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One photo a day to continue the study of subject, composition, and light. Critiques are always welcome. Although I endeavor to create a photo to match the day shown in the caption, my "day" is the waking period between major sleep cycles.

This is my second year of the project. Click here to see the year 1 gallery. You may contact me at jeremy@winnick.net.
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Jeremy > May 28, 2009; Day 26. Heatwave. Tonight was week 7 in my Thursday photography class. Tonight’s topic was landscapes. One of the books the instructor showed us was a set of stunning urban “landscapes” taken with a medium format camera and using such long shutter speeds that there were no people in the shots. Great stuff. Normally I am joined in the class by Peter and my friends Steve and Alex. Peter and Alex skipped class tonight, so afterwards, Steve and I grabbed a bite at the local Indian restaurant. I was very glad we did this, because after we ate, Steve was compelled to seek night urban landscapes in little Concord. The drizzle kept him from actually shooting tonight, but I already had my camera out and the D700 has been in worse conditions. Steve spotted orange sodium vapor light streaming from a narrow alley and off we went. The light and textures in there were outstanding. Sadly, even if I had seen the alley, I might have walked right by. I really hope that the 4 of us go photographing together some day. Soon. Despite the warmth of this photo, it’s been a remarkably cool May in New Hampshire. It was in the mid-40s when I took this shot. The frost danger has passed for the season, but my furnace still kicks on at night. Raw: Color Temperature: 2850K; Tint: +8 Raw: Recovery: 100 Raw: Fill Light: 5 Raw: Brightness: +31; Contrast: +35 Raw: Clarity: +50 Raw: Saturation: +8 PS: Curves adjustment to give the effect of developing E4 slide film in C41 chemicals PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
Jeremy > May 27, 2009; Day 25. High Test. I got gas today. Had 2 gallons left in the tank when I filled up, enough for 58 miles. Have I finally run out of subjects? I hope not. It was drizzling tonight, and I did have a couple of subjects in mind. I’m looking for the perfect stop sign to capture in a heavier rain, but none of the signs I found were suitable. I also looked for oil spots in the parking lot for my gym, but apparently modern cars don’t leak so much. Raw: Color Temperature: 4650K; Tint: +21 Raw: Exposure: +0.8 Raw: Recovery: 100 Raw: Fill Light: 10 Raw: Saturation: +8 PS: Curves adjustment for a Velvia effect PS: Lab b channel adjustment: “Soft light” at 50% opacity PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
Jeremy > May 26, 2009; Day 24. Shooter’s Block. Tonight I tried to complete the assignment for my Thursday photography class. That assignment was to find a colorful subject and shoot it every hour, observing how the light changes through the day. Unfortunately, I only had between 6:30-9:30 this evening to do this, so it was more of a study of how the dusk sky changes rather than the more interesting study of the color of sunlight. This was a potential set-up for the assignment. I quickly realized that it wouldn’t work because you need some artificial light to compare against the waning natural light. As a subject, it’s OK, but there are no doubt better ways to show “old wheelbarrow in front of old shed.” I may explore it. Raw: Crop: 9.4MP Raw: Color Temperature: 7350K; Tint: +2 Raw: Recovery: 100 Raw: Fill Light: 20 Raw: Saturation: +8 PS: Curves: Linear Contrast preset PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
Jeremy > May 25, 2009; Day 23. The Redwood. Early on our last morning in Vermont, I found a crisp and clean sky far from city lights. Immediately I thought it might be fun to capture this building under star trails. I had no idea whether Polaris would be present in this shot or not. Almost all of the lights in this house can be dimmed and all that are visible here are set quite low. A constant porch light just out of frame below the right side of this house is pointing down onto gravel; the reflection from that is illuminating the trees to the right. The shutter was open for nearly 52 minutes, the longest I have yet imposed upon the D700. On this camera I can disable long exposure noise reduction and have done so here. That’s why there is noise in the sky. If I could have stayed up all through the night I might have tried the same exposure again with noise reduction turned on and compared. Mostly I’d want to see how much detail is lost by the reduction, if any. Of course now that I know where Polaris is, I'd have re-positioned the tripod slightly. Next time. Vacation ended with a trip to the Cabot Creamery annex store in Stowe to get a month or two’s worth of Vermont cheddar, which could be the finest cheese on Earth. We also enjoyed watching a very experienced glass blower make a beautiful vase starting with a few wads of molten glass, an apprentice, and a 2100-degree crucible. Overall, it was a very enjoyable weekend and I’m almost sorry that it was over so quickly. Alas, real life beckons in just a few hours. Raw: Color Temperature: 3050K; Tint: +3 Raw: Recovery: 100 Raw: Blacks: 7 Raw: Contrast: +55 Raw: Saturation: +8 PS: Curves: Linear Contrast preset PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
