I wasn't sure where to post this...
I love photography. Fish are just one aspect of the hobby. Among other things I enjoy photographing animals. Here's a few shots of friends pets.
My friend raises Akita's. He wanted a picure of all the puppies. We tired everything...three people scunching them all together then jumping out of the shot. Invariably one or the other would move. Finally I said, just pick up all four. I got the shot...
But when he put them down, they all just lined up like this...
Sometimes pure luck and timing. Here's another shot that relied on timing. Our friends have a VERY large Malmute/Shepard. The dog ran up onto a bluff and I was trying to get a shot of him back lit looking down. I missed the shot, but caught this one as he was coming down.
I use a flash for a lot of my outdoor photography to fill in shadows. In this shot I simply got lucky and the cat looked directly into the flash that was off the camera and on a tripod to the left. Nothing was done to the eyes to make them this yellow. I just had the right amount of flash to fill those big eyeballs with light. That plus the contrasting colors of the drab colored cat...make them literally pop out of its skull.
I'm really enjoying HDR (High Dynamic Range) photography. For those who don't know, it's basically a group of photos shot at different speeds maintaining the same aperture. The end result is that the shadows and highlights reveal detail at each level. When put together in Photomax pro you get some interesting effects.
A swamp near our farm this fall.
Sunset on the Susquehanna
We take our Shepard for a long trail walk every Saturday. I started carrying my camera and glad that I did. The outdoors offers all kinds of opportunity for pictures.
A beautiful forest stream with morning light coming through the trees. Note that you can see the detail far back into the shot. This is because I used a very high aperture (f22) as well as the HDR technique.
Self portrait. I call it "too late". The Troll showed up.
I love photography. Fish are just one aspect of the hobby. Among other things I enjoy photographing animals. Here's a few shots of friends pets.
My friend raises Akita's. He wanted a picure of all the puppies. We tired everything...three people scunching them all together then jumping out of the shot. Invariably one or the other would move. Finally I said, just pick up all four. I got the shot...
But when he put them down, they all just lined up like this...
Sometimes pure luck and timing. Here's another shot that relied on timing. Our friends have a VERY large Malmute/Shepard. The dog ran up onto a bluff and I was trying to get a shot of him back lit looking down. I missed the shot, but caught this one as he was coming down.
I use a flash for a lot of my outdoor photography to fill in shadows. In this shot I simply got lucky and the cat looked directly into the flash that was off the camera and on a tripod to the left. Nothing was done to the eyes to make them this yellow. I just had the right amount of flash to fill those big eyeballs with light. That plus the contrasting colors of the drab colored cat...make them literally pop out of its skull.
I'm really enjoying HDR (High Dynamic Range) photography. For those who don't know, it's basically a group of photos shot at different speeds maintaining the same aperture. The end result is that the shadows and highlights reveal detail at each level. When put together in Photomax pro you get some interesting effects.
A swamp near our farm this fall.
Sunset on the Susquehanna
We take our Shepard for a long trail walk every Saturday. I started carrying my camera and glad that I did. The outdoors offers all kinds of opportunity for pictures.
A beautiful forest stream with morning light coming through the trees. Note that you can see the detail far back into the shot. This is because I used a very high aperture (f22) as well as the HDR technique.
Self portrait. I call it "too late". The Troll showed up.
