tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14589020434457805282024-03-18T22:11:22.916-06:00Some Dude With a CameraLloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08342499911423419920noreply@blogger.comBlogger494125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458902043445780528.post-5732078855908158292016-04-26T21:45:00.002-06:002016-04-26T21:46:15.135-06:00My account is fullI have filled up my storage space..... sigh....<br />
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LloydLloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08342499911423419920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458902043445780528.post-8764696243666092442016-01-02T10:00:00.001-07:002016-01-02T10:00:27.448-07:00Post Christmas Panorama<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Ran away for breakfast the day after Christmas and had a great time looking at the blowing snow on the mountains around us here in Utah. Just had to take a picture. Was wishing I had my long telephoto not my standard zoom to work with but you do what you can with what you got right?</div>
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<br />Lloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08342499911423419920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458902043445780528.post-15831489579178729072016-01-01T22:17:00.000-07:002016-01-01T22:17:02.741-07:00Two Lenses, Two Focal Lengths, Same f stop<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
One of the fascinating things for me about photography is how changing the focal length of the lens you are using can subtly or dramatically change the look of a photo. Going from say 17mm to 300mm would be dramatically different. Which is the subject of a post I want to do someday, where I try to keep the subject approximately the same size while changing the focal length drastically... say from 8mm Fisheye to 300mm Telephoto.</div>
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What I wanted to see here was how differently a photo would look using a 100mm v. a 200mm lens. This was spurred on by taking this first shot of an ornament given to my family by my brother in law for Christmas. After taking the first one I found myself wondering if I could take essentially the same shot with my old manual focus 200mm lens.</div>
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I was intrigued by how similar they looked after processing. The older lens lacked contrast and the exposure was not quite the same, but they are quite similar upon initial examination. If you look closely though there are subtle differences some due to having to move the tripod further away to keep the relative size of the ornament the same and some due to the change in focal length exclusively.</div>
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I think I need to pursue this line of investigation more closely. It would be a fascinating thing to explore in a blog post when I have the time to sit down and write in a lucid manner.</div>
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I won't go over all the reasons that I love Photographing the Temples of my Church. Suffice it to say that I love it, and that Christmas Lights make it even more enjoyable.</div>
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It was unfortunate that I only had an hour and half on one night to go. Fortunately it had snowed recently and it looked fabulous! I stayed on the East side instead of running around through the crowds, and managed to mostly stay dry and warm. Hope you enjoy the photos!</div>
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And a belated Merry Christmas!</div>
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At most of the Mormon Temples in Utah they will put up a nativity scene, very simple and plain. The one at my local temple has the statues facing the temple instead of away like many. When I dropped by one morning I thought the clouds would make a nice background. It was quite tough to make the scene look good, the lighting was MUCH brighter than the sky. Needed some serious HDR magic to make it look like I wanted it to.</div>
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In a park my hometown there is a large tree that has been heavily lit the last few years. It makes for some interesting photos and is really cool to visit.<br />
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This is more like it looks to the naked eye. The mountains were difficult to capture on camera and required a LONG exposure and HDR to blend it.<br />
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<br />Lloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08342499911423419920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458902043445780528.post-84270409486303852122015-12-27T10:22:00.000-07:002015-12-26T10:22:24.515-07:00In Camera Processing from RAW<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
For some reason I used to find my 28mm lens restrictive in field of view, don't know why. So I haven't used it that much. Deciding to rectify that situation I carried it for a few days on my commute. The sunrise was not much, no clouds, but the light on the partially frozen lake was kind of nice.</div>
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After making it onto the train, I decided to try and process a couple of the shots "In-Camera". I don't know if all brands allow you to take a RAW file and process it using just the camera controls but my Pentax does. After doing that I then came home and took the original files and did my usual processing on them. They are paired up here below. The first one is my version, and the second is straight from the file processed in the camera. I think I do a little better job at home with Photoshop.</div>
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I have always been fascinated by the ability of the camera to compress or expand time, distance and/or perspective. I have done this before I just don't get tired of it though. Holding the camera against the glass behind the light rail operators head and taking a longer exposure. Streaking the lights, showing the motion. Kind of like being in the Millennium Falcon in Hyperdrive. </div>
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The clouds this time of year tend to fascinate me so... I especially love it when the mountains cast shadows on the clouds as the sun is first just starting to come up. It will stop me in my tracks, this morning did. Made me miss my train, but I didn't care! These are all multi shot panoramas taken with my Pentax SMC 24mm f2.8.<br />
