Studio Lighting Outdoors Not Controllable.

GNC Pond

I saw this scene the other morning and captured it.  I began to work it a bit and noticed the swiftly moving clouds above.

Clouds 1997_04

The clouds, themselves, presented a dramatic subject!

GNC Pond

I would not have stopped for neither this image.

GNC Pond

Nor this one.

GNC Pond

I began to try to analyze what made the image.  Trees far back across the clearing are lighted here.  I did not like it except for discussion.  It was better than the two above.  I just had to wait and it changed again.

GNC Pond

It was kind of like a musical Theme and Variations.  I captured several and chose the ones I liked.  My first choice was the one at the top.  I tried, but could not duplicate it later.  It came and went.

 

I thought that I could analyze these and learn something but it just seems too overwhelming.  What I saw just "was" and it could be captured in the moment only.

 

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Changing Clouds and Light

Clouds 1997_12

The clouds were moving quickly and were very dramatic the other morning.  I noticed the light on the scene across from me first.

GNC Pond

I would not have chosen to photograph this scene under normal conditions.  Under these conditions it jumped out to me.  

This is a series of images that I shot from that location put into a time-laps video.  Tomorrow, we will look at a few of the individual shots too see what we can learn about lighting.

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Earth Day Report

Paper Plate

My visit to Gorman on Earth Day left me more than mildly ambivalent.  It seemed as though more people were there on Sunday throwing out trash along the trails.  I did not like looking at it.

Red-winged Blackbird

This view cased me much joy.  I later decided that the bokeh was really appealing.

Cigarette Box

This?  Not so much.

Brown-headed Cowbird

I did see a bird that I have never seen before.  It always excites me to add a new bird to my collection of photographs.

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Wool Grass

Wool Grass

I liked the contrast of textures between the wool grass and the thorny red background.  I thought of an art print when I saw it.  I don't know if I will make one.  It was just interesting.

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Bluebird

Eastern Bluebird

I suppose this is a viable shot of the bluebird.  It is not the lighting I would choose given a choice.  This bird is another where the white belly would over expose in contrasty light.  The rim lighting of the ruffled feathers is a bit interesting.  I love the bokeh, lens blur, as a background.

This is one, if not the closest of my approaches to a bluebird.  I think it has something to do with mating season.   

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Earth Day 2013

Rumpke Noble Road Landfill

Recently, during spring break, we visited the local landfill.

Alvie Green

Mr. Green, the local manager, told us lots of facts about the local facility and the industry as a whole.  

Lucas and Loudon

He told us that they use clay and a liner in the bottom of the hole.  Loudon is showing the liner.

Rumpke Noble Road Land Fill

Mr. Green mentioned many times that Rumpke endeavors to be a good neighbor and part of the community.  They pump any water out of the bottom and clean it before returning it to surface water.  They pump gas from the fill and burn it off.  There was virtually no smell!

Trash Compactor

He informed us that his company pays $1 million a piece for the machines they use.  They are quite large.

He informed us that they receive trash from all over Ohio.  The landfill can operate for an additional 13 years before it is full.  They put up a tall fence to catch flying debris from landing in Fowlers Woods, its neighbor on the the East. 

I suppose that it goes without saying that we need to recycle and re-purpose whenever possible to save our environment.

Thanks to Rumpke and Mr. Green for the tour.

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Duck Shooting, More Thoughts

Ring-necked Duck Pair

I was able to stack two shots of this pair swimming.  One of the two shots had the male's eye sharp and the other had the female's eye sharp.

Canada Goose

I found no Ring-necked Ducks on the third day.  I was and am still thinking about lessons learned from the ducks.  I just sat on the bench with my camera and practiced aiming the camera.  I normally look through the view finder with my left, dominate, eye.  This presents a problem when shooting action.  I am trying to switch over to viewing through my right eye so that I can open the left for aiming.  I learned the feel of where I place the view finder cushion on the eye brow.  I experimented on the geese to see how it looked with my left eye when the camera was aimed properly.  I could close my left eye to see through the view finder to check my self.  

I also practiced being aware of when the sun was diffused by a cloud and when it was striking the the white directly.  I practiced dialing a negative EC, exposure compensation, in during direct contrasty light.  I found that since I use shutter priority for shooting ducks, my camera dials, automatically, down the ISO setting when I set a negative EC.  

In post processing, I need to watch the whites to be sure they are not over exposed.  I carefully set the exposure in ACR, Adobe Camera Raw, to keep detail in the whites.  Later in my work flow, I use Curves to adjust color and contrast.  I have found that I like the auto function for curves to achieve a neutral color rendition.  Auto is not good for ducks with white where I have carefully protected the whites.  It generally blows them out negating all my careful work in ACR.  I sometimes do it manually in curves or I use the white dropper and sample a blown out area of white.  It will bring back detail there.  

I did not shoot many shots of the geese.  I still was not finished with the 800 shots from the shoot two day prior.  I just practiced aiming and being aware of the light.

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