Tuesday, June 23, 2015

SF Bay done in Medium Format

I was on a tree job and since I sold my work camera, I was left with a Pentax 645z.  This view had to be down sampled in order to insert it into a Word Doc. for the report I was preparing. 55mm  f2 has a FOV of 43mm in 35mm format.  Nice small and lightweight all weather lens. 

Dan

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Blogger Unknown said...

Nice capture Dan.


I really need to go to SF before I die to photograph anything at all. Just seems magical out there.

What kind of file size does that produce?

All weather does not mean waterproof correct? Does that help against the thick fog out there? I just read that fog can be one of the worst situations to use your camera in. As bad as shooting in sand if not worse.

Sunday, August 16, 2015 at 11:13:00 AM PDT  

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Macro

The Sony Rx1r has a neat little macro dial on this fix lens camera.  Not bad IMO.

Dan

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Blogger Warren T. said...

nice resolution and bokeh. :)

--WT

Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at 9:38:00 PM PDT  
Blogger Lena said...

Nice close up and reflections...:-)

Lena

Thursday, June 25, 2015 at 6:29:00 PM PDT  

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My Favorite Alpha

Sony Rx1r

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Anyone Know this Famous Race Car

Warren, expecting you to name this one.  Sony Rx1r

Dan

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Blogger Warren T. said...

1972 McLaren M8F/P, one of the all time greats :)

Nice shot.

Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at 8:14:00 PM PDT  
Blogger dan in marin said...

Was up to Infineon the other day. Saw some all time classics. It was a test day for all comers. Was able to ride in the track on a stock car. Quite a thrill.

Dan

Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at 8:26:00 PM PDT  
Blogger Warren T. said...

Hey! How did you wrangle a ride in a stock car?!? That's cool. I haven't been to the Infineon Historic Races in many years. I only go to the Monterey event not.

--WT

Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at 9:29:00 PM PDT  

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Sunday, June 21, 2015

Don't Fence Me In

Lumix G5, Lumix 100-300mm

I shot this last April near the Golden Gate Bridge.


--Warren

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Blogger Lena said...

So cute and lovely, nice capture...:-)

Lena

Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at 4:40:00 PM PDT  

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Tuesday, June 16, 2015

American Kestrel in Yellowstone

Lumix G5, Lumix 100-300mm

Gail and I were on the lookout for wildlife in Yellowstone, and we soon learned that the quickest clue to seeing where the wildlife was is to spot where the wildlife photographers are clustered. I'm referring to the really SERIOUS photographers who are using huge tripods, dslrs, and gigantic lenses. 


We spotted the above group, and we thought that they were waiting for a bear, but when we walked up and asked them, they said that they were shooting an American Kestrel nest. They were waiting for the female to fly into the nest, and apparently, they had been patiently waiting there for an hour or more. They were extemely touchy bordering on rudeness about people walking in front of their cameras for fear of their prize winning shot being ruined by someone's head in the frame. 

Well, I am a big fan of raptors of all kinds, so I was excited about the possibility of getting a shot of the bird at its nest too! While everybody had their big lenses aimed squarely at the nest, I with my handheld rig saw the birds flying around the nest. The birds are very careful about protecting their nest site, so they are very cautious about flying there, hence the long wait to catch the "perfect" shot.

I was able to grab some shots of the bird perched at nearby branches before the final series of it landing at the nest.



We were lucky, Gail and I only had to wait 10 minutes or so before the bird decided to land next to the nest, and fly into it.

After that, all the big lens people packed up and left to find the next photo opportunity. And I was very happy to be part of the gang who were there to capture that moment.

--Warren









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Blogger Lea said...

Great anecdote about finding wildlife, hahah! Imagining you and Gail trying to pass on the trail behind them....

I love the brightness and warmth in the colors. Also, the tree looks so much like a bird itself. I thought it was an owl at first. Lovely story presented.. A return home..

Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at 8:21:00 AM PDT  
Blogger Lena said...

Excellent series actions catch of wildlife, shot shot...:-)

Lena

Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at 7:25:00 PM PDT  
Blogger dan in marin said...

The wildlife photography scene is more than wild, excuse the pun. These guys are fanatics. Spent a day with them tracking wolves taking down a bison. Incredible how these photographers go about their day totally devoted to the one second shot hit or miss.

