Striking

BC Interior Camping
Summer weather equals evening heat.

West Kelowna Forest Fire

Photographs taken on Sunday evening from the Kelowna side of Okanagan Lake include the Terrace Mountain fire, Rose Valley fire and the Glenrosa fire.

Canon 1D Mk III, wide with 17-40, tight with 100-400
Post – Photomatix, Noise Ninga and blending with Photoshop CS4

Fun in the Sun

Kelowna. Sandy beaches, plenty of sun and a beautiful lake for swimming. I love living here.



Canon MkIII, Canon 24-70 f/2.8 L, @48mm, f2.8, ISO 100

POST - Adobe Lightroom, Photomatix (HDR), Noise Ninga, Adobe Photoshop CS4

Rock Creek Beauty

This beautiful panoramic vista is looking over the small town of Rock Creek, BC.
This image is a panoramic composition of two side by side HDR images. The HDR image was then shifted to Infrared Black and White in Photoshop.

Canon MkIII, Canon 17-40 f/4 L, @17mm, f9.5, ISO 100

POST - Photomatix (HDR), Noise Ninga, Photoshop CS4

Strobist Boot Camp II

I love following the Strobist blog for info, ideas and the atmosphere of sharing. Assignment 2 - a little food photography.

Fish out of water



Strobist Info: Single bare Canon 550EX zoomed to 105mm directly overtop of the plate. Removed the snoot and like the highlights in the riffles...just enough spilling. Flash 1 stop over the rest of the scene. Ambient doing the heavy lifting, flash for detail and a little punch.

Buzz

A busy little nest in our garden. By using an extension tube on my Canon 100-400mm L lens I had enough space as not to expect a stinging (sort of anyways). All of these images have been processed to HDR and blended back with the optimized single image. This gives a greater sense of depth in a very high contrast scene.





Canon MkIII, Canon 100-400 f4.5-5.6 L, Canon 25mm extension tube, f4.5, 1/180s, ISO 400

POST - Noise Ninga, Photomatix (HDR),Photoshop CS4