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More clouds over where I work. Yeah I went all HDR on it, but it looks OK I think.<br />
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<br />Lloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08342499911423419920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458902043445780528.post-18414107623208312052015-12-26T09:53:00.000-07:002015-12-26T09:53:33.423-07:00Much Delayed Posts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Yeah, I'm busy, and well... I have had things to do. Sorry if you feel neglected. It is not intentional to not be posting, it is just neccessary. </div>
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All these shots are from October of 2015 and are just around my daily commute.</div>
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<br />Lloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08342499911423419920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458902043445780528.post-3102418504810749932015-10-25T16:32:00.000-06:002015-10-25T16:32:10.554-06:00Focus Stacking...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
So... I have been wanting to try this for awhile. What have I been wanting to try you ask? Focus stacking. A method of increasing the area of a picture that is in focus, by combining multiple individual photos focused on different parts of the image into one image.</div>
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Who cares you say? Me. And a few friends. I am just as interested in selective focus on a single part of an image as the next guy. That is why I have lenses like my DA* 55mm f1.4 which can give me a VERY thin slice of a photo in focus and blur the rest especially when set to f1.4 (or wide open). In Macro photography, due to how lenses work and how close you are getting to your subject, even if you stop your lens down to f11 or f16 you are still going to get just part of the subject in focus.</div>
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Because of that some clever chap decided to find a way to combine, or stack, parts of different images into a single image that shows only the in focus parts of the image. So, if you take enough photos with the focus point just shifting slightly between each photo, you can get a picture of something close up but have the WHOLE THING in focus.</div>
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This one has the leading edge of the flower in perfect focus, but the rest of the flower is not even though the lens was stopped down to f8.</div>
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Here the focus is further in.<br />
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And here the focus is on the rear petals of the sunflower.<br />
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And here is the finished product, nicely stacked, blended and in focus.<br />
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I have a way to go in mastering this technique, but I hope to get quite facile with it, when needed.<br />
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Here is the source of my knowledge so far: https://photographylife.com/how-to-focus-stack-imagesLloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08342499911423419920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458902043445780528.post-51355279522009215472015-10-25T14:06:00.003-06:002015-10-25T14:06:57.106-06:00Van Lady Love... Interesting name wot?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
The second night of shooting for my local HOA, there was a band called <a href="http://www.vanladylove.com/" target="_blank">Van Lady Lov</a>e whom I had never heard of. They were pretty darn good and I enjoyed shooting them. My concert photography muscles were a little flabby, but I got a few I liked. They were pretty energetic and it was tough to get shots that were really clear. I think the movement in this one adds to the shot.</div>
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Part of me still wishes I had exposed for the sky and had silhouettes for these two.<br />
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I really like this kid on her dad's shoulders, capturing a cool moment without intruding is fun for me.<br />
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<br />Lloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08342499911423419920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458902043445780528.post-4216030637448433472015-10-24T22:32:00.000-06:002015-10-24T22:32:50.245-06:00Shooting in the Hood<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I was recently asked to shoot some promo photos for my neighborhood. That is part of why I was quite absent from my blog and posting a lot of things. I was too busy working on this stuff! I shot on multiple nights and in different locations. And had to process all those photos too! I will be presenting a few favorites of mine that were not purchased by Daybreak along with more verbiage than I would normally use. In an attempt to explain what I was aiming for in composing the photos.</div>
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This was an unusual thing for me to take pictures to try to meet my perception of what others wanted rather than just shooting whatever caught my eye. I really don't know how successful I was really, they did choose many photos but not the ones I would have chosen as my favorites.</div>
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Like this one: I just love the light on the metal man and the color in the sky. Maybe I could have included more of the people around it, but the shadows made it hard to bring them in. Maybe I just like the top 1/2 of it? This is why I try to not fall in love with photos, just because I love them doesn't mean others will.</div>
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I wanted to capture a sense of movement and excitement in the crowd. Panning to follow a subject with a slow shutter speed allowed me to control the amount of blur and how many of the people could be seen well enough to be identified. That is always a consideration, will somebody get mad if they can be seen in a picture?<br />
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I like the fun fountains and stuff for kids to play in, again a slow shutter speed blurs things intentionally.<br />
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The cheery warmth of the light in the store, the people, the bikes. What is not to like? This shot required my tripod as it was getting darker. I really am much more comfortable with small apertures, and tripod and a remote release in my hand.<br />