Dan

Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at 7:55:00 PM PDT  

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Thursday, June 11, 2015

Flamenco Sketching. Pictures made by pen and paint.


A 3 hour search for angles, lighting, shapes, and textures. I guess more too, perhaps. (The music was great!) These are pen sketches colored with watercolour paints. I have joined the Vancouver Urban Sketchers as of Jan 2014 to inform my photography. So far, the sketching has been helped by my photography instincts. Hopefully after a few more years of urban sketching, it will feed back into the photos. I've really slowed down my process of observation... which is what I think film photography also does (I have not figured out a way to make myself take that jump with enough commitment yet). There are some unique qualities of sketch observations though. With sketching, you feel every line put down. And lighten with every distant boundary. You lean into every perspective. It's been an interesting journey into a neighboring visual expression.




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Blogger Warren T. said...

Hi Lea,

Thanks so much for sharing your ideas and creative process here with us. I love the multiple sketches and panels, like vignettes into your mind as you are observing the scene.

I've done sketching, and I get inspired to sketch very occasionally.

I like your analogy/link between sketching and film photography. In sketching though, I feel the process is more granular (the commitment to a drawn line), where in film photography (and by extension, all photography) is more holistic (you are capturing a whole frame at a time).

My photographic mind thinks almost the same way whether I'm shooting film or digital, but perhaps that is because I grew up shooting film, and that method is ingrained in my process.

Lea, can you explain what you mean by "leaning into a perspective"? I want to understand this more.

--Warren

Monday, June 15, 2015 at 9:57:00 AM PDT  
Blogger Lea said...

Thanks for the comment Warren. Its great to hear that you are mindful of the comparison between sketching and photographing.

Leaning into a perspective .. when perspective is more prominent (not in these figure drawings) I can sometimes find myself feeling pulled into an angle of a building. Yuko Shimizu teaches a Skillshare.com class called Mastering Inking: Basic and Pro Techniques. She personifies different marks and line as feminine and masculine. I found that very interesting, and it began to make sense the more I thought about it as I was drawing.

I agree with the granular vs holistic idea but also disagree slightly. When I took a charcoal drawing class, the teacher would say that you have to work on the entire picture all the time. If you forget about other parts, your consistency goes wonky. Perspective, tonality, scale, etc. And I have experienced that wonkyness to be true many times. So drawing can be a holistic experience, that appears granular. It's just moving at snail pace in comparison to photography. And running counter to photography being holistic is the dark room, and photoshop. Manipulations happen after the fact, and we call the end result a photograph (if it hasn't gone so far as to be called photographic art). But many hours, sometimes, have been put in to get it there.

Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at 8:12:00 AM PDT  
Blogger Lena said...

amazing ! artistic pen and paint of pictures, thanks for share...:-)

Lena

Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at 7:19:00 PM PDT  

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Monday, June 08, 2015

Two Medicine Lake, Glacier National Park

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Blogger Lena said...

Beautiful view, nice reflections, amazing !

Lena

Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 4:45:00 PM PDT  
Blogger Lea said...

Stunning landscape, I love the horned driftwood peeking up in the front.

Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 6:15:00 PM PDT  
Blogger dan in marin said...

Nice reflection scene Warren. I like the driftwood in juxtaposition to the mountains

Dan

Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at 8:03:00 PM PDT  

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Saturday, June 06, 2015

Snow Fall on on way road Trillum Lake of Portland





  Lena

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Blogger Warren T. said...

Great shots! The snow is pretty, I like #3. :)

--WT

Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 4:12:00 PM PDT  
Blogger Lea said...

I agree the third shot is outstanding!!

Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 6:16:00 PM PDT  

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Painted Hills Mitchell Oregon

  It's my last month photograph trip Portland Oregon. 
The scenery were amazing, I saw four season view on my 6 days tour...:-)
Lena




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Blogger Warren T. said...

Amazing colors!

Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 4:11:00 PM PDT  
Blogger Lea said...

So surreal and gorgeous...... I hope to see these one day in person :) Wonderful work Lena!

Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 6:17:00 PM PDT  
Blogger Lena said...

Thanks for you are comments...:-)
Indeed amazing Mitchell Oregon of Colors hills...' Painted Hills '...if you are artists and photographers, don't miss the place, where's wonderful for you to create own artist photos...:-)

Lena

Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at 4:46:00 PM PDT  
Blogger dan in marin said...

