Sam Gray Photo Blog » Lensbaby http://designbysamgray.com/blog I'll be posting my recent images on this blog... Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:22:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Golden Spoon – Almost http://designbysamgray.com/blog/2011/11/07/golden-spoon-almost/ http://designbysamgray.com/blog/2011/11/07/golden-spoon-almost/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:29:17 +0000 Sam http://designbysamgray.com/blog/?p=1467 Golden Spoon

Golden Spoon, Almost - D700, Lensbaby, Sweet 35

A bit of morning sunlight after breakfast…

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Lion at the Door - D700, Lensbaby, Sweet 35

No, not a real lion but sure does look like one from a cartoon…just made me smile when I saw this in the house we stayed at in Hilton Head in September. Hope it brings a smile to your face too…click to view a little larger.

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Going Home - D700, Lensbaby Sweet 35

A shot of Craig on the last night of the workshop…

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Relaxing Read in Forsyth Park - Lensbaby, Sweet 35

On the last day of the workshop in Savannah we went to Forsyth Park to shoot. I was traveling light with one camera and one lens, a Lensbaby sweet 35. This image is a composite of two images, one focused on the foreground and one on the guy reading the book. Yes, I did ask him if he minded if I put him in my photo, he said no problem…

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Eric Sommer-1

Eric Sommer 1 - D700, Lensbaby Sweet 35

A couple more shots of Eric Sommer shot in Savannah…I told you Eric was a fun guy.

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Eric Sommer-2

Eric Sommer 2 - D700, Lensbaby Sweet 35

Eric Sommer-3

Eric Sommer 3 - D700, Lensbaby Sweet 35

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Eric Sommers - Savannah

Eric Sommer, Savannah - D700, Lensbaby Sweet 35

We were in Savannah, GA last week, I was in a photo workshop with Craig Tanner from TME (The Mindful Eye Photography School) and my wife was touring Savannah and eating well. If you are passionate about photography do yourself a favor and visit Craig’s site tmelive.com you will be glad you did. Probably the best photography instructor you will ever meet and a awesome person to boot. If you can afford to do one of his workshops and they are not booked up, DO IT!

While shooting on the streets of Savannah I had the pleasure of taking a coffee break with Wes Norman, Craig’s assistant for the week. We got our coffee and sat down across from this gentleman and struck up a conversation about cameras. The guy, Eric Sommer, was a singer/guitarist on the road playing 270 dates a year. We asked if we could shoot some photos of him and worked our way outside to Chippewa Square. Eric was a very friendly guy and we had a great time taking photos. This is one of my favorites.

Great town, friendly people, good food, awesome workshop…dosen’t get any better than that for me!

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Ocean Moonglow

Ocean Moon-glow - D700, HDR

Not many clouds at the beach for the last couple of days but that changed last night. The moon came up and some great clouds appeared just when I thought it was time to go to bed. So I got to bed a little later than usual…had to use a little HDR to get some detail in the moon and clouds.

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Starfish

Starfish - D700, Lensbaby Sweet 35

Four images from the beach today…click to view a little larger…

Beach Biker Babes

Beach Biker Babes - D700

Cell Phone Biker

Cell Phone Biker - D700

Dune Crossover Motion Blur

Dune Crossover Motion Blur - D700

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Baby Mantis 1

Baby Mantis 1 - D700, 85mm PC

Every year now for the last four years we have had a preying mantis lay an egg sack in the scotch broom and in almost the same spot. This year my wife was checking the egg sack to see if they hatched yet and there they were streaming out of the egg sack. Pure luck, I grabbed the camera and started trying to get some shots…well they are REALLY small, see the next shot for some scale. Trying to find these guys in the broom now is quite a task. They come out of the egg sack a bright yellow and change to a light brown in about an hour or so. I saw one the other day and it was about an inch long and green so they must be eating well.

Baby Mantis 2

Baby Mantis 2 - D700, 85mm PC

Baby Mantis 2a

Baby Mantis 2, 100% - D700, 85mm PC

Here’s an overall shot of the shrub with mini mantis everywhere, all the slightly yellow blotches are baby mantis…shot with my Lensbaby Composer because it’s what was on the camera when the hatch started, I changed lenses later but they had already dissipated in the scotch broom by then.

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Baby Mantis 3

Baby Mantis 3 - Lensbaby Composer, Sweet 35

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Bluebell Variation 1

Bluebell Variation No. 1 - D700, Lensbaby, Sweet 35

I have been taking a bunch of images of the Spanish Bluebells we have along the sidewalk. Here are four variations of some of the images I shot recently…experimenting with some Flypaper Textures and some other effects…

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Bluebell Variation No. 2

Bluebell Variation No. 2 - D700, 85mm PC

Bluebell Variation No. 3

Bluebell Variation No. 3 - D700

Bluebell Variation No. 4

Bluebell Variation No. 4 - D700

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