Sunrise at the Beach - D700, 24-70mm
I have been going down to the beach the last few mornings around 6:15am for sunrise and there are people sitting in beach chairs waiting for the sun. Not many clouds the last few days but still a great way to start the day.
Here’s a more impressionistic version of sunrise at the beach…some texture added and run through the pixel-bender plug-in.
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Sunrise at the Beach 2 - D700, 24-70mm
Starfish - D700, Lensbaby Sweet 35
Four images from the beach today…click to view a little larger…
Beach Biker Babes - D700
Cell Phone Biker - D700
Dune Crossover Motion Blur - D700
Sunset at the Beach - D700, 24-70, HDR
A quick hand held HDR shot of sunset at the beach this evening…learning to use SNS-HDR Pro to do the tone-mapping. So far I really like the control you get with the program.
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Poolside IR - D200, IR converted
Some more infrared images from the beach…
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Poolside IR 2 - D200, IR converted
Morning at the Beach - D200
Morning at the Beach 2 - D200
Three Bikes in IR - D200, IR converted
The clouds have been spectacular the last few days so I shot some IR on the beach today…
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Dune Crossing IR - D200, IR converted
Spring Ferns in Sepia - D700
OK something different for a change…warning, more mantis images to come…these are two images from the Spring.
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Spring Trees in Sepia, IR - D200, IR converted
Sunny Bench by the Lake - D700, 70-200mm
Here’s another shot of the bench in the sun by the lake… Did you think I just shot one version of it? Of course NOT…not sure which version I like better?
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Geese and Bench - D700, 70-200mm
This tranquil setting is at a lake not far from our house, well worth a drive over just to sit on the bench for a bit. Shot this from the other side of the lake in mid afternoon, not the best of light usually but the reflections were calling to me…then the geese swam into the scene for a little bonus.
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Mirroring Image 1 - D200, IR
Sometimes I find a scene where I like the light but don’t find a composition that works for me. I have found that you should just take an image of what attracted you in the first place and review the images later. Playing around with the images in CS5 can be lots of fun or really frustrating depends on your frame of mind at the time. Here are some of the scenes where I liked the light but not the original composition…so I played in CS5 with mirroring, and a few other things to come up with these. A touch of surrealism can be just what is needed sometimes…the architectural images make me think of something out of an old Buck Rogers movie.
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Mirroring Image 2 - D200, IR
Mirroring Image 3 - D200, IR
Mirroring Image 4 - D200, IR
Mirroring Image 5 - D200, IR
IR Pine Tree - D200, 18-35mm
I took a drive last week up the mountain to one of the nearby lakes checking on the waterlilies. Well they are a ways away from being ready to shoot but I did find a few other things to photograph. Here are three images from my walk in the woods with my IR converted D200 with an 18-35mm zoom…that’s all I took along, really!
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IR Ferns - D200, 18-35mm
IR Mountain Stream - D200, 18-35mm
