At the foot of the Sangre de Christo Mountains, NE of Alamosa, CO. Highest dunes are 750' tall. A very, very blustery, high degree day.
7D, 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L. Focal lengths from 280 to 640 35mm equivalent. Three now, more later.
The ants go marching
Challenger
Apotheosis
Colorado Fuel and Iron, Bessemer (Pueblo), CO. One of the first shots of a day meandering over a big chunck of Colorado. A warm up for the Carrie Furnace Tour, in Rankin, PA, next Saturday. Snapped from a bridge spanning I25. More, very varied snaps to come from the rest of the day.
7D, 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L, because it happened to be on the camera. Silver Efex Pro B&W conversion. Again a less than stunning downsizing for the blog post.
State Park, south of Franktown, east of Castle Rock and at the very end of the plains.
Most with the 5d Mk II mounting the 24-70 f/2.8L and the 17-40 f/4.0L, the picnic shot with the 7D and the 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L.
The east side of the Park, HDR processed
The Lucas Homestead (west side) — not much between here and Kansas actually not much between the front windows and the Mississippi
Tree in front of the Lucas house. This image down sizes horribly
South side of the Lucas house, HDR processed
Picnic on the East side, the tarp is to block the persistent wind. Lots of local knowledge
Cosmith, cobrown, cojones! JFC the 'piscopalians have no shame, check the cojones on "African Dog". This is now burned in my cortex for sticky client service situations. Screw that real lace stuff, just blame it on the ascendancy. Some balls they got — must think they are Mattel and have a mandate for anatomically correct. Ken and Barbie rock, so does "African Dog"! Hah!
Same approach and recipe as below for a gargoyle snap. Never know what a long lens will reveal. Anyway what does an "African Dog" have to do the the US National Cathedral? BTW, "African Dog" can be found on the North Nave.
That is it for the WNC, assuming the tornado warnings are just that, off to Denver in the AM.
Washington National Cathedral, Outside: "Master Carver" gargoyle, North Nave, Inside: State Flags, South Nave.
Both two shot HDR sandwich, third was too slow and shaky. Flag snap with 5D Mk II, 35mm f/1.4L @ f/2.0 and ISO 800, gargoyle with 7D, 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L, ISO 100, f/8.0, 380mm (equivalent FF 608mm)
Interesting, passed 10,000 snaps on the 7D (acquired September 2010) and 40,000 (acquired May 2009) on the 5D Mk II yesterday. Aperture library since October 2003 is now over 120,000 snaps.
The physical curve must have been cracking hot yesterday. This image had some cropped off the bottom but the rest is exactly as three handheld shots came from the camera. Framed perfectly, can't recall that happening very often — much less in a handheld sandwich destined bracket.
Rose window, west end of the nave, at the Washington National Cathedral. Yesterday with the 5D Mk II with the 35mm f/1.4L @ f/2.0 and ISO 800. Decided to leave the colors in on this, unlike the last post, because the color is coming from the windows not being adulterated by interior lighting. Otherwise similar recipe of HDR Efex, Exposure 3 faux Velvia 100 and several Color Efex 3 filters.
Complex subject, complex photo, complex processing — some say complex snapper. Ceiling of the Washington National Cathedral. Snapped yesterday. Complex subject speaks for itself, the photo is actually a bracketed three image set. The processing is HDR Efex, Exposure 3 faux Velvia, Silver Efex 2 and bunch of Color Efex 3 effects. The ceiling was a mélange of color casts ergo the B&W conversion but the window color needed to stay, so the windows were painted back in via a mask on the Silver Efex Pro layer with a WACOM tablet.
5D Mk II with 35mm f/1.4L @ f/2.0, ISO 800
Because I am off to Colorado for the week, a Colorado snap. Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs via a really, really early start to be there for sunrise in March of '06. Cropped 16:9 like HD TV because this shot (well... actually someone else's like it) was used for a couple years ('08 - '09 or so) by Samsung as the "Simulated Picture" in their HD TV ads. Oughta know — all of the TVs, here atop Butcher's Hill (there are several of them) are Samsung's of that vintage.
Unforntuately, I buy Apple stuff instead of Apple stock and I buy Samsung TVs instead of selling them snaps, oh well... so much for monetization.
24-70mm f/2.8L on the 5D, @ f/22, 1/4, ISO 320 on the Gitzo. Weird settings but it was early.
