It pays to stay in some spots for a little after sunset. You never know what you will find. Unfortunately, I have been so busy lately, I have not had the time to slow down and enjoy some good old fashioned photography. This happened to be …Continue Reading Here…
Finally, my yearly wish has come true. Fall and colder weather is finally here. No more, hopefully, hot weather for several months. This is a shot of the clouds from the front that has brought us this blessedly colder weather. Of course I had to add the gate to it or it would not have been as good.
It’s time to crash so, short post tonight. If you missed the HDR Spotting code, check back often. I have a few more to give out. While you are waiting, head over there and check some …Continue Reading Here…
Back to normal, if anything can be called normal for me. I hope to be able to make posts on time. For anyone new: on time = midnight eastern standard time. Also, don’t forget to click on the photo to see it large in Flickr.
So, during our few day’s off, I was able to sneak a few hours around sunset and then late at night. I was able to make my way across the wonderful pedestrian bridge over the Tennessee River and to Coolidge Park …Continue Reading Here…
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Football season is back in full swing, which means it’s time for fantasy football. I have played for the past 7 years with missing only one of those years. Our league began playing on Yahoo’s fantasy football and now …Continue Reading Here…
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I was driving around Marietta the other day when I ran across this office building. I thought it was cool and the spill way and creek just next to it are going to be a story for another day. But back to the building. There are a lot of vacant buildings …Continue Reading Here…
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I love how something so simple can make such a powerful image. Here we have a simple parking space, a simple brick building, a simple water tower. The statement is made when the light breaks through the simplicity …Continue Reading Here…
I did not get the time I thought I would to process photos today. However, I did make it through a few and I got some interesting shots from around town. I will have to share them soon.
I love to take photos of the sunset. However, I find myself …Continue Reading Here…
I love reflections. They are such a challenge to capture just right. Most of the time, one image can not capture the entire range of a reflections as well as the object of the reflection. That is where HDR helps out. When you are able to capture a much larger set of exposure values, the ability to get the building in the proper exposure range and still have the reflections exposed properly becomes much easier.
I found this building in Chattanooga, Tennessee over the weekend. We stopped for dinner and drove past this building afterward. It was just the right time of day to get the building with a decent sunset reflection. I took a shot of this building about 30 minutes later with the landscape lighting. You will just have to wait for it.
I have taken several other photos with good reflections over the past few months including the Camaro SS. Don’t forget about last Tuesday’s Daily Photo while you are looking around.
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While I was writing this I discovered that I did not make the Flickr photo for yesterday’s Daily Photo visible to the public. I have corrected it and you can now click on the photo to view it large. I highly recommend it. The amount of detail you can see in that little airplane is amazing.
And for anyone wondering, I did not make it to Downtown Chattanooga. However, I will be attending the Worldwide Photo Walk there on October 1st.
Composition has been the most challenging aspect of putting a photograph together for me. I find that I have to consciously work at making sure the photograph is framed right and lines are where I want them to be. However, for some, like my wife, this seems to come natural.
I have been making a great effort lately to make sure I have been following one of the most basic rules of composition, the rule of thirds. It is a very simple concept, but can be what makes or breaks a photo.
Simply put, the Rule of Thirds is to divide the framed picture into three equal vertical areas and three equal horizontal areas. In fact, most SLR cameras now have grids imposed on the photo in the viewfinder. This means that you will have two lines vertical through the photo and two horizontal dividing the three areas.
Now for the hard part, place the subject of the photo at the intersecting of these lines. Then, place supporting forms, lines objects along the lines leading to the subject. Example: In a sunset or sunrise photo, place the sun at the point of intersection of the lines and the horizon along one of the horizontal lines. For sunrise and sunset, I find myself looking for clouds that I like and placing the horizon on the bottom of the two lines.
I was out taking photos the other day when I ran across this bridge. It was getting dark and some really good clouds were moving in. I was looking for a good shot of the sunset, but that did not happen. So, I got low and followed the rule of thirds for this one.
Here is another photo where I used the rule of third’s for the composition: The Bench. And don’t miss last Tuesday’s daily photo.
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