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<br />Lloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08342499911423419920noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458902043445780528.post-24163160222989113472015-10-09T19:05:00.000-06:002015-10-09T19:05:08.821-06:00Evening Gloom<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Evening is an amazing time for me, not being much of a night owl, it signals the end of the day for me mostly, but it often leaves me with a feeling of the "Last Hurrah!" when the clouds and sunset provide drama to punctuate the last gasp of the suns rays. This night provided little direct light, but drama it gave provided nourishment to my soul. A day of rain with light at the end of the tunnel so to speak. I don't know if they could be considered technically much of anything, but to me these shots have meaning.</div>
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It is always a challenge to simply go out and find interesting pictures. Those of you who have read my blog for any length of time know that I like to simply wander and look for interest in what is around me. Being completely IN the moment as it were. Whether I get anything of significance or even interest is less important than creating a connection however brief with the world around me. Creating strings that tie me to a moment that I can weave into the tapestry of my life. Sometimes that means moments of significance. Other times you are bringing significance to the moment simply by capturing it.</div>
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I "saw" this as I was walking to the train. Ooooh pretty flowers, and walk on for most people, IF they even look up from their smart phone. For me I will remember this exact piece of ground even after it is paved over, I will remember the delicate salmon/purple/blue of the sky, the technical challenge of capturing the photo without a tripod in lower light. The luminescence of the nearly full moon, and the delicate sunflower swaying in the slight breeze, making my job harder!</div>
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Downtown Salt Lake City is always a rich place for exploration. If you are aware you see new things. I have walked past this multiple times, never looking up at it. Never walking around it to find the dizzying pattern that dazzles and yet draws me in.<br />
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Never walked past this part of the courthouse. In and Outdoor reflecting pool. Disorienting and beautiful.<br />
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Have to admit I really am shy about just taking pictures of people on the street. Had to get one of this guy though. He was tooling leather for boots just there. In the shade. Never seen him before, wish I had asked to do a closer up portrait...<br />
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Tall buildings make everyone a little kid again. You are always looking up. Unless you are glued to your "Smartphone" and walking into street lamps.<br />
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In an effort to... push forward the arts, be funky, be cool... whatever. Salt Lake has some fairly random art pieces placed around. "Art on a stick." I call it. Whatever you call it, it can be fun to look at.<br />
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Many fond memories of this building, choir performances during intermissions of The Nutcracker at Christmas being the most prominent. Really need to shoot this at night!<br />
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Courtyard of the Blue Iguana. Best. Mexican. In. Salt Lake.<br />
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Same building. Love the building, love the ornateness of the light fixtures. And yes I made it crooked intentionally. Gotta break out of the OCD somehow....<br />
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Debated taking a picture of this kid for awhile, decided it was OK as you couldn't see his face and it was in a very public space. He stood there forever just staring. He was in the moment.<br />
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<br />Lloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08342499911423419920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458902043445780528.post-10297122734488110522015-09-13T17:01:00.002-06:002015-09-13T17:01:20.755-06:00Clouds... They Make Most Every Picture Better!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Case in point: I can shoot these mountains everyday, tough to take a photo of them I am excited about unless there is texture to the sky, or the moon or something like that. While this is not something Ansel would be proud of I just get happy when I see skies like this!</div>
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The thing that made me happiest was I had time to take pictures of the Temple with the clouds. It necessitated an angle I usually don't shoot from much, but I think they turned out ok!<br />
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I had to wait for sunlight on the temple though, you can see this first shot, the temple is a bit dull looking, this was due to clouds partially blocking the sun.<br />
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My patience was rewarded I really like the look of this better.<br />
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One thing about being a photographer is that you are always looking for new things to take pictures of. You take different ways of getting home, turn down side streets. I am sure I have never driven past this spot, though I have heard of it. I think I need to go back at night.....</div>
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Nothing fancy here, I just loved the textures of the peeling wood on an abandoned building's door.<br />
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Clouds. Did I mention I LOVE clouds?<br />
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Both of these are HDR, I like them but I'm not super excited with the haloing I see around the temple. But with the building in shade and the sun lit, there was no other good way to get the lighting right. Believe me I tried!<br />
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I got to uploading these photos and realized how many I had gotten that I liked, could have processed even more, but I think this is enough. I realize that I am more image centric than verbose here on my blog. I think that is OK, don't you? I mean... it IS a photography blog, might as well post some images.</div>