Nuanced, shadowy, interior, B&W conversions with split toning.
Snapped in June '09 at Kerry's Blacksmith Shop, corner of William and Clinton (Hah!), Delaware City, DE. Handheld, 17-40mm f/4L @ 40mm, f/4.0, 1/50, ISO 3200! It is very dark in Kerry's.
Vindicator Mine, near Goldfield, CO. October '06, TS-E 45 f/2.8 on the 5D, f/8.0, ISO 400, 1/4 on the Gitzo.
Leadville, CO, Elevation 10,152. Heading to Colorado on Sunday, not likely to break a mile high though. Denver bound again, unfortunately likely Denver tied.
Falcon: 24-70mm f/2.8L mounted on 5D, f/8.0, ISO 400, 55mm, on the Gitzo. Two shot HDR sandwich.
Beatle: 24-70mm f/2.8L mounted on 5D, f/11.0, ISO 400, 51mm, on the Gitzo. Two shot HDR sandwich.
At least it was until I was maybe eleven or twelve. As a kid growing up nearby occasional viewing lanes to Manhattan, probably should have caught on faster. Seen here from the CNJRR ferry slips in Jersey City. Snapped in August '06, early in the day that included the trip to Bethlehem, PA.
Three shot bracket with the 70-200mm f/2.8L mounted on the 5D at 80mm, f/16 and ISO 100. HDR Efex.
Almost post time for the Masters on TV — last post for the day on the blog. No particular reason other than I like the snaps.
The Capitol Limited, B&O Museum, December '09. 5D Mk II, 85mm f/1.2L II @ f/4.0, ISO 1250, 1/125 (upper) and 1/800 (lower). Single images with HDR Efex.
Think they have HD?
West Main Street, Tucumcari, NM, August '09. %D Mk II, 24-70 f/2.8L @ f/8, 27mm, ISO 400, 1/50. Single image HDR Efex.
Just something different and because I followed a link to these great images of a Greenport, NY shipyard. October '08.
Hoorn: 5D, 70-200 f/2.8L @ f/2.8, 180mm, ISO 500, 1/250
Leiden: 5D, 85mm f/1.2L II, @ f/2.8 ISO 400, 1/200
Pearl Harbor had Battleship Row — Bethlehem Steel, Blast Furnace Row. Snapped in late August '06, some of the plant is now a Sands Casino. Might be worth a return trip, sight-lines have to be better with some access to the plant roads.
Posting motivated by seeing Sean O'Boyle's Bethlehem Steel Gallery. Motivated enough to buy his book Modern Ruins Portraits of Place in the Mid-Atlantic Region.
5D with 17-40 f4.0L and 70-200 f2.8L, all likely handheld.
Was researching places to shoot and once again went to the Bethlehem Steel site which once again took me to Sean O'Boyle's site which has extraordinary themed ruins galleries. Not going to drive to Bethlehem today or even likely soon. In the mean time a couple of snaps ala O'Boyle from the Power Canal off the Connecticut River in Turner's Falls, MA.
Taken with the now trickled down GF-1 and a Leica 35 Summilux @ ISO 125, 1/80, likely f8.0 in May of '10.
North Nave, behind facade — Lawyer. Need to reshoot the gargoyles with the the 7D and the 100-400.
5D Mk II, 70-200 2.8L with 1.4 extender @ 280mm and f4.0. Three shot handheld bracket, HDR Efex.
Washington National Cathedral
The Cloisters, spent a lot of time here waiting — just outside the choir room. First snapped in November of 2003, this, the latest version, from May of '09. The lamp lenses that are missing in '09 were missing in '03 too. Someone has a snap on Flickr from April '10 and looks like they might have finally got around to replacing them. Three bracketed shots with the 85mm f/1.2L II on the then very new, 5D Mk II. Combined using HDR Efex.
From the Bishop's Garden, also the 5D Mk II and HDR Efex, this time with the 17-40 4.0L at 17mm.
Revived snaps from July '05 on the Washington National Cathedral Close. All clearly on the Gitzo, acquired with the 10D and 17-40L f4.0 @ ISO 200. Combined with HDR Efex Pro with mild settings, B&W conversion with Silver Efex Pro 2.
Back of Hearst Hall, National Cathedral School. One exposure at f8.0 another at f11.0 both at 30 seconds.
North Transept Porch, Washington National Cathedral. Four exposures at f11.0 from 6 to 30 seconds.