Jeremy > May 24, 2009; Day 22. The Lady Fern. Today was our last full day in Vermont. This afternoon we split up to enjoy a couple of activities. The choice was a pottery place or a nursery. I knew that either place would offer a lot of photographic opportunities, so it was a coin toss for me. As you can see from the shot, I chose the nursery. Luckily the light conditions were variable and I didn’t have to cope with full sun the whole time. This particular specimen was in the shade of a tree, so I spent a lot of time here. The end of vacation is always bittersweet, but I’m ready to face the month of June: I’ll be spending two weeks in Japan (on business) and then a week in Maine (on vacation). It should be an interesting month. Raw: Color Temperature: 5600K; Tint: 0 Raw: Recovery: 14 Raw: Blacks: 28 Raw: Brightness: 0; Contrast: +54 Raw: Saturation: 8 PS: Curves: Linear Contrast preset PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
Jeremy > May 23, 2009; Day 21. The Top of Vermont. Mount Mansfield is Vermont’s highest peak at 4393 feet. While that may not seem like much for folks who are used to the peaks offered along the Rocky Mountain range or even those within New Hampshire’s White Mountains, this one is no slouch. Hiking to “The Chin” along the Sunset Ridge trail, one spends a surprising amount of time above the treeline exposed to the elements. This scene is not too far from the summit; I was drawn by the layers of blue disappearing into the distance due to the haze. Unfortunately, my longest lens was the 24-70mm which would have produced a photo that required a massive crop to achieve this. So I borrowed the 18-200mm lens off the D80 which Peter was carrying today. That lens is a DX lens but luckily the vignetting effect is reduced when used at 200mm and focused at infinity. But it was still there so I cropped some of it off. The hike took us 6 hours. Six of the 11 of us made the hike. All of us proceeded afterwards to dine at Hen of the Wood which is a very nice, if pricey, place. Raw: Color Temperature: 5100K; Tint: -10 Raw: Exposure: +0.55 Raw: Blacks: 20 Raw: Brightness: +29; Contrast: +49 Raw: Saturation: +10 PS: Crop: 9.5MP PS: Auto Levels PS: Curves: Linear Contrast preset PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
Jeremy > May 22, 2009; Day 20. Vermont Revisited. Peter and I are spending another Memorial Day weekend in Vermont with 9 of our friends. I have the feeling that this trip will be better than last year’s because the Icelandic horse ride is being replaced with a hike to Vermont’s highest peak, Mt. Mansfield. That hike will be tomorrow and I’m sure the POTD will be from that. Today we warmed up with this 6-mile bike ride that ended at one of the bridges that I photographed during the Vermont photo workshop last October. The ride was mostly flat and nice. With the sun behind clouds, the temperature and light was perfect. Raw: Color Temperature: 4400K; Tint: +28 Raw: Recovery: 100 Raw: Blacks: 6 Raw: Brightness: +51; Contrast: +54 Raw: Saturation: +8 PS: Curves: Linear Contrast preset PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
Jeremy > May 21, 2009; Day 19. FX Fisheye. My new fisheye lens came in this week and I finally mounted it tonight to the D700. It’s great to have 180 degrees of capture again. The zen of the fisheye is something I’ll probably spend the rest of my life pursuing. Can’t wait. This is my weekly photography class doing critiques. The first zen of the fisheye is not to put people in the fringes! Raw: Color Temperature: 3950K; Tint: +10 Raw: Exposure: +0.2 Raw: Recovery: 100 Raw: Saturation: +6 PS: Curves: Medium Contrast preset PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
Jeremy > May 20, 2008; Day 18. Why I Don’t Use Weed Killer. If you’d have told me a few years ago that I’d be sneaking into the neighbor’s unmowed yards to gather dandelion seed pods, I’d tell you that you were crazy. But I’ve done it twice now. My pods were mowed down last weekend and haven’t returned, yet. I’m pod-happy because tonight I wanted to recreate one of Oliver’s superb macro shots. I was shocked when I noticed that Oliver’s shot was taken at f/11. There are a couple of differences that help him do this: he’s a little further away from the subject and his camera has a crop sensor. Otherwise, we both have 68mm of extension tubes mounted on our lenses. Oliver’s lens is 100mm which should be an effective 160mm on his crop sensor. My lens is the 90mm macro focused at 1:1. Now that I’ve done this I must say that I like both shots. Still, mine is at f/22 which some would say now suffers from diffraction. I also have serious vignetting but only in the extreme corners. This must be due to the extension tubes. I've shot plenty of 1:1 subjects and not noticed this before. Someday soon I will try this with the D70 see what happens. Raw: Color Temperature: 5700K; Tint: -3 Raw: Recovery: 4 Raw: Blacks: 8 Raw: Brightness: 0; Contrast: +51 Raw: Saturation: +10 PS: Healing Brush to remove much sensor dust (needs cleaning) PS: Curves: Medium Contrast preset PS: Lab a channel adjustment: “Soft light” at 50% opacity PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
May 28, 2009; Day 26.

