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I was getting ready to recycle bin the remnants from a faucet repair when the shapes, colors and lines caught my eye. The remnants hit the bin. But after I finished a few shots with the Canon 5DMKII and 50mm/f1.4 Lens.<br />
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