55mm, ISO 100, f/8 for 1/125 sec.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Photo Of The Day - 150 of 365. Pine Cone Buds.
We are going to have a pile of pine cones this fall. Great, more things to clean up.
250mm, ISO 400, f/8 for 1/25 sec.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Photo Of The Day - 148 of 365. Industrial Beauty 2.
Some nice blossoms on the tree in amongst our various messes in the yard at work.
66mm, ISO 100, f/5.6 for 1/1000 sec.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Photo Of The Day - 147 of 365. Industrial Beauty 1.
Wednesday May 27 2009.
Red Winged Black Bird in industrial wetland.
I've decided to start walking a bit at lunch time. Of course I'll have my camera with me.
Red Winged Black Bird in industrial wetland.
I've decided to start walking a bit at lunch time. Of course I'll have my camera with me.
250mm, ISO 200, f/8 for 1/800 sec.
Photo Of The Day - 146 of 365. Clouds and Jet Trail.
Tuesday May 26 2009.
I love storm clouds in the evening. The jet trail was just a bonus.
I love storm clouds in the evening. The jet trail was just a bonus.
35mm, ISO 100, f/16 for 1/400 sec.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Photo Of The Day - 143 of 365. Resting.
Saturday May 23 2009.
Mikayla takes a rest after much running around the lake lot.
Mikayla takes a rest after much running around the lake lot.
116mm, ISO 100, f/5 for 1/800 sec.
Friday, May 22, 2009
Photo Of The Day - 141 of 365. Puppet Show.
The kids put on a very brief puppet show today about 2 puppies going to school. It was one of those moments I want to remember always. So cute.
53mm, ISO 400, f/5.6 for 1/100 sec.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Photo Of The Day - 139 of 365. Welcome To Spring In Alberta.
May 19 should mean nice warm weather not 0 and a snow fall warning. I love this province. :) Come one Santa! LOL. I decided to stay inside and whine about it.
38mm, ISO 400, f/8 for 1/80 sec.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Photo Of The Day - 138 of 365. Timbit Theif.
Not many photos today. It was 1 out side and way too cold to go out to take photos in the wind.
Mikayla got the last timbit from our ride out to the lake.
Mikayla got the last timbit from our ride out to the lake.
53mm, ISO 400, f/5.6 for 1/200 sec.
Photo Of The Day - 136 of 365. Goose Egg?
We found what we think is a goose egg in one of our flower pots. No idea how it got there but it was just left alone.
55mm, ISO 100, f/8 for 1/60 sec.
Photo Of The Day - 135 of 365. Surreal Sky.
I love how the sky turned out in this one. It's not HDR but has a very surreal look to it.
20mm, ISO 100, f/11 for 1/200 sec.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Photo Of The Day - 134 of 365. Geese.
Today's photo came so early. We have a pair of geese that have decided to sit on one of the racks in the yard at work. I hope they don't try to nest here, it's 16 feet off the ground.
I cropped this from a larger photo and lost some of the sharpness that was in the original. I would have loved to have a 600mm this morning. I was on the roof of our building to get this shot from above the birds. Now if I could just get them to fly around a bit.
I cropped this from a larger photo and lost some of the sharpness that was in the original. I would have loved to have a 600mm this morning. I was on the roof of our building to get this shot from above the birds. Now if I could just get them to fly around a bit.
250mm, ISO 400, f/5.6 for 1/200 sec.
Photo Of The Day - 133 of 365. Almost There.
Just a few more days and this tulip will flower. I wonder what color it will be. Any guesses?
116mm, ISO 400, f/5.0 for 1/80 sec.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Photo Of The Day - 132 of 365. Packing.
I stayed home sick today from work so between dizzy spells, I packed a few boxed to add to my collection. Theses are just the boxes from my den. We're gonna need more boxes. :)
17mm, ISO 800, f/5.6 for 1/8 sec.
Photo Of The Day - 131 of 365. Fire.
A bit of a fire in a framing yard started by sparks from a train landing in the very dry grasses along the edges of the tracks. I missed the flames but got the smoke.
85mm, ISO 100, f/8 for 1/250 sec. From my truck window.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Friday, May 8, 2009
Photo Of The Day - 128 of 365. Office Fun.