Heatwave.

Tonight was week 7 in my Thursday photography class. Tonight’s topic was landscapes. One of the books the instructor showed us was a set of stunning urban “landscapes” taken with a medium format camera and using such long shutter speeds that there were no people in the shots. Great stuff.

Normally I am joined in the class by Peter and my friends Steve and Alex. Peter and Alex skipped class tonight, so afterwards, Steve and I grabbed a bite at the local Indian restaurant. I was very glad we did this, because after we ate, Steve was compelled to seek night urban landscapes in little Concord. The drizzle kept him from actually shooting tonight, but I already had my camera out and the D700 has been in worse conditions. Steve spotted orange sodium vapor light streaming from a narrow alley and off we went. The light and textures in there were outstanding. Sadly, even if I had seen the alley, I might have walked right by. I really hope that the 4 of us go photographing together some day. Soon.

Despite the warmth of this photo, it’s been a remarkably cool May in New Hampshire. It was in the mid-40s when I took this shot. The frost danger has passed for the season, but my furnace still kicks on at night.

Raw: Color Temperature: 2850K; Tint: 8
Raw: Recovery: 100
Raw: Fill Light: 5
Raw: Brightness: 31; Contrast: 35
Raw: Clarity: 50
Raw: Saturation: 8
PS: Curves adjustment to give the effect of developing E4 slide film in C41 chemicals
PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
> May 28, 2009; Day 26. Heatwave. Tonight was week 7 in my Thursday photography class. Tonight’s topic was landscapes. One of the books the instructor showed us was a set of stunning urban “landscapes” taken with a medium format camera and using such long shutter speeds that there were no people in the shots. Great stuff. Normally I am joined in the class by Peter and my friends Steve and Alex. Peter and Alex skipped class tonight, so afterwards, Steve and I grabbed a bite at the local Indian restaurant. I was very glad we did this, because after we ate, Steve was compelled to seek night urban landscapes in little Concord. The drizzle kept him from actually shooting tonight, but I already had my camera out and the D700 has been in worse conditions. Steve spotted orange sodium vapor light streaming from a narrow alley and off we went. The light and textures in there were outstanding. Sadly, even if I had seen the alley, I might have walked right by. I really hope that the 4 of us go photographing together some day. Soon. Despite the warmth of this photo, it’s been a remarkably cool May in New Hampshire. It was in the mid-40s when I took this shot. The frost danger has passed for the season, but my furnace still kicks on at night. Raw: Color Temperature: 2850K; Tint: +8 Raw: Recovery: 100 Raw: Fill Light: 5 Raw: Brightness: +31; Contrast: +35 Raw: Clarity: +50 Raw: Saturation: +8 PS: Curves adjustment to give the effect of developing E4 slide film in C41 chemicals PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
May 28, 2009; Day 26.

Heatwave.

Tonight was week 7 in my Thursday photography class. Tonight’s topic was landscapes. One of the books the instructor showed us was a set of stunning urban “landscapes” taken with a medium format camera and using such long shutter speeds that there were no people in the shots. Great stuff.

Normally I am joined in the class by Peter and my friends Steve and Alex. Peter and Alex skipped class tonight, so afterwards, Steve and I grabbed a bite at the local Indian restaurant. I was very glad we did this, because after we ate, Steve was compelled to seek night urban landscapes in little Concord. The drizzle kept him from actually shooting tonight, but I already had my camera out and the D700 has been in worse conditions. Steve spotted orange sodium vapor light streaming from a narrow alley and off we went. The light and textures in there were outstanding. Sadly, even if I had seen the alley, I might have walked right by. I really hope that the 4 of us go photographing together some day. Soon.

Despite the warmth of this photo, it’s been a remarkably cool May in New Hampshire. It was in the mid-40s when I took this shot. The frost danger has passed for the season, but my furnace still kicks on at night.

Raw: Color Temperature: 2850K; Tint: 8
Raw: Recovery: 100
Raw: Fill Light: 5
Raw: Brightness: 31; Contrast: 35
Raw: Clarity: 50
Raw: Saturation: 8
PS: Curves adjustment to give the effect of developing E4 slide film in C41 chemicals
PS: Smart Sharpening: 180-1-Lens Blur
Camera: Nikon Corporation (Nikon D700) |
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Original size: 4256px x 2832px |
Current: 400px x 266px |
Other sizes: Small • M • L • O |
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