Urban Spring

{click image to view large} Photographed on a rainy day with an umbrella in one hand and camera in the other, stabilization is great on the little Lumix! However, with a wide-open aperture and relatively high ISO, details aren’t as sharp as I’d like. I went back to the same location this morning with the [...]

Posted on April 30, 2011 at 5:06 pm by April · Permalink · 2 Comments
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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 [...]

Posted on February 17, 2011 at 6:27 pm by April · Permalink · 4 Comments
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First Snow—Montrose Harbor, Chicago (revisited)

Version 2 {click image to view large} Version 1 {click image to view large} Nikon D300; f4.0 @ 1/125sec, ISO 1100 (handheld); 18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 27mm (40mm EFL); subject distance 10.59m ●●● The other day…I learned something about not over-processing an image. Version 2 above is much closer to the original capture, and to [...]

Posted on December 9, 2010 at 7:36 am by April · Permalink · 5 Comments
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First Snow

First Snow—Montrose Harbor, Chicago {click image to view large} Nikon D300; f4.0 @ 1/125sec, ISO 1100 (handheld); 18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 27mm (40mm EFL); subject distance 10.59m ●●● First Snow—Montrose Point, Chicago {click image to view large} Nikon D300; f5.6 @ 1/180sec, ISO 200 (handheld); 18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 26mm (39mm EFL); subject distance 5.96m [...]

Posted on December 6, 2010 at 8:21 pm by April · Permalink · 4 Comments
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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)

Posted on November 22, 2010 at 12:45 pm by April · Permalink · 6 Comments
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Untitled Reflection

{click image to view large} Captured in-camera from the street, but this time looking down. ▪▪▪ Nikon D300; f/11.0 @ 1/125sec, ISO 280 (handheld); 18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 50mm (75mm EFL)

Posted on September 2, 2010 at 5:28 pm by April · Permalink · 2 Comments
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Winter Willow

[¹] {click images to view large} Inspired by Marti Jeffer’s work, these images were created panning handheld at 1/4 sec with just a touch of motion. Starting at 1/2 sec with broad camera movement vertically, the results intrigued me with color and line—but didn’t have much detail. A faster shutter speed with much less movement [...]

Posted on December 10, 2009 at 5:59 pm by April · Permalink · 7 Comments
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