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Hot air balloons are a pretty cool thing, I have always loved seeing them fly, but have not yet been in one. (Some day) They can be devilishly hard to photograph. They are large, but have lots of small details, most balloon festivals start launching around dawn, so you end up with wildly varying exposure compensation settings, depending on backlighting, direct sunlight, sky vs. shadow. I was forced to look at my LCD and review more often than I like to just to make sure I had the right exposure. After the morning was done I realized I was on matrix metering rather than spot metering. Sigh... explains a lot.</div>
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Despite the technical challenges of exposure, composition can be tricky, these suckers are big, REALLY BIG! You can go from 10mm to 100mm+ in a blink, and NOBODY makes a lens with those specs! My workhorse was my Pentax 16-85, I also shot a few with my DFA 100. Which is constraining for me, as I usually go wide or go home. This was good, it forced me to look at my compositions differently. Hopefully successfully.</div>
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I love the juxtaposition of one balloon against another and the textures of the balloon shapes. It almost reminds me of a kaleidoscope when you get a bunch together.<br />
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I have always been fascinated by the willingness people have to shoot flames into a fabric bag. The heat and power are heady, and the results awe inspiring. Still a little scary though.<br />
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Kissing?<br />
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Sometimes zooming with your zoom rather than with your feet can provide a nice variation in composition. I honestly can't say which one I like most, but I think the first is the most interesting.<br />
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Yes, there were lots of people there. For whatever reason I do not/try to not/forget to include people in my shots, I guess maybe they are less interesting than the balloons?<br />
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Chasing them into the surrounding neighborhoods was a highlight for my kids. (Me too if truth be told, but a little nerve wracking when you are the driver AND trying to spot them too!)<br />
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<br />Lloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08342499911423419920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458902043445780528.post-20804781609298782192015-08-10T20:07:00.002-06:002015-08-10T20:07:39.874-06:00Exploring the Everyday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Have you ever just taken the opportunity to look at something. I mean really LOOK at it. Something you have seen frequently but never really appreciated the details and uniqueness of it? Well... if you haven't you should. This building lies directly adjacent to the light rail line I ride frequently, and just down the street from my brothers office. I have seen it hundreds of times looking out the window of the train as I had my thoughts on anything but it.</div>
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Several weeks ago I really "Saw" it, I suddenly ached to get close to it. Secretly to get inside, but the law abiding guy I am won't allow me to dwell on it. It is for sale/rent, apparently defunct. I has grain elevators (I think) and other things I don't know about yet. I took the edge off my thirst in 15 minutes of shooting, but hardly quenched it.</div>
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Here. Here is just a beginning of exploring a new building and a new area.</div>
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This brought me in, I love painted buildings. Don't know why, I just do. </div>
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The only color image from this brief shoot. Rusting diagonal across a building that I could not get straight. Nothing was plumb or square. Or maybe it was just me...<br />
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The very emptiness of this strut intrigues me, what did it hold, who looked at it EVERYDAY for years, what were they thinking, if they saw it again, what memories would it bring back?<br />
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I like the wood better than the corrugated tin.<br />
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Greasy pipe ends, and gloves set down. Waiting for someone to come back. But never to be used again? All I feel is melancholy when I look at it.<br />
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Lines and buildings converging in the distance. Draw the eye to... nothing.<br />
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<br />Lloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08342499911423419920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458902043445780528.post-87516945873474004592015-08-05T22:29:00.000-06:002015-08-05T22:29:22.516-06:00I can't pick just one....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I have to admit to a failing, I simply have LOTS of trouble winnowing down my photos to the best ones. I have heard it said that the difference between amateur and professional photographers is the size of their trashcan, so I guess this means I am an amateur because I fall in love with too many images and can't let them go. Sigh... First world problems? Yep. I can't really help myself though. There are so many awesome images just waiting for me! </div>
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These were all taken in the area where I live, mostly walking home from Light Rail to my house. All with my Pentax 16-85, I am about ready to write up a user review of the lens, I think I have enough experience with the lens by now.</div>
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So... I volunteered to go to Scout Camp as an adult leader. Not because I had a son going (I only have daughters), and not because I currently hold a position in the local scout troop, but because there was a dearth of leaders available and I could get the time off. </div>