This rivals the southwest Lena, very nice. Heading to Washington and Oregon in a few weeks. Driving from the Palouse to Portland.

Dan

Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at 8:02:00 PM PDT  

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You Looking at Me?

Lumix G5, Lumix 100-300mm

I shot this robin at Two Medicine Lake in Glacier National Park. The wildlife viewing and scenery were fantastic at Yellowstone NP, and the scenery was great in all three parks (Yellowstone, Grand Tetons, and Glacier) that we visited.

What has everyone else been up to lately?

--Warren

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Blogger Lena said...

Beautiful capture, Yellowstone national park scenery are amazing, I visited there two years ago, I like it a lot, I also grabbed many nice pictures...

Can not wait to see your photos...:-)

Lena

Saturday, June 6, 2015 at 4:27:00 PM PDT  

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Thursday, June 04, 2015

When the Search for Complexity is found in Simplicity - SLIP IN SLIDE

It takes a team
I don't want to grow up

Everyone is a pro

Covered in mud? Success


Nikon D810 - Nikkor 80-200mm -
Speed priority 1/1000 - ISO 320 - 200mm - F stop would jump between 4.5-7ish based on overcast. I think I had the exposure compensation to plus 1 

I recently shot an event that was both amazing to shoot and gave me a little deeper insight into my own progressive world of photography.

Having the personal opinion that I found my passion a little late in life and trying to catch up to the years of experience everyone around me seems to have. Has kept me pushing myself daily to improve all my skills.

But it also can be my achilles heel. Second guessing myself at every turn.

* I am an amazing photographer right?
* I can capture those moments that transcend the norm into a place of fantasy and excitement?
* Location, Location. Should I be traveling the globe climbing mountains & jumping out of helicopters to prove my worth?
* I need to make things more complex don't I!? Show the world the depth of my abilities?
* I need more equipment to produce better photographs? Do I need more equipment to produce better photos?
* Why am I second guessing myself?
* Do Annie Leibovitz, Chase Jarvis & Von Wong second guess everything they do?

Turns out the answers to all my questions are always yes and no.

Complexity is normally not better, location is important but has nothing to do with capturing amazing photos. Equipment is only helpful when used properly and turns out the less you use the less can go wrong. I have learned from all the people I have met in this journey & this has nothing to do with other photographers but anyone that feels they are not producing what they want always seem to have an excuse to back up their failures. I have also found embracing your failures is the key to success. When I dont fail at something I typically dont improve it as far as I would have if I completely messed up. Didn't get it right the first time. Do it again & again & again until that lightbulb goes on.

But wait a minute? Kids, a plastic piece of material and some water helped produce some of my favorite photos? All I had to do was lay on my stomach, get a little dirty, set my camera to speed priority mode and time my shots. I barely even touched the photos in post.

Too easy? or just right? Turns out just being willing to get as low as you need to for eye level shots is half the battle.

My mini post morphed into something else but hey what can you do. ??? Someone just said shorten it. =)

I hope everyone is well, I miss seeing everyones posts from your adventures.

Best wishes to you all!

~Carl~


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Blogger Lena said...

Nice happy Summer scene, you capture great moment, really nice photos...:-)

Lena

Saturday, June 6, 2015 at 2:09:00 PM PDT  
Blogger Warren T. said...

Carl, thanks for posting here. It was a very interesting and entertaining read. I think these are great actions shots!

We recently visited three national parks (Grand Tetons, Yellowstone, and Glacier). I'll be posting some of the shots here.

Warren

Saturday, June 6, 2015 at 2:22:00 PM PDT  
Blogger Lea said...

This post is a great conversation starter. I was at a 3 hour figure drawing session yesterday and someone asked me how I was finding it, as it was my first time. I told them it was a challenge and I was finding it very difficult. Because usually I roam around outside for new imagery to sketch or photograph. i change location. But in this room, it was super challenging to draw new pictures for 3 hours of one person. I ended up with many images I found to be unique and would not have seen if I only stayed for an hour, or two hours. Over time, I think it is inevitable to see new things if we continue to try and make the effort. You must be on the brink of falling to run... or slip & sliding for that matter. I like the idea that time reveals. Keep following the dream, whatever it is, and let it evolve and change, and enjoy the endless search for voice and character, and if you don't make the end goal at least you will know you tried your very best. That's how I am treating it these days anyways.

Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 6:31:00 PM PDT  

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