Country Road IR - D200 IR converted, 18-35mm
On the way home from the dentist today I took a few trips down some side roads. The clouds were big, white and puffy, just perfect for some IR. I know, not many clouds in this shot…seemed better without them. The wind was really gusting and it wasn’t all that warm so I jumped in and out of the car as the scene appeared. Something really calming about driving down the country roads…
Lily of the Valley, blue-violet - D700, 85mm PC
We have a pretty good sized patch of Lily of the Valley outside our back door and every year I like to take images, still searching for the quintessential image…this is my first take on them this year. Continue reading
Tulip Texture - D700, 85mm PC
Here’s a subtle example of how a little of the right texture can add some mood to an image. I used the Totally Rad, Dirty Pictures plug-in to add a little texture to this image. The texture added was one of the textures that come with the plug-in. Click on main image for a larger view…see below for the before image. Yes, a little Viveza was added to the main image too.
Tulip No Texture - D700, 85mm PC
Fern Fractalius - D700, 85mm PC
I seem to have gotten re-hooked on the fractalius filter…maybe but it looked like just the thing for this set of images. So I’m just going with the flow…shot these at a friends house along the creek. There’s a bit of woods on the property too so that’s where the blog title comes in. These are fiddle-head ferns and a bit of wisteria.
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Wisteria Fractalius - D700, 85mm PC
Fern Fractalius No. 2 - D700, 85mm PC
Dogwood Fractalius - D700, 85mm PC
OK, I lied…one more dogwood with an “over the top” fractalius filter treatment and some additional CS3 tweaks. Should be the last of the dogwoods…but you never know?
I was playing around this morning with this same image and some textures I shot at the same time I took the dogwood image. Well this is the result using Totally Rad to do the texture. Now I don’t know which one I like better…good thing I don’t have to choose.
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Dogwood & Texture - D700, 85mm PC
Dogwood B+W Fractalius - D700, Lensbaby Composer
A few variations on the dogwood series…yes, this will probably be the last of the dogwood images. Both were shot with the Lensbaby Composer using the Soft Focus Optic. The black and white is a bit over the top for me using the fractalius filter. The color image is using the Totally Rad texture filter with a frost on glass image I shot this winter for the texture.
Dogwood Texture - D700, Lensbaby Composer
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Pink Dogwood No. 1 - D700, 85mm PC
More images from my rain session with the pink dogwood…first one is using my 85mm PC lens and some Topaz Simplify. Next two are using my Lensbaby Composer and the Soft Focus Optic with a little fine tuning in CS3.
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Pink Dogwood No. 2 - D700, Lensbaby Composer, Soft Focus Optic
Pink Dogwood No. 3 - D700, Lensbaby Composer, SF Optic
Pink Dogwood in the Rain - D700, 85mm f/2.8 PC
We had a spring shower pass through the other day…one of the best times to grab your camera and get outside. It wasn’t raining very hard and the rain was intermittent near the end of the front. The light glows in a light rain and right after is just the BEST. I was out in the yard for an hour or so…long enough to start thinking about getting some gloves to keep my hands warm. Here’s one of the images I got using my 85mm f/2.8 PC lens. Love the way you can blow the background out with it and that tilt can give you some extra depth of field even at f/2.8. A little Topaz Simplify and some fractalius filter finish this image…
Dogwood IR - D200 IR converted, 14-24mm
After mowing the lawn, I took the camera for a walk in the yard. I am testing all the lens I have to see what works best with the IR converted D200. Some high quality lens don’t give you the results you might think with an IR converted camera. Here’s a shot of one of the dogwoods in our yard. I crawled in underneath the tree and shot up through the branches. I think I’ll be using the 14-24 for some more shots…click to view larger.
A Stroll in the Trees - D200 IR converted, Sigma 10-20
Up on the hill at Longwood the trees arch gently over the path…some folks are enjoying taking in the scenery. I am enjoying it too…click on image for a larger view.