Long Exposure Drama
Usually I like realistic looking images but this time I thought I’d get a bit more “creative”. I understand if this processed look isn’t your cup of tea but… I like it! This is a longer exposure shot using the 9-stop filter, the single RAW was then processed in Photoshop. To take the shot [...]
Fire In The Sky Over Mana Island
I broke my tripod last week and this is limiting the number of HDRs I’m taking. Have you tried using a monopod for this? Slightly better than useless… Thankfully, there was a trash can nearby that was in just about the right location – it proved a pretty stable surface! I’m glad that I still [...]
Looking Back for Inspiration
In New Zealand we have caps on broadband. I’ve got quite a bit – 40GB but thanks to a guest that we had staying this month, its all been used up! That means we’ve been reduced to dial-up speeds for the last week. As you can imagine, this has limited how much I’ve been [...]
Glorious Sunset
I almost this one; I was driving around in an unfamiliar place, trying to find the sea. I could see the Sun falling into the horizon. Time was running out! After a few wrong turns and couple of dead-ends, I found the sea. I had literally minutes to spare. There’s no thrill like “sunset chasing” [...]
One More Look
Just one more shot, just one more moment. It’s easy to take the shot or shots, figure you’ve got what you came for and just walk away. I was doing just that when I thought I’d turn and look one more time. You know what’s its like; when you cant help yourself, the beauty [...]
Photomatix Pro
Use the coupon “stewartbaird” at the check-out and save 15% High-Dynamic Range (HDR) photography is the process where multiple exposures are combined into a single, composite image. Creating HDR range images has been simplified greatly by the use software products such as HDRsoft’s Photomatix. There are a number of similar products on the market-place but [...]
Dead Centre?
The spelling of the word centre needs its own blog post! Composition is one of those things that can make or break a picture. To my mind it doesn’t just happen; you understand and follow the “rules” to create that photo that sticks out. And not in a kind of sore thumb way either! For [...]
Picking the right caption
Is the hardest part of photography, coming-up with a caption for the picture? Sometimes it sure feels that way! This image is a good example of confusing photograph description. The caption describes the feeling I had when I took it as opposed to a literal description of what it portrays. The full moon seemed to [...]
Lord of the Rings mountain
I’m working on a series of photos based on a “Lord of the Rings” kind of theme. This one seems to fit nicely into that; the gloom of the mountain and the sense of impending disaster. Actually, its just a volcano with some cool clouds above it but I can imagine, right? The [...]
Stained Wonder
Don’t you love the way light comes streaming through windows? The best of all is when the windows are stained glassed. The light brings stories to life; in times gone by they may have been the only things of beauty in their life. Think of labours and farm workers, unable to read or write but [...]
Searchlight on the sea
You have to wait. You have to take the time to catch that moment. In life where so much is “on demand” you find that in waiting for a sunset; you are not in control. You wait for it. You come to it. This is one of those sunsets; the weather looked a bit bleak [...]
Brilliant Sunset
Another brilliant sunset! This was a 3 exposure captured using the great Canon 7D DSLR. I exposed it for the highlights and this allowed me to save as much detail as possible in the shadow areas. The shadows are where most of the noise is as well, so its important to process these through something like Noiseware [...]
