Summer 2008
Wow… I certainly feel quite stupid right now – what can I say? Here I am, shooting my mouth off in my last blog/newsletter about how insect “hunting” is a photography no-miss during the summer months… Well now, I certainly did not count on record rainfall in July, coupled with many extremely windy days!
July was a complete wash on the photography front, weekends being mostly wet and windy. What a bummer! But August has been great. Frighteningly, we’re now at the end of August, and there are only 4 weeks left until the end of summer, thus, I title this blog entry as “Summer 2008″.
Let’s start with a sunset picture… For a variety of reasons (bad weather, working too late, weekend evening plans, etc.), I’ve not gone to do a sunset picture since the winter. Shame on me, as sunsets (and landscapes) is really what I find most satisfying photography-wise. On Saturday, August 23rd, everything lined up for me to go out for a sunset shot… And I was rewarded! This was the first attempt at using my new Singh-Ray Gold-N-Blue polarizer filter on a sunset. I’d love to hear your feedback on this shot:
Late August Sunset over Lake of Two Mountains
Canon EOS 20D with Canon EF 17-40mm f/4 L USM lens at 28mm
2 seconds at f/16, ISO 100
Singh-Ray Gold-N-Blue Polarizer (blue polarization), Hitech 3-stop graduated neutral density filter, 2-stop neutral density filter
Gitzo G2220 tripod, Really Right Stuff BH-55 ballhead, cable release, mirror lock-up
Ah…. yes… And suddenly, I remember why I love landscape and sunset photography. And… before anyone asks, the above image is as I saw it in my viewfinder – there is virtually no PhotoShop work on this image: it’s all about understanding how to use filters and properly exposing the image.
The Singh-Ray Gold-N-Blue filter transformed somewhat “blah” colors to the stunning colors you see… I love that filter!
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