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I have to say first off I have a certain ambivalence to scouting as it is now run, the BSA has made it so much about keeping track of the details that the last thing that is worried about by the poor harried scoutmaster is actually having fun with the boys. That said, I was there to make sure they made it home alive, because their parents asked me, and to take some pictures and get some sleep when they didn't need a babysitter. You see, that is the best part of a BSA organized camp, they pay counselors to teach the classes, and the leaders get to goof off! All I had to do really was make sure they were fed, made it to their classes, and didn't set themselves on fire... Knowing that was on the agenda, and having been to Camp Steiner before, I was eager to go and see the scenery and take some photos while inhaling some woodsmoke and looking at the stars.</div>
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I didn't go up until Wed, and stayed until Sat AM which gave me a day to mow my lawn and hang out with my wife. The scariest part was driving up there, the last time I drove the Mirror Lake Highway I hit a deer... Ironically going to different Scout Camp. So this time I took my beater truck. 1991 Dodge Dakota (1/4 rust, 3/8 Primer and 3/8 peeling white paint) I was somewhat confident that it would not breakdown on the way up or back, as she has been behaving herself for the last year or so, and I have been feeding her nice steady diet of synthetic Mobil 1. I'm happy to say I made it just fine, and my little buddy did not strand me anywhere. In fact she started up at 10,000 ft in 30 degree temps without a hiccup!</div>
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Oh... you are here for the pictures? OK, on with the photos. I stopped at the Upper Provo River Falls, an unquiet but fun place for a few quick snaps. Not having taken my ND filter due to space issues I simply scoped it out for future options. A little different from my <a href="http://lloydshell.zenfolio.com/p21601729/h1B9CAFA0#h1b9cafa0" target="_blank">last shoot there</a>. </div>
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I think this angle with careful lighting, maybe moonlight and a 1 hour exposure could be interesting.<br />
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I remembered Scout Lake as being pretty, but I had forgotten HOW pretty. I LOVE the Uinta Mountains and especially the higher elevations. I ended up climbing the ridge in the center the day after I took this shot. It was a great view!<br />
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The mountain on the Left is Bald Mountain (There are mountain goats up there!) and the one just to the right is Reid's Peak. You will see more of them as we go. They provide a nice background.<br />
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I have only included two shots of the boys, mainly because I like the shot, and you can't really see their faces. The clouds were amazing. All. Week.<br />
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The light was not always amazing, but it was often really good. It seemed we were IN the clouds a lot that week.<br />
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Hayden Peak dominates to the north east, and the light faded from there last. May need to climb it someday.<br />
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One of the things I wanted to do more than anything was play with Milky Way and star photography. I think that Full Frame is really where I need to go should I really want to pursue it, but my APS-C Pentax K5 did OK, though I was pushing it quite hard, just don't look too closely.<br />
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LOVED the reflections in the absolutely still water. Didn't love trying to pick a WB I liked, never really settled on one really. You will have to tell me what you liked, or didn't.<br />
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I shot for several hours, and sat and looked a bit too, the camera reveals more than the naked eye does. It was amazingly peaceful and soul stilling. I really needed it!<br />
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Hiking to the ridge above Scout Lake the next day was a joy, especially following the cairns across the mostly trackless mountain. Connect the Dots for adults.<br />
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I think this is Indian Paintbrush but I have been known to be wrong with my flower ID's.<br />
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Heaven, or really close to it!<br />
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Yeah, that's me, Selfie with a DSLR, just the way I roll.<br />
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The more defined trail is nice and easier to follow.<br />
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Firelight makes life all warm and fuzzy.<br />
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There is another lake just down from Scout Lake and closer to the camp I was in, called Pearl Lake. It was a bit more compact and easier to light, I actually had to turn down the intensity of my light. It was TOO bright.<br />
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As a side note, the reason I mention Full Frame DSLR's for this type of shooting is the Signal to Noise Ratio, larger sensors allow for better ratios. Some of these shots I had to go for 90 seconds or longer at 2500 to 3200 ISO, they won't print well, the stars moved too much and they are quite noisy at larger sizes. But since I don't plan to do much of this, as it is so time consuming and needs to be done so far away from home I don't need to worry about it.<br />
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Friday, I just slummed around camp, took a nap, and then a walk around the lake. This was my view for part of the morning. Sigh....<br />
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There was a closing campfire, which was really fun, several speakers talked about aspects of the Revolutionary War and patriotism, this display of older flags was eye catching.<br />
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I have to admit I was a bit distracted by the clouds, it was a fabulous display.<br />
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Here is Pearl Lake in the early evening gloom, when the wind was off, the lakes were so still. It was AMAZING!<br />
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I would have to say that one of my primary focuses in photography is/are LDS (Mormon) Temples. They are beautiful buildings, often in scenic locations, and often they produce images that I can sell.</div>
