Reflecting
{click image to view large} Seen in a parking lot while running errands. Having a camera on hand makes daily chores a lot more fun! ●●● Nikon D300; f9.5 @ 1/60 sec, ISO 1400 (handheld); 18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 55mm (82mm EFL); focus distance 2.66m
In: Abstract · Tagged with: car, reflection
Same Place, Different Day
{click image to view large} I’m constantly amazed by how things appear to change even as they largely remain the same. “Simplicity №1” was photographed in this location back in May. Returning some weeks later, I was annoyed by new “No Parking” signs affixed to the wall. Yesterday, the signs were still there—but so were [...]
In: Abstract · Tagged with: car, lines, orange, pattern, reflection
Transmutation
{click image to view large} trans·mu·ta·tion/ˌtransmyo͞oˈtāSHən/ Noun: The action of changing or the state of being changed into another form The changing of one element into another ●●● Nikon D300; f9.5 @ 1/180 sec, ISO 200 (handheld); 18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 150mm (225mm EFL); focus distance 21.13m
In: Abstract · Tagged with: blue, gold, reflection, water
A Pond in Summer
{click image to view large} Another photograph taken during the recent Miksang workshop in Boulder. As we endure 96F heat and high humidity in Chicago, this image struck me as especially inviting to process. The white flecks were puffs of cottonwood seed floating on the pond’s surface, but remind me of falling snow or cherry [...]
In: Nature · Tagged with: pond, reflection, summer, water
A Hazy Shade of Winter
{click image to view large} This scene was monochromatic, so it was photographed using the black and white Color Effect mode in the Lumix. As Craig Tanner has so often suggested, that let me preview and capture a black and white JPEG file for reference along with the full color RAW file for processing. The [...]
In: Abstract, Street Scenes · Tagged with: blind, reflection, tree
Gomper’s Lagoon Reflection
{click image to view large} The trees are bare and days are darkening, yet there’s still plenty to see! ●●● Lumix DMC-FZ40; f/5.6 @ 1/125sec, ISO 80 (handheld); Focal length: 42mm (236mm EFL)
In: Abstract · Tagged with: reflection, tree
Autumn Lagoon
{click image to view large} Photographed in a local wetland nature preserve, where I’m still stalking the geese . I was fascinated by the way the reflection was breaking up into rectangles, which which reminded me of Paul Klee’s Gustav Klimt’s paintings. Once again, on my main computer Firefox displays as over-saturated. Click on the [...]
In: Abstract · Tagged with: autumn, reflection