Archive for the 'nature photography' Category

How far down the rabbit hole will you go?

Saturday, July 5th, 2008

Morpheus: I imagine that right now, you’re feeling a bit like Alice. Hmm? Tumbling down the rabbit hole?
Neo: You could say that.
Morpheus: I see it in your eyes. You have the look of a man who accepts what he sees because he is expecting to wake up. Ironically, that’s not far from the truth.
(dialog from […]

More playing with HDR

Friday, July 4th, 2008

Going back through my archives I found a few images where I took a series of exposures because of a severe dynamic range issue.   I knew that this particular shot was going to be a little problematic for me because I really wanted the details to pop in the driftwood.   To get the driftwood […]

Embracing failure

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

failure |ˈfālyər|
noun
1 lack of success : an economic policy that is doomed to failure | the failures of his policies.
• an unsuccessful person, enterprise, or thing : bad weather had resulted in crop failures.
• lack of success in passing an examination or test : exam failure.
• a grade that is not high enough to pass […]

Playing with HDR

Monday, June 16th, 2008

I know, I know, perhaps I am very late in the game to start playing with HDR - but after reading Royce Howland’s excellent article (even though originally published in 2006) - I decided to give Photomatix Pro a try.   I have never spent much time with HDR other than some quick trials using Photoshop’s […]

Fill the frame - down the drain

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

One of the commonly mentioned suggestions by photo editors if you intend to publish your work is to always leave room for copy.  Copy being printed text, titles, introductions to articles, etc, etc.   Quite often, myself included, we are composing full frame in the field - with the last thing on our mind being some […]