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
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
I gave the Seniors Photo Club an assignment to try producing a "Fine Art" photo. That is a photo that has no other purpose but to just be beautiful, not sure if this qualifies but it is my entry. I put these things in my black box with only ambient light, but must admit to using a flashlight to sweep light across the items, f/22, 20 seconds, Manual mode, 5600K, ISO 100. LYLE
After talking today I decided to look at the photos I told you about. They were shot mid afternoon looking toward the sun so I just had to post them to do the assignment for your class. I'm not real happy with the 2nd one I worked on it a long time and discarded most of what I did. I ended up just settling for what I posted.
Bruce
About 4 years ago Judi and I went with some friends to the Grand Canyon, actually we were there on my birthday. I had not really liked this shot much but after looking at again and working on it in ON1 Photo RAW and getting the crop right I changed my mind. LYLE
