Yosemite & Mono Lake Day 2 & 3
After a leisurely start we headed to the valley to see if there was any water at Bridal Veil falls. No such luck there was a trickle but even that allowed us to see the magnitude of the height and widths of Bridal Veil as wing sways the falls from side to side. We drove one way loop photographing the iconic landscapes and finally got to the Merced river bed at Cathedral Beach to photograph El Capitan and its reflections. The first image is of Don photographing El Capitan while the second is an unobstructed view with the reflection in the river. The Merced is quit dry at this time and give some new opportunities to capture images from the river bed.
A reflection of El Capitan.
We did a fe more locations including the views from Swinging Bridge and the river bed below.
After lunch at the Mountain Room we went to the Meadows across Sentinel bridge in preparation for a sunset image of Half Dome from Sentinel Bridge.
Day 3 - A significant forest fire has been burning near the Cascades. The fire started as a result of a lightning strike and has been burning since mid June. The firs two days were not impacted but this morning the smoke was evident as it blew into the valley. The haze created by the smoke makes of difficult photography.
After a day photographing from various vistas we headed out to Washburn and Glacier Points.
A 10 image panorama of the view from Washburn Point:
- Half Dome at Sunset - Washburn Point
Iceland - Aurora Borealis and Winter Landscape Photo Tour & Workshop
After extensive research and planning the photo tour and workshop to capture the Aurora Borealis and the beautiful Icelandic landscapes is ready. The tour starts in Reykjavik on January 19 and concludes January 25, 2013. You do not want to miss this opportunity.I have teamed up with a world famous photographer Olgeir Andresson who has made photographing the Aurora his hallmark. He won the highest honor of photographer of the year in the Danish Zoom Magazine and his work has been shown in Times Square in New York sponsored by Kodak. You will not find a more experienced Northern Lights’ photographer.Iceland – The Land of Fire and Ice – is an experience for non-photographers and photographers alike. In addition to the Aurora, we will have opportunities to capture mighty glaciers, waterfalls and spouting geysers. Majestic mountains, magnificent coastlines and smoking volcanoes.We are now in the period known as 'Solar Max'. This means that sunspot activity which produces the aurora borealis is heightened, offering more chances to see the northern lights. Solar Max happens every 11 years in accordance with the solar cycle.More information is in the brochure and links to the registration forms are available from the workshop pageClick here for a PDF Brochure
Late June and Early July One Day Workshops
New Tip - Star Trail Imagery
Going through some of my notes and articles if found one ideal for tonight. This is on capturing star trails. Click here for the tip.
IR imagery in Incandescent Light
Going a step further with the same Iris,
I took an image with my IR camera and adjusted it in Lightroom 4 so as to take the background to black. As the light was an incandescent source the true IR was not evident. Additional adjustments in LR4 yielded this.
Boston Skyline March 19, 2011 Super Moon Night
While cleaning up bring to make more room on my Macbook for the upcoming photo tour and workshop to India next week I came across this image. This was captured about a year ago on the night of the "super moon". I am looking forward to doing a lot of night photography and time lapse images on this trip. In particular the Taj Mahal - we will be in Agra the night after the full moon but hopefully will get some good opportunities.
Red Breasted Nuthatch
Red Breasted Nuthatch
Canon 7D, 70 - 200 f2.8 ISExposure triad: ISO 3200, F8, 1/640 sec.
Walked out this dull overcast dreary morning on my deck to see this nuthatch. Liked the pose and the slightly open beak. This is the first year we are getting the Red Breasted Nuthatch in our back yard. Having shot this at ISO 3200 I used Nik Define 2.0 to clean up the background.
Noise Reduction - Canon 7D and ISO 3200
Question: "Shiv, do you do much post-processing on images shot at ISO 3200 with your 7D? I have many such photos from our Costa Rica trip and wonder if I can improve some a little by reducing "grain"."Response: When you shoot at ISO 3200 you need to process using Canon's DPP for the initial Noise Reduction before you do any work in Aperture, Lightroom or ACR. Now you can bring the images into Photoshop and use NIK's Define if you have it or use the noise reduction in Adobe Camera Raw for further noise reduction if required - I find Define to be about the best.
Low and Poor Light High ISO experiments
Saturday Jan 23, 2010 - Wakodahatchee Wetlands once more. I did not see what the forecast was but was the light poor - dark clouds with an occasional break. Time to test the 7d as I wanted to yesterday. I will post my ISO 3200 image in a subsequent blog - a straight conversion from RAW to JPEG.
7D ISO 1000 Test
Friday January 22 - The light just kept getting worse as the afternoon progressed. I decided to go to Wakodahatchee and push the 7D a bit - ISO 1000 hand held. I was pleasantly surprised ............, next I will push it to ISO 2000 (only when the opportunity presents itself).