now for my final post on the first snowfall at Falls Park in Sioux Falls, SD.
the whole shebang.... this is a panorama of the whole park, with our city's skyline in the background.
Jon
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Photolog
My random life, infront of the lens.
first snowfall... part 3
this is the waterfall in the background of the previous post. nothing exciting happened during the capture of this image. it was a pretty straight forward shot. i wish i had a good story to go along with the shot, but i don't. it was just pretty.
Jon
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first snowfall... part 2
here is my second shot from my snow day at Falls Park in Sioux Falls, SD. this one is a little more mellow. this one is using the same Cokin filter system that i used in the first shot and i had to get a little wet for this one... not by choice.
as i was setting up for this shot i realized a low angle would be the most dramatic, and i would be able to capture the waterfall in the background as well. unfortunately i was in a bit of a hurry, you see it was friggin cold outside! being next to the water falls when it was only about 25 degrees out really made it hard to stay too long. as i was setting up this shot i stood up to move around and get warm and my foot slipped. i almost went butt first into that stream you see rushing by. in the process i managed to bump my tripod and watched in horror as it slid off the rock it was so precariously sitting on. both hands in the water and not being faster than the effects of gravity i watched my camera slide back and land. i was lucky enough to watch it land with the handle of the tripod pointing down and my camera about 2 inches above the rocks and water. so lucky.
i took a few more minuets and set the shot back up and made sure to pay attention to every movement i did. i managed to get a couple decent shots and moved to the next image i wanted to capture.
i have included the non cropped version and one for the Facebook cover photo.if you enjoy the image feel free to use the cover photo provided. please leve comments and share the posts as well if you wish.
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Jon
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first snowfall....
this week i plan on sharing some photos that were shot on Sunday morning. we were getting our first real snowfall of the season and i decided to take a walk around our famous Falls Park in Sioux Falls, SD. i recently purchased a Cokin filter kit, and was extremely impressed with how easy it is to use.
all of these shots are with my Sigma 17-35mm and the Cokin filter kit. i was using the ND filters 8 and 4 to get some long exposure shots of the water. as you can see there is only a light snowfall. it gives a beautiful clean look to the shots.
i will also include a shot that is cropped, and can be used for a Facebook cover photo. if you enjoy the shot you are more than welcome to use the cover photo.
jon
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Waterfall...
This is a photo from my recent trip to the Black Hills, of South Dakota. This is Roughlock Falls. This is a 3shot HDR, using my sigma 17-35 f2.8-4. I used a ND8 filter and my tripod to get 1, 3 and 5 second exposures. This was difficult due to the natural movement of everything in the photo.
Luckily I didn't get too much ghosting! I did try to compose an HDR image from a single RAW file, but the colors were so off, and very noisy. I hope to try some more single shot HDR images soon.
Jon
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16/52...
hasty picture this week. i had another one planned to try, but it did not work out. possibly next week.
this is an HDR photo, of the pond waterfall in my back yard. shot at f22 on a cloudy day. actually, this morning. i have really been cutting this close the last few weeks. i'm going to try to plan ahead a bit more from now on.... TRY, being the key word.
canon 50D canon 50mm f1.8 prime.
8/52....
For this photo, I did a 5 exposure HDR. This was right after we received about a half inch of snow fall, so everything was looking clean, and neat. I used photomatix for the HDR processing, and adobe Lightroom for noise removal.