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2008-07-19T16:00:00.000-07:00

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Another Homer Trip

2008-04-12T17:08:00.001-07:00

Went to Homer again to pick up the boat. The weather was clear and cold. I took a few shots of a lighthouse, not a real lighthouse but still looks kind of neat. The beach was nice also. There was some swells coming in from the inlet, made me want to surf, well kind of. Enjoy. ~Erik

Homer Trip

2008-04-05T21:49:00.001-07:00

I went down to Homer this weekend to drop off the boat for spring maintenance. Took a few shots that turned out Ok. My favorite is the first shot in the series. I worked the sky a bit and was pretty pleased with the result. There wasn't much color so it lent itself to black and white and sepia. These shot were all taken at the end of the Homer spit.

Beach and Drops

2008-04-01T22:19:00.000-07:00

Here are a few pictures a took this last week. The first droplet picture kind of looks like a bowler hat guy.

Random Sampler

2008-03-22T11:24:00.000-07:00

Well I finally got the shot. I have been trying with these droplet shots to get 2 stacked on top of each other. Irene Muller has some wonderful images in which I got the idea. Check out some of her work, very inspirational. I don't drink coffee so I used brown food coloring and milk. When I do it again, I will probably try cream to get a more distinctive white. You can see my set up, don't mind the messy kitchen. The purple mixture was my first failed attempt at making brown, but I did get a decent shot with that batch also. I figured that I took about 150 shots to get 2 that I liked. The next three are using Scott's macro lens, I took them a week or so ago.

Here are a few outtakes from the refinery shots I got a few weeks back.

I have seen a few burned out light shots on dp challenge and thought that I would try it out. The third shot shows the set up. I constructed a switch, plug-in assembly to get the shot. I will probably try it again, the only problem is that it is messy. The fourth shot in this series, well you tell me how I got it.

These shots were taken with the Scott's macro lens, you can see the light box that I constructed. Not real professional but it works.

A couple green house out takes.

Comments are welcome as always...

Greenhouse and Refinery

2008-03-16T21:46:00.001-07:00

This Saturday we had a photo guild shoot at a local greenhouse. You can see the greenhouse in the first panoramic. It is nice to see some color and flowers even though it was snowing outside. Also I was able to borrow a macro lens from Scott and Tami. Thanks again, Scott. You see that the lens takes very nice pictures. I also took a couple shots around the house. Kaitlyn is my eye model as always. The next shot was some water droplets on a cd.

I have been thinking about taking some shots at work because we have had some terrific sunrises. You can tell from the pictures that it was a nice and clear morning. I think that it was about 10 F outside and my fingers got a bit chilly. I really like my sigma 10-20 lens. Like always, please leave comments and what you like and don't like. ~Erik

New Lens

2008-03-16T21:43:00.000-07:00

Well I got a couple new lenses this week for the camera. I had a lens in mind but I talked to a guy at Ritz cameras and he persuaded me otherwise. I didn't really end up taking his advice either. I originally wanted a 18-200mm Nikon VR lens but I ended up getting the Sigma 10-20mm and the Nikon 50mm 1.8. The 50mm lens seems to work very nice. The first 3 pictures below were taken with this lens, at $110 this is a great value lens. I have been messing around with still shots and I have a lot to learn. You can see my attempt in the first picture below. The 1.8 is nice for shooting indoors, the 2nd and third pictures were taken without a flash. That third picture I was messing around in gimp for an effect that I have seen on dpchallenge. The 10-20 lens is great for landscape type shots. I am most excited about this lens as it opens up some possibilities that weren't available with my old lenses. You can see that it has a fish eye effect, the last shot in the series is using this lens adapted from a tutorial I found on dpchallenge. Kind of a different look but I kind of like it. ~Erik

More droplets...

2008-02-22T13:52:00.001-08:00

I have been working on refining my droplet taking technique. I got a few droplets that turned out ok. Water takes on shapes of its own. There is a pretty cool website that showcases droplet shots. Tell me which ones you like the best. I appreciate the feedback that I have been getting on my photos. Keep up the good work. I think that the 5th droplet shot looks like a person. Kinda creepy. Enjoy ~Erik

Smoke and Water

2008-02-17T20:51:00.001-08:00

I tried a few different thing with the camera this weekend. Some of them turned out better than others. I followed a tutorial on dpchallenge to get the smoke shots. I was very pleased with how they came out. The first shot shows my set up. The black shots are basically unedited shots. I inverted the colors and messed around the hue/saturation to get the colors. It was fairly easy except Angela wasn't to excited about the smell of incense in the house.

This next set of shots I was messing around with getting droplets of water in stop motion. Not real easy to get the timing. Also I needed alot more light. They are all right but it would have been nicer to have better lighting. Tell me what you think of the shots. ~Erik

More Hawaii...

2008-02-04T22:45:00.001-08:00

Here are a few shots that I took that I edited. You can see that I darkened the sky to give a bit more dramatic effect. Also I tweaked the saturation a bit. Tell me what you think of the photo's. Which ones you like and the ones you don't like. ~Erik

More Hawaii Photos

2008-01-31T22:17:00.001-08:00

This post consists of mostly the scenic things we saw in Hawaii. The first 7 pictures are of the campsite we stayed at for the first 4 days of our trip. It was a bit rustic but also very nice since it was right on the beach. The weather has been a spotty. It rains, but only for a bit, then the sun comes out. The only thing that has been consistent is the wind which hasn't stopped blowing since we've been here. Hope you enjoy the pictures.

Hawaii Pictures

2008-01-29T16:02:00.001-08:00

Here are a few basically unedited pictures from Hawaii. There will be a few more to come and when I get a chance, I'll clean them up. These pictures were taken around the north part of Oahu.

California Pictures

2008-01-09T08:27:00.001-08:00

Well I figured that I would post a few pictures of different things we did while we were in California.
San Diego Zoo

Balboa Park

Point Loma

Coronado

Alaskan Pictures

2008-01-09T08:25:00.000-08:00

This is part 1 of some pictures I took this summer. Owen wanted pictures that were easy to find that represented the great state of Alaska. These pictures were taken around the Kenai Peninsula.

Alaskan Pictures

2008-01-08T22:24:00.001-08:00

This is post 2 of 2 showcasing Alaskan pictures taken around the Kenai Peninsula.