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Rob’s Hot Shots: PEI Set 2 – A Little Less Simple

Posted by Rob on Nov 27, 2011 in Equipment, Filters, Hot Shots, Landscapes, Musings, Prince Edward Island | 7 comments

I wonder how many thousands of tourists walk by North Rustico Beach in PEI National Park on a yearly basis? During high season, I suspect that 1000s of snapshots are taken on the beaches of the park, and you figure that North Rustico Beach, being right at one of the entrances of the park, would mean that many other photographers have captured these scences. Yet, a 15 minute Google Image and Flickr search yields no images even remotely similar to these two.

Rob’s Hot Shots – PEI Set 1: Simplicity

Posted by Rob on Oct 22, 2011 in Filters, Hot Shots, Landscapes, Prince Edward Island, Summer, Technique | 10 comments

During our June vacation in Prince Edward Island, we were greeted with rather foul weather for the first  6 days – heavy cloud cover, strong winds, drizzle and rain. The light was flat, and the beautiful colors of the PEI landscape were not to be seen… Typical Maritimes weather, but not in mid-June! This weather forced me to get a bit creative, and gave me a great opportunity to test out my latest filter: the Lee Big Stopper, a 10-stop (!!!) neutral density filter, which slows down exposures by a factor of about 1500.

My Hot Shot – Tranquility

Posted by Rob on Mar 28, 2010 in Filters, Hot Shots, Quebec | 5 comments

This image was taken 20 minutes after sunset, on an unusually calm evening, on the shores of Lake of Two Mountains in L’Ile Bizard, Quebec – just a few kilometers from where I live.

When shooting sunsets, it’s worthwhile to wait a 15-30 minutes after the sun has dipped below the horizon to see what happens. The wind usually dies down, the sky can take on some beautiful & rich colors, and the lower contrast between land and sky is easier to control.

My Hot Shot – May Sunset over Lake of Two Mountains

Posted by Rob on Nov 27, 2009 in Filters, Hot Shots, Landscapes, Quebec, Spring | 1 comment

The grey, drizzly November weather we’re having is making think back and look at images taken in different seasons. I fell upon this one taken in May 2009, following record-high spring water levels. After many weeks of frustration caused by extremely high water, which robbed me of my usual shoreline compositions, the water finally receded dropping by about 6 feet in 1 month.

My Hot Shot – The River at Coteau-du-Lac

Posted by Rob on Oct 22, 2009 in Filters, Fine Art Prints, Hot Shots, Landscapes, Quebec | 8 comments

There are times when I go out for a shoot with specific expectations, and don’t get the shot I wanted because there’s bad light, wrong weather conditions or something messing up the composition. There are times when I pre-visualize a shot, things line up perfectly and I get exactly the shot I wanted. And then, there are times when I go out, not expecting to get a single good shot, and end up getting a killer image.