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This temple was built close to where my father and his brothers and sisters grew up. I have wanted to photograph it since it recently opened and finally got my chance. It was also the perfect chance to really test the sharpness of my new Pentax HD DA 16-85 f3.5-5.6 DC WR lens. (Sheesh what a mouthful!) I can never truly see how sharp a lens is until I use it on a tripod with cable release and focused with live view. After looking at these images... it is just plenty sharp! And the colors aren't half bad either! I had not planned to shoot from this field nor did I know it existed having only been to this temple in the dark before. It certainly caught my eye as I drove up though. I caught the good light just before sunset, and the field was just the right color.</div>
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After working my way through, over and around the field, I headed out to the west side of the temple to catch the last light on the clouds and shoot directly to the side. I hate trying to make buildings straight and level when I am at an angle, it just never seems to look quite right. Shooting straight on means I only have to correct perspective and level the dang thing. MUCH easier.<br />
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Both of these are HDR shots, processed in Photomatix. There was no way to get a lit temple and the much brighter clouds in a single exposure. Just not happening. I left just a little bit of the perspective distortion uncorrected, if you get it exactly square, the buildings look just a bit off.<br />
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I hope you enjoyed the photos!Lloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08342499911423419920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458902043445780528.post-42345414751430428972015-07-05T15:52:00.001-06:002015-07-05T15:52:25.178-06:00So... they didn't launch the balloons, big deal!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I LOVE me some hot air balloons. Evan if they don't launch because of the weather. They still stand up and give us a show. Thanks y'all!</div>
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<br />Lloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08342499911423419920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458902043445780528.post-4722766686596168612015-07-05T13:59:00.001-06:002015-07-05T13:59:05.501-06:00Beautiful Evening at the Manti Utah Temple<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I love Mormon Temples, not just because I am a Mormon, but because they are beautiful and often historic buildings. My mom grew up just a few blocks from this one. My parents were sealed there, and I was sealed to them after I was adopted, in this building.</div>
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So... next to the temple closest to me, this is one of my favorites. I love to see it and take photos of it whenever I get the chance.</div>
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I always struggle with straightening and perspective correction with temples, they are usually tall and put on a rise so you seldom get a straight shot and you are always correcting something. Some of these I corrected more than others. Tell me what you think!</div>
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<br />Lloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08342499911423419920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1458902043445780528.post-62134221306578475012015-07-04T16:31:00.002-06:002015-07-04T16:31:49.761-06:00More with the Pentax HD-DA 16-85 f3.5-5.6<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
The more I get to know it, the more I am impressed with the sharpness of this lens. I have not had a chance to shoot off a tripod yet. That is usually my last and best test of sharpness when I get to go with that. I have just been too busy to really get after serious photographic endeavors yet!</div>
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I can say that the bokeh is nice, and it is quite sharp, the colors are very nice indeed. And when I hold it steady it performs well. User error always sucks!</div>
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These were casual shots out in front of my work bright sunlight and all.</div>
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Temple Square in Downtown Salt Lake City is one of my favorite places to shoot, my wife and I were there for a wedding reception, and took the opportunity to wander and take a few shots in the evening light. I was shooting to preserve highlights and not blow out the sky completely. More or less accomplished that, but had to do some work in Post to bring up the shadows. K5 can handle that though, marvelous sensor that it has. Because of the size of the temple this environment can test the edge performance of a lens, here it performed admirably!<br />
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I struggled with this shot, ACR doesn't have a profile for this lens yet so I had to fake the distortion correction and then the perspective correction was a bugger too. I kind of think I got it too straight, I usually leave a little perspective distortion and took this one all the way, which can make it look funky.<br />
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This I leveled but didn't fix the perspective at all, the distortion of the lens is slightly visible if you look closely on the left side. Can't wait for ACR to bring out a profile. I am going to try to enable the camera to do that, but it takes time on each shot for the camera to process the profile on the RAW file.<br />
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The old Hotel Utah, now known as the Joseph Smith Memorial Building has some fabulous detail work on the exterior and interior. I really need to spend more time on it.<br />
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Statue of Joseph Smith and his wife Emma on Temple Square.<br />
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One of the things I do a lot of is long exposure work on a tripod. I have been wanting to shoot downtown from up on the foothills for a long time. I think I may have found the spot I was looking for to shoot from. I was in dress shoes this night and I really didn't think it wise to climb up all the way!<br />
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This is downtown Salt Lake City with the Salt Lake Temple and The State Capitol. Most of these were 15-30 second exposures.<br />
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