Practicing my panning. Plus we are a little slow today.
I'm heading to the sprint car races tonight. They want some photos taken at the first race before the cars get damaged. I need to praciting my panning and this was the easiest. Out to the freeway at lunch for practice on some faster objects.
I'm heading to the sprint car races tonight. They want some photos taken at the first race before the cars get damaged. I need to praciting my panning and this was the easiest. Out to the freeway at lunch for practice on some faster objects.
26mm, ISO 400, f/13 for 1/13 sec. Shot in Shutter Priority.
Digital Photography Tip # - ISO
It's been a while since I posted a tip. I thought ISO might be a good one this time around with spring here and more and more outdoor activities get started. I'm still planning on lighting tips but I need to learn more on that first.
ISO can be thought of these days as the another variable in your exposure settings. In today's modern DSLRs it has become a very useful setting. ISO is the sensitivity of the sensor to light just as ISO or ASA in film is the sensitivity to light. The more sensitive the sensor is set the faster the shutter speed can be which will affect what aperture you can use as well.
Of course you usually want the lowest possible ISO setting to keep your noise levels down to a minimum but there are times where you just need to raise the ISO in order to keep either the shutter speed you want or a desired aperture.
Be careful though when you choose to raise the ISO. Higher ISO settings are very finicky with proper exposure. If your exposure is not quite right and you have to raise it in post, the noise will really pop out. What I've taken to doing is to slightly over expose the shot and bring it down a bit in post. That hides some of the noise. Of course there is no better plan than to get it right in camera.
Here is a link to my post on the above trick. This trick works great if you don't have a lot of highlight areas that would get blown out by over exposing but if you are not worried about the highlights and it's the only way to get the shot, give it a try.
Here are some examples of higher ISO photos. I'm talking over ISO 1600 here as most cameras and editing software now can handle ISO 1600 well.
ISO can be thought of these days as the another variable in your exposure settings. In today's modern DSLRs it has become a very useful setting. ISO is the sensitivity of the sensor to light just as ISO or ASA in film is the sensitivity to light. The more sensitive the sensor is set the faster the shutter speed can be which will affect what aperture you can use as well.
Of course you usually want the lowest possible ISO setting to keep your noise levels down to a minimum but there are times where you just need to raise the ISO in order to keep either the shutter speed you want or a desired aperture.
Be careful though when you choose to raise the ISO. Higher ISO settings are very finicky with proper exposure. If your exposure is not quite right and you have to raise it in post, the noise will really pop out. What I've taken to doing is to slightly over expose the shot and bring it down a bit in post. That hides some of the noise. Of course there is no better plan than to get it right in camera.
Here is a link to my post on the above trick. This trick works great if you don't have a lot of highlight areas that would get blown out by over exposing but if you are not worried about the highlights and it's the only way to get the shot, give it a try.
Here are some examples of higher ISO photos. I'm talking over ISO 1600 here as most cameras and editing software now can handle ISO 1600 well.
Photo Of The Day - 127 of 365. Track Hoe.
This is the Trak Hoe that the destroyed gears from yesterday are out of. Note the hole at the back end of the track. That is where the drive unit used to go. Good news is I found one for a mere $13,000.00CA.
The truck behind it is a 1 ton crew cab. That gives some scale to this unit. Big and heavy. I want to crush a car with it. I'll get photos of that too. :)
The truck behind it is a 1 ton crew cab. That gives some scale to this unit. Big and heavy. I want to crush a car with it. I'll get photos of that too. :)
22mm, ISO 100, f/8 for 1/500 sec.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Photo Of The Day - 126 of 365. Damage.
It amazes me how easy it really is to destroy a rather large piece of equipment. The damage shown in this photo is only one of 6 gears that all look the same.
Oh, the bill to repair, $40,000.00CA!
85mm, ISO 100, f/5.6 for 1/15 sec.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Photo Of The Day - 125 of 365. Climber.
My little man is growing up. Boy can he climb up stuff now! We needed to go for a drive to the big park today.
17mm, ISO 400, f/11 for 1/125 sec.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Photo Of The Day - 124 of 365. Unexpected.
I did not expect to see one of these tulips this year. I thought we dug them all out. I guess we missed some.
50mm, ISO 100, f/1.8 for 1/125.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
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