For Amy

[28-135mm lens at 85mm, f/29 for 1/15 sec. at ISO 3200]

Being Green

Took a walk in the woods the other day and saw a brilliant sun raining light through tops of this densely populated area of trees. I enhanced the composition with some surreal shadowing. A stones throw from this scene, I found a lonely board. I liked the pattern of the leaves and the odd black shadow that creeps through the composition.

[28-135mm lens at 53mm, f/9 for 1/30 sec. at ISO 3200]
[28-135mm lens at 28mm, f/20 for 1/160 sec. at ISO 3200]

A shot I couldn't refuse

I was inspired by an article I read in Black & White photography by an artist whose name escapes me at the moment. He loved photographing horses. His images inspired me and I thought i'd try a few myself.

[28-135mm lens at 28mm, f/4.5 for 1/60 sec. at ISO 800]
[28-135mm lens at 28mm, f/4.5 for 1/125 sec. at ISO 800]

Midsummer

Last evening I went out for my first midnight excursion with my 7D. I had a lot of trouble focusing manually as I couldn't see a thing. I did get a few shots that I liked, and this one in particular was fun to edit. I increased the brightness and contrast in a way that made it look more like a painting. Then I added a wave affect to the reflection. Lastly I added a blended a rather neutral looking angel into the image to create my midsummer photo. This is a work in process.

[28-135mm lens at 33mm, f/7.1 for 8 sec. at ISO 1600]

ORINGALS

Summer Green

I took a walk around my friends new home to photograph the various plants in her garden. I particularly liked the depths of this one (bottom), as well as the color balance. Later I stopped by a pond near my house to photgraph the lilly pads that are there. I was greeted by a gaggle of ducks sitting on a picnic bench, and though fun, the shot that captured my interest most combined the ducks and the pads (above). Patience paid off.

[28-135mm lens at 70mm, f/9 for 1/400 sec. at ISO 200]
[28-135mm lens at 130mm, f/5.6 for 1/50 sec. at ISO 200]

Invasion of the Jellyfish

The end of the fjord was infested with jellyfish the other day. I got a call from my sister in law who suggested I come down for a shoot. The sun was perfectly positioned, and the jellyfish just glowed in the water. There were a few nasty but beautiful red jellyfish among the "normal" "harmless" ones. Its amazing how different the species are from one another.

[28-135mm lens at 28mm, f/10 for 1/400 sec. at ISO 1600]
[28-135mm lens at 135mm, f/10 for 1/160 sec. at ISO 800]

Still Life #1

[28-135mm lens at 60mm, f/22 for 1/60 sec. at ISO 1600]

Evil House

Here I'm just goofing around. I was playing around with some sunset reflections at one of my favorite photo spots. I thought this house looked like something out of Stephen King. This is obviously heavy on the post editing. Not a bad fake movie poster I'd say. Oh and the title Evil House is an homage to the Marsten House from Salem's Lot.

[28-135mm lens at 30mm, f/8 for 1/1600 sec. at ISO 3200]

ORIGINAL

Sunset

Continuing my experimentation with backlighting... This abstract shows a back lit dandelion against the setting sun. I got the idea from a book I'm reading.. "Understanding Exposure: How to Shoot Great Photographs with a Film or Digital Camera" by Byran Peterson.

[28-135mm lens at 125mm, f/5.6 for 1/1000 sec. at ISO 100]

Avaldsnes

I saw the possibility of this shot immediately. I wasn't sure exactly how to shoot it though as the sun was blazing in front of me. I lightened the image slightly in postediting and feathered the sky a bit for dramatic flare. I wondered if I should have included the full boat on the far right, but after thinking about it for a day, I think it adds some movement to the image the way it is. It compliments the larger cloud directly above it. A pretty decent composition all in all.

[28-135mm lens at 60mm, f/13 for 1/1600 sec. at ISO 400]

Passing on a tradition

I went to the Viking Festival for the 2nd time this weekend. I saw this woman on the website and wanted to get a photograph of her. I got a number of head and shoulder shots, but during the day, she started to teach a young woman some sort of knitting technique. I combined two shots I took to get my preferred version. I felt this combination captured the enthusiasm of the moment.

[28-135mm lens at 109mm, f/5.6 for 1/2500 sec. at ISO 800]

ORIGINALS

Abstract #1

I've been playing a bit more with abstract photography as well as overlapping and combining images. In this shot, i've combined a sunset taken near my home, with a reflective abstract I took in Oslo moments before getting robbed. The jogger fits in nicely with the water scene. This of course was not a planned combination. Part of my experimentation is finding these connections in my own work.

#1 [28-135mm lens at 135mm, f/13 for 1/320 sec. at ISO 1600]
#2 [28-135mm lens at 28mm, f/14 for 1/200 sec. at ISO 12800]

ORIGINALS

Viking blacksmith

On an otherwise overcast day, the sun popped out while I watched this blacksmith working. I like the way the sun lit up this guys smile. It made for an unique lighting opportunity. He called this his Mickey Mouse.

#1 [28-135mm lens at 35mm, f/4.6 for 1/3200 sec. at ISO 3200]
#2 [28-135mm lens at 135mm, f/5.6 for 1/800 sec. at ISO 1600]
#3 [28-135mm lens at 117mm, f/5.6 for 1/3200 sec. at ISO 3200]

Evening swim

Walking to the Viking Festival, I came upon this scene. The three boys modestly got undressed, maybe on a dare from their friend, and prepared to make a splash. Perhaps they thought I was with the papers??? Shortly after the picture, the three had a dive into the, judging from the screams, very cold water. I've washed the colors out somewhat here. I think it makes for a timeless mood.

[28-135mm lens at 95mm, f/13 for 1/800 sec. at ISO 3200]