06.23:
Mt. St. Helens - Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16mm, Singh-Ray Color Combo, f/22, 1/5
Just returned from a great trip to Portland, OR. This shot is one of those that surprises you after being discouraged by weather/light conditions. We had been told by the rangers that the mountain was obscured by clouds and not worth going out of our way to see. Well, good thing we pressed on because this beautiful field of wild flowers was one of the most spectacular I’ve seen. And I kinda like the fact that part of Mt. St. Helens is covered in clouds in this photo…it gives it a more mysterious quality.
05.28:
Bryce Canyon - Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16mm, Singh-Ray Color Combo, f/18, 1/20, ISO 200
My brother and I just returned from a Memorial Day weekend photo outing in Southern Utah. From past trips around this time of year, we were expecting the usual weather…hot, dry and sunny during the day and cool at night. Instead, we experienced gray, stormy skies and near constant rain. The sun was seen for only a few rare and fleeting moments during the trip and on each occasion my brother and I scrambled to grab our cameras and capture whatever was being bathed in light. Most of the time, though, the sun was well behind a thunderstorm that was either raining on or threatening to rain on us. It was challenging to find creative ways of capturing the iconic Utah landscape without the low angle sunrise/sunset light that makes it look so stunning. I think I’m glad for the weather we had because we came home with some images that are probably more unique than the many other Utah photos out there. The photo above, however, was taken in one of those few moments where the sun broke through. Stay tuned for more images…
03.22:
Nikon D300, 18-200mm, f/16, 0.6 sec, ISO 200
01.01:
Nikon D300, Tokina 11-16mm, Singh-Ray Color Combo + 3 stop GND, f/22, 3s, ISO 100
Upon browsing through my Aperture library of all my photos, I ran across this image from this past fall. It jumped out at me, which is odd since I obviously didn’t think much of it back when I took it because I didn’t even bother giving it a star rating when I was downloading all the images from the hike. Usually I immediately identify the images I like and process them to completion.
There are compositional things I don’t like about this photo, and there are plenty of technical things wrong with it, but I have decided that for some reason it’s a keeper. It’s funny what a fresh perspective can do. This makes me excited to continue digging through my old images so see if there are any other forgotten gems.
