Lake Jesup’s South Shore
I doubt many landscape photographers have the south shore of Lake Jesup in Seminole County on their must do list. But local parks are a great resource and we should take advantage of them.
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Bracketing vs. Graduated ND Filters
I’d long ago answered this question, but a comment from Frank B. about this image caused me to reconsider some things. Cocoa Beach Pier before dawn Fair warning: This post is a little deep into the weeds. Feel free to look at the photo and move on if it isn’t your thing. But I think … Continue reading Bracketing vs. Graduated ND Filters
Orlando Wetlands Park – 14 Oct 17
It was very nice to visit a place with no sign of the recent hurricanes. Lots of other folks thought so too and were out there enjoying the day.
Moon Shadows – August 21, 2017
Did any of you notice the solar eclipse in the US last week? Here at Central Florida Photo Ops HQ we certainly did! And even though the full moon covered “only” ~85% of the sun, it was still an awe-inspiring show.
Rectaflex update
I first posted about this back in January of 2012. Surprisingly, it’s become one of my most popular articles and “Rectaflex” is now a common search string leading to my website. Since then, I’ve learned a bit more about the camera and so I thought I’d add this info to bring anyone interested up to date.
Grandfather's Pocket Watch
Here’s what the movement looks like. When thinking about how to show this, I wanted to do something more than a straight on standard macro photo. So I positioned the watch movement at an angle to catch its reflection in the back case and made the final image using Helicon Focus software and the techniques I described here.
Borrow the Bouquet
If you’re a photographer, one side benefit of romantic relationships is residual bouquet photo ops. However, you might want to make sure your significant other doesn’t think about why their arrangements are so photogenic. You are, of course getting the flowers for them.
Flowers are an easy photo op, although many of us don’t bother since so many flower photographs have already been made. But there are reasons to try: It’s good practice with your equipment and technique. Maybe you’ll come up with a different and beautiful approach. Maybe you can learn a new lighting or processing technique. And maybe it’s a convenient subject when you don’t have several hours to load up and go out in search of birds or other wildlife.
Overcoming shallow depth of field
Under these conditions, my depth of field (DOF) was so shallow (about 6 inches) that I couldn’t get both birds in focus at the same time. I could have stopped down to f/16, which would increase the DOF to about 12 inches, but that still might not have been enough – and the risk of motion blur would increase when the shutter speed slowed down.
So how can you overcome such shallow depth of field?