‘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
Grace
{click image to view large} This was discovered on one of my morning walks through the alleys in our neighborhood—which are a great place to look for textures. The spot of sunlight was a bonus! ●●● Nikon D300; f9.5 @ 1/180 sec, ISO 280 (handheld); 18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 56mm (84mm EFL); focus distance 2.24m
In: Street Scenes · Tagged with: grass, wall
Writing with Light
{click images to view large} This was challenging to process, especially because I do so little work in black and white. Photographed late one afternoon in early November, color didn’t contribute much to the image—as you can see from the original capture at right. Working on it over the course of several days, I came [...]
In: Nature · Tagged with: grass, sand, shadow
Greeting the Sun
{click image to view large} This image was challenging to process. Though shot with multiple exposures in anticipation of HDR treatment, there was some wind and the intricate subject difficult to isolate for masking. In the end, I combined a “pseudo-HDR” image created by Photomatix (foreground) with the original RAW file (background sky), and let [...]
In: Nature · Tagged with: backlight, flare, grass, sunstar
“…as sunlight drinketh dew.”—Tennyson
{click image to view large} The other morning, while out looking for sidelight to fulfill an assignment for The Mindful Eye, I came across this beautiful backlight instead. After several days of heavy rain, humidity was high but skies were mostly clear and there was no wind. Everything sparkled with dew. Red-violet R:119 G:102 B:106 [...]
In: Nature · Tagged with: backlight, bokeh, dew, grass
Going to sleep now…
[¹] {click image to view large} Solitary leaves seem to be a recurring theme. This capture was made with the same zoom and closeup lens combination used the past two days, at 18mm (24mm EFL) and about 9″ away from the subject. The image was finished with one of my favorite Photoshop Actions: MZ Soft [...]
In: Nature · Tagged with: autumn, grass, leaf
Presage of Snow
[¹] {click image to view large} Photographing outdoors in November is helping me appreciate the subtle hues and textures of the season, though that’s challenging to bring out in an image. (Suggestions welcomed!) Recently, in a nature sanctuary, I chatted briefly with a man who mentioned several other locations we both like to visit. After [...]
In: Nature · Tagged with: autumn, grass