Archive for the ‘Nature’ Category
‘Northwind’ Switchgrass
{click image to view large} Revealed in snowmelt, about a week after Chicago’s one major snowfall this winter—so far! ●●● Nikon D300; f9.5 @ 1/90 sec, ISO 200 (handheld); 18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 55mm (82mm EFL); focus distance 1m
In: Nature · Tagged with: grass, snow
On the Wing
{click image to view large} To watch this flock dance along the ground and in the air was a glorious gift yesterday! I think now what I saw was a “mini” mumuration of starlings. A Flickr contact pointed me to this (two minute) video which shows their ballet on a grand scale: Murmuration of Starlings [...]
In: Nature · Tagged with: birds, flight, flock
Condensation
“Bagged” {click image to view large} Nikon D300; f8 @ 1/125 sec, ISO 200 (handheld); 18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 200mm (300mm EFL); focus distance .71m ●●● “Flow” {click image to view large} Nikon D300; f8 @ 1/350sec, ISO 200 (handheld); 105mm f/2.8 @ 105mm (157mm EFL); focus distance .45m ●●● Two takes on one theme [...]
In: Abstract, Nature · Tagged with: droplets, leaves, water
Autumn Tapestry
{click images to view large} To sample colors for this image using Photoshop, I first converted to 8-bit Mode and then applied Filter > Pixelate > Mosaic with a Cell Size of 200 square. The resulting palette is pretty cool! ●●● Nikon D300; f8 @ 1/125 sec, ISO 3200 (handheld); 18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 200mm [...]
In: Nature · Tagged with: chrysanthemum, color palette, fall, flowers, green, leaves, mums, red, yellow
Cloud Play №5 (Converging)
{click image to view large} This was a challenging image to process, with respect to color. When I tried to eliminate color casts—using every trick I know—it looked, somehow…wrong. Too, nature doesn’t always conform to our rules of color harmony. Now I’ve reset my camera to shoot RAW+JPEG, so I’ll have a color reference. The [...]
In: Nature · Tagged with: clouds, sky, sunrise
Cloud Play №4 (Breath)
{click image to view large} This is one of those rare images where very little processing was needed. Other than running the file through the DxO raw converter and boosting contrast a bit, I have not modified the light—it is as seen! Spot clean one distant black streak of a bird, add some high-pass sharpening, [...]
In: Nature · Tagged with: clouds, sky
Quiet
{click image to view large} Standing up above the rest, this white flower caught my eye in the garden of a courtyard building in our neighborhood. The background is a sidewalk, which sits on a small rise above the bed of zinneas in hues of orange, pink and yellow. The morning was very still and [...]