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Sky Watch Friday #68: Reflections on 2009
"Wow. Just... wow."
Surf City, NC - December 31, 2009 (Click to embiggen)
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"Electrifying!"
North Topsail Beach, NC - July 2009 (Click to Embiggen)
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
Sky Watch Friday #67: The Friendly Skies
"Friendly unless you're flying through that cloud anyway"
Raleigh, NC - May 2009 (Click to embiggen)
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Thursday, January 07, 2010
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Thematic Photographic 80: "Abstract" v.3.0 Abstract by DOF
Back in April one photomeme or another presented the prompt "Rain" for the week. I don't know if you realize it or not, but rain in its free-falling state is damned hard to capture unless it's coming down in sheets thick as lead. And even then you could easily mistake it for fog. Being tramsparent and falling at terminal velocity by the time it reaches the ground, it's nearly invisible to the camera. So you have to be a little creative to get the shot for that theme. Usually you have to catch it hitting something, or in this case, after it's hit something (like my windshield). The neat part is that in focusing on the drops on the windshield, the focal plane is so close to the camera that depth of field is almost nonexistent giving any lighting in the background a really nice bokeh.
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Thursday, November 26, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Sky Watch Friday #59: Wrath
"Forget Grapes, Try Tramping This Out"
North Topsail Beach, NC - July 2009 (Click to embiggen)
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Thursday, July 03, 2008
Thematic Photographic 5: "Sky" v.1.0
This week's Thematic Photographic is "Sky". I have probably a hundred or more skyward glances in the archives that I'd consider for this week, but when I saw the "prompt" for this week, I immediately flashed back to a conference at Wrightsville Beach in October of 2005. This is what I woke up to on the first (full) day of the conference. Not a bad way to start the week, na?I don't always sleep well in hotels, especially when I know I have to be somewhere first thing in the morning. On this particular morning, that little neurosis allowed me to capture a pretty spectacular sunrise from my balcony. What you see here are the last three shots from what became roughly half a roll of (gasp) film. Despite appearances, the differences in lighting aren't due to a long time between shots. Mainly the difference comes from the upper level clouds moving around more than the lower ones and me tinkering with various exposures trying to make sure I got something good from this spectacle (one of the drawbacks of shooting film). I did a tiny bit more post production (read Photoshop) than usual on these, but it was still limited to color and contrast balancing. What you see here and now is pretty much what I saw there and then.As good fortune would have it, I'm off to one of my favorite coastal destinations this weekend which could yield still other entries for this week's thematic. The major reason for the trip is a "fireworks cruise" that could produce some amazing shots if I do it right. The cruise is basically a harbor tour that runs a bit longer than usual and ends with the boat stopped offshore to take in the Fourth of July fireworks displays from two different towns. (Or at least that's what I remember from the only other time I've taken the cruise. But that was 10 or 12 years ago, and things change.)So watch this space for more patches of blue (and red, and gold) and stop by Carmi's place, Written Inc. to see what everybody else is up to!
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