Photo Session
photography
Tree
HDR
I was initially opposed to the idea of high dynamic resolution imaging. I still think it's something that's easily abused. Still, it's a fun idea.
I've finally started playing with it. I don't like any of the results -- they all look fake. But here are three:
I posted a non-HDR version of this earlier.
Leaves
We have quite a few trees in the backyard, including a yellow poplar -- also known as a tulip poplar, which is reflected in its Latin name -- that's probably over 200 years old. There's another one close to it, but it's not nearly as big.
This was one of the things I truly longed for in Poland. The leaves of the few deciduous in Poland, in my experience, simply turned brown and fell off.
We didn't make it to the mountains of North Carolina this year, so a bit of yellow in our backyard will have to do.
Of course nothing can compare to autumn in New England. Reds and oranges that almost make the eyes ache.
Still, it's nice to have a touch of color yellow in one's immediate vicinity.
In the Park (Redux)
Cleveland Park in downtown Greenville has undergone a renovation, and it's a favorite destination for the Girl.
We only took the Sigma 10-20mm lens with us. It's a challenging lens to use because it's so difficult to fill the frame.
It also severely distorts some things: lengthens noses (for all the obvious reasons) and generally does weird things to body shapes.
But it can certainly provide some interesting perspectives.
Storm
A storm approaches over the Tatra Mountains of southern Poland. Often a land of gray skies.
Wide-Angle Photos
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We got a bit of new equipment yesterday: a Sigma 10-20mm wide-angle zoom.
Thinking of what's possible with this lens in, say, Zab, overlooking Zakopane and the Tatra mountains -- almost makes us (well, me) giddy.
Really -- in Zab it's going to be spectacular. Not to mention ulica Florianska...
50mm f/1.8
I took an old Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 manual focus lens and put it on our digital camera. That’s one reason to go with Nikon: they’ve never changed their lens mount.
Walk
Snow Day!
When it looks like this at night
it's pretty obvious you're going to have a snow day.
"Snow day?" my Polish students once asked. "Why, we'd never have school if we had such a thing here!" they declared enviously.
Snow in South Carolina -- who'd have guessed?