This blog is for us to share our interest in photography. It is a great way to share what we are learning, or already know, with one another. By including the details about each photo (camera settings, etc.)and the why of each capture we all benefit. It also allows us to 'show off' what we are up to. Remember please, these images are copyrighted, please do not copy, reproduce or use for any commercial purpose. Thank you, LYLE, Bruce and Steve. You may contact us at shenemanboys@gmail.com
I shoot a burst of photos when I am shooting birds so I can capture just the right "pose". But when the pose was right the bird had risen up too high and I cut off it's head. So I took the body of the good shot and added the wings of the cropped off one to get this pose. Same bird in both shots and fractions of a second apart but it gave me what I wanted. LYLE
I have been struggling to get a bird in focus and looking good. This was shot with a 500mm lens, f/8, 1/4000 sec and the camera set to FX mode. It is not cropped, I was at about 50 feet from the bird. I only added a subtle vignette and sharpened the photo just a bit. LYLE
These next few pictures were taken in the same canyon that you and I went shooting in when you were here. It is the Lake Blanch Trail in Big Cottonwood Canyon. Some winters it doesn't get cold enough to make all this happen, but this year it was down in the single digit area so I knew I would be able to get some nice shots. The golden tones are reflections from the canyon wall across the canyon which is a golden granite and faces south so it is in full sunlight. LYLE
I thought this was amazing the way the little rivulets of water froze into columns as it flowed below this fallen log. A slow shutter speed (1.3 sec) and 4 stop ND filter allows for a nice capture. LYLE
The ice and flowing water make a great subject for photography, but it is always a very cold experience because the temperature has to stay below about 25d F to keep it frozen. Two days later we went up into another canyon and it was all gone. LYLE
I finally got my settings right so I could focus track with my camera, boy what a difference that makes for clarity. I shot about 440 photos of the Eagles and will throw out all but about 6 of them. Oh well, that is how it goes sometimes. The eagles are still here and the rangers feed them the first part of Feb so I will go back out to try to get a few better shots then. But the Pelicans were having a very social time drifting back and forth and feeding along the way. LYLE
A Bald Eagle comes in for a landing on the ice at Farmington Bay just north of Salt Lake City. It scatters all of the gulls but the ducks seem undeterred by it's presence. It will sit there until it gets a chance to steal some food from somebody. LYLE
This Blue Heron was standing in a small flow of water along the dike I was driving along. As long as I stayed in the truck it was okay, so I just rolled the window down and took its picture with a 170-500 Sigma lens. LYLE
