Larry at Larry's Images.com: 9/25/11

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Another Sunrise

Sunrise

I love to photograph in the fog! It gives the aero-layers in the distance. I used HDR for this one. I am finding that I like the result even if I could have made the exposure work without it. I have more control in post processing that way.

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Friday, September 30, 2011

Fall Color

Poison Ivy Fall Color

The Poison Ivy is beautiful right now. I don't see those kind of colors developing in the trees. I am afraid that we have had too much rain lately. We are still early for the trees. We might get a hard frost which would help them along.

Thursday, September 29, 2011

GNC Rainbow

The morning was foggy as many have been lately. I try to remember to look at the sunrise but also to check behind me to see what is happening. The rainbow never formed completely. I could see a hint of color but never the full blown color spectrum. PS would not bring it out either. It was an interesting phenomena to observe, anyway.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Time-Lapse

Morning Clouds

This one has even less spectacular clouds. I will hit it one of these mornings. In a Alfred Hitchcock like move, I appear in this video. You must watch carefully! Let me know if you can't find me. You will probably need to view it full screen.

For this one I chose an interval of 18 sec. between exposures. There are 222 captures total. I fixed the wobble in the tripod. I used my Canon 20D with a Sigma 17-35 mm lens. It was threatening rain so I placed a 1 1/2 gal. ziploc bag over camera and lens. The bag had a hole cut in the bottom and I secured it around the lens with a rubber band. The Intervelometer I am using is a Remote Cord 36b. I bought it on e-bay for $ 39.00. It was made in China. It is not water proof so I put it in a plastic bag too. There were rain showers in the area as I left home. It sprinkled a little while I was there. As I do for landscapes, I used a double bubble level to set the horizontal axis on the camera.

I have discovered how to integrate this process into my workflow. I process to the smallest file size available in Adobe bridge. I check one of the images for the settings in bridge. I then save those settings (upper right of bridge settings window). I close that one and open them all in bridge. I load the settings and it applies to all of them. I use tools, batch rename to name the files. I can also move them to another folder from Bridge. I then open PS and file, automate, batch to make them ready for the video editing software. The action in PS that I created is as follows: (This incorporates some saved settings for curves) Open, curves, assign profile sRGB IEC61966-2.1, image size of 640 pixels wide and resolution of 72 per inch. Save as JPEG quality: 12 and close. I send them to another folder.

I use AVS Video Editor. I import them. I have previously set edit, settings, edit, default durations, image/color to .042 sec. This gives a frame rate of 24/sec.

Once I have created the video, I produce it into the folder in which I save my images for that day. I do save a copy of all the Raw files so that I can make it again, print any one of them or just go back check camera data.

If you made it this far, you probably would like to try this. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

More Time-lapse

Morning Light

This is my second effort at time-lapse. I chose an interval of 35 sec. between exposures. I could barely see the clouds move as I looked at them. There are 102 captures in this video. I used Aperture Priority set on f/11. That let the camera adjust as the light became brighter. I discovered that the tripod that I am using for this had a loose connection making it less stable than desired. ISO was 100. White Balance was auto.

I missed the exciting light because it took me too long to set up. The clouds move quickly in this video.

Monday, September 26, 2011

Teasel

Teasel and Wool Grass

I love the colors as the plants die in the fall. Teasel and Wool grass are two of my favorites. I think there might be a contrast in textures here. The teasel is sharp and spiny while the wool grass is soft and fluffy.

Teasel and Wool Grass

Here, the wool grass is even softer because it is out of focus. The sharply focused teasel retains its spinyness, is that a word? The textural contrast is even stronger and I like it more.

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Tree Gargoyle

Gargoyle on an American Elm Tree

This protuberance is on an American Elm tree. I was photographing it recently and took a closer look. It reminded me of the head of something. I decided that it was a gargoyle. I used some editing in Photoshop to make my vision more clear to you. I burned, made darker, the area of truck not including the head. I filled in and smudged the area under the eye and slightly reddened the tongue. I have a series of this kind of shot. I see faces when I walk through the forest. That's